Beauty Chairwoman’s Bodyguard Expert

Chapter 1702: Chapter 1695: Keywords

Upon hearing Lu Tianxing’s question again, Shankou Kiyotaka trembled, a barely perceptible look of fear flashing across his face, and shook his head, ”No one instructed us; our Shankou Family wanted to obtain the gene enhancement technology on our own.”

”Are you sure?”

Lu Tianxing’s gaze fell on Shankou Kiyotaka, sharp as if penetrating the human heart.

”I have no reason to lie to you, indeed our Shankou Family wanted this technology for ourselves because if we acquire it, we can create countless super soldiers, and then we can become the strongest family in Japan, so we took the risk to come to China.”

Listening to Shankou Kiyotaka, a cold gleam flashed in Lu Tianxing’s eyes; he wouldn’t believe Shankou Kiyotaka even if killed, certain that he was hiding something.

Though he didn’t believe him, Lu Tianxing didn’t dwell on the topic, instead looking at Shankou Kiyotaka and asked, ”Then let me ask you one last question, is there a family in Japan where no one lives past twenty-five years?”

”Not past twenty-five years.”

Upon hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Shankou Kiyotaka paused, then as if recalling something, his pupils dilated suddenly, body trembling, a terrified expression passing over his face—not a fear of Lu Tianxing, but the dread and awe of a subject before an emperor, an impression of a subject forced to die at the emperor’s command.

Seeing Shankou Kiyotaka’s change, Lu Tianxing immediately shouted, his voice like thunder in one’s ears, ”Shankou Kiyotaka, tell me, do you know this family, who are they and where?”

”I...I don’t know, no, I can’t say, I can’t say, if I speak, I’ll die, I’ll die.”

Shankou Kiyotaka cried hysterically, appearing as if he’d seen a ghost, frantically trembling, ignoring his crippled limbs, frantically running away.

”Shankou Kiyotaka, tell me, who exactly is this family that doesn’t live past twenty-five, is it the Long Family from the Four Great Families back in the day, is it the Heavenly God?”

Lu Tianxing’s gaze fixed on Shankou Kiyotaka, stepping forward to continue pressing him further.

But before taking a step, Lu Tianxing’s expression changed dramatically, a strong sense of crisis erupted from within, as if a fierce beast locked its eyes upon him; he couldn’t focus on Shankou Kiyotaka any longer, body shuddering as a surge of True Qi swept Shankou Kiyotaka towards a deserted area away.

Simultaneously retreating rapidly, appearing beside Shen Manjun, a powerful True Qi soared, forming a giant protective shield covering Shen Manjun and others, while shouting, ”Everyone immediately raise a True Qi Protection Shield, if you don’t want to die, retreat immediately, back off.”

Sima Lingyun also snapped back at this moment, feeling the overwhelming threat surging in too, ignoring everything else, terrifying Sword Intent erupting around him, forming a sphere enclosing himself within.

Others did not hesitate upon hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, rushing away.

”Boom!”

Three seconds later, an earth-shattering explosion echoed through the sky, followed by a brilliant flash of fire erupting, obliterating everything within a few meters radius, turning all to ashes.

Even wrapped in True Qi, Lu Tianxing felt an incomparably scorching sensation engulfing him, feeling like standing at the sun’s core, potentially reduced to ashes anytime.

The heat wave swept like stormy winds, engulfing surroundings, bodies on the ground visibly charred in seconds, crumbling to ash instantly, stones lifted off the ground like bullets, hitting the True Qi Protection Shield with thuds, penetrating walls, leaving gaping holes.

As the heat wave dissipated, what was once the grandiose Shen Family Mansion utterly transformed, no trace of blood or bodies, only charred remains, sparse black smoke rising from the ground, the once luxurious villa now tattered, walls full of holes, teetering on collapse.

Lu Tianxing eased his True Qi, seeing everything around, a slight yet undisguisable relief mixed with a chill on his face; he was about to learn about Tian Jinshe’s whereabouts from Shankou Kiyotaka’s mouth when unexpectedly, a destructively powerful bomb had been implanted in his body earlier—had he not reacted swiftly, few would have survived this devastation, no Myrhical Warrior of the early stage could escape unscathed from such catastrophic destruction.

Ruthless!

So ruthless!

Sima Lingyun felt a chilling dread at this moment, horrified: had Lu Tianxing not unexpectedly triggered this highly destructive bomb if Shankou Kiyotaka were brought back to the Yanhuang Group, the consequences would be intolerable even for him.

”Judge, what exactly is going on here?” Sima Lingyun took a deep breath, looked at Lu Tianxing, and said solemnly.

”I’m not sure.”

Lu Tianxing shook his head, took a deep breath, and was just about to say something when a voice sounded in his ear: ”I might know what this is.”

”Man Jun, do you know what this is all about?”

Lu Tianxing turned his head to look at Shen Manjun beside him.

Sima Lingyun didn’t speak but instead looked at Shen Manjun, waiting for her to speak.

”Once when I encountered a few attacks, I suspected that the attacks might be related to a Japanese faction. So I secretly sent someone to Japan to investigate these matters. If my guess is correct, this is likely the latest type of voice-controlled micro bomb. The main control point is a chip that usually doesn’t activate. Once activated, as soon as it hears the pre-designed keywords and two keywords appear simultaneously, this micro bomb will explode within three seconds. A micro voice-controlled bomb like this is likely implanted in Shankou Kiyotaka’s body, and the words you just said, Tianxing, might have already triggered the predetermined keywords.” Shen Manjun took a deep breath and slowly began to speak.

This was some information she secretly dispatched someone to Japan to investigate after encountering the attacks. However, at that time, these things had nothing to do with what she wanted to investigate, so she didn’t pay much attention to them. After all, she was a businessperson and didn’t need to care about these matters. So she just briefly looked into them. Now hearing the conversation between Lu Tianxing and Sima Lingyun, she finally remembered.

”Keywords?”

Upon hearing Shen Manjun’s words, Lu Tianxing’s brow slightly furrowed, trying to recall what he had just said: ”Do you mean the words ’Heavenly God’, or ’four great families’, ’Long Family’ are the keywords?”

”I should say that’s about right. From when you mentioned the words ’four great families’, ’Long Family’, ’Heavenly God’, the voice-controlled micro bomb in his body activated. It can be inferred that among these phrases, at least two are the keywords.” Shen Manjun slowly explained.

”Four great families, Long Family, Heavenly God?”

With this confirmation, a cold glint flashed in Lu Tianxing’s eyes. If Shen Manjun’s analysis is correct, considering Shankou Kiyotaka’s reactions, Lu Tianxing can almost completely confirm that the Long Family is most certainly in Japan, and the Shankou Family must know something; otherwise, Shankou Kiyotaka wouldn’t show an expression of fear and reverence.

”Judge, do you think the Shankou Family is connected to the Heavenly God?” Sima Lingyun looked at Lu Tianxing and spoke.

Lu Tianxing nodded: ”It’s highly likely. Did you notice that when I was questioning Shankou Kiyotaka, his expression was very strange; he seemed frightened and reverent. This is enough to indicate that Shankou Kiyotaka knows something, and the hidden power behind the Shankou Family is possibly the Heavenly God. More importantly, even if the Shankou Family doesn’t have much connection with the Heavenly God, they definitely know the Heavenly God’s whereabouts.”

”What will you do next? Do you need my help?”

”No need, I can handle this myself.”

Lu Tianxing shook his head, refusing Sima Lingyun’s offer of help.

”Alright, if there’s any trouble you can’t solve, feel free to let me know, and I’ll help as much as I can.”

Sima Lingyun glanced at Lu Tianxing and didn’t say more. Indeed, with the relationship between Lu Tianxing and Angel, there’s no need for the Yanhuang Group to assist.

”Sect Leader Shen, I apologize for what happened tonight. It’s our negligence. But don’t worry, Sect Leader Shen, our Yanhuang Group will give you an explanation.” Sima Lingyun turned his gaze to Shen Manjun and said with sincere apology.

”Group Leader Sima, you’re too kind. I was too careless regarding this matter. I didn’t expect the other party to be so bold, and there are even traitors within the laboratory. I’ll leave it to Group Leader Sima to investigate the details of this matter, hoping Group Leader Sima can help me get to the bottom of it.” Shen Manjun looked at Sima Lingyun with a calm voice.

”No problem, Sect Leader Shen. I will notify you immediately once there’s news. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave now.”

”Group Leader Sima, take care.”

Sima Lingyun nodded at Shen Manjun, said nothing more, and directly turned to leave. Now that the Shen Family Mansion’s matter is resolved, his staying there was unnecessary, especially when there are still external troubles waiting for him to solve.