The Display Case

“First of all, even killing Yu Fu will not stop the ritual.”

“Secondly, since he has done this, it is impossible for him not to have made any preparations.”

“Every ordinary person here can be considered his hostage.”

“Taking direct action against him might lead to a large number of deaths and injuries!”

They were at the entrance of the stairs leading to the second floor.

Jiang Xun was expressionless.

“Moreover, the ritual is more critical than Yu Fu.”

“Otherwise, even if Yu Fu is dealt with, once the Abyss descends, it will be impossible for the people here to survive.”

“…”

Hearing this, Su Mian could not help but think of her friend who was still on the fourth floor.

She did not know what Qi Chuan’s current situation was.

But Yu Fu was also there.

As Jiang Xun said, running directly there to check would likely make things more troublesome.

Having no other choice, she asked another question as if to change the subject.

“So why would Yu Fu do something like this?”

“Something like this should be quite heinous, right? Is he crazy?”

This was indeed difficult for Su Mian to understand.

In her eyes, Boss Yu was a winner in life.

He possessed wealth that could not be spent in several lifetimes and a massive business empire.

Now, for some inexplicable reason, he wanted to drag everyone into the Abyss.

There was definitely something wrong with his head.

Jiang Xun, who was climbing the stairs with her, hesitated for a second.

Then he briefly explained his findings and speculations.

“It might be for medical treatment, or perhaps for longevity.”

“Medical treatment and longevity?”

“The Bureau once lost a special necklace.”

“That necklace had a ‘demon core’ on it that could be used to summon demons.”

“The reason my teammates and I came to Jade Capital this time, besides providing assistance, was because the Bureau recently learned by accident that the necklace appeared in the hands of a professor.”

“So we were responsible for recovering it.”

The stairs were not very long.

By the time they finished talking, they had reached the second floor.

Jiang Xun let Su Mian lead the way into the exhibition hall while he continued his explanation.

“But on the second day after we arrived in Jade Capital, that professor died mysteriously.”

“The necklace was also lost.”

“The matter was very suspicious.”

“Later, based on some clues, we suspected that it might be related to Yuan Sheng.”

It was Professor Zhou!

Su Mian did not expect his death to be involved in such a thing.

She was dazed for a moment but quickly reacted.

She began to search for the things that had made her feel uneasy in the currently empty exhibition hall.

Jiang Xun followed behind the young girl, and his voice did not stop.

“Additionally, there was the previous Eye-hunter, who was involved in a serial disappearance case.”

“I questioned him when you handed him over to me a few nights ago.”

“He stated that he was working for someone…”

“I remember he seemed to have escaped later?”

Su Mian stopped in front of a display case and spoke casually.

This piece of information was told to her by her other self the next day.

The man did not seem surprised at all that she knew about such a thing.

His gaze also shifted to the display case as he spoke.

“Yes, we intentionally let him go to find the Eye-hunter’s stronghold.”

“But he strangely rushed into the Yuan Sheng building and ultimately died in Yu Fu’s office.”

“This…”

“It is strange, is it not?”

Jiang Xun smiled.

After approaching, he leaned over to look at the black pottery jar in the display case.

His eyes flickered slightly.

“Both matters were linked to Yuan Sheng.”

“And a demon core and the kidnapping of living people are far too easy to connect to things like demon sacrifices.”

“Furthermore, regarding this Mr. Yu Fu, I do not know if you have heard of it, but he had cancer a long time ago and then miraculously recovered.”

At this point, the young man paused for a few seconds.

There was a demon right next to him now.

However, this demon girl seemed to have no self-awareness at all.

She was also leaning against the thick exhibition case to observe.

Shaking his head for reasons unknown, he continued.

“In short, due to various factors, my teammates and I suspected that he might have come into contact with demonic power before.”

“Then this time, he was planning to do something similar again.”

“But because there was no decisive evidence, I brought people to this exhibition to check the situation.”

“Since you knew something was wrong long ago, did you not make any preparations beforehand?”

“For example, preparing a few more artifacts or something?”

Su Mian turned around and looked over with some confusion.

Jiang Xun instinctively avoided those pinkish eyes.

He suppressed the urge to roll his eyes.

He really wanted to say—‘My little ancestor, what do you think artifacts are?’

‘Are they bento boxes from home that you can bring whenever you want?’

Because of their inherent danger and value, using artifacts required a strict approval process except for certain special moments.

Even if they had guessed that Yu Fu might cause trouble before they came, a guess was just a guess.

Without decisive evidence, it was impossible for the higher-ups to give them much help based solely on suspicion.

Moreover, Jade Capital had not been peaceful at all recently.

Jiang Xun had noticed long ago that the local colleagues were not only very busy, but there was also a high probability of some internal chaos.

In the end, the other party was already unable to take care of themselves.

Dispatching a few people over was already meant to help.

So how could they have much energy left to assist them?

Jiang Xun was also very helpless about this.

But he could not have a heart-to-heart talk about such things with the succubus girl beside him.

So he was silent for a while and finally just shook his head again.

“Let us just see if there really is a problem with this thing.”

He looked at the display case in front of him.

Although many exhibits had been taken to the fourth floor for auction in the afternoon, the remaining exhibits had not all been put away.

Quite a few still remained in place.

They were looking at one of them.

It was a black pottery jar.

Its style was consistently Fourth Era.

Aside from the large number of nonsensical, chaotic lines on the surface, its shape was also very much like a human figure with its head removed!

It felt very eerie just looking at it, but that was all.

Jiang Xun looked around through the thick glass for a while but could not see anything.

But he was not in a hurry.

Instead, he gave Su Mian, who had also been watching for a long time, a look.

“Step back.”

“Hmm?”

Su Mian was initially a bit confused about what he wanted to do.

The next second, she saw the man pull out a black handgun from his chest.

So without a second thought, she immediately hid behind a nearby pillar!

Watching this scene, Jiang Xun was somewhat speechless.

He felt more and more that this person and the previous one were definitely not the same person… or rather, the same demon.

‘Could it be a split person… demonality?’

The man felt it was a bit inexplicable, but he did not think too much about it.

After opening the magazine, he stuffed in several special black bullets.

After confirming there were no problems, he found a good angle.

He fired several shots at the edge of the display case.

Bang! Bang!

Perhaps because this handgun was custom-made, the gunshots were not loud.

Instead, they were very muffled, but they were still very distinct in this exhibition hall and very powerful.

The thick display case glass was undoubtedly bulletproof glass.

But under the consecutive shots, it was still easily pierced and shattered.

Finally, Jiang Xun added a kick, and the whole thing collapsed.

Clatter!

Glass fragments scattered all over the floor.

As the protective display case disappeared, a dense smell of blood instantly filled the air.