Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 182: Xunwai town.

Chapter 182: Xunwai town.

"Welcome to Xunwai," a large black and white billboard with a picture of a happy family of four waving with broad smiles on their faces informed them that they had arrived.

At every side of the road were endless sugar cane plantations, so many that they could go on for miles. Xunwai was the main sugar production town of the empire. At the moment though, all the fields were covered by snow. Chi Lian was slightly saddened that she would not get to see all the beautiful greenery.

"I think it’s ironic that they welcome visitors with broad smiles when someone has just been murdered in their town." T4 said.

According to the system’s calculations, somewhere within a five mile range of this town is where the serial killer was residing. The killer who was named ’the sleeping killer’ by the media which according to T4 was a very terrible name grew up and lived here. The killer claimed the lives of six people each year in the capital by injecting them with air and dumping them in water.

He was always masked and avoided cameras so apart from his gender, nothing else was known about him. Even the gender was assumed from the large size of the boot prints found at two of the crime scenes. According to T4, the last murder usually happened around this time of the year so she had to get a picture of the murderer and reveal it before he struck again.

"It’s not like the citizens are to be blamed, they are not the murderer. Besides, no one ever dreams that a killer lives with them until he or she is caught." She answered.

"Still, I think its creepy and host, you should spin the wheel."

She often forgot to spin that wheel unless T4 reminded her. She accorded it to the fact that despite the many cool things it had to offer, all she ever got was food stuffs.

Reluctantly, she spun the wheel and crossed her fingers, hoping that she would get something good this time round.

The little multicolored wheel speedily spun round and round and when it slowed down, she said "Come on tech."

"Did you say something boss?" Squirrel asked.

"No." she denied quickly.

The wheel finally stopped on technology and inside she screamed for joy. Eagerly, she checked what she had received.

"Congratulations host, you have received one dozen hyper realistic silicone facial masks filled with adjustable nanites."

She was stumped, "What’s that?"

"Extremely realistic facial masks that can make you look like someone else entirely that not even a camera can tell the difference. The additional nanites make it possible for you to change the shape size or color of the mask at will."

"Finally, something cool from that wheel." She said excitedly. Now she could go around on missions and carry out her business without the worry of exposing her identity.

"Host as you celebrate the coolness of the mask; please know that someone has been following you since you set off."

"You mean the black sedan which is trying hard to be inconspicuous; I noticed it an hour ago. I just needed to be sure that it was tailing me or if I was being paranoid. Do you think it has something to do with my missing child?"

"To ascertain that I need to see who is inside the car, if you send a drone I can check their identities."

She released a drone with no hesitation. She also decided to change the plan. These people had been following her all the way from the Emperor’s court. She could not allow them to follow her any further. It was time to split up."

"Piggy," she called, "Go to a different hotel, not the one we have reservations at. From there we are going to have to split up, because someone has been tailing us for a while now." She pulled two masks out of her bag and handed them to squirrel. "One is yours, and the other is Piggy’s. They are facial masks; use them before you leave the hotel. We need to make sure that no one knows our identities while we are down here."

"Yes boss." They responded.

"Host I have their faces and identities. There are two men in the car, and both of them work for Tingling security. It’s one of the best security companies in the empire. Do you think Muyang sent them?"

"No." she disagreed, "Muyang’s people are not so careless and eager. And they trail me on motorcycles which they switch out every forty minutes to make sure I don’t recognize them. I am sure they arrived ahead of us, aside from that one at the front."

With T4 monitoring the environment around her and the drones keeping an eye on Mei-Mei and Muyang occasionally, how could she possibly not know that Muyang’s men were protecting her in the dark?

"So who sent them?" T4 asked puzzled.

"Probably someone with ill intentions, you are going to have to work extra hard on this trip my dear T4, start by scanning every place I set foot in. If there are hidden caves being used or underwater secret labs I want to know immediately."

"Yes host."

"Locate Mu Shaoyan immediately, before I start my mission I need to talk to her." She could not concentrate on finding the killer if her mind was filled with curiosity about what that woman knew about her sister.

"Host, I recommend you finish the mission first."

"No, I need to be clear headed when I am tracking the killer otherwise I may end up falling victim to him if I am absent minded.

"Boss there is a hotel up ahead and a busy mall next to it. If we want to disappear, this is the best place for it." Piggy announced.

He was right, she observed. The area outside the hotel was crowded; some kind of event seemed to be happening which had pulled in a good number of viewers. Loud music was playing and some girls were dancing while handing out brochures. Loud laughter could be overheard from the crowd, clearly people were having fun. It was just the right environment for her to blend in.

"Pull, in and pack the car. Squirrel you book a room so that we get changed. In fact, book three rooms just in case someone checks on us."

The people who were tailing them followed them to the hotel and stayed in the parking lot.

When they took an elevator to their rooms, the people came inside and claimed to be part of the group so they wanted rooms close to theirs. All their actions were captured by the drone and sent to her.

Cleverly, Squirrel had booked three rooms on three different floors and this forced the team of two who were following them to split up.

Chi Lian and her group used one room to get changed, put on their masks and leave the hotel separately. She told them to go and scout ahead in the area near the river where the last body had been found. She did not tell them what they were looking for. Instead, they were to act as journalists from phoenix TV who were interested in the case and wanted to know the history of the area and opinions of the residents.

She was the last to leave the room, acting like a tourist with a camera who was taking pictures. Carefully, she blended into the crowd of revelers at the front of the hotel and cheered the dancing girls on.

From there, she disappeared into a cab, heading to the home of Mu Shaoyan to begin her search for her son.