Three people from the Lyu Group arrived. Leading them was a middle-aged man in his forties—Lyu Ji, the actual person in charge of the Lyu Group.
Following behind him were the group’s lawyer and Lyu Ji's younger brother, Lyu Mou.
Compared to his elder brother, Lyu Mou lacked a sense of composure but possessed a more sinister air.
“Mr. Huang,” Lyu Ji said as he sat directly across from Mr. Huang, his voice cold.
“My father was shot and killed in broad daylight, yet the killer is still at large. Are you people capable or not?”
“If you aren't, say so early. We’ll investigate this ourselves.”
Hearing this, Mr. Huang felt a tightness in his chest.
Regardless of anything else, he was the top official in Huanggang, yet he was being spoken to with such blatant sarcasm.
Mr. Huang didn't answer. Instead, he looked toward the Bureau Chief of the Security Bureau.
The Bureau Chief stood up, his posture aggressive.
“Investigate it yourselves? Do you even have the authority to investigate cases?”
“I’d like to ask you instead—what was a chairman doing at the pier for no reason?”
“And how is it that he just happened to encounter an assassination? Tell me, is there a possibility...”
“...that someone was in a hurry to take over the position, so they leaked Mr. Lyu’s whereabouts or even hired a killer?”
Hearing this, the lawyer behind Lyu Ji immediately took a step forward.
“Director, please watch your words. Making insinuations can also be illegal. I believe you understand this better than I do.”
The Bureau Chief sneered, his expression turning solemn.
“Why was the Lyu family contacting our Security Bureau’s Demigod? Who sent you? What were your intentions?”
His three questions instantly threw the Lyu family members off their rhythm.
Lyu Mou, however, caught the keyword.
“Demigod?”
The Bureau Chief gave a cold laugh.
“Don’t tell me you didn’t know. With so many people at the pier, he specifically went to find that Demigod. You’re telling me you didn’t know about that?”
“I’m telling you, that Demigod is down here from Headquarters to investigate a very important matter!”
“I now have reason to suspect that your Lyu family knew something and wanted to sabotage the Headquarters’ Demigod’s plan!”
The Bureau Chief didn't care about the details; he immediately slapped a massive accusation onto the Lyu family!
Mr. Huang inwardly praised the move as brilliant!
In an instant, the roles of attacker and defender had flipped!
“I haven't even gone to the Lyu family to demand people yet, and here you are coming to me. Perfect! You can all stay here and cooperate with the investigation!”
Lyu Ji and Lyu Mou both looked toward the lawyer, whose expression had become rather unsightly.
According to the laws of Great Wei, if the Security Bureau required a citizen to cooperate with an investigation, the citizen could not refuse. Otherwise, it would be deemed illegal, and the Security Bureau had the right to make an immediate arrest.
Seeing that the lawyer remained silent, Lyu Ji finally spoke.
“I am very willing to cooperate with the investigation, but our Lyu family cannot be without someone in charge.”
“I believe you both know that seafood is time-sensitive.”
“Without the signatures of us brothers, that seafood can’t leave Huanggang. The impact would be significant.”
“If the fishermen and drivers start a riot then, it’ll be very ugly.”
The Bureau Chief sneered after hearing this.
“You had time to come here and demand answers, but no time to cooperate with the investigation?”
Mr. Huang was secretly enjoying this, but in such situations, someone had to play the bad cop while the other played the good cop. He couldn't afford to offend the Lyu family too deeply, so he intentionally put on a look of dissatisfaction.
“Hey, is that any way to speak to the public?”
“Mr. Lyu, I understand your feelings, but we must ask for your cooperation with our work right now. This is also the fastest way to find the killer...”
...
“What? So does that mean we can’t eat any seafood from now on? We have to tell the villagers!”
After hearing Yin Yang explain the source of the eyes, Lu Ming felt like his entire world was falling apart.
Before Yin Yang could answer, Lu's father shook his head.
“We can’t tell them. Before we have a way to solve it, telling them will only cause unnecessary panic.”
“Besides, even if we did tell them, who would believe us?”
“If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it even if you told me.”
Lu Ming opened his mouth to speak but ultimately couldn't say a word.
He knew very well that his father was right.
If he hadn't seen it himself, even he wouldn't have believed it.
Moreover, even if others saw it with their own eyes, they might not believe it; they might even think the Lu family was using some sort of trickery just to scam them out of money.
“We can pray to the True God!”
Lu Zhao suddenly spoke up. Among everyone present, her faith in the ‘Lord of Rebirth and Communion’ was the most devout.
Lu Ming immediately looked at Yin Yang with anticipation, only to see Yin Yang slowly shake his head.
“This is not within the authority of the Lord of Rebirth and Communion.”
“But the eyes on our bodies were cured!”
“You weren't cured. You sacrificed those eyes to the True God!”
“Then wouldn't it work for other people too?”
“No. A god can only accept sacrifices from their own believers.”
“But earlier at the pier, didn't you help those people perform a sacrifice, Brother?”
“Correct. I ‘helped’ them sacrifice, and the sacrifices were given to those spirits. Strictly speaking, I was only presiding over the ritual for them.”
Only then did Lu Ming realize the situation, which only made his headache worse.
He knew the reality of his own town.
If it weren't for his sister’s preaching and a series of coincidences, his family wouldn't all be worshipping the ‘Lord of Rebirth and Communion.’
In Huanggang over these years, the Whale God had been the dominant power.
Even the Sea God, who used to have the most believers, had been suppressed into obscurity.
Of course.
This was also directly related to the constant interference from the Command Center.
But regardless, the number of Whale God believers in Huanggang was unquestionable.
It was hard enough to convince those people to believe in the Sea God, let alone the ‘Lord of Rebirth and Communion,’ whom almost no one knew about.
“Why is it so hard to try and save people?”
Lu Ming gripped his hair in distress. He was a kind person; even though his own life wasn't easy, he still couldn't bear to see the suffering of others.
People like him often lived very tiring lives, even suffering internal turmoil because they couldn't save everyone.
“It’s all fate.”
Lu's father and Mrs. Lu were more resigned. After all, they had more life experience and had seen too many things.
Especially Lu's father—during his two years in the hospital, he had seen too many life-and-death departures. He had even seen people give up on life over a few hundred yuan.
In the end, he could only summarize it with that one phrase.
It’s all fate!
“Are we worrying a bit too early? Because we still don’t know what effect these eyes have on people,” Lu Zhao said.
Her words silenced everyone.
That was true.
Although those eyes looked terrifying, they hadn't caused any substantial harm to anyone so far, had they?
What if they just looked scary but weren't actually harmful?
The group instinctively looked at Yin Yang. Without realizing it, Yin Yang had become their pillar of support.
Yin Yang spoke with a serious expression.
“I can be certain that this thing does affect people.”
“I only had a dozen or so parasitizing me, and my killing intent increased significantly. Although the influence was faint, it was indeed affecting me—especially when I was making certain decisions.”
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