Chapter 709: Turning Against Each Other!
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Laima Principality, Kern had already left the Mafia Godfather Ed's estate and had destroyed all the evidence and clues.
After busying himself for a while, Kern felt somewhat disappointed, still coming up empty-handed.
In the end, he discovered that secret chamber, but there was nothing inside. It seemed that Ling Fan had just taken the items away, and he felt a great regret!
"Let's go, we should head back," Kern instructed Linda.
Subsequently, everyone left the Laima Principality and returned to the Underground Paradise.
Inside Moses Manor.
"Ivan, do me a favor and send her back to Huaxia," Ling Fan spoke.
"Eh? Aren't you coming back with me?" Qiao Yuchan said in surprise.
"Yeah, a friend of mine suffered because of me, I need to investigate," Ling Fan said somberly, nodding his head.
Seeing this, Qiao Yuchan didn't say anything, indicating her understanding.
"I'll go with you!"
"No need. The outside world is in chaos, I'm not at ease with you staying out here. Go back, and when you are powerful enough, come out to help me!" Ling Fan advised.
"Alright," Qiao Yuchan felt a slight sense of loss in her heart.
Afterward, Ling Fan made the necessary arrangements and after a brief greeting, he left first!
He wasn't worried about Ivan neglecting his duty to protect; unless the fellow no longer wished to be the heir!
"Miss Qiao, I'll arrange a private jet to send you back to Huaxia. If you suffer the slightest harm under my watch, I wouldn't be able to take the responsibility!" Ivan said with a wry smile.
"Oh, thank you for the trouble," Qiao Yuchan nodded, noticing that this guy seemed to have grown more polite!
Half a day later, Laima Principality, a suburban manor.
Ling Fan stepped into the familiar and quiet garden, where an old friend had lost his life because of him.
Passing through the front gate, he entered the central courtyard.
Ling Fan's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he spotted Ed, lifeless in his wheelchair in the distance.
"Swoosh!"
Ling Fan dashed forward and arrived in front of Ed.
"Old friend, I'm sorry, rest in peace. I will avenge you," Ling Fan said as he gently closed Ed's eyes with his hand.
Afterward, he found a spot in the manor to lay him to rest.
In the end, even after searching every inch of the grounds, he couldn't find any trace or clue. All evidence had been perfectly erased!
"Damn it, not a single clue left behind!" Ling Fan cursed.
All the rooms and the secret chamber were in disarray, an obvious sign someone was searching for something important that was also related to him. Could it be due to the few boxes he had just taken?
Of the items that could be useful, he knew one was crucial for the First Family. Could it have been Ivan?
Beyond that, he couldn't think of any other possibility!
Thinking this, his heart suddenly tightened and his expression changed dramatically. If that were the case, Qiao Yuchan would be in danger!
"Drat it, Ivan, if Qiao Yuchan suffers even slightly, I'll bloody blow up your Moses Manor and fight your First Family to the death!" Official Ling fumed, a flame surging from the depths of his soul.
"Young man, I know a way to reveal the truth. Do you want my help?" Just as Ling Fan's eyes were turning blood-red, the voice of the Holy Princess echoed in his mind.
Ling Fan took a deep breath, "Do you really have a way, help me out, thank you!"
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The Holy Princess knew this guy was loyal and deeply valued relationships; seeing him distressed because his friend was implicated, she said nothing.
Suddenly, she vanished in a flash, appearing mid-air.
The Holy Princess made a Seal Gesture with her hands in the void, and after a moment, Ling Fan only felt a flash of light and shadow before an image unfolded before his eyes.
It was the black motorcade that had earlier slowly entered the manor, followed by a gunshot, after which a patrol officer blocking the vehicles fell to the ground.
Ling Fan watched the play of light and shadows in silence. When he saw the familiar figure descending from the armored vehicle in the middle, his mind violently shook.
After a long time, the image disappeared, and the Holy Princess had already returned to the Sea of Soul Consciousness within Ling Fan.
"Kern, it was actually you!" Ling Fan's eyes shimmered darkly, filled with boundless killing intent.
"Was that image just now real?" Ling Fan asked indifferently.
"Mm, I restored the scene from before!" the Holy Princess nodded.
Ling Fan clenched his fists tightly, his mind a whirlpool of thoughts. After a long while, he finally exhaled deeply!
He had thought it was Ivan, duplicitous as ever, but it turned out to be Kern, that bastard scheming for a coup.
Right away he took out his phone and dialed a number.
It wasn't long before the call was answered on the other end.
"Hello, Beiming, it's been a long time since you initiated contact!" Kern said with a smile on the phone.
At this moment, he had just returned to the Underground Paradise via private jet.
Meanwhile, he had also just finished watching the video playback that Linda obtained, which included parts he hadn't seen before!
After watching the video, Kern felt somewhat regretful.
Two years later, Ling Beiming's return seemed even more mysterious and eerie.
Killing Ed didn't bring him any gains, and he might have risked offending Beiming as well!
However, he believed he hadn't left any traces; Ling Fan couldn't possibly know it was him.
But seeing Ling Fan's call, Kern felt unsettled, a bad premonition rising within him without reason!
"Ha, you've really got guts, considering I am now in Ed's manor in Laima Principality. Is there anything you care to explain to me?" Ling Fan's tone was as cold as a blade.
Upon hearing this, Kern felt his heart skip a beat, "Beiming, I don't understand what you're talking about!"
As he said this, Kern looked at Linda with an ugly expression and switched the call to speakerphone.
"Damn it, still playing dumb with me? You think I don't have a plan in place here? Your Mech Warrior wasn't bad; I never saw it coming. To think you were also involved with the Blood Clan, I underestimated you!" Ling Fan laughed coldly.
In the image before, the Holy Princess had even restored the voices.
However, the conversation concerning the Elder Leisure People wasn't included in the image, so Ling Fan wasn't too sure what exactly Kern was after.
Kern was breathing heavily, his complexion looking awful, and even Linda was full of shock, absolutely certain that they had left no clues and found no hidden surveillance devices.
Linda immediately took a piece of paper and a pen, wrote down 'Bluff?' and showed it to Kern.
In truth, Kern also suspected that Ling Fan was trying to bluff him.
Biting down hard, he insisted, "Beiming, I really don't know what you're talking about. Did something happen?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Fan chuckled coldly, "Ha, with that little courage, you dare to play these games with me. No wonder the Hell Idlers under your control turned out so pitiful. I'm laying it out here; you just wait. Whatever you took from me, I can take it all back!"