Tiancheng.
As night fell, a curfew began, plunging the entire city into complete darkness.
Inside a house completely surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.
Feng Lie, the captain of the special operations team, was lying on the ground like a dog, not daring to look up at the person standing in front of him.
Standing before the table was Liu Feng, the city lord who had been specially dispatched from Jincheng and parachuted into Tiancheng.
City Lord Liu Feng's face was contorted with rage:
"Useless! Idiot!"
He slammed his hand on the table, causing the items on it to scatter and make a clattering sound.
Liu Feng turned his head, his face extremely sinister, and pointed at Feng Lie's head, cursing angrily:
"How dare you face me? You couldn't even bring back a dead body, and you lost the captain of the second team. What use are you bunch of good-for-nothings to me?!"
"Please forgive me, City Lord." Feng Lie lowered his head, sweat rolling down his forehead.
He was speechless and filled with resentment.
Faced with Liu Feng's outburst, he could only bite his lip tightly, not daring to utter a single word of rebuttal.
The failure of this mission was an intractable stalemate. None of them expected that Luo Fei's superpowers were so strange, like a catfish that almost caught them every time, but managed to escape.
Finally, they found Tianliang and managed to locate Luo Fei at the top of the tower. They killed him, but he then fell into the hands of the monk Jingshi.
Putting aside the monk's identity within the Reincarnation Institute, Master Jingshi's unfathomable strength alone is enough to kill him a hundred times over.
Ultimately, Feng Lie was just a squad leader in a special operations team. How could he possibly snatch someone from the hands of the monk Jing Shi and complete this almost impossible mission?
However, Liu Feng didn't care about any of that. As long as the body and evidence weren't brought back, all the extra words were just excuses and could only prove the incompetence of the Tiancheng Special Operations Team.
As a city lord who was parachuted in, Liu Feng knew that managing Tiancheng was not easy, so he understood the importance of this incident. If it was not handled properly, he would be finished and fall into an abyss of no return!
He knew in his heart that Luo Fei's body and the evidence had to be destroyed, otherwise there would be endless trouble.
Liu Feng, his face ashen, pondered deeply. Now that the body had been taken away by the monk, it was too late to mobilize the law enforcement team and the Thunder Bureau. He could only solve everything at its source.
What started as a small matter escalated out of control, eventually requiring Liu Feng to ask Jin Cheng for help. Liu Feng felt a burning sensation on his face, as if he had been slapped hard several times.
"If the higher-ups investigate..." Liu Feng couldn't hide his panic. He felt a chill run from his feet to his head and didn't dare to think any further.
He now has no choice but to 'cut off his arm to survive'.
Even though it meant giving away his hard-earned savings, which was painful, he had no other choice but to do so in order to protect his position and life.
Liu Feng's indifferent eyes were filled with anger as he looked at Feng Lie kneeling before him and coldly uttered a single word:
"roll!"
Feng Lie felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He quickly got up from the ground, lowered his head, and hurriedly left the room.
Escorted by several security personnel, Feng Lie crouched down and walked out of the villa area isolated by the electric fence.
Only when he had walked quite a distance and the only sound around him was the rain did Feng Lie take a deep breath and straighten his body completely.
His expression turned cold and stern, and he cursed inwardly:
"Hmph, what is that!"
"Liu Feng, you're really used to being high and mighty. You don't understand the situation at all, and all you do is criticize. I'd like to see how you deal with that monk Jingshi."
Feng Lie lowered his voice and said fiercely, "I don't think you'll be able to hold onto your position as city lord for many more days."
In the night rain, he had just stepped onto the street when his teammate Xiao Wang, who had been waiting at the street corner for a long time, rushed over, his face filled with worry, and asked cautiously:
"Captain, the city lord didn't do anything to you, did he?"
Feng Lie glanced at Xiao Wang and said with a wry smile, "Didn't you see I made it out alive?"
Xiao Wang recalled the words Luo Fei had said when they surrounded him at the top of the tower during the day.
He hesitated for a long time, his mind churning with doubt, and finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice:
"Captain, do you think... what Luo Fei said could be true?"
Feng Lie's expression changed drastically in an instant, and a look of horror appeared on his face as he looked sharply at Xiao Wang.
He lunged forward, grabbed Xiao Wang's mouth, and whispered a threat in his ear:
"You may not want to live, but I do. If you dare say such things again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Yes...yes, I'll never dare to do it again," Xiao Wang replied fearfully, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Feng Lie surveyed his surroundings with a grave expression, and only after confirming that no one was eavesdropping did he release Xiao Wang and say seriously:
"Remember, Luo Fei committed suicide. You don't need to worry about anything else."
"Yes." Xiao Wang lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.
Feng Lie knew very well that these days, it was okay to play dumb and act stupid, and no one would say anything even if you were a good-for-nothing, but you could die if you said the wrong thing!
He looked at Xiao Wang, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes. Xiao Wang's worries were not unfounded; there were indeed many suspicious points surrounding Luo Fei's death.
However, during this sensitive period, any unnecessary remarks could lead to unpredictable consequences, or even bring annihilation to Tiancheng.
If what Luo Fei said is exposed, not only will Luo Fei die, but everyone involved will be held accountable!
Unable to change the status quo, they were forced to become accomplices, sinking deeper and deeper into this dark vortex.
Feng Lie's face was grim. All they could do now was wait for an opportunity, a perfect opportunity to completely bring down Liu Feng.
Only in this way might they have a glimmer of hope to escape this endless control.
at the same time.
A temporary barrier was erected outside the Changshu Temple in Amagi.
Luo Fei's body lay flat in the center of the purification barrier, surrounded by a faint sandalwood scent.
The monk Jingshi, dressed in a plain robe, held a willow branch and pure water, chanting scriptures devoutly.
As the sound echoed, it seemed as if a mysterious power could penetrate one's soul.
Monk Jingshi did not take Luo Fei's body back to the Reincarnation Temple as he had previously stated.
He knew that Luo Fei might have a deep-seated obsession in his soul, and the longer it dragged on, the more detrimental it would be to the soul's salvation.
So that very night, the monk Jingshi immediately arranged a ritual to help the deceased eliminate his karmic obstacles, liberate his soul, and allow him to be reborn in the Pure Land.
"Ode to the Incense Burner..."
"...Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva."
Every word spoken by the monk Jingshi seemed to carry boundless compassion and power.
When he finished reciting the sacred text, he gently tapped the wooden fish, and the clear sound echoed in the rain.
At that moment, Monk Jingshi's expression did not soften, because he sensed an unusual aura.
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