National Guardian's Gone and We're Done

Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Investigating the New World Organization’s Greatest Secret and Making a Decision

A dead silence fell over the office, the only sound being the whisper of circulating air.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the window blinds, dappling the floor, but it did little to dispel the gloom in the room.

Compared to Xiao Cangqing,

Guan Sect’s body had been far more severely corroded by the Mysterious Power. His corpse was split in two, as if cleaved by a giant axe. The cut was clean and cold, with no trace of blood.

The once-living flesh and organs inside Guan Sect’s body had long since withered away, turning into a mass of deathly black.

Yet within this deathly stillness, a bizarre force was squirming, like some abyssal fiend,

struggling in the darkness to maintain the body’s last flicker of life.

Chu He’s Thunder Power had descended like divine punishment, sealing this Mysterious Power away completely,

reducing Guan Sect’s body to a useless husk, incapable of ever reviving.

At this moment, Chu He’s Primordial Spirit had forcibly taken control of Xiao Cangqing’s body.

Controlling Xiao Cangqing’s body, he walked slowly to the desk and picked up a pen. ”Ever since I devoured the Fishing Elder’s Mysterious Power, I’ve felt something abnormal within my body.

In those moments, I lost myself, lost my memories. But during those blank periods, my power was unusually strong.

I must write this down to prevent myself from getting lost again.

Guan Sect tried to pin the blame on me for a failed mission. I couldn’t tolerate such a betrayal, so I ended his life with my own hands.

Now, I will take his place in the New World Organization.

Only then can I better survive in these chaotic times.”

After writing this passage, Chu He’s Primordial Spirit Power receded back into Xiao Cangqing’s body, vanishing without a trace.

The office returned to its quiet state, as if nothing had happened.

A moment later, Xiao Cangqing’s own Primordial Spirit returned. His vision slowly came into focus, and the scene before him gradually sharpened.

The first thing he saw was the text on the sheet of paper. Every word struck him like a bolt of lightning.

He frowned, looking at the words in confusion. ’Did... did I write this? Why do I have a memory like this?’

His gaze shifted, finally landing on Guan Sect’s bisected corpse on the floor.

He shot to his feet in shock and walked over to examine the body closely.

The desiccated body, the withered organs, and the mysterious, squirming power all filled him with an indescribable terror.

He trembled and muttered to himself, ’Did... did I really kill him?’

”Gao Yimin, Dai Ju, come in.”

Xiao Cangqing lifted his head and looked at the office door.

The door opened slowly, and Gao Yimin and Dai Ju stepped into the office.

The words they had been about to speak froze on their lips the moment they saw Guan Sect’s gruesome corpse on the floor.

Gao Yimin’s face paled in utter disbelief. ”This... This is the spokesman for the New World Organization! His connection to them is far stronger than ours.

You actually killed him? Doesn’t this mean we’ve made a mortal enemy of the New World Organization?”

Xiao Cangqing looked at them and retorted, ”What makes you so sure I’m the one who killed him?”

Gao Yimin calmed herself, her expression strange as she replied, ”Because there were only four of us in this office at the time: you, me, Dai Ju, and Guan Sect.

Those fair-weather followers fled long ago, and the two of us left afterward to wait outside.

If you didn’t do it, who else could have?”

She added warily, ”When Guan Sect burst in, he made no secret of his killing intent toward you. It’s perfectly reasonable for you to defend yourself and strike back. But you’re not going to pin this on me and Dai Ju, are you?”

Xiao Cangqing nodded slightly, recalling the earlier scene.

He did indeed remember Guan Sect attacking him without hesitation the moment he entered the office.

He had felt a strange power coming from Guan Sect, one capable of directly suppressing the Mysterious Power,

which prevented him from unleashing the full extent of his Emperor Realm strength.

Xiao Cangqing pondered for a moment, then took his phone out of his pocket and dialed a number.

The number belonged to one of Guan Sect’s trusted subordinates. Although he was only a Ninth Grade Martial Artist,

he was deeply trusted by Guan Sect and was also a member of the New World Organization.

The call connected quickly. Xiao Cangqing asked directly, ”Did Guan Sect’s mission fail?”

The person on the other end was clearly surprised. ”How did you know Guan Sect went to see you?”

Xiao Cangqing didn’t answer, simply pressing, ”Tell me what happened.”

The person on the other end, clearly astonished that Xiao Cangqing knew about this so quickly, answered, ”How did you know? Guan Sect went to find you?

His mission... I’m not clear on the specifics.

I only know that last night he arranged for five King-level experts to secretly infiltrate the Great Xia Empire and attempt to release an extremely terrifying Evil Spirit.

But unfortunately, all five of those King-level experts were killed. The Evil Spirit wasn’t released, and the mission was declared a failure.

Guan Sect didn’t say much after he returned, only that he was back in the Great Jing Empire.

But as for where he is now, I really don’t know.

Have you seen him?”

”He is dead, slain by my sword.”

The corners of Xiao Cangqing’s mouth lifted slightly.

In that moment, all his doubts and confusion vanished like smoke into thin air.

He glanced at the paper on the desk. The handwriting was clear and forceful.

’It seems I was right. The words on that paper really are the record I left behind while my consciousness was hazy.’

Guan Sect, that once high-and-mighty, all-powerful spokesman,

had actually tried to shift the blame to him for a failed mission.

A chill rose in Xiao Cangqing’s heart at the thought.

’It’s a good thing I managed to erupt with extraordinary combat power and easily counter-kill Guan Sect while in that strange, dazed state.

And on the verge of forgetting everything, I even managed to record it all by instinct.

This is undoubtedly a stroke of heaven-sent luck.’

”You... You killed Guan Sect?”

The person on the other end of the line was clearly shocked beyond words by this news.

Xiao Cangqing gave a cold smile and continued, ”He failed his mission and tried to shift the blame to me, attacking me with killing intent the moment he saw me.

He never expected that even though I was in a state of chaos, I could still turn the tables and slay him.

You can report this to the New World Organization exactly as it happened. I will send you the surveillance footage from my office shortly.

We’ve worked together before, so I’ll be frank: if the organization is willing, I will take over Guan Sect’s position and serve it to the best of my ability.

As for how the New World Organization responds, I want you to inform me at the earliest possible moment.”

With that, Xiao Cangqing decisively hung up the phone.

”Next, we need to prepare to flee.”

Xiao Cangqing placed his phone on the desk, his expression grave as he swept his gaze across the office.

During the call just now, his mind had briefly gone fuzzy again.

That muddled, dazed feeling left him feeling uncertain.

...

Meanwhile, in the distant Great Xia Empire, Chu He was quietly gazing at the system panel before him.

A new mission had been triggered: ”Investigate the greatest secret of the New World Organization and make a decision.”

”Mission success: Reward is the God-Beating Whip.”

”Mission failure: No penalty.”

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