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Time passed slowly, and beside me, Hu Fang was trembling slightly from nervousness. Meanwhile, the Sun Warrior Leader remained calmly seated in his chair, quietly sipping tea.
At that moment, I suddenly noticed something unusual: sitting across from the Sun Warrior Leader was the Death Apostle.
He sat upright, hands resting steadily on his legs, staring blankly ahead with an expressionless face, resembling a wax figure.
"Hey, Death Apostle, what's wrong with you..." I called out to him.
"I'm fine..." the Death Apostle replied with an unnatural expression, speaking each word slowly as if he were wound up like a clock.
"He's fine; don't worry. I just wanted to calm him down a bit so we could have a proper conversation," the Sun Warrior Leader said dismissively.
Just then, the door behind me swung open, and a man's voice came through: "Dad, I've brought them back."
"Come in," the Sun Warrior Leader responded.
Immediately, the man who referred to the Sun Warrior Leader as "Dad" entered with two others. One of them was one of the two burly men who had initially been following us, while the other was much slimmer and exuded an extremely faint aura. If he hadn't been in my line of sight, I would hardly have noticed his presence.
Seeing this person made me think that he likely possessed abilities similar to those of the deceased Haoyang. If I hadn't taken precautions against their eavesdropping, they might have known our entire plan by now.
But then again, considering the Sun Warrior Leader's capabilities, even if he didn't know everything for sure, he could probably guess most of it accurately.
Yet it was precisely because of this that I had a better chance of deceiving him...
Lost in thought, I heard the Sun Warrior Leader ask, "Who was on the phone just now?"
"It was me..." the burly man answered timidly.
"Alright then, what’s going on? Did the person you were following have the Divine Anomalies Classic?"
Upon hearing this, the burly man immediately took off the backpack he had been carrying on his back—the very bag that belonged to me.
At that moment, my heart was in my throat, and I kept silently chanting, "Li Zhisheng must retrieve the book!" Yet, my expression remained serious, fearing that the leader of Yang Master might detect any flaws.
"You see, there is no book here at all..." The burly man said as he dumped everything from my backpack onto the ground.
I focused my gaze and saw that among the scattered items, there was indeed no "Divine Anomalies Classic," only some change of clothes. I breathed a sigh of relief and confidently said, "Think about it; would someone who stole something carry it around with them? They would definitely hide it as soon as possible!"
Upon hearing this, the burly man was startled and hurriedly explained, "I didn't! Don't listen to him! How could I steal what you want? Besides, it wouldn't do me any good to have it!"
I smiled slightly and raised an eyebrow. "That's not good. I don't know what kind of power that book holds. Although he might not find it useful himself, he could help someone else steal it, right? What if he was working for Gu Kai?"
The reason I said this was that ever since that incident at the Lumberyard, I felt Gu Kai had been interfering with Yang Master and preventing them from completing certain tasks. So I directly pushed the blame onto Gu Kai.
"I didn't! I really didn't! I don't even know who this Gu Kai is! You have to believe me!" The burly man became even more anxious now, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, showing his extreme fear.
At that moment, when Sun Warrior Leader heard Gu Kai's name, he paused for a moment before his expression changed drastically. He was no longer the calm figure from earlier; instead, he grew increasingly serious.
"Shut up!" Sun Warrior Leader scolded the burly man and then turned to another slimmer individual responsible for eavesdropping on us. "What about you? What news do you have?!"
Hearing this, the slender man stepped forward and bowed deeply. "I overheard them instructing a bespectacled man to take the book away. After that, I followed him all the way to the station. At the station, I personally saw him board the train with his bag; it never left his side during the journey. Then I let him board so I could continue tracking him." The slender man finished speaking while pointing at the burly man beside him.
Upon hearing this, the burly man's eyes widened in disbelief; he looked as if his eyeballs might pop out. He wanted to explain but knew that even if he did, it would be useless since there were no witnesses to back him up. So he fell to his knees with a thud and pleaded, "I really didn't lie! You have to believe me!"
As he spoke, he repeatedly banged his head against the floor, making loud thudding sounds.
At this point, Sun Warrior Leader's expression had completely darkened. In a deep voice directed at the man who was still bowing repeatedly, he said, "I'll give you one chance... Where is 'Divine Anomalies Classic: Nine Star Life and Death Diagram'?!"
"I really don't know! Please believe me! When I grabbed this bag, there was no book inside! I've been with you for five years; how could I deceive you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Sun Warrior Leader slowly stood up and then suddenly vanished from my sight.
With a sharp crack, Sun Warrior Leader crushed the burly man's skull underfoot in an instant, blood and brain matter splattering everywhere.
"Useless trash for not getting the job done!" With that, he kicked the burly man against the wall.
I stood by, dumbfounded, while Hu Fang was so frightened that she hid behind me, clutching my clothes tightly.
However, the others present seemed unfazed, remaining cold and indifferent as if they were accustomed to such scenes.
"Although I don't believe he actually stole it, if you can't handle even this little matter, there's no point in keeping you around... Well, now that the person helping you act is gone, it's time for the truth..." The Sun Warrior Leader said, turning his gaze toward me.
"It wasn't me! He stole the book, didn't he?! Now you've killed him; what do you want from me?!" I feigned helplessness.
The Sun Warrior Leader was unimpressed. He raised one hand, palm open, aimed at Yao Long's head: "I don't want to hear any more nonsense from you. I'll give you one last chance. I will count to three, and if you don't tell the truth, your friend's head will end up like my subordinate's... One... Two..."
Just as he was about to say three, I grabbed his arm and said, "Alright! I..."
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