Chapter 224: Abandoned Child

After finishing dinner and chatting with his family for a while, Jiang Cheng finally returned to his bedroom.

He had thought about fleeing with his family.

But there was nowhere to go.

Moreover, who knows whether the Dawn Society has sent someone to watch from outside? If he stepped out and got caught red‑handed, there would truly be no chance of redemption.

He took a deep breath, sat down in his chair, and looked out the window.

He could understand Bing Li's approach— the Dawn Society puts profit above all—but understanding does not mean he is willing to accept it.

It's as if their roles were swapped now; would Bing Li gladly become bait? Could he safely entrust his life to strangers? A nice way to call it bait, a harsh way—it's just abandoning a child. Fortunately, he isn't a true Second-level Force Warrior; he would shatter at the slightest touch.

Moreover, since a killer had just died, that traitor would surely lay low for a while to avoid exposure; using that time, he could push himself up to Fifth-level, gaining extra security.

If he reaches Sixth level, his leverage would be even greater.

"Dawn Society…"

Jiang Cheng recited those three words in his mind.

Although he'd only joined a little over a month ago, his feelings toward the organization were still quite complicated.

Back in the Poor District, when he was stuck, it was Hong Cha and Ye Ying who appeared with an invitation from the Dawn Society; after coming here, his strength surged, making him a different person from a month ago. Though most of it was his own effort, the Dawn Society also provided a platform.

However, this isn't the true Dawn; it's just a killer organization wearing its skin. He already knows its code of conduct, and tonight Bing Li gave him a very realistic lesson.

"Fine, if I agree to complete this so‑called Special Mission, I can say I've lived up to the Dawn Society."

Jiang Cheng suddenly felt a sense of openness before his eyes.

He would do everything he could to survive this mission.

Later, if the Dawn Society forces him into such a task again, he'll dutifully note it in his little notebook and repay it double in the future.

Just like this time, Kuangfeng Martial Arts School.

Those people caused countless families to be ruined and lives lost; he only laments his limited power, unable to eradicate them completely.

Now they even dare to hire assassins to kill him; in this Outer City District, besides the Maiken Club, there's another place he must wipe out.

Calming his mind, Jiang Cheng pulled out his personal phone.

Since the traitor inside the Dawn Society has already guessed his identity and he's being pursued by the Blood Hand Society, Ye Ying probably won't escape either.

Yesterday in the car, the two had ironed out the details of their cooperation and exchanged contact information.

A few seconds later, the call connected, and Ye Ying's voice sounded first.

"Is it about the Blood Hand Society?"

"You already know?"

Jiang Cheng's pupils widened slightly.

"No, Bing Li just called me, telling me the Blood Hand Society might be targeting me, and to stay home for a few days. If nothing urgent comes up, don't go to headquarters; I'm curious what's going on."

Hearing that, Jiang Cheng let out a sigh.

Just as he had expected.

The importance of a Fifth-level Spirit Mind Master far exceeds that of his own Second-level Force Warrior.

His gunmanship is formidable, but against Force Warriors above Sixth level, it has little effect.

Unless he can pilot a mech equipped with various Machine Cannons, rocket launchers, and missiles; then, not even a Grandmaster would be hard to kill.

But that gear is harder to obtain than an A-Level Combat Suit.

If he had it, he'd head to Kuangfeng Martial Arts School right now.

Bing Li wouldn't even dare utter a single word.

"What's wrong?"

Ye Ying asked.

"Nothing, as long as Brother Bing Li told you, that's fine."

Jiang Cheng smiled, "Just do as he said." "No, you two are hiding something from me."

On the other end, Ye Ying furrowed her brows, "The Blood Hand people, out of the blue, why would they target me? You know the reason, right?"

"..."

"Speak up, why are you hesitating?" Ye Ying complained.

Jiang Cheng said apologetically, "It's because of me."

"Because you?"

"You still remember I asked you to deliver a gun yesterday? The mission I carried out was to eliminate the backer behind Dingshi Loan Company, which is the people of Kuangfeng Martial Arts School. Yesterday the mission went smoothly; today, just after leaving headquarters, I was tracked by a Blood Hand assassin, and from his mouth I learned that someone hired the Blood Hand to take my life. Because you were with me at the time, you ended up on the list, I'm truly sorry."

"What?"

Ye Ying was extremely surprised after hearing that.

"You mean Kuangfeng Martial Arts School hired the Blood Hand to kill us? How did they know our identities?"

"Because there are their people at headquarters, my traits were too obvious, so they guessed me easily and then traced me to you."

Jiang Cheng said this, and the anger he had barely calmed surged again.

Why does there seem to be a snitch everywhere? There was Xiao Yuanqing before.

Now another traitor from the Blood Hand appears.

"So that's it."

Ye Ying murmured.

She had spent several years in the Dawn Society and understood this well.

Even she herself, because of her talent, had been assassinated by the Blood Hand many times; as her strength grew, such incidents became rarer.

"Yes, I'm truly sorry for dragging you into this. But for the next while, as long as you stay away from headquarters, even that traitor won't be able to find you."

"That has nothing to do with you; it's my own fault for not leaving."

Ye Ying shook her head.

"Do you know the identity of that traitor?"

"Not yet clear, but we'll find it out later."

"How to find it?"

"Bing Li big brother and they are working on a way, they'll find it out." Jiang Cheng smiled, he didn't want to tell the other party the specific details, after all the latter had nothing to do with this matter.

Ye Ying fell silent for a moment and said, "Blood Hand Society is an Assassin Organization; if the employer doesn't cancel the contract, they will never stop the hunt. The one hiring the assassins should be Kuangfeng Martial Arts School. I have thought of a method: since they want to hunt us, we will make Kuangfeng Martial Arts School's chickens and dogs restless, forcing them to cancel the contract."

"Stop!"

Jiang Cheng heard that and quickly raised his voice to stop it.

"That guy is an Eight-level Force Warrior; whether it's you or me, going there is courting death."

"I never said we should go to the school; didn't you just say they opened a Dingshi Loan Company? We'll go kill their subordinates, making their loans impossible to continue."

"Don't do that either."

Jiang Cheng kept shaking his head:

"The same method is hard to work twice, and have you thought about it: is Kuangfeng Martial Arts School really the only backer of that loan company? I suspect there's another force behind it; if we now go trouble them, we might be walking into a trap, and you forgot, the Dawn Society forbids us from acting privately."

Actually, while carrying out the mission, he was pondering what the purpose of this task really was. Given the Dawn Society's style, they shouldn't be idle and bored, randomly picking two villains just to fill a quota for themselves.

Moreover, simply killing a few people from the school is useless; that loan company will keep operating, at worst they'll move to another place and change their name.

But regardless, the people behind it definitely want this loan company to keep operating.

If he acts independently with Ye Ying, it could likely trigger serious consequences.

(End of chapter)