260 Gaining yet another identity (1/2)

Upon reaching the location of the trap, the Office of Special Investigations' people frowned. They saw the Divine Arms officers tangled up and dead in the vines. ”They were attacked by this strange plant after pursuing the rabbit here?”

They had wanted to check their wounds to see if there was anything unusual about the deaths. After all, this was the first time they'd heard of plants attacking humans. At the beginning, they didn't quite believe it.

But when they saw the brambles, they all believed it as the plant looked savage and ferocious. Furthermore, Ren Xiaosu was controlling the Brambles and moving them in a threatening manner the moment they approached a little. It looked extremely terrifying!

Someone from the Office of Special Investigations said, ”You all will continue to encamp here. Do not act without permission.”

After giving those orders, they left. In truth, they did not have a better way of handling this either. They could not go around and question over a 1,000 private troops as that would take too much time and effort.

Furthermore, they were just here to find out the private troops' location. As for investigating the spy, that would be left for later. Right now, they needed to quickly relay the situation back to the Office of Special Investigations.

Ren Xiaosu looked on as they left. It seemed like the Li Consortium was also aware there was a spy among them, but they didn't know how to approach the investigation.

After the people from the Office of Special Investigations left, Ren Xiaosu went out at night to meet Tang Zhou as previously agreed. When Ren Xiaosu arrived at the meeting place, he bluntly asked, ”Did the Qing Consortium send out any snipers here?”

Tang Zhou was taken back. ”No, and we don't even have a sniper in our troops either.”

”Something is odd.” Ren Xiaosu wondered, ”When I went to search for what was left of the Divine Arms Battalion, I discovered roughly several dozen of them killed by the same sniper.”

”Are you exaggerating? There aren't too many snipers who're capable of that.” Tang Zhou gave his analysis. ”Your friend, Yang Xiaojin, possesses such an ability. Could it be her?”

”Ahem.” Ren Xiaosu said, ”It's probably not her since the bullets aren't marked as Saboteurs. Are there any even more skilled snipers in the Yang Consortium?”

”No.” Tang Zhou shook his head. But then he remembered something. ”Eh, that's not right. Over a decade ago, there was precisely someone that skilled. Yang Xiaojin probably learned her marksmanship from him too, but I think he's quite old now. I think he might be Yang Xiaojin's uncle based on their relationship? He's no longer as physically able to move around freely as he likes on the battlefield, so I doubt it would be him.”

”Could there be other forces that have joined in the war as well?” Ren Xiaosu wondered.

”Unlikely.” Tang Zhou thought for a while and said, ”There's no reason why other forces would get involved in this war. It's very difficult for foreign forces to reap any benefits here in our southwestern region. Only the Pyro Company would take advantage of this event to seek out any supernatural beings under the guise of acquiring their blood.”

”Is no one going to do anything about them?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

”Of course they will. The three organizations in the southwestern region have already reached a consensus to kill anyone from the Pyro Company when they encounter them. However, the Pyro Company has resorted to conducting their business secretly and will only distribute leaflets to normal people wherever they can,” Tang Zhou replied.

”Have they caught any supernatural beings yet?” Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.

”There's a few. Most supernatural beings who have just gained their superpowers haven't experience a change in their mindsets yet. Since they want to make money, the Pyro Company's offer is the fastest way for them to get rich.” Tang Zhou said, ”The Pyro Company is specifically targeting the sort of person who has just awakened their powers but have zero experience in combat.”

”Alright then.” Ren Xiaosu sighed and said, ”I guess there really are idiots like that.”

”But the Pyro Company won't join the battlefield for sure. They will only hide behind the stronghold walls,” Tang Zhou said.

Ren Xiaosu was starting to feel that it was very likely that Yang Xiaojin was the sniper. Everything but the bullet seemed to suggest it was her who did it.

Although many snipers existed in this world, only a few were capable of killing that many Divine Arms officers.

But what was Yang Xiaojin doing behind enemy lines by herself? Was it just for the sake of destroying the Divine Arms Battalion?