Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 492 - 487: Go Back Alive and You’ll Surely Make a Name for Yourself
Under the bewildered gaze of the Wood Element Investigator, Ji Ning and Huang Ying were suspended in the dungeon.
And even whipped twice...
Once everyone had left, he quietly asked, "So both of you are..."
Huang Ying gave him a look that indicated he should figure it out himself.
The Wood Element Investigator chuckled bitterly in his heart.
Ji Ning suddenly asked, "How did your superpower mutate?"
"Shh... are you trying to get killed? They might be monitoring us."
"Don’t worry, they can’t hear us. I have a Space Ability, it can isolate us from all external surveillance."
The Wood Element Investigator’s eyes brightened a little, "This ability is impressive, is it considered a superpower mutation?"
"Not really. What about you?"
"My superpower mutation is a bit strange, can’t explain it quickly, I’ll tell you in detail after the mission ends."
Ji Ning understood he didn’t want to reveal his secrets and didn’t press further.
The pitch-dark dungeon fell silent for a while. The Wood Element Investigator felt a bit guilty and started a conversation again.
"I hope I didn’t ruin your plans just now?"
"Almost."
"Has that girl named Ye Tong been controlled by them?"
Ji Ning and Huang Ying tacitly concealed Ye Tong’s undercover identity, "She’s been controlled, we’re planning to rescue her."
"Are you members of Leader Ji’s team?"
Ji Ning saw his probing and raised an eyebrow, "Why? Are you interested in Leader Ji too?"
"Who wouldn’t want to join her team? High perks, smooth work, and a powerful backing to navigate through the bureau." The Wood Element Investigator spoke with a hint of envy, his eyes almost turning into water.
Though he had just been transferred to Beijing recently, Ji Ning’s reputation was very prominent within the Security Bureau.
A multi-system High-level Superpower User, A-level Detective of the Security Department, on par with their director, reports directly to senior leaders of the department, and can communicate directly with Minister Li.
There’s a rumor circulating within the Security Bureau:
Ji Ning is said to be the next Minister of the Security Department.
The first successor of Minister Li.
Ji Ning found it amusing, "Are her team members that domineering?"
"Not really, but it’s different. Their cases always get the green light. I’ve heard Leader Ji is the future Minister of the Security Department, to replace Minister Li."
Ji Ning was surprised, "Who said that?"
"That’s the word in the bureau, hence why so many people want to make an impression on Leader Ji."
"Do you also want to make an impression?"
"Naturally, but there’s no opportunity. This time, I was even dispatched for a mission..." The Wood Element Investigator’s mood was a bit low, reminiscing about something, and remained silent for a while.
Ji Ning observed him for a moment and calmly said, "Returning alive will definitely give you a chance to impress."
As long as you remain steadfast and don’t betray.
The Wood Element Investigator’s eyes brightened slightly, looking at Ji Ning with a hint of surprise, and then returned to calm.
Indeed, one has to live to return to have a chance...
***
The three were suspended for three days and nights in the dungeon to make their act convincing.
During this time, several detectives came in, were harshly punished, and hung beside them.
The Wood Element Investigator believed they were all students and dared not persist, pretending to be weak and compliant, eventually being let down.
Ji Ning and Huang Ying pretended to faint, and were similarly let down.
The detained detectives saw the students were safe and did not resist, also being let down.
The group was moved to a room resembling a ward for treatment.
During this period, Ye Tong came with a group of attendants, visiting them under the guise of concern.
At the same time, mental conditioning was carried out again, the core message being that Eternal Life Sect was beneficial, promising not only eternal life but endless wealth, and assets like Su Qiangwei.
Anything they desire could be theirs.
After spiritual power conditioning, there were various videos of Eternal Life Cultists, targeting all-around brainwashing.
The Wood Element Investigator was secretly shocked, luckily having undergone professional special training, otherwise, as a student, he might have willingly served Eternal Life Sect by now.
Thinking of this, he glanced at his colleagues and the students beside him.
He wondered if they had been brainwashed.
This brainwashing routine lasted for a month.
The Wood Element Investigator looked at the students, whose smiles now mirrored those they first met, feeling deeply sorry.
He turned to Ji Ning and Huang Ying, seeing their usual demeanor unchanged, but their reactions slower than before, worried for their mental state.
It’s not Ji Ning and Huang Ying’s fault.
The two could hardly display expressions of assimilation and could only use a blank, wooden demeanor to conceal their identities.
...
Finally, on a bright morning, Ye Tong, wearing a red Rose dress, smiled enchantingly at them, "Children, your devotion has been recognized by the leader, an emissary has been specially sent to lead you to eternal life..."
The detectives obediently recited the Eternal Life Sect’s prayer, "Thanks to the leader’s grace, the believer wishes eternal life and companionship..."
Ye Tong’s smile deepened, her beauty dazzling under the morning sun.
She stepped forward, extending a pale hand towards Huang Ying, who obediently placed her hand in hers, using her support to stand up, accompanying Ye Tong out of the island.
In front of them were people in black robes, wearing silver masks, quietly waiting.
The energy fluctuating around them was strong, all control ability users with around level 12 strength.
None of the detectives were capable of defeating them.
There was nothing about these in Li Wenxin’s intelligence?
Could it be the previous infiltrator’s identity had been exposed?
Thinking of this, Ji Ning’s eyes grew cold.
Beside the island were two small boats.
Ye Tong saw a black-robed man sorting them with a list, sending them onto different boats, making her anxious.
Why was it different from what was agreed?
Just as she was about to question, her right hand sensed Huang Ying’s pressure.
It reminded her to stay calm.
Ye Tong silently repeated several times: I must be steady, I am Su Qiangwei.
...
Upon grouping, Ji Ning and Huang Ying were separated.
The Wood Element Investigator and Huang Ying boarded the same boat.
Ji Ning and four other detectives boarded another boat.
Ye Tong was about to follow Ji Ning but was stopped by the black-robed man with the list, directing her to another boat.
"What’s the meaning of this?" Ye Tong finally couldn’t help asking.
The black-robed man respectfully replied, "The Temporary Leader wishes for you to take this boat."
"Aren’t both boats heading to the same place?"
The black-robed man maintained his raised arm, emotionless, "Madam, please board this boat."
Ye Tong looked at him for a long time, eventually suppressing her anger and, with displeasure, moved to the other boat.
She felt a nagging worry, sensing Ji Ning might be taken somewhere other than West Continent.
Which was indeed the case.
Ji Ning and the other four detectives were taken to another island.
This place is called "Death Island."
It’s also where Ji Family Army’s Left Wing forces train top killers.
They were chosen as assassin seeds, undergoing inhumane training here.
Until they fought each other, emerging the final victor.
Ji Ning inhaled the island’s thick scent of blood, coldly smiling within.
Was Elder You’s standing within Ji Family Army not significant?
Even his own granddaughter sent to Death Island to become an assassin, who knows if he knew?
