Martial Arts Song

Chapter 315 Targeting
"what?"

Hearing Fei Dongtao's words, Chen Qing was stunned, "How could this happen?"

Although he had asked Fei Dongtao before whether it was possible to accept the wrong mission, the other party had also answered him hypothetically.

But he really didn't expect that there would actually be a real-life example!
Especially, this wrong mission was about that "Jueying"!

"Jueying"'s master is "Nan Jue" among "Beicang Nan Jue".

Although Chen Qing didn't know the strength of this peerless master or how he would attack, it seemed that the "Yun" organization was not someone they could afford to offend.

No wonder Fei Dongtao, the person in charge of the "Gangqiao" base, is so busy.

It is estimated that it is not just him. I am afraid that all the leaders of the "Yun" organization bases in "Hu Hai" are also in a state of panic now.

However, Chen Qing does not think that the "Yun" organization is finished because of this.

First of all, regarding the mission, "Yun" has the final right of interpretation. For example, as Fei Dongtao said before, this mission involves information deception and misleading, and the contract can be unilaterally terminated and made invalid.

If it really doesn't work, you can ask the customer who posted the task to cancel it.

If the customer insists on not agreeing, then just get rid of him/her secretly.

Secondly, with the strength of "Jueying"'s three transformations, even if the mission was accepted by the killer, it would be basically difficult to complete it.

Before "Jueying" is in any damage, it is not considered as an offense to "Juechen", the "Nan Jue".

Although Chen Qing had never seen a peerless master in action, he could roughly deduce the influence of a peerless master based on the social structure of this world.

Given the size of the "Cloud" organization, even if a top master wants to eliminate it, he will probably have to resort to massive warfare.

No matter which city the war starts in, the officials of that city will definitely not want this to happen, especially in "Huhai", the largest city in the south!
Taking all these factors into consideration, Chen Qing believed that as long as nothing happened to "Jueying", the peerless master "Nan Jue" would probably be fine.

Finally, whether it is the "Yun" organization, "Jueying" or its master, they cannot be stupid people.

This kind of misconnection situation is suspicious no matter how you look at it.

After the "Cloud" organization contacts the killers who have accepted the mission and resolves the trouble, it will inevitably trace the source of the mistaken acceptance of the mission.

"Jueying" and his master will also wait for the result and let the "Yun" organization give an explanation. It is impossible for them to attack "Yun" impulsively, otherwise, wouldn't they be used as a gun?
Therefore, Chen Qing did not think that "Yun" would be affected by this incident.

The reason why he was stunned was actually that he was surprised that "Jueying" was still in "Huhai"!
More than twenty days have passed since Naoto Takasugi set up a ring on "Hongjiang Road" last month and "Jueying" appeared and defeated his opponent.

Chen Qing learned from Luo Zongping that "Jueying" was specially invited by the warriors of their "Hu Hai", and the other party was not in "Hu Hai" before.

He thought that since he had defeated Takasugi Naoto for so long, "Jueying" should have left "Huhai" long ago.

He didn't expect that the other party was still "hanging on the sea", which surprised him a little.

"Well, who knows."

When Fei Dongtao heard Chen Qing's question, he sighed and said, "Anyway, go to my office and sit for a while. I'll come down after I'm done with you... You don't have any other urgent matters, right? Or have you already completed the task you took on a few days ago?"

Speaking of this, he thought of Chen Qing who had just accepted the fifth silver-level mission, so he asked.

"Not yet, it just happened a few days ago, so I wanted to come and thank you."

Chen Qing heard this and shook his head, saying, "If you're busy, I won't sit here. I'll thank you again during the next promotion assessment mission."

After saying that, Chen Qing threw the hand that was originally holding the key back to Fei Dongtao.

Fei Dongtao, a master of "Divine Transformation", accurately caught the key that drew a parabola in the air, and then grabbed it casually. After catching the key, he frowned and nodded, "Okay, if it's not urgent, then I won't keep you. I'm really busy here now. Let's talk next time."

"Ah."

Chen Qing nodded slightly, then walked down the stairs from the corridor on the second floor.

Fei Dongtao didn't see him off either because he was really busy.

After watching Chen Qing go down to the first floor, he withdrew his gaze and returned to the third floor.

"Mr. Zuo is gone."

Xiao Wu, who was on the first floor, saw Chen Qing coming down and immediately greeted him warmly.

Chen Qing and Fei Dongtao did not lower their voices deliberately during their conversation just now, so he should have heard it on the first floor.

But he pretended not to hear anything, and did not ask or say much. He just performed his duties. After greeting, he opened the door to the first floor for Chen Qing.

"Ah."

Chen Qing nodded to Xiao Wu, then walked out the door without saying anything more.

At this point, he had finished dealing with some of the loose ends in East City.

Afterwards, after leaving the base of the "Yun" organization, Chen Qing went directly to the center of "Gangqiao" and took the tram back to "Sanlin" again...

Noon the next day.

After finishing his usual practice and get off work, Chen Qing took a boat across the river again and arrived at Yunguang Road in Jiangwan District.

Then, he bought some wine for practicing martial arts and came to room 210 of the "Shumian" hotel, waiting for Qi Yi's arrival.

About ten minutes later, when it was almost one o'clock, Qi Yi finally arrived.

After the other party entered the room and closed the door, Chen Qing immediately said with a smile: "Senior Sister, I have finished my work. I can start practicing the method you mentioned at any time."

However, after hearing his words, Qi Yi was startled at first, but then did not answer the question. Instead, she frowned and asked, "Did you receive any wind in the 'cloud'?"

"Ok?"

Chen Qing was startled when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "Senior sister, what exactly are you talking about..."

Qi Yi knew that he was a killer in the "Yun" organization, and he also learned from Fei Dongtao yesterday that "Yun" had mistakenly accepted the mission to assassinate "Jueying".

But he was not sure if this was what Qi Yi was asking about, so he had to ask clearly.

"About 'Jueying'."

Qi Yi looked at Chen Qing, frowned and said, "The assassin organizations on Hu Hai's side all mistakenly accepted his mission yesterday. Yesterday alone, he encountered five waves of assassinations! Although he was fine in the end, this incident has alarmed the Military Control Commission. You are Yun's assassin, I want to know if you have heard anything."

"Did all the assassin organizations on Hu Hai's side mistakenly accept his mission?!"

Hearing Qi Yi's words, Chen Qing was stunned.

He knew that "Hu Hai" had more than just the "Yun" organization, which was a killer organization.

Yesterday he heard Fei Dongtao say that "Yun" had mistakenly accepted the mission regarding "Jueying". Although he was surprised, he didn't take it to heart.

But now, it turned out that the entire "Hu Hai" killer organization had mistakenly accepted the mission to assassinate "Jueying", which made the matter seem very strange!
If this situation only occurred in one killer organization, it could be said to be a coincidence, but since this happened to all killer organizations, it was obvious that someone did it on purpose!
"Yes."

Qi Yi looked at the stunned Chen Qing and said, "So did you catch any wind in the 'cloud'?"

"I heard that 'Yun' mistakenly accepted a mission related to him..."

Chen Qing frowned and told Qi Yi about his conversation with Fei Dongtao yesterday.

Then, he said, "Yun is currently contacting the assassins who accepted the mission. Apparently, they are preparing to cancel the mission, but some of them may not have been contacted in time... Among the assassins who assassinated Jueying yesterday, were there any people from Yun?"

Speaking of the latter, Chen Qing asked. "Yes."

Qi Yi frowned and nodded, and replied: "Among the assassins who assassinated Jueying yesterday, there were two assassins from the Yun organization. Jueying found the Yun badge representing the identity of the assassin from their bodies."

"What level of killer?"

Chen Qing asked again.

Qi Yi heard this, glanced at him, and replied: "The assassin badges that Jueying found from them are one bronze and one silver. The assassins of other organizations also have bronze and silver badges."

"Is that so?"

After hearing this, Chen Qing's face suddenly showed a thoughtful look.

According to common sense, with Jueying's strength, even if he was really assigned a mission, it would only be a gold-level mission.

But now, most of the people attacking him were bronze and silver medal killers.

It really feels like being misled and taking the wrong mission.

Especially Jueying's patched clothes like a beggar. No one would think that he was a person of high status. It seemed that this situation was normal.

But if the entire "Hu Hai" killer organization was connected to the wrong person, that would be extremely abnormal!

Moreover, these killer organizations discovered this at the same time...

Chen Qing couldn't help but feel that he had grasped something again.

But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that something was missing, so he couldn't grasp it completely.

"What did you think of?"

Seeing that Chen Qing looked thoughtful after asking these questions, Qi Yi asked.

Chen Qing shook his head and said, "I just think this matter is a bit strange. All assassin organizations have mistakenly accepted the task of assassinating 'Jueying'. This must be a premeditated targeting, but what is the purpose of doing this? Ordinary assassins, even gold medal assassins, can't kill him, and the existence of the ace assassin level should all know that he is Master Jue's apprentice and knows him. No one dares to touch him. What is the meaning of this person behind the scenes doing this? I don't understand."

"Your question is also our current doubt."

Qi Yi narrowed her eyes upon hearing this and said, "That's why I asked you. I wanted to see if I could glean something from the specific details. Unfortunately..."

Speaking of this, Qi Yi couldn't help but shook her head.

Chen Qing was speechless.

After a moment, he asked again, "Can you confirm who is behind this?"

Since the incident was directed at "Jueying", the person behind the scenes was probably "Jueying's" enemy.

Chen Qing didn’t know the person called “Jueying”. The only people he knew who might target “Jueying” were those from Liuying faction.

The incident on "Hongjiang Road" last month caused Liuying to lose a lot of face. If retaliation is to be carried out, "Jueying" will probably be one of the main targets of retaliation.

All this happened because "Jueying" appeared and defeated Takasugi Naoto.

If we knew who was behind this, we could start the investigation and analysis from that aspect.

However, upon hearing his question, Qi Yi shook her head and replied:
"'Jueying' is just like his master. His whereabouts are mysterious, and the Military Control Commission doesn't know much about him."

"Besides, his master is 'Nan Jue', who has a bad temper and protects his people. Who would dare to make an enemy of him? Currently, the only people who might target him are those from the Ryuying faction."

"Last month, it was Jueying who sabotaged Liuying's fight. Moreover, with Liuying's ability, they were able to control all the assassin organizations of Huhai at the same time and expose the incident at the same time. Their spies are lurking in various places in Central Country and in various industries. There is a high probability that these assassin organizations also have their spies lurking."

"However, this is too obvious. They just became enemies in the middle of last month, and they can't wait to carry out targeted retaliation in less than a month. It makes people feel that spies from other countries are instigating discord... Moreover, what is their purpose in doing this..."

As she spoke, a look of confusion appeared on Qi Yi's face.

After hearing this, Chen Qing could not help but remain silent.

indeed.

The master of "Jueying" is "Nan Jue" of "Bei Cang Nan Jue", and based on Chen Qing's brief impression of "Jueying", he felt that the other party was a decisive, ruthless and taciturn character.

Such a person would disdain to associate with mediocre people, and if he had an enemy, he would probably kill the enemy on the spot and would not wait for later.

From the current perspective, the only grudge seems to be because of the incident in the ring last month that offended the Ryuying side.

But if this incident was planned by Ryuying, it would seem a bit too "stupid".

Because of what happened in the ring last month, whenever "Jueying" is targeted and hunted down, everyone will link the matter to Liuying, suspecting that it was an act of retaliation by Liuying.

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible for an enemy to be so stupid.

This matter is more like what Qi Yi said, it seems like another country is secretly sowing discord.

However, the relationship between Liuying and Yangguo was not harmonious to begin with, and there seemed no need to deliberately sow discord between them...

For a moment, Chen Qing found it difficult to judge.

"Forget it, let's practice."

After seeing Chen Qing remain silent, Qi Yi shook her head again and said, "Regarding the external conditions to assist in practicing, I will tell Master about it when I go back today, and then we will officially start tomorrow."

"……it is good."

After hearing this, Chen Qing no longer thought about it, as it had nothing to do with him anyway.

After answering, he came to the table in the hotel room and began to unseal the jars of wine. After drinking two jars in a row, he took off his shirt, shoes and socks and lay down on the bed.

Soon, today's practice began...

……

Hu Hai, Chongyue Island.

Chongyue Island is located where the "Red River" meets the East China Sea. It belongs neither to West City nor East City. It is far away from these two and a half cities and can only be reached by boat on weekdays.

This island is also different from the East and West cities. It is still in its original state. There are no electric lights and few people live here. Only fishing boats occasionally stop here to rest.

Early September has passed and the annual Reunion Festival is approaching.

Late at night, a bright moon, as bright as an incandescent lamp, hangs high in the sky, casting its cool light upon the entire island.

Somewhere on the reef of the island.

The turbulent waves of the river and the sea rise and fall, crashing against the shore, making a "rustling" sound.

A figure sat alone on a reef, with his eyes closed, listening attentively to the sound of the waves of the river and the sea.

In the moonlight, beside him, there was a sheathed long sword.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes as if he sensed something and looked into the river in the distance.

In the distance, I saw a solitary boat slowly drifting in the river.

With his sharp eyesight, he vaguely saw a tall figure standing on the solitary boat, wearing a Ryuukaku samurai uniform, with two katana hanging from his waist and his hands each holding the hilt of a sword.

(End of this chapter)