CHAPTER 594: CHAPTER 365, CONFRONTATION!

"Have you heard? Qin Jianyi is going to be killed?"

"Really? But he’s a General, the youngest leader in the Empire... I heard he was going to be the Military Minister..."

"Of course, my cousin’s uncle’s grandson works in the Monitoring Bureau... He said once you enter the Monitoring Bureau, even Buddha would have to shed his outer layer of gold..."

"Qin Jianyi has fallen into Tang Fei’s hands... Is the Yu Family weaker than the Qin Family? Look what happened to Yu Huoshui."

"Gongshu Wuyu and Yu Huoshui both fell at Tang Fei’s hands... Now it’s Qin Jianyi’s turn..."

"The Seven Star Killer lives up to his reputation... I’m worried for Shi Anbai, Bai Xingjian, and Shen Leyou..."

"What’s there to worry about? I don’t believe he can kill all Seven Stars... If he does, I’d acknowledge him as a real hero..."

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Because of the swordsmanship exchange at Luoxia Lake and due to streamers and posters broadcasting and livestreaming the event, the matter remained highly discussed.

With some manipulative push, countless online armies surged in.

Quickly, ’Qin Jianyi Assassinated’ and ’Seven Star Killer’ became the top trending topics on major websites.

Some doubted the authenticity, thinking with the power of the Qin Family and Qin Jianyi’s battle achievements, the Monitoring Bureau wouldn’t dare to hit hard.

Yet, others brought up the examples of Gongshu Wuyu and Yu Huoshui, who are related to the imperial family.

In terms of nobility, Yu’s status was something the Qin Family couldn’t even come close to.

But now, Yu Huoshui’s grave’s grass is growing tall.

If Tang Fei could imprison Gongshu Wuyu, kill Yu Huoshui, why couldn’t he get rid of Qin Jianyi?

After all, he’s a man who aimed to become the Sun.

Thus, the skeptics became fewer, and more people believed Qin Jianyi was in critical danger, his life possibly at stake any moment.

Some even said Qin Jianyi had already been secretly executed, the silence due to fears his Mechanical Department army might rebel.

Opinions were numerous, voices chaotic.

Tang Fei and Qin Jianyi were once again thrust into the tumultuous public eye.

Especially Tang Fei, who had become a surfing expert, never really emerging from the turmoil.

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Western Mountains Garrison.

This is a regular base of the Flame-Bathed Legion near Phoenix City, where Qin Jianyi’s Personal Guard, brought back by the Flame-Bathed Legion, was stationed.

The commanding officer is not to leave the troops without cause, even Qin Jianyi himself had to rest in the camp rather than returning to his nearby home in Phoenix City.

In the barracks, three men in Flame-Bathed Legion uniforms faced each other, the atmosphere oppressively tense.

Snap!

Chen Ping lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep drag, then said gravely, "Say whatever you want to say directly. We’ve been brothers for so many years, there’s no need to beat around the bush. Hiding things will only hurt our brotherhood."

"Boss, we just want to ask... what are you thinking?" the deputy leader of the Personal Guard, Zhang Jinhai, rubbed his stiff face and asked.

"What am I thinking?" Chen Ping furrowed his brow and asked.

He understood what they meant, but with the gravity of the situation, he dared not and could not make decisions lightly.

"The General has been taken away, and our Personal Guard just stays quiet?" another deputy leader, Wang Chao, bluntly asked. He was short and quick-tempered, known as a troublemaker within the Flame-Bathed Legion.

"What can we do?" Chen Ping glared as he retorted. "The General was taken by the Monitoring Bureau. What can we do? Storm the Monitoring Bureau to rescue him?"

Wang Chao and Zhang Jinhai exchanged looks but said nothing.

Chen Ping was shocked, his face incredulous as he looked at them and said, "Don’t tell me... that’s exactly what you are thinking?"

"Brother, truth be told, we’ve already discussed with the guys below... we need to stand up for the General, we plan to go to the Monitoring Bureau to demand his release..." Wang Chao said.

"Have you gone mad?" Chen Ping tossed away the half-smoked cigarette, then crushed it underfoot with a crunch, spun around, grinding the butt into crumbs before he looked up at Wang Chao and Zhang Jinhai and said, "We are soldiers, and a soldier’s first duty is to obey orders..."

"And what is the Monitoring Bureau? You know what that place is, right? Going there to demand people, do you know what that means?"

"That’s attacking a state law enforcement agency, that’s mutiny... We could be prosecuted for treason... That’s not helping the General, that’s harming him."

"Have you heard the rumors outside? They say the General is going to be killed, and we’re here hiding like cowards? I can’t stand that..."

"Everyone knows what kind of man I am, Chen Ping... I was promoted by the General himself, my life was saved by the General on the battlefield. If someone wants to harm him, I, Chen Ping, will be the first to disagree."

"Me too." Zhang Jinhai spoke passionately, "The General has taken bullets for me, now he’s in trouble, and I, as the deputy leader of his Personal Guard, hide in the camp without saying a word... then what kind of Personal Guard am I?"

"With the General not here, I don’t agree with you causing trouble." Chen Ping said, "Think about it, if something happens to the General, why hasn’t the Qin Family acted? If we need to do something, the General will surely send someone to inform us..."

"Could it be that the Qin Family is also waiting to see our actions?" Wang Chao countered, "The General has been detained by the Monitoring Bureau, how would he send someone to us?"