Chapter 518: A Terrible Situation

"Master, I have already obtained the item!" Just as Lingyun and Xiaona were strolling through the streets, Akame's voice rang out in the depths of Lingyun's mind.

"Lingyun, I've finished on my end too!" Not long after, Chen Jing's voice also rang out by Lingyun's ear.

"Big Brother, what are you smiling at?" Xiaona looked at Lingyun, who had suddenly revealed a smile on his face, and asked with some confusion.

"It's nothing, just that some matters have already been completed. Next, we just wait for the others to arrive, and then the good show can begin!" Lingyun said.

"Then, Big Brother, are you really not going to worry about Hiruko Kagetane now?" Xiaona asked.

"Heh, it would be a miracle if we could find him right now!" A cold smirk curled at the corner of Lingyun's mouth. "That guy is probably long gone from the Tokyo Area by now!"

"Not in the Tokyo Area? Could it be that they went to the Gastrea Control Zone?" Xiaona's expression was very surprised.

Just at this moment, Lingyun's phone rang abruptly.

"Mr. Lingyun, this is bad. The cameras the Self-Defense Force set up on the outskirts of the city just captured footage of Hiruko Kagetane. He has already obtained that box!" Seitenshi's voice came from the other end of the phone. "He has already broken through the Self-Defense Force's blockade and entered the Gastrea Control Zone!"

As the leader of the Tokyo Area, although Seitenshi was a figurehead, she also knew about the Seven Stars of Legacy; if any accident were to happen, it would be a devastating blow to the Tokyo Area.

"Is that so? So fast. Hiruko Kagetane has already gotten his hands on the Seven Stars of Legacy so quickly!" Lingyun said with profound meaning.

"Mr. Lingyun, what do you mean by this? Just how much do you know?" There was confusion and shock in Seitenshi's tone.

"As for that, Your Excellency Seitenshi, you don't need to guess. We will be meeting very soon!" Lingyun hung up the phone directly.

"Xiaona, let's go!" Lingyun said.

"Go? Go where?" Xiaona asked.

"District 1, the Seikyo!"

In the dim conference room, Seitenshi stared at the hung-up phone, not knowing what to think.

Surrounding her were the top power-holders of the Tokyo Area, but their expressions were extremely gloomy, as if a storm were about to arrive.

After Hiruko Kagetane broke through the Self-Defense Force's blockade and entered the Gastrea Control Zone, Seitenshi had gathered all the high-level officials of the Tokyo Area to this place for a meeting.

At the same time, she had issued another commission, which was to have other Civil Security Officers go and intercept Hiruko Kagetane. However, according to the news coming from the front lines, the situation with the interception was very dire.

"Damn it, are these Civil Security Officers just freeloaders? How could they not even stop a single pair of Civil Security Officers!" One power-holder slammed a fist onto the table.

Soon, even worse information was transmitted over. The first batch of Civil Security Officers who went to pursue Hiruko Kagetane had been completely wiped out; not a single pair among them had managed to last even one move in Hiruko Kagetane's hands before they were finished.

"Also, what exactly is that guy called Lingyun doing? The guy you placed high hopes on, Seitenshi, is also of no use at all!" Another official also spoke up bitterly.

"I seem to have heard someone mentioning me!" Lingyun's voice suddenly rang out outside the conference room.

Everyone present was given a big fright and looked toward the entrance of the conference room in unison. There, Lingyun appeared with Xiaona.

"Mr. Lingyun, why have you come?" Seitenshi looked at Lingyun with an astonished face.

Even Tendo Kikunojo, who was standing behind Seitenshi, had a slight change in expression, not expecting Lingyun to appear in this place at this time.

"Didn't I say? We would see each other again very soon!" Lingyun said.

"Damn it, those people guarding outside—this is an important place, how could you let irrelevant people in?" one official shouted loudly.

"Are you talking about those people outside? They have all been knocked out by me. To be honest, Your Excellency Seitenshi, I am truly worried about your safety. From the moment I came in, no one gave you any warning. If I were an assassin, I'm afraid all the leaders of the Tokyo Area would have been wiped out in one go by now!" Lingyun stepped into the conference room and said with a relaxed expression.

"Damn brat, don't be so arrogant!"

An official suddenly sprang up from the table and threw a punch in Lingyun's direction. Judging by his stance, this person was clearly not just for show, but had some real substance.

However, this kind of attack was simply a joke to Lingyun. Lingyun gave a casual slap and sent this person flying away directly.

"Tsk, as a high-ranking official, you cannot keep your emotions from showing on your face. I am truly curious as to where your composure is!" Lingyun withdrew his hand and said indifferently.

"Mr. Lingyun, isn't your mission supposed to be pursuing Hiruko Kagetane right now? Why have you come to this place?" Tendo Kikunojo spoke slowly. "Moreover, as far as I know, after you accepted the commission from Seitenshi, you actually took this little girl beside you to go shopping instead of pursuing Hiruko Kagetane. I am truly confused—are you slacking off on the job?"

"Coincidentally, I also have quite a few questions that require Assistant Official Tendo to clear up for me!" A trace of a smile appeared on Lingyun's face.

Subsequently, Lingyun gave a wave, and a stack of photographs was thrown by him in front of Seitenshi.

Seitenshi picked up the photos and discovered that the people in the photos were all people who looked quite ordinary.

"Mr. Lingyun, what are these?" Seitenshi asked with some confusion.

"Ever since I accepted this commission and left the Defense Ministry Building, I discovered that someone was monitoring me in the shadows." Lingyun began. "I used special means to wiretap their communications and discovered that they were constantly reporting my location to a certain person. Then I used some small tricks to investigate and discovered that these people all belong to that person's subordinates!"

"This..." Seitenshi looked at the photos in her hand and fell into deep thought.

"There is one more point, and it is the point I least understand: how Hiruko Kagetane managed to obtain the Seven Stars of Legacy from my inescapable net and then swagger out of the Tokyo Area." Lingyun said.

"Mr. Lingyun's inescapable net?" Seitenshi had a look of confusion.

"The people who took action this time were not just me alone. I issued a task to the Civil Security Officer pairs belonging to Lingyun Town currently in the Tokyo Area, asking them to help me keep an eye on the Gastrea and the whereabouts of Hiruko Kagetane appearing in the Tokyo Area. But even under these circumstances, I still did not obtain any traces regarding Hiruko Kagetane and the Seven Stars of Legacy. The information hidden within this is quite thought-provoking!"

Listening to Lingyun's words, Seitenshi's expression also began to turn ugly.

"Moreover, they also simultaneously fed back a very interesting piece of information to me: that they were likewise subjected to varying degrees of surveillance! Of course, I also let them have a friendly exchange with the people monitoring them, and the situation that was finally concluded is also very interesting—they were all following one person's orders to carry out the task!" Lingyun's tone was very flat, but the pressure revealed in his tone caused cold sweat to break out on the backs of many people present.

"Of course, I still have some very interesting conjectures. Would Your Excellency Seitenshi like to hear them?" Lingyun said to Seitenshi.

Seitenshi hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.