Chapter 1057 - 1053: Visitors from the Zhong Family

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1053: Visitors from the Zhong Family

On the surface, the middle-aged man’s words were arrogant to the extreme, as if he didn’t put the incoming enemies in his eyes at all, even bluntly stating that they were rushing here just to die.

But if you factored in his actual strength, these words absolutely couldn’t be called arrogant; in fact they were already very modest. To a Super Top Expert, ordinary top experts really don’t count for much!

Yet it was precisely this matter-of-fact statement that made the young man’s face change drastically.

He had followed the middle-aged man for many years, and this was the first time he’d heard such naked, undisguised, killing-intent-laden words. How could his heart not be shaken to the core?!

For a moment, he couldn’t help feeling a bit of sorrow for those enemies who were getting closer and closer, as if he could already see their miserable end...

What he didn’t know was that, in the middle-aged man’s eyes, enemies showing up at a time like this were clearly coming for his daughter, eight or nine out of ten.

It just so happened he was in that "lost-and-found" state of mind, wishing he could cup Ozawa Miwa in his hands, fussing over her, asking if she was cold or warm.

And at a time like this, some blind fools still dared to come and try to harm Ozawa Miwa—if that’s not asking for death, then what is?

There’s a saying: only after you’ve lost something do you know what it means to cherish it. The middle-aged man hadn’t truly lost his daughter, but he’d already had a profound taste of what loss felt like, so there was no way he’d allow that kind of thing to happen!

...

After a while, seven or eight agile experts, fully armed, one after another leapt over the courtyard wall into the small yard as neatly as dumplings being dropped into a pot.

The very instant they landed, they actually seemed not to notice the murderous aura rampaging across the yard from the middle-aged man. Instead, they craned their necks and peered around, as if looking for something.

This left everyone in the yard feeling a bit baffled. What the hell did these people come here to do?

It was Adison Claire who, upon seeing the group, couldn’t help widening her eyes and blurting out instinctively, "Mr. Liu?"

The Mr. Liu she spoke of was precisely the contact Xiao Tian had previously told her to go find at the docks, only she’d been caught by the middle-aged man and brought here before the ship ever set sail.

Now, seeing this Mr. Liu again, Kojima Minako couldn’t help feeling a bit strange... How did he know she was here?

As Adison Claire’s words left her mouth, one of the people on the other side suddenly lit up, as if he’d just discovered some kind of treasure, overjoyed!

That should be the one called Mr. Liu.

After spotting Adison Claire, Mr. Liu exchanged a look with his companions around him, then walked straight up to her and asked urgently, "Where is Young Master Zhong?"

Adison Claire was stunned by the question. She looked around in confusion and answered, "Young Master who?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her eyes suddenly widened again, because she realized that Xiao Tian, who had been right by her side all along, had actually vanished without a trace. A jolt of terror shot through her heart.

When the middle-aged man saw that Adison Claire knew these newcomers, the killing intent in his eyes lessened somewhat. He could afford to ignore these uninvited guests, and he could ignore Adison Claire herself, but he absolutely couldn’t ignore Xiao Tian.

Judging from the fact that Xiao Tian had entrusted Adison Claire with safeguarding extremely precious treasures like the Shaking Light Disc and the Megrez Stone, their relationship was clearly very close. Otherwise, he would never have trusted her that much!

While he remained wary of the newcomers, the middle-aged man also began quietly wondering: could these people be here to rescue Adison Claire?

But judging from the brief exchange just now, that didn’t seem to be the case, so he could only stay silent, hold his forces in check, and watch coldly from the sidelines!

Though he hadn’t spoken, the other men had all sensed the immense pressure emanating from the middle-aged man by now, and their faces grew extremely grim.

None of them doubted for a second that if they made the slightest wrong move right now, they would immediately suffer a fatal strike!

As they formed their judgment, they couldn’t help feeling a twinge of regret... they’d been a bit too reckless. They hadn’t noticed such a powerful expert was here, and now look at the situation—never mind whether they could complete their mission smoothly; even getting out of this cramped little yard in one piece was a problem.

...

On the other side, seeing Adison Claire’s baffled expression, Mr. Liu promptly explained, "I mean the Hunter, the one who previously sent you to look for me. Where is he now?"

Adison Claire immediately understood. So the Young Master Zhong he was talking about was actually Xiao Tian. She was still puzzled, though—could it be that Xiao Tian’s real surname was Zhong?

For a moment, she couldn’t help feeling a bit dejected. From Xiao Erren to Xiao Tian, and now to Young Master Zhong... it looked like he still didn’t truly trust her.

To be fair, Adison Claire’s gloom at that moment was entirely her own overthinking. If she thought about it just a bit, she would realize that if Xiao Tian really didn’t trust her, how could he have handed over important treasures like the Megrez Stone to her?

Still, a man taking his mother’s surname wasn’t something you saw often in a great clan, and Xiao Tian had run into plenty of ignorant, clueless rich brats who’d tried to provoke him over it in the past.

Obviously, in outsiders’ eyes, a young master of the Zhong Family not bearing the surname Zhong was just too hard to wrap their heads around!

After a light cough, Adison Claire frowned and said, "He was indeed here just now, but he disappeared after you guys arrived. He probably went to get some rest..."

However, when these words reached Mr. Liu and the others’ ears, it was like a thunderclap exploding right beside them, as if the sky had suddenly collapsed.

Gone?

And gone right after we arrived? Are you sure you’re not joking?

As for the sentence Adison Claire added—that he probably went to rest—none of them paid any attention to it at all. Or rather, once they heard that Xiao Tian was missing, they no longer had the mind to focus on anything else.

Mr. Liu looked gravely at the companions behind him, at a loss for what to do.

At that moment, the leader of the group, clearly seeing that the middle-aged man was no ordinary fighter, cupped his fists and said, "Sir, your strength is extraordinary. May I ask if you know where the Hunter went?"

The middle-aged man did not reveal his identity. Instead, he asked coolly in return, "Who are you people? And how did you know the Hunter was here?"

Mr. Liu heard from the middle-aged man’s tone that he seemed to know where Xiao Tian had gone, and answered in timely fashion, "The Hunter is the young master of our household."

As he spoke, he pointed at Adison Claire and continued, "Earlier, we planted a tracker in this young lady’s backpack, hoping to use her to locate our young master."

After stating their purpose, all of them felt the pressure on their bodies lessen quite a bit, and then they heard the middle-aged man say, "Your young master was injured earlier. He’s resting now."

The leader’s face lit up with joy, and he cupped his fists again, saying, "Then please, sir, tell us where our young master is. We have urgent business with him."

"He’s suffered very serious internal injuries. He needs rest!" the middle-aged man emphasized once more.

Yet, when these words entered their ears, they took on a somewhat different meaning...