Chapter 118: Who Asked for Tian Guan?

Zhang Yue was quite sharp; she noticed Zhang Ze’s current state and naturally understood what was going through his mind.

She said nothing.

She took a tablet from the car, logged into the Anqing Martial Arts Bureau’s online mission hall, and quickly began searching for a suitable assignment.

...

A moment later, she actually found one.

"What do you think of this?"

Hearing her, Zhang Ze took the tablet and saw a Tier 2 mission posted in the mission center:

Tian Guan, a second-tier martial artist, suspected cultist, involved in the illegal sale of alloy weapons.

"Why is it marked as 'suspected'?"

In truth, it was no wonder Zhang Ze was confused.

Logically, the state placed great importance on cults; these people were traitors to humanity who spent their days spouting absurd theories like "humanity needs to be forced to evolve."

Once someone was tagged as a "suspected cultist," the local Detective Bureau would surely confirm their identity within a very short time. On such a matter, there was simply no room for ambiguous answers.

...

Zhang Yue swiped the screen and said, "Keep reading."

Tian Guan roamed around the vicinity of Qingfeng Ancient Town and was a salesperson for the Anqing Provincial Weaponry Company.

Upon seeing this information, Zhang Ze’s mind began to spin.

After a long silence, he asked, "If he is a suspected cultist, how is he still able to work for a weapon company?"

"Have the higher-ups not conducted a thorough investigation into this guy?"

"Heh~"

Zhang Yue had no way to answer his question. She chuckled, "Is it possible that this guy is bait set by the higher-ups?"

"You mean this Tian Guan might already be under surveillance? Then we..."

Seeing Zhang Ze’s hesitation, Zhang Yue smiled, "I actually found this mission on the Martial Arts Bureau’s website quite strange myself."

"Do you want to go take a look together?"

"..."

Zhang Ze didn't respond.

Zhang Yue seemed very interested and asked, "Should we go to the hospital to treat your wounds first?"

"Let's go straight to Changshan City!"

Qingfeng Ancient Town was under the jurisdiction of Changshan City.

Just mentioning Qingfeng Ancient Town couldn't help but bring a certain graceful figure to Zhang Ze’s mind.

...

After a drive of more than three hours, the two arrived at the Changshan City Detective Bureau. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Ze found the officer on duty and requested Tian Guan’s information.

"I’m telling you, he’s just a second-tier martial artist; why would the higher-ups use him as bait?" Zhang Ze asked while flipping through Tian Guan’s detailed file.

The latter shrugged slightly and smiled, "It’s just my guess, anyway."

"But don't you think it's strange? Why would our Bureau’s mission hall give him the status of a 'suspected cultist'?"

Seeing her keen interest in the matter, Zhang Ze shook his head slightly, "Stop guessing. We'll know exactly what's going on once we get hold of Tian Guan."

Zhang Yue pursed her lips and said no more.

Zhang Ze saw her expression and laughed, "I actually thought you were a cold-blooded killer~"

...

The two spent less than half an hour at the Changshan City Detective Bureau.

As they stepped out, Zhang Yue smiled, "That makes our move easier; Tian Guan is in Changshan City right now!"

"I just hope there will be some unexpected gains~" Zhang Ze muttered to himself.

On the way, they discussed their strategy and soon arrived at the residential complex where Tian Guan lived.

...

After looking around, Zhang Ze said softly, "Building 3, Unit 3. This must be it."

He looked at Zhang Yue and added quietly, "You stay downstairs just in case he tries to jump out of a window to escape. Leave the rest to me!"

"What?"

"Tian Guan is on the 13th floor; he would dare to jump?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yue was extremely surprised. Although she knew the incident with Feng Hang earlier that day had hurt him, it wasn't enough to justify acting alone, right?

But Zhang Ze remained resolute. In the end, Zhang Yue gave him five minutes.

...

Zhang Ze hurried to the 13th floor.

"1304..." he muttered, soon arriving at the door.

This time, Zhang Ze wisely did not knock!

He chose to kick the door in!

*Bang!*

A thunderous sound echoed.

"Tian Guan! Your time is up!"

Gripping the heavy blade he had seized earlier that day, Zhang Ze roared at the top of his lungs the moment he rushed into the room.

But the scene before him made him freeze!

There were two tables full of people in the room! To be precise, eight people!

They were busy smoking and playing mahjong!

"..."

Eight pairs of eyes stared blankly at Zhang Ze, and then at the door he had kicked open.

Was playing mahjong illegal, too? Surely not? And there was no money involved!

One middle-aged man among them stood up, looking completely bewildered, and demanded, "I’m Tian Guan. Who the hell are you?"

Zhang Ze snapped back to reality.

The system indicated the man had a cellular strength of 416S, clearly confirming him as a second-tier martial artist.

The location had been provided by the Changshan City Detective Bureau, and the mission was issued by the Anqing Martial Arts Bureau!

There was nothing more to say!

"Come with me!" Zhang Ze processed the information and barked at Tian Guan.

"Heh~"

All eight burly men reacted. Hearing Zhang Ze’s voice, some couldn't help but sneer.

"Kid, what did you just say?"

"You want my brother to go with you?"

"Go where?"

As someone took the lead, all eight men stood up from the mahjong table. Some were shirtless, looking quite imposing.

More importantly, through the system, Zhang Ze clearly noticed that all eight of them were second-tier martial artists! Their cellular strengths ranged from 300S to 480S.

Even as a third-tier martial artist, his heart skipped a beat.

...

"I said, let Tian Guan come with me!"

Thinking back to the events of the day, Zhang Ze did not back down in the slightest.

He needed to settle the score!

As his words fell, Zhang Ze lunged at the group.

The eight men hadn't expected this twenty-something youth to be so vicious, attacking the moment he burst into the room.

*Bang!*

The middle-aged man who had been standing at the front and leading the verbal abuse was the first to receive Zhang Ze’s "friendly greeting."

Zhang Ze didn't want to make it too bloody, and he wasn't sure what the backgrounds of the other seven were.

Therefore, he simply drove the hilt of his blade hard into the man’s abdomen.

Even so, his third-tier cultivation and 800S cellular strength still possessed terrifying explosive power.

The man was floored under the table in a single exchange.

...

"What the hell!"

No one had expected Zhang Ze to be so ferocious. Kicking the door in was one thing, but he started swinging immediately!

In the blink of an eye, the four men at the nearest table had already been knocked to the ground by Zhang Ze.

The other four, including Tian Guan, looked at Zhang Ze with visible hesitation.

Still, they were second-tier martial artists, and they quickly rallied to rush at Zhang Ze together.

Four second-tier martial artists were not really that many, especially to someone like Zhang Ze—a guy who had once beaten over a hundred martial arts students.

But Zhang Ze soon realized that these four middle-aged men were a completely different story from those students!

To put it bluntly, how many of those students had any real combat experience?

As the four men surrounded him, their coordination was surprisingly seamless.

Under the barrage of blows, Zhang Ze soon found himself on the back foot.

*Bang!*

Suddenly, his vision went dark as Tian Guan’s fist slammed into his face...