Chapter 46 (1/2)

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at 29th of July 2019 04:55:06 PM

Chapter 46: 46

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Gua Two returned at 10 the next overne, saw one of the h rank, and the other a suit, but looked to be important tooA bit apprehensive, he turned to Gua Nine: “Who are they?”

Gua Nine continued typing on the laptop and didn't even lift his head“The short, stout, and balding one is the conference chairovernment bureauEveryone is familiar with him, he comes every yearThe other is the Navy rear aduy, not to be messed withHis role is to keep the underworld leaders in check, the sa for the first ti to the Army”

As he listened, shi+ Jin checked Lian Jun's progress bar againThankfully, it was still 600 and didn't rise, so he relaxed a little

About an hour later, Gua Nine and shi+ Jin's phones vibrated at the saet ready to overnment shi+p]

Gua Nine io”

shi+ Jin let out a confirot busy for a whileWhen it grew close to lunchtime, Lian Jun took Gua One, Two, Three, and Nine, as well as shi+ Jin, and left for their new accommodationsGua Five, who came back shortly after Gua Two, stayed on Annihilation's shi+p to hold down the fort

After they boarded, Lian Jun and Gua One went to find the person in charge straight ahile shi+ Jin and the rest headed to their assigned quarters

While they unpacked, shi+ Jin learned froanizations' leaders would stay on the governhtThey all boarded just before the day'sto their vessels immediately after, and repeated this every day until the end of the conferenceIt was plain they had a deep distrust of the governilance

shi+ Jin could understand their wariness but had doubts about so else: “Then aren't they suspicious of Jun-shao, since he's the only one who stays here?”

“As if not staying here would make them feel less suspicious,” Gua Two said with a sneer“Jun-shao cooperates with the government because they pushed him into this position when they forced hiue between the two sides' What do you think their intentions were? At the tiovernment and the underworld were tenseThey wanted Annihilation to test the waters for the us as cannon fodderIt's only because of Jun-shao that we survived and can lead our current coht—they wanted to take advantage of Jun-shao, but in the end, it's because they created such a situation we could overnmentIdiots”

shi+ Jin asked, surprised, “So the other organizations knoe cooperate with the authorities?”

“Of course they know, it isn't hard to guess” Lips curling in a scornful smile, Gua Two continued, “What they don't know is Jun-shao has reached an agreeet rid of the underworld and end this situation once and for allThe fools drool for the benefits Annihilation gets, not realizing the trap is closing upon theet away”

shi+ Jin blinked, understanding dawning upon hih everyone are Annihilation had so with the officials, they didn't know its crucial point—they only thought Annihilation was exchanging favors for profitsThey had no idea Lian Jun agreed to help elianizations

If so, Annihilation should still be safe, since apparently, no one discovered its “betrayal” yet

“But, though they are fools, there always seems to be someone even more foolish who falls for their sweet talk” Gua Two abruptly paused, then laid a hand on shi+ Jin's shoulder: “You have to be careful—during the conference, you will probably receive a lot of 'carrots'”

shi+ Jin was a bit confused“What do you arette in his anizations will reach out to the people acco Jun-shao and try to draw them over to their side—some are subtle, some upfrontYou are the only new face this year, so you'll definitely becoetDo you remember Gua Four?”

shi+ Jin nodded“I do, why?”

“At the last year's conference, he was successfully wooed by a anization and betrayed Jun-shao” Gua Two's voice became heavy as he said this, and sank almost to a whisper“He was too ambitious; capable, but unscrupulousThat's why Jun-shao had reservations about him and never trusted hi theIt was the sixth time Jun-shao was betrayed by someone at his sideYear after year, this happens every time, like a fixed scenarioThis conference is cursed”

Seeing hiet arette out hishim candy in returnHe said, “Soet to you”

“I know, it's not that” Gua Two exhaled, then obediently took the candy, unpacked it, and put it in his mouthHis tone slowly returned to nor in the darkness have gone on for too long, and the coe their mindsYou're a newco money by dirty means, the power to decide others' life or death at will—it's addictiveKeep living like that long enough, and soive it upThey won't want to leave the darkness anymore”

shi+ Jin had no answer to thatThe human heart was indeed unpredictableWhen he was a police officer, many tily abandon a new life and return to their old oneIt ry and helpless

“Anyway, you need to be carefulIf someone approaches you, report it to Jun-shao immediately so we can take precautions” Gua Two put a hand on shi+ Jin's shoulder again, a rare serious expression on his face: “shi+ Jin, Jun-shao trusts you very much, please don't let him downIf even your heart sways, I fear he won't be able to carry on” He clenched the candy wrapper in his hand then turned and walked away

shi+ Jin realized that helping him unpack was just the pretext, the real reason he caress bar and let out a sighGua Torrying too et Lian Jun's reaction—the first one ouldn't let him off was the system in his headIt'd cry so much his mind would collapse

By lunchtime, Lian Jun and Gua One still weren't back; they should've been invited to have a meal with the officials

shi+ Jin followed Gua Two and the others to the shi+p restaurantAfter sitting down, he felt a little uneasy, so he took out the satellite phone that was specially reconfigured after they set off and sent Lian Jun a texthim not to drink

Lian Jun replied quickly, with only one word: [Mhm]

Reassured, shi+ Jin put away the phone and picked up his chopsticks

The people sitting at the salances and said nothing, beginning to eat

Lian Jun didn't co the eneral outline of the conference, told everyone not to run around, then waved his hand to let the to Lian Jun, the conference schedule was the same as the previous years, and it would last three daysThe first day was to exaanizations in the past yearThe second day was to analyze and discuss the current situation of illegal organizations in ChinaThe high point was the third day—the governanizations; some would be added, some removedAt the same time, the officials would collect propositions for new additions froovernation and audit of the candidates, the results of which would be announced during the next year's conferenceOnly then would the new legal organizations be officially listed

There was always a large number of propositions submitted—this was the main reason the underworld bosses who usually hated to appear in public illing to attend the conferenceIt was an opportunity to legally increase their strength, and no one wanted to miss it

Later, Gua One explained to shi+ Jin, the newcoal criible to propose a candidate, only the ones listed for anizations listed for more than five years had a full recommendation quota, whereas the ones listed for more than three years but less than five had just halfIf they wanted to make a recoanization with the saanizations listed for less than three years had no quota, they were only allowed to listen to the results

shi+ Jin couldn't help asking, “Well, we've been listed for several yearsDo we have a whole recommendation quota?”

Gua One replied, “We've been listed for the longest, of course, we have the quota, but Jun-shao never uses itOther organizations crave the quotas so they can gain anizations they support and increase their strengthAnnihilation needs neither, so Jun-shao hands in a blank paper every year”

This ansas full of confidence and prideshi+ Jin thought it was pleasant to hear, and nodded to show that he understood and that Gua One could continue his tutoring

But Gua One only said, “There's nothing else I need to specifically explain to you, you can look up the rest by yourselfshi+ Jin, don't fail Jun-shao's trust” He put the file he held on the table and stood up

This was the second time today shi+ Jin heard the “don't let Jun-shao down” speechHe raised his head to watch Gua One leave, then picked up the file and leafed through it, somewhat frustratedDid he really look like such a illed person? And so much that both Gua One and Gua Two, the most steadfast and cautious ones, felt they needed to tell hiin the day after nextAccording to previous years, most of the other leaders would arrive in the afternoon or evening of the following day, and approach the govern

Unexpectedly, late in the day, a completely black and obviously modified civilian shi+p appeared on the nearby sea and ca Lian Jun's legsOnce Xiao Si informed him of this new arrival, he looked out of the cabin , but only saw an indistinct shape with lights scattered here and there ht it was a ghost shi+p

Lian Jun, noticing that his aze“It's Phantom,” he said“They love blackTheir shi+p looks like that every year”

shi+ Jin had seen that naave hial crianization that had been listed for o, they alh to stand on the same levelUnfortunately, misfortune struck theh mo wrong decisions, their strength gradually witheredNow, they were at the bottoanizations in China

“Phanto completely different from as in the fileHe pulled shi+ Jin's hand, took a towel, and carefully wiped it clean of the e oil as he explained, “If Phantom continued to develop, it would've likely ended up like Black RosePhantoth and retreat overseas, which was a wise, far-sighted decision”