The midnight sea let out a terrifying moan.
The God of Slaughter frantically felt behind his waist, sweat pouring out from beneath his mask.
Everyone watched him, their faces filled with mockery.
Then, this God of Slaughter comically turned and ran.
"Hey, where the hell can you run to? This is the sea!" Ba Mian Fo chased after him, grabbed the guy, and then looked at Qin Ye Xuan.
Qin Ye Xuan smiled wryly, "Let him go into the sea to clear his head!"
Splash!
The imposter God of Slaughter was thrown into the sea.
He struggled desperately, screaming for help.
Ba Mian Fo watched from above, quite amused, "Hey, I think I see a shark coming."
The imposter God of Slaughter let out a scream that was not human, audible even in the ship's cabin.
Gradually, he made gurgling sounds, and his body slowly sank.
Qin Ye Xuan shook his head gently, "Pull him up!"
A rope was thrown down, a rescue boat deployed, and soon the imposter was dragged up.
He shivered uncontrollably from the cold, his mask blackened by the water.
Ba Mian Fo swiftly removed the tattered mask, revealing a middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, no older than fifty, his lips purple from the cold as he lay there.
Old Master Hong personally brought a chair for Qin Ye Xuan to sit down.
Someone else handed him hot tea.
Qin Ye Xuan took a sip and looked at the middle-aged man, "What's your name? What did you do before?"
The middle-aged man only wanted to survive, "My name is Sha Tian Ming. I used to work in stunt acting, then I committed a crime and was fired. I was just trying to make a living by the docks. Impersonating the God of Slaughter was forced upon me, you see. I wouldn't dare do something like that. Please, please, sirs, spare my life."
Qin Ye Xuan glanced at him, "It seems you're just a puppet. Someone made you impersonate the God of Slaughter to deceive that idiot Yuan Tian Ci, and then scheme behind the scenes, right?"
Sha Tian Ming kowtowed profusely, "Yes, yes. I was sleeping by the garbage heap that day when someone threw me a large package. Inside were the mask, the Heavenly King Token, a sum of money, and a phone."
So, the person behind the scenes controlled Sha Tian Ming via phone messages, had him hand the Heavenly King Token to Yuan Tian Ci, and then staged this farce.
Qin Ye Xuan's expression, however, turned uncharacteristically grim.
Calling it a farce, he knew the person behind it was no ordinary individual.
Ba Mian Fo and Old Master Hong had never seen him so serious and grew anxious.
Qin Ye Xuan gently set down his teacup, "This person behind the scenes knows me very well! He knows many of my secrets."
Qin Ye Xuan's greatest secret wasn't his hidden identity as a distinguished scholar, but his near-immortal lifespan, having lived through countless eras until the present.
These things were unknown even to his beloved wife, Su Qing.
"Is the person behind the scenes an old friend or an enemy?"
Qin Ye Xuan shook his head, "Having someone impersonate the God of Slaughter seems to be just a joke."
Since the person behind the scenes was unwilling to reveal themselves, he didn't wish to dwell on it further.
He stood up, pointing at Sha Tian Ming, "Take him to Black Port Prison. Announce to the outside world that the God of Slaughter has been apprehended and imprisoned. This should put the people of Hong Kong at ease."
Ba Mian Fo and Old Master Hong's eyes lit up.
Brilliant.
Since Sha Tian Ming was an impostor, they might as well treat him as the real one and close the case of the God of Slaughter.
At this moment, Qin Ye Xuan pointed at Gao Yao, who had collapsed on the ground, paralyzed, "Take him to the police department. Tell them that Officer Su Ning Shuang of Jiang City has apprehended the suspect, and the evidence files will be transmitted to the Hong Kong Police Department."
Gao Yao struggled, his eyes suddenly turning red, "I won't let you go even as a ghost, and the Long family won't let you go either."
Qin Ye Xuan said indifferently, "You're mistaken. It's not that the Long family won't let me go, but that I won't let the Long family go! Do you understand?"
Gao Yao was powerlessly dragged away, the Heavenly King Token he held discarded.
Qin Ye Xuan raised his hand slightly, and the Heavenly King Token fell into his palm with a soft thud.
The ability to retrieve objects from a distance astonished the onlookers once more.
Without hesitation, Qin Ye Xuan directly snapped the Heavenly King Token in half and tossed it into the sea.
"Times have changed. The era of the God of Slaughter is over. There's no need to keep this junk."
With that, Qin Ye Xuan smiled at Old Master Hong and Ba Mian Fo, "As for matters of the martial world, you two handle them yourselves according to the rules. Don't involve me anymore."
The two elders looked on with reluctance, but Qin Ye Xuan's figure had already vanished from outside the cabin.
The Hong Kong tycoons who had attended the grand gathering rushed to the deck, shouting "Mr. Qin's" name.
Ba Mian Fo and Old Master Hong led their men to block them.
"You are all intelligent people. Everything that happened on this ship today must be kept strictly confidential. Anyone who dares to leak even a word will find us two old men not so polite." Su Dan Novel Network
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but ask, "Is Mr. Qin the God of Slaughter from sixty years ago?"
Ba Mian Fo stroked his beard and smiled mysteriously, "Guess..."
The Hong Kong case was finally concluded.
However, Su Ning Shuang, staying in a hotel, was incredibly frustrated.
"What is this?
"The masked uncle solved the case, why is all the credit going to me?"
"Ning Shuang, you've made a great contribution this time! We arrived too late!" Outside the hotel, a group of people excitedly walked in.
Leading them was the former bureau chief of Jiang City.
They had rushed over as quickly as possible, and upon arriving in Hong Kong, they heard the case was closed, filling them with joy.
The Jiang City police department gained significant recognition and received direct praise from the highest levels of the Great Xia.
A Special S-Class case in Huaxia!
The involved amount reached 150 billion!
The old bureau chief's face was flushed with excitement, "The higher-ups in the capital have personally called to commend you. The police headquarters will soon issue you a medal, haha, Ning Shuang, I think this position of mine will eventually be yours."
Su Ning Shuang was greatly surprised, "Old Bureau Chief, I don't have the ability or the qualifications for that."
The old bureau chief took a deep puff of his cigarette, "If they say you do, then you do. Of course, the next step is to promote you to deputy captain of the Major Crimes Unit. Young people still need to be trained."
Second in command of the Major Crimes Unit, a definite cadre.
Su Ning Shuang couldn't even imagine it.
She actually preferred investigating cases; becoming an official was not her ambition.
So she pleaded with the old bureau chief, and finally, he relented, "You girl, you've solved such a major case. You must be rewarded! You don't want this, you don't want that, aren't you making things difficult for us leaders?"
Su Ning Shuang adorably scratched her head, "Then give me a very, very big certificate of commendation, okay?"
The old bureau chief and the others burst into laughter.
A celebration banquet was being prepared in Jiang City. The old bureau chief pointed outside, "Girl, look who's here."
Su Ning Shuang turned her head and saw Qin Ye Xuan.
She cheered and rushed over, disregarding everything else.
Qin Ye Xuan, having put his original mask back on, also embraced her with a happy mood, "You miss home, don't you? We need to go back quickly."
Su Ning Shuang thought of something, "Right, we need to hurry. Second Sister is on a blind date, and Sister Xue Qing is about to film a movie. I can't wait to go back and watch the excitement."
Qin Ye Xuan was stunned, "A Xue is filming a movie? How come I didn't know about this?"