Chapter 1426 - 1422: Full-Scale Hunt for the "Scythes

The Azure Dragon could naturally sense that the Dragon Spirit was not very friendly towards him, but how was that any of his concern?

He directly ignored the slightly dissatisfied look from the Dragon Spirit and handed over the confession he had extracted.

"This is what those people you brought back confessed. The rest, you handle yourselves!"

After saying this, the Azure Dragon turned and left, not giving the Dragon Spirit a chance to react.

Watching the Azure Dragon’s figure disappear into the distance, the words that the Dragon Spirit wanted to lash out with were stuck in his throat.

"Oh, what kind of person is this, walking so fast, as if afraid we’ll trap him!"

After grumbling a few complaints, the Dragon Spirit unfolded the confession.

Once he finished reading through the written words and combined them with the extracted memories, the Dragon Spirit slapped his thigh.

Feeling somewhat excited, he exclaimed, "Goodness, such a good move, this chess game is truly massive!

It’s like wrapping a pot of dumplings for just a pile of vinegar, those people are indeed too idle.

To hide their unspeakable secrets, they actually cause such a huge mess!"

"First, tell us what type of memory you extracted from the person on the ground?"

Despite the Dragon Spirit’s loud ramblings, Yun Ran still had no idea about the most crucial part.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, the Dragon Spirit patted his forehead, "Hehe, my bad, too excited, almost forgot to update you.

In this person’s memory, the one who approached him was completely covered except for the eyes, and came to him at night.

So, he not only doesn’t know the person’s identity but also doesn’t know the appearance, simply following orders.

Though this person was somewhat perceptive, each time tasks are handed over, he acts like a sycophant.

The other party seemed to be satisfied with his tact and capability of getting things done, thus leaked some information.

Teams like theirs, scattered around different places, number in the hundreds at least.

Based on the confession mentioned, I think the Azure Dragon’s guess is at least eighty percent correct!"

The Dragon Spirit has lived for a few thousand years and seen many human cruel means.

Once, the Dragon Spirit might not have taken such methods seriously.

But ever since being forcibly bound by Yun Ran, and later becoming a special consultant for the Special Administration Bureau, the Dragon Spirit’s world view was completely reshaped.

Encountering such methods again, the Dragon Spirit felt a swelling nausea, even a strong fury.

How can humans be so cruel to their own kind?

Noticing the low air pressure around the Dragon Spirit, Yun Ran could roughly guess what he was thinking.

"I didn’t expect you to be more and more like a human, becoming so sentimental."

Dragon Spirit: ...

Every time Yun Ran says he’s like a human, the Dragon Spirit feels it’s a curse.

"Can’t you say something nicer?"

"The truth is always harsh and jarring."

For a moment, the Dragon Spirit really wanted to tear apart Yun Ran’s mouth.

Sadly, the Dragon Spirit could only dream, as he certainly couldn’t defeat Yun Ran; who knows when Yun Ran might summon someone he can’t afford to offend.

"Forget it, I’m magnanimous, won’t bicker with a little girl whose age isn’t even a fraction of mine.

By the way, what do you plan to do about this matter, are we intervening?

Killing so many people with special life charts, this kind of sacrificial method surely aims to achieve something startling.

If we’re dragged into this mess by some twisted fate, we might be implicated too..."

Mid-sentence, the Dragon Spirit halted.

His gaze fixed on Yun Ran, suddenly adopting a look of realization.

"Damn, when you said you were being tailed earlier, could it be those people are targeting your peculiar life chart?"

Although Cloud Ran’s life chart is quirky and detested by the Heavenly Dao, sometimes a life chart broken beyond measure becomes a rarity too.

Like how teachers don’t necessarily notice the middle-ranked students in a class.

But they surely remember the top-ranked and the bottom-ranked ones.

Yun Ran is clearly the one at the bottom-ranked!

"Do you think you’re very funny?"

The Dragon Spirit looked at Yun Ran with shining eyes, as if he’d stumbled upon a major revelation.

Then Yun Ran refuted him.

"It’s not so humorous; it’s a reasonable suspicion. If those people even targeted camp residents, it indicates they are truly audacious!"

Speaking of this, the Dragon Spirit suddenly recalled that he forgot to mention seeing a few unimportant scenes in the extracted memories.

"In that person’s memory, they’re instructed to capture people, simply following orders.

But he accidentally noticed a thing: all those chosen seem to have encountered fortune-tellers before!"

This tiny detail in that person’s lengthy memory is quite inconspicuous.

If not for thinking that Yun Ran was also tailed, the Dragon Spirit might’ve overlooked this memory fragment.

"Fortune-tellers?"

Others being targeted have reasonable explanations, but Yun Ran has stayed within the camp and no such person has appeared nearby.

There’s an obvious discrepancy here, yet the Dragon Spirit intuitively feels the purpose behind Yun Ran being targeted is similar to that of others.

"Regardless of any connection, if they dare to target you, they’ve signed their own death warrant!"

After saying this, the Dragon Spirit, still angry, directly kicked the person lying on the ground who couldn’t move.

"A bunch of scum, even as refugees, can’t stay honest!"

The Dragon Spirit, not a true human, fails to realize that in harsher, hard-to-survive environments, unsettling individuals tend to increase.

"Alright, regardless, we’ve got some clues; it’s better than being played ignorant.

For more information, just grab more people; past deeds always leave traces.

The more clues, the more pieces of truth can be assembled.

If this sacrifice covered by refugee calamity doesn’t concern us, ideal, but if we’re involved, we must act first!"

The Dragon Spirit vigorously nodded.

"Don’t worry, leave this to me. I can identify the scent on these kinds of people, whatever they’re plotting, doing it right under our noses, it’s just their bad luck!"

Seeing the darkness set in, it was time for rest.

But a dark and stormy night is the best time for robbery and murder.

The Dragon Spirit quickly concealed himself, quietly leaving the camp, starting to search all around for those known as ’Scythes’.