Master Bai! This Celestial Fox Spirit Is Asking For Divorce
Chapter 230: Episode 21.3 Shen Yuan The Hated

Chapter 230: Episode 21.3 Shen Yuan The Hated

Country C’s Hunter Association Headquarters City B.

A few minutes before the mana bomb explosion in Rong Shan Villa.

Chairman Mao Huanlong, the other members of the Special Counterterrorist Task Force, and several guild masters are seated at a round table, wearing expressions that couldn’t be described in words.

From daybreak to midnight, this day was the most stressful one in their life.

Everyone is tense, and it didn’t help that most seated esteemed individuals are alphas. The threatening pheromones lingering in the air were so thick a knife could cut it.

Their topic is the multiple terrorist activities that happened in a single day and the whooping 20-million-yuan damages and 25 injured hunters that followed it.

Chairman Mao, who was extremely disappointed with this result, held the master of the affective guilds "hostage" to squeeze them for answers and see if there were any rats within the ranks of legitimate guilds.

Mo Zhu, the department head of Dungeon Management and the lone omega in the room, annoyedly clicked his tongue.

"Didn’t we already give you preventive measures against terrorism? We ordered you to tighten the security of the dungeons under your responsibility."

The omega’s phoenix-shaped eyes turned into slits, "The Dungeon Management even gave you software that records and confirms the identities of the hunters as a precaution against unlawful entry of some members of the Cardinals. But it seems that some of you didn’t even try to use it to shorten the process of approving the entry of the hunters."

"Why is that so? Is keeping the security tight more troublesome than cleaning after the rubble and sending your hunters to a hospital?"

The omega’s raised voice felt like a nail on a chalkboard for the alphas and betas present, particularly to the ones who were guilty of committing the mistake.

Some of them lowered their head in shame, while some eyed Mo Zhu with undisguised annoyance. If the omega didn’t belong to a powerful and influential clan, then not only one or alphas would try to suppress him with aggressive pheromones.

Yes, Mo Zhu’s words are all reasonable, and they must admit the main reason they suffered casualties is that they took shortcuts in the standard operation.

Most guilds are guilty of this because none of them really see the threats the Cardinals pose until now.

But no one really wants to have the truth slapped on their face, right?

In a capitalistic world where awakened power thrives, corruption exists, especially in some guilds, which is one of the pressing problems of the Hunter Association.

"The guilds who did their job right are the big guilds like Baihu and Crimson Guilds! Do all of you no longer take the Hunter Association seriously?"

"Stop your yapping, Xiaozhu." A female alpha in her 50s dismissed Mo Zhu as if he were a child. The woman wears a blood-red coat and skirt that pops out her pale skin.

Despite her age, she is still a beauty. Her face is smooth and free from wrinkles. She’s the kind that looks sophisticated and timeless no matter how she dresses.

If one were to look at her closely, she looks notably similar to Mo Zhu.

"Mother..." Mo Zhu called the present master of the Crimson Guild, Mo Lihua, in such an intimate manner. It was a blunder that Mo Zhu realized late, so he corrected it. "I understand, Guild master Mo."

The Crimson Guild is one of the country’s powerful hunter guilds. They stand on par with Xuanwu Guild and Baihu Guild, creating Country C’s Big Three.

Like the Baihu Guild, their symbol is based on one of the fantastic heavenly beasts that blessed their family, the phoenix.

Mo Lihua just slightly nodded and then elegantly whipped her head to the principal seat where Chairman Mao was seated.

"Crying over spilled milk is useless. The damage has been done, and the terrorists who planted those bombs have already slipped past our fingers. The only redemption that we can count on is Shen Yuan."

She threw a meaningful gaze at Chairman Mao and said with obvious sarcasm.

"That omega is fighting the Cardinals as we speak, correct? Can we trust that that omega will cripple the Cardinals?"

"I mean, we can expect several terrorists to be captured, given that two S-class awakeners are helping him, right?"

Chairman Mao responded with a brow raised.

’This old lady who spoils her child rotten... Don’t tell me she’s joining in the bad blood between his son and Shen Yuan,’ The old chairman internally massaged his forehead.

Being in the same circle, he is familiar with the attitude of Mo Lihua.

Don’t look at her graceful temperament. She’s the kind of mother who willingly jumped into a children’s fight and wouldn’t hesitate to slap the face of her child’s enemy.

Chairman Mao knows this because this exactly happened many years ago. It even led to a lawsuit if Chairman Mao’s memory serves him right.

"Don’t worry. I heard that Shen Yuan prepared many tricks. You could prepare a celebratory feast this early because with his cunning, I’m sure capturing an S-class awakener would be easy."

Guild master Mo Lihua snorted softly.

"That’s quite an expectation for someone forced into sick leave after the first day of work."

"Mo Lihua," Chairman Mao called the other in a noticeably stern tone. Not only the woman but everyone at the conference table stiffened when they heard this authoritative voice of the elderly alpha.

"I believe it is no longer needed to remind you how destructive it is if two S-class awakeners fight each other to death. What do you think?"

Crimson Guild’s Mo Lihua cleared her throat and consciously smoothened her coat.

"You’re right, Chairman—"

"Chairman Mao! Chairman Mao!"

Two voices collided. One is Mo Lihua, while the other is Rong Suyin.

The omega barged in without a care, and, of course, the alpha following his trail like a duckling was Bai Weisheng.

Undisguised worry was evident as they marched towards the old chairman.

Rong Suyin grabbed the old man’s shoulder and shook him like a sifter.

Almost instantly, the heavy atmosphere dissipated when the famous beast tamer entered the room.

"Chairman Mao! I thought everything was under control back in the Tong Shen area. Why is there suddenly a cataclysmic explosion of mana in there? Is my son’s family okay? What is going on there?!"

"I—" The poor old chairman was shaken to the point that he saw stars revolving over his head. Thankfully, Bai Weisheng was sensible enough to stop his husband, but he, too, was eager to know the answers.

"I don’t know what you are talking about. What mana explosion? Is there a new dungeon gate forming in Tong Shen Area?" Chairman Mao asked back.

He only realized he hadn’t received any updates since Xia Jinhai left.

Considering that Gu Jinpeng is set to teleport half of the way, the two should arrive at the Rong Shan Villa by this time.

He signaled some of his secretaries to investigate, but before the other side acts, a phone is already served in his hand. It was a live broadcast on a particular social media from a certain Lee Jihyuk.

Chairman Mao saw a hair-raising scene where an aggressive golden light swallowed the distant trees. The footage was taken from a distance, but it was evident that everything that light touches will either break or crumble at a pace that’s invisible to the eyes.

"Ho!" Chairman Mao subconsciously pulled his breath.

"That is a concentrated mana in an extremely violent state," Mo Lihua murmured. She is also looking at her phone, watching the live broadcast.

She is a veteran mage awakener, and her knowledge about mana wouldn’t be lost to someone with Qinglong eyes like Chairman Mao.

She belongs to the clan of the current political leader of Country C anyway. Their nation’s information is just at the tip of her fingertips.

"This sight only happens in mana reactors found in energy plants. Why is it happening in the middle of nowhere where there’s no proper equipment in hand?" Mo Lihua turned to Rong Suyin. "Are you sure your son’s family is in this place?"

Rong Suyin exasperatedly nodded.

"Then, we can only wish they escape without touching that light because no human could survive that explosion. This power is close to a nuclear bomb. Even with Xia Jinhai’s force field, they could only last within seconds."

"No way! Brother Tingfeng!" Mo Zhu snappily stood up. From his pale face and shaking fingers, it is evident that he already imagined the worst scenario for the alpha he admired.

The conference descended into cold silence. No one knows what other people think, but Rong Suyin and Bai Weisheng silently pray for Bai Tingfeng, Shen Yuan, and Yanyan’s safety.

They are willing to lose money and precious estate, just not their loved ones.

Chairman Mao didn’t say anything, either.

The temperature in the conference room dropped even lower with continued silence. It was at this time when suddenly, Chairman Mao and Rong Suyin’s phones both rang.

The two checked their phone and were all flustered when familiar names flashed on their screen.

"Shen Yuan!"

"Fengfeng!"

The haggard yet good-looking couple respectively appeared on Chairman Mao and Rong Suyin’s phone.

Bai Weisheng felt funny because based on their background, the young couple should be in the same car, and coincidentally, the people they are contacting are on the same phone, too.

Fate seems to be smiling at them now.

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