[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-55":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1758954,2324,"Chapter 55: Killing","secret-buyer-chapter-55",55,"\u003Cp>\"Chief Inspector Chen, we have a suspect linked to a terrorist, likely a relative. What’s your take?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi suddenly stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a senior inspector in the Fifth District Public Security Bureau, he was practically the second-in-command, holding command and decision-making power when the bureau chief was absent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And currently, the other senior inspector was also not present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s good that we’ve caught one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi’s gloomy expression softened slightly, and he let out a breath:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Contact the Green Gang and have them take the person away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was extremely resentful; this was a big problem, and he had to give the Green Gang an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief Inspector Chen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security officer reminded him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the colleagues are currently watching the suspect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He emphasized the words ’all the’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi waved his hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what? Haven’t you or he taken money from the Green Gang? I ask you, who in our bureau hasn’t done dirty work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first thing to do if you want to take Green Gang money is to use the bureau’s issued gun to kill someone for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The bullets remain in the heads, and the heads are frozen in the Green Gang’s cold storage! Who dares to betray them? Just do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t forget to have everyone turn off their law enforcement recorders and cut off nearby surveillance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security officer nodded submissively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Chief Inspector Chen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he jogged away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi also stood up leisurely, heading to the scene of the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it wasn’t the terrorist personally, a relative... could still serve as half of an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, an accident must be avoided!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black gun barrel pointed downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual will was slowly withdrawn, and Zhang Fusheng rubbed his slightly aching temples,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The consumption of spiritual will was becoming increasingly severe, and even the Divine Realm seemed to be having problems...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because of the so-called lack of a ’fixed’ Divine Realm form, or was there insufficient Subordinate Soul to share the pressure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a bit irritated, a strange aggression rising in his heart, but it quickly calmed as his thoughts turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green Gang? Black money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To get hold of this black money, one has to kill first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind turned quickly, realizing that the Public Security Bureau’s firearms and bullets were all numbered and could be traced back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bullets left in the head, with the head held by the Green Gang, served as a solid handle, perhaps not just for the Fifth District Public Security Bureau; other bureaus might be no better,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Lu Mingzhu said the relationship between the Green Gang and the Public Security Bureau was very close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the phone, Zhang Xiaoxi was still shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? You went to the Public Security Bureau? You idiot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She decisively said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you run? If not, I’ll arrange to get you out. Just wait...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng interrupted her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this have anything to do with the Green Gang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Green Gang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end, Zhang Xiaoxi was confused:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it related to the Green Gang... Oh? Chen Sijiu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spit out a name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng frowned and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t the research institute in Dragon Boat City having three candidates? He’s one of them. I just blew up the Public Security Bureau and blew him away along with it. He seems to be with the Green Gang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng understood and briefly inquired about the matter, his expression turning grim, silently remembering the name ’Chen Yongzhi’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Uncle seriously injured? Where are you now?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All minor injuries, we just arrived at the Peace Hotel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Xiaoxi replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might not know, but the rule at the Peace Hotel is no ’fighting’; I heard its background is very influential.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng sighed in relief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right, you and Uncle should stay put, I’m fine here, will be there soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he hung up, coincidentally, accompanied by shouts of ’Chief Inspector Chen,’ a middle-aged man stepped down from a car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why aren’t they cuffed already, what’s everyone waiting for?\" Chen Yongzhi shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Chief Inspector Chen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A security officer jogged up with handcuffs and cuffed the two individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is Chen Yongzhi? Is it that Chief Inspector?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, Chen Yongzhi sized up the frail-looking young man but said nothing more, then turned to order:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you tracked the whereabouts of the terrorist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief Inspector, the target entered the Peace Hotel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peace Hotel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi raised an eyebrow, feeling somewhat relieved, knowing now it was a clash between the Green Gang and the Peace Hotel, allowing him to step out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What needed to be done was to wait for the Green Gang to arrive, so the matter was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Boom!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening noise shook the air, and not far away, the ground was covered in dense cracks. Before any security officers could react, a figure had already appeared before Chen Yongzhi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the wind unleashed, and dust rolled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... you...\" Chen Yongzhi was still somewhat unresponsive, looking at the frail young man before him, his mind frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being a senior inspector, he was himself a Third Refinement expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi abruptly awakened, tapping his toes on the ground, and his figure swiftly retreated—having run into a steel plate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhang family even had such relatives??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fluttered back like an autumn leaf in the wind, gracefully, but just as he lifted off, a hand clamped his throat like an iron grip, pulling him back violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh huh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi struggled to breathe, trying to resist, terrified to find the young man’s strength far exceeded his!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Success of the Five Refinements, adding six thousand six hundred pounds of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security officers who had just relaxed pulled out guns again, and some shouted, some scolded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with gun barrels pointed down, Zhang Fusheng felt a prickling sensation on his skin, as a Fifth-Refined Martial Artist could ignore most small-caliber firearms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but not the armor-piercing rounds used by the Public Security Bureau issued pistols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One shot on the body could at least break the skin, lodging in the muscle - yet the bloodthirsty toxin above would take effect on sight of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Yongzhi?\" Zhang Fusheng asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yongzhi gathered his remaining strength, thrust his toes through the air, and kicked Zhang Fusheng’s abdomen repeatedly, creating clanging sounds as if striking steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng nodded, loosened his hand, and the uplifted Chen Yongzhi fell, just as the tip of his toes touched the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head was smashed with a single punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even realize he was ’dead’ before he was dead, his last thought being regret over not having thoroughly investigated Zhang Wenhua’s background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng, remaining calm, didn’t forget to draw Chen Yongzhi’s spiritual will into the Divine Realm before crushing him—in this way, another grim skeleton was added to the Divine Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Bang bang bang!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunfire erupted together, countless sparks sprayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng merely stomped heavily, clashed his fists, and the ground abruptly tore apart, splintered concrete and stones flying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forming a dense barrier-like whirl around his body under the howling wind of his punches!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bullets penetrated the stones, were blown and twisted by the vaguely tiger-roaring wind, and by the time they hit Zhang Fusheng, they couldn’t even penetrate his skin, only leaving clear white points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he didn’t dodge but savored the pain, simply stepping up stones repeatedly to block bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since last time, with over two hundred years of contemplation and cultivation, he pushed his spirit realm to perfection in one breath,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng could feel his temperament becoming more irritable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was due to thousands of times of falling into demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was due to the lack of sufficient Subordinate Souls to share the pressure of the Divine Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps a combination of both, plus some other reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, he became more ’violent’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as the security officers ran out of bullets, as one by one began reloading, during the brief lull when gunfire completely ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the smoke and dust created by bullets colliding with stones, came a gentle voice tinged with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you’ve all taken the Green Gang’s black money and killed ’innocent’ people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it’s just normal if I kill you, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smoke tore open, and a figure like a hungry tiger charged out from within!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiger’s roar erupted layer by layer!\u003C\u002Fp>",1419,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.351Z",1,"novelbin.me","5b7837e963c03ded9672fa5a8869f0e59f4a00fca4ccb2b7de68f7ad2c247417","secret-buyer-chapter-56","secret-buyer-chapter-54",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]