Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 311 - 306: I’ve Already Told You the Reason

Chapter 311: Chapter 306: I’ve Already Told You the Reason

"She said she wanted to stand among the crowd openly, alive, rather than being Experiment 7374, becoming someone’s replacement."

Ji Ning glanced at everyone in the room and calmly spoke these words.

The expressions of the seven people in the conference room had slight changes; some were astonished, some were pensive, some were tense, but none were compassionate.

This group of people who had long held high positions might have already been accustomed to death.

Ji Ning was silent for a moment, then continued to ask, "So whose replacement is she? And who made her a replacement?"

The office was deathly silent.

The expressions of the Huazhou Security Department’s higher-ups had now all become reserved, and their gazes at Ji Ning carried an evaluative look.

Sitting next to Ji Ning, Xiao Shun tightly grasped his trousers, sweat slowly beading on his forehead. If possible, he really wished he could faint.

He was almost scared to death by his team leader’s questions.

The seven people in front were the major players of the Hua Continent Security Department, with the most well-informed intel.

The team leader actually dared to ask such fearless questions; no wonder she was that person’s offspring...

So impressive!!!

Xiao Shun suppressed the nervousness and excitement in his heart, clenching his clothes tightly, holding his breath, and pricking up his ears to hear the words of these people more clearly.

But inside the room, no one answered for a long time.

Until Ji Ning gave a light chuckle, a leader finally said, "Detective Ji, let’s discuss this question later. Right now, the key issue is why did she suddenly lose control and attack the cruise ship?"

Ji Ning looked at him. The man speaking bore no sign of superpower fluctuation, wore a pair of golden glasses on his face, and was the Deputy Minister overseeing the security of Huazhou’s eastern region.

The sea where Ji Hong’s incident occurred happened to be within his jurisdiction.

"I’ve already explained the reason."

"Detective Ji, how can that be considered a reason?" The man’s face lifted with a slight smile, but his gaze was sharp.

Ji Ning met his eyes and asked coldly, "If that isn’t considered a reason, then what is?"

"I heard that Detective Ji, you are a High-level Spiritual Ability User, right? It should be easy for you to control others’ minds..."

The moment he finished speaking, Fu Lihai suddenly interrupted, "Wen Zhong, you might not understand the situation on the ship at the time. Ji Hong, when she attacked the cruise ship, was fully conscious, and Detective Ji got involved on the ship to stop the tsunami she was summoning."

"Lihai, sometimes the victim might also be the aggressor. Who knows if someone was silenced to cover up something?"

The man named Wen Zhong wore a faint smile of "experience."

Ji Ning chuckled lightly, saying faintly, "If I wanted to kill her, grass would be growing on her grave by now."

"But you still killed her..." Wen Zhong seemed bent on not letting go of Ji Ning.

Li Wenxin, who was at the head, slightly furrowed his brows, glancing at him a few times, "Without evidence, some words need to be spoken cautiously."

Wen Zhong turned his head to look at Li Wenxin, smiling, "Minister Li, I just want to understand some situations. I think Detective Ji wouldn’t mind these usual questions, right?"

Seeing that he wholeheartedly wanted to throw dirt on her, Ji Ning retorted, "Are you the one behind controlling Ji Hong to attack the cruise ship?"

Wen Zhong was taken aback and immediately denied, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"You’re very nervous."

"Who’s nervous?"

"Your eyes are slightly widened, your breathing pattern is disordered. It indicates that my previous question hit on something you’re trying to hide. Actually, you are the mastermind behind repeatedly sabotaging the relationship between Hua State and Jiazhou."

"What rubbish are you talking about?"

Wen Zhong was somewhat angry.

"You are fully aware of Ji Hong’s identity, so you used her to get close to the Lane family, attempting to make her the scapegoat for the murder of Jiazhou’s diplomatic officials. You, as the mastermind, can disrupt the diplomatic relations between Jiazhou and Huazhou without lifting a finger, bringing negative impact to Huazhou, while also sabotaging Anhe’s 120th-anniversary celebration..."

"Shut up! What nonsense are you spouting?"

Wen Zhong, feeling the skeptical eyes of his colleagues in the room, angrily slammed the table, glaring at Ji Ning.

"Detective Ji, there is a law in Huazhou against framing others; I think you should take a good look at it."

"I’m merely speculating based on your actions; I think Minister Wen wouldn’t mind these usual speculations, right?"

"You..."

Wen Zhong was stumped by Ji Ning, staring at her for a long time. Ji Ning ignored him, looking at Li Wenxin, "Before Ji Hong decided to go down with everything, she said a sentence: if she can’t live, then all will die. Who exactly doesn’t want her to live, what is that person’s purpose, and is there a connection to the person who installed the bomb on the ship? Isn’t this the main point?"

***

The sea under the curtain of night was so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

A few fishing boats, with their searchlights on, flickered like tiny fireflies with faint light in the forest.

"Brother Shen, give us a clear directive, what treasure is Second Master having us search for so late at night? Damn, we’ve been searching for two hours... Ah... Achoo... Damn, it’s so cold..."

The night at sea was very cold, and the sea breeze made the people on the fishing boat shrink their hands from the chill.

"Less talk, start searching! The coordinates given by Second Master are precisely this area."

"Then why not search during the day? Looking for something at sea at night with this lighting, we could be summoning trouble if a female ghost came for debt..."

"Buzz off, who tells ghost stories at night?"

"Hahaha... Men love telling stories at night; wanna listen to one..." The man laughed heartily, teasing the timid companion next to him.

Suddenly—

Under the searchlight, a shadow appeared on the water’s surface.

Brother Shen, who was carefully observing the water, clapped sharply, interrupting the man who was frightening others and said into the intercom, "Shut off the engine."

Quickly, the moving fishing boat stopped, bobbing and swaying with the waves.

Without the engine noise, the surrounding sea was eerily quiet. The formerly laughing man gulped nervously, carefully peeking out his head.

"Brother Shen, what’s up?"

He watched Brother Shen, two steps away from him, moving the searchlight over the water surface beneath the boat.

"Shh—There’s something in the water. It’s not a fish..."

The man’s pupils instantly widened, feeling a scour of goosebumps, quivering as he asked, "Wha... what... thing?"

When the searchlight once again traced the silhouette in the water, the man had already jumped behind Brother Shen, screaming in a distorted voice: "Ah—ah—ghost—"

In the water, a shadow had already exposed half a head, its jet-black hair covering the entire face...

Although Brother Shen was a veteran at sea, he was equally startled by the sudden appearance of a person in the water, though unlike the subordinate behind him who lost composure, only his hand controlling the searchlight trembled slightly, and his legs felt somewhat light.

Soon, the person in the water raised a wet hand, brushing away a wig that was blocking their view, revealing a face that had been soaked too long in seawater, pale and bloodless.

Just as inquiries were about to begin, a loud "boom—" resounded, and the fishing boat rocked thrice.

"..."