195: Chapter 195 Something's fishy going on!

With such a huge commotion, it would be unjustifiable for the club staff to continue feigning ignorance.

Sure enough.

The next second, hurried footsteps sounded outside the suite door, and then the door was pushed open from the outside.

The person who arrived was a middle-aged man wearing a Tang suit with dark patterns.

The president of the Jiangcheng Gold Sand Association, the owner of Heaven on Earth, Zhou Kui.

As soon as this Boss Zhou entered, his gaze fixed on the empty window frame, his hand rolling the walnuts froze, and they nearly fell to the ground.

"Where is my window?"

The nano-tempered explosion-proof Source Energy window he had spent a fortune to customize from a federal military enterprise, costing two million per panel, just... gone?

Coupled with the solid wood wall Ye Xiao had smashed through, as well as the broken glass and wall dust all over the floor...

This incident had cost him at least five million down the drain!

"Oh, my heavens!"

Zhou Kui walked quickly to the window frame, poked half his head out, then retracted it, his Face full of distress.

"My nano-tempered glass! My handmade heavy magnetic carpet!"

He beat his chest and stomped his feet, acting as if his ancestral grave had been dug up.

"Officer Su, Ye Xiao! When two immortals fight, my humble shop... my shop cannot withstand such a toss-up!"

Ye Xiao huddled in the corner, his left eye swollen like a walnut, wrapped tightly in a bath towel. Hearing the words "immortals fight," he shifted further into the corner.

He dared not respond to that remark.

Su Ming, on the other hand, looked relaxed. He brushed the glass shards off the sofa, then sat down imposingly and crossed his legs.

"Boss Zhou, stop wailing like you're at a funeral."

He gestured with his chin towards the window, his tone light and breezy.

"Someone just tried to blow up your Heaven on Earth. A Tier 6 Source-Piercing Explosive, know what that is? If that thing had detonated indoors, this entire floor along with the underground garage would have turned into construction waste."

Zhou Kui's hand rolling the walnuts stopped.

Su Ming smilingly added a sentence.

"Fortunately, I was here to nip the bomb in the bud—oh no, I nipped it in the palm of my hand—which is how your building was saved."

Hearing this, Zhou Kui was stunned on the spot.

He was not someone who hadn't seen the world.

Having mixed with all sorts of people in Jiangcheng for over a decade, what kind of scene hadn't he experienced?

But the feat of "grabbing an explosive with one's hand" truly exceeded his scope of cognition.

However, the scorched ring on the edge of the window frame and the lingering smell of ozone in the air... all silently attested that what Su Ming said was the truth.

Before Zhou Kui could digest this information, Su Ming spoke again.

"The problem now is..."

"Your shop's security System is purely for show, and it has severely shocked the mental state of this active federal special forces captain."

"How do you intend to settle this mental distress compensation with me?"

"..."

Zhou Kui's mouth twitched uncontrollably!

I ask you to pay for damages, and you turn around and ask me for mental distress compensation?

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you!

My Heaven on Earth has been open for over a decade, welcoming countless dignitaries, and nothing has ever happened!

How is it that the moment you arrived, there was a power outage, a gunfight, and you nearly demolished my top floor?

Besides, don't you have any self-awareness about why that terrorist came to bomb my building?!

Zhou Kui had ten thousand profanities he wanted to scream, but the expression on his Face had already completed a smooth transition from shock to fawning.

That bit of distress over his losses vanished without a trace. Zhou Kui wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, and a chrysanthemum-like smile blossomed on his Face.

"This... is indeed a lapse in our security!"

He stepped back half a step, his Face full of self-reproach and lingering fear.

"We will cover all repair costs and assist the military in tracking the source of the gunman. Mr. Su, you must not have any issues! It is all our fault for poor security, letting you suffer such a great fright!"

"You must not have any issues. If anything were to happen to you, I, Zhou Kui, would be a sinner against Jiangcheng!"

Beside him, Ye Xiao's mouth opened into an "O" shape.

Learned it, learned it!

This speed of changing Faces is faster than flipping a book!

Su Ming looked at Zhou Kui's exaggerated acting and was somewhat surprised.

He was just joking, teasing this seemingly shrewd boss, and probing for information along the way.

He had over nine hundred million in his account now; he really didn't care about this bit of repair cost.

He didn't expect the other party to be so savvy.

He really has something up his sleeve!

"I'm joking."

Su Ming waved his hand, his tone casual. "For the losses to the window and the interior, calculate the details, and I will pay for them at cost."

Once these words were out, by normal logic, the other party should have taken the Opportunity to descend the slope, politely report a number, and then happily accept the compensation with feigned reluctance.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Kui shook his head like a rattle-drum, repeatedly denying it.

"Pay? Mr. Su, aren't you slapping my Face!"

He spoke righteously, looking as if he had been offended.

"Is this small amount of money even an issue? Being able to have you patronize our Heaven on Earth is giving us huge Face! Never mind breaking a window; even if you demolished this floor, it would be our honor!"

Su Ming raised an eyebrow.

Old man, you're going a bit too far.

A club owner, no matter how much he bootlicks the powerful, shouldn't be licking to this extent.

He doesn't want the five million and is even actively taking the blame?

Before he could figure it out, Zhou Kui struck while the iron was hot, leaning in closer with a very warm tone.

"Mr. Su, why don't you two move to the underground secret room! It has an independent structure and three layers of Source Energy shielding; it is ten times safer than up here!"

He rubbed his hands, smiling radiantly.

"To make up for our disturbance, all expenses are waived! You can stay as long as you like! Whenever you want to leave, I will arrange a private car to send you!"

This was even more abnormal.

Someone had just tried to assassinate him with a Tier 6 Source-Piercing Explosive.

This meant that the bounty order from the Tongyuan Society had already started attracting actual perpetrators.

If this Zhou Kui were an ordinary businessman, what should the normal reaction be?

Surely, it would be to politely escort them out, and the sooner, the better.

Is it appropriate for a disaster like you to be staying here?

Living in fear every day, and what if a stray shot hits other guests?

He, on the other hand, not only didn't kick them out but proactively pulled them into his embrace, afraid that Su Ming would run away.

Su Ming didn't expose him, continuing along his words:

"Boss Zhou is so generous? Aren't you afraid I'll bring you more trouble?"

"No trouble! Not trouble at all!"

Zhou Kui smiled with a naive expression, without a hint of hesitation.

"Being able to serve a young hero like Mr. Su is my honor, and the honor of our entire Jiangcheng! It took ten years to produce a Genius like you; isn't that what we business people look for—being close to the source?"

Su Ming couldn't be bothered to keep beating around the bush with him and nodded slightly.

"Fine, let's do as you say."

He wanted to see what kind of medicine this Boss Zhou was selling in his gourd by going to such lengths to keep him there.

Zhou Kui was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly calling his subordinates to clean up the mess, and personally led the way for Su Ming and Ye Xiao, passing through several heavy alloy gates to arrive at the secret suite located on the fifth underground floor.

This secret room was indeed more than a grade better than the one upstairs.

It had a fully enclosed structure with no windows, but the ventilation and lighting Systems were done extremely well.

The area must have been three hundred square meters, with furniture and training facilities fully equipped.

The Source Energy protective door at the entrance looked to be at least twenty centimeters of steel plate in thickness.

Su Ming scanned the room.

Mm, the cage is quite exquisitely made.

He lay back on the sofa and waved at Zhou Kui, who was still bowing at the door to take his leave.

"Boss Zhou, go get busy. If I need anything, I'll trouble you again. Right, prepare two portions of late-night snacks; my little brother is hungry."

"Alright! Arranging it immediately!"

Zhou Kui smiled and backed out, gently closing the door.

Ye Xiao had been huddled behind Su Ming without making a sound; only after the door closed did he lean over and lower his voice.

"Brother Ming, why do I feel like this boss is a bit off?"

"Also, that thing from just now, was it really aimed at you?"

Su Ming shot him a sideways glance.

"Otherwise, was it aimed at you?"

Ye Xiao was silent for two seconds.

"It's not impossible."

"After all, I have a Tier 6 crystal core in my hand right now."

Su Ming looked at him.

He somewhat regretted giving this treasure to a fool.

...

On the other side.

Zhou Kui settled Su Ming into the secret room, exited the door, and walked all the way back to the elevator lobby.

The moment the elevator door closed, the smile on his Face disappeared completely.

He walked to the surveillance blind spot of the stairwell, confirmed that no one was around, and then pulled a token from the inner pocket of his Tang suit.

The token was pitch black, about the size of a thumb, with a circle of eerie, dark cross patterns engraved on its surface.

The patterns didn't look carved by hand; they looked more like the tentacles of some living creature slowly flowing.

Zhou Kui extended his thumb, a gleam of Source Energy lighting up his fingertip, and gently stroked the surface of the token.

An invisible mental fluctuation with a special frequency spread out from the token, penetrating through the thick rock layers and soil, reaching a certain unknown location thousands of miles away.

Three seconds later, he opened his eyes.

The message had been delivered.

After finishing all this, Zhou Kui slowly put away the token and tucked it back into his bosom.

The elevator slowly ascended.

He looked up at the jumping floor numbers.

A sinister smile curled on his lips.

A ten-billion bounty?

Law fragments?

He scoffed.

Those idiot assassins who took the bounty, actually delusional enough to use a Tier 6 slingshot to bomb a Dragon?

Zhou Kui licked his dry lips, his eyes revealing the excitement of catching a glimpse of a top-tier secret.

Mortal blood shed completely, Silver Blood casting the body!

The path I've been searching for half my life has finally been delivered to me today.

This Opportunity is ten thousand times heavier than ten billion!