Chapter 100 Using a borrowed knife to kill
After Xin Que and Ji Mingchuan left the church, the secretary looked at Han Wei and asked, "Sir, is she really trustworthy?"
Han Wei stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at Xin Que and Ji Mingchuan as they walked into the crowd. "Does someone who is seen as a thorn in the side by gamblers and as a runaway commodity by the Eternal Life Exorcism Society have a choice?"
“She knows better than we do that the cruise ship is only a temporary refuge for her, and that once she leaves the cruise ship, the retaliation from these two forces will be enough to send her to hell.”
The secretary thought of the woman being wanted by the Eternal Life Society, "But will she be afraid of the Eternal Life Society and show weakness..."
“No,” Han Wei said with a hint of contempt. “A person who is greedy for money and wants to get away unscathed will never miss an opportunity to risk their life.”
"Besides, we will provide assistance. It's just dealing with a small heretical church. What does she have to be afraid of?"
The secretary didn't bring that up again, but instead asked, "Sir, the Mr. Luo from the Luo family has sent another email urging us to reply. Should we respond?"
Han Wei waved his hand, "Let him have his day."
"Whoever gets impatient first at the negotiating table loses. When he completely loses patience... then we'll offer our new terms."
"After all, I personally went to the trouble of eliminating an orphan, and all I got in return was a small share of the shares. It's such a waste..."
The secretary understood. "So, in this negotiation, should we include the condition that he delegates power to us after he takes office?"
Han Wei nodded. “My father is getting old, and I will soon be taking over the church… We need to expand and achieve some results to deter those old fogies in the church. The Luo family is a good entry point for expansion.”
Han Wei glanced at the casino under the name of the Eternal Life Society not far away, his eyes gleaming with determination.
They could even use Luo Huayi's death to launch a purge against the heretical Society of Exorcism and Immortality.
Expansion and eradication of heresy... killing two birds with one stone.
As for Xin Que... what does it matter to him whether those fools who believed in empty promises live or die?
...
Ji Mingchuan didn't understand why Xin Que would take on this dirty job.
"Your cooperation with the arena was clearly to eliminate Han Wei," Ji Mingchuan said, puzzled. "Why did you agree to Han Wei's request to help eliminate Luo Huayi?"
Xin Que casually tossed the contract Han Wei had given her into the shredder beside her. "Those in power think they are the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole... Unfortunately, the cicada can also play them for fools."
A pile of fine paper scraps appeared under the shredder.
"Ji Mingchuan, put yourself in his shoes. If you were the prospective leader of the Eternal Life Cult, what would you do to cooperate with an ant you look down upon in order to eliminate Luo Huayi?"
Ji Mingchuan pondered for a long time, "The Luo family's assets?"
Xin Que shook his head. "It's not just about family wealth. These cults don't exist in our country... He's targeting the Luo family as a foothold, wanting to open overseas branches and expand his scale, isn't he?"
Ji Mingchuan frowned deeply, "Then why let Luo Huayi die at the hands of the Eternal Life Society..."
In a flash, he recalled the conflict between the two churches he had previously discussed with Xin Que, "Using someone else to do the dirty work?"
Xin Que looked at the whiteboard listing a lot of information, picked up her pen and circled the two words "church" in the very center.
"What Han Wei wants most... is his most fatal weakness."
“Contact Jin Doucai…tell him that I need him to do two things for me right now. One is to negotiate with the people from the Exorcism and Eternal Life Society, and the other is…once these two things are done, we will soon be able to offer up Han Wei’s head.”
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When they met Arnon, the auctioneer from the Exorcism and Eternal Life Society, again, Arnon's attitude had changed.
Arnoun, perhaps wary of protecting Xinque's arena, toned down his disdain for the goods.
“Miss Xin,” Arnon no longer addressed Xin Que by her auctioned-off code name, “Chairman Jin said you intend to make a deal with our church?”
Xin Que handed the documents in her hand to Arnon, "I heard that your church is about to hold a ceremony?"
"But the offerings... are still quite lacking, aren't they?"
Arnoun looked at the stack of data in his hand, with Luo Huayi's name on the top sheet, boldly marked in the upper left corner.
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"What?" Han Wei frowned. "Who did you say is missing?"
The secretary was also puzzled. "He's a Protestant in our church who just joined recently... He even attended the sermon this morning, but I don't know why he hasn't returned to his guest room."
"His female companion was blocking the church entrance demanding that we see him. We were worried about the impact, so we had a member of the church take her to the church hall..."
"What does this have to do with us?" Han Wei scoffed. "The person isn't even here with us."
"Let her go find the cruise ship, and let Victoria Company use its resources to find the person."
The secretary nodded in agreement, but before this matter could be resolved, another problem arose.
"Another believer has gone missing?" The secretary finally realized something was wrong. "Both of the missing members are members of the Eternal Life Cult. Is someone targeting our church?"
Upon receiving the news, Han Wei finally began to take it seriously.
“Check all the CCTV footage near our church immediately,” he said gravely. “How could someone on a cruise ship possibly go missing, unless…”
They've been targeted by their rivals.
"How could it be the Eternal Life Society that exorcises calamities?" The secretary looked at the surveillance footage on the screen with disbelief. "Where did they get the audacity to... kidnap our followers?"
Although the Eternal Life Society has been suppressed and targeted by them in public opinion in recent years, the two sides are not in the same country, so the conflict is limited to public opinion. In addition, the Eternal Life Society has a high status in this circle, so the conflict between the two sides has never spread offline.
"Send a notice to the believers," Han Wei quickly decided, "to have all believers stay in a specific area, and also mobilize all the mercenaries we have on the ship to maintain security."
The secretary agreed and said she would do it immediately.
When Ji Mingchuan saw that Xin Que looked somewhat regretful when she learned that Han Wei had become wary, his lips twitched. "What, aren't two Protestants enough?"
Xin Que shook her head. "If you want them to completely descend into chaos, these two people are really not enough."
For such a behemoth, losing only two people provides plenty of excuses and means to cover it up and maintain peace.
She needs to find a way to throw these three forces into chaos.
Sure enough, that very evening, news came that the two missing people had not actually disappeared, but had been possessed by evil spirits and needed to rest and recuperate.
Although the two men did not appear in public, nor did their family members who brought them on board, the people in the church firmly believed in the church's announcement.
The secretary just led a group to place the two troublemakers under house arrest.
With a solemn expression, he was walking out of the guest room building when he saw a familiar figure flash by outside the casino not far away.
Is it the Protestant who went missing today?
The secretary sensed something was wrong and quietly followed the figure with her entourage.
The Protestant looked nervous, glancing around as he made contact with another person in the crowd.
The secretary squinted.
How could this Protestant have chosen to associate with the auctioneer of the Exorcism and Eternal Life Society?
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