My Professions Have Too Much Personality-Chapter 190 - 128: Testing Meng Qi, the Brutal Teng Liang
"Priest Black Tuo was ambushing Su Chen. Could it be... Zhu Xuan’s death is related to Black Tuo?" You Shan watched the immobilized Priest Black Tuo and couldn’t help but mutter to herself.
"Uh..." Wu Yang had just returned to the hall. Hearing You Shan’s words, he couldn’t help but say in a low voice, "Chief Judge, we found this place ourselves."
"You found it yourselves?" You Shan frowned and said flatly, "That’s what you think. You may have been influenced by the Black Tuo Followers."
A chill ran down Yang Yan’s spine. He was the one who had discovered the clue that led them here.
"Judge You..." The last to return was, of course, Su Chen, who had run the farthest.
After greeting her, he glanced at the restrained Priest Black Tuo. The priest couldn’t move a muscle; only its black eyeballs quivered.
"You’re a sharp one. This Priest Black Tuo, while a Tier Four Professional, used Black Tuo’s power to enhance itself, making it comparable to a Tier Five Professional..." You Shan glanced at him. She had been hiding outside the whole time, only making her move when she sensed the Priest Black Tuo.
She had been quite surprised to see Su Chen’s incredible speed as he fled.
"The remaining cultists below have all been restrained. I’ll take this one back first. Once you’ve cleaned up, don’t go running around. Just return to the Judicial Court."
The sealed Priest Black Tuo was pulled away by an invisible force.
"Chief Judge..." Su Chen called out, but You Shan had already vanished. Only her voice drifted back, "You’ll get all the credit you deserve."
"Alright then." Su Chen shrugged. The Judicial Court did have a rather rigorous merit assessment system. Capturing one of the Deceitful God’s Followers would earn you merit points calculated based on their threat level.
Ordinary Judges could use these points for promotions and raises, or to exchange for Professions, various Support Potions, Customized Weapons, and the like.
But Core Seeds like him generally didn’t lack for anything and wouldn’t compete with their subordinates for merit.
...
「Meanwhile, in another location.」
In a desolate area near Yingfeng City, Bu Siqi held a pair of binoculars, watching a team from afar as they finished raiding an underground black market.
A large number of people who had been trading there were rounded up. Inspector Guards surrounded the area, and a few men who looked like High-level Inspector Guards were in a standoff with the Judges.
Both sides were arguing heatedly, their faces red. The Judges were surrounded in the middle, unable to take the detainees away.
Meng Qi, meanwhile, had a nervous look on his face. He scurried back and forth, trying to placate both sides and repeatedly saying something, but no one paid him any mind.
In the end, it seemed the Inspector Guard gained the upper hand, taking custody of the group from the Judicial Guards.
The few Judges gathered around Meng Qi all had ugly expressions. When they glanced at him, they couldn’t hide the disdain in their eyes.
"This underground black market is probably under the Inspector Guard’s protection. They must be getting regular kickbacks, so of course they wouldn’t let us arrest people so easily," Bu Siqi shook his head, his tone dripping with contempt.
"But this Meng Qi is such a wimp. He’s the Commander of these Judges, yet he’s so timid when he speaks, he can’t even win an argument against them."
"And a guy like that still managed to become a Core Seed? I have no idea how he advanced to become a Bloody Butcher."
Beside him, Teng Liang was as silent as a stone post. He didn’t say a word, his frail body looking as if it could collapse at any moment, his gaze fixed on Meng Qi in the distance.
Bu Siqi couldn’t help but say, "This coward can’t be our guy, can he? We’ve been following him for nearly ten days and haven’t found anything suspicious. He just acts timid all day long..."
"Teng Liang? Hey, you mute! Say something, will you? You’re driving me crazy!" Getting no response, Bu Siqi grew annoyed.
Only then did Teng Liang slowly begin to speak. "Only three people were close to Zhu Xuan. Pang Xingwen is missing, we can’t get to Chu Yunze, which leaves only this Meng Qi..."
"Our junior brother only said one sentence. He probably doesn’t know the specifics himself," Bu Siqi said helplessly. "Meng Qi is a Core Seed, after all. We can’t just keep following him like this forever. It’s not a viable plan."
Teng Liang’s voice was low. "Before our Master left, he told me that if our little junior brother suddenly expresses an opinion on something, or gives a strange hint, we must take it to heart."
’How come Master never told me that? I guess you two are his little favorites,’ Bu Siqi thought, feeling a pang of jealousy.
Seeing Teng Liang fall silent, Bu Siqi sighed internally. ’If Su Chen were here, he would’ve comforted him by now.’ He couldn’t help but say aloud:
"Our little junior brother is pretty amazing, but what Master said sounds a bit too mystical. You don’t really think Meng Qi is the one who killed Zhu Xuan, do you?"
"Besides, what our junior brother said might not have been a hint. It’s possible you just misunderstood."
"You’re right," Teng Liang said suddenly. Bu Siqi couldn’t help but add, "So we’re pulling out."
"’Following him like this is not a viable plan.’"
Bu Siqi: "..."
’Bro, that was what I said ages ago. Does that mean you didn’t hear a single word I said after that?’
"I’m going to test him," Teng Liang said succinctly. Bu Siqi’s face paled, and he said hurriedly, "Bro, the kid is definitely bait put out by the higher-ups. The one watching him has to be a Director or a Chief Judge."
"It’s Jiang Shu Mo," Teng Liang said, shifting his gaze to the crowd gathered in the distance. They were so far away that the people had shrunk to tiny dots.
"You..." Bu Siqi was stunned.
"Contact him. Say the Chief has an urgent summons," Teng Liang said. "I’ll take his place."
"Old Jiang is the slyest of them all; he’ll definitely contact the Chief directly." Bu Siqi shook his head repeatedly. "If we trick him, he’ll hold it against us. That wolf in sheep’s clothing is the most treacherous bastard there is."
"The Chief is in an Elder Council meeting. This is the third one in the last ten days. It won’t be over any time soon," Teng Liang said flatly.
"How do you know that?" Bu Siqi asked in surprise.
Teng Liang pulled up a virtual screen. "I just contacted the Chief and told him I had important intelligence. He still hasn’t replied."
