Chapter 1670: Chapter 1670: I Know Where She Is
The unrighteous... die.
With the Sword God Association as it is now, if they really searched their hearts, who among them isn’t unrighteous?
Was Ye Xuan implying he was going to kill off everyone in the Sword God Association?
Arrogant to the extreme, arrogant to the extreme!
"Bastard!"
Du Bianhong suddenly smashed the phone into pieces, flying into a rage: "Arrogant brat, putting on airs! Who is he calling ’unrighteous’? Is he talking about us? Damn it, damn it!"
"Exactly! That meddling idiot is way too full of himself! Chiba Sakurako teamed up with him and they just now caused the Sword God to fall. Who’s really unrighteous here, anyone with eyes can see!"
"Chiba Sakurako killed her father and betrayed us; we were just cleaning house—how is that not what we should’ve done?"
"Kill him, kill Ye Xuan! It was because he and Chiba Sakurako colluded that the Sword God died. We have to avenge the Sword God!"
"..."
It had to be said, this bunch of Samurai from the Northern Federation had strong learning ability. In just the blink of an eye, they’d completely digested the essence of Du Bianhong’s "gentleman’s sword" rhetoric, every last one of them brimming with righteous indignation, as if they were the very embodiment of justice in the Mortal World.
After a long while, the atmosphere in the hall finally calmed down.
A Samurai said in a deep voice, "President, although Ye Xuan didn’t die, he’s been poisoned by Mr. Chang Guchuan’s deadly toxin. His strength must have taken a huge hit. We can’t give him any chance to catch his breath, we have to eliminate him as soon as possible!"
"Right!" another Samurai said. "That Ye Xuan is despicable and cunning, and his strength is anything but ordinary. If we give him time, he’ll be a huge problem for us down the line!"
The Samurai all spoke up in turn, urging that a kill order be issued on Ye Xuan.
Du Bianhong’s brows furrowed tightly. After pondering for a moment, he also felt their words made sense, so he waved his hand and ordered, "Immediately start searching for Ye Xuan’s whereabouts. Once you find him, notify me at once. Do not make any rash moves on your own initiative!"
...
Being in a foreign land really is a pain.
Even though this wasn’t Ye Xuan’s first time in East City of the Northern Federation, wandering around by himself, he still felt a bit lost.
The language barrier alone was a huge headache!
Sure enough, even with Ye Xuan’s survival skills, after leaving that abandoned factory it still took him nearly two hours of effort before he finally managed to find a hotel in the city and, after much hardship, check himself in.
"So I’m completely on my own now?"
After a cold shower, Ye Xuan towel-dried his hair while looking at the empty room, shrugged helplessly, and could only laugh bitterly.
At times like this, Ye Xuan especially missed his dear wife far away in the East Sea.
His talented and adorable wife, a master of eight languages, Northern Federation speech being one of them—if she’d come along on this trip, would he still be suffering this kind of language-hassle nonsense?
Or bringing Chiba Kenichi would’ve worked too. That guy might be dead weight, but at least he’s a local. Overall, the pros still outweigh the cons, right?
If blame had to be laid, it could only be on Ye Xuan himself for being careless, for not assuming the worst about Chang Guchuan from the very start.
Ye Xuan was speechless at himself: "Guess I’ve been living too comfortably in my little love nest; my vigilance has actually dropped this low. Women are terrifying."
Still, since he was already here, he might as well make himself at home.
After muttering a few complaints to himself, Ye Xuan tossed those depressing thoughts aside, pulled out his phone, and called Chiba Kenichi.
Chiba Sakurako’s whereabouts were unknown and there wasn’t the slightest lead. Chang Guchuan had long since betrayed them. Trying to find Chiba Sakurako in this sea of people was undoubtedly far harder than Ye Xuan had originally expected.
At a time like this, the only one who could help him was Chiba Kenichi. If necessary, Ye Xuan would even have that kid fly over.
Chiba Kenichi had clearly been waiting for news from Ye Xuan; the phone hadn’t even rung twice before the other side picked up.
Before Ye Xuan could speak, Chiba Kenichi’s anxious voice came through the speaker: "Mr. Ye Xuan, how is it? Did you find my sister?"
"No." Ye Xuan said, "Not only did I not find her, I ran into a whole pile of trouble."
"Trouble?" Chiba Kenichi was stunned.
Ye Xuan thought for a moment and decided to just lay it out: "You might not believe this, kid, but there are some realities you have to know. Otherwise you might never understand just how vicious people’s hearts can be."
Chiba Kenichi was confused. "Mr. Ye Xuan, what... do you mean by that?"
Ye Xuan sighed. "That Chang Guchuan you see as your dear uncle—he’s already betrayed you. The reason he passed on your sister’s situation to you was to lure you back to the Northern Federation, so he could kidnap you and force your sister to show herself."
"What?" Chiba Kenichi cried out in shock. "H-how is that possible? How could Chang Guchuan betray us?"
Ye Xuan frowned. "You don’t believe me?"
"No, that’s not it, of course not!" Chiba Kenichi hurriedly explained. "Of course I believe you, Mr. Ye Xuan, it’s just... just the thought of Chang Guchuan betraying us..."
Obviously, for someone as simple as Chiba Kenichi, this was hard to swallow.
Ye Xuan didn’t have the patience to keep nagging him and said with a dark face, "Whether you believe it or not, it already happened. Right now I’m alone in the Northern Federation with no one to give me any intel on your sister, and your sister probably has no idea I’m here either. Things have gotten troublesome, you understand?"
"I’ll return to the Northern Federation right away!" Chiba Kenichi said.
"No need for now." Ye Xuan waved it off. "If you come to the Northern Federation, it’ll still be more danger than help. First give me anything you’ve got on your sister."
"Information?" Chiba Kenichi sounded troubled. "Mr. Ye Xuan, if I had anything, I would’ve told you already!"
"Why are you so stupid?" Ye Xuan rolled his eyes. "Does ’information’ have to be something everyone already knows? Can’t it be a guess?"
Chiba Kenichi: "A guess?"
Ye Xuan: "For example, based on how well you know your sister, in this kind of situation, where do you think she’d go to hide?"
Chiba Kenichi thought for a long time, then let out a vexed sigh. "I don’t know. I’ve always been slow, and my sister is so smart. I never know what she’s thinking, so how would I know where she’d go to hide in a situation like this?"
Ye Xuan rolled his eyes again. Nothing’s scarier than having a pig teammate instead of a divine enemy.
Fortunately, Ye Xuan’s temper these days was a lot better than before.
He tugged at the corner of his mouth and, keeping his patience, said, "Fine, then don’t guess. Just tell me, when you were living in the Northern Federation before, where did your sister like to go for fun? Or what place did she mention the most in front of you?"
Ye Xuan believed that as long as Chiba Sakurako was alive, she absolutely wouldn’t sit and wait to die.
She wasn’t as dim as Chiba Kenichi. Faced with such a deadly turn of events, she would definitely think of the fact that Ye Xuan would come to the Northern Federation to save her.
Because Ye Xuan had promised her!
To avoid the Sword God Association using technology to track signals and locate her, Chiba Sakurako had definitely already ditched her phone and completely cut off contact.
In that state, what would she do?
She’d go to a place where Ye Xuan could think of and find her, but where the Sword God Association would never imagine she’d be, and hide there to wait.
Which was where Chiba Kenichi needed to come through.
With the Sword God gone, who in this world knew her better than Chiba Kenichi?
And in the end, reality didn’t let Ye Xuan down again.
"That I know!"
Chiba Kenichi said excitedly, "I know, my sister loves flowers the most, especially the Flower Sea in the East City Western Suburb. Back when we lived in the Northern Federation, whenever she had free time, she’d basically go there to see the flowers!"
