I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 81
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 81: The Target Was The Jiang Family's House
Between Jiangning and Xiling were Qinghe City and Fengyang City. Worried about the situation at the blockade zone, the entire team traveled light and arrived in Jiangning in just three days.
This was not Chu Yuan's first time in Jiangning. Looking at the location specially marked by Si Xu on the map, he called Jiang Ran to his side. "Sister Ranran, this place isn’t far from the Jiang family's house. Shall I arrange for someone to take you there first?"
"Well..." Jiang Ran pursed her lips as she looked at the team members who had finally stopped to rest after three days of traveling. "I'll go to the blockade zone with you guys."
The journey was smooth and unobstructed, which showed that the road between Xiling and Jiangning had been specially cleared –– this further demonstrated the importance of the blockade zone in Jiangning.
If that powerful person really had psychic-type abilities as Si Xu said, Jiang Ran was relieved instead.
The nullification ability could be considered a perfect restraint against psychic-type abilities.
"I’ll go to the blockade zone with you," Jiang Ran repeated again, her tone firm. "I can protect myself. Captain Chu, rest assured, I won’t cause any trouble for the team."
Chu Yuan shook his head. "It's not that I'm afraid that you will cause trouble, but Seventh Brother specifically instructed me –– Sister Ranran, you know that if I don't listen to Seventh Brother, he’ll beat me up."
Without waiting for Jiang Ran to reply, he said, "Besides, you’re not going alone –– Qi Yuan." He pulled the girl who was circling around him to his side. "Qi Yuan will go with you."
"Huh?" Qi Yuan blurted out, "Why?"
"You don't have any superpowers, so you'll just be a hindrance if you follow me." Chu Yuan was blunt. "You go with Sister Ranran to her house and wait there. Once I solve the problem, I'll take you to Fengyang."
Feeling that what he said made sense, Qi Yuan said, "Okay" and looked at Jiang Ran. "Ranran, please guide me along."
Since Chu Yuan said that, Jiang Ran did not insist on her decision. She looked at the nearby city and asked, "How long will it take to enter the city and reach the blockade zone from this road?"
Chu Yuan was already familiar with the route. "Thirty minutes if we don't encounter any zombies."
"Did you notify the fourth team before coming?"
Chu Yuan sighed. "The fourth team still hasn't responded. I'm afraid..."
"If there’s no problem with the equipment, I'm afraid that the fourth team is in danger." This was the question that Jiang Ran had been thinking about along the way. "Captain Chu, now that everyone is resting, let's make an assumption."
The girl's serious look when talking about business was quite similar to Si Xu’s. Chu Yuan did not chide her for being nosy. Instead, he appeared to be listening attentively and waited for her to continue.
"Let's assume that the lack of response from the fourth team has nothing to do with the equipment. Let’s make the worst assumption –– the fourth team blundered in their work, or they failed to completely block that person, causing him to escape and the superhuman team to be wiped out."
The base had already made this assumption when they set out, so what the girl said now was all nonsense to him.
Chu Yuan still patiently played along with her to make an analysis. "Yes, it’s very likely that the fourth team has been wiped out."
"Without the superhuman team guarding the zone, the man in the blockade zone will definitely be fearless –– if I were him, I would not continue to wait there." Jiang Ran said, "After all, Si Xu is in Xiling Base. If the person coming this time is Si Xu, he will only die if he waits there."
"You mean, he has already escaped?"
"If he didn't escape, there must be a reason for him to stay." Jiang Ran said, "Let's think about it –– we’ll eliminate one hypothesis. The fourth team isn’t negligent because of their own carelessness, but because that person is very powerful. He’s so powerful that the superhuman team can't trap him."
"That’s possible."
"Why did he choose to do it now?"
Chu Yuan was stunned. "What?"
"Why did that person choose to take action now?" Jiang Ran asked. "He has been trapped in Jiangning for more than half a year. Why did he choose to take action a few days ago?"
"..."
"Going back further –– why did he choose Jiangning?" Jiang Ran said, "Our country is such a vast land. He could have stayed far away from Xiling, but he chose Jiangning which is so close to Xiling."
"Why..." Chu Yuan thought of a possibility. "Maybe it's because..."
"The Jiang family’s house is in Jiangning." Jiang Ran continued, "I've been thinking about this question along the way –– I think that person's choice is very strange. Put yourself in his shoes. In the whole of Jiangning, the only thing that I want is in the Jiang family’s house."
Something important that that person coveted was kept at Jiang Yize's house –– the place where the professor of genetic engineering and the head of Xiling laboratory lived.
It was not impossible.
Chu Yuan made a prompt decision. "Let's go to the Jiang family’s house first."
Jiang Ran didn't know that person, but she could still think of this... If that person's target was really the Jiang family’s house, then everything he did in the beginning was just a deception.
"It was to deceive us." Chu Yuan murmured, "He knew from the beginning..."
Qi Yuan had long been confused, and when she saw Chu Yuan's serious expression, she refrained from asking all the questions in her mind –– what on earth were they talking about? Why did everyone suddenly become so serious?
With Chu Yuan's instructions, the convoy set off again. Instead of heading to the blockade zone immediately, they went straight to the Jiang family’s house.
Qi Yuan and Jiang Ran were sitting in the back. Looking at Chu Yuan sitting in the passenger seat with a cold expression, Qi Yuan tugged at Jiang Ran's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Why are you suddenly going to the Jiang family's house together?" Didn't they say that they would only take the two of them there?
Along the way, she and Qi Yuan had become familiar with each other. Jiang Ran leaned close to her ear and explained to her in a low voice, "A bad guy might have gone to the Jiang family’s house."
"We're going to catch the bad guy?"
Jiang Ran sighed. "If that person is still in the Jiang family’s house." He probably wasn’t in the Jiang family’s house. He wasn’t stupid. Would he be waiting to be caught?
Qi Yuan was still confused and just thought that person sounded very powerful.
……
When the convoy arrived at the Jiang family’s house, the members of the superhuman team quickly killed the zombies wandering around the villa. Then, they broke open the tightly closed door and went into the house to check.
Chu Yuan got out of the car, frowned, and looked at the villa standing alone by the lake. The smile on his lips gradually faded.
"You guys wait in the car. I'll go in and take a look."
The team members who entered the house to search had taken quite some time.
"I'll go in with you!" Jiang Ran jumped out of the car and pulled out her gun. "I'm very familiar with the structure inside and can lead the way for you."
"You..." Just as he was about to refuse, he heard a few painful howls coming from the villa.
Chu Yuan's expression changed slightly, and without further delay, he rushed into the villa.
Jiang Ran followed closely behind him and ran in.
Chu Yuan moved very fast, and when Jiang Ran chased him into the villa, she lost him.
The first floor of the villa was very empty, and there was no one there at first glance. Her footsteps echoed in the quiet hall, which seemed a little scary.
The screams had probably come from the second floor. Jiang Ran didn't hesitate and ran to the second floor.
"Drip, drip."
It was like raindrops falling on the ground, making a clear sound.
Jiang Ran subconsciously stopped and looked up at the stairs.
The zombie biting an arm stared at her blankly, blood dripping from the corner of its mouth.
The uniform on that arm belonged to a member of the superhuman team.
Without hesitation, Jiang Ran raised her gun, pointed it at the zombie, and fired.
The zombie stood there motionless, and the bullet was diverted by an invisible wind blade the moment it approached the zombie.
It had wind-type abilities.
After confirming the zombie's superpower, Jiang Ran did not hesitate and continued to walk up the stairs –– there was no need to worry about its superpower. She just needed to find an opportunity to smash its head.
The zombie didn't seem to smell her and just chewed the arm in its mouth.
"If you come any closer," a gentle, low, and somewhat lazy voice suddenly sounded from behind the zombie, "I’ll let it kill you."
"Dong, dong, dong..."
The wall clock in the hall chimed punctually. As if it had received some kind of order, the zombie at the stairs dropped the arm it was biting and stood sideways with its head lowered.
Behind it, a young man with one hand in his pocket took two slow steps forward, completely exposing himself to Jiang Ran's sight.