48: Chapter 48 The Hidden Blade of Attitude Shift

On the other side.

Wang Lin lay on his bed, toying with the five Level 2 crystals in his hand, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

This trip out today had truly yielded good results.

Those three idiots had been led around by him, not only giving him five thousand points for free but also "gifting" him these five crystals.

Killing two birds with one stone, he was raking in the rewards.

He placed the crystals one by one on the nightstand, lining them up like trophies on display.

He wondered if those three guys from Dark Blade had gone to his house?

Were the two old calamities at home, and the one little calamity, alright?

Thinking of this, Wang Lin rolled over, pulling the quilt up to cover half his face.

It seemed it would be better not to leave the camp for the next few days.

Keep a low profile.

Anyway, today's haul was enough; it was enough for him to digest for a while.

The next morning, Wang Lin went out.

He walked along the streets of the camp, habitually keeping an eye on his surroundings; the few scouts who had been tailing him before were nowhere to be seen today.

Wang Lin frowned, feeling a bit strange.

However, he didn't dwell on it; the most important thing right now was to gather information.

He had to find out exactly what happened to the three calamities at home.

Throughout the day, Wang Lin ran to several places: the Wildfire team, the black market, and the hideouts of information brokers; he asked everywhere he could.

But regarding Captain Han and the others, no one could give him an accurate answer.

It was as if Dark Blade had completely locked down the news.

Wang Lin wasn't in a hurry.

After all, he had crystals and points in his hand; he could afford to wait.

For the next two days, he ate and slept as usual, going out during the day to listen for rumors and returning at night to absorb the crystals.

Life was quite peaceful.

It wasn't until the fourth day that Wang Lin, lying on his bed staring at the ceiling, gradually felt that something was wrong.

Given the nature of Dark Blade, if they had really done something to his parents, those three people should have come to his door to find him long ago.

With the temper of that brute Captain Han, it was impossible for them not to come and show off in front of him after killing someone.

But now, three days had passed, and there wasn't even a ghost of them to be seen.

This in itself already spoke volumes.

Wang Lin rolled over, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the edge of the bed.

He just couldn't figure out how his father, Wang Dashan, could really have the ability to deal with three LV5s?

That didn't make much scientific sense.

His father rarely even let out the aura of a calamity at home.

Cooking, washing dishes, picking up his younger sister, chatting with the neighborhood aunties about household trivialities—he didn't look like a ruthless person who could take on three people at once.

Unless... someone helped him...

Forget it, he couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it.

Since he couldn't get any information, he would just go to Dark Blade himself.

Anyway, killing was forbidden in the camp, so as long as he was careful, it shouldn't be a big problem.

He got off the bed, tidied up a bit, and went out.

The Dark Blade camp was located in the east district of the camp, occupying an entire street.

When Wang Lin walked to the entrance, he saw two guards leaning against the wall, smoking and chatting.

He walked up to them: "I'm looking for Captain Han, is he here?"

One of the guards looked him up and down, curling his lip: "Who do you think you are? Is our Captain Han someone you can just call for?"

Wang Lin wasn't annoyed, keeping his hands in his pockets and smiling: "Go back and tell Captain Han that his Grandpa Wang Lin is waiting for him at the door."

His goal was very clear: first, see if Captain Han was dead or alive.

If he was still alive, he would probe a little to see if he could extract anything from him.

But when he reported his name, the expressions of the two guards suddenly changed.

Just three days ago, Captain Huo Xiao had personally summoned all the core members of Dark Blade for an emergency meeting.

At the meeting, Captain Huo Xiao only said one thing:

From today on, everyone in Dark Blade must be polite and welcoming when they see a young man named Wang Lin.

If the other party has any dissatisfaction and causes any trouble...

"You can bring your own heads to see me."

When Captain Huo Xiao said this, his eyes were as cold as knives.

The captain rarely spoke in this tone.

The last time he was this serious was three years ago, during the mission that almost wiped out Dark Blade.

Since then, the name "Wang Lin" had been listed as a top-level event for Dark Blade.

All members received a brief file with four words written on it: "Must not offend."

The two of them instantly put on smiling faces, their waists bowing involuntarily:

"So it's Grandpa Wang! Grandpa Wang, please wait a moment, I'll go notify him right away!"

Having said that, one of them turned and ran inside.

Wang Lin stood there, stunned.

What was going on?

Since when was his name so useful? And they actually called him "Grandpa Wang"?

Didn't everyone say that Dark Blade was ruthless and arrogant?

Why did it feel a bit different from the legends?

Just as he was pondering, a woman hurried out from inside.

It was Su Wan.

She had just the right smile on her face as she walked quickly to Wang Lin: "So it's Young Master Wang, welcome! Welcome!!!"

Then she turned to look at the two guards: "Why aren't you moving aside? Let Young Master Wang in."

Wang Lin didn't move.

Let him in?

Once the door closed, would they close the door to beat the dog?

He wouldn't fall for that.

"Going in won't be necessary. Call Captain Han out; I have something to ask him."

Upon hearing the words "Captain Han", the smile on Su Wan's face froze for a moment.

Soon, she adjusted her expression, and a look of appropriate grief appeared in her eyes:

"Young Master Wang, you don't know... Captain Han and that guy Tieshan, they went to your house to cause trouble the day before yesterday, and as a result..."

"They were killed by someone from the Twelve Zodiacs."

This was what Captain Huo Xiao had instructed her to say.

Because Wang Dashan had specifically instructed not to reveal his true identity to Wang Lin.

So Captain Huo Xiao thought of this explanation, which wasn't a lie, just a different way of stating the facts.

After all, Wang Dashan himself was a member of the Twelve Zodiacs.

Captain Han and Tieshan went to his house to cause trouble and were killed by "someone from the Twelve Zodiacs", which was technically correct.

As for whether the person who did it was Wang Dashan himself or another member of the Twelve Zodiacs, there was no need to be too specific.

When Wang Lin heard this news, his expression didn't change, he just nodded slightly.

To be honest, this result was within his expectations.

With no one bothering him for three days, it was highly likely that Captain Han and Tieshan had already "kicked the bucket".

It was just that he had been unable to figure out how his father had managed it.

Now it seemed that although his father's strength wasn't great, he did have connections.

To think he could actually move a member of the Twelve Zodiacs to come forward.

Wang Lin calculated inwardly.

His father worked as a handyman for the Twelve Zodiacs; no matter how inconspicuous he was, after twenty-something years, if he didn't have any achievements, he at least had some hard work.

After all, they were members of the Twelve Zodiacs; if their own people were bullied, it would be the entire Twelve Zodiacs losing face.

So it was within a reasonable range for the Twelve Zodiacs to step forward to deal with a few blind guys.

Thinking of this, Wang Lin felt a bit more at ease.

"I remember you also went with Captain Han before, right? Why are you fine?"

To be honest, Su Wan still felt lingering fear when she thought about it now.