Chapter 464 - 277: Sea Fish (2)

Chapter 464: Chapter 277: Sea Fish (2)

"You mentioned before that the Sea Fish organization has two branches. One is led by this Flipping River Mirage. Who leads the other one?" Su Xing asked.

"Sea-Overturning Jiao. His surname is Lu, and he’s from the Southeast Coast. It’s difficult to investigate his exact origins now. Rumor has it that he killed a colleague he had a dispute with, which is how he awakened as a Sequencer and ultimately embarked on a life of crime."

"We’ve met him once. The man looks incredibly brutish, but he’s quite shrewd. That’s how he managed to become a rising star, co-leading a branch on par with Flipping River Mirage."

Zhao Wu said, "These criminals are no united bloc. They were on the verge of internal conflict, but Sea-Overturning Jiao swallowed his pride and personally invited Flipping River Mirage to a meeting. The two even became sworn brothers, which finally quelled the internal strife."

"What’s his realm, and what Extraordinary system does he cultivate?"

Su Xing asked. Hearing Zhao Wu’s words, he had a sharp realization. ’This Sea-Overturning Jiao is a much greater threat than Flipping River Mirage. After all, an enemy who thinks is always the most terrifying.’

’As for that Flipping River Mirage, the only thing worth noting is his claim of being a descendant of a Celestial Being—and that claim might not even be true.’

"He’s a Sequencer, but he’s only around the third rank, which is quite low. His strength supposedly improved a bit after becoming sworn brothers with Flipping River Mirage, but it’s still not that great," Zhao Wu said.

’A seventh-rank and a third-rank...’

’Logically, that level of strength shouldn’t be enough to make someone like Leng Wuque hesitate. Although Leng Wuque’s own power is ordinary, the two people with him are both incredibly strong.’

’It seems... that Lin Loulan’s strength must be formidable, and Jile Valley, the power behind her, is the real enemy.’

’Today’s Jile Valley isn’t just a faction of the most vicious criminals; there are also traces of the Spirit Realm and the hawkish faction of the Martial God Hall. As the head of the Cang City branch, I have a duty to put an end to all this.’

’A battle between me and Jile Valley is inevitable.’

Thinking this, Su Xing realized his objective was the same as Leng Wuque’s, and he immediately said:

"I understand."

"I’ll go to Lei Family Village and investigate."

"Excellent. Then I will wait here for your good news, Senior."

Hearing Su Xing agree, a smile touched Leng Wuque’s lips. He sat in his wheelchair, his sickly pallor giving his features a certain handsomeness. Su Xing glanced at him, nodded, and turned to walk deeper into Lei Family Village.

Although Su Xing was the head of the Cang City branch, his identity was only known to a few people within the special organization. Many, like Zhao Wu, still thought Su Xing was just some guy hyped up by Li Longxuan’s marketing, since few had ever seen him in action.

So, of course, the people of Lei Family Village didn’t know who Su Xing was. They just saw a young man in his early twenties. An old woman who was sewing clothes saw Su Xing and immediately called out:

"Young man, if you’re here as a tourist, you should probably leave soon."

"Oh?"

"Why do you say that?" Su Xing asked, his curiosity piqued.

"Around here... it hasn’t been very peaceful lately. A few days ago, some people from a special organization came, saying they were going to wipe out that Sea Fish group. We hardly see any tourists otherwise," the old woman said with a helpless sigh.

The world had been relatively peaceful, but ever since the resurgence of Spiritual Qi began, one thing after another had happened, making the world seem not so peaceful anymore.

"If they could really wipe out the entire Sea Fish organization, that would be one thing. But Sea Fish has always hidden itself very well. How could it be easy to destroy them? If they aren’t completely wiped out, they’ll just take revenge on us ordinary folk."

"In the end, it just gets a few lines in the local news. If we’re lucky, the government might give us some compensation, but what good would that do?"

"Sigh... If it weren’t for Boss Lei coming into some good fortune and helping out our entire village... For a fishing village like ours to face this, I don’t know how poor we would have become. A lot of the young people have already left."

The old woman grumbled, but then she saw Su Xing’s expression, seemed to realize she’d said too much, and gave an embarrassed smile.

"I’ve said too much, too much. Young man, if you want to look around, you can check out the small shop in the middle of the village. We have a lot of local specialties. Buying a little something would make your trip worthwhile."

"Will do."

Su Xing smiled and nodded, then actually headed toward the shop. ’A shop owner like that is sure to know a lot. Maybe I can learn something unusual from him.’

’But he never would have expected the situation in Lei Family Village to be this serious. Before this, he’d always thought the lives of ordinary people were business as usual, that the affairs of Extraordinary Beings were confined to their own world. He had completely overlooked the impact they had on regular people.’

’Perhaps something that was a trivial matter to an Extraordinary Being was an unbearable disaster for ordinary people. For instance, an Extraordinary criminal group establishing a base at sea near a small fishing village. Even if this group acted with restraint, they had still virtually cut off the village’s entire livelihood.’

As he was thinking this, Su Xing soon arrived at the shop. To say the shop was unpopular would be an understatement; it was completely dead. The owner was also very surprised to see Su Xing and said:

"You’ve really picked the wrong time to be a tourist here."

"How so?"

"I remember Lei Family Village used to be one of Cang City’s tourist attractions," Su Xing asked.

"Hah, that’s all in the past. Don’t you watch the news, pal? A lot of bad people have shown up around here. Even we who live off the sea don’t dare go near it anymore. Isn’t it incredibly dangerous for you to come here?" the owner said.

"I see."

Su Xing thought for a moment before asking, "Is there no way to go out on the sea here anymore?"

"Tsk."

"Aren’t you afraid of dying, kid?"

The owner looked at Su Xing, annoyed. "I can’t make that call. In all of Lei Family Village, only Boss Lei, Lei Zhuang, still has a boat. If you want to go out on the sea, you’ll have to ask him if he’s willing to take you."

"But if you don’t want to run into danger, you’d better not go out now. If you’re really set on having fun on the water, going to a place like Hang Lake would be a good idea," the owner added, trying to dissuade him.

"Don’t worry. Thanks, boss."

Su Xing nodded his thanks, bought a few items, and left. He had only taken a few steps from the shop when a young man on a bicycle pulled up beside him. The man looked at him curiously and asked:

"Hey man, where you from?"

"I just got here today. But it seems I’m not very welcome," Su Xing nodded and said.

"Hahaha, my hometown is just a bunch of old-timers now. Of course they’re going to say the same old things. Speaking of which, what are you doing in this backwater place anyway?"

"I’m here as a tourist," Su Xing said with a smile.

"A tourist?"

The man was clearly surprised. "You’ve got some real guts, then. If you ask me, you should take the old-timers’ advice and get out of here, fast. This is no place to be having fun."

"If it’s so dangerous here, what are you doing here?" Su Xing asked.