Chapter 34 Dead Sparrow

‘Soul-capturing is still more convenient.’

Wang Jixuan sat in the now-silent car, holding a brand-new, newly made Soul-Capturing Talisman.

He disliked this kind of demonic cultivation method;

However, in order to quickly learn from Ban Wenying the question he cared about most—the specific role Zhou Zhengde played in this matter—Master Wang used the Soul-Capturing Talisman again.

The old driver in the driver’s seat, clutching a pistol, with half his head missing, was fast asleep, slumped over the steering wheel.

Ban Wenying sat there slumped in terror, her vital signs temporarily stable, but as soon as Wang Jixuan took the Soul-Capturing Talisman away, Ban Wenying’s body would quickly die.

Wang Jixuan glanced at the wooden house; there was no longer any danger there.

He took the shortcut he needed to get back as quickly as possible—the passage that Old Lady Kong had always guarded.

The passage had only one wooden hut exit, but the Blackfire Gang had opened several entrances on their territory.

There are access control gates in the passage that can only be controlled by Grandma Kong, but these gates are not difficult to break; they can be opened with just two talismans. Moreover, the passage has been around for many years, and many of the devices are in disrepair.

Wang Jixuan arrived at the foot of the wooden house without any problems and immediately sensed Thomas’s presence inside.

At first, Wang Jixuan even thought that Thomas had come to protect the old lady.

He also considered whether he should eliminate the intermediary who helped him find a blessed place for cultivation if those guys used the passage to come over tonight and Thomas intervened when he killed the Blackfire Gang’s BOSS.

But unexpectedly…

Master Wang felt a mix of emotions.

Are all ordinary officials so corrupt?

“I’m a bit naive, but thankfully I thought of coming to protect Ye Zi and the others. At least these innocent children haven’t been corrupted yet, and the Black Fire Gang can’t escape the fortress no matter how hard they try.”

‘Is this a different kind of good deed being rewarded?’

Wang Jixuan never expected that Zhou Zhengde was being closely monitored by his mother, the Minister of the Interior.

As for the woman in the car, Wang Jixuan only attacked her to kill her soul after he had found out her identity.

Ban Wenying, First Secretary to the Minister of the Interior.

That makes sense; the Minister of the Interior wouldn’t come here personally to do such dirty work, he could just send a subordinate.

Wang Jixuan skillfully activated the Soul-Capturing Talisman, summoning Ban Wenying’s soul. After waiting for her to adapt, he didn’t ask any questions and first ignited a wisp of true fire with power comparable to a lighter.

The souls were screaming in agony;

Only Wang Jixuan could hear it in his heart.

After burning for half a minute, Wang Jixuan said slowly:

“I will ask, you will answer. Your body is not cold yet. If I judge that I can spare your life, I will let you live.”

He specifically emphasized the word “if”.

Ban Wenying’s spirit slumped on the slowly floating talisman, nodding hastily.

Wang Jixuan asked, “Do you have any surveillance or listening devices on you?”

Ban Wenying immediately shook her head.

Wang Jixuan could tell that she wasn’t lying.

With a sob in her voice, Ban Wenying said, “How could anyone know that I came here?”

“Hmm,” Wang Jixuan asked, “How much does Captain Zhou know about your and Thomas’s plans?”

“He should be able to guess something,” Ban Wenying’s expression was inscrutable, a mixture of crying and laughing. “How exactly were you born? How did you do it? My soul… my soul has been imprisoned by you!”

Wang Jixuan ignored her and continued, “What about Captain Zhou’s mother? Is she the mastermind behind everything?”

“Yes, I am her subordinate.”

Her soul was trembling slightly; she was clearly lying.

Wang Jixuan raised an eyebrow, and a wisp of soul power, the size of a needle tip, touched Ban Wenying’s forehead.

“Ah! Ah—I’ll say it!”

“Don’t waste my time, I still need to go back to the Blackfire Gang to fight.”

Ban Wenying nodded hurriedly.

She spoke a string of words quickly, and Wang Jixuan fell into a long silence.

Ban Wenying was born in Shangcheng. Thanks to her parents, who were soldiers who died heroically, she became a clerk in the army. Later, she entered the Internal Affairs Department of the 76th Fortress, where Zhou Zhengde’s mother worked, and has been working for Zhou Zhengde’s mother for seventeen or eighteen years.

She was Zhou Zhengde’s mother’s confidante, but she was not content with just being a confidante. She was active in Shangcheng as the first secretary to the Minister of Internal Affairs and was a well-known socialite in the circle.

The murder of Da Zui Hua and the subsequent killing of the gunman by Mu Liang allowed Ban Wenying to keenly perceive a political opportunity.

The key event that truly convinced Ban Wenying that this was her opportunity was Zhou Zhengde’s attack on the 46th floor. It was the only time the Black Fire Gang BOSS, who had lost his ‘younger brother,’ went mad.

This made Ban Wenying so excited she almost jumped up.

Because Ban Wenying knew that Zhou Zhengde’s background was so powerful that even the governor dared not offend him, and his mother would not let go of any enemy who dared to harm her son.

This was the opportunity that Ban Wenying had been waiting for for a long time.

She quickly came up with a plan to ‘use this incident to replace the Blackfire Gang’.

The seven major gangs in Downtown are like seven pieces of cake, each controlled by one of the three political factions in Uptown.

In this regard, the military faction, represented by the Minister of the Interior, has always been in a relatively passive position.

The Blackfire Gang, in particular, is responsible for providing blood products to the front-line war fortresses. It is the most critical area among the seven major gangs, but it has always been firmly controlled by the thirteen factions represented by the Biological Minister of Fortress 76, and the military has never been able to intervene.

Ban Wenying knew perfectly well that the Minister of the Interior would not reject the plan, and that her backup plan, which she had prepared for many years, could finally be put to use.

What surprised Wang Jixuan was that Thomas had once told him that he had a secret girlfriend.

Good heavens, that secret girlfriend is none other than Ban Wenying, who regularly comes to the 46th floor of the Pleasure City to seek pleasure!

Thomas would even wear seductive makeup and play all sorts of perverted little games with Ban Wenying.

this……

This is simply…

It is an insult to culture, a violation of ancient etiquette, a loss of conscience, and a depravity of morality!

Master Wang couldn’t stand hearing such details.

Although I’ve heard it quite a bit.

Under Ban Wenying’s leadership, a crackdown on the Black Fire Gang quickly unfolded, involving gang alliances, purge forces, factional conflicts, and more.

Zhou Zhengde thought he played a huge role, but in reality, it was his classmate who was behind it all, using the authority given to her by the Minister of Internal Affairs to do all sorts of things.

The only uncontrollable variable for Ban Wenying is Wang Jixuan, this ‘new psionicist’.

Because Zhou Zhengde was always protecting him from behind.

Ban Wenying did these things, of course, not for the sake of military factions.

She wanted to use this opportunity to gain control of her own group, one aspect of which was to get Thomas to establish the ‘Cabin Brotherhood’. Another possibility was that she could take things further with Thomas and obtain the list held by the Blackfire Gang’s boss…

She then had leverage over a group of retired officials from the upper town.

The military, the Thirteen Institutes, and the three major factions of the ruling government will all be subject to her control.

This was very dangerous, as Ban Wenying certainly knew, but she was willing to take the risk.

“I can’t control my desires,” Ban Wenying’s soul stammered, “but I haven’t done anything to harm you or Zhou Zhengde. I’ve known Zhengde since he was a boy, and I’ve always taken care of him. Please, let my soul go back!”

Wang Jixuan said in a deep voice: “The final question.”

“I can answer all your questions! I can get you tons of resources!”

“Do you think that when officials collude with bandits, prey on the people, and persecute the innocent, should the officials or the bandits die?”

Ban Wenying’s spirit cried out, “The bandits deserve to die! The bandits deserve to die the most! I was just using them!”

Wang Jixuan laughed and said, “Although I don’t really want to get involved in these sordid matters, I think they all deserve to die.”

He raised the shotgun and aimed it at Ban Wenying’s head.

Ban Wenying realized what was about to happen and shouted in panic:

“No! Please don’t! I don’t want to die! I haven’t offended you! I’ve been helping you take down the Black Fire Gang. If it weren’t for me, the two of you wouldn’t have been able to wipe out the Black Fire Gang so easily!”

There’s something I need to make clear.

Wang Jixuan casually tossed out a Soul-Capturing Talisman, which quickly burned out, and Ban Wenying’s soul entered her forehead.

Before she could adjust to her surroundings and was unable to move, she heard the helmeted man next to her whispering something:

“It was my own decision to take down the Blackfire Gang, not yours to exploit my and Zhou Zhengde’s sense of justice to do so.”

“This is important because…”

Bang!

There was a drop of blood on Wang Jixuan’s helmet.

He picked up a handkerchief with some disdain, wiped his face, and threw it at Ban Wenying.

“If one’s resolve to follow the Tao is not firm, inner demons will cause chaos.”

Wang Jixuan closed the car door, then opened it again, and said to Ban Wenying’s rapidly dissipating remnant soul:

“Also, Xiao Zhou is indeed a bit too loyal, but he’s not stupid. He warned me to get away in time, saying that you were making some underhanded moves.”

Wang Jixuan slammed the car door shut, carefully observed his surroundings, then hurried back to the wooden house, glancing at the landlady’s corpse a few times.

The list that Ban Wenying and Thomas considered priceless was completely ignored by Master Wang. He was only thinking about the source of this person’s evil, or rather, the evil in his nature.

Ye Zi and the others are all on the second floor.

Wang Jixuan couldn’t care less about them right now, he just shouted, “Ye Zi! Don’t be afraid! I’ll come back for you!”

Ye Zi did not reply.

Wang Jixuan sighed inwardly.

There’s nothing we can do about it; this kind of thing is too much of a shock for these children. I’ll ask Zhou Zhengde and Wei Na to help take care of these little ones and provide them with some psychological support later.

Zhou Yanei should be able to do it easily.

Incidentally, the gun that Wang Jixuan used to kill Ban Wenying only had Thomas’s fingerprints on it, and he had already put the shotgun back in Thomas’s pocket.

Wang Jixuan entered the secret room, fumbled around and pressed a few buttons, and the wooden chair and the disc beneath it descended together.

Wang Jixuan retrieved the sniper rifle he had left there, pointed it at his forehead with his sword, his eyes gleaming with divine light, quickly replaced the paper talisman, and once again approached the Black Fire Gang’s territory along the passage.

The killing has begun, and it cannot be stopped at will.

Zhou Zhengde said he would ask the fortress to send out the purge troops when the time was right, which means they are very likely about to take action.

Before the purge forces take action, let’s eliminate as many high-ranking members of the Black Fire Gang as possible to prevent anyone from shedding their skin to survive!

The second floor of the wooden house.

Directly above the study and the stairwell.

A small face peered through the crack in the wooden planks, gazing at the three corpses, its eyes meeting those of Old Lady Kong, who stared wide-eyed.

A slight ripple appeared in the girl’s calm eyes, as if she were just waking up from a dream.

“Mother.”

…

at the same time.

Inside the captain’s office of the thirteenth-floor police station.

As Zhou Zhengde watched the photos with extremely poor resolution appearing little by little in the 3D projection in front of him, his breathing became somewhat rapid.

Ansie’s body appears in the center of the photo;

Near Anxi’s body, a group of Blackfire Gang thugs could be vaguely seen searching for cover.

The photos were taken by Zhou Zhengde’s’spies’ sent to the lower city. All forces were keeping a close eye on the Blackfire Gang and paying attention to the clash between ‘his mysterious psychic’ and the psychic from the Thirteenth Institute.

Looking at it now…

Zhou Zhengde clenched his fist and shouted excitedly, “Beautiful!”

He then realized that Anxi’s death could not be kept secret from the Thirteenth Institute, and that the Thirteenth Institute would definitely take action.

Buzz, buzz!

The communicator next to me suddenly vibrated.

Zhou Zhengde grabbed the communicator, and messages started popping up on the screen like crazy.