Chapter 12: The Shadows
Bozo's expression froze for a second as Ego's words echoed within his mind.
'So I was right? The previous owner of this body had an organization under his control?'
[Yes.]
'Interesting, what group is it?'
'Be honest, is the group under him ruthless, merciless, filled with cold-blooded ones? Or is it just for fun?', Bozo asked mockingly.
[Do you want to learn about the most ruthless organization, that can even turn the whole world upside down if given free reign?]
'Wow… I like the sound of it, yes.'
As soon as Bozo said this, Ego quickly provided him with the information of 'his' organization.
[The Shadows: This group is completely formed of assassins. These assassins are so skilled that the Law Department could barely trace the murder back to Chen Jie. Albeit the shadow group would leave a mark at the end of each of their hunts, till date, the Law Department could never find their base. They couldn't catch even a single member!
The vice leader and the strongest assassin of this organization is the person with the codename: Shadow. The murders committed by him are present in three digits. Shadow manages most of the work, as the 'leader' of this organization is extremely lazy. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Shadow was the pillar of the organization.
The members of the organization had a greater amount of trust in Shadow. Though they naturally also respected the leader and trusted him, their trust and respect towards Shadow was greater than it.]
'Indeed, that sounds like a strong association right there… then do tell me…'
'What is the average strength of the organization?'
[Average strength of the organization is the peak of Core Formation Realm. Though, don't think that is weak, for they have over 10 masters in Soul Transformation Realm and about 3 in Nascent Soul Realm. As for Shadow, he is in the peak of Nascent Soul Realm.]
'Wait, now that's a pretty strong group…'
'But I still am unsure how they are under this guy, who is way far from their cultivation group…'
'Also, you're telling me the previous owner of this body possessed such a strong organization, he had such a strong backup plan?'
[Technically yes.]
'Then, why and how did he die? In the battle between the previous owner and that Ryou guy, how come the end result was his death?'
Bozo was a little confused. It was evident that such a strong group would definitely protect their leader, so his death, it seemed like a weird thing at the moment.
[Well, you see no one is perfect. Even Chen Jie wasn't perfect. But he wanted to achieve that state of perfection and believed that things should either be perfect or shouldn't exist at all. I believe you're smart enough to know what would have happened next.
For someone who believed in perfection, getting crippled was something unacceptable. And so he forbade anyone from interfering in the battle and saving him. It was also partially because of love. As they say, love makes a person go blind.]
'Sigh, that's not love, it's stupidity. The previous owner of this body seemed to be intelligent yet stupid. He was a fool in the first place to trust in the Zhi Ning and then ended up getting poisoned.'
Bozo slowly walked away from the household. As he did, his eyes scanned around the area, and he tried to find Xiong Yiyi. Unfortunately, he couldn't.
"Walking away? Coward?", the sounds of these mocking gestures didn't leave Bozo alone, for they kept troubling him in his mind.
Shaking his head he continued walking on the street. As he did, Bozo's eyes instinctively scanned around the area looking at the well-developed city.
He wasn't just roaming aimlessly, he wanted to devise a plan to break the marriage and staying there would only give way to his anger, that could damper his thinking.
That's why he went for a walk when all of a sudden, something struck his mind!
'So, how should I contact with this organization?'
[Do you realize that there are quite several hidden pockets present in your coat?]
'No.'
Ego quickly gave Bozo the instructions on how to fund those hidden pockets. There were in total five hidden pockets from which three were empty.
The fourth one had ten needles present in it which were completely black.
These needles possessed very strong poison that could even kill a cultivator present in higher realms. Those who didn't know how to stop the poison or had weak or average poison immunity would die. Even with great Qi control or even with high level a of cultivation, it would be hard to stop the poison. It would be a fair note to say that only Core Formation or above cultivators could survive the poison at all.
Seeing the rather lackluster needles, no one could even imagine in their wildest dreams that these ten small needles would be this deadly.
Moving on to the final pocket, there was a whistle present within it, with many inscriptions embedded in it. These inscriptions, which were weirdly twisted for some baffling reason resemble shadows dancing and singing. It was as if the shadows had become three-dimensional objects.
And with the help of this whistle, one could communicate with the members of the Shadows. More specifically shadow, and his two trusted men.
After making sure that his summoning whistle was present in the pocket Chen Jie continued walking forward.
He first needed to find a secluded area before blowing the whistle. And he did.
After walking for a few minutes, Bozo was standing in the Jixni street.
This street was one of the most isolated streets of the city. And it was very easy to find an isolated corner too.
Even crimes were rarely committed here.
Ensuring that no one followed him or were near him, Bozo pulled out the whistle from his pocket.
Pulling it close to his lips, he gently placed it and blew it!