Chapter 646 - 403: Insisting on One’s Own Way

Chapter 646: Chapter 403: Insisting on One’s Own Way

White clouds drifted across the azure sky. The airport, located in the suburbs, was bustling with activity. Every so often, a large passenger plane would take off from or land on the flat runway.

A little after ten in the morning, an international flight arrived in Rongcheng’s airspace.

"Dear passengers, the plane is about to arrive at Rongcheng Airport. Please fasten your seatbelts..."

The international flight landed on the runway at Rongcheng Airport. After the plane came to a stop, the cabin doors opened. Guided by a tall flight attendant, the passengers disembarked one after another, boarded a shuttle bus, and headed for the airport exit.

A few moments later, a middle-aged man appeared in the bustling airport terminal. He was one-meter-eighty tall, with a body full of knotted muscles. He had not a single hair on his head, wore sunglasses, was dressed in a black suit, and carried a briefcase in his hand.

After scanning the area and seeing no one there to meet him, the bald, muscular middle-aged man reached into his pocket for his phone. Just as he was about to make a call, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Wang Hao."

Hearing the familiar voice behind him, Wang Hao immediately spun around.

The gorgeous and voluptuous Chen Xiaoyan appeared before him.

He saw she was holding a tissue, and it was a bit damp. He immediately guessed that she must have just come from the restroom.

"Let’s leave the airport before we talk." Seeing Chen Xiaoyan open her mouth to say something, Wang Hao noticed a Security Officer in the distance walking their way. Ever cautious, he immediately cut her off.

"Okay." Chen Xiaoyan had also noticed the Security Officer walking toward them. She nodded, then led Wang Hao out of the airport.

...

CLICK.

SLAM.

Wang Hao and Chen Xiaoyan got into the car. Once the engine started and they had driven away from the airport, Wang Hao, who was in the passenger seat, took off his sunglasses. He cast a somber gaze at the bustling streetscape outside before turning to Chen Xiaoyan, who was driving, and asking a question.

"Is there still no word from Liu Menglong?"

Chen Xiaoyan steered the car toward the city center. Hearing Wang Hao’s question, she nodded and replied, "That’s right. We haven’t heard anything from him since he went out the day before yesterday."

"..." Wang Hao’s somber expression grew even darker upon hearing again that his friend’s whereabouts were unknown. A faint but rapid surge of Spiritual Energy could be felt roiling off him.

"Have you tried using his location to find him?"

When Wang Hao said "using his location," he was referring to tracking his phone.

That was because in the Heilin Society, any member on an undercover mission had their phone fitted with a tracking chip.

Chen Xiaoyan, still driving, slowed the car slightly. She sighed before explaining.

"Sigh... I tried to find him using his location, but the signal from his phone is being blocked. It’s impossible to track."

Wang Hao was silent for several minutes. Then, he asked about the man who had initially hired Liu Menglong for the job—the one named Huang Liu.

"After Liu Menglong disappeared, I tried calling that man too, but his phone was turned off," Chen Xiaoyan said.

"Could it be that this Huang Liu’s intentions weren’t what they seemed? That his real target was Liu Menglong all along?" Wang Hao narrowed his eyes, speculating.

"You mean this whole thing was a setup from the very beginning?" After hearing Wang Hao’s theory, an expression of disbelief crossed Chen Xiaoyan’s beautiful face.

"Mm, that’s the feeling I’m getting now. Of course, it’s just a theory. I don’t have any hard evidence to prove it," Wang Hao said.

"Now that you mention it, that Huang Liu guy does seem extremely suspicious. Ever since he came to us and paid a portion of the Spirit Stones as a deposit, he’s never contacted us again. It’s like he vanished into thin air. Not another word," Chen Xiaoyan said, her tone grave.

"Take me to the place where the young man Liu Menglong was supposed to take out lives," Wang Hao said suddenly.

"What... What are you planning to do?" Chen Xiaoyan asked in surprise.

"What else? I’m going to grab that young man and ask him some questions face-to-face," Wang Hao said.

Hearing what Wang Hao wanted to do, Chen Xiaoyan immediately shook her head, objecting to his plan.

"No, you can’t do that... If you just barge into the young man’s home and someone sees you and calls the police, it’ll blow up into a huge mess. If we attract the attention of the authorities, the trouble it causes won’t be easy to solve."

Wang Hao thought for a moment, then said, "In the current situation, this is the most effective way to solve the problem. The longer we delay, the greater the mortal danger Liu Menglong is in. The odds increase exponentially."

Chen Xiaoyan bit her lower lip and said worriedly, "Your plan to go straight to him is definitely effective, but ’the higher-ups’ have repeatedly warned us to be careful in Rongcheng and not to alert the local Superpower Administration Bureau."

Although Wang Hao was well-connected within the Heilin Society and held a reasonably high position, just as Chen Xiaoyan said, the top brass had given direct orders not to alert the local Superpower Administration Bureau. If his actions did end up alerting them, even he would face severe punishment.