Chapter 238: Saving the Ruthless Mafia Boss 26

The second day of the banquet.

The website was dominated by a set of photos posted by Xunchen.

First, at seven in the morning, a photo was taken of Edejia and his lover emerging together from the top-floor pool; their behavior was ambiguous, and their bodies bore traces of their lovemaking.

Next, Edejia, unable to contain his anger, had his subordinates go look for someone in a fierce manner; the location was his own room, the core area of this cruise ship.

The two photos shared a common point: in the center of each photo was Edejia's vital point—one over his heart, the other over his brow.

Immediately after, another document with no heading or tail was posted, signed, with the serial number JED005.

Finally, it was just a line of text without any picture.

——"Countdown: 30 hours."

Everyone speculated that the 30 hours was the time Xunchen would kill Edejia, yet they felt strong curiosity about the serial number JED005.

Many talented individuals from various organizations eagerly began solving the riddle, from the world's top ten ciphers to Turing symbol analysis, and the website became unprecedentedly lively.

However, upon seeing that serial number, Edejia already understood what it meant.

This is the document number from that transaction several years ago!

Could it be that an orphaned heir of a family that survived that transaction has come for revenge?

But at least five families participated back then, all of which have already been eliminated; if we had to check them one by one, thirty hours would be far from enough.

He violently threw his phone aside, his face turning ashen.

Now his trusted subordinates have all gone to search the cruise ship, yet they still cannot find any trace of Xunchen.

As the countdown drew nearer step by step, what replaced his anger was a spreading faint panic.

"Mr. Edejia!"

Du Ruosong suddenly burst in, his expression actually more tense than that of Edejia, the man about to be killed.

"Mr. Edejia! Have you found Xunchen!"

"No!"

Edejia, extremely annoyed, slapped the table several times with his hand full of diamond rings; amid the bangs, his gloomy gaze grew ever more terrifying.

"You Huaguo! Why are there so many lunatics! Why don't you fight me openly and aboveboard!"

He loudly vented his anger, as if doing so could suppress the anxiety welling up inside.

Du Ruosong was scolded out of the blue, his face grim: "Mr. Edejia, why didn't you enforce strict control when boarding? Even if you can't find him now, didn't you also register him?"

"I don't need your lecture! Idiot!"

Edejia wouldn't let such a minor figure provoke him; he rose and raised his fist, but suddenly thought of something.

He froze slightly, a flash of inspiration.

All guests had registered in detail when boarding; checking that list would be much faster than searching for them one by one!

Releasing his grip on Du Ruosong's collar, Edejia immediately returned to his desk, made a call, and ordered his subordinates to focus on checking the list.

"You! Excellent! Half of ELF's assets will go to you!"

Edejia laughed heartily.

Du Ruosong smiled and nodded, but inside he thought that once he obtained ELF, he would report Edejia for illegal entry and collusion with underground organizations to the higher authorities, achieving two goals at once.

His attitude compliant, he said, "Then I won't disturb Mr. Edejia; I'll continue preparing for tomorrow's operation."

After leaving the room, Du Ruosong glanced at one of his subordinates following him and praised, "Your idea is not bad; you're smart."

"All for the sake of Du Ge's plan."

Du Ruosong was very satisfied, smiling as he walked toward the elevator.

The subordinate followed behind Du Ruosong, the backs of his two hands hanging at his sides moved to the rear, he flipped open the hidden clasp of his watch, and quickly replied to the message precisely.

Then, acting as if nothing had happened, he turned it off as Du Ruosong entered the elevator.

"He replied!"

A Qiang constantly watched his phone; seeing the message come in, he hurriedly handed it to Meng Fuchi, saying, "Boss, the person you planted beside Du Ruosong has replied."

By the open-air sightseeing pool, Meng Fuchi patted his own clasped hands, rose from the beach chair, and took the phone.

"Success, manpower dispersed."

Meng Fuchi read those words, his tone noticeably relaxed.

Edejia has now thrown his own forces into disarray, scrambling the personnel originally guarding the cruise ship.

The more panicked he becomes, the more advantageous it is for our operation tomorrow.

"I understand; you go relax a bit."

Meng Fuchi returned the phone to A Qiang, his tone slightly reminding, "Zuokun and the others went all out playing on the fourth-floor casino."

"I'm going too!"

A Qiang gave a heh-heh, rolled up his sleeves and walked off, saying, "I'm far more formidable than Zuokun! ELF gambling king!"

He gave a slight nod, left the artificial beach, but headed not toward the fourth floor.

Meng Fuchi lay back again, gazing at the rare sunlight over the sea, his phoenix eyes lazily half-closed, he poked Jin Chen's cheek.

"I have a question."

The peach-blossom eyes, closed in feigned sleep, opened; Jin Chen once again embraced him, lifting a leg to press against his calf, his tone languid.

"Brother Chi, ask whatever you want; I'll hold nothing back."

"How did you manage to capture such a tricky angle, with the picture clear and yet undetected?" Meng Fuchi asked.

"..." A good question.

Jin Chen choked, momentarily unsure how to answer.

"Is it my turn to appear yet!" 0731 was very excited.

"Turn into a little robot ball and come out, quick."

Jin Chen thought about 0731's true form after its transformation; if it just appeared like that, this would be the filming site of Cruise Ship Suspicion Clouds.

0731 drew out a strand of consciousness and turned it into a small, lively machine ball, which appeared on Jin Chen's pocket.

Jin Chen didn't think much; upon noticing the movement, he took it out and handed it to Meng Fuchi, saying, "I have a high-tech machine… egg."

He was shocked, not knowing what this quail-egg-sized object, covered in blue-pink stripes and with a round deep-blue eyeball, was.

"Hmm… Did you make this?"

Meng Fuchi took it, examined it briefly; his tone was somewhat at a loss for words, but he still didn't want to dampen Jin Chen's confidence, so he forced himself to find something praiseworthy.

"The color is… quite youthful."

Jin Chen: "……"

0731 heard Little Pitiful One praising itself; its long electronic eyelashes fluttered, it rubbed his palm to show gratitude and joy.

"Is it an artificial intelligence?"

Meng Fuchi was curious; he tapped its top with his fingertip.

"It's an artificial intellectual disability, only able to take pictures and track, incapable of anything else." Jin Chen said dissatisfiedly.

"It's already impressive; even ELF doesn't have this kind of technology now."

Meng Fuchi returned the egg to Jin Chen, ruffled his hair, and said, "You're amazing."

"Then show some appreciation."

Jin Chen ruthlessly shoved the egg into his pocket, leaned his cheek in, and watched eagerly.

Thus a kiss landed on his cheek; he turned the tables, pulling Meng Fuchi into his embrace, their lips and teeth intertwining.

0731 bumped around, realizing it couldn't get out; its consciousness returned to Jin Chen's mind, and the next second it was locked into the little black room.

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