Chapter 129 - Giving The Seized Items To Hei Wan
But just as Lin Mu had stepped out of the room, the voice of senior Xukong was heard in his head.
"Didn’t you want to give them the things you have taken from the mayor’s office?" Xukong questioned.
Lin Mu suddenly realized that he had forgotten about this in the situation and knew that he should do this before going. He thus turned around in that second, and the people inside the room witnessed this. Hei Bao had a confused expression as he saw him suddenly return.
"Did you need anything else?" Hei Wan questioned.
"Ah, yes. I forgot to give some things to you people." Lin Mu answered.
Hei Wan tilted her head in a questioning manner, as she then saw Lin Mu withdrew multiple items from his spatial treasure and placed them on the ground and the table.
There were scrolls, registers, ledgers, documents, and some random items in it. Though a shocked expression appeared on her face when she saw the golden shining bars in Lin Mu’s hand.
But that wasn’t the end of it as Lin Mu kept on withdrawing one golden bar after the other until finally, a small pile of around forty gold bars was formed on the table.
~Gasp~
"This... this..." Hei Bao stuttered upon seeing the pile of gold on the table.
"Where did you get this? Wait, is this all from the town head’s office?" Hei Wan questioned upon identifying some of the missing things from the office.
Lin Mu nodded in response as he spoke.
"Yes, I got all of these from the town head’s office. I thought they would have clues, and it didn’t seem right to trust anyone else at that time, so I just kept them with me."L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.
Hei Wan nodded as she understood his reasoning. Until now, they were not completely sure about the identities of the culprits, thus knew that it would be best to remain cautious.
"That’s fine, you did well." Hei Wan replied as she kept on looking at the items.
Lin Mu then extended his hand toward the gold and picked up one of the bars. He pointed at the engraving on it and showed it to Hei Wan.
"Do you know what this is?" Lin Mu questioned, feeling a bit uneasy.
Hei Wan looked at it and instantly recognized the markings on the gold bars.
"He wasn’t like this when we first met him, though. He only changed after he met the town head and killed him." Hei Bao spoke.
"Hmm, that is true. That just means that I need to investigate this matter even more closely. After all, I’ve given him my word." Hei Wan replied.
Hei Bao then went silent for a bit and rubbed his chin, before speaking again.
"Are you sure the lord will be fine with such a large expense? Just the sheer quantity of weapons in that list is troubling, not to mention that some of them will have to be custom made." Hei Bao questioned with a concerned tone.
~Sigh~
Hei Wan let out a sigh and rubbed her forehead in fatigue.
"The lord’s letter arrived this morning. It was in response to the first report that I gave him about Lin Mu. He’s ordered that everything is to be done to keep him on our side and to ensure that no enmity occurs. The expense on the weapons is nothing compared to what he’s willing to spend." Hei Wan answered.
"But don’t you find that it’s strange he’s asking for so many weapons? It’s enough to equip a small army. What would he even do with so many of them?" Hei Bao asked, unable to suppress the doubts within his heart.
"Whatever it may be, it’s not our concern now. The Lord has given us our orders and they are to befriend Lin Mu and make him our ally. We will just do our best to satisfy the request." Hei Wan replied in a stern tone.
Hei Bao noticed her strict tone and understood that he was now starting to perhaps bother her a lot more than he should. He thus decided to change the topic.
"About our reinforcements, where are they coming from? And about the core condensation realm expert, is the lord really willing to use them?" Hei Bao asked.
~Sigh~
Hei Wan let out another sigh as she just decided to answer his queries. While she wanted nothing more than to just return to her work, she understood that Hei Bao had the right to ask her these questions, and it would be better if he was clear about their situation.
"The reinforcements are coming from our inactive members. They are all those who had been disguising themselves as commoners and a few other people from the corps. As for the core condensation realm expert, we were lucky that he was able to complete his mission early." Hei Wan took a brief pause and then continued.
"We were originally unsure about the background of Lin Mu and had suspicions that he belonged to a sect. We also didn’t know about the personality of Lin Mu, thus the Lord had chosen that person to come. He is the most experienced in interacting and dealing with disciples of cultivations sects, thus he was the best choice.��� Hei Wan explained.
"Let’s just hope everything goes well." Hei Bao spoke as he turned towards the unconscious culprit.
A grim expression appeared on his face as he walked towards the culprit that was chained to the chair and spoke, "In the meantime... we can have some fun."
He then firmly held the unconscious culprits’ fingers and in a snap, bent them.
"AAAAGHHH!!!!"
The pain-filled shouts of the culprits thus echoed in the room, as he had a rude awakening.