Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant
Chapter 565 - 365: The Strength of Ji Daosheng

Chapter 565: Chapter 365: The Strength of Ji Daosheng

"Leader."

Ji Xinghuo did not reply immediately, but just greeted.

Zhao Manying was seeing Ji Daosheng in person for the first time, and felt somewhat nervous; however, seeing that Ji Xinghuo remained composed, she too calmed down and called out, "Leader."

Shi Hongyi also flew over from a distance, landed amidst the ruins on top of the building, and said with neither servility nor overbearance, "I have seen the Leader."

Both sides knew that it was impossible to start a fight again, and the tension in the air immediately eased.

Ji Daosheng nodded.

Ji Xinghuo felt an invisible fluctuation sweep over the Quartz Group building, emanating from the Leader himself. His previously displeased expression relaxed a bit, "Fortunately, there were no casualties, otherwise the two of you would have had to explain yourselves."

Shi Hongyi glanced at Shi Renzhong lying unconscious on the ground and stopped short of speaking. Did his own son not count as a person?

"Baoguo, maintain order." Ji Daosheng ordered.

"Yes!"

Luo Baoguo immediately took action.

The police force from the Security Department had already arrived, clearing the onlookers from the ground and marking out a safety zone with police tape to prevent them from being injured by debris falling from the sky.

Several Sky Fighters were also hovering around the building, preventing civilian aircraft from approaching.

Shi Hongyi also called for someone to treat Shi Renzhong. After all, Ji Xinghuo had not dealt a fatal blow; with the Recovery Power of a Super Mutant, it would not take long for him to recover significantly, but his right palm had suffered a comminuted fracture and would require some time to heal.

The situation was brought under control in just a few minutes.

Everyone stayed where they were.

"You two, one a Heavenly King, and the other a First Dan Legendary, acting recklessly in Chang’an without regard for the safety of the citizens, are you dismissing me from your consideration?" Ji Daosheng snorted, "Tell me, what’s the matter?"

"I was the first to make a move, Leader." Ji Xinghuo frankly admitted, "Manying’s brother went missing, and I came to demand a person from Chairman Shi."

"You report a missing person to the police, why come to me?" Shi Hongyi said indignantly.

He made sense.

However, everyone present who knew Ji Xinghuo understood that he was not the type to be unreasonable. He must have had his reasons for acting this way.

Ji Xinghuo was about to explain, but his personal use of authority to find people was a secret that could not be disclosed. So, he glanced at Sima Hanzhang, the recently arrived minister of the Security Department, and merely said, "After investigation, the last time Zhao Cangming was seen was in Asuncion."

Sima Hanzhang immediately pulled up the tracking system, and quickly confirmed this.

He reported, "Leader, Zhao Cangming is indeed missing."

"And then?" Ji Daosheng asked.

"Zhao Cangming was not the only one missing. Someone was with him, and it was Chairman Shi’s granddaughter, Shi Buk." Ji Xinghuo said.

Shi Renzhong immediately shouted, "Impossible!"

His face betrayed his disbelief.

Shi Hongyi’s expression also changed, and he said in a grave voice, "The two disappeared together; how can you come to me demanding a person? Couldn’t it be that Zhao Cangming abducted Buk? You are being completely unreasonable; this is absurd!"

Ji Daosheng also frowned. To him, this seemed like a young man and woman eloping, entering the Star Realm through the Asuncion Star Gate.

Such occurrences were not uncommon, and Ji Xinghuo had no need to take such drastic measures over it.

He was about to inquire further, but his attention shifted to Zhao Manying.

As the sister of the person involved, Zhao Manying had been completely silent the entire time, allowing Ji Xinghuo to take the lead. This was against common sense.

Ji Daosheng looked at the "Sword Immortal" and coincidentally, Zhao Manying also looked his way. Their gazes collided, and Ji Daosheng immediately read a wealth of information, combining this with Ji Xinghuo’s behavior to infer that there was more to this incident than met the eye.

But now was not the time to speak of it, especially not in front of Shi Hongyi.

"Xinghuo."

All of a sudden, Ji Xinghuo heard the Leader call his name and turned his head to look. Suddenly, his consciousness wavered.

Then, the entire world went silent.

It was as if someone had pressed the pause button on top of this building—the air stopped moving, sounds disappeared, and the people around him became statue-like, motionless even in their eyes, their thoughts halted, with only himself remaining lucid.

No, there was one other person who could move.

Ji Xinghuo was shocked to see the Leader give him a smile, "Don’t worry, we are within the Spiritual World; it won’t affect reality. We have limited time, so tell me what you know."

The Spiritual World?

Ji Xinghuo’s mind was greatly shaken. Whose Spiritual World was it, his own? Or the Leader’s?

"It’s your Spiritual World."

As if hearing Ji Xinghuo’s inner voice, Ji Daosheng immediately replied, "Ready to talk?"

Ji Xinghuo looked at Zhao Manying beside him hesitantly. Ji Daosheng said, "I’ve entered her Spiritual World as well, and am communicating with her. Don’t worry, I won’t pry into your secrets; we’ll only discuss information relevant to today’s incident."

At that moment, Ji Daosheng suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"The Spiritual Worlds of you two are quite unique, connected with great difficulty and protected deep within by defensive mechanisms. In my lifetime, I’ve rarely seen Mutants like you. If a Mind Hacker were to encounter you, they would really have met their nemesis."

Uh...

Ji Xinghuo controlled his thoughts, careful not to wander off to other subjects.

"Leader, Shi Hongyi is Manying’s father’s murderer..."

As he began to speak, the flood of related information in his mind prompted Ji Daosheng to nod and say, "Alright, I understand."

Ji Xinghuo’s mind flickered, and the world returned to normal. The sounds around him began again, and everyone moved once more.

People did not notice all of this.

The time was extremely short, the communication with the leader just now felt like an illusion.

As Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying looked at each other, they simultaneously realized the astonishment in each other’s eyes, confirming it was not an illusion but a real exchange with the leader in the spiritual world, which in reality, lasted only an instant.

The most powerful mind hacker of all humankind, more powerful and mysterious than one could imagine!

At this moment, Ji Xinghuo felt the leader was unfathomable.

Ji Daosheng, however, proceeded as usual, his face giving away nothing, and said, "Hongyi, this was a misunderstanding, and it’s good that it has been cleared up. You both should stop now. Xinghuo, compensate Chairman Shi for the financial losses, and Hongyi, you should also stop pursuing this to avoid unnecessary public opinion."

"Yes, leader," Ji Xinghuo immediately agreed.

The leader already knew the origin of the issue but did not dig deeper on the spot, obviously having his considerations.

Shi Hongyi, however, remained discontented. Was he and his son supposed to have been beaten for nothing?

Moreover, the entire top floor of the Quartz Group’s headquarters had been sliced off, an incident that surely couldn’t be concealed and had already spread online, clearly a slap in his own face.

The compensation for the financial losses was worthless.

On the surface, the leader appeared fair, but in reality, he seemed biased towards Ji Xinghuo.

"Chairman Shi?"

Once again, Ji Daosheng called out, his gaze still calm but the change in his address pressing an immense weight on Shi Hongyi. Hesitant for several seconds, he finally nodded, "I will follow the leader’s arrangement."

Shi Renzhong beside him felt indignant, unwittingly clenching his fists, but the movement aggravated his freshly healed wounds, causing a piercing pain.

He lowered his head, not daring to speak, and glanced at Ji Xinghuo out of the corner of his eye.

However, Ji Xinghuo didn’t even look at him.

Then, Ji Daosheng gave another order, "Hanzhang, look into the whereabouts of Zhao Cangming and Shi Buk; give me an explanation as soon as possible."

He did not say they had to be found; Asuncion was abroad, beyond the jurisdiction of the Security Department. Even though the Asia-Pacific Community indirectly controlled Asuncion, it couldn’t be mentioned in front of so many people.

"Yes, leader," Sima Hanzhang responded.

"You all can disperse."

After Ji Daosheng finished speaking, he boarded a Sky Fighter, with Luo Baoguo, Luo Yimeng, and the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Man following him out.

Ji Xinghuo, with his arm around Zhao Manying’s waist, flew off in another direction.

Suddenly, only the father and son of the Shi Family remained on the rooftop.

"Dad..."

Shi Renzhong, looking in the direction where Ji Xinghuo had flown away, cautiously asked, "Are we just going to let it go like this?"

Shi Hongyi did not reply.

Not until Ji Xinghuo disappeared from sight did he suddenly turn around and curse, "Good for nothing but trouble!"

Shi Renzhong shrank his neck and moved his lips but dared not retort.

Elsewhere.

Ji Xinghuo landed a few kilometers away from the Quartz Group building, taking Zhao Manying onto a Magnetic Levitation Car, where she asked, "Where are we going?"

"Of course, to see the leader."

Ji Xinghuo set the destination, then said, "Did you have a communication with the leader in the spiritual world just now?"

Zhao Manying nodded.

"A mind hacker of Heavenly King Level, that’s really impressive!" Ji Xinghuo exclaimed.

Mind hackers were a rare profession; he had encountered a few, but the only one he had confronted was "Black Dream" Ailuo Lin from Immortal City, who was just a Super Mutant, not even one percent as strong as the leader, basically useless.

This made Ji Xinghuo vigilant.

In the future, he would have to be even more cautious when encountering mind hackers, as their insidious methods were too difficult to guard against.

Zhao Manying had also been greatly shocked, still not quite recovering from the experience.

Shortly after.

The two of them saw the leader again, this time in Ji Daosheng’s office. It was Zhao Manying’s first visit, and she couldn’t avoid feeling nervous.

"Sit down and relax a bit."

Ji Daosheng was the only one in the office. He looked kind until the two of them sat down; then, his expression turned serious, and he said, "Manying, it seems your brother won’t be found in the short term."

Zhao Manying’s pupils shook, but she remained composed.

"Just now, I didn’t only communicate with you in the spiritual world, I also entered a third person’s spiritual world," Ji Daosheng said.

"Shi Renzhong!" Ji Xinghuo blurted out.

"Correct," Ji Daosheng nodded, "He was not involved in the abduction of Zhao Cangming and was unaware, but he anticipated what happened today. A few months ago, Shi Hongyi had already told him about the grudge between him and Zhao Ke."

Zhao Manying calmly stated, "It was indeed him."

Below her calm demeanor, Ji Xinghuo could feel her raging anger and so held her hand as a gesture of comfort.

Ji Daosheng continued, "Shi Hongyi did not admit he killed your father, telling Shi Renzhong it was an accident. Of course, he might be lying, but your father’s death definitely had something to do with him."

"Why would he kidnap my brother?" Zhao Manying already had some guesses, "Cangming doesn’t know the details."

"It’s to blackmail you, of course," Ji Daosheng replied.