A Tumultuous Time

Chapter 161 A Tumultuous Time

Tang Ming took a deep breath, but once the magic actually entered his body, he didn't feel much pain. He silently considered whether the organization could rescue him after he was imprisoned in the Demon Extermination Department's dungeon.

"First, we'll seal off all the dirty, foreign substances on your body, then take you back for a thorough interrogation."

Xingyu held a talisman in her hand and slowly approached Tang Ming.

"No! Wait—" Tang Ming struggled violently. If the alien substance was sealed off and the crystal armor disappeared, he would be finished!

"You know the Demon Department is completely untrustworthy! If I'm taken there, you won't get anything, and I'll be released soon too," Tang Ming hurriedly explained.

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Xingyu pause, Tang Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "The Order has been infiltrating the Demon Tribe for a long time. Otherwise, how do you think hundreds of people could be hidden in the city? If you just send me there like this, it won't make any difference."

"Why are you telling me all this? Wouldn't joining the Demon Clan be more beneficial?" Xingyu looked at him calmly.

Of course, I had an advantage in the past, but if you attack me now, Tang Ming is finished!

Tang Ming racked his brains, trying to figure out what information he could throw out to further delay the other party's actions, when Xing Yu unexpectedly asked, "Why were you at the funeral home today?"

Tang Ming's eyes lit up, and he feigned reluctance as he said, "We're transporting corpses to the altar—"

"So you steal bodies from funeral homes? What use are these bodies?"

"I don't know, I'm not high enough level."

"—Why are you different from the other symbiotes? You're just like real virtual beasts."

"I don't know—I really don't know! Maybe my fusion with the alien is stronger."

Seeing Xingyu extend the talisman in her hand again, Tang Ming quickly added.

"You're still not telling the truth. The fusion of humans and void anomalies couldn't possibly be like this, where you can even fool a magical girl—"

Tang Ming wanted to protest his innocence. He hadn't lied to the other party. These were the boxes the organization gave him and the transformation methods they taught him. He was just a newbie who had only been in the business for a month!

Xingyu flicked his wrist, and the talisman in his hand disappeared. He clenched his fingers into a fist and said calmly, "Come back with me, and I'll interrogate you slowly."

With a flick of her wrist, seven pillars rose from the ground, dragging Tang Ming into the air. Xingyu then placed a concealment spell on him and took him directly back to her base.

Although He Jin's words were unreliable, she didn't trust the Anti-Demon Department either. Through the man and woman she'd met in the mine that night, she'd confirmed there were many traitors within the Anti-Demon Department. Given He Jin's special circumstances, she decided to bring him back to base and detain him, asking Hoshino Kaoru to monitor him.

Tang Ming breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know where he would be taken, it seemed that the other party did not intend to kill him directly.

The next second, all his senses were completely blocked. Xingyu withdrew his hand, looked down at Fangzhou City in the night, and sighed deeply.

"How is it?!" the old manager asked coldly, his wrinkles twitching.

Standing beside him were Zeng Que and others, all members of the organization. They were not in the conference room of Fangzhou Financial Center, but in a hidden safe house.

The bespectacled man next to him quickly replied after fiddling with the computer, "Nine people have broken free from the cult's ambush and responded to us. It is estimated that more than thirty people in the company were kidnapped at the same time, all of whom are senior executives and department managers within the company."

"None of that matters. What about the situation of your direct reports?!" the old manager urged.

"Those nine are all direct subordinates; the remaining five cannot be contacted, and their fates are unknown," the man immediately concluded.

Zeng Que sighed and looked around at the people around him. "So, the targets the cult selected in the company include fourteen of our own people—and the others weren't targeted, right?"

The others shook their heads; if they too had been attacked by the cult, they wouldn't have been able to meet at the safe house so quickly. As for Zeng Que, his official position was head of the archives of the Anti-Demon Department, making him completely outside the cult's purview.

"None of you hold key positions at Anmeng Insurance, and some of you haven't even joined the company—it seems those new-human insects haven't figured out our situation, and they've just launched such a brutal and widespread attack—"

"Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free, what arrogance!" The old manager's face was unusually grim. The cult's unbridled actions greatly angered this current top leader of Anmeng Insurance.

He took a deep breath, knowing he needed to stay calm. "Have you contacted the boss?"

"We tried, but there's no signal and we can't get in touch," the person below immediately responded.

"The boss should be in some deserted area on the outskirts, hopefully on his way back—" The old manager shook his head, his face grave.

Zeng Que pondered for a moment and said, "The Order has definitely confirmed Hua Lingyou's identity, but the specific information has been obscured by us—"

They deduced that the entire Anmeng Insurance company might be problematic; that's really decisive! By the way, where's Hua Lingyou? She caused such a huge mess!

Zeng Que gave a light snort, his tone somewhat gloating.

The old supervisor glared at him. "I've already sent Xiao Zhang to pick her up. The cult shouldn't be able to find her address—"

As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps came from outside the house. The alarm device did not react. Sure enough, Xiao Zhang walked into the house with an arrogant gait, a lollipop in his mouth, and casually threw the box in his hand onto the sofa next to him.

Following behind were Hua Lingyou, who hadn't had time to dress up and looked disheveled, and her younger sister Hua Yiyou.

"Was anyone attacked on the road?" the old manager asked Xiao Zhang.

The sisters Hua Lingyou and Hua Yiyou are very important to the boss, and the old manager can only feel at ease if Xiao Zhang personally picks them up.

"Supervisor, you're worrying too much. The journey was smooth sailing; we didn't even have a chance to transform. The cult targets so many people, yet they can't even find Hua Lingyou's location, whom they most want to capture. Pshaw!"

Xiao Zhang lay bored on the sofa, feeling extremely dissatisfied with the nanny's job.

Hua Lingyou straightened her clothes, ignoring Zeng Que's mockery. After a long silence, just as the old manager couldn't help but speak, she finally asked, "Zeng Que, have you managed to control everyone on the Demon Department's list?"

Zeng Que curled his lip and turned his head away, saying, "It was all sorted out last night. Forbidden spells were cast on them, but they're all just ordinary office workers. The list you got isn't that useful anyway—"

Hua Lingyou was too lazy to argue with him: "Use them to pass on intelligence to the cult—most of the organization's members have disappeared, and then expose these traitors to the authorities."

"You want to bring magical girls in?" Zeng Que frowned, but Hua Lingyou ignored him and continued to give orders to the organization members: "Apply for help from the authorities in the name of the [Wizards' Co-Protection Tower] and find the location of all employees."

"They can't bring ordinary people to the earthquake zone—at least not now. They need to keep one of their lives to threaten us, so we have to hurry."

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The people below immediately got to work. Some got up and went to other rooms to make phone calls, each mobilizing their own connections to faithfully carry out the task.

Hua Lingyou was not only a formidable fighter, but also the boss's most trusted lieutenant for a long time. No one would contradict her opinions, except—

"Wait a minute! What good are those damn connections you have with the government?! You just want to bring magical girls in!" Zeng Que's face turned ashen, and his voice rose involuntarily.

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