Supremely Talented Tyrant
Chapter 996 - 995: What Exactly Is the Reason?

"Saul!?"

As Akara approached, his face suddenly changed drastically, his eyes turning cold in an instant. He shouted angrily, "Which bastard dared to lay a hand on my people?!"

"Boss Akara?!"

The other four also saw the scene in front of them, their expressions changing involuntarily. They quickly looked at Akara, asking out loud, with the intense killing intent in their eyes completely undisguised.

"First, check if our stuff is still there!"

Rather than the news of his subordinate's death, Akara's mind was more focused on the things he had painstakingly prepared and gotten hold of. Hurriedly, he turned Solo over, ignoring the blood on him, and began searching carefully.

Ten seconds passed...

"Damn it! My stuff is gone?!"

Akara stood up slowly with a grim face, a furious growl emanating from his throat.

For this operation, he had prepared for nearly a month and didn't hesitate to offend several neighboring countries' gemstone traders, Saul, just to get hold of that Emerald Gemstone picked up by Hao Jian and his companion.

Originally, Akara thought that if he handed the thing to Solo, he would be able to leave with it. He never expected to find Solo dead here and the item missing. He didn't even know who took it!

"Boss Akara, what do we do?!"

A subordinate with a grim face approached Akara and asked, "Should we start the investigation right away?!"

Hearing this, Akara suppressed his anger, nodded heavily, and a suppressed voice came through his clenched teeth, "You guys, go immediately and find the surveillance footage around here for me, especially the footage from the current time point, and check it thoroughly, over and over!"

"I, Akara, have to see which guy dared to take my stuff!"

"Yes!"

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"To be safe, let's leave the car here and walk back to the hotel, it's only a few hundred meters anyway." Hao Jian slowly drove the car to a side street parking spot, then opened the door and got out.

"Hao Jian, what do you think it was about that made that person willing to risk their life to protect this Emerald? To risk their life for something worth a couple of billion, it seems unlikely, right?"

Walking down the street, Shu Ya curiously looked at Hao Jian and asked aloud.

She had been puzzled about this matter, in her eyes, getting this Emerald from the deceased person was worth at most a couple of billion, but the circumstances suggested that the person's injuries were because of this stone.

But she'd never heard of anyone getting beaten so badly over an Emerald.

"Haha, in your eyes, it's just an Emerald, but in my eyes, this thing holds extraordinary mysteries." After fiddling with the Emerald in his hand for a while, Hao Jian's eyes suddenly brightened, and he grinned at Shu Ya.

"What mystery?"

"Let's go back to the hotel first, it's not safe outside."

Hearing Hao Jian's laughter, Shu Ya rolled her eyes at him, then directly returned to the hotel.

"Hurry and take it out!"

Back at the hotel, as soon as the room door was closed, Shu Ya urged Hao Jian to take it out, which immediately made Hao Jian a bit embarrassed. It's just an Emerald, is it really necessary to be so anxious?

"Okay okay, I'll take it out now..."

With that, Hao Jian took out the Emerald from his pocket and placed it on the hotel table. At this moment, the two of them finally saw the full appearance of the Emerald.

"How beautiful..."

The color of the Emerald shimmered with a captivating glow under the light. Upon closer inspection, the stone had many visible inclusions, a rectangular shape that slightly rotated in the hand.

"Huh, something's not right..."

Having rushed earlier, he hadn't had time to properly examine the Emerald. Now holding it in hand, Hao Jian immediately felt that this Emerald was significantly different from any gemstone he'd encountered before.

Hearing Hao Jian's soft exclamation, Shu Ya's delicate face tensed up a bit, and she immediately asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the gemstone?"

"There is indeed a problem..."

"The weight of this Emerald seems off..."

Hao Jian's eyes flickered with a faint light. After saying this, he slowly closed his eyes, a soft power emanating from his palm, eventually enveloping the Emerald...

As he investigated, Hao Jian's eyebrows slowly furrowed. After a minute, he reluctantly opened his eyes, looked at the curious Shu Ya, shrugged, and said, "There's something off about this. The inside is hollow, and it seems like there's something inside..."

"Something?"

Upon hearing Hao Jian's words, Shu Ya's initial reaction was disbelief. After all, the process of cutting an emerald is always complex, and to make one hollow without any visible cutting marks requires considerable effort and resources. It's not a trivial task.

But since it was said by Hao Jian, Shu Ya believed it, simply because Hao Jian never joked about such matters. Now that he said so, perhaps there's indeed something intriguing about this emerald.

"Yeah, that's right."

Hao Jian nodded, holding the emerald, and rubbed his chin. He spoke slowly, "It felt strange before, and this is where the strange feeling comes from. But how should we open this emerald and see what's inside?"

Whatever could be stored inside an emerald is likely not an ordinary item; its value might even be far more precious than the emerald itself.

"Can you open it?"

Hearing Hao Jian's words, Shu Ya's curiosity grew even stronger. She looked at Hao Jian with a playful smile and said, "Can you?"

"Hehe, what do you think your man is?"

He gently tapped Shu Ya on the forehead and shook his head with a smile, "It's just an ordinary mechanism. It will only take me ten minutes to unlock this!"

"Ten minutes? Hehe, then hurry up. I want to see what's so valuable that it requires such a precious covering..."

"Got it!"

Having said that, Hao Jian began to carefully examine the emerald, while Shu Ya remained silent, her curious and tense face revealing her inner excitement.

Time ticked by, and five minutes passed. Hao Jian remained in his original position without any change. If there was any change, it was in his gaze, which became increasingly focused.

Seeing Hao Jian's serious look, Shu Ya also grew more nervous, her tightly clenched hands turning pale.

As time continued to slip away, when it approached ten minutes, Hao Jian's body suddenly shivered. Immediately, his focused gaze vanished.

"How is it?"

Seeing Hao Jian's reaction, Shu Ya knew he was done, but she didn't know if he was successful. After all, the emerald had remained in Hao Jian's hands without any indication of movement.

"Hehe!"

Originally serious, Hao Jian grinned strangely when he heard Shu Ya's words. He chuckled and then, under Shu Ya's watchful eyes, extended a finger to a slight protrusion on the emerald.

"Though the cutting technique of this emerald is advanced, as long as it has been tampered with, it indicates a flaw. Regardless of how advanced the technique is, it still leaves traces, and this trace is right here..."

With a little force, he pressed down on the protruding area, and his voice slowly reached Shu Ya's ears.

"Crack... Crack..."

As Hao Jian acted, the emerald suddenly trembled mysteriously, and his gaze became immensely focused.

With a cracking sound, the emerald suddenly split open like a cabinet, revealing something inside. Seeing this item, Hao Jian's expression froze.

"There's a key hidden inside?!"

As he retrieved the key that the emerald revealed, Hao Jian's face was immediately filled with disbelief. Such a precious emerald held a key?!

Given this situation, Shu Ya couldn't believe it either. Just as she was about to speak, Hao Jian's voice came through.

"But whatever's hidden inside an emerald, even if it's just a piece of paper, is no ordinary thing. I refuse to believe there's anyone foolish enough to spend so much money for something meaningless."

Hao Jian's eyes were filled with thoughtful light, as he rubbed his chin in contemplation.

"Enough, whatever. I'm going to take a bath first..."

With a sigh, Hao Jian casually tossed the key and emerald onto the table, got up, and walked towards the bedroom. He grabbed a set of clothes and headed to the bathroom.

Seeing that Hao Jian didn't intend to investigate further, Shu Ya curiously picked up the key and examined it carefully...

It was an ordinary-looking key, resembling the keys we usually use. The only difference was that this key was made from the emerald gemstone's material...

"What's wrong with it? To craft such a meticulous item with this kind of emerald material is quite a challenge..."

As the long-standing public head of Shu Ya Group, Shu Ya was well-acquainted with the characteristics of various gemstones.

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