Chapter 431
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Chapter 431: All Draw Swords
The appearance of this stranger caused the guests around to whisper among themselves, their brows slightly furrowed as if discussing something.
On the high platform, Bai Li Xin’s eyes narrowed slightly.
In the next moment.
Lin Qi Ye felt everything around him dimmed, the lighting in the entire venue eerily shifted to a deep blue, as if an invisible blue dome enveloped the entire space, making it feel like being submerged in the deep sea.
The movements of the surrounding guests suddenly froze in place.
Not only them, but Bai Li Xin and Bai Li Jing on the high platform, as well as Cao Yuan and others behind Lin Qi Ye, all froze in place…
Lin Qi Ye scanned his surroundings, looking at the others who seemed to have turned into statues, his brow tightly knitted.
“This place is…” Lin Qi Ye’s expression grew serious.
“Captain Lin, please don’t worry, this is just a dimensional rift created by the ‘Time Gap’.”
A familiar voice came from behind Lin Qi Ye. He turned around to see Chang Kang Sheng walking over with a smile.
“This is one of the forbidden items of the Bai Li family, Forbidden Ruins Sequence 190, ‘Time Gap’, which can open a small dimensional rift where time stops. Anything that happens here will not affect the outside world, and when this rift closes, time will return to its original course.”
“What forbidden item? I don’t care.” Lin Qi Ye spoke in a deep voice, “What have you done to Bai Li Tu Ming?”
Chang Kang Sheng smiled and pointed to the figure on the high platform, “Isn’t he right there?”
Lin Qi Ye’s gaze turned icy.
“Alright, Captain Lin, it seems we need to have a serious talk.” Chang Kang Sheng said calmly, “I wasn’t provoking you just now. The person standing on the platform is indeed the designated heir of the Bai Li Group, the chairman’s only son, Bai Li Tu Ming…
And the Bai Li Tu Ming you are familiar with is merely an adopted child of the chairman, a scapegoat who was used to cover for the real Bai Li Tu Ming.
He has never been an heir, nor is he Bai Li Tu Ming; his surname is fake, his name is fake, he is just a child from an ordinary family who was pushed to the forefront by the Bai Li Group and packaged as an heir.”
Lin Qi Ye stood there in shock, his heart already stirred by tumultuous waves.
Since arriving in Guangshen and coming into contact with the Bai Li Group, he felt that the situation was far more complex than he had imagined. He even considered that Bai Li Xin might have been compromised, controlled, or sidelined, which allowed others to take advantage… But he never expected that Bai Li Pang Pang was not Bai Li Xin’s son at all.
From the very beginning, he was a discarded piece.
“This matter, in the end, is a family affair of the Bai Li family… Captain Lin, you need to understand the gravity of the situation!” Chang Kang Sheng said earnestly.
“Family affair?” Lin Qi Ye replied coldly, “Don’t forget, even if he is a discarded child of your Bai Li Group, he has another identity… He is a Night Watchman! He is also a member of the Fifth Reserve Team. He can be a discarded child, he can choose not to inherit the Bai Li Group, but if you dare to do anything to him…
Do you know the consequences?”
Chang Kang Sheng laughed.
“Captain Lin, you say he is a Night Watchman, or a member of the special team reserve… Do you have any way to prove it?”
Upon hearing this, Lin Qi Ye’s brow furrowed slightly.
“The one who participated in the training, joined the Night Watchmen, and became a member of Team 010 was never the Bai Li Tu Ming you know, but the one on the platform…” Chang Kang Sheng said with a smile, “If you don’t believe it, you can check all the internal files related to Bai Li Tu Ming within the Night Watchmen and see whose photo is attached to them?”
Lin Qi Ye’s pupils constricted, his face darkening, “You… altered his files?”
Chang Kang Sheng did not answer this question but continued smiling, “So, the Bai Li Tu Ming you know has never joined the Night Watchmen, let alone any special team; he is just an ordinary person…
Oh no, let me correct myself, in this society, he doesn’t even have the identity of an ordinary person.
All documents, files, and records related to him have completely disappeared; he is just a ghost adopted by the Bai Li family. Even if he dies here today, no one will notice…”
Lin Qi Ye clenched his fists, sneering, “What a clever trick! Your Bai Li family… truly has far-reaching influence?!”
“Captain Lin, you flatter me.” Chang Kang Sheng replied politely, “So, from a legal, regulatory, and procedural standpoint, this matter has nothing to do with the Night Watchmen; it is purely an internal affair of the Bai Li Group… Captain Lin, your special team reserve shouldn’t take action against a civilian enterprise that has no record of wrongdoing and even strongly supports the development of the Night Watchmen, right?”
Lin Qi Ye stared intensely into his eyes, the fire of anger burning fiercely in his gaze, “What have you done to him?”
Chang Kang Sheng raised an eyebrow and smiled, “Since Young Master Jing is already standing there as Bai Li Tu Ming… it naturally means that the original Bai Li Tu Ming has completely disappeared from this world.”
Lin Qi Ye’s body suddenly trembled!
“Captain Lin, do you remember our transaction half an hour ago?” Chang Kang Sheng continued, “You took ‘Zhan Bai’ as an exchange, and when the Bai Li family encounters something that does not violate the principles of the Night Watchmen and is within your capability… you must lend your assistance.
Now, it is time for you to fulfill your promise.
We do not need your help; we only need you to quietly watch from the side with your team… After the birthday banquet ends, we will transfer two hundred million to your personal account as a mental compensation fee. How does that sound?”
As Chang Kang Sheng’s words fell, the deep blue around them began to recede like a tide. He glanced around and smiled, saying:
“The time for the existence of the dimensional rift has come…
They say Captain Lin is a smart person; in the end, will you choose to stand up for a body that has no identity or significance, offending the Bai Li family, or will you choose to take the forbidden item and compensation, remain quiet for a while, and then rise to become a true special team? You should know which is the better choice.”
Lin Qi Ye stared at Chang Kang Sheng, and after a long time, he turned around to look at the father and son standing on the high platform, his body trembling uncontrollably, his nails digging deep into his flesh.
“Truly… what a Bai Li family!!”
Bang—!
With a soft sound, the dimensional rift shattered completely, and the surrounding time returned to its predetermined course.
The guests around continued to whisper.
Lin Qi Ye stood beneath the high platform, Bai Li Tu Ming’s face was dark, while Bai Li Xin seemed to know what had just happened, his expression incredibly calm, simply watching Lin Qi Ye quietly, waiting for him to make a choice.
Lin Qi Ye took a deep breath, slowly loosening his tightly clenched fist…
In the next moment, several beams of summoning magic burst forth from behind him!
Lin Qi Ye, Cao Yuan, An Qing Yu, and Jia Lan, each holding their respective black boxes, stood quietly in the center of the crowd.
Bai Li Xin’s expression changed.
Lin Qi Ye looked up at Bai Li Xin’s eyes, his gaze filled with endless fury mixed with furnace-like golden flames, burning fiercely!
He forcefully threw the box containing ‘Zhan Bai’ behind him towards Bai Li Xin’s figure. The latter slightly turned, and the black box flew across half the venue, crashing into the wall and exploding with a loud bang.
The snow-white long knife spun and ultimately pierced into a high wall, the blade trembling violently.
“Go to hell with ‘Zhan Bai’…”
Lin Qi Ye growled, suddenly tearing off the tie from his collar, his fingers pressing on the handle of the black box, and two straight knives shot out!
“Fifth Reserve Team…”
Lin Qi Ye grasped the two knives, the killing intent erupting from him as the center!
“All members, draw your swords!!!!”
