Chapter 230: Chapter 227 Nagatani Meiaki is about to face tragedyYe Fan and Zhang Lu searched all the rooms but found no trace of Nagatani Meiaki.

    "Could she have escaped?" Zhang Lu frowned, looking extremely unwilling.

    "It’s not likely that she escaped; if she did, she wouldn’t have been able to evade us." Ye Fan began to analyze, saying, "The internal network and surveillance systems are shut down, and if I’m right, Nagatani Meiaki did it. She’s hiding somewhere, not wanting to expose herself for us to find."

    "Hiding? But we’ve searched everywhere, turned over every hiding spot, and found nothing." Zhang Lu agreed with Ye Fan’s idea, the key being where she hid, she couldn’t just vanish into thin air.

    "Keep looking; there must be some place we’ve missed." Ye Fan said confidently, "I can feel she’s right beside us."

    The two began a new round of searching.

    Inside the secret room, Nagatani Meiaki sent an encrypted telegram to Blood Rose, with a straightforward message.

    "All k members sacrificed, Red Skull is likely dead, painstakingly built influence destroyed, dangerous individual Ye Fan." Nagatani Meiaki reported her current situation to the organization, and this loss is considerable for Blood Rose. As for further arrangements and actions, Nagatani Meiaki didn’t have the authority to make suggestions, she could only report the truth to the organization.

    Especially Ye Fan, whom she highlighted as a dangerous individual sent to Blood Rose’s headquarters.

    She was very cautious, turning off all monitors and systems to hide traces of entering the secret room.

    By doing so, she knew she left a flaw, but without doing this, she would be directly exposed to Ye Fan.

    Nagatani Meiaki’s primary task now is to report the situation to the organization and then dispose of the evidence held by Red Skull’s informants. The organization has arranged for newcomers to take over Red Skull’s business, which will continue to exist. If important documents were leaked, identities of partners closely related to Red Skull would be exposed, and all would be lost.

    After completing everything, Red Skull held a submachine gun, standing at the door of the secret room.

    She wasn’t sure whether her situation hiding in the secret room would be exposed; it would be best if it remained safe, but if the secret room was exposed, she would shoot dead anyone entering the room immediately.

    Outside the secret room, in the corridor outside Li Qianru’s room, Ye Fan’s sharp gaze sparkled with calculation and thought.

    He and Zhang Lu combed everywhere again but couldn’t find a hiding spot.

    "Nothing found, really strange, where did Nagatani Meiaki hide?" Zhang Lu said angrily.

    Seeing Ye Fan standing still, Zhang Lu asked, "What? Any discovery?"

    "Yes." Ye Fan affirmed.

    Zhang Lu was just casually asking, not expecting Ye Fan really found something, she urged eagerly, "What? Tell me quickly."

    "As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows; someone like Li Qianru is best at concealing identity. If you were Li Qianru, wouldn’t you build a secret room?" Ye Fan asked with interest.

    "Of course, building a secret room is essential, and this secret room should be right under your nose, invisible to outsiders." Zhang Lu said naturally, "Are you saying there’s a secret room? I’ve suspected that too but found no abnormalities."

    "This only shows that this secret room is extremely hidden." Ye Fan smiled mischievously, "I discovered the length of Li Qianru’s room combined with other rooms doesn’t match the length of this corridor; aside from the walls, there’s a length discrepancy of three meters, surely enough to build a secret room."

    Ye Fan came to this conclusion through observing the layout and size of the rooms.

    "How did you discover that? Just by looking?" Zhang Lu was extremely surprised, glanced at the corridor, then looked at Ye Fan complexly, realizing he found this by casually inspecting a few rooms, maybe his brain is just too brilliant. sea??h thё Novёl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    "Don’t worry about how I discovered it, I can basically confirm the secret room is in Li Qianru’s bedroom." Ye Fan expressed his confidence, then headed straight to the bedroom with Zhang Lu.

    Inside the bedroom, Ye Fan and Zhang Lu stared at a wall with a bookcase in the middle and some decorations on both sides.

    "Knock, knock, knock!" A few knocks on the wall did not produce the hollow sound typical of emptiness inside.

    "Inside doesn’t seem empty." Zhang Lu was skeptical.

    "A wall made with special materials can perfectly create the illusion of not being empty; you might not hear it being empty, but I’m certain it’s hollow inside." Ye Fan said with conviction.

    He was also amazed at how cautious Li Qianru was, needing such elaborate construction for a secret room inside the bedroom.

    Zhang Lu believed Ye Fan, wanted to move the bookcase, but couldn’t, further convincing her Ye Fan’s judgment was spot on.

    "What should we do now?" Zhang Lu was at a loss.

    "Brute force won’t work; we can only find a switch." Ye Fan scanned the surroundings.

    Luckily, there were few decorations in the bedroom. With hawk-like eyesight and veteran experience, Ye Fan quickly identified an unusual clock.

    Other objects could be taken off, but only this clock was peculiar, stuck like glued, and the wall had faint traces of left-right twisting.

    "Look here, later you’ll turn this clock, if there’s any movement in the bookcase, quickly hide." Ye Fan instructed.

    "Why hide, why not just rush in and finish Nagatani Meiaki off?" Zhang Lu was puzzled.

    "Are you stupid? So many questions, if you were Nagatani Meiaki, would you wait in the secret room to get caught?" Ye Fan criticized sharply, "Ordinary people, knowing they face certain death, would desperately retaliate. If there are bombs in the secret room, they would explode; if no bombs, then surely there are guns. A burst of bullets comes; if you don’t dodge in time, do you want to feed bullets?"

    "Can’t you be gentler? Being with you, I already feel great pressure, can’t you take care of me a bit without openly scolding?" Zhang Lu was very aggrieved; if an ordinary person dared act this way to her, she would be furious long ago.

    But facing Ye Fan, she was less skilled, didn’t want to take disgrace, besides she greatly admired Ye Fan, could only sadly endure this rebuke.

    Ye Fan didn’t intend to berate Zhang Lu but did so deliberately.

    Zhang Lu’s abilities were strong in all aspects, yet as long as he was there, she would stop thinking, heavily relying on him, listening to him no matter what. This trend wasn’t good; he thoughtfully wanted Zhang Lu to be more self-reliant.

    Of course, Zhang Lu naturally didn’t understand Ye Fan’s intention.

    Inside the secret room, Nagatani Meiaki noticed movement, already holding a gun, poised for battle.