Chapter 3 Intelligence

"The preceptor of the Aum Shinrikyo," Nangong Zhu said in a deep voice, "do we have any corresponding intelligence?"

"There are six pieces of intelligence in total. This preceptor has a total of ten grandmasters under his command."

"We have gathered information on six locations where one of these grandmasters might be brainwashing our people."

"The six of you will head to these six respective locations to apprehend those six grandmasters."

"At the same time, interrogate them, extract intelligence, and find out where this preceptor is hiding. Show no mercy to anyone from Aum Shinrikyo."

After finishing his instructions, Squad Leader Shen tossed out six identical folders. "These are the suspected hiding places of the six Aum Shinrikyo grandmasters. Choose one location each."

Shen Ye looked over the six locations.

They were: a factory in Qingsha Town; the residence of a wealthy merchant in Zengzhi City; a company named Xunyi; a small town called Lishan Town; another small town called Huashan Town; and the Si Corporation.

Wait! The Si Corporation?

The Si Corporation had actually originated and risen in Ning County.

However, as it grew larger over time, it left Ning County and relocated to the Pearl River Center in Guangzhou.

In terms of financial strength, the Si Corporation was already ranked among the top twenty in the entire city of Guangzhou. Although slightly inferior to the Qin Corporation, it was still a colossal financial conglomerate.

He remembered that during his high school days, there was a classmate who was the son of the Si Corporation's president, named Si Dusheng.

This man was overbearing and arrogant.

During his high school years, he had dated countless girlfriends, and at least ten girls on campus had undergone abortions because of him.

Furthermore, he had sexually assaulted several girls.

Leyue, one of the two campus beauties at the time, had been toyed with by Si Dusheng.

Song Ya was the homeroom teacher's cousin back then, which was how she narrowly escaped his clutches.

Si Dusheng's overbearing nature knew no bounds, and he had even beaten up other students in the classroom.

He had only studied in Class Five for a year and a half before transferring out, yet during those eighteen months, he failed to make a single friend in the class.

Shen Ye had possessed a stubborn streak since childhood. Seeing how domineering Si Dusheng was back then, he once hid in a dark alley, threw a burlap sack over him, and gave him a thorough beating.

After that, Si Dusheng was driven to near madness, frantically searching for days to find out who had beaten him. But having offended far too many people, combined with the fact that it was a blind spot for security cameras at night, no trace of the culprit could be found, and the matter ultimately went unresolved.

Nangong Zhu, as the leader of the first squad, possessed extensive experience. "Aum Shinrikyo truly lives up to its reputation as a combat-proficient cult. Having just infiltrated, what kind of places did these six grandmasters choose as their missionary sites? Either they chose small towns, attempting to make a breakthrough among the village and town residents. After all, the Omnipotent Purple Lightning Cult of yesteryear also started from the countryside."

"Or else they targeted wealthy merchants. Ordinary wealthy merchants have broad social circles. If you can get one wealthy merchant to believe in this cult, other wealthy merchants are easily drawn in."

"Just like back then, when Grandmaster Wang Lin chose a few wealthy merchants as breakthrough points, and later on, a whole bunch of celebrities followed suit. It's the same logic."

"The difficulty levels of these six places are currently unknown. Shen Ye, you are the newly appointed squad leader, you should make your choice first."

"I'll choose the Si Corporation." Shen Ye was not overly polite and directly picked the Si Corporation.

It was quite simple; he could also take the opportunity to see whether Si Dusheng's character had changed at all over the years.

If he was still the same as before, if his hands were stained with wickedness, then he wouldn't mind bestowing upon him a strike of the Bone-Melting Palm.

Ever since he obtained the secret manual of the Bone-Melting Palm from the old man, he had practiced it diligently, but had yet to use it in actual combat.

"I'll go to Huashan Town. I heard the donkey meat in Huashan Town is peerless. I can just taste it while I'm there," Monk Jierou said, drooling at the mere thought of Huashan Town's donkey meat.

"I'll go to Lishan Town. I heard they planted a vast amount of cherry blossoms there. It's currently the cherry blossom viewing season, and I'd love to go see them," Tong Chuchu claimed this assignment.

"I'll head to Zengzhi City," Xuanyuan Du chuckled, hearing that an underground casino had recently opened there, giving him just the right excuse to place a couple of bets.

"Then I shall take the Xunyou Company. Hopefully, there will be some pretty young maidens there so I can read their palms." The lecherous Taoist priest was holding a copy of the *I Ching* and reading it. Despite his licentious nature and fondness for reading palms for young women, he actually possessed genuine skill and truly understood palmistry. The tragic part was that he practiced the I Ching Taoist Boy Cultivation technique, meaning that up until now, he was still a virgin.

And he was already fifty-plus years of age.

What a sorrowful tale.

"Since you've all made your choices, I'll take the factory in Qingsha Town." As the leader of the first squad, Nangong Zhu often let the others choose their task locations during operations of this nature, leaving herself to take whatever remained.

...

The Si Corporation's financial standing in Guangzhou ranked around the twentieth position.

In Pearl River, the Si Corporation owned a towering commercial skyscraper more than thirty stories high, situated right at a busy intersection and extremely conspicuous.

As one of the two young masters of the Si Corporation, Si Dusheng naturally commanded an extraordinary status and position.

At this moment, Si Dusheng was sitting inside Phoebe Bar.

seated beside him were a group of his fair-weather friends, along with a large crowd of young women.

One of the young women was performing a miraculous party trick: opening a beer bottle using her lower body.

This was followed by a thunderous wave of applause and cheers.

"Damn, that's awesome!"

"I've truly had my horizons broadened today."

After the uproarious laughter died down, everyone crowded around Si Dusheng once more. After all, the fair-weather friends hanging out together all knew just how formidable Si Dusheng's family background was.

Si Dusheng was already feeling somewhat intoxicated. "Heh heh, you guys remember Yun Xiaofei, that campus belle? Tsk tsk, a pure campus belle. But what happened? I dragged her into a room, took a little blue pill, and straight-up raped her. She was screaming that I was an animal. But so what? Big Daddy raped her anyway. Hahahaha."

"Her boyfriend had long since been knocked unconscious by my security guards. Actually, if he hadn't been knocked out, I would have wanted to reenact a scene right out of an adult film—you know, the kind with a prior setup."

"After it was all over, she even wanted to call the cops. But what the hell use was that? My family has immense connections, my hands reach the skies, and my family employs countless lawyers. A lawsuit? Who's afraid of whom?"

"Who knows, the court might even rule that I accidentally slipped and drove my dick straight into her crotch, which somehow caused the ejaculation."

"Hahahaha."

"Brother Si is truly a badass."

"With Young Master Si being such a badass, what's a mere campus belle? She still has to honestly spread her legs for Young Master Si... Young Master Si just wanted to have fun with a little campus belle, what of it?"

The group of people showered Si Dusheng with sycophantic flattery.

Si Dusheng grew increasingly smug.

However, at that moment, he suddenly felt a trace of chilliness. Could it be that the air conditioning in this place was turned up way too high?

Simultaneously, he felt as though the light in his immediate surroundings had been blocked out.

He raised his head to see a tall, handsome young man standing not far in front of him, about 1.8 meters tall, with a long saber strapped across his back.

This person looked somewhat familiar.

Right, this was his high school classmate—what was his name again? Shen Ye? Shen Ye? Or Shen Qing?