Chapter 144: In A Rush To Die (III)
Liu Long drove like his personality—fast and furious. He arrived before Li Hao did.
There were very few people on site due to the collapse. Liu Long stood at the entrance and waited for the others, lighting a cigarette when he alighted from his car. When someone approached him, he declared coldly, “I am Liu Long!”
The person’s eyes widened.
“Where’s Li Hao? Tell him to get out here!”
Only senior executives were left on the scene. The man quickly responded, “Liu... Captain Liu, Commissioner Inspector Li doesn’t seem to be here. Are you looking for him?”
“Yes!” Liu Long frowned. “He’s not here? Is he playing me?” His frown deepened and his voice snapped with arctic frost. “I hear there’s been a collapse. Has anyone died?”
“No, no one’s died at all...” stammered the fearful executive. Everyone was apprehensive of the boss of the law enforcement team. Although Liu Long no longer occupied this position, regular people weren’t aware of that.
A car pulled in as they conversed.
“Chief, how are you here faster than me?” Li Hao called out with delight.
Qiao Peng kept up an internal litany of curses as he got off. You’re here damned quick! The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
“Cut the bullshit!” Liu Long ignored Qiao Peng and turned his glare onto the driver. He looked uncertainly at the man, then at Li Hao. “Hurry up, Director Hao’s waiting! ...are you a supernatural?” He suddenly pointed at the driver. “Have you registered?”
“No,” the middle-aged driver responded softly. “I’m planning to go tomorrow.”
“This is the bodyguard that my father hired for me,” Qiao Peng explained. “We don’t mean to keep it from the Night Watchers and were planning to register him...”
“Shut up, there’s no place for you to talk here!” Liu Long speared him with a cutting glance. “Register as soon as possible!” That was all he said since everyone knew that there were bound to be supernaturals hidden at different places.
Qiao Peng still brought his driver despite knowing Liu Long was coming, partially because it was inconvenient to send the supernatural away when Li Hao was already in the car and partially because they wished to test to see how much the Night Watchers knew about the Qiaos.
Based on Liu Long’s reaction... there seemed to be nothing amiss. Otherwise, the man would’ve played dumb.
While Qiao Peng appeared to be a dandy, schemes and calculations abounded in his heart. Every step he made was carefully considered. Far from being an accident, the exposure of his driver was deliberate.
“Of course not!” Qiao Peng quickly agreed. “Commissioner Inspector Li, are you sure we don’t need a new mine shaft?”
“One hundred percent!” Li Hao pronounced loftily. “I may not be on the same level as my teacher, but I can solve a small problem like this with a single glance! I have to say, it’s a waste of money to invite me here. Other people can come to the same conclusion. But you Qiaos run a large business, so what do you care about money?”
“Not at all, I’m much reassured with the commissioner inspector here...”
“That’s enough,” Liu Long interrupted impatiently. “Come with me if you’re done. What are you dragging your heels for?”
Li Hao chuckled and looked at Qiao Peng again.
“I'll send someone over with it when the commissioner inspector returns tonight,” Qiao Peng quickly said in understanding. “It’s not convenient to carry it around with you.”
“I’m betting you wouldn’t dare misappropriate my money!” Li Hao snorted and left with Liu Long.
Qiao Peng escorted them out of the mountain and breathed more easily only when the two got in their car. He couldn’t resist cursing when their car was far away.
“We almost succeeded!” he swore. What did Liu Long have to get involved for?? Another thought quickly occurred to him and he swiftly turned to his driver. “Go ask if anything unusual happened at that area.”
It was a pity that they hadn’t collected Li Hao’s blood. But perhaps something had happened to that place with the young man’s visit?
The driver vanished without a word.
......
At the same time, in the car.
Liu Long broached the topic only after they were a long distance away. “Their presence was very faint and hard to sense, but they should be Sunflare. I seemed to sense some flames, so they might be fire supernaturals!”
Li Hao nodded, he’d also seen some red. “There seems to be two fire supernaturals, the other might be an earth or wood supernatural. We’re not sure on that—teacher told me about this after he visited last night. They should all be a bit weaker than Huang Yun—the wind supernatural from the Night Watchers last time.”
“Your teacher... is really strong!” Liu Long sighed with appreciation. He’d only sensed a tiny bit, to think that Yuan Shuo would see so much and even be able to estimate their strength! The professor was truly magnificent!
“Huang Yun is a mid Sunflare, which possibly makes these three initial Sunflare or approach mid level. Regardless, it’s good that they’re not stronger than Huang Yun!” Liu Long continued, “Did your teacher mention if they’re being concealed because of the ruins or because of ice crystals?”
Erm... his teacher hadn’t mentioned any of that! Not only had he not talked about this, but he didn’t even investigate anything last night for fear of discovery. Granted, Li Hao didn’t mind the question. He thought back over what he’d observed.
“It might be due to ice crystals because the ruins are very durable. Being more fragile, some of the ice crystals might’ve cracked with the collapse last night. That permits some supernatural power to leak out—you might not have sensed anything otherwise, chief.”