Chapter 82 The Shadows of the Hua Jing Family
At the same time, at the residence of the Huajing family.
The head of the family, Hua Jingxin, had a gloomy expression. He looked at the two messages he had received in just five days, one from Hua Jingsanlang and the other from a deputy minister of the Lin Dong branch.
Back in the Tara mining area, Xiaobai and his team destroyed the mecha guards stationed there. Before his loyal adopted son, Hanajizaburo, escaped, he sent the first message.
The message contained a complete video of Hanakage Saburo leading two small teams to annihilate slaves.
The video was followed by a text message that read: "The two alien slaves who destroyed the mech guard are suspected to have S-level and A+-level abilities. Please take precautions as soon as possible, Master!"
After that, it seemed that Hanake Saburo had vanished into thin air.
Hua Jingxin originally planned to send his son, Hua Jingzhi, to lead men to wipe out the two slaves, but unexpectedly, the young master left home without saying a word.
The Hua Jing family currently only has one S-rank member, Hua Jingzhi, and he doesn't want to send a bunch of A-rank combatants to be killed by others.
In his mind, they were just two alien slaves. Even if they were powerful, once they gained their freedom, they would either become kings of the mountains in the Tara mining area or escape to some unknown remote town to live a temporary life.
After all, Silverwing Star is easy to enter but difficult to leave. Unless you have a special pass issued by the authorities, you are not allowed to leave. Those who try to leave by force will be bombarded by the authorities' powerful firepower.
Unexpectedly, just five days later, the deputy minister of the Lindong branch sent a message saying that the West Asia branch had fallen and the minister, Hua Jingyi, had defected to the enemy; the Lindong branch had fallen and the minister, Qiu Jichuan, had betrayed them.
Apart from these high-level combatants who were abandoned in the zombie horde by the traitorous slaves to fend for themselves, the remaining low-level combatants were all fitted with suppression rings and are still living in fear in Lin Dong City.
In five days, they wiped out the two largest branches of the Hua Jing family. It is said that they also plan to go to Silver Moon City and destroy the Hua Jing family's headquarters.
Hua Jingxin only realized the seriousness of the problem at this point, but the men he sent out to intercept them did not meet the rebels, who had probably already entered the city.
Silvermoon City is so large, and the rebels are elite troops. There are no more than ten of them in the group. If he wanted to capture them, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, some of them possess S-rank and A+-rank combat power, meaning that anyone searching for them would most likely be annihilated.
Hua Jingxin was on pins and needles at this moment. Although the Hua family's old house had a powerful defense system, it was impossible for the traitors to easily break in.
But the enemy is in the shadows while he is in the open. He can't just stay at home forever for the sake of these two runaway slaves, can he?
Thinking of this, Hua Jingxin summoned four shadows from his family. They were all carefully selected from various places and possessed the ability to conceal themselves. He then taught them the family's ancestral shadow techniques.
These four shadows usually acted as ordinary servants, lurking in the old house to monitor the servants and relatives of the collateral branches who came and went. If they were disloyal, they were ordered to be eliminated.
Hua Jingxin always felt that it was a waste of talent for these four shadows to do these things.
He felt it was time to let his troops do something more important, since they had been training for a long time.
"Shadow One, I've summoned the four of you here today to ask you to help me find two runaway slaves."
"Once we find them, it would be best if we could eliminate them. But if it's beyond our capabilities, we shouldn't force it, otherwise we might alert them and make them even harder to eradicate later." Hua Jingxin looked at the leader of the shadows.
"Yes, Master. We will do our utmost and will never let you down." Shadow One bowed in response, while Shadow Two, Shadow Three, and Shadow Four behind him bowed even more deeply at a 90-degree angle.
They were all orphans adopted by the Hua Jing family, raised from childhood, and successfully brainwashed, vowing to be loyal to the family head to the death.
Moreover, they had been taking a poison since childhood, and the head of the family would give them an antidote once a month.
Once, when the head of the family went out, he forgot to leave the antidote. They were all poisoned and suffered for three whole days, tormented to the point of wishing they were dead.
Although the head of the family apologized to them afterward, they all understood that the consequences of betraying the head of the family were not something they could bear.
However, the youngest of the four shadows once complained to the first shadow: "They are all so loyal, why does the patriarch still use poison to control them?"
Yingyi said: There is no one in this world that the head of the family trusts, not even his own son, Hua Jingzhi.
Shadow Four is only thirteen years old this year; he's too young to understand, but Shadow One, Shadow Two, and Shadow Three, who are already adults, see things very clearly.
The four of them were nothing more than hunting dogs kept by the master, their lives and deaths entirely at his discretion. They were spared now because they were still useful and could help the master tear apart prey.
Once they are injured or crippled, becoming useless, the patriarch will likely stop administering the antidote immediately and will not waste a single grain of dog food.
The four shadows were assigned tasks, each responsible for a section of Silvermoon City. Shadow Four's task was to deliver fruit and flowers to the various hotels.
Although the quality of life today is far inferior to that of two hundred years ago, Silvermoon City is, after all, the capital, and the facilities and services of the grand hotel are still quite good.
For example, these fruits and flowers are cultivated by low-level wood-type ability users in the surrounding small towns. They are purchased by designated personnel and then delivered to major hotels as soon as possible.
Shadow Four is actually a B-level ability user, but he disguises himself as a D-level user. A D-level child of about ten years old would not usually be accepted by hunting teams, so it seems normal for him to run errands and deliver goods in the city.
After all, D-level superhumans are physically stronger than ordinary people, and their endurance and speed are also superior. Moreover, the wages paid for hiring child laborers are relatively lower.
Therefore, many bosses in Silvermoon City prefer to hire teenagers with D-level abilities, as it saves money and their work efficiency is not bad. So Shadow Four easily got this job.
From the last video sent by Hua Jingsaburo, Hua Jingxin only saw Xiaobai and Bo Yiyan. Moreover, these two were the only S-rank and A+-rank among the runaway slaves, so his task for the four shadows was to find these two.
Shadow Four was quite lucky; he only visited four hotels before bumping into Boyiyan, who was out shopping for medicinal herbs, in the elevator.
While he was still thinking about how to get rid of this person without anyone noticing, Bo Yiyan stared at him for a few moments and then suddenly reached out and patted his shoulder.
Shadow Four was so nervous that he started sweating profusely. He hadn't done anything, so how could this person be so perceptive as to discover his intentions?
However, his current job is as a deliveryman, so as long as he sticks to his guns and denies it, the other party probably can't do anything about it.
This is, after all, the most famous Starry Night Grand Hotel in Silvermoon City. He can't just hurt or kill people in the elevator for no reason, can he?
"Don't be nervous, young man. I'm a doctor. From the bluish-gray ripples in your eyes, I can tell that you've been poisoned by some kind of slow-acting poison, and it's been there for quite some time."
Long-term use of this poison can cause great damage to the body and shorten lifespan by at least one-third.
"I just feel sorry for your misfortune because you are so young. If you are willing to let me draw blood to test the composition of this poison, I think I can concoct an antidote for you." Bo Yiyan said with a gentle smile.
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