Chapter 144: Chapter 105: Seriously Injured

The rain poured down, showing signs of getting even heavier.

Inside the thatched hut, Qin Fang asked politely.

The middle-aged man on the ground struggled to prop himself up. His heart had been pierced, yet he hadn’t died instantly.

Hearing Qin Fang’s question, he spoke, his voice hoarse and broken. "It was you... who killed Wang Hu?"

’Wang Hu?’

Qin Fang’s expression immediately darkened, his gaze fixed on the man.

’...This wasn’t what I thought.’

’They weren’t after Wang Hu’s money... They came specifically for Wang Hu!’

’But that’s very strange!’

He had already gotten the details about Wang Hu’s family from his senior brother. Wang Hu was the strongest in his family, the pillar of their entire clan.

When news of Wang Hu’s death had first spread, his family was immediately targeted for revenge by old enemies. Even Wang Hu’s wife had been raped and murdered, yet no one had stepped up to avenge him.

’But now...’

’Wang Hu is dead, and yet some people have appeared, inexplicably coming after me?’

’...But how did they find me?’

Very few people knew he had killed Wang Hu. There was his senior brother, Monkey, and Xu Meng... They hadn’t even told their master.

But of course, it was impossible that any of those in the know had leaked the information.

’...Because if it were them, these people wouldn’t have needed to ask around for information. They would have just come straight for me, right?’

’Why were they looking for an ’Expert in Hidden Weapons’?’

’...Wait a minute.’

’Hidden Weapon?’

’Why would the key clue be a Hidden Weapon?’

A sudden shock went through Qin Fang’s mind as he abruptly recalled something he had overlooked...

...which was...

The Poisonous Thorn!

His senior brother was a forensic doctor, a man from the Government Office. Qin Fang was certain that his Poison Needle and Iron Nail had been left at the scene of Wang Hu’s death.

But afterward, his senior brother never mentioned the matter.

He mentioned neither the Iron Nail nor the Poisonous Thorn.

This was clearly not normal.

Investigating a death scene was a mandatory procedure.

Especially with something as major as the appearance of a Demon!

His senior brother would never be so careless.

And yet, he didn’t mention it at all...

If it were just the Iron Nail, it would be understandable that his senior brother didn’t bring it up.

But that Poisonous Thorn... one look was enough to tell it was extraordinary!

’As a forensic doctor, if my senior brother found something like that at the scene... how could he possibly not ask me about it later?’

But he just didn’t ask.

’Which means...’

’My senior brother never found the Hidden Weapon!’

’If he ruled out the possibility that the explosion from Wang Hu’s body had flung the Poisonous Thorn so far that the Government Office staff missed it...’

’...then only one other possibility remained...’

’After Wang Hu died, but before my senior brother and his people arrived at the scene, someone else got to his body first, and...’

’...took the Iron Nail and the Poisonous Thorn!’

Only then would it make sense for them to be looking for an ’Expert in Hidden Weapons’.

But the crucial question was, who would be so bold? Who would go to Wang Hu’s corpse before the Government Office arrived?

One had to remember, there was a monster next to Wang Hu’s corpse!

Setting aside whether the monster was dangerous, or even if it was already dead... just the sight of it was disgusting enough, wasn’t it?

A person’s first instinct would be to stay away!

If it were him, he definitely wouldn’t have dared to approach recklessly.

’So who would dare to get close?’

’...Someone who determined the ’monster’ posed no threat to them, that’s who!’

’In other words...’

’That ’monster’ is connected to people!’

In a flash, Qin Fang’s mind deduced a great many things, and he sucked in a cold breath, shocked by his own conclusions.

He had originally thought the monster that emerged from Wang Hu’s body was the work of a Demon.

’But now, it seems...’

’...that’s likely not the case!’

’The thing that came out of his body wasn’t necessarily a ’Demon’...’

’...There’s a hidden hand behind all this!’

’And even...’

’...they’ve already found me?’

For a moment, Qin Fang was speechless, his eyes wide with shock. He vaguely sensed a massive conspiracy shrouding this world, just like the unending curtain of rain.

It sent a chill down to the bone!

Having deduced this much, Qin Fang looked back at the man again, preparing to ask him more questions.

But when he looked, he found the man’s eyes wide open. He had just taken his last breath...

’He’s dead?’

He frowned deeply.

’...But it doesn’t matter.’

He had intentionally left one alive, precisely to ask about their origins!

He looked at the man whose right knee he had shot through.

The man was gasping for breath, looking at Qin Fang in terror. Qin Fang narrowed his eyes. "Do you want to live or die?"

"Live! Live! I beg you, spare me, spare my life..." the man pleaded hastily.

"Since you want to live, then talk... Who are you people? Why did you come for me?"

The man quickly replied, "I... We’re from the Cyan Wolf Gang. As for why we came for you, I-I don’t know either! I just followed our Gang Leader here..."

"You don’t know?" Qin Fang’s eyes narrowed further.

He had, of course, heard of the Cyan Wolf Gang.

During his time in Fisherman City, Monkey and the others, being gang members themselves, would naturally bring up various gangs in their idle chatter.

And this Cyan Wolf Gang was a gang from Cuishui Market. Its Gang Leader was also an Anjin Martial Artist named ’Yan Jun’... which, it seemed now, must have been this man.

Qin Fang glanced at the dead middle-aged man.

But he didn’t believe for a second that this was the Cyan Wolf Gang’s own idea... The Cyan Wolf Gang and the Iron Tiger Gang had never had any dealings.

’Why would they come after me because of Wang Hu?’

’...But this is a lead.’

His eyes flashed as he turned his head back and said in a low voice, "You really don’t know?"

The man nodded frantically, crying, "Sir, I-I really don’t know anything. I beg you, spare me, spare my life!"

Qin Fang stared at him intently. The man was a blubbering mess of snot and tears; it was clear he really was ignorant.

’...The person pulling the strings is hiding deeper than I thought.’