So, why aren't there any dead souls here?
Helian Wei Wei furrowed her eyebrows as she swiped at her phone's screen and made a call, "Monkey, access the train system of City B and key in the identities of these four people. Check if any of them made last-minute changes to their tickets."
Unlike her, the motel owner's expression was overwhelmed with fear, and his forehead broke into a cold sweat as he muttered, "What should we do? How did they die here? Is it because they ate something they shouldn't have, or were they drugged?"
"It's neither, they died of unnatural causes. If I were you, I wouldn't continue standing here. I'd call the police right now," Helian Wei Wei said as she walked out. Since they had already died, there would not be any useful clues for them here.
The motel owner's eyes widened immensely as he stammered, "You, who are you people!"
After they suddenly barged in, dead people were discovered in the room!
There has never been such a case like this in my motel before!
Helian Wei Wei did not bother to reply anymore. The teenager was even more stone-faced, as he clattered out of the motel in his high-cut boots. He was fully clad in black and the outfit made him look like a special forces soldier from a movie.
"Boss, we've found them." Helian Wei Wei was still on the call from earlier. Monkey had his hand on the computer mouse as his eyes gleamed. Looking at Helian Wei Wei, he said, "We found out that two passengers had adjusted their travel plans last minute. The details will be messaged to you. Other teams have also given us information, that the heads of the trafficker gangs in the Mainland Area usually gathered at the Yungui District before this, but they've recently changed their meeting location. They will be conducting their business on a train and the exact details of the train will be sent to you too."
"Great," Helian Wei Wei said and hung up. With one sweep of her long, slender leg, she got onto the Tomahawk. Now, she was quite certain that the people who had their tickets changed last minute were the traffickers they were looking for. "L, you needn't follow me anymore. Notify all the brothers, ask them to head straight to the train Monkey mentioned. Keep in mind that we're still in the Mainland, so when you guys are loading the equipment onto the cars, remember to disassemble them first." As she said this, Helian Wei Wei put on her helmet and said with a grin, "For now, you guys must lay low and remain idle. Little Qingchen and I will be arriving soon."
L knew that this time around, Boss was keen on going all in. She had even mentioned their equipment, so it was obvious that Boss would not let them off the hook so easily.
"S, Gold, Old A, did you hear what Boss said?" Teen L pressed on his Bluetooth earpiece and asked.
On the highway, five race cars changed directions in unison. Splitting into five distinct images, every image was extremely smart and cool as they replied, "Roger, meeting point at Yun Nan."
Suddenly, a swish ripped through the air!
On the train, the man in the blue shirt was still leaning against the wall of the carriage until his handphone rang.
He lowered his head and speedily answered the call, "Master?"
"Listen, right now there are multiple teams who are on the lookout for us. When you move about, be extra vigilant. Do not reveal your tracks to them." The person on the phone was not Master but Boss, whom he used to follow.
As soon as the trafficker heard that several teams were at his heels, he felt numbness creep across his scalp. "Boss, how did things turn out this way? We've never crossed paths with these teams before."
"How the f*ck am I supposed to know!" The boss's voice sounded a little shaky, his tone helpless. "It's not only a Mainland problem, but teams from across the entire continent of Asia have also been mobilized. This has never happened before. However, don't fret. After all, they are in our territory now. What's more, don't forget that the more capable teams don't have the guts to cause a ruckus on the Mainland. This area is under the protection of the Tang Sect, so they have a lot to consider."
The trafficker did not feel reassured by the statement. He continued to argue, "But Boss, you once mentioned that we should never be discovered by the Tang Sect in our line of work. If they do, the Tang Sect will surely hunt us down."
"Don't you worry, the Tang Sect won't make a move over such a small issue. On top of that, with Master present, a lot of things can be swept under the rug. As long as we stick to Master, we should be safe." It seemed like Boss was trying to comfort himself more than the trafficker.
Either way, the explanation seemed to do the trick for the trafficker. He felt that as long as he had Master's Chinese talisman with him, he would remain incognito. Master had placed some protection over him, so even if those people wanted to locate him, it would not be an easy task.
Yet, he was still blissfully unaware that while he was on the call, the two little ones in a carriage not too far away had been observing him for quite some time already.
Baili Shangxie, on the other hand, was rather unfazed. To be honest, his favorite type of soul was actually this type that had been fully immersed in darkness. It would be even better if it had some aura of resentment laced within it too.
The taste will surely be exhilarating.
Furthermore, from what I can tell, someone had cast something over him.
He should taste pretty good…
As he thought of it, Baili Shangxie's tongue ran over his thin lips.
Little Qingchen, however, turned around to look at him and said, "I forgot to call Beauty Wei Wei. Now that it's already 11 p.m. and I still haven't returned, she must be worried to death."
Baili Shangxie remained quite unmoved. Sometimes, it was not unusual for him to follow his appetite all the way to another city when he ate and be away from home for nights. Even then, his imperial father would not bother to look for him.
So, it was a common occurrence for Baili Shangxie.
"I need to borrow a handphone, so I can give Beauty Wei Wei a call." Little Qingchen bit his thumb and scampered to the train attendant again, his face utterly earnest as he said, "Elder sister, can I borrow your handphone to call my mother?"
Little Qingchen looked extremely adorable, so the train attendant's heart melted instantly as she replied, "Little guy, are you lost? Where is your mother seated? Let elder sister make an announcement for you and get your mother to come for you, alright?"
"My mother isn't on the train, only my grandmother is. But she's fallen asleep and I don't want to wake her up to borrow a handphone so I can call my mother." Little Qingchen said as he stood on his tiptoes to point at an old woman who was fast asleep.
Seeing how wobbly he was on his feet, the train attendant immediately passed her phone to him and said, "Here you go, use it to call your mother."
"Thank you, elder sister." Little Qingchen held the handphone in his tiny hands, as he dashed back to Baili Shangxie and keyed in the numbers on the screen with his pale, chubby fingers. As soon as the call was placed, he lifted the handphone to his ear.Baili Shangxie lent Little Qingchen a hand when he saw him lift such a large handphone with great effort.
The ringtone from her headset interrupted her ride on her BMW S1000R to the city, where the terminal station was located. Helian Wei Wei simply picked up the call without checking the number. For a good while, all that could be heard was the sound of the whipping wind, "Hello?"
"Beauty Wei Wei, it's me!" Little Qingchen was beyond thrilled to hear her voice, as he had feared that Beauty Wei Wei might not have answered a call from an unknown number.
Helian Wei Wei raised an eyebrow as she brought the BMW S1000R to a screeching halt. Then, she asked, "Where are you?"
"I'm on the train." Little Qingchen replied enthusiastically and gave up trying to hold onto the handphone. He let Baili Shangxie hold it for him, while he simply leaned his face against it, saying, "I'm with a friend I've just met."
Helian Wei Wei smirked as she asked, "Train Number K1117?"
"Yeah." Little Qingchen nodded in agreem
ent and replied, "I saw a suspicious person at the school entrance today, so I followed him here."
"Have you eaten?" Helian Wei Wei was still worried about her son.
Little Qingchen fidgeted as he replied, "I have, I've had some chocolate with the new friend I made."
Helian Wei Wei laughed. "Do you want to have all your teeth extracted? Whose phone is this? The trafficker's?"
"No, the traffickers were scared away by my little friend, so we followed them onto the train. Then, I managed to borrow the train attendant's handphone." Little Qingchen's voice was still quite meek, but his articulation was precise.
Soon, Helian Wei Wei noticed that her son kept mentioning his new friend and asked, "Little Qingchen, are you hiding something from me?"
Chapter 902 - Imperial Father Came Too
When he heard the question, Little Qingchen's round eyes swiveled around and he instinctively looked at Baili Shangxie, who was holding up his phone to Little Qingchen's face. Then, turning around with his own phone in hand, he lowered his voice and asked, "Beauty Wei Wei, can I adopt a little demon? It's an extremely obedient and well-behaved one."
Demon?
Obedient?
Well-behaved?
Helian Wei Wei scoffed lightly and immediately thought of the two soulless corpses in the motel. Her eyes narrowed suddenly as she asked, "That new friend of yours, is he a demon?"
Little Qingchen knew that he could not keep it from her any longer, and simply nodded his tiny head. "Yeah, he said that he really likes the chocolate cake that you baked. After we've finished dealing with the problems here, can I bring him home?"
Catching the words 'chocolate cake', emotion flashed through Baili Shangxie's previously indifferent face. He leaned closer to Little Qingchen and stuck his ear against the screen of the handphone.
"I'll let you bring him home, but the first meeting should be outside." Riding on the Tomahawk, Helian Wei Wei turned slightly to look at the steel tracks beside her. She could somewhat see the rear end of a train disappearing into a tunnel in the near distance. "I'm heading in the same direction as you are. That trafficker will get on a different train halfway through the journey. So, when the time comes, you guys must alight and wait at the entrance of the interchange station. I'll come to get both of you. In the meantime, keep an eye on your little demon friend. Make sure you stop him from randomly eating people on the train, do you understand?"
"Understood." Little Qingchen ended the call and looked up at Baili Shangxie as he said, "Beauty Wei Wei is also on her way, she must have found the bad guys' base. She's probably planning to follow us to deal with them together."
Baili Shangxie's devilishly scarlet eyes seemed to flicker as he asked, "How did she find out about our location?"
"A quick investigation will reveal everything," Little Qingchen said nonchalantly.
Baili Shangxie tossed him a glance as he thought to himself. Don't make fun of the fact that I'm not book-smart. Since when have humans achieved such high rates of efficiency? What's more, an ordinary person can never uncover another person's train details, let alone travel routes.
After he hung up, Little Qingchen returned the phone to the train attendant. However, because he was still quite young, it had passed the time for him to wash up and prepare for bed. Thus, it was inevitable that he felt sleepy now, as he rubbed his eyes with his little hands.
Baili Shangxie noticed the drowsiness haunting him, so he hoisted him up onto one of the seats. He stood on Little Qingchen's right side to prevent others from touching him.
Once Little Qingchen was done rubbing his eyes, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Do you want to call your guardian as well?"
Usually, little demons had to be supervised. Only then, they were allowed into the human world. Otherwise, they would be taken away by the Grim Reaper from the Underworld.
Baili Shangxie nonchalantly replied, "There's no need, my imperial father doesn't have enough time to pay attention to me. He also has to look for my imperial mother."
"Imperial father, imperial mother?" Little Qingchen felt that these two greetings were undeniable familiar. It was as if he had heard it before. However, even after racking his brains, he could not remember where. Then, he uttered, After we finish off the bad guys, you'll follow me home. Then, we can have Beauty Wei Wei ask your imperial father to pick you up."
"Alright." The two little ones, one standing while the other seated, were periodically chatting with each other.
They talked until the younger one fell asleep, with his head dipping time after time onto Baili Shangxie's shoulders, just like a chick pecking at grains.
Baili Shangxie was worried that he might injure his tiny nose this way, so he decided not to move at all. Using his shoulder to support the little one, his hand was still holding Little Qingchen's back.
His expression remained unchanged as he watched the beauty of the scenery on the other side of the window panes, making his side profile appear even cooler.
As the train slid into a dark tunnel, an image of his face was reflected off the window. Only now, he realized that he seemed to be speaking to some people.
By then, nearly everyone in the carriage was nodding off, so no one had noticed it. A while ago, the train was enveloped by a dense murder of black crows. A flurry of black feathers descended from the top of the train, blanketing the track in an inky black.
This was the unique omen that forboded the demons' arrival.
Baili Shangxie raised a tiny eyebrow as he said, "Imperial father actually came, and with such a big hullabaloo, it really is too much."
The black crows flapped their wings twice and clung to the windows of the train, while letting out two low cries.
Baili Shangxie was afraid that it would wake Little Qingchen, hence he reached his hands out to cover Little Qingchen's ears before saying in a hushed voice, "Got it. Once I'm done over here, I'll look for imperial father. Can you guys keep an eye on this person at the front? I've made an imprint on his body, so you'd find him easily. Watch him closely, make sure he doesn't escape."
Upon receiving the order, the black crows left the window, but still lingered close to the train. They kept circling over the specified carriage, as if they had found someone. The whole image simply looked remarkably bizarre.
The train attendant saw this and immediately sent a message to the conductor.
"Where on earth did this many black crows come from?"
No one could answer the question, even the final theory the conductor set his mind on was this absurd statement. "When the train traveled through the tunnel, the commotion probably disturbed them and woke them all up. This is a very normal reaction. When we reach the next tunnel, they would most likely leave us. Even if they don't, there's nothing peculiar about that. They're probably just deeply interested in things that glowed, so they followed the train."
Usually, these explanations were usually used to confuse the audiences.
The ordinary people might not know it, but the conductor was fully aware.
Whenever a huge number of black crows appeared near the train after going through a tunnel, something ominous must have happened.
However, being on land was far different from piloting a plane. As long as they were careful, they could still handle the situation.
That was why he remained calm and collected.
Everyone in the carriages was fully awake, leaning against the windows and staring wide-eyed at the peculiar sight. They had never seen so many black crows forming moving together in such huge groups before.
If it were not for the fact that the sky was dimming, many people would have raised their phones to snap pictures. Such a bewildering scene was truly once in a blue moon!
At the same time, the trafficker had also awoken, with his head still pinned against the carriage door. As he peered through the glass, he saw the black crows whizzing past one after another, it was simply an unmistakable scene.
For some reason, he felt
as though the black crows were staring at him.
That's right, it's as if they are following someone's orders and are keeping a gawking eye on me!
The trafficker was too shocked by his own thoughts and quickly shook it out of his head. All the incidents that happened earlier today must have caused him to hallucinate!
Still, he could not bring himself to feel at ease, especially after catching sight of the black crows' bloodshot eyes. He was so thunderstruck with fear and uneasiness.
Now, he finally understood why the black crows felt so familiar.
The color of their pupils is the exact shade of that little creature's eyes, the one that should not have been abducted!
Suddenly, the previous uneasiness slowly crept into his heart. The trafficker smirked coldly as he produced the Chinese talisman and immediately looped it around his neck.
Now that I know what the problem is, I would make sure to ask Master to clean up all these dirty things once I get off the carriage!
Chapter 903 - Someone Is Out To Kill The Kids, Wei Wei
Soon, the train to Yungui District arrived at its station.
The human trafficker was not in a hurry to disembark the train. Instead, he stared at the black crows that were flying across the sky before he took out his phone to make a call. "Boss, I think I've been marked. No, it isn't the police, but it's a group of spooky things. These supernatural beings are obviously determined to disrupt our work. With them following me, I have absolutely no way of getting the goods onto the train. Can you get the master to cast a spell for me so that I can get rid of them once and for all!"
After listening to his explanation, the person on the other end of the line hung up. The Boss the human trafficker was calling was Yungui District's local tyrant. He was also known as Master Six. He was usually involved in the illegal trading of little children and women. Generally, it was not a difficult task to transport goods with the train. Even if they slipped up and attracted the attention of authorities, it was easy to cut off loose ends. But this time, for some reason, not only the legal authorities were scrutinizing them, various triads were checking up on them too. Consequently, it had cost him a few deals.
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