My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 317 - 314 Zero (Major Section)

Chapter 317: 314 Zero (Major Section)

Chapter 317: 314 Zero (Major Section)

Inside the Phoenix Nest Training Ground.

The individual on the right, upon witnessing the sudden disappearance of another, looked at the object in his hand with sheer mockery on his face.

Initially, he intended to leave the object at the scene.

But after pondering for a moment, he decided to keep it first.

Shortly after, the person on the right also left the Phoenix Nest Training Ground and headed to a hotel nearby.

In the hotel, he poured himself a glass of wine and quietly looked down at the Phoenix Nest Training Ground before him.

After about ten minutes.

A person suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the shadowy corner of the hotel.

The young man was startled, “That was fast? Lost track of him?”

“Mhm!”

“Such a sly fox. Anyway, he left something behind; take a look.”

As he spoke, the young man casually tossed what that fellow had left behind into the shadows.

“I initially planned to leave it as a clue for them so they could use their resources to help investigate, but considering Xing Zhanlong’s intelligence, I figured it wasn’t worth it.

Moreover, with that old guy’s tactics, he probably wouldn’t have left any flaws.”

“No, he did leave something!”

“Oh?” The young man was taken aback.

“There’s a mark on this thing, it belongs to the Fei Family!”

The young man’s eyes lit up, “The Fei Family? Are you saying that old fox is one of the twelve elders, Fei Yinghao?”

Immediately, he dismissed the idea without waiting for the other to respond, “No, that’s not like the old fox to leave such a glaring flaw.”

The person in the shadows threw the item back and asked, “Besides leaving this, did he say anything else?”

“He mentioned that Lin Jianying might not be dead, and pointed out two people with major suspicions, one being Jiang Yuexing and the other Zhang Yunyi.

He also mentioned that there might be the involvement of that abandoned dog.”

The person in the shadows scoffed, “He left one out—himself!

It’s obvious he’s trying to use us as pawns, intending to take them down, as well as us.

I’ve always said it; cooperating with such a sly fox is like seeking skin from a tiger!”

The young man gave a slight smile, “That may be true for us, but isn’t it the same for him?

He’s eager to use us, to take us down, and aren’t we just as eager to take him down, to use him?

Don’t you think this kind of cooperation, where both sides are fully aware of each other’s intentions and calculations, is good?

It’s certainly better than our relationship; at least I can clearly understand what he’s thinking but have no clue about yours.”

To this, the person in the shadows chose to ignore.

Changing the subject directly, “As for the trap, you’ve seen it, and you’ve set it; it’s about time for you to leave, right?

Your presence here makes me feel particularly insecure.”

“I’m about to leave. I just need to wrap up here and then I have some things to do, plus a trip to Jiangnan.”

“Going to see Jiang Yuexing? You know he’s plotting against you…”

“Well, I have to show some support when someone puts in so much effort, especially a partner.

Enough talk, I’m off. From here on, I’m leaving it to you.

We’ve caused him enough trouble; keep an eye out and see if we can flush out that old fox and take him down.”

With those words, the young man downed his glass of wine in one gulp, and then his figure gradually faded away.

Watching the young man disappear, the person hiding in the shadows frowned deeply before they too vanished without a trace.

…

Meanwhile, in the Phoenix Nest Training Ground.

Lu Wu, who initially didn’t plan to assist Xing Zhanlong, eventually decided to lend a hand.

It wasn’t because Old Lu had asked.

That scoundrel’s words carried little weight with Lu Wu.

The main reason was Moon Shadow secretly telling Lu Wu about the relationship between Xing Zhanlong and Lu Haikong.

It was said that they had been extremely close brothers.

Until one day, Xing Zhanlong learned that his sister and Lu Haikong had a fling, and the goddess he was pursuing nearly ran off with Lu Haikong. Even though Lu Haikong retained some humanity and pulled back at the last moment, Xing Zhanlong’s relationship with the goddess ended…

Upon hearing this, Lu Wu’s face turned dark.

He could not help but feel that Old Lu was despicable.

The actions of Old Lu were so embarrassing that even hearing about them made Lu Wu cringe.

Knowing what Lu Haikong had done to him, Lu Wu suddenly felt that being used as bait by him didn’t seem too unreasonable.

Of course, this was from Xing Zhanlong’s perspective.

When Lu Wu put himself in Xing Zhanlong’s shoes, he immediately felt that not being skinned and deboned by him was a sign of sainthood.

So, moved by sympathy, Lu Wu decided to help Xing Zhanlong.

“Old Xing, if you trust me, why don’t you tell me what happened, and I’ll help you analyze it?”

Lu Wu’s sudden change of attitude baffled the resentful and furious Xing Zhanlong, clearly not understanding why Lu Wu had changed his tune all of a sudden, but he quickly collected himself and explained the whole situation to Lu Wu from beginning to end.

“It’s like this, I have a friend I haven’t seen for many years who came to look for me recently.

She brought me news that a high-ranking member of the Zero Organization had infiltrated Beijing.”

Lu Wu noticed that Xing Zhanlong’s expression was a bit odd when he mentioned his friend.

He made a note of it but didn’t ask any questions. Instead, he moved on to another key point.

“What is the Zero Organization?”

“The Zero is an evil organization made up of Evil Summoners and top criminal summoners from the Alliance.”

“Evil organization? How evil?”

This was the first time Lu Wu had heard of such an organization, and he was curious, which Xing Zhanlong satisfied.

“They once slaughtered a city in District 11.

They released a plague that killed millions in District 5 and created a blood terror that kept everyone in District 6 up at night for half a month…”

Even prepared, Lu Wu was still taken aback by their achievements.

This was much more terrifying than any organization he had imagined from his past life.

“This is an organization of extreme madness and evil, where members would massacre entire families over slight discontent, the higher-ups being the most insane.

And this time in District 1, the one who came to Beijing is said to be one of the Five Ambassadors of the Zero Organization.”

Xing Zhanlong remembered that Lu Wu was a novice and took the opportunity to explain the structure of the Zero: “At the top of the Zero Organization is the leader, then the Five Ambassadors, followed by the Seventy-Two Apostles.

It’s said that all Apostles are at least at Master Level.

The Summoner Association encountered the Seventeenth Apostle, whose power had already reached King-level.

Moreover, that was just the level years ago.”

Xing Zhanlong clearly talked a bit too much.

He hadn’t mentioned it before, and now that he did, Lu Wu started to panic.

If Apostles were at King-level everywhere, what level were the Envoys?

What level was the leader?

Lu Wu suddenly wanted to ask if it was too late for him to back out now.

However, Xing Zhanlong had completely missed Lu Wu’s worry and was energetically explaining things to Lu Wu.

From the moment his friend found him, helped him identify the suspect, to devising a plan with him.

From start to finish, his friend was fully involved.

Lu Wu felt that after hearing this, it seemed unnecessary to continue listening.

“Sorry to interrupt, but may I rudely ask if your friend is male or female?”

“A woman!”

After answering instinctively, Xing Zhanlong’s face suddenly changed.

Lu Wu thought Xing Zhanlong had finally caught on, but then Xing Zhanlong’s face was filled with suspicion, “What are you planning to do? Look, I don’t care if you hit on others, but if you dare have any inappropriate thoughts about Miss Dushan, I swear I’ll castrate you!”

Lu Wu was speechless and covered his forehead, “Didn’t you say this to Old Lu in our family?”

“How did you know?”

Hearing Xing Zhanlong blurt out a response and the look of shock and suspicion on his face, Lu Wu really couldn’t understand, “May I ask rashly how you managed to compete against others to become the president of the Summoner Professional Center?”

“I didn’t have to compete with anyone, I inherited the presidency from the previous president.”

Now, even more puzzled, Lu Wu asked, “How did he choose you?”

“That was a bit too harsh,” Xing Zhanlong felt offended, but still answered honestly, “Because he was my dad!”

“Oh, all right, now it all makes sense!”

Seeing Lu Wu nodding his head as if he’d unraveled a century-old mystery, Xing Zhanlong no longer just felt offended, he was sure that Lu Wu had insulted him.

As Xing Zhanlong was contemplating whether to slap Lu Wu to death, Lu Wu started to discuss serious matters, “The situation is now quite clear, you’ve been deceived by your friend.

Moreover, in the Summoner Professional Center, it seems like there are people who want to mess with you…”

“That’s impossible!

Miss Dushan would never deceive me, she said she was ready to settle down with me and had even given me a token of our love!”

Xing Zhanlong’s intelligence wasn’t low, it could only be described as a bit blunt, but when it came to Du Dao Hu Zi, his otherwise normal IQ instantly plummeted into the negatives.

As soon as Lu Wu criticized Du Dao Hu Zi, the trust Xing Zhanlong had in Lu Wu vanished instantly.

On the spot, he even pulled out a hairpin and thrust it in front of Lu Wu, desperately trying to prove Du Dao Hu Zi’s innocence.

“This is the heirloom hairpin passed down through generations in her family, used for engagement and betrothal.

She gave me this hairpin, which from a certain perspective means she’s already my fiancée!

Do you think my wife would harm me?”

Facing Xing Zhanlong, Lu Wuyi saw the hairpin, then looked at the agitated and livid Xing Zhanlong, not knowing what to say.

Looking at Xing Zhanlong’s face, all he saw was sympathy and pity.

What on earth has happened to this world?

Is there something wrong with being honest?

Why is it that in every world, honest people are the ones who get hurt and bullied by the unscrupulous?

Shivering with anger!

When will honest people like them ever truly stand up?

In the end, although it pained him greatly, Lu Wu still had to reveal the harsh truth to Xing Zhanlong.

“Firstly, the item you’ve taken out is not a style from District 11.

It’s a traditional style from District 1.

Secondly, the item you’ve brought out, do you know what it is?

It’s a device with Golden Quality used for eavesdropping and surveillance. If I’m not mistaken, your beloved Miss Dushan has already run away. Try contacting her yourself and see.”

Xing Zhanlong’s face changed, and he immediately picked up the phone to call.

But no one answered.

Xing Zhanlong, still not giving up, called again, and this time the other party did pick up.

Xing Zhanlong was both shocked and delighted, looking at Lu Wu with pride. However, before he could even speak, the person on the other end spoke first.

“I heard your entire conversation just now, he’s not lying to you, it was me who used you!”

The words hit Xing Zhanlong like a bolt from the blue, leaving him utterly devastated.

Lu Wu, although somewhat surprised by Du Dao Hu Zi’s candidness, couldn’t help but think that Xing Zhanlong should give up by now, right?

But what happened next left Lu Wu speechless.

Xing Zhanlong stiffened for only a minute, then quickly recovered, asking with immense concern, “Miss Dushan, have you encountered any trouble?

Were you forced by them?

Tell me what the trouble is, I’ll help you solve it. I am, after all, your fiancé, don’t bear everything alone.”

“There’s no saving this guy, he’s completely hopeless!”

Lu Wu held his forehead in exasperation, finally understanding why such unscrupulous women loved to deceive honest men.

It wasn’t because they were too utterly heartless; it was because the honest ones were just too easy to deceive.

This self-sabotaging was truly lethal.

“Uncle, don’t you realize what kind of impact her actions can have on you?

You’ve been played by her, your base has been taken over, have you thought about the consequences?

Do you believe that your real troubles are yet to come, and whether you can keep your official hat on your head is still in question…”

“I never really wanted to be this president anyway, it’s no big deal if it’s gone!

As long as Miss Dushan is happy, I’ll do anything!”

Lu Wu had misunderstood one thing.

He thought that Xing Zhanlong was anxious because of himself.

In reality, this guy was doing it all for Du Dao Hu Zi from the beginning.

In fact, for Xing Zhanlong, the so-called ‘Zero’ organization didn’t matter to him at all, and this matter was not originally under the jurisdiction of the Summoner Professional Center.

He took over because of the appearance of Du Dao Hu Zi.

For her, even if it meant confronting ‘Zero’, he was willing to do so.

He even went out of his way to play the role of an all-powerful boss that wasn’t suited for him, not because he liked to pretend, but because he knew that was what Du Dao Hu Zi liked.

So, the situation was nothing like what Lu Wu imagined.

He thought he needed to help Xing Zhanlong unravel the conspiracy behind him, to take revenge for him, and to keep his current position.

What he actually needed to do was help Xing Zhanlong win Du Dao Hu Zi’s favor.

To this, Lu Wu admitted he couldn’t do it, not even a god could.

Moreover, Lu Wu felt that for a leader like Xing Zhanlong, it would be better to remove him from power.

Seated in that position, he feared that Xing Zhanlong might sell off District 1 without even realizing it.

“Well, if that’s the case, then there’s nothing here for me. I’ll be going now.”

Lu Wu wanted to slip away, but just as he said he would leave, Du Dao Hu Zi turned her head and focused her attention on him.

“Xing Jun, could you pass me my phone? I’d like to have a few words with Lu Wu,” she said.

“Sure, sure, sure!”

Xing Zhanlong was very easygoing, blocking Lu Wu and persistently pushing the phone toward him.

Lu Wu’s face was a clear rejection.

Who in the world would want to get involved in this mess?

Nevertheless, Xing Zhanlong was adamant. With the voice in his heart not interfering, Lu Wu had no choice but to take the phone, “I want to make it clear in advance that I have no relationship with my father. I’ve received no help from him as I’ve grown up.

I, Lu Wu, hereby declare that I sever all father-son ties with Lu Haikong. If anyone has any grievances related to him, please go to the ‘Kunlun Secret Realm’ to find him, thank you!”

Lu Wu cut off all ties with his father upfront and tossed out a fake address to block any potential revenge from the other party.

“My relationship with him is a thing of the past. To me now, he is nothing more than a stranger. I contacted you because I want to give you some news.”

“Speak, I’m listening.”

Lu Wu seemed particularly disinterested, but one sentence from the other party immediately made him alert.

“You have a friend named Lin Jianying, right?”

Lu Wu narrowed his eyes; he had not expected to hear Old Lin’s name from Du Dao Hu Zi’s mouth, which put him on high alert.

“He’s still…”

“Snap!”

Du Dao Hu Zi had just started speaking when Lu Wu abruptly hung up the phone.

“Why did you hang up the phone? I hadn’t clarified the situation with Miss Dushan yet.”

Seeing this, Xing Zhanlong next to him got anxious, looking as if he wanted to strangle Lu Wu on the spot.

At that moment, however, Lu Wu had no time to pay attention to Xing Zhanlong.

His mind was in total chaos.

Lu Wu had originally thought that this matter probably had little to do with him, but now it seemed that the trouble may be directed at him after all.

Even though the call had been disconnected, Lu Wu’s mind was still churning.

What was she trying to say?

Was it something about Old Lin’s body, or that Old Lin wasn’t dead?

Lu Wu felt there was a fifty-fifty chance. Old Lin’s body might hold some secret from that Inheritance Land.

And it was not difficult to deduce, given the evasive attitudes of both Jiang Yuexing and even Lu Haikong on the subject, that the secret must be significant.

And there was even the possibility that Old Lin had not died.

However, regardless of which possibility it was, Lu Wu thought the most sensible thing to do at the moment was to listen to nothing and pretend as if nothing had happened.

This was an ostrich mentality; as long as Lu Wu buried his head, he wouldn’t see anything, and then nothing had happened.

This approach might look foolish, but it was indeed the most rational choice for Lu Wu.

Hadn’t you noticed that even Old Lu was avoiding this matter?

If Old Lu, an existence above King-level, was avoiding it, wouldn’t it be suicidal for someone at Master Level like him to rush in?

Besides, Lu Wu didn’t believe Du Dao Hu Zi had good intentions.

This woman, capable of manipulating Xing Zhanlong so easily, didn’t seem to Lu Wu like she would genuinely want to help.

Providing him with information, her goal must be to drag him into a whirlpool he currently could not get involved in.

To use him to fight Lu Haikong.

Lu Wu saw this very clearly, which was why he would not fall for it.

“I can’t let others drag me down; what I need to do now is to hunker down and develop discreetly!

As sorry as I feel for Old Lin, there’s nothing I can do; after all, I still have Dudu to consider.”

Compared to Old Lin, who was most likely already dead,

Lu Wu was even less willing to see Dudu encounter any danger.

And while Lu Wu was hanging up the phone, determined to stay out of affairs he currently couldn’t meddle in at any cost,

Du Dao Hu Zi, on the other side, listened to the silence on the phone, her lips curving upward slightly.

“Is this child really his own?”

Although Lu Wu’s behavior and actions were almost identical to Lu Haikong’s, when it came to facing issues, Lu Wu’s decisions were the complete opposite of Lu Haikong’s.

One was extremely cautious, while the other was recklessly bold.

Compared to the latter, the former seemed a bit more difficult to deal with.

But it was just a bit. No amount of prudence would fend off trouble that came knocking at the door.

Suddenly, Du Dao Hu Zi began to look forward to what would happen next…