Villain Boss Chapter 170
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 170: Accusation
They hadn't expected this man to harbor such foul intentions, causing Wei Yage's death.
However, they couldn't imagine any other possibility.
A man like him wouldn't normally interact with Wei Yage, so it was unlikely they'd harbored any grudges. After much deliberation, Jiang Ran's hypothesis seemed the most plausible.
The team members showed expressions of anger, and some were tempted to charge forward and kill Jiang Yu, only to be restrained by their companions.
"Is that so?" Shen Lang, who had remained silent, lowered his gaze to stare at Jiang Yu, then asked in a deep voice, "Do you realize your guilt?"
With one sentence, he pinned the blame for Wei Yage's murder squarely on Jiang Yu.
Learning that Jiang Yu and Luo Rui were close friends, Shen Lang sensed something was amiss in tonight’s incident.
Luo Rui and Xie Chengzhi were people he'd promoted, and if they were linked to Wei Yage's death, he'd be implicated.
He didn't want to know who had killed Wei Yage, nor did he want to know Jiang Yu's reasons for wanting to kill her. He simply wanted to resolve the matter quickly and silence the perpetrator.
As his cold voice hung overhead, Jiang Yu looked up, stunned, into the old man's solemn eyes, forgetting to reply.
"Humph." Seeing that Jiang Yu was intimidated, the old man looked at Shen Yang. "Take the man away. You handle the rest. We must seek justice for Captain Wei."
Shen Yang replied languidly, "Yes."
He'd thought Jiang Yu would pull off something interesting, but... it ended like this? Wei Yage's death was truly unjust, haha.
Jiang Ran had no objections to Shen Lang’s words. She asked Shen Yang, "Eldest Brother, I heard the interrogation dungeons at the base are horrific. Is that true? Si Xu told me that those who go in are tortured beyond recognition upon coming out. Some prisoners, who couldn't stand the torture and died there, were gnawed to the bone by rats and cockroaches..."
Jiang Yu wanted to cover his ears, but her voice, along with the image she described, kept flooding into his mind.
At this point, Jiang Yu finally realized that Luo Rui had tricked him.
The person in the room wasn't Marshal Shen's enemy at all. She was Wei Yage, the captain of the sixth team.
He'd killed Wei Yage, a key figure in the base's success.
Even if he managed to survive in the dungeon, the members of the sixth team wouldn't let him go once he was released.
Luo Rui had plotted against him.
All that talk of evaluating him and promoting him was just bullshit! That woman had no intention of letting him complete this task alive. Pfft, she'd probably made this task up, just to get him here to die and eliminate Wei Yage, her biggest rival.
Realizing this, his face darkened. As someone approached to drag him away, he glanced at Luo Rui, anticipating her reaction.
Luo Rui bit her lip and silently gestured, indicating they'd rescue him later.
Hah, how foolish he was to believe this woman's words.
She was the kind of woman who would do anything to achieve her goals.
She probably would kill him the moment he left everyone's sight.
Shen Lang ordered the criminal to be taken away. The members of the sixth team were dissatisfied, but they couldn't afford to offend him. Thus, they could only suppress their anger and wait for the results of the investigation.
Jiang Yu, with a dazed expression, was dragged a few steps away. Suddenly, he looked up at Luo Rui and shouted, "Deputy Captain Luo! Why did you lie to me?! You clearly told me that killing the person in this room was Marshal Shen's task for me! Why did you lie to me?!"
As soon as those words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present suddenly changed.
"Oh my God, look, I was right! It was Marshal Shen who really arranged for the murder of Captain Wei!"
"No way... Captain Wei might be injured, but he wouldn't do that to her—I heard the body inside was hacked beyond recognition. How terrible."
"Geez, isn't it all about clinging to power? Look, once Captain Wei died, the sixth team will be managed by Marshal Shen's subordinates."
"But... no matter how you look at it, it's still outrageous. A life was lost!"
"..."
A flurry of discussion erupted. Shen Lang's wrinkled face twitched as he snapped, "Wait!"
If they took Jiang Yu away like this, wouldn't the charge of Wei Yage's murder fall on him? He was now in a difficult position, and he had to get to the bottom of it even if he didn't want to.
The members of the sixth team also came to their senses and looked at Shen Lang.
"Marshal Shen, is he telling the truth?"
"Did you really arrange for him to kill Captain Wei?"
"Marshal Shen! How could you do this to Captain Wei?!"
The barrage of questions made Shen Lang's eyes blur and he nearly fainted from anger.
"Shut up!" the old man roared in anger. "Shut up!"
Shocked by the old man's sudden outburst of anger, everyone paused subconsciously, and the scene fell into a comical silence.
"You!" Pointing his cane at the pale-faced Jiang Yu, Shen Lang said in a deep and harsh voice, "You said I assigned you the task? I've never met you before, so how could I assign you the task? Who on earth are you?!"
"It's not me! Luo Rui told me that this is the task you assigned to me!" Given the chance to speak, Jiang Yu threw caution to the wind and revealed everything that had happened in the past two days in one breath, "...That's why I came here tonight—I had no idea the person inside was Captain Wei! I've never met Captain Wei before, let alone bear any grudges against her. Why would I risk my life to kill someone I have no grudge against?!"
He had a point. He had never met Wei Yage before, so why would he purposely bring her to the slum and then kill her? Wasn't that superfluous?
"Oh, I get it now!" Intent on completely shirking his responsibility, Jiang Yu's mind raced, quickly figuring out the whole story. "Luo Rui, you lied to me!"
He snarled, "You told me to kill Wei Yage, but it wasn't Marshal Shen's order at all! It was you! You wanted to kill Wei Yage! With Wei Yage dead, the captains of the sixth team can only be you and Xie Chengzhi. You were using me to kill her! What a vicious woman you are!"
Even as Jiang Yu spoke, Luo Rui knew her plan would be exposed by him, and she calmed down.
She glanced at Jiang Yu coldly. "I don't know what you're talking about—I'm not stupid. Captain Wei died, and in the slum I’m responsible for cordoning off. Everyone would immediately suspect me. How could I possibly bring such trouble to myself?"
Well, that made sense. She purposely brought Wei Yage to her patrol area and then killed her. Wouldn't that just cause trouble for herself?
While everyone was feeling confused, Jiang Ran retreated to Si Xu's side and said crisply, "Sigh, if I don't like someone in the future, I’ll take that person to my home and kill him. Even if I get caught, I can say—I'm not stupid. Why would I kill someone in my own home?—This way, no one will suspect me. Si Xu, don't you think I'm smart?"
Knowing that she was insinuating, Si Xu replied casually, "There’s no need to go to so much trouble. Tell me who you don't like, and I can make him disappear from this world quietly."
Everyone, "..." We couldn’t figure out the world of the big shots.
However, after being interrupted by Jiang Ran, Luo Rui's pretended calm answer sounded like a deliberately made excuse and was completely unconvincing.
"Luo Rui." Shen Lang glared at Jiang Ran warningly, then turned to Luo Rui. "Is what this person said true or false?"
