Chapter 283: Full Disclosure

One Lu Yunze wasn’t enough. Sun Huaimeng hadn’t expected another Lü Ziyi to be lying in wait outside the door.

That twin-tailed Sniper? What was she doing here, and how had she ended up mixed up with Lu Yunze?

Jiang Sui, who had been rummaging behind the sofa, narrowed her eyes slightly.

The moment Lü Ziyi turned her head, Jiang Sui quickly hid herself behind it.

“What’s wrong?”

“It felt like someone was watching me from behind just now.”

“How could that be? Only the three of us are awake here. Everyone else fell victim to this bastard.”

“Right.”

Lü Ziyi didn’t think much of it and turned her attention back to Sun Huaimeng.

The scales of battle had completely tipped toward Lu Yunze and Lü Ziyi.

Sun Huaimeng couldn’t turn it around on her own.

The gunshot wound on her shoulder kept sending burning pain through her, but compared to the stinging in her heart, it was nothing.

A perfectly good plan had run into one accident after another, and every time it was because of these people.

Sun Huaimeng was not a magnanimous person.

With such sudden changes, her expression turned extremely ugly.

“Why does her face look so strange?” Lü Ziyi couldn’t help sizing her up.

“She’s definitely furious now. How could she not look strange?”

“No, I mean her complexion.”

It was pale as a corpse’s, and blue-purple veins bulged out from time to time.

She looked worlds apart from when they’d first clashed.

“That? She’s probably used too much Boiling Blood.”

Lu Yunze had seen enemies like this before. When danger struck, they relied on that dangerous potion.

It could greatly boost combat power in a short time, but the side effects were unimaginable.

With that, Lü Ziyi understood. Her expression turned as if she were looking at a hopeless wretch.

Perhaps because of that expression, Sun Huaimeng couldn’t help but curse.

“Damn it, don’t get cocky for too long. Don’t think killing the Bishop means it’s over. The King in Black Robes won’t let you Godslayers off…”

“Just quiet down already.”

Lu Yunze couldn’t even be bothered to listen to her nonsense. He slapped her into peaceful sleep.

Then Lü Ziyi stepped forward and cuffed her, notifying the Police Station and Execution Division to come collect her.

That was the end of the danger Sun Huaimeng posed.

The fight hadn’t lasted long, but it had left the private room in a terrible mess.

The display screen looked expensive, and Lu Yunze hoped he wouldn’t have to spend too much of his pocket money.

After lifting the unconscious people off the floor and setting them on the sofa, Lu Yunze crouched in front of Jiang Sui and looked at the girl’s sleeping face for a while.

Maybe it was his imagination, but even unconscious, Jiang Sui’s expression wasn’t relaxed. It looked like she was having a nightmare.

“By the way, how did you know there’d be danger and find us?”

Lu Yunze asked Lü Ziyi without turning his head.

“It wasn’t me who knew. I got the information from someone else.”

“Someone else?”

“It was… right, where is he?”

Lü Ziyi looked around, her gaze finally locking on the private room’s door.

The door was open a crack, and a pair of eyes was peeking in from outside, watching everything.

When Lu Yunze and Lü Ziyi’s gazes met his, goosebumps immediately rose on his skin, and he looked away.

“Ah, don’t run!”

Lü Ziyi chased after him. Lu Yunze just watched the open door and listened to the noise outside.

First came hurried footsteps, then a loud gunshot, followed by the sound of something heavy hitting the floor.

“Miss, don’t kill me! I was wrong. I won’t run anymore.”

“Then get over here. If you try to sneak off again, I won’t shoot wide next time.”

Lü Ziyi hauled the man back. KTV staff came too, and even the boss showed up.

As an Executive Department Commissioner, Lü Ziyi carried a police officer’s license.

After showing her credentials and briefly explaining, the KTV boss had no choice but to retreat with an apologetic smile.

As for the man Lü Ziyi caught—more precisely, dragged back—he was a fat man.

“You’re really heavy. Walk on your own.”

“Yes, yes.”

Looking at the trembling fat man, Lu Yunze couldn’t help asking.

“Who’s this guy?”

“A member of the Black Star Cult.”

Lü Ziyi was still panting.

The fat man was a potion maker for the Black Star Cult.

Lü Ziyi had come to this city to track him. After finally catching him, she learned from him that he had a supervisor and a revenge plan.

Out of professional duty, and because she couldn’t stand the Black Star Cult’s lunatics, she secretly came to this KTV and used the fat man as bait to fish out that supervisor.

The rest was what Lu Yunze already knew.

The fat man’s supervisor was Sun Huaimeng, and Sun Huaimeng’s target was Lu Yunze.

So Lü Ziyi found Lu Yunze and warned him in advance, which was why Sun Huaimeng’s plan failed.

“I see.”

Lying on the sofa, Jiang Sui quietly opened one eye and realized she seemed to have seen this humble fat man somewhere.

‘I remember now. I think it was him—the one who traded with me back in Lan City. That guy kept complaining about how awful Lan City’s environment was, and how awful its Execution Division was… I didn’t expect you to be a member of the Black Star Cult.’

Seeing Lu Yunze move again, Jiang Sui quickly shut her eye.

“Hey, fat man, don’t you have a lot of potions? Hurry up and get something out to cure their poison.”

“They’re just unconscious. They’ll wake up after a nap.”

“Huh?”

“Yes, yes, yes! Whatever you say, Miss.”

The fat man gave a sycophantic smile and pulled a pile of bottles and jars from his backpack.

After searching for a while, he finally found the potion he wanted.

Lu Yunze took the potion from him, divided it into several cups, and gave it to the unconscious people.

The first to drink was Jiang Sui. As soon as Lu Yunze finished feeding her, the Little Maid opened her eyes and woke up.

“Young Master?”

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Just a little dizzy.”

“Then sit for a bit. We’ll go home soon.”

Lu Yunze comforted her while pouring hot water and feeding it to her by hand.

Throughout it all, Jiang Sui was like a slender rice stalk, as if a single gust of wind would knock her over.

Just one look at such a fragile posture inspired pity, and its lethal effect on Lu Yunze was doubled.

Only when Jiang Sui smiled again did Lu Yunze relax.

Looking at the potion in his hand, he couldn’t help clicking his tongue in wonder.

“Whoa, it works pretty well.”

“Hahaha, of course it does.”

The fat man blinked, as if even he didn’t understand why the potion had taken effect so quickly.

Soon the people from the Police Station arrived.

They first carried away the most dangerous Sun Huaimeng, then looked at the fat man.

Maybe their stares made his scalp tingle, because the fat man turned to Lü Ziyi and rubbed his hands.

“Um, Miss, you see, I’ve made up for my crimes, right? Could you maybe consider letting me off?”

“Huh?”

Lü Ziyi turned her head, her expression looking very kind.

“I haven’t done anything evil. I joined the Black Star Cult only because they promised me a place where no one would bother me so I could study my herbs. To be honest, I’ve been with them for less than half a year. Look, I don’t even have their Cult Mark on me.”

Seeing the fat man about to strip on the spot to prove his innocence, Lü Ziyi hurriedly stopped him.

“I can’t just let you go.”

“Why?”

“If you’re really as innocent as you say, then wait for our investigation results.”

“Ah, how can you do this?”

“You’re unwilling?”

Lü Ziyi tapped her finger on the gunstock.

“I’m willing! Of course I’m willing!”

The fat man quickly raised both hands in surrender and obediently let the Police Station handcuff him.

He was taken to the Police Station along with the others.

Jiang Sui, Luo Yao, and the others were sent back to the Gu-style Mansion.

Until they parted, Lu Yunze kept muttering about why Luo Yao and the others still hadn’t woken up.

Jiang Sui said nothing and looked as obedient as if she knew nothing.

Upon reaching the Old Place, Lu Yunze immediately received preferential treatment from the Police Chief, who fussed over him with concern.

Even Lü Ziyi beside him didn’t get that treatment.

“Thank you for your efforts, Commissioner Lü.”

“It’s a small matter. I don’t plan to leave until everything is settled.”

“It’s not over yet?”

Lu Yunze froze.

Since everyone was already acquainted, Lü Ziyi simply revealed her entire mission.

The fat man had joined the Black Star Cult mainly because he’d met a “master” online half a year ago.

This master also knew a lot about medicinal herbs, and the two had hit it off immediately.

As they chatted, the master began urging the fat man to join the Black Star Cult and said his own current success was all thanks to the cult’s help.

The fat man agreed, as if bewitched, and received word from the master to meet offline in Donghai City.

At the time, the fat man was thrilled, thinking his chance to rise to the top had finally come.

He never expected that Lü Ziyi had already set her sights on him.

Lü Ziyi had tracked the fat man all the way from out of town to Donghai City.

Because she had gained nothing, she exposed herself and moved to arrest him.

But catching the fat man wasn’t enough.

Her superiors also demanded that Lü Ziyi root out the supervisor behind him, including Sun Huaimeng and the so-called “master” who had invited the fat man to join the Black Star Cult.

Otherwise, more victims would appear.

Hearing this, Lu Yunze couldn’t help but feel confused.

The Puppeteer was dead, and Gu Lan was dead too.

By all logic, the Black Star Cult’s forces in Donghai City should have scattered.

Could another Bishop have been sent here during this time to unite those rabble?

No, if that were true, the Execution Division would have learned of it long ago and notified Lu Yunze and the others.

Donghai City was calm now, with nothing happening. It was truly puzzling.

But it was exactly this calm that made Lu Yunze more uneasy.

He couldn’t shake the feeling that something bigger was coming.