Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1395 635: When Did It Happen_2

Walk out through the front door?

Shen Jingye did a quick calculation; there must be an ambush near the entrance.

He headed to the parking lot, as long as he could drive out of the building, he had a chance to get the message out.

Just as he opened the car door, Shen Jingye heard a voice that sent chills down his spine: "Director Shen, where are you headed?"

Du Wenming was in the parking lot!

Is this a small probability event?

No, it's not a small probability event!

It's a traitor.

Shen Jingye's mind buzzed; only those three people knew he intended to leave the Dark Star Bureau. Could one of them be a traitor?

The Dark Star Bureau's communication devices malfunctioned; was it not caused by the magnetic storm weapon, but instead...

Du Wenming walked up to Shen Jingye, smiling: "In front of superiors, you always like to maintain a frugal and simple image, but you still deserve proper treatment. Leaving without a driver?"

Shen Jingye smiled: "It's too late, the drivers are resting, and I didn't want to disturb them."

Du Wenming sighed: "It is rather late, still going to report work, aren't you afraid of disturbing the leaders?"

"Not reporting work, but going home to rest. You know my wife; if I'm a bit late, she goes crazy."

"Yes, your wife's mental issues indeed gave you a lot of grief. I found a hospital abroad to treat her illness, and arranged a school for your kid to study abroad,

As for you, you've worked hard for most of your life, I'll give you enough money to retire abroad. If you agree, come upstairs now, shut down the boundary and I'll kill those people from the Hundred Demons Workshop, then take you away."

Shen Jingye was stunned: "Director Du, what's wrong with you? Why suddenly talking about retirement when everything's fine?"

I'm quite obsessed with my career, though I'm not young anymore, I still aim to rise. Retirement now, I feel it's a bit early."

Du Wenming nodded: "Not wanting to retire is fine. I heard you went missing for a while last year, then just go missing again now, after some time, I'll let you return and you can continue your official career, however far you can get, it's your fate."

Shen Jingye shook his head: "That's not possible. As you know, I had a mishap before. If I don't learn from it, those above won't trust me."

Du Wenming frowned slightly: "After all this talk, you don't understand what I mean?"

Shen Jingye looked at Du Wenming: "Which one of us didn't understand whom?"

Du Wenming flexed his ankle: "You want to be a hero?"

Shen Jingye rubbed the car door: "Not a hero, just trying to do my duty."

Du Wenming laughed: "You talk about duty with me? You chat idly with me? Writing report materials? Others might not know, but I do, don't you know who you really are at this position? Still see yourself as a good person?"

Shen Jingye thought carefully: "Not quite a good person, maybe half, or most of one."

Du Wenming twisted his ankle; Shen Jingye's ankle twisted along, his joint dislocated.

Shen Jingye couldn't care about the ankle, he took a tissue from the car and tossed it on the ground.

The spot where it landed was calculated, Du Wenming's foot just stepped on the tissue in his dance, causing a misstep.

Taking advantage of this, Shen Jingye broke free from control, dragged his twisted left foot into the car, and prepared to start the car.

The car sped towards the parking lot exit, but suddenly, his right foot on the accelerator became uncontrollable, pressing down hard on the brake.

The car stopped abruptly, Shen Jingye glanced at the rearview mirror, Du Wenming was sliding toward him.

...

Li Banfeng sprinted towards the Dark Star Bureau Building, with half a block left, the gloves in his pocket suddenly shivered.

"What's happening?"

"My Taoist Sect, Grandmaster..." The gloves spoke haltingly.

Xiao Qianshou?

He's nearby?

Shen Jingye calculated correctly, there was an ambush at the building entrance, Xiao Qianshou was guarding outside.

Li Banfeng activated the Golden Gaze Autumn Hair, Insightful Spirit Sound, and Hundred Flavors Delicate, carefully judging Xiao Qianshou's position.

"Boss, there's some mov..." The Silk-pulling Earrings' words were cut short, suddenly falling silent.

Li Banfeng looked up, seeing Xiao Qianshou crouched on a lamppost, holding the Silk-pulling Earrings, he laughed and spoke: "This is Peeping Cultivation's item, pretty good, just given to me like this, you don't feel any loss?"

The gloves were terrified, fearful Li Banfeng would rush up to fight Xiao Qianshou.

Li Banfeng always treated magical treasures like family, but if he rashly made a move now, Xiao Qianshou would just steal even more, worsening the battlefield.

Returning to the Portable Residence was not an option; the key would surely be taken by Xiao Qianshou.

Li Banfeng appeared to lack a winning chance, their gaps in cultivation level and experience were too great.

The earrings trembled continuously in Xiao Qianshou's fingers, seemingly pleading for help from Li Banfeng.

Xiao Qianshou flicked his fingers, pocketing the earrings.

One crucial use of Sleeve River and Mountain technique is to sever the connection between magical treasures and their owners; otherwise, recently stolen items might still aid the owner in combat.

But this technique heavily depends on hierarchy; low-level thief cultivation using Sleeve River and Mountain typically struggles to fully sever ties between treasures and cultivator, besides considering the opponent's, the treasure's level, and their mutual connection.

If the treasure and owner have high levels, or deep connection, even high-level thief cultivation may falter.

Xiao Qianshou believed he wouldn't blunder, since he created the technique, and in his view Silk-pulling Earrings weren't high-level treasures, nor Li Banfeng a high-level cultivator, feelings were jokes to Xiao Qianshou, he didn't believe in them, but could use them as leverage.