Newspaper Boy

Chapter 19: Tracing the Source

Souls invisible to mortal eyes entered the residential area like a gust of wind. Zhang Yuanqing looked down and saw two plainclothes officers wearing headsets, seemingly nonchalantly smoking and chatting, occasionally scrutinizing the residents entering and leaving the area.

It was ten o'clock at night, and there were still many people coming and going. Restaurants, supermarkets, and fruit stores along the street were still open.

He continued to fly with the wind, spotting several plainclothes security guards "strolling" in the blind spots of the six residential buildings. Among them was his cousin, closely protected by the ghost bride.

His cousin was leaning against the hood of a car, "aimlessly" smoking, seemingly unaware of the shadowy figure beside him, dressed in a gorgeous, bright red wedding gown and wearing a red veil. A night breeze blew, and he seemed a little cold, shivering.

The ghost bride's Yin energy is too damaging to Yang energy. Once this is over, I need to take her back as soon as possible.

Zhang Yuanqing withdrew his gaze, passed through the outer walls of the six residential buildings, and arrived at the seventh-floor corridor.

The residential area was quite upscale, with four apartments on each floor sharing an elevator.

Apartment 708 was at the far left of the corridor. Zhang Yuanqing floated toward the brown security door. The first thing he saw was a messy living room.

The coffee table was covered with canned beer, fast food containers, and an ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts. Shoes, socks, and clothes were scattered haphazardly on the sofa or on the floor.

The owner of the apartment was clearly a very slovenly man.

To the left of the living room was the bathroom, and to the right was the bedroom. The apartment was a standard one-bedroom, one-living room, one-bathroom layout, with a total area of no more than fifty square meters.

Zhang Yuanqing turned his gaze to the bedroom, where he could vaguely hear a woman's moans. I came at the wrong time, he muttered to himself.

This isn't anything strange. It's ten o'clock at night, the time for procreation.

But the sudden appearance of a woman was unexpected. He had more to consider. If the woman was an ordinary person, he would have to deal with the suspect in a gentler manner.

If the woman was The Way of the Extraordinary, was she Lawful or Evil? If the former, should he kill her directly, or subdue her first and then take her back to the police station for interrogation?

While he was thinking, he had already passed through the bedroom door.

The round ceiling light illuminated the room brightly. On the double bed in the master bedroom, the sheets were rumpled. A muscular man with bronze skin was supporting himself on the bed with both hands, thrusting vigorously on a young woman.

The bronze skin and white skin intertwined, creating a strong visual contrast. The man's body was well-proportioned, with well-defined muscles and no excess body fat. Under the bright light, beads of sweat, the size of beans, streamed down his back, flowing along his dragon-like muscles.

The young woman's voice was hoarse, her consciousness blurred. No one knew how long he had been thrusting.

Zhang Yuanqing went around to the head of the bed, examining the man's face. His features were ordinary, his eyebrows and eyes fierce. He didn't look like a good person. There was a noticeable scar on his forehead.

He seemed to be at a critical moment, accelerating his rhythm, completely unaware of the Saint level spirit body that had entered the room.

Zhang Yuanqing turned his gaze to the girl. She was slender, with fair skin and soft muscles. After just a few glances, he was certain that she was an ordinary person.

The physiques of The Way of the Extraordinary and ordinary people were significantly different. Take Guan Ya, for example. Although she was also soft and elastic, her muscles had extreme toughness.

It wouldn't be apparent without force, but once force was applied, the density of the muscles would be easily visible. And this girl had been under force, so Zhang Yuanqing judged her to be an ordinary person. He shifted his gaze away from the girl, looking at the scattered clothes, bras, and blue silk panties beside the bed, and then turned to the woman's backpack on the side of the bed. The backpack was open, and he saw several books and a stack of money inside.

Combining this with the girl's age, she was probably a female student from a nearby university.

Zhang Yuanqing no longer hesitated and immediately floated towards the scar-faced man, entering his body.

The man's body, which was naturally accelerating, suddenly stiffened, stopping all movement. The shaking of the double bed subsided.

The girl seemed to notice, and opened her eyes, panting. The light from the ceiling was too bright, and she squinted, seeing the man's extremely distorted and painful expression, as if he was struggling against something.

But in the next second, his expression returned to normal.

"What's wrong?" the girl asked sweetly, her voice soft and hoarse.

The scar-faced man ignored her, raised his hand, and caressed the girl's neck, gently pressing on the carotid artery.

Pain struck instantly, and then the girl's eyes rolled back, and she fell into a coma.

I'm at a huge loss, Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself. He straightened up and, manipulating the scar-faced man, raised both hands, pressing his right hand against his left cheek and his left hand against the right side of his head, exerting force.

Crack!

The scar-faced man's head twisted to the back, seeing his own spine, seeing the girl's bare white legs.

His eyes instantly widened, the blood vessels in his eyes bursting. His body slumped down. Zhang Yuanqing's spirit body ejected, standing beside the bed, his eyes dark and surging, drawing out the remaining spirit body in the corpse. Soon, a vicious remnant soul floated out, baring its fangs and claws at him, but not daring to truly attack.

The spirit body was so vicious, it must have done many unconscionable things in its life. Its death was not unjust. Zhang Yuanqing opened his mouth and sucked, devouring the spirit body.

He quickly finished reading the scar-faced man's broken life. In the fragmented memories, Zhang Yuanqing saw the man wearing a mask and a baseball cap, entering a bar on the corner of the street. In the brightly lit room,

a gaunt, dark-skinned middle-aged man, naked, sat on the edge of the bed, coldly overlooking himself.

Behind the middle-aged man, two full-figured, lamb-like women lay on their sides, seemingly traumatized and unconscious.

"Your mission from now on is to help me find high-quality playthings. You'll be rewarded with 100,000 for each one you find. But before you work for me, you need to take this."

The gaunt middle-aged man opened his palm, revealing a black pupa. The scar-faced man lowered his head in fear, not daring to refuse, and bowed.

"Yes, Divine General!"

Between flashing scenes, Zhang Yuanqing saw women being brought into the bar. They were bewitched, losing themselves, losing their dignity, willingly becoming playthings.

Before long, the spacious room transformed into the lobby of the Tabi Hotel, with a rectangular

pool in the center. The tables around the pool were filled with fruits and food.

Women in swimsuits were either playing in the water, eating, or napping on lounge chairs. The gaunt, dark-skinned man indulged himself with the women, sometimes in the pool, sometimes on the lounge chairs, sometimes at the table,

and said with satisfaction to the scar-faced man:

"Well done, but I want you to find an official member of The Way of the Extraordinary, if possible." "Yes, Lord Divine General!"

The scene changed again. He saw the scar-faced man fighting a woman with delicate features. Their strengths were unequal, and the delicate woman was quickly subdued.

She was blindfolded, bound hand and foot, and taken into the bar, into the lobby with the pool.

The gaunt middle-aged man looked at the frightened woman and said, "Well done!"

Well done!"

The scar-faced man bowed and retreated, pushing open the door and leaving, leaving behind the woman's shrill cries.

At this point, Zhang Yuanqing broke free from the spirit vision. After witnessing the women's experiences, he felt a surge of anger and killing intent.

But the scar-faced man's "Divine General" made Zhang Yuanqing suppress his emotions and think carefully.

Bewitching Demon Divine General!!

Divine General is a title unique to the Church of the War God. The Church of the War God has many Saints, but only eight can be given the title of Divine General. Each Divine General is at the peak of the Saint level.

The head of the Divine Generals, Silver Moon, can even compete with Fu Qingyang.

The Divine General with a strong obsession with women, among the Eight Divine Generals, is only Lust. He never thought that this missing persons case involved a Divine General!

This explains why the evil organization used such a "cost-effective" low-level method to abduct women. It wasn't for money, but for private desire.

The more powerful an evil class is, the stronger a certain obsession in their heart becomes, such as the Demon Eye Heavenly King, who became mad from "punishing evil and promoting good."

"High-level evil classes are truly tumors. They can't control themselves. Their existence is to poison the world and harm innocent people."

"That Lawful girl should be Stop Killing Palace's Li Zhi. I hope she's still alive."

Zhang Yuanqing sighed, opened the bedroom and security door one by one, then passed through the reinforced concrete building, floated through the residential area on the wind, looked down, searched for his cousin's figure, and confirmed that he was safe before returning to the black business car and returning to his body.

The next second, he opened his eyes.

Li Dongze, who had been watching him, saw him wake up and immediately asked, "How was it?"

Zhang Yuanqing nodded. "He's been dealt with. There's also a female college student inside. She won't wake up for a while. It's best to clean up the scene quickly so she doesn't see the dead body and leave a psychological scar."

Li Dongze nodded and grabbed the walkie-talkie. "Team Chen, the suspect has been killed. The cleanup is up to you."

He briefly explained the situation at the scene.

Chen Yuanjun's tone was full of joy. "Understood, thank you, Team Li." Li Dongze then said,

"This case is being taken over by our special

action department. You are to assist, but do not conduct independent investigations."

Ending the call, he put down the walkie-talkie, looked at Zhang Yuanqing, and said with a grave expression, "Is there a big fish behind it?"

With his insight skill, it wasn't difficult for him to see the seriousness of the matter from Yuan Shi's micro-expressions.

"Yes!" Zhang Yuanqing slowly let out a breath. "The mastermind behind it is Lust Divine General. You should understand what he abducted women for. Also,

there are definitely more than a dozen missing persons. I saw nearly thirty victims in the dead man's memory."

"That's appalling," Li Dongze said, lighting a cigarette. Through the floating smoke, he frowned and said,

"It seems that after the Demon Eye Heavenly King was imprisoned, the Church of the War God sent Lust Divine General to Songhai to maintain intelligence channels. He abducted victims to satisfy

his private desires, but he probably won't kill anyone, which is a blessing in disguise."

The moral value deducted for killing people to silence them and the moral value deducted for abducting women to be playthings are not on the same level.

This was Li Dongze's basis for being certain that the victims were still alive. Li Dongze then said,

"This case is being taken over by our special action department. You are to assist, but do not conduct independent investigations."

Ending the call, he put down the walkie-talkie, looked at Zhang Yuanqing, and said with a grave expression, "Is there a big fish behind it?"

With his insight skill, it wasn't difficult for him to see the seriousness of the matter from Yuan Shi's micro-expressions.

"Yes!" Zhang Yuanqing slowly let out a breath. "The mastermind behind it is Lust Divine General. You should understand what he abducted women for. Also,

there are definitely more than a dozen missing persons. I saw nearly thirty victims in the dead man's memory."

"That's appalling," Li Dongze said, lighting a cigarette. Through the floating smoke, he frowned and said,

"It seems that after the Demon Eye Heavenly King was imprisoned, the Church of the War God sent Lust Divine General to Songhai to maintain intelligence channels. He abducted victims to satisfy

his private desires, but he probably won't kill anyone, which is a blessing in disguise."

The moral value deducted for killing people to silence them and the moral value deducted for abducting women to be playthings are not on the same level.

This was Li Dongze's basis for being certain that the victims were still alive. "Did you see the address?" Zhen Yan Shizhang asked. Zhang Yuanqing nodded.

"Call Elder Fu. This case has to be handled by him. We can't handle it," Li Dongze said decisively.

《Stepping into Immortality》

Zhang Yuanqing had already dialed Fu Qingyang's number before he could even speak. The ringtone sounded for a moment, and Fu Qingyang's cold but textured voice came through. "What is it?"

"Centurion, I've found the source of the missing persons case. The mastermind behind it is the Church of the War God's Lust Divine General," Zhang Yuanqing reported.