Chapter 105: The End

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: The End

Xiang Yi sat in the driver’s seat of the hovercar, his mind racing.

To be honest, things had gone a little too smoothly today. In fact, they’d gone a bit *too* well.

Right off the bat, two people had been willing to confess, and one of them happened to provide a crucial clue about a key figure.

But all the evidence was solid, and it corroborated the evidence he already had.

’Could it be that good luck follows bad?’

’But why had he never felt that way before?’

’Surely it couldn’t be luck at play every time he survived some accident...’

At that thought, Xiang Yi suddenly felt like he’d figured something out, and a pained, contorted expression appeared on his face.

Kong Surong saw Xiang Yi’s expression in the rearview mirror and asked cautiously, "Are you all right?"

"I’m fine. I just don’t understand how the Company could have infiltrated so quickly. In just a few days, so many people, including you, have already been bought out."

Kong Surong looked a little embarrassed. "It seems it wasn’t just in the last few days. It looks like people from the Iron Shell Company were already contacting locals before."

Ark suddenly chimed in. "That was the warden from the neighboring Asteroid Prison. He wanted to get on good terms with us so we’d send him any high-profile felons or death-row inmates we couldn’t handle."

"Then, because of what happened a while back, the Iron Shell Company set its sights on us. The government’s response was rushed. They even blockaded the port to prevent infiltration, which made a lot of people lose faith in them."

"As a result, the covert infiltration got even worse. Everyone thought the government was about to collapse, so of course, the infiltration sped up."

The hovercar circled the edge of the Southeast City District a few times. After confirming that several properties in Su Yue’s name were empty, it stopped near another villa district, just a dozen or so kilometers from Kong Surong’s own villa.

"Why does everyone like living in the southeast?"

Kong Surong hadn’t expected the Minister of Internal Affairs to live so close to him either.

But he could answer Xiang Yi’s question. "The southwest has bad security, the northwest and northeast are industrial zones, and the center is all urban districts. If you want some peace and quiet, you’d obviously live in the southeast."

Xiang Yi nodded and was the first to enter Su Yue’s villa.

Su Yue was a middle-aged man in his fifties and a light sleeper.

He soon heard some strange noises in his sleep. He slowly woke up and flicked on the bedroom light.

The moment the light came on, he gasped and clutched his heart.

Standing by his bed were Xiang Yi and Shi Tie.

In the corner of the bedroom, two other people were squatting with their backs to him.

Shi Tie’s powerful build made him immediately realize what was happening.

After nearly stopping, his heart began to race. Outwardly, however, he maintained a stern expression and said, "So you’ve come for me? You’d better have enough evidence, or else..."

He had already heard about Wan Rong during the day. Although he wasn’t being investigated like the others who had died, he knew what Wan Rong’s death meant.

He had already spent the day cutting all his loose ends related to Wan Rong.

The losses were significant, but he had to do it for his own safety.

He never expected his precautions to be put to the test that very night.

He wasn’t worried about Xiang Yi’s questions at all. In fact, he wanted to turn the tables and threaten him.

Xiang Yi had seen all sorts of reactions from different people over the past few days, so he showed no particular emotion. He simply presented the evidence to Su Yue and said, "Then why don’t you start by explaining this."

Su Yue had been fully confident he could deny all of Xiang Yi’s evidence. But then he saw it: the video recording Ark had "accidentally" obtained, and the proof of Su Yue’s contact with the Company, which Ark had uncovered in his spare time with nothing better to do.

The color instantly drained from his face, leaving it ashen.

His voice trembling, he asked, "How is this possible..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two people squatting in the corner, and finally let out a defeated sigh.

Just as Xiang Yi thought he was about to give up, he suddenly lunged, yanked open his nightstand, and revealed a pistol lying inside.

But Xiang Yi and Shi Tie were faster.

Shi Tie restrained Su Yue’s arm while Xiang Yi pressed his Laser Rifle to the man’s forehead.

But he showed no fear. Instead, he continued to press against the muzzle of Xiang Yi’s rifle, as if daring him to shoot.

He struggled a few times but found he couldn’t break free from Shi Tie’s grip. Suddenly, he clenched his jaw. His face turned a deathly blue-purple, and the life faded from him in an instant.

"Dammit."

Xiang Yi quickly pried open his mouth. A nauseating, strange smell immediately wafted out. Even a slight whiff made him feel unwell.

He quickly backed away several steps, waiting for Shi Tie to rip a piece of fabric from the bedsheet and stuff it in the man’s mouth before returning to the bedside.

The man was completely dead, and he had died decisively, without revealing any valuable information.

Xiang Yi had just been thinking his luck was good today and that everything was going quite smoothly. But then, right when he reached the key figure, something went wrong.

This couldn’t be considered his mistake. The evidence he held was enough to prove Su Yue was involved, and the way he’d committed suicide was extremely bizarre.

’What kind of normal person keeps a poison capsule in their mouth, ready to kill themselves at a moment’s notice?’

’What has the Company done to brainwash these people?’

Xiang Yi searched the body and the nightstand, finding a few keys.

He quickly searched Su Yue’s house. If there were any secret doors or safes, they wouldn’t escape his eyes.

But there was nothing. Xiang Yi couldn’t find a single clue in his home.

The only information left on his terminal was the address of his old home.

Xiang Yi didn’t hold out much hope for finding clues at the home of a man who would commit suicide so decisively upon being discovered.

’But he had to go check it out anyway.’

"Let’s go."

There was a hint of chill in Xiang Yi’s voice.

The two people squatting in the corner didn’t dare make a sound. They quickly stood up, followed Xiang Yi onto the hovercar, and headed for the Central City District.

Infiltrating a high-end apartment building, even in the Central City District, wasn’t difficult for Xiang Yi.

But just as he’d expected, he found nothing.

All evidence related to Su Yue had been thoroughly buried with his death.

「Dawn broke once more.」

Xiang Yi had already readjusted his mindset.

This wasn’t the first or second time he’d experienced a terrible setback.

You can’t always look at the bad side of things; you have to look at the good side, too.

The death of a major mole like Su Yue was a good thing.

Although he’d temporarily lost the chance to directly uncover the truth of the deeper network, the opportunity with Lu Qi still existed.

Moreover, as of tonight, all nodes in the Southeast City District had been eliminated.

The list for the Southeast City District, obtained from the police chief and gradually sorted and completed, had been completely crossed off. The network in the southeast had been thoroughly dismantled.

Once Xiang Yi organized the list and related evidence for the remaining small fry, they would all be arrested within a few days as well.

The Southeast City District had become the safest place in the entire colony.