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Chapter 42: The Political Counter
The flashing lights of the federal marshals’ cars outside the Qin estate pulsed like a slow, merciless heartbeat. Inside the grand hall, the silence Xu Fen left behind was heavier than the accusation itself. Elder Qin stood by the fireplace, the gold-embossed summons clenched in his hand. For the first time, I saw a faint tremor betray his age.“They move like cobras, Jiang Hao,” he said, his voice rough and low. “They don’t strike to wound. They strike to paralyze. Treason.” He exhaled slowly. “They’re using the very laws I helped draft to bury me.”“The law is just a tool, sir,” I replied, fingers flying across my portable terminal as I synced with Luo Bing’s remote server. “And tools can always be turned on their master. Xu Fen thinks she’s untouchable because she’s surrounded by officials, judges, and cameras. We’re not climbing that wall.” I looked up at him. “We’re rotting the foundation.”Elder Qin turned sharply. “How?” His eyes were sharp, alert. “She controls the media. The
Chapter 41: The Final Barrier
I stood amid the wreckage of the Platinum Tower apartment, the air still sharp with ionized ozone from the Xu Cleaners’ abrupt exit. My ribs burned like a shattered cage, every breath shallow and jagged. The Dragon Head was secured, yet the victory tasted empty.“Luo Bing,” I rasped into my earpiece, pressing my weight against the blood-smeared wall. “Tell me you got the recording.”“Crystal clear, Mr. Jiang,” Luo Bing replied, his voice tight with lingering adrenaline. “Every word of the Dragon Head’s confession—especially the link to the Xu Family’s Emergency Disappearance Protocol. But sir, you need to see the feeds. The Xu Family isn’t waiting to defend. They’ve already gone on the offensive.”I pulled up my handheld terminal. The moment the screens lit up, my blood went cold.[A-City News Alert]: Breaking—High Court Issues Warrants in ‘Shadow Conspiracy.’“They’re framing the narrative,” I said quietly. Danger sharpened every syllable. “They aren’t defending Zhao or Wang. They’re
CHAPTER 40 : The Scar and the Serpen
The emergency exit door had barely clicked shut behind the retreating Xu Family Cleaners. The silence in the apartment was deafening, broken only by the ragged breathing of the Zhao Dragon Head and my own shallow gasps as I fought the searing pain in my chest.I moved immediately, ignoring the throbbing agony. There was no time for medical attention; only time for the truth. The Xu Family would report their failure, and a second, more lethal wave would be dispatched soon.I stood over the Zhao Dragon Head, my shadow enveloping him. “The man who betrayed the Shadow Apothecary Sect,” I demanded, my voice tight and urgent. “Tell me the name. The scar is irrelevant. The name is everything.”The Dragon Head, having just escaped a professional execution, was utterly broken. He clung to my presence as his only shield.“The name… I never knew his true name,” the Dragon Head whispered, his eyes darting toward the silent, concealed exit. “He used a codename. But the scar… it was deep, almost se
Chapter 39: Preventing the Disappearance
“Sir, the Xu Family is the political arm. They aren’t going to fight you—they’re going to make the Zhao Dragon Head vanish and destroy all the evidence. They’re preparing to eliminate the entire Zhao leadership!”Luo Bing’s horrified words hit the air like a hammer.The meaning was clear: the Zhao Family hadn’t bought protection. They’d bought erasure. Total, silent, political erasure. The Xu Family—the masters of disappearances—would wipe the Zhao leadership to protect their own political structure.And the Zhao Dragon Head, the mastermind of everything, still carried the last unwritten piece of the Shadow Apothecary betrayal—the name of the internal traitor.If he disappeared, that truth died with him.“Focus, Luo Bing. We cannot allow the Xu Family to execute their ‘Cleanse,’” I ordered, fighting the burning pain in my ribs. I was running on the last fumes of medicinal Qi and sheer will, but I wasn’t backing down.“Scan the transaction details. A payment this large for an Emergency
CHAPTER 38 — The Final Financial Blow
“The Dragon Head is cornered! Mobilize all hidden forces! Burn the evidence!”The Zhao Family’s desperate order exploded across the encrypted screen. Their entire command structure had shifted from attacking me to destroying themselves—burning documents, liquidating funds, wiping every trace that could condemn their leadership. It wasn’t a counterattack. It was a total internal shutdown.I gripped the lab table, forcing myself upright despite the stabbing pain from my ribs. I could feel the faint warmth of internal bleeding, but adrenaline was stronger. Pain meant nothing now.“They’re going to erase everything that isn’t on the drive,” I said sharply. “Every ledger, every secondary vault, every offshore dump. And they’ll rush their assets through dark networks in minutes if we don’t freeze them first.”“I know,” Luo Bing replied, already pulling up the Shadow Treasury interface—my old weapon, built during a part of my life most people believed was urban myth. “We have seconds, Mr. Ji
Chapter 37: The Political Shield
The revelation hit me like a steel blade to the spine—Judge Lu, the Chief Justice himself, wasn’t just shielding the Zhao Family. He was part of the architecture holding their criminal empire together. The martial arm was broken. Their financial channels were crippled. But this… this meant the judiciary—the very system meant to uphold truth—was infected at the highest point.I tasted bitterness on my tongue as I muttered, “Chief Justice Lu. No wonder every warrant against the Wangs evaporated. No wonder every investigation stalled or collapsed. He wasn’t just protecting them—he was managing the entire legal battlefield.”Beside me, Luo Bing hovered over the terminal, fingers twitching with tension. “Mr. Jiang, this is the wall no one breaks through. We can take down martial clans and crush syndicates, but he’s the head of the judiciary. If we push him directly, the court system will shield him and crush all evidence under legal technicalities. We have to take him down politically—not
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