Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 207: Opening Ceremony Turmoil (Part 3)

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Opening Ceremony Turmoil (Part 3)

Fu Yuanxuan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

His clothes were soaked through.

Ji Ning, unsurprised, said calmly, "Ever since you found out he received the mission, the person behind the scenes has been laying out a plan."

"Are you saying that the previous ruse has been exposed?" Fu Yuanxuan really didn’t want to admit that his strategy had failed, but it was clear that the person behind the scenes was a step ahead.

Ji Ning looked out the window, his expression somewhat grave as well, "His target isn’t just the Sun Family; other families in Beijing might also be implicated."

Hopefully, the Bai Family can be the breakthrough in this hidden network.

When the Sun Family expanded the food festival, almost involving half the business forces of the Hua Continent, she had a faint feeling something was amiss. Although she thought at the time that the Sun Family might be trying to regain their reputation and announce a happy event, she still prepared in advance, advising Bai Yusen not to bring too many people to Sea City and to avoid attending the opening ceremony.

Indeed, there was an assassination attempt during the opening ceremony, and the culprits had even infiltrated the Sun Family’s ranks—this person’s power was beyond what she had imagined.

After hearing this, Fu Yuanxuan contacted the Fu Family in Beijing directly using the Smart Brain.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, a group of people was approaching a certain villa district.

Their movements were swift and precise; they had already taken control of the villa’s security almost before the guards could react.

"Go investigate, make sure to find the entrance!"

"Yes!"

Working at a hotel not far from home, Bai Yusen received the notification that the Sun Family’s head and eldest daughter were assassinated at the opening ceremony, leaving him extremely shocked.

Soon, he received reports from the Bai Family’s Hidden Guards.

"Family Head, an unknown group has taken over the south and north gates of the villa district’s perimeter."

Bai Yusen’s eyes narrowed sharply, his voice deep, "Guard the Bai Family well; capture them alive at all costs."

"Yes!"

May Tangtang be safe over there!

***

When Ji Ning and Fu Yuanxuan arrived at the police station, they saw the captured superpower user, his face full of panic, trying to explain to someone, "I don’t know how he suddenly died. I really just pushed him a little, who told him to try to kill me just now? I was just defending myself!"

The Security Bureau and the police didn’t believe a word he said, and their interrogation was becoming more severe.

Because he was a superpower user, detectives from the special department of the Security Bureau put a special helmet on him to prevent him from using his powers to escape or harm others suddenly.

"Self-defense? That person was from the base, how could he possibly want to kill you? Confess your crimes honestly."

The invisibility superpower user was on the verge of tears; how was he supposed to know someone from the base would suddenly try to kill him? The poison needle hadn’t even pierced his skin before the person closed his eyes and collapsed, looking like it was all his doing.

Standing outside the interrogation room, Fu Yuanxuan asked the police station’s leader next to him, "Has the autopsy report come out yet?"

"It was just sent in; it hasn’t come out yet." Fu Yuanxuan nodded slightly, saying, "Yuan Ying wasn’t murdered."

The leader was surprised and looked at him; Fu Yuanxuan’s expression was calm. "He should have died of poisoning."

"Are you sure? This is a serious matter."

Fu Yuanxuan glanced at Ji Ning, who hadn’t spoken, and nodded slightly. The leader thought for a moment before telling someone nearby, "Go ask about the autopsy situation."

Half an hour later—

The autopsy report came out, and it concluded that the cause of Yuan Ying’s death was poisoning.

The poison he ingested acted slowly, a type of chronic poison that wouldn’t take effect immediately. Still, the toxins would activate rapidly after vigorous exercise, so Yuan Ying likely died shortly after getting into the car due to severe exertion while tracking the invisibility superpower user.

The suspicion against the invisibility superpower user was cleared, but the police leader’s expression remained serious.

Who poisoned him, and how was it done?

Is there anyone else poisoned at the scene?

Evidently, Fu Yuanxuan had also thought of this and asked Ji Ning directly, "The fruit we ate..."

"Not poisoned."

Fu Yuanxuan was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Ji Ning say, "Only what we ate wasn’t poisoned; I’m not sure about the rest."

The faces of everyone around them changed.

The police leader and detectives from the Hai City Security Bureau immediately ordered their people to check all the food and supplies provided in the VIP area and dispatched doctors from the Hai City Hospital to the pedestrian street.

During their command, they received a report from the pedestrian street police: "Someone suddenly died of a heart attack, and it’s someone important from a noble family. The first to die was the man who had previously clashed with Ji Ning. He was found dead on a hospital bed.

Because of the distance, the news arrived late.

The Huang Family from Peng City was agitated by this news, clamoring for Ji Ning and the Sun Family to pay with blood.

The chain reaction sparked by the Sun Family’s food festival was extensive, involving more and more families, and the Hai City police and Security Bureau were busy out of their minds.

Chang Ru, who survived the ordeal at the hotel, muttered to herself with a pale face, "So much has changed already, why do things still happen to the Sun Family? Is destiny truly unchangeable? If the Sun Family collapses, Beijing will go through a reshuffle, and the Gu Family will rise..."

Her deranged muttering, tinged with quivering, made one’s scalp tingle.

The assistant, about to enter, carefully closed the door and rubbed his arms.

Oh my god, what has he just heard?

Sun Family’s downfall, Gu Family’s rise?

Could the eldest young lady have started prophesizing again?

***

Hai City Security Bureau.

Ji Ning was invited for tea by Director Li Guoqing, along with the other "tour group" members she brought, as well as the two young masters from the Gu Family who were not part of the formal mission.

Fu Yuanxuan and Mantis were not there due to the matter with Yuan Ying.

Li Guoqing was a proper-looking man, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose bridge; ignoring his balding hair, he would be considered a handsome older man.

Unlike the elusive Director Liu from the Beijing Security Bureau, he personally received Ji Ning and was quite welcoming.

After inviting them to the bureau, he immediately had his secretary prepare tea, maintaining a demeanor that betrayed none of the seriousness typically expected when questioning someone, appearing more like he was about to chat leisurely with a younger generation member.

But Ji Ning knew he was also an old fox, adept at extracting information.

Without arousing resentment, he had already gleaned the information he wanted from them.

"The Huang Family is really outrageous. It’s not our fault their family members died suddenly, is it? Why do they want us to take responsibility?" Bai Xiaotang was somewhat indignant.

Li Guoqing quickly reassured, "There’s no reason for that, indeed. However, if the Huang Family does decide to sue you, we’ll have to intervene with an investigation. But of course, we believe in you, and Detective Ji is, after all, an investigator sent to support us from Beijing, so we must trouble her with this case as well..."

Li Guoqing spoke as he looked at Ji Ning, his attitude almost blatantly hinting, "I’m going to poach you."

The Hai City senior officials beside him could barely watch.

Ji Ning responded politely and said to Li Guoqing, "I would like to meet the Huang Family; could you introduce me?"

Li Guoqing was momentarily stunned, seemingly unprepared for Ji Ning’s request, and hesitated, "An introduction is no issue, but the Huang Family harbors some deep misunderstandings about you..."

"No harm, please trouble yourself."

Li Guoqing could only agree.

When Mr. Huang, who had rushed to Sea City to retrieve his brother’s body, heard that Ji Ning wanted to meet him, he angrily smashed a cup.

Furious, he shouted, "You rat, aren’t you afraid of dying? Brothers, grab the weapons—"