"General … General Li? This...?" Yu Lianshu was the first to react. He blinked hard and thought that he was seeing things.
"Little Li?" Director w.a.n.g, the old man, also came to his senses, his voice filled with disbelief and excitement.
"General Li." Everyone came back to their senses, and they immediately rushed forward with large strides.
"General, is it really you?" The group of people rushed in front of Li Zhanwu, still not believing what they saw.
Li Zhanwu laughed, "If it wasn't me, who else could it be? What, you don't even know me anymore?"
"Little Li, I knew you would not die so easily." Director w.a.n.g excitedly walked over.
When Li Zhanwu saw this old man, he hurriedly went forward and greeted him with a solemn salute, "h.e.l.lo, Director."
"Cut the c.r.a.p, stop treating me with this kind of nonsense. Hahaha, it's great that you came back. Hahaha..." The old man was thrilled.
"General, it's good that you have come back safely. Let's go inside and talk." Yu Lianshu anxiously called out to them, and they all entered the guest hall with excitement. It was s.p.a.cious enough to contain so many people.
"General, where is our instructor?" Before everyone even sat down in the living room, Liu Yan was the first to ask for Qin Hao's information.
"Right, where is our instructor? General, is he alright?" the Baldy and the others hurriedly echoed her question.
Li Zhanwu laughed, "Don't worry, if I haven't died, how could he have died?"
After receiving this reply, the rest of them were finally relieved. Their sad expressions turned into smiles.
"Zhanwu, tell us what exactly happened. It's too bizarre, we've all prepared for the worst." After sitting down, Director w.a.n.g was the first to ask the question that everyone wanted to know.
Seeing everyone's curious gazes, Li Zhanwu smiled and explained in detail what had happened. When everyone found out that Qin Hao fell from thousands of meters high, and did not die, they were all so shocked, that their mouths were wide open. In the meantime, they were exclaiming inside: holy sh*t, is that still a human? He was a monster!
At the same time, they felt even more admiration for Qin Hao's capacity and strength. The Baldy and the others almost wanted to kowtow to him, since he was able to put people into a strange s.p.a.ce and take with him. It was simply inconceivable. Including Li Zhanwu himself, none of them knew that it was Qin Hao's spatial ring, Nothing incredible.
Of course, this was not important. What was important was that with a monstrous existence like Qin Hao, they were even more confident about the future of the Sky Group.
"Old Director, I'm sure that our accident must have been a conspiracy." After he finished talking about how they escaped from death, Li Zhanwu changed the topic to the conspiracy.
This topic Li Zhanwu talked about was also the one that Yu Lianshu, the Baldy, and the others had been most concerned about these past few days. Now that Li Zhanwu had asked Director w.a.n.g about it, all their gazes were focused on the old man, hoping that he would give them an answer.
Director w.a.n.g exhaled a breath and nodded: "You are right, this is indeed a conspiracy, but the investigation is still in progress. If we want to obtain the results, we will still have to wait a while."
Li Zhanwu also knew that since there was someone who dared to do such a thing, they must have been on guard, so it would not be realistic to expect a result quickly. But he still spoke out the guess in his heart, "Old Director, actually, there is no need to investigate, other than the Dragon Group, I'm afraid no one else would be able to do so."
Once Li Zhanwu said that Director w.a.n.g was silent, while the rest of them, especially the Baldy and the rest, did not dare to believe. The Dragon Group was after all a representative of the positive side, why would they do such a despicable thing like a.s.sa.s.sinating high ranking officers?
If they had such thoughts, it could only be said that they focused too much on training, and understood too little about the dark side of the Dragon Group.
Liu Yan had been tormented by the Dragon Group, and she completely believed Li Zhanwu's words. It was just that she didn't dare to say much since Director w.a.n.g, the big shot had not said a word.
Director w.a.n.g remained silent. After a while, he lightly said to everyone: "You guys go back first, I want to talk to Zhanwu."
Everyone understood the meaning behind his words, which was they were not qualified to partic.i.p.ate in the following conversation.
Yu Lianshu understood it. He immediately stood up and spoke a few words according to the old man's instructions, then was about to bring the Baldy and the others out. However, Li Zhanwu stopped them.
Li Zhanwu stood up and walked in front of the Baldy and the others, staring at them with a strict and encouraging gaze, "Listen up, return to the Cloud Gazing Mountain base immediately. From tomorrow onwards, your instructor will carry out strict training on you all. The confrontation between the Dragon Group and us next month will soon come. I don't need to explain what to do. What I want to say is, this time, all of you must be mentally prepared. It's either you die, or they die. Move!"
"Yes, Sir." The five of them replied loudly and followed Yu Lianshu out.
After the others were sent away, only Director w.a.n.g and Li Zhanwu stayed.
"Director, they've all left. Can you tell me now?" Li Zhanwu returned to his seat and said.
The old man gasped for breath, his expression turning serious, "Zhanwu, your guess just now was right. In the investigation of the past few days, almost all our suspicions have been pointed towards the Dragon Group. Unfortunately, when our investigators found the people who were suspected of having committed the crime, without exception, everyone was either mysteriously killed or mysteriously disappeared. So the investigation was practically in a dead end."
"The dead can't be witness, humph." Li Zhanwu snorted in anger, "The truth will not be hidden forever. If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place."
"That is true, but we cannot say anything since we can't find any evidence. Even in ordinary civil cases, the criminal can't be prosecuted without evidence, let alone the Dragon Group. Moreover, matters of deeper levels are involved as well. It's a matter that pulling one hair and affecting the whole body, trouble might happen if we make the slightest careless move."
"Therefore, before we find evidence, we must be careful. Even if we know that it was the Dragon Group who did this, we can only tolerate it for now."
When he heard the word "tolerate," Li Zhanwu was filled with anger, tolerating, tolerating the Dragon Group again and again. Sometimes, he envied Qin Hao, he took actions whenever he wanted, so what if he destroyed your Dragon Group's stronghold? Tolerating my a.s.s.
Unfortunately, he was not Qin Hao. He could only follow the old man's instructions.
"Director, I understand. I will take care of this matter. I am just worried about one thing, and I'm not sure if the higher-ups have made their mind. " When Li Zhanwu said this, his expression became serious.
Seeing Li Zhanwu's expression, the old man asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
"Director, you should know better than me what an Earth-to-Air Missile is. I'm afraid that even you cannot use it as you wish. If this was really done by the Dragon Group, and they can even use missiles, can you imagine how deep their power has seeped into our system and how long they have extended their hands? "
These words were like a clap of thunder that exploded above the old man's head. Even the calm and sophisticated old man who never showed his happiness or anger in his face could not help but change the expression on his face. Traces of worry and fear spread in his heart.
Seeing the old man's change in expression, Li Zhanwu's expression became even more solemn, it meant that they had not thought of this level, or it could be said that they thought of it but did not pay much attention, and did not believe that the organization of the Dragon Group would have such strong infiltration abilities.
"Zhanwu, are you saying that the Dragon Group has already infiltrated in our organization?" The old man's voice was somewhat nervous.
Li Zhanwu shook his head hesitantly, "I am not sure about that, but if this is really done by them, there is no way that the Dragon Group would have any missiles. So the people involved in this matter are definitely not limited to just the Dragon Group, so I am sure that there are at least some people inside us, and some might not be normal people, we might have already been compromised."
"That's right, your suspicion makes sense. It looks like the Dragon Group cannot be kept." With that said, the face of the old man was filled with a cold and stern expression. He then turned to Li Zhanwu and said solemnly, "Zhanwu, I will raise this matter with the higher-ups. But if we really want to act against the Dragon Group, we must first become stronger, otherwise, when the chaos of all martial cultivators is stirred up, and if we don't have the power to suppress them, you and I would be the biggest sinner of Huaxia."
"Don't worry, Director, I have confidence in Qin Hao, and in the Sky Group." Li Zhanwu immediately stood up and said proudly: "However, if you want the Sky Group to grow as fast as possible, we would need support. The most important thing is the support of cultivation resources."
"Don't worry about cultivation resources. From today onwards, we will gradually cut off all supplies to the Dragon Group and focus all the cultivation resources on you." The old man stood up as well.
"Thank you for your support, Director!" Li Zhanwu held the old man's hand excitedly.
In the following time, the two of them chatted in the meeting room for another two hours before Director w.a.n.g got up and left.
After sending the old man off, Li Zhanwu did not rest and immediately rushed to the training base of the Eagle Force. He had put a lot of efforts in this special force, and he must go and comfort them and prove to them that he had come back alive.
Following the appearance of Li Zhanwu, the news of Qin Hao and the others not dying was quickly discovered by the people who wanted to know, and the spies of the Dragon Group who were everywhere immediately found out about it, and this shocking news was then promptly reported to the Dragon Group Headquarters.
At headquarters of the Dragon Group, Long Taibai, the head of the Dragon Group was in a good mood. He had just returned from a banquet hosted by the Song Family, a large and influential family in the capital. He drank a lot of wine, and when he entered the office, the smell of alcohol filled the entire office.
He would not go to ordinary family banquets. But the relations.h.i.+p between the Song Family and the Dragon Group was not ordinary, and because he was in a good mood recently after eliminating the two biggest enemies in his heart, Li Zhanwu and Qin Hao. That was why he was in the mood to personally attend the banquet.
The Song Family could be said to have been single-handedly raised up by the Dragon Group. Although it was not yet one of the Four Great Families in the capital, it was already a powerful existence that was only second to them. Furthermore, it would soon overpower the Mu Family, one of the Four Great Families. It's just a matter of time for it to become one of them.
He heard that there was a special relations.h.i.+p between the Mu Family and Qin Hao, so he knew that getting rid of the Mu Family would be equivalent to striking Qin Hao. He was willing to do such a thing to vent his anger.
Once the Song Family replaced the Mu Family and became one of the Four Great Families, then Dragon Group would have a strong ally in the capital in the future. The power and wealth of the Dragon Group would further expand, and the Dragon Group would create a glory that had never been seen before under the leaders.h.i.+p if Long Taibai.
Thinking about the future glory of the Dragon Group, Long Taibai couldn't control the excitement in his heart. His face that was as pale as a corpse all year long started to flush a little, he didn't know if it was due to the alcohol or excitement.
Just as he was feeling excited, Cang Ying, who was in charge of intelligence, rushed into the office without saying report, "Captain Long, something bad has happened."
Long Taibai was in high spirits, so he did not care about the rudeness of Hawk, he only drank a mouthful of tea and sprayed it on the trash can beside him. Then he squinted his eyes and asked: "What's wrong, Elder Cang? What are you in such a hurry for? It's not the end of the world."
His words did not calm Cang Ying down. Instead, he became even more anxious, "Captain Long, I have news that Li Zhanwu returned to the base of the Eagle Force this afternoon."
"Oh, Li Zhanwu, oh …What? What did you say?" Long Taibai suddenly reacted, he instantly stood up from his seat and smashed his teacup onto the table, causing a large portion of the tea to fly out, and he seemed to half sobered up, "Say that again."
"Li Zhanwu returned to the Eagle Force this afternoon, and according to reliable sources, Qin Hao also returned to the apartment that the military had arranged for him." When Cang Ying saw Long Taibai's initially flushed face suddenly turn pale again, an ice-cold aura of death engulfed him, causing his heart to turn cold. His entire body s.h.i.+vered, and even his voice started to tremble.