Chapter 712

Ning Chen's gaze shifted to the two corpses on the ground, and he unexpectedly discovered that one of them was the police officer who had interrogated him just the day before.

And now, his blood had soaked the entire floor, and his body had turned ice cold.

One could actually tell from the police station what a fierce battle had taken place there: all the equipment and tools were damaged, the lock on the interrogation room had been pried open with a gun and tossed onto the floor, the doors stood wide open, and inside lay the corpses of several prisoners.

Ning Chen leaned against the doorframe and slowly let out a sigh.

He turned his head again to look at the police officer who had summoned him: "You don't think I was the one who took Hu Di away, do you?"

Although the police officer's gaze held some suspicion, he shook his head very rationally: "It couldn't be you; you have a solid alibi."

Ning Chen nodded: "Indeed. If I wanted to break someone out of jail, I wouldn't need such elaborate measures. The fact that everyone here is dead suggests this was a gang operation. Hu Di might have been the leader of the organization, so someone came to rescue him; or perhaps he threatened the organization's safety, so they took him away to silence him."

The police officer said: "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagine; we've already reviewed the surveillance footage."

As he spoke, Ning Chen walked over to the computer and glanced at the video that had been pulled up.

It was surveillance footage from a crossroads, where three black cars could be clearly seen driving through the intersection one after another; their movements were obvious, completely unhidden, heading straight for the police station.

Ning Chen frowned as he finished watching the clip, then raised his head and said: "Just as I thought. Investigate it; find out exactly who Hu Di is."

Speaking of this, a hint of difficulty appeared on the police officer's face: "We did interrogate him, but last night his condition was poor; he looked like he was about to faint at any moment. The doctor said it would be more effective to question him again this morning... How was I supposed to know something like this would happen?"

After hearing this, Ning Chen said with a mix of amusement and exasperation: "It was probably faked. Now look, the person is gone, and you won't get the results you wanted."

The police officer lowered his head.

Since the matter had already happened, there was little point in blaming or pursuing it further; Ning Chen understood this principle well, so he said no more, gripped the mouse, and replayed the video.

Yet he truly couldn't spot any clues, but if they could trace the car models and license plates of these vehicles, they might obtain the results he sought.

The system had already arranged transportation for Ning Chen; the originally scheduled departure date was this afternoon, but with this incident occurring, Ning Chen certainly couldn't leave so easily, so he had to stay here and help the police continue tracking and investigating the matter.

Thinking of this, a trace of irritation appeared on Ning Chen's face; it was his rest time, and this incident was nothing less than an invasion of his private time.

But he couldn't possibly leave, especially since the police wouldn't agree to it anyway.

So Ning Chen could only say: "I'll stay here temporarily for these few days; I'll leave only after you've investigated who took the person away."

The police officer had wanted to say the same thing; now that Ning Chen had brought it up proactively, he went along with it and said: "That works."

The police were urgently investigating Hu Di's past, but his information seemed to have been deliberately hidden; in short, they saw nothing, and even the information they did find was entirely irrelevant.

Therefore, after one round of investigation, they found nothing.

Ning Chen sat beside the computer, slowly yawned, propped his chin on his hand, and watched the police search for Hu Di's background on the computer; when he saw the webpage was completely blank, he couldn't help but smile.

As expected, he immediately received an angry glare from the police officer beside him.

Ning Chen shrugged, looking somewhat innocent: "I didn't mean anything by it; I'm just curious. Don't you have your own independent system?"

Speaking of this, resentment instantly rose in the police officer's eyes: "I don't know why either, but that system was hacked three days ago for no apparent reason, so it can't be opened at all now."

Ning Chen stroked his chin: "That's suspicious; why did it happen precisely at this moment?"

"They couldn't have planned this long ago, could they?" another police officer nearby said. "Such a coincidence... it feels like even a scriptwriter couldn't make it this coincidental."

"That should be impossible," Ning Chen said. "They don't have the ability to predict the future... Rather than that, you should find a technician to handle it; this system being hacked will delay many things."

Now they were almost trapped in a deadlock; the only clue they knew was the footage of the three cars recorded before the crossroads, and the entire background on Hu Di that they wanted to investigate was missing; finding even a single clue would be harder than climbing to the sky.

The police station had been damaged so badly it was unrecognizable; Ning Chen certainly wouldn't sleep there. He glanced at the time and said: "This is quite troublesome; come find me again after the system is fixed."

Having said that, he walked straight out.

Not a single person in the huge police station stopped him; they probably thought Ning Chen couldn't help anyway, and letting him stay here would only add trouble.

So when Ning Chen left this place, it actually reduced some trouble.

Hu Di was brought back to the Shanzhuang villa.

The condition of his hand remained dire; moreover, a good amount of the hemostatic powder had been washed away, and there was a faint tendency for bleeding to continue. After being brought back to the villa, a private doctor entered, carefully examining the condition of Hu Di's hand.

Then he slowly sighed and shook his head: "I can only stop the bleeding for now; this sword technique was truly decisive. To reconnect the tendons, a major surgery would be needed... Perhaps even surgery would be useless; we'd have to find a doctor more specialized and authoritative than me."

Hu Di's face remained very pale; at this moment, he had already taken off his hat, exposing that paper-white face to the light, with lips devoid of any color.

Hearing the private doctor's words, Hu Di let out a half-dark, half-light chuckle: "Of course; I never intended for you to perform the surgery."

The private doctor's expression instantly became strange; then he clamped his mouth shut, trembling as he opened his medical kit, took out cotton swabs, and stopped Hu Di's bleeding.

Hu Di lowered his eyes, watching the doctor perform the procedure; although the tendons in his hand had been severed, the nerves were not cut. The cotton swabs soaked in medicine applied to the skin caused extreme pain, yet Hu Di made no sound, as if both hands had lost all sensation of pain.

The wound on his arm was also extremely horrifying; the knife cut was extremely deep, skin torn and flesh split, allowing the deep muscles inside to be directly observed, let alone the broken bones and tendons even deeper within.

Ning Chen's strike was truly without a trace of panic; his sword technique was fast, precise, and ruthless, nearly defeating the enemy in a single blow. This left even someone with Hu Di's skills powerless to resist; after regaining his senses, he discovered both his hands were broken.

Twenty minutes later, the doctor stood up, not daring to raise his head; his line of sight could only see Hu Di's shoes and a pair of shiny leather shoes in the upper right corner.

The owner of those leather shoes was Li Yu; Li Yu met the doctor's gaze, curled the corner of his mouth, and tilted his head: "Get out."

The doctor had long wanted to leave; upon hearing this, as if receiving an imperial decree, he picked up his medical kit and hurriedly walked out.

Hu Di sat on the sofa; with dressings applied to his hands, he dared not move carelessly, so he raised his head and said to Li Yu: "When is Joseph coming?"

Li Yu said: "He'll arrive tomorrow. After all, he's an old man; his legs and feet are very inconvenient. Moving slowly is understandable; show some patience."

Upon hearing this, Hu Di looked at him with some surprise: "You're actually making excuses for him; that's not like you."

Li Yu smiled: "What does 'like me' mean? You want him to come, but he can't possibly teleport in front of you in the next second. Just wait; it's already difficult enough for that old man to come."

Hu Di said no more, his expression carrying a clearly visible annoyance.

They hadn't found all of Ning Chen's files, but it was predictable that Ning Chen certainly wouldn't be as easy to deal with as they imagined; on the contrary, Ning Chen might become the strongest enemy they had encountered in all these years.

They had always assumed their organization was founded and operated smoothly; they never expected to be defeated this time by a young Mao Touxiaozi, which was indeed novel.

Li Yu lit a cigarette: "Just wait; Ning Chen will appear."

"Why?" Hu Di sneered. "Ning Chen is just a fool with brute force but no brain; that bunch at the police station are paper tigers. They won't find us in the short term."

Li Yu said: "That's not certain. Even if Ning Chen can't investigate it, can't the people behind him investigate it? The fact that Ning Chen dares to do this is probably because someone is backing him."

That's true. Seeing Hu Di nodded lightly, then lowered his head to look at his own hand and said, "A burden."

Li Yu merely pressed his lips together and said nothing.

The police could find no trace of Seeing Hu Di, nor of that organization; the only clue left was a single surveillance video, which was actually useless.

The Jingju Sect hardly rested all night, busy tidying up the bodies and cleaning the Jingju Sect until it was restored to its original state, while the special task force worked to uncover the origins of that group and their possible destinations.

Despite finding nothing.

Did Ning Chen also failed to sleep well; that night, he unusually had a dream in which Seeing Hu Di's hand was inexplicably reattached, possessing immense combat power and destined to become his formidable enemy in the future.

That alone would have been understandable, but the key was that Seeing Hu Di even had some connection with Si Shiya, yet Seeing Hu Di seemed to be on the same side as the group that took Si Shiya away; time and again, he used Si Shiya to threaten Did Ning Chen.

Did Ning Chen didn't mind; he had bound himself to the system specifically to find Si Shiya. Moreover, there were already some clues at this point; following them deeper would surely lead him to her. Suffering some flesh wounds was nothing; what he feared was that all his efforts would be in vain, all his progress wasted.

But the dream never reached its end, because when Did Ning Chen opened his eyes, it was already nine in the morning. He rarely slept so late, and upon opening his eyes, he still felt a splitting headache.

After a simple cleanup, Did Ning Chen arrived at the Jingju Sect. At a glance, he saw that the mess on the Jingju Sect floor had been completely cleared, and a dozen or so police officers sat together, watching the relationship chain displayed on the projection screen.

Did Ning Chen glanced at that so-called relationship chain and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

These police officers clearly hadn't slept all night; dark bruise very severe under their eyes. Did Ning Chen had brought breakfast; honestly, he didn't know why these people were sitting there. If they were merely trying to sort out this so-called "relationship chain," it was a gross misuse of resources.

Did Ning Chen placed the breakfast he bought on the table, a slice of bread in his mouth, and said, "Alright, take a rest. I can tell you haven't slept all night; there's no need to be so tense."

One police officer looked up at Did Ning Chen and said, "Of course you're not in a hurry."

Did Ning Chen nodded: "It's fine, except for the time I was dragged home."

The implication was that his progress matched theirs; only when the police found that organization could Did Ning Chen return.

Though the police officers harbored some resentment after working all night, they wouldn't vent their anger on someone coming to assist them. Did Ning Chen had brought plenty of breakfast, enough for all the police officers to share, so everyone accepted without hesitation and ate a full meal with Did Ning Chen's breakfast.

Did Ning Chen pulled up a stool and sat down: "Have you found any technicians? Has that system been restored?"

Upon hearing this, several police officers looked troubled. Did Ning Chen learned that it wasn't that the police refused to find technicians to repair the system, but that the system had collapsed for too long; even if they tried to repair it, it couldn't be fully fixed in the short term.

The earliest estimated time is three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Hearing this time, Did Ning Chen sighed. Although he came to "assist" with this case, it was actually half-coerced; even if he wanted to go home, there was nothing he could do now; he was trapped in the Jingju Sect, unable to go anywhere.

Seeing Seeing Hu Di kidnapped, the Jingju Sect's system facing collapse, and not being repairable until tomorrow afternoon, was tantamount to delaying Did Ning Chen's vacation and return home once again.

But the only channel for obtaining information was the Jingju Sect system; no matter what, they had to wait until three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Did Ning Chen said, "Then just rest during this time; the system isn't fixed anyway. But I really don't understand what you were doing last night; you didn't even take a break all night."

After saying this, Did Ning Chen looked again at the three characters "relationship chain" written on the blackboard and slowly said, "It feels like a futile effort... but it's up to you; after all, this is your Jingju Sect, and I shouldn't interfere too much."

After speaking, Did Ning Chen wandered out through the main entrance of the Jingju Sect.

No one stopped him; now they had no reason to detain Did Ning Chen, even though Did Ning Chen was currently the only person here who knew the situation of that organization in the forest.

After Did Ning Chen went out, he hardly had any time to rest. Standing at the Jingju Sect entrance, he immediately contacted the system in his mind: "Tell me Seeing Hu Di's location; I feel I need to handle this matter."

Upon hearing this, the system remained silent for a long time, neither nodding nor shaking its head, simply staying quiet, as if warning Did Ning Chen not to interfere with this matter.