nycdaug Chapter 302 The Betrayal of the Commissioner
Chapter 302 The Betrayal of the Commissioner
Despite their boastful words, Xu Ning and Kong slowed down as they entered the cave at the bottom of the cliff, quietly following the burly fat man in front of them.
Just inside the cave entrance is a near right-angle right turn. This turn makes it look from the outside as if there is a natural indentation in the rock wall, and no one would guess that there is a hidden world inside.
Xu Ning gently patted Kong's shoulder, pointed to the fat man's feet in front of him, and then pointed to his own eyes.
Kong immediately nodded in understanding, making sure his footsteps landed exactly where the fat man had walked, without missing a single step.
Moreover, it also focused its vision and opened up its elemental field of vision, carefully observing any potential mechanisms that might appear around it.
Xu Ning had noticed this earlier; when the fat man first entered the cave, his steps were extremely casual.
But once inside the building, the position began to shift from left to right.
Moreover, according to Xu Ning's judgment, this factory that produces the Evil Eye should be an important part of the Fools' strategy in Inazuma.
The fact that such an important place was so poorly guarded, allowing the two of them to walk in so easily, clearly shows that the owner of this place is very confident in something that exists here.
There's a high chance that a trap was set.
Xu Ning's conjecture was quickly verified.
After walking a dozen or so steps, many old-fashioned screens suddenly appeared in the middle of the wooden passageway, and the only way to get through was to go around them.
At this moment, there was clearly a choice between left and right. When the fat man went around the screen, perhaps Paimon, who was floating in the air, did not pay much attention to his feet, and a corner of the cloak appeared in his field of vision.
The fat man was startled and suddenly turned around.
It was only then that he noticed two people and... something that could fly behind him.
Upon realizing that they had been exposed, Kong reacted swiftly, brandishing his longsword and charging towards the fat man.
"do not want!"
"do not want!"
Xu Ning and the fat man shouted almost in unison.
Xu Ning acted extremely quickly. Kong had only taken one step when Xu Ning grabbed him by the back of his collar and pulled him back to where he was.
The fat man wasn't so lucky.
The empty step clearly triggered some mechanism, and then the ceiling where the fat man was located suddenly collapsed, and the fat man groaned as he was knocked unconscious to the ground.
"This mechanism is triggered so fast, Brother Xu, what should we do for the rest of the way?"
Kong asked Xu Ning with a hint of fear.
Xu Ning sighed, glanced at the poor, innocent fat man on the ground, reached out and lifted him up, dusted off the splinters of wood, and then threw him forward again.
"Bang!" The sound of a screen being smashed.
"Bang!" The sound of a section of ceiling falling down and hitting the fat man.
After the bell rang three times, Xu Ning and the others finally entered a hall about sixteen or seventeen stories high. A dozen members of the Fools' advance team formed a semicircle, staring intently at the two who had entered.
"You fools, how dare you trespass here!" the leading Wind Fist vanguard said coldly to the two.
Xu Ning smiled.
Judging from the reactions of the fools in Tasha, these people should all recognize him and Sora.
Knowing their own reputation and strength, yet daring to utter such words, it seems they must have powerful backers. Perhaps that Sanbing-sama is also here!
Kong wasn't the type to stand up for himself after being insulted. "Do you think you can look down on people just because you have more people? Have you ever seen a butterfly flap its wings?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ning casually waved his hand, and a rich, fragrant aroma of wine was suddenly released.
At this moment, Kong was also spinning in reverse. A stream of wind went from slow to fast and then formed a tornado in just one spinning motion.
"The wind is stirring!"
Just as the tornado took shape, Xu Ning's wisp of alcohol arrived. Like a whale sucking in water, the tornado drew all the alcohol away and swept it forward.
With a "snap," Xu Ning snapped his fingers at Feng Yuan before withdrawing his hand.
The space, which was divided into several layers, was instantly transformed into a fiery hell. Attacked by both gale and flames, several people were thrown and knocked unconscious on the spot, their bodies still burning when they fell.
A few large individuals who weren't blown away roared and tried to charge forward, but Xu Ning quickly knocked them down with a few punches and kicks.
"Ha, so much crystallized bone marrow here! No wonder I felt that omnipresent aura of malevolence as soon as I walked in. Such a large quantity, it seems that what Coral Palace Xin Hai said about these people having the support of local forces was indeed true!"
Xu Ning walked to the side and kicked open the door of a warehouse, where he saw countless crystallized bone marrows piled up in boxes and boxes.
These spirit crystals, imbued with the aura of the great serpent Oropas who once protected the island of Haiji, are as commonplace as cabbages in Inazuma, where such valuable crystals are found everywhere.
"Ah, I just remembered something."
Kong suddenly spoke up, "Brother Xu, when we first arrived at the island, I helped Jiulixu of the World Chamber of Commerce with a matter related to this crystallized bone marrow in order to gather information."
Xu Ning took a sip of his drink. "Tell me about it."
"I remember Chairman Kurisu saying that the officials in charge of the investigation levied taxes on them under various pretexts and required them to pay crystallized bone marrow in lieu of these taxes. This forced them to buy crystallized bone marrow from other merchants at high prices and then hand it over to the officials."
"At the time, I thought it was just the Kansei-gyō (Minister of Investigation and Statistics) deliberately making things difficult for us, but now it seems that's not the case at all. I'm afraid that behind the actions of the Fools, there is a lot of help from the Kansei-gyō."
Xu Ning chuckled and said, "This is blatant treason. It seems that apart from the Social Envoy, the other two envoys are rotten to the core. But thankfully, I'm not Inatsume-sama, so let them worry about these things themselves!"
After saying that, Xu Ning turned to look at Kong Yi's indignant expression and laughed, "Why are you so angry? Are you angry because these people have caused trouble for Xin Hai, or for Ling Hua? Or perhaps both?"
Kong scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, clearly unsure how to answer Xu Ning's question.
"Haha, let's go, I wonder what kind of surprise awaits us behind this door."
Xu Ning smiled meaningfully, watching the lightning flash on the empty, bladeless sword, and shattered the ornate, heavy wooden door with a single strike.
An empty room with countless air holes appeared before Xu Ning and Kong.