67 Alleviation 1 (2/2)

”Could it be?” Garen’s heart started racing. He slowly uncovered the black cloth, and a white stone revealed itself. The stone was in an eye shape; it also looked like a fish. It quietly laid on the black floor. Garen picked it up and rubbed it. Although he couldn’t see it clearly, but he knew that this was there the potential energy was coming from. From the shape of it, he knew that it was probably that white eye shaped stone.

”If it wasn’t the potential energy that helped me locate it, anyone else wouldn’t have been able to find it!” Garen quickly put the ”white eye” into his pocket.

He stood up and walked toward the entrance.

There was still the smell of gas and smoke that came off of the torches left it the air; it was thick.

”It’s probably the detectives who just passed by.”

Standing at the entrance of the stone room, Garen turned his head around and looked behind him as a sneer appeared on his face.

”One intentionally framed me, one wanted to kill me casually. Both of them are bad eggs. Unfortunately, I could get rid of them if I’m a bit stronger! I won’t let them get away easily.”

He rubbed the white eye shaped stone in his shirt pocket as he thought of something. At the same time, he quickly ran up.

After a few minutes…...

A black shadow suddenly rushed out of the little door in the stone room. The black shadow didn’t light up anything; he rushed to the corner of the room, uncovered the black cloth and reached for something.

The black shadow was stunned as it didn’t find anything. He quickly swepped around with his hands, but he still didn’t find anything.

”That Kelly….!!” He bit his teeth and said.

Vague footsteps behind him, and the black shadow quickly stood up and rushed out of the gate.

As soon as he rushed out, he felt a wind gusting at him as a man jumped at him from the side.

Bam!

The two of them instantly separated, and the black shadow hit the gate forcefully. The whole wall shook as a result.

”Damn!!” He continued his rolling on the floor as he dodged the second attack; the frame of the gate behind him was smashed by a punch, and it let off a deep boom sound. A ton of stone chips crackled down the wall.

”Golden Loop Number 9, you deserve this!” Garen’s voice sounded in the darkness. ”How dare you shift all the blame onto me? Do you think I’m scared of you?”

Golden Loop Number 9 grabbed onto the handle on the stairs as he tried helping himself up; he was only able to half kneel on the ground. He looked pale as blood flowed out of his ears, nose, and mouth; there were many thin blood streams all over his face.

He wasn't practicing Body Hardening Technique in the first place; after getting injured by Golden Loop Number 8, and getting sneak attacked by this, he felt sick to his stomach, and his head felt a little dizzy.

”Where is it?” He endured the pain and asked with his hoarse voice.

”It’s on me of course.” Garen sneered. ”I will give it to the Golden Loop, it will help relieve the tension between us. I will give it to Golden Loop Number 8 later.”

”Idiot.” Number 9 suddenly laughed reluctantly. He stood up straight and was about to speak; however, he suddenly opened his mouth and puked up a mouthful of blood.

The thick smell of bloody instantly dispersed into the space.

At this time, another black shadow dashed out of the stone room, and appeared in front of the gate; it was Golden Loop Number 8.

He was holding onto a small torch that was still lit, and the torch barely lit up the surroundings. Under the vague light, the three faces appeared red and looming.

”Do you really have it?” Golden Loop Number 8 looked at Garen: ”Give it to me!” He said as he reached out his hand.

”I can give it to you, but it has not been identified yet. I think I’m the only one who is able to identify to see if it’s fake or not. You guys know how long it takes to identify.”

Garen didn’t hesitate. He knew that he couldn’t protect this item. Although he didn’t like the way Golden Loop Number 8 talked to him, he threw the white eye shaped stone to him. The latter caught it in mid-air; he nodded in satisfaction after he checked it.

”It’s ok. I misunderstood you before. This item has no value to you, so you have no reason to jack it. In terms of identification, we will have to bother you on that. Everything here is a big misunderstanding.”

”I only like identifying all sorts of strange stuff. I actually do hope that I could identify the stuff that you Golden Loop get,” Garen spoke his mind.

Golden Loop Number 8 swirled his eyes and said: ”The organization is always looking to treasure and protect talented people. The henchmen didn’t know much, and caused a lot of trouble for you; it is our fault. But I’m sure you know that you are on Dale Quicksilver’s side, and a lot people in the organization is not happy about that. But if you Kelly could join Golden Loop, then everything won’t be a problem.” He just tested Garen’s strength and was impressed. Since Golden Loop Number 9 just betrayed the organization, a new person had to be added to the top ten Golden Loops, he had an idea.

The two of them started talking and actually ignored Golden Loop Number 9 who was severely injured temporarily. Number 9 was happy to see that too; he needed the time to recuperate, his body couldn’t handle it anymore.

”What can I get by joining Golden Loop?” Garen asked as he lowered his voice.

”Although we are not a Secret Martial Art Organization, we are not a pure Force Organization as well.” Golden Loop Number 8 laughed proudly: ”Detective Dale knew the reason why we, the Golden Loop exist, but he didn’t tell you.”

Garen squinted his eyes.

”For us to like collecting this much, someone must need them.”

”When what kind of a person like these Antiques that are stolen and hard to sell? After all, these items are small and incredibly old; they only have minute historic value.” Golden Loop Number 8 continued with his hints.

Garen was shocked.

”Nobles!” He shouted out.

”Actually,” Golden Loop Number 8 started laughing. ”Golden Loop represents not just an ordinary underground force. We are backed by many influential people in high places! Strength is actually our weakest link, what we have is power and influence! There are only benefits and no harms by joining us.”

Garen was relieved, and he knew there weren’t any problems; he said all of that to Golden Loop Number 8 Intentionally. He still had his families, relatives, and master; he wasn’t a single person who was isolated. Although Golden Loop wasn’t scared of Manuyllton Corporation or his master Fei Baiyun’s status and influence, they wouldn’t come and provoke him for no reason, as long as there wasn’t any conflict of interest.

”No wonder the detectives couldn’t do anything about you guys, so it turns out that Golden Loop’s influence is this strong!” He murmured.

”We just need an identification expert that could identify ancient and mysterious items. This is your opportunity!” Golden Loop Number 8 was getting more and more satisfied with his idea. All of Garen’s strength, background, and talent were what his organization was looking for. If he was able to add Garen into their organization, then the small conflicts they had prior could be solved easily. So only a few people died? They weren’t any of the top twenty Golden Loops, anyone after the twentieth position were pretty much useless, and their positions could be filled easily! At this day and age, experts and talented individuals are the most important resources.