CHAPTER 371: CHAPTER 361: INVESTIGATE LI PING (PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)

"Chairman Hua? What does this matter have to do with him?" Zuo Hong frowned and asked.

The man swallowed his saliva instantly, looked around first, then said softly, "You three brothers may not know, but recently, a big event happened in Anshan City!"

"A big event?"

The three of them exchanged a glance when they heard this.

They could roughly guess what the man was talking about.

Of course, even so, they still pretended to be clueless.

"What big event?"

"Well..."

A cunning look flashed in the man’s eyes, and he looked troubled, "Brothers, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you about this, but firstly, this matter is very confidential. I spent a lot of effort to find out about it. Even now, not many people in Anshan City know about it.

Secondly, if this information gets out and it’s known that I said it, it could bring me enormous trouble. I could lose my life, so..."

The man looked at the three of them.

"Hehe."

Wu Fei let out a meaningful laugh. What confidentiality, what enormous trouble.

It’s nothing more than thinking the chips aren’t enough and raising the stakes.

I have to admit, this person is quite clever, knowing to stop when he’s piqued their curiosity sufficiently. Unfortunately, he only has some minor wit.

In the next moment, Wu Fei pretended to reach into his chest and took out two packs of cigarettes, "Two packs, is that enough? If it’s not, I have more."

"Enough, thank you, Brother! Thank you, Brother!" The man’s face bloomed into a smile as he grabbed the two packs of cigarettes from Wu Fei’s hand.

With the previous pack included, he now had three packs on him.

"Recently, my luck has been great, one good thing after another."

He thought to himself, putting the two packs of cigarettes into his pocket, and smiled obsequiously, "Before I say anything, I hope you brothers can keep it a secret, don’t let this information get out, and even if it does, don’t say I was the one who told you."

"Don’t worry, we’ll keep our mouths shut," Li Yan smiled.

"Alright, then I’ll say it."

The man took a deep breath and said, "Just recently, a great battle happened in Anshan City. At that time, we all felt the commotion of the battle, but didn’t think much of it.

Later, we found out that there was trouble at the City Lord’s Mansion. Including the City Lord, several C-level Awakened were killed!"

He emphasized his tone at the end.

"Such a thing happened?"

Li Yan cooperated well, showing a shocked look.

"Yes! When I heard the news, I couldn’t believe it. The City Lord, what a powerful figure he was. In all of Anshan City, there wasn’t anyone more powerful than him. Yet, he was killed by someone, right here in the city."

The man was stunned.

It was clear that even after all this time, he still couldn’t believe it when he thought back.

"Do you know who killed them?" Li Yan’s heart skipped a beat, and he asked.

He knew asking this person probably wouldn’t yield any useful information.

But what if?

If he could get a clue, that would be great.

"Brother, you’re overestimating me. How could I know such a thing?"

The man smiled bitterly, "I only heard that the person who killed them was a big guy with a knife. Other than that, I don’t know much."

The three exchanged a glance.

It matched the information they had.

However, hoping to get the identity of the killer from an ordinary person was unreliable.

"How is this matter related to the Chairman Hua you mentioned earlier?" Zuo Hong asked coldly.

"It’s definitely related, and the connection is huge," the man said loudly. Realizing his excitement, he quickly lowered his voice, "Brother, you don’t know, it wasn’t just the City Lord and those C-level Awakened killed by the big guy with the knife. The former chairman of Anshan City Awakened Association also reportedly died at his hands."

"Really?"

Wu Fei asked cautiously, "Was his body with the others?"

"No."

The man thought for a moment and shook his head, "Reportedly missing. But after so many days, he hasn’t appeared. Isn’t it obvious he’s dead? Who else could have killed him?"

"..."

The three were speechless.

They had to admit, what the man said made sense. They thought the same internally.

"With such a major incident in the city, Chairman Hua invited Li Ping to be the chairman of the Awakened Association. Thus, the following events happened. Don’t you think this relationship is significant?"

"To put it bluntly, it’s good that the former chairman died. If he hadn’t, Chairman Li wouldn’t have taken office. We couldn’t have moved into the city either. Of course, these words must never be passed on, or I’ll be finished."

"Oh? So Li Ping came to Anshan City after the incident?" Li Yan took interest and asked, "Is he originally from Anshan City, or from elsewhere?"

"Seems like he came from elsewhere?"

The man frowned, "I’m not sure, but probably from elsewhere. I heard Chairman Li came to the association to report a task when Chairman Hua saw him and asked him to stay and take over as chairman,"