Chapter One Hundred and Two: A Man of His Word

In truth, for Liang Daoyi to keep himself hidden as he was now, beyond the reach of the demons, was the safest course of all.

Going to the Federal Police Bureau would only make things more dangerous.

So Liang Daoyi had immediately thought of Li Changqing, the renowned private investigator.

As a reporter, Liang Daoyi knew quite a bit about Li Changqing’s exploits.

Looking at Liang Daoyi, Li Changqing’s expression was equally grim; this troublesome matter had been brought to his doorstep by the man himself.

Li Changqing drew a deep breath, staring at Liang Daoyi. He wanted nothing more than to kick him a few times, but he held himself back. “What evidence do you have?”

“The record of their conversation. It sounds like they’re planning to blow up some very important place, so they secretly bought a large quantity of explosives on the black market.”

Though ordinary citizens could purchase firearms, explosives with serious destructive power could never be bought openly.

Liang Daoyi took out a voice recorder and switched it on. A conversation immediately came through.

“Have you prepared everything?”

“Mm. We’ll move tomorrow around five in the afternoon. They’re buying a batch of ingredients then, and I’ve already bribed the delivery driver. Once those explosives are hidden in the truck, with that huge amount of them, the whole orphanage will be leveled.”

“Hey, who’s there?”

Then came the frantic sound of someone fleeing, followed by a crash.

“This was recorded yesterday. They plan to act this afternoon.” Liang Daoyi shrank his neck a little and said, “They’re going to blow up an orphanage, but—”

“An orphanage?” Li Changqing narrowed his eyes. Why would a pack of demons choose an orphanage for no reason?

Wait.

Mingzheng Orphanage?

Bureau Thirty-Six?

He stared in shock at the voice recorder in his hand, then played it again.

Were these demons planning to blast Bureau Thirty-Six into the sky?

No wonder they were chasing Liang Daoyi with such relentless fury.

If they really succeeded, then for a good while, the entire city of Nanlin would likely belong to monsters and demons.

Li Changqing hurriedly took out his phone and called Hu Xiong.

“Hello, is a batch of ingredients supposed to be delivered to Mingzheng Orphanage today?”

Hu Xiong cursed under his breath. “How the hell should I know? I’m not the cook.”

“My client says the president of Xinnan Media is a demon. They’ve secretly bought a huge amount of explosives and are planning to blow up some orphanage.”

“Damn it!”

“Xinnan Media, right? I’ll bring Bai Chuan with me right now and raid their nest, those bastards.”

“Wait.” Li Changqing quickly stopped him. “Xiao Yu is still in their hands. If they learn ahead of time that the plan has been exposed, Xiao Yu will be in danger.”

Li Changqing was equally vexed. As a hostage, Tang Xiaoyu would become worthless the moment the plot was blown wide open.

By then, once that truck loaded with explosives entered Mingzheng Orphanage and was stopped, and the plan failed, they would realize that he had obtained the information and warned Bureau Thirty-Six.

Tang Xiaoyu would certainly come to no good end.

If he did nothing, Bureau Thirty-Six would be blown sky-high.

They had to find Tang Xiaoyu’s whereabouts and rescue her before five in the afternoon.

“Old Hu, I need to ask you something. Don’t tell Bureau Thirty-Six about this for now. I have to save Xiao Yu first.”

Whether Bureau Thirty-Six cared about Tang Xiaoyu’s life or death was uncertain.

But they certainly cared whether they themselves would be blown to pieces.

If Bureau Thirty-Six learned of it in advance, they would probably rush to seize the explosives in that truck and would not care whether a ghost like Tang Xiaoyu lived or died.

“Changqing, do you understand how serious this is?” Hu Xiong said through gritted teeth, frowning. “You must rescue Tang Xiaoyu before four-thirty. Old Bai will cooperate with you. I have to go back to Bureau Thirty-Six and keep watch. We can’t let that truck get anywhere near the orphanage.”

After hanging up, Li Changqing glanced at the time on his phone: ten-thirty in the morning.

He drew a deep breath, then took out the device Hu Xiong had given him, switched it on, and called the other party.

The call connected, and a middle-aged man’s voice came through. “Hello? Have you found your client?”

“Yes.” Li Changqing looked at Liang Daoyi across the pavilion and nodded. “Where should we meet?”

“Is there any need to meet at all? You’ve already informed Bureau Thirty-Six, haven’t you? I said before, once you notified Bureau Thirty-Six, there was no need for us to keep talking.”

“That female ghost has no reason to remain either.”

Then came a harsh rebuke from the other end. “Detective Li, you’ve really disappointed me!”

Li Changqing was startled. How did he know?

At present, only Hu Xiong and Bai Chuan knew about this.

Had those two sold him out?

Impossible.

Then it must be Liang Daoyi standing right before him?

Even less possible; the man was currently being hunted by those demons.

After considering it carefully, Li Changqing realized the bastard was trying to bluff him.

He feigned anger. “Sir, I did not inform Bureau Thirty-Six. If we’re going to work together, then it must be based on mutual trust. If you think there’s no need for us to continue, fine. I’ll notify Bureau Thirty-Six right now, and there’s nothing more to discuss.”

With that, he hung up directly.

As expected, the phone rang again very soon.

“Haha, it seems Detective Li is indeed a man of his word. I am a man of my word too.”

“Meet me by the river at noon. You hand Liang Daoyi over to me, and I’ll give you the female ghost. That seems fair enough, doesn’t it?”

After ending the call, Li Changqing hurriedly looked at the device. Its display was filled with a dense string of code, utterly unreadable.

It was a rather old tracking system, and one had to slowly calculate from that long string of code to determine the approximate region from which the signal on the other end was coming.

This was highly technical work. Li Changqing picked up the device and said to Liang Daoyi, “Mr. Liang, I need you to help me with something.”

A flicker of fear appeared in Liang Daoyi’s eyes. “Th-this, Detective Li, those people are demons, and I—”

“Don’t worry. I’ll protect you.”

Naturally, Liang Daoyi was unwilling. He had hidden himself away precisely for safety; he had no desire to face that pack of demons again.

“I’m sorry, Detective Li. I can tell that your friend has been taken, but I want to survive.”

After saying that, Liang Daoyi turned and darted into the forest to flee. He had heard very clearly that Li Changqing intended to use him as a hostage in exchange for someone.

“Run?”

How could Li Changqing let him get away? His present physique, strength, and speed were nothing that a reporter like him could compare to.

Very quickly, he had Liang Daoyi pinned to the ground, persuading him, “Mr. Liang, calm down. It isn’t as dangerous as you think. Someone will be protecting us.”

Only after much effort did Liang Daoyi gradually calm down somewhat.

He had no choice but to calm down.

He had discovered that Li Changqing’s strength was far too great.

Li Changqing took out his phone and called Bai Chuan. “Old Bai, I’ve left the tracking device in the pavilion at North City Park. It’s not convenient for us to meet, so I’ll leave the thing there. Take it to the Federal Police Bureau and see whether they can analyze the other side’s location as quickly as possible.”