Chapter 712 (1/2)

Chapter 712: Major Incidents

Translator: Udeze Editor: Udeze

Tang Xiu hurriedly left Zhang Xinyue’s beauty parlor and came outside, and immediately asked after boarding the car, “Awu, tell me the specifics about the situation.”

Awu did not start the car but handed over a pile of documents, saying, “The methods used by ‘the murderers’ in the four homicide cases happened in Shanghai last night were extremely cruel. A team of four from the state’s Special Department who were involved in the incident were also killed. Based on the statistic, the total number of casualties and victims is 16, and the four murder scenes are in the North, South, West, and East of Shanghai.”

“Was there any similar cases before?” asked Tang Xiu with a deep frown.

“Yeah, there have been three murder cases in the past two days.” Mo Awu nodded. “One of them was a case with the beasts we already know, the Stygian Club’s assassination agents, while the other two were similar to last night’s case. I suspect that the real culprit of these six murder cases should be of the same group of people, but I still can’t figure out their motives yet.”

Tang Xiu pondered for a moment and then took out his mobile phone to call Li Xiaojie. What surprised him was that this man, who was a member of the national intelligence department, did not even know what happened. However, he told Tang Xiu another matter. Some members of the Special Combat Squad had secretly rushed to Shanghai.

“What is their purpose?” Tang Xiu touched his chin as a pondering light flashed in his eyes.

Mo Awu did not disturb Tang Xiu, and only asked after Tang Xiu took out a cigarette and lit it, “So, where are we going now, Boss?”

“To the Paradise Manor!” Said Tang Xiu. “I don’t know whether these criminal cases are related to Shanjenna or not, but the situation in Shanghai is very obvious. Some undercurrent is currently happening here. There’s no way that all these incidents are accidental. Thus, you will assign some people to stay hidden in Paradise Manor to ensure Shanjenna’s safety.”

“Affirmative,” replied Mo Awu.

Tang Xiu returned to the Paradise Manor and went to see Qin Shaoyang first to tell him about Zhang Xinya’s decision. Afterward, he went to the foreign-styled building and saw that a heavy container truck was moving down the road. It had delivered the research equipment needed by Mo Yi.

“Shanjenna, you are not to leave this building without my permission, there’s something happening out there now. Shanghai is currently very dangerous, and I don’t want for any unexpected accidents to happen,” said Tang Xiu straight to Shanjenna just after he arrived.

“What danger?” Shanjenna’s face slightly changed; she thought it was the assassination agents sent by the Stygian Club to hunt her down again. It had to be noted that the Darksoul Scent was still on her, and if other assassination agents had come to Shanghai, they would definitely be able to track the smell and find her here.

“There have been major incidents and murders in Shanghai recently, and some people from China’s Special Department were involved in the cases; even the military was said to have moved as well. I still can’t figure out the motive, so I’ll stay here for the time being. Also, I’ve already assigned my men to stay around the vicinity to protect your safety.”

Shanjenna nodded with a solemn expression. What Tang Xiu said to her was like a shot of tranquilizer that suppressed her fear. After all, she knew that Tang Xiu and his men were incomparably formidable. If they could not protect her, then there would be no safe place anymore under the sky.

And yet, she was very curious about something. Who could be so bold as to commit such wanton killing in China? She knew some things about this country and naturally knew that they would definitely meet a bad end against the entire country. Suddenly, her body trembled as she recalled something and hurriedly said, “I know something that might be useful to you, Mr. Tang.”

“What is it?” Asked Tang Xiu.

“When I fled all the way from Europe I had no fixed route at all, then I accidentally stumbled across a business deal after half a month in the run. I do not know the specific details about that deal, but I know that it was something related to a technological product that can be applied to weapons. When they talked about it, they said that they would come to Shanghai in the near future to carry on the transaction.”

“Who is the other party?” Asked Tang Xiu immediately.

“I don’t know.” Shanjenna shook her head. “I did not pay attention at that time, I only remember that there was a Caucasian man named Austin Cole. That’s right, he said that he has quite a few strings in a certain state-owned enterprise company and that he has full authority to carry on the transaction and is willing to bear the consequences if things go wrong.”

Tang Xiu turned his head toward Mo Awu and said, “Investigate this state-owned enterprise as well as the details of this Austin Cole guy.”

Mo Awu did not move, and after being silent for a while, he slowly said, “I think I know this SEO company, Boss. I also know this Austin Cole. This state-owned enterprise engages in the pharmaceutical industry and deals with drugs and medical equipment, but behind it is a very mysterious arms dealer company in Europe. Austin Cole is the third person in the rank of this SEO and controls half of its armed forces. I once interacted with him in the past. He’s a ruthless fellow.”

“So, he’s an arms smuggler, but why did he come to China?” Tang Xiu frowned. “Could it be that he wants to do business here?”

“I don’t know about that.” Mo Awu shook head. “The members of this SEO company stay mostly in the dark, especially those three guys at the top. They are the epitome of a fox’s slyness, the vigilance, and cautiousness of a rat, as well as the ferociousness of a wolf. Very few people dare to provoke these guys in Europe.”

“Send our men to carry on an investigation on this Austin Cole, whether he really came to Shanghai,” said Tang Xiu. “I am not someone from the government, but these people came to Shanghai and wantonly killed people here. So I’ll clean them up since I’m here.”

“This matter is perhaps not as simple as it looks, Boss,” said Mo Awu. “If this is really the work of that SEO company they must have quite a huge target, else they would not easily come to China and neither would they choose such a major city like Shanghai as their destination.”