Ren Ke had no choice but to be vigilant and follow.

When they got closer, Lin Wu stopped two meters away. They did not deliberately hide their footsteps, so the other party could notice their arrival.

"Senior, this is the first time we meet." Lin Wu looked at the man and said, "To be honest, I didn't even know your specific identity before I sent someone to find you."

The person with his back to them was tall and thin, probably a young man.

Ren Ke: “???”

First time meeting? Don't know each other yet? ? Are you kidding?!

Ren Ke looked at Lin Wu and asked why he wanted to cooperate with such an uncontrollable person.

Lin Wu shook his head slightly to signal her not to do anything.

At this time, the man spoke, in a very calm voice: "But this is not the first time I have heard of you."

Ren Ke was stunned.

Lin Wu was also stunned.

The man slowly stood up and looked back at them.

In the light of the fire and the flashlight, the other person's face fell clearly into their eyes.

He was very young, with deep but ordinary facial features, and he was not noticeable in the crowd. But his expression was calm and resolute, and his eyes were as sharp as blades. Just a moment of gaze gave Lin Wu and Ren Ke a strong sense of threat. This made people who had seen him never underestimate him rashly.

"He's dangerous." Ren Ke calmly pulled Lin Wu back and warned him in a low voice. After a pause, she asked in confusion, "Why do I feel like he looks a little familiar?"

"Of course you are familiar with him." Lin Wu spoke in a normal voice, not avoiding the other party at all, "He is the assassin raised by the city lord himself, Zhongjun."

"Hmm? This name sounds familiar, isn't it..." Ren Ke's expression suddenly froze, "You are referring to the senior who discovered the city lord's secret on the eighteenth floor of the Ice Prison, persisted under the city lord's control for six hours, was almost killed by the city lord, and was finally sent to a sanatorium by the city lord for secret detention, right?"

Lin Wu: "Is there a second Chongjun?"

Ren Ke: “?!!”

Ren Ke immediately pulled Lin Wu back quickly.

Lin Wu was puzzled: "What are you doing?"

"He has been taken away by Fan, cooperated with Fan, and told Fan so much information! The city lord wants to kill him again. No matter how loyal he is to the city lord, he will never work for the city lord!" Ren Ke stared at the young man defensively and drew his gun directly. "Lin Wu, how dare you go into the sea with such a person?!"

The man opposite looked at them indifferently without any reaction.

Lin Wu came back to his senses and pulled Ren Ke's hand away with a headache, "Because I was the one who saved him back then."

“Oh, so… huh???”

Ren Ke turned his head and looked at Lin Wu with a confused look.

"Back then, the city lord asked Mo Lang to go to the sanatorium to kill him. Zheng Lian asked me for permission after he found out. I felt that the city lord would not move someone without a reason. In addition, I couldn't find his identity information, so I became curious about him and thought he might be useful."

"So when Mo Lang made his move, I asked Zheng Lian to pretend to convey the city lord's urgent order and stop Mo Lang from continuing. Mo Lang didn't bother to verify whether he was really dead and left directly."

"Later, before my people could take him away, Fan's people got there first and took him away. Seeing that Fan was also very interested, I decided to use the same trick to get the man into Fan's hands."

Lin Wu looked at the man and said, "It turns out that my decision at that time was right. It really played a big role."

"However, I really didn't know who you were at the time. Zheng Lian had no way to verify your identity, let alone ask the city lord, so in the past two years, I knew nothing about you. I only knew the location where you were imprisoned by Fan."

"It was not until before I decided to return to Killer City that Zheng Lian accidentally heard from the city lord that you seemed to have a close relationship with Fan Dui, the city lord's purpose. I decided to take a risky move and arrange people to help you escape. Perhaps you can play the role I want to see."

Whatever the effect, as long as it was a variable, it could be beneficial to her. Now it seemed that she had done the right thing by letting him out.

The man's expression finally changed a little. He took something out of his pocket and threw it to Lin Wu.

Lin Wu raised his hand to catch it, it was the brooch.

She had altered it a bit earlier.

Lin Wu pressed the secret button and found a hollow box with a note inside. It was the map of the sanatorium, the arrangement of the guards on duty, and three words: Killer City.

Ren Ke looked at him with astonishment.

Lin Wu raised his head and met the man's gaze, which showed a little more inquiry and scrutiny.

The other party said calmly: "I am here as a reward."

Lin Wu raised his eyebrows in disbelief, "I also thought before that you would help me because I saved you. But now it seems that this little bit of kindness is far from enough to impress you. You came here for other reasons."

"City Lord," she said, "Senior, you just said that you had heard of me a long time ago. To be narcissistic, I might be quite famous in Killer City. But when I became famous, weren't you already locked up in a sanatorium? So the time you heard of me was probably when I first entered Killer City."

"? How old were you at that time?" Ren Ke said in disbelief, then suddenly paused, surprised: "When you first entered the Killer City, the City Lord noticed you?"

Lin Wu's eyes darkened: "I have a tattoo on my body, and the blood of the Chi family seems to be very special. People of the same clan can feel it."

Just like Lu Guichi, he recognized her just like that.

It's no surprise that the city lord recognized her.

But it doesn’t matter whether you recognize him or not at the moment. What’s important is…

"If the city lord knew about me long ago, then many of the things that happened later were actually deliberately allowed by him."

"Like the first time I escaped as a kid."

"For example, my later training and fighting on the line between life and death."

"For example, I need the most important South Sea route to support my defection and severely damage the Killer City."

"Even when Zheng Lian later replaced Mo Lang, secretly passed messages to me, did things for me, and stole the City Lord's Order, the Nine Tokens, and the Phoenix Token for me, he acquiesced to all of this. He knew about this."

"He also deliberately let Zheng Lian know about his plans to leave Killer City for a few days, as well as the news that you would play a role, and passed it to me, right?"

Hearing this, Ren Ke hissed.

Chongjun on the opposite side looked at Lin Wu with a deep expression, and finally took him seriously. He nodded and said a shocking "yes".

Lin Wu was silent.

Ren Ke's mind turned very quickly at this time, and he said: "You know what the city lord did, but you haven't been in Killer City for many years... Could it be that you are still in contact with the city lord?"

Chongjun glanced at her and did not deny it.

Ren Ke stepped back unconsciously and said dully, "So you have never betrayed the City Lord! Then what you told Fan... was it the City Lord who told you to tell him on purpose?!"

Chongjun finally spoke this time, and he said, "Not bad."

He tilted his head slightly to look in a certain direction, his expression showing an indescribable focus and seriousness.

His tone was calm, but he brooked no objection: "I was rescued and raised by the city lord. The city lord has been very kind to me. I will never betray him."

"Why?" Lin Wu found it hard to understand. For the first time, her mind was stuck. "Why did the city lord deliberately put you in the sanatorium? Why did he deliberately let Mo Lang kill you? Why did he deliberately let Fan know what was in the eighteenth floor of the Ice Prison? Was your accidental discovery of the secret of the eighteenth floor of the Ice Prison also fake?"

"And..." She frowned, "Why did the city lord recognize me as one of his people thirteen years ago, but never said anything, yet... he still did all that?"

Zhongjun's gaze returned to Lin Wu, "I can't answer these questions for you. You should ask the city lord."

Lin Wu closed his eyes and suppressed his chaotic thoughts. "Then I have another question. You appearing here and going to the sea with me is also... the city lord's intention?"

Zhongjun admitted frankly: "Yes, I will ensure that you get to the city lord safely."

Lin Wu and Ren Ke looked at each other with blank expressions.

"Let's go then." Lin Wu said.

Ren Ke turned his head and looked around. "Where's your equipment? Why can't I see your diving equipment?"

Chongjun glanced at the watch he was wearing and said, "I'll be there soon."

"???"

Zhongjun seemed to sense something, turned around and said, "Here it comes."

The two were stunned at the same time, and looked in the direction he said, and saw a flashlight appear not far away, there was another person!

"You arranged two people?" Ren Ke asked Lin Wu in surprise.

Lin Wu frowned, "I didn't."

"Then who is this..." Ren Ke looked at the approaching figure in surprise. After a while, she saw the other person clearly and her pupils shrank immediately.

"He's not dead?"

It turned out to be an acquaintance - Mo Lang, whose identity had been replaced by Zheng Lian!