Chapter 538: The Sniper Reappears

"Master..." Tina ran to a deserted corner and dialed the phone once again.

"Why did you hang up on me just now?" A dissatisfied voice came from the other end of the line.

"I'm sorry, the place I was in just now did not allow me to speak with Master!" The Tina of now no longer had the naive playfulness she had when she was with Lingyun; instead, her face was cold and stern.

"I have already found out who hindered your operation last time. The target of your mission this time is to eliminate him and clear the obstacles for the next operation!" the man on the other end said coldly.

"What about the target's information?" Tina asked.

"The target is the founder of Lingyun Town..." When that person said this, the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly vanished.

"Eh, why was the call hung up?" Tina looked at the phone in her hand with some confusion.

However, when she called again, the phone was constantly busy; the other party had no intention of answering the call again.

"Did something happen?" Tina asked with some doubt.

After tilting her head and thinking for a while, a trace of sorrow appeared in Tina's eyes. The last time this situation occurred was exactly when her master, An Rand, had found a brand-new experimental subject.

However, no matter how sorrowful she was, the fact that the unknown sister had been pushed onto the operating table was already a certainty. As for that sister's fate, she had long since imagined it. The number of Cursed Children sent to the operating table by An Rand was so high that even she could not count them. And those who ultimately succeeded, including Tina, were but a mere few. The most tragic thing was that she did not have the ability to resist her master.

Forcibly wiping away the trace of sorrow in her heart, a cold expression appeared on Tina's face once again. She was now nothing more than a killing tool manipulated by An Rand. And it was precisely by relying on this batch of killing tools that Lan Ande was able to obtain enough funds to continue his experiments.

"The founder of Lingyun Town, Lingyun..." A sense of unease suddenly welled up in Tina's heart. "Please, please don't let it be what I imagine, please don't..."

Lingyun Town, conference room.

"Lingyun, according to the intelligence we obtained, the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on Seitenshi is definitely Qi Wu Zongxuan!" Chen Jing said, looking at Lingyun.

"Isn't this what we expected?" Lingyun said. "Since this guy has made a declaration to unify the five regions, then the rulers of the other regions are definitely the first stepping stones he needs to eliminate. And among them, the weakest, Seitenshi, has become the first target he has chosen to strike at."

"However, we currently have no evidence linking him to the assassin." Xiaona flipped through the pile of documents on the table and said with a frown.

"Of course, he would absolutely never do such a thing himself," Lingyun said. "Under his command, there are plenty of people who can contact assassins through various channels. In this situation, he can eliminate his enemies, achieve his goals, and keep himself out of it—isn't that a brilliant way to kill two birds with one stone?"

"Then what should we do now? Brother, you can't keep protecting Seitenshi forever!" Xiaona asked with a frown.

"Leave this matter to us to handle; we won't let Lingyun stay by that woman's side all the time!" Su Wanyue said to Xiaona with a serious face.

"It's a pity, their performance was truly unsightly. Different departments were shirking responsibility and attacking each other, all to distance themselves from this attack incident," Su Wanyue shook her head with regret. "The most disgusting thing is that the captain of Seitenshi's guard, that scum named Baoxie Zhuoren, kept trying to smear you, saying that this attack had something to do with you!"

"Oh? And what was the final result?" A strange smile appeared on Lingyun's face.

"Seitenshi seemed to be enraged; she rebuked Baoxie Zhuoren unceremoniously at the meeting. The person who attacked her this time was a sniper who had made careful preparations. This shows that her route was leaked, but Brother, you didn't participate in the planning of that route from beginning to end, which means this claim is completely groundless," Su Wanyue said with a smile. "You should have seen Baoxie Zhuoren's expression at the time—he looked as if he had been abandoned by the whole world; it was hilarious!"

"However, this guy definitely holds a grudge against Lingyun; after all, the several times he suffered losses before were all because of Lingyun!" Chen Jing said with a frown.

"He's just a clown; if he keeps jumping around, we can just wipe him out directly!" Nangong Nayue, who was on the side, waved her hand and said with an indifferent face.

"Our focus right now is still on that sniper; if she appears again, we must capture her!" Lingyun said. "By the way, is there any movement from Qi Wu Zongxuan's side?"

"Qi Wu Zongxuan has once again requested another meeting with Seitenshi, and Seitenshi has already agreed!" Su Wanyue said.

"Knowing that the defenses around Seikyo are tight, he wants to lure Seitenshi out for a fatal blow from the sniper in the shadows? Qi Wu Zongxuan really has a good plan!" Lingyun tapped his fingers on the table. "What about the time?"

"Two days later!"

"Two days later?" Lingyun pondered for a moment. "Jingjing, Wanyue, you two come with me. I will be in the open, and you will be in the shadows. If that sniper appears, I will go to pursue her, and you protect Seitenshi from the shadows!"

"Okay!"

"No problem!"

"It's better to end this matter as soon as possible! Lingyun, I'll go with you!" Nangong Nayue said.

"You're going too?" Lingyun said with some surprise.

"Tch, are you looking down on me?" Nangong Nayue looked at Lingyun with an unhappy face.

"Alright, alright, I know, Yuejiang!" Lingyun smiled and reached out to pat Nangong Nayue's head.

"You bastard! Don't treat me like a child!" Nangong Nayue knitted her brows, slammed her lace fan shut, and forcefully tapped Lingyun's head.

"Hmm, danger!" Suddenly, Lingyun felt a strange killing intent from afar locking onto him. "This feeling, is it a sniper rifle?"

Lingyun pulled out his handgun without hesitation and fired a shot in the direction of his intuition.

"Boom—" This was the sound of two bullets colliding in mid-air.

"You guys wait here, I'll be right back!" Lingyun said to the people in the room, then his figure instantly turned into an afterimage and rushed out of the window.

"That child definitely won't be able to escape, I just don't know how the operation on Ye Xi's side is going!" Chen Jing said.

"Don't worry, the abilities of those two, Ye Xi and the other, are beyond doubt. That piece of scum is a dead man!" Su Wanyue said.

"Then let's just wait here for their good news!" Chen Jing said, lying on the table.