Chapter 55: External Combatant

Li Yi slowly woke up from his deep sleep.

He only felt pain all over his body. He wanted to move but found that he was wrapped in medical bandages everywhere, several places were in casts, and even his head was wrapped in a large circle. He was like a mummy. Besides that, there were several medicine bottles hanging beside him, and these medicines were constantly being infused into his body, alleviating the symptoms in his body.

"Is this a hospital?"

Li Yi remembered at this moment that he had fought with Ning Wu until the end last night. Later, the Investigation Bureau people came, and he was sent to an ambulance. However, he had already fallen asleep in the ambulance, and as for what happened later, he knew nothing.

"You're awake?" Suddenly, a voice sounded. A man who was missing an arm was sitting on the hospital bed next to him, looking at him with great interest.

"Your name is Li Yi, right? I've heard about your case. You killed eight people with your bare hands, and even a Spirit Perception Realm cultivator almost died in your hands. Not bad."

Li Yi couldn't get up, he just turned his head and looked over: "Who are you? Could it be that you are from the Investigation Bureau?"

"My name is He Xiong, a cultivator, just like you, injured and sent to the hospital for treatment. Last night I heard others say that a fierce person was sent here, killing eight cultivators in one night, so I was a bit curious and wanted to get to know you."

This person who called himself He Xiong smiled and said: "I'm very curious, you are young, and your cultivation isn't high, how did you manage to kill seven people in a row? I've heard of that Ning Wu, she is often active in the waste city district, not the kind of novice who buries her head in cultivation. She has mastered a fierce beast breathing technique, which can greatly improve her strength in a short time. Other cultivators only have the share of being bullied when they meet her. It's impossible for anyone to be like you, killing upward while lagging behind by a realm, and even taking away one of her legs."

"I don't want to tell you the reason." Li Yi glanced at him, unwilling to say more.

He Xiong touched his broken arm and said: "I know what's going on, you have mastered a very powerful fist technique."

"Since you know, why are you still asking?" Li Yi said: "Why, are you interested in my fist technique?"

"Haha, a bit interested. But I'm more curious about another piece of gossip I heard." He Xiong suddenly lowered his voice: "Ning Wu said you have a mystic object on you. Is this matter true or false?"

"It's true, I have a mystic object." Li Yi said casually: "I'll take it out for you to see now, it's very big, do you want to see it?"

"Forget it, I have mystic objects too." He Xiong smiled and said: "But Ning Wu's words have a great impact on you."

Li Yi's expression flickered and he said: "No matter how stupid a lie is, it can still deceive people. How great is the value of a mystic object? Who doesn't understand? Even if there is a 99% possibility that the news is false, there will still be people willing to gamble on it. However, she suspects I have a mystic object, but I suspect she has a mystic object."

"Oh, how do you say that?" He Xiong became curious all of a sudden.

Li Yi began to enter the story-telling mode. He said: "A month ago, that Ning Wu and a cultivator named Lao Ya entered the waste city district. They discovered an old tomb that didn't belong to this world in an abandoned building in the waste city district. They suspected that there was a mystic object in that old tomb, so they kept recruiting ordinary people in the old city district to go to that abandoned building to explore and find treasures."

"And I was one of them."

He Xiong's eyes flickered: "There is indeed such a thing. It caused nearly twenty people to go missing. If it weren't for the lack of clear evidence, that Ning Wu and Lao Ya would definitely have been shot."

"In the end, there were five of us in the group, and three survived. And I did get something from inside, but at that time I was an ordinary person, I didn't know what it was, so I handed it to Lao Ya... Since that month later, which is yesterday, Ning Wu suddenly brought people to the door to silence me."

Li Yi said this and couldn't help but laugh: "What do you think is the reason for this?"

"Kill to silence?" He Xiong's face changed slightly.

"This is also the reason I just thought of, otherwise I really can't think of why Ning Wu would be so regardless of cost and regardless of price to kill in the old city district." Li Yi successfully fabricated a lie, a story, making the whole thing reasonable.

Only in this way could he cover up the fact that he possessed a mystic object.

Li Yi continued: "There were three people who survived in the end, namely Wang Hu, Wei Li, and me. If you want to confirm the truth of this matter, it's best to find the other two people. But I think Wang Hu and Wei Li should be either dead or missing."

He was very certain in his heart that Wang Hu and Wei Li would definitely not be found.

They had both taken things from that ancient tomb. No matter what those things were, the two of them would never hand them over.

He Xiong narrowed his eyes slightly at this moment, and then said: "Actually, before you woke up, Wang Hu and Wei Li had already been investigated. Wang Hu is currently missing, whereabouts unknown, and Wei Li moved out of Tianchang City a month ago, and now there is no news at all. So far, only you are confirmed to be alive, so your guess is very reasonable. Ning Wu's group really might be trying to kill to silence."

"Do you know Kong Sheng?"

"A friend of a friend. Earlier, it was he who tipped me off, otherwise I would have died." Li Yi had already confirmed at this moment that this person named He Xiong wasn't any hospital friend at all, but an Investigation Bureau person, who had wanted to use the opportunity to get his words earlier.

However, he didn't seem to have any intention of pretending anymore.

He Xiong said: "When Kong Sheng received this mission, he didn't know the content of the mission. He only knew he was going to kill someone. I believe everyone else who received the mission was the same. Ning Wu hid your intelligence information from everyone, so everything is explained."

"After all, it involves a mystic object, so Ning Wu being so careful is right."

Li Yi said: "Everything is just my guess. Perhaps there is another possibility, that is, Ning Wu felt I was cultivating too fast, not normal, and thought I really had a mystic object in my hand, so she made a move against me."

"Not bad, there is that possibility. Breaking through to Spirit Medium in one month is indeed incredible, but if you had an encounter in the danger zone, then it's not surprising. Your fist technique was also obtained in the danger zone." He Xiong said, obviously he had investigated Li Yi's intelligence very clearly.

"Whether it involves a mystic object or a misunderstanding, it depends on how the Investigation Bureau handles the case." Li Yi said.

At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open with a bang.

Investigation Bureau investigator Wang Jian walked in with big strides; he asked directly: "Old He, how is the questioning? Is there a result?"

He Xiong smiled at this moment: "I have already understood the situation. Ning Wu and Lao Ya's group thought Li Yi was cultivating too fast, guessed that he had a mystic object on him, so they organized and planned this attack. The actual situation is that he had an encounter in the danger zone, which led to him opening Spirit Medium, and he also obtained a fist technique, which gave him the strength to counter-kill Ning Wu and others."

"Let's close the case like this. The captain doesn't want to make things big. After all, it's been busy enough lately."

"That's fine." Wang Jian then looked at Li Yi: "Was that wanted criminal Wang Kui killed by you?"

"Not clear." Li Yi said.

"He was killed by you. Only you can throw that kind of fist print. Kong Sheng doesn't have the ability to kill this wanted criminal." Wang Jian said: "However, we investigators don't care who takes Wang Kui's bounty. We want to recover that sniper rifle. That thing is very dangerous. I hope you can cooperate with us."

Li Yi said: "I haven't seen that sniper rifle."

Wang Jian stared at him and said: "You definitely know. I saw the situation at the scene. Wang Kui met you and fired a shot. That shot didn't hit you, but hit the wall. After that, he was killed by you... So you are the last person to see that gun. I know your idea: kill Wang Kui, hide the gun, and occupy it for yourself after the fact."

"If it were me, I would do the same. After all, doing this isn't against the law. If you are really unlucky and it's found by us investigators, you can push it clean. If it's not found by us, you make a profit."

Li Yi remained silent.

Wang Jian continued: "The model of that gun is called Extraordinary M200, developed to deal with extraordinary creatures and powerful cultivators. Do you know why the power of that gun is so great?"

"Forget it, Wang Jian, let me explain. Because the bullets are special." He Xiong said seriously: "That kind of bullet is something only we have the qualification to apply for. It can't be bought on the market. That gun of Wang Kui's was grabbed after he killed an investigator. And during an investigator's mission, this kind of special bullet is only allowed to apply for ten. How many bullets do you think that gun has left now?"

Li Yi's eyes flickered at this moment: "Why should I cooperate with you to find that sniper rifle? The credit is yours, not mine."

"Haha, you brat are really cunning, asking us for benefits now?" He Xiong suddenly laughed.

Wang Jian on the side also smiled slightly.

Being willing to loosen his mouth is a good thing.

"I still have a quota for an external combatant in my hand. I can give this quota to you." Wang Jian said.

"External combatant? What is that?" Li Yi asked.

Wang Jian said: "External combatants are cultivators hired by the Investigation Bureau, responsible for carrying out missions with investigators. Of course, there is remuneration."

"Isn't that a temporary worker? I'm not interested, and I still have parents to take care of at home, and I need to cultivate myself, I don't have time to carry out missions." Li Yi shook his head.

Wang Jian continued to increase the chips: "How about this, besides the quota for an external combatant, I will help you handle this case as soon as possible, striving to let you go home early. In addition, I can apply for Wang Kui's bounty to be issued to you immediately. How about it? This is already the highest condition I can offer."

Li Yi was thinking.

He wasn't interested in other conditions. He cared more about whether he could go home early.

He couldn't stay in the Investigation Bureau for a long time.

"How long can I go back?" Li Yi asked again.

"If I handle it, it won't exceed ten days." Wang Jian said: "After all, you are also a victim."

Li Yi didn't refuse anymore upon hearing this, and said directly: "Seeing that Wang Jian helped me last time, I agree to you. But Kong Sheng is my friend, I hope he can be fine too."

"No problem." Wang Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

The conditions were agreed upon.

"I seem to have seen Wang Kui hide that gun in the smoke duct on the third floor of Building 1 in the residential area opposite after I killed him." Li Yi said.

"So that's it. That Wang Kui is really hateful. He didn't forget to hide the gun even after death." Wang Jian said with a smile.

He Xiong looked at Li Yi with a strange expression. No wonder the thing couldn't be found.

You brat actually went around in a big circle and put the thing in the residential area opposite.

Really cunning enough.

"Thank you for your cooperation, rest well, we have to go handle some other things first." Wang Jian intended to take action immediately.

He Xiong didn't pretend to be a patient anymore and took off his hospital gown.

The two left the ward immediately and went straight to the address Li Yi mentioned.

On the way.

He Xiong whispered: "Wang Jian, there might still be some problems between that Ning Wu and Li Yi, related to the mystic object. Should we continue to investigate?"

"This matter has nothing to do with us. Report it up and let the captain handle it. Matters involving mystic objects aren't something we can intervene in. And letting Li Yi become an external combatant, we will have a good helper in the future." Wang Jian's face was calm, unmoved.

"This kid's strength is very strong, it is indeed worth cultivating well." He Xiong nodded: "However, the captain really cares about you, sending you such a good seedling."

"This is also fate. I have met that Li Yi several times, and he was willing to loosen his mouth this time because I helped him in the waste city district last time. Otherwise, if he bit his mouth and didn't loosen it, no one could do anything about him. You heard it too, even until the end, he didn't admit that he took the gun." Wang Jian said.

"Haha, I wasn't as clever as him when I was his age." He Xiong laughed.

The two completed the mission between their words, then quickly drove away. ===== CHAPTER 56 =====

He looked up.

There was indeed an external exhaust pipe on the third floor of this old residential building in front of him.

Such exhaust pipes were common in the old city district.

Wang Jian immediately searched along the exhaust pipe, and soon, he discovered the special-model sniper rifle inside a section of the pipe.

"Found it. I can report back to Team Leader Lei now. This Li Yi is truly meticulous; he wrapped it in newspaper and didn't even leave a fingerprint. He has both brawn and brains—not bad. The group led by Ning Wu didn't die unjustly at Li Yi's hands."

"Then you should look after this young man more in the future; who knows, in a few years, you might even have to beg for his help," He Xiong said.

"Don't say that; such a day might actually come. This kid Li Yi is quite righteous; he even remembered to help that Kong Sheng escape at the end, just because Kong Sheng tipped him off about the news in advance. If it were anyone else, they would have insisted that Kong Sheng was the culprit at this moment, and Kong Sheng would never have been able to clear his name for the rest of his life," Wang Jian said.

He Xiong suddenly asked again: "Wang Jian, do you think Li Yi has any Mystic Objects in his possession? Why is the Captain not concerned about this at all?"

Wang Jian suddenly laughed: "Because Li Yi is about to join the Investigation Bureau. If he has a Mystic Object, it's the same as our Investigation Bureau having one; it doesn't matter whose hands it's in. Otherwise, why do you think the Captain ordered me to recruit Li Yi no matter what? Of course, even if Li Yi doesn't have a Mystic Object, he's still a talent; it's no loss to recruit him."

"Haha, so that's how it is. The Captain's way of doing things is truly brilliant," He Xiong laughed.

As the two spoke, they completed their task and then quickly drove away.