1170 Tang An’s Selfishness (1/2)

A phantom-like figure suddenly appeared in the air next to Joyous Palace Saintess. A pair of hands in black gloves grabbed the Saintess' shoulders and they both instantly vanished in a flash under their watchful eyes.

”Do not struggle if you don't wanna die!” Tang An's voice was passed into the Saintess' ears once more.

The sudden change made the Saintess want to resist out of instinct. But a figure clad in a black robe appeared in her mind when the voice passed into her hears. It made her slightly change the trajectory of her palm when it was about to hit the person's body and slightly changed the trajectory of the sudden blow.

”Aren't you Tang Xiu's subordinate?” blurted Joyous Palace Saintess, pressing her voice into a whisper.

Tang An moved extremely fast as she quickly withdrew from the scene. After explicitly replying to the Saintess, a few breaths were spent as they appeared a few kilometers away.

At a certain place in the distance, an angry look filled Tang Xiu's eyes. Tang An unexpectedly didn't withdraw when she should and instead, braved a great risk to rescue that Joyous Palace Saintess. Without any shred of hesitation, he quickly bolted in her direction as he heard the Joyous Palace's Yin Buddha furiously roar and Ki Kitagawa madly hurl out curses.

However, he directly ignored them. He could clearly sense the powerful aura of many formidable experts rushing over to the scene extremely fast, some of which he felt wary of.

Tang An fled and bolted away extremely fast. A complicated feeling rose inside her when she found that Tang Xiu was pursuing her. It was her first time disobeying his command, but she firmly believed what she did was right. She didn't mind accepting severe punishment from Tang Xiu after this incident.

She even had a feeling that her Master, Gu Yan'er, would also approve of her choice. Being deeply in love with Tang Xiu, her Master had been hoping that he could break through to the higher realm and become a much stronger person as he had been.

Toshima ward.

In the midst of a cluster of buildings occupied by hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, a low rise flat in the darker side of the high-rise building was a low-rise flat with a dilapidated courtyard. It was the base camp of tens of experts trained by Kuwako.

”Who are you?!”

The sharp voice came from a young man holding a katana, causing tens of experts, some of whom were at least at the late-stage of Foundation Establishment, to jump over from everywhere instantly. Each one of them drew their respective weapons at the same time.

”Draw back!”

Kuwako took off her black mask and shouted after restoring her original appearance.

The appearing experts immediately withdrew, leaving only the lean young man with a bleached red-hair who quickly came to Kuwako's front. He glanced at Mo Awu and the rest behind her and then cupped his fists to greet her. ”Pays respect to the Master!”

”Ryu Jin, activate the Tortoise Shell Net and monitor everything in a radius of 10 kilometers. Don't alert any suspicious people who breach the net but report to me at once. Also, prepare some drinks and meals. We're going to stay here for some time.” Kuwako ordered in a deep voice.

”Understood.”

Ryu Jin complied and brought the only female in this place. They then quickly left the courtyard after he spoke to her.

”Tortoise Shell Net? What's that?” asked Mo Awu curiously.

”I have been reading lots of official and unofficial history records about the long history of China. I drew the essence from the readings and applied them when doing things. Some words I clearly remember said that a smart hare must have three burrows, be it for a getaway route or a safe house. This place is a secret safe house I built and I got 9 of them all over the capital and 20 of them in the whole of Japan. The Tortoise Shell Net is the name given to the intelligence system and once activated, it's equal to mobilizing a large number of intel operatives to monitor the 10km radius with the safe house in the center. We can spot anyone suspicious in advance this way.”

Mo Awu gave a thumbs up in response and said with amazement, ”You are more and more like Sect Master, Kuwako. But I'm very curious since you rarely spent time with him, though.”

”I may not follow him for a long time, but I learned toms of useful things from Sect Master, mind you,” Kuwako said with a faint smile.

Xue Sha raised his hand to interrupt their exchange and snorted. ”Cut the chat and let's get changed. Let's eat and drink, shall we? The previous engagement kind of tired me.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A few figures suddenly appeared out of the blue and shortly after, Kuwako's cell phone rang. After seeing that the person was Tang Xiu, she picked up the call, chatted for a short while, and then hung up.

”Sect Master, how come she…”

Kuwako and the rest looked confused and wondered after seeing Joyous Palace Saintess.

Looking gloomy and sullen, Tang Xiu coldly snorted. ”Come and kneel here!”

Tang An seemed to have already known that Tang Xiu would give such an order. She knelt, but stubbornness could be seen clearly on her face.

Tang Xiu paid her no more attention and coldly observed the Saintess as he walked into the interior, heading to the staircase to the second floor. As he came by the window, he folded his arms while looking at the distance to the direction where they had just come. He couldn't see what was happening there, but he could tell scenes of killing in the intense and bloody battle.