Chapter 1418: Hidden Worries

Chapter 1418: Chapter 1418: Hidden Worries

Listening to Gu Shenghui’s explanation, Pei Yan closed his eyes to analyze the pros and cons of this matter. Indeed, this is the best response to facing a powerful enemy right now. However, he could imagine how difficult it would be to make this plan a reality. Too many problems are involved, such as the issue of mutual trust between newly established supernatural agencies, the source of organizational funding, decision-making for major events, and jurisdiction rights and scope. Just thinking about resolving so many issues made Pei Yan’s head hurt; fortunately, he didn’t have to worry about these things himself.

Thinking of this, Pei Yan couldn’t help but comment, "It’s not going to be easy to pull off this kind of thing, right?"

"The situation forces other agencies not to become isolated targets for hunting, so they can only accelerate the implementation of this plan. However, in my view, this is just a transitional plan. Once this crisis is over and the world returns to normal, this temporary agency will likely disband and return to the previous period where everyone acted on their own," Gu Shenghui withdrew his gaze from the window and continued, "Wang Wenze and the others are taking over some temporary inspection work in different regions. If this plan is preliminarily formulated, we will start absorbing supernatural agents from other organizations into headquarters."

"I always feel that Bloodstain’s efforts wouldn’t just be for this kind of goal. You know, they sacrificed a master like Delacuri and the entire Vlad Clan for this, and their outcomes are too heavy. Candle Dragon and Mu Fanchen wouldn’t make such unprofitable transactions."

Faced with Pei Yan’s doubts, Mei Simiao took up the issue and analyzed, "We also considered this point. Our current speculation is that one of Bloodstain’s objectives in striking was to make us retract our defenses, facilitating their next plan’s implementation. Although supported by a Space Transmission Array, we can quickly teleport our personnel to the incident site, but this still requires a transfer process. During this process, if the other side intends to target us, they can do many things, such as imposing spatial restrictions or delaying message transmission time, which would be much slower compared to when institutions manage their respective territories."

"Dispersal means being defeated one by one, and gathering together makes management out of reach! This targets our weaknesses dead on," Zheng Jia Ru slapped the sofa backrest and said bitterly.

"So we can only establish more teleportation points, and varied surveillance and information transmission methods, striving to improve the speed of problem discovery and solution. Wang Wenze and their inspection this time, besides checking whether Bloodstain has secretly caused damage during this attack in key locations, is also to prepare for these facilities in advance." Facing the current predicament, the hall offered no better solution. This was a gap in power that couldn’t be filled in the short term, so they could only take precautions, to which Mei Simiao was quite helpless.

"They won’t be in danger, will they?" Pei Yan asked worriedly.

Gu Shenghui took out two or three betel nuts from the betel nut bag out of the drawer and put them into his mouth, chewing as he spoke, "This inspection task has a ninth-level supernatural agent accompanying them. If they discover danger, their strength should hold off for a while until our reinforcements arrive."

"That’s good! What should we do next?"

"What do you have in mind?" Gu Shenghui leaned back into his chair and looked at Pei Yan, saying, "The arrangement of these matters takes time, and the specific procedures aren’t closely related to our action group, so we stick to our original plan. You don’t need to worry."

"Ah! What do I think?" Pei Yan reached for the top of his head, hesitated a bit, and said, "The first thing is definitely Ye Jiumu’s safety issue, which is also one of the main reasons we’re targeting the Vlad Clan." He turned his head to look at Ye Ruozai on the other side of the sofa and asked, "After the mission ended, did you divine whether releasing Jiumu’s restriction would pose danger?"

Upon hearing the question, Ye Ruozai responded, "I did the divination! I can clearly see the scene of him being healthy and alive after the seal is lifted. This should indicate that the danger has been removed."

"Whew! That’s good! After the meeting, I’ll check his status. If there are no problems, we can awaken him from his slumber." Hearing Ye Ruozai’s answer, everyone in the room visibly breathed a sigh of relief, showing a joyful expression on their faces, and Pei Yan felt that the efforts and hardships of this period hadn’t been in vain, excitedly proposing.

But at this moment, the person who should be most happy, Ye Ruozai, appeared heavy-hearted and hesitantly said, "But there’s still something I’m worried about."

"Worried about what?" Seeing his demeanor, Pei Yan curbed his smile and asked.

"This concerns my brother’s life, and I have to handle it cautiously! So I performed multiple divinations from different angles on the outcome of this event. Although I received similar good news afterward, several divination results faintly suggest that this matter has not yet concluded. There remains a secret connection between him and the Blood Curse, which, if not severed, could threaten his life in the distant future."

Ye Ruozai’s words left the people in the room looking at each other in surprise. Zheng Jia Ru babbled, somewhat dismissively saying, "Old Ye, not to criticize you, but ever since you obtained the divination ability, you’ve become a bit quirky. Aren’t the overall results all good? Perhaps you’re too concerned about your brother’s safety, causing issues in your divination?"

Zheng Jia Ru’s implicit criticism left Ye Ruozai uncertain how to respond, while Pei Yan showed a contrary attitude, bowing his head in silent contemplation of the various possibilities that could cause such a result.

"Could it be that Jiumu’s safety is uncertain due to the incomplete annihilation of the Vlad Clan? If we completely destroy them, could we eliminate this crisis?" Xia Yuti, who had been quietly listening on the other side, inquired.

"There’s that possibility!" Ye Ruozai nodded thoughtfully.

"Then it’s easy! For safety’s sake, we first wipe out the entire Fla family, perform another divination to ensure everything is flawless, and then lift Ye Jiumu’s restriction," Zheng Jia Ru clapped his hands and said casually.

"No! This has nothing to do with lifting the seal or not! The Blood Curse exists solely within the caster’s whim. As long as he activates the Blood Curse within the cursed one’s body, it will immediately act to claim his life. Jiumu survived because Delacuri wanted him to suffer and die from the Blood Curse, allowing us the opportunity to use time to seal and delay the curse’s eruption. He believed Jiumu had already died and hadn’t bothered with them, until we captured his son, giving us both bargaining chips for balance." Raising his head to look around, Pei Yan continued, "Since Old Ye’s divination shows Ye Ruozai will have future connections to this Blood Curse, this can only mean there’s someone still alive with the ability to trigger the Blood Curse."