Chapter 537 - East Lake caves in (1/2)

But when he skipped past Ren Xiaosu, someone asked the director, “Why didn’t you interview that young man just now?”

“He doesn’t look strong at all. I can tell at a glance that he’s not a superhuman,” the director said.

Then the director spotted the shadow clone not far away from them. When he saw the shadow clone in the white mask, his eyes lit up. “Hurry up, let’s interview him. That man looks really strong!”

Ren Xiaosu was left speechless as he lay in the grass. The initially tense atmosphere was suddenly mixed with an element of absurdity due to the arrival of the film crew.

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu saw the mob bosses he had made friends with at the spa center run over. Seeing that they were about to enter the tunnel without even thinking, Ren Xiaosu couldn’t help himself from stopping them. “Zheng Hongning, get over here!”

Zheng Hongning was pleased to see Ren Xiaosu. “Dr. Ren, you came here too? Why didn’t you go inside?”

Ren Xiaosu beckoned to them. “Don’t go inside yet. Let’s just watch for a bit.”

“What’s there to see? If we watch any longer, all the research data will be seized by others,” Zheng Hongning said.

Ren Xiaosu glanced at him. “Do you think it’s that easy to get ahold of the research data? Just wait and see. Those people who manage to get their hands on the research data will still have to exit from the tunnel through here anyway.”

Upon Ren Xiaosu’s observation, Zheng Hongning facepalmed. “Oh! That’s true!”

As they spoke, another several dozen people joined them in the overgrowth outside the tunnel.

What Ren Xiaosu found curious was that he did not see anyone from the Pyro Company and the Riders enter the tunnel since he got here.

Could it be that the Pyro Company and the Riders had given up on the research data when they saw so many people arriving? Or could it be that this was just a conspiracy as he had guessed?

Then, a text alert sounded from Ren Xiaosu’s pocket. When he looked up at the others, he saw more than 20 people among the now nearly a 100-member crowd in the grass take out their cell phones as well.

The lights on the cell phones looked like fireflies fluttering around in the grass.

Ren Xiaosu looked at the text message and was surprised to see the Anjing House had suddenly changed their mind. They had sent a reminder to all hitmen to not act rashly, and that everyone should watch and wait outside the tunnel!

Although the Anjing House did not state the reason for this, everyone was overwhelmed with doubt by this sudden announcement.

Suddenly, someone stood up holding a cell phone in his hand and said, “Whoever owns a cell phone here is probably a contract killer from the Anjing House, and my guess is that not everyone here is A-rank. There should be some of you who are still B and C-rank, so I feel that we lower-ranking hitmen should work together to hunt down the members of the Pyro Company. That way, our chances of succeeding will be greater. Those of us with cell phones—”

The person speaking was a B-rank hitman. Knowing that he would be promoted to A-rank soon, he was also getting a little ambitious at qualifying for the Anjing House trials. However, he was not confident of killing the Pyro Company members by himself. As such, he tried to urge everyone here to attack the enemy together.

It wasn’t only the A-rank hitmen who had gathered here; a large number of local B and C-rank hitmen also who wanted to take advantage of the situation. After all, regardless of whether they could qualify for the trials next year, they would still receive a reward for killing the Pyro Company members today.

However, his speech ended up reminding Ren Xiaosu instead!

That was right! There were more than 20 cell phones here!

While the B-rank hitman was speaking, he suddenly saw a hooded figure wearing a white mask get up from the grass and walk over to knock him unconscious.