I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 375 - 373: Report

Chapter 375: Chapter 373: Report

Wei Tianyang grasped the minister’s head and directly invaded his memories for exploration.

He couldn’t find any useful information; instead, he uncovered a plethora of memories about sleeping with women of different official ranks and numerous experiences of taking bribes.

Wei Tianyang released his hand and said, "It’s not him."

The minister seemed as if he had successfully overcome a calamity, still trembling with lingering fear, he slumped in his chair.

He then moved to another minister and grabbed his shoulder.

This man’s memories were similar to the previous one, filled with sexual transactions, bribes, threats, and manipulations of subordinates. These occupied most of his memory; he didn’t need to worry about official duties because his subordinates handled everything. Apart from cursing, harassing female subordinates, skimming money from various allocations, and arranging high positions for his family in government institutions, he did nothing else.

"It’s not him," Wei Tianyang said.

He walked behind the third minister, grabbed his head, and invaded his memory.

"Not him..."

Wei Tianyang continued his search, letting go of eight ministers in succession, but found a clue in the ninth minister’s memories.

This man had received a sum of money a few days before Zhao Ling’s assassination attempt. That morning, he deliberately transferred the Palace Guards, leaving the area empty for the assassin.

Nevertheless, this man wasn’t involved any deeper.

Even so, he deserved to die.

Wei Tianyang said, "You, are guilty."

"Wait!! Wait! Emperor! Listen to me..." the minister pleaded in panic.

Before he could finish, Wei Tianyang’s fingers quickly elongated, piercing through the man’s head from the crown, causing blood to flow from all orifices as his expression was frozen in his last moment, and then he died instantly.

The officials seated around the long table all closed their eyes, not daring to watch as Wei Tianyang withdrew his fingers, letting the man slump onto the table, where his brain matter and blood quickly pooled into a puddle on the surface.

"Next," Wei Tianyang said.

Speaking, he moved to the minister on the right side of the deceased.

The man immediately knelt towards Zhao Ling, knocking his head on the ground three times. Then he rotated 180 degrees on the spot and started kowtowing towards Wei Tianyang, quickly saying, "I confess!! Emperor! I confess everything!!! That day, three men in Taoist robes approached me, asking if I was in charge of the national power system, I said yes, and they requested that I order the Fengrao City Power Bureau to perform maintenance on the line to Lingxiao Palace for half an hour..."

Before the man could finish, Wei Tianyang grabbed his head and entered his memory.

Three men in Taoist robes?

He saw them, wearing ancient Taoist robes but sporting AR glasses. Although their skin color was the same, their narrow brows and extremist features differed from the traditional Yin Country people, looking sly.

They kept their hands inside their sleeves, speaking softly but what they said was menacing, "...Listen to our instructions, on that day, issue a directive to Fengrao Power, have the power shut down for a short while, which will benefit our cause, and you’ll be well rewarded for it. If you refuse, well, we have ways to deal with you~"

Apart from that, this man’s involvement in the whole incident was also minimal.

Weeping, the man cried out on the ground, "I had no choice! I knew they were no ordinary people..."

Wei Tianyang said, "You chose to be a traitor, you deserve to die."

With that, the Bone Knife extended and sliced through the back of the neck; Kacha, before the man could react, his head hit the ground, the hollow spine and a circle of bloody flesh spewing blood, splattering the tablecloth and everyone’s trouser legs around.

With a thud, his head rolled under the table, startling everyone considerably. As they looked down at their feet, someone screamed and kicked it, causing the head to roll under the table with a bouncing sound of thud, thud, thud.

At last, the noise stopped.

Everyone looked under the table only to see Zhao Ling stepping on the head.

She looked at them and said, "Look at the sorry state of you all."

At this point, Venerable Qin burst into tears and yelled, "Oh no! This is terrible! The ancestral regulations are all gone! All gone! Letting a foreigner kill people freely in the cabinet, Zhao Ling, you are cutting off Dayin’s future prospects!"

"They were doomed anyway, assassinating the Emperor. In the past, the culprits would have been dismembered, their entire family executed, and even their extended relatives punished. Now that Wei Tianyang has given them a quick death, you should consider me merciful," Zhao Ling said.

"We can’t do this! We can’t! Wouldn’t this be a laughingstock if it got out?" Venerable Qin cried out.

Wei Tianyang released another minister and walked towards Venerable Qin.

Seeing him approach her, Venerable Qin suddenly quieted down. She tried to stand up, but the soldiers behind her pushed her back into her seat.

"You are rebelling! Rebelling! How dare you lay hands on me!" Venerable Qin shouted angrily.

Wei Tianyang had already reached her, and she quickly said, "It was I who brought you into Yin Country, gave you advice on the train. You’re such an ingrate!"

After she finished speaking, Wei Tianyang grabbed Venerable Qin by the neck and entered her memory.

In that brief moment, his expression turned ferocious.

Venerable Qin’s secret meetings with Lady Mo, their discussions, and Venerable Qin’s private schemes, her desire for usurping power—all were laid bare before Wei Tianyang.

He released Venerable Qin but did not kill her immediately.

Naturally, Venerable Qin didn’t understand what he had just done. Thinking she had controlled her thoughts, she sarcastically said, "I heard you can eavesdrop on people’s thoughts; I’ll tell you this—live upright, sit straight! Who do you think you are? Thinking you can judge others just by this?"

Wei Tianyang looked towards Zhao Ling, and their eyes met as Wei Tianyang conveyed the information telepathically.

"This old thing has a deep connection with the Lingxian Sect. I saw in her memory; the incidents involving you were all plotted by Lady Mo and her, and they often met secretly too. But she does not know where the Lingxian Sect is located."

"However, I’ve found out that she’s meeting Lady Mo again in a few days. We’ll spare her life for now and I’ll go kill them both then; Lady Mo’s memory must contain the coordinates of the Lingxian Sect."

After transmitting the information, Wei Tianyang said, "The traitor is dealt with."

Zhao Ling nodded, then watched as Wei Tianyang disappeared right there.

At that moment, the tense atmosphere in the conference room relaxed somewhat. Venerable Xu looked towards Zhao Ling, and after a brief exchange of glances, he knew that the Emperor had obtained the desired outcome.

Therefore, he gestured, and the soldiers along with two members of the Superpower Special Department left the room.

"Emperor! I have a report!" At that moment, several ministers stood up and saluted.

"What are you reporting?" Zhao Ling asked with a smile.

"The director has betrayed Yin Country! He took an unspecified amount of bribery last month! I suspect he is colluding with external forces plotting against the Emperor!" the minister said.

With all the certainty and earnestness, several faces showed righteousness.

The next second, more people stood up accusing and reporting each other, filling the conference room with chaos.

Zhao Ling leaned back in her chair, kicked the head at her feet to one side, and took a deep breath.