ebookland Chapter 156 "For a Great Cause"
Chapter 156 "For a Great Cause"
"You have your own people training experimental talents, so why are you kidnapping innocent local women?"
Yun Yuke didn't use a questioning tone, but rather a declarative sentence, indicating that she already knew about the other party's behavior.
"Oh, you mean this?"
Master Fan didn't take it seriously, and held up the medicinal powder in his hand, "Aren't you going to talk about this? I've used materials from this era to replicate a common wood supplement from our region. Aren't you going to praise me?"
"This wood-based supplement has been successfully developed. It's several years old, but it works well. Otherwise, the flying car wouldn't have this level of strength. And this Star-Picking Tower, you flew up here, didn't you? Didn't you notice there's an elevator in the building?"
Master Fan said smugly, "Except for the fact that I haven't built the internet yet, all other living conditions are pretty much the same as we were back then. These primitive people are so obedient. I just casually used some of our old high technology and I completely won them over..."
"Slap!" A gust of wind swept through the room, lifting the curtain on the side and slapping the smug Grand Preceptor Fan across the face.
"So everything that happens in those labs of yours was arranged by you, right?"
Yun Yuke's questioning voice echoed back and forth in the room, devoid of any emotion, accentuated by the reverberation.
"You hit me? Even back then! My parents and my master never hit me!"
Grand Preceptor Fan stared incredulously at the woman standing at the door, then waved his hand and knocked away the curtain that was about to slap him in the face again.
Under Yun Yuke's control, the curtains fluttered back and forth with great momentum, determined to slap the other party in the face again.
Master Fan dodged left and right, trying his best to avoid the opponent's attacks.
"So you know that your men, under the guise of experiments and invoking the emperor's name, seized local land, abducted women, and then sold them for money after they were done with them, right?"
Yun Yuke's previous investigation involved questioning Gu Chengfeng and Wen Jiangyue, a married couple.
The two had once led their disciples to raid a human trafficking den, thinking it was a good thing. However, upon returning to investigate, they discovered that the gang was in cahoots with the local government. What they thought was rescuing people from a terrible situation had actually only allowed those people to hide even deeper...
Therefore, through the joint efforts of Yun, Gu, and Wen, the evil deeds committed in this sinful place were thoroughly investigated.
After everything was investigated and clarified, the three of them could no longer rely on the local government.
Of course, these three were no ordinary people. Setting up a "natural disaster," triggering an "earthquake," and accidentally killing several "researchers" was far too easy for them.
"Why are you so angry! What did the researchers do? What's wrong with them?" Master Fan grabbed the curtain, interrupting the other party's attack.
"Seriously, Crimson Rose? You feel sorry for those lowly people? What's wrong with a few ordinary women!"
The Imperial Preceptor Fan looked incredulous and casually lit the curtain in his hand.
In the firelight, the Grand Preceptor Fan smiled. "Heavens! Crimson Rose, no way, you've suddenly become so compassionate? Those women were merely sacrificing themselves for a great cause..."
"Incomprehensible. You are truly heartless."
Yun Yuke rolled up another curtain and continued her offensive.
"Achi, all you've got is some rags! Where are your hidden weapons? Where are your twin swords? Where are your close-combat skills? Use them all! What? Could it be that for the past hundred years, you've only thought about running a run-down shop, reselling rags that only commoners need, and casually saving a few ordinary women, and that's how you've just let the past hundred years pass by?"
The frequency of the curtain's waving paused slightly, only for two seconds, before resuming its previous attack frequency.
"You guessed right! Hahahaha, Ah Chi, no, I should still respectfully call you 'Boss Yun' from now on. Boss Yun, your business seems to be doing well! You also adopted a daughter, right? I've met that girl before, she's quite pretty and seems very shrewd."
After recounting the information he knew, Master Fan noticed that the opponent's offensive had clearly lost its rhythm. He no longer wanted to play along, so he reached into his robes, pulled out an object, and aimed it at Yun Yuke's location.
"That's enough, goodbye."
"Bang!" With a loud bang, a black hole appeared in the body of the person in front of him, holding a simple pistol in his hand.
Then, the curtain's attack stopped, and the man who had been shot fell straight backward.
In just one second, a dark red liquid flowed out from beneath the man.
"Sigh... Rose, Achi, Yun Yuke, Boss Yun. Why are you doing this?" Master Fan blew on the homemade gun barrel in his hand. "It seems that overheating is an unavoidable problem with firearms."
There was no way to put the pistol away anymore, so Master Fan simply held the pistol down and used his sleeve to cover the barrel.
Then, a group of guards rushed out from the direction of the wooden elevator door inside the Star-Picking Tower, shouting, "Grand Preceptor! Are you alright?!"
"There was a loud bang! Imperial Preceptor, are you alright?"
Master Fan waved his hand, "I'm fine."
The group immediately noticed the bleeding body lying to the side and rushed over.
"The Imperial Advisor is truly wise! He had already guessed that there would be assassins these past few days. Are you alright?"
Master Fan shook his head slightly, "It's alright, we can use the assassin to test the new weapon. Take the assassin away and dispose of him... um, wait a moment."
The arriving guards bowed their heads, awaiting the next instructions from Grand Preceptor Fan.
"Okay, I'll take care of this first. You all keep your eyes closed, be careful of the bright light."
The Grand Preceptor Fan gave his instructions in a serious voice, and the guards beside him quickly lowered their heads and closed their eyes. They all knew that the Grand Preceptor Fan was not only reminding them, but also ensuring secrecy.
Seeing the people beside him with their heads down, the Grand Preceptor Fan made a hand seal, and then a flash of bright light enveloped the still-bleeding corpse.
After that, the blood beneath the body stopped flowing, and the intense light seemed to have merged into it.
"It's done, you can open your eyes now. Take this body to the underground ice cellar."
"Yes!"
Seeing that the crisis had passed, the guards put away their knives and carried the body away.
Master Fan watched the body being taken downstairs, shaking his head helplessly. "It's come to this after all. Don't blame me, after all, you don't like the new world I've created. Since that's the case, let's avoid letting you cause me any more trouble."
The man, once known as the Hawk, showed a hint of sadness on his face.
"Sigh... Great achievements require some small sacrifices. A few women are nothing, they're gone. Those people were going to die anyway, so what if they sacrificed themselves for a great cause?"
Looking at the mess in the room, Master Fan reached out and pulled up the chair that had been thrown aside, then sat down again, returning to his previous composed posture.
"What a pity." Grand Preceptor Fan stared at the dark red bloodstain, but the image of the person who had appeared before his eyes flashed before his eyes.
"I thought it would be heartbreaking, but it turned out to be just like this."