1750 Xina
Han Sen found a golden bone inside her corpse . It was ten centimeters long .
When Han Sen removed it, the body started to return to its original state . The gold wings became white again, and the claw-like bones of her wings and arms also withdrew . She was still sprawled out, though . She was dead .
“Han Sen, you are in trouble! You killed them . The Feathers will surely come for you,” Mister Tiger said .
“Who said I killed them?” Han Sen said coldly, looking at Mister Tiger .
Mister Tiger froze, and Han Sen went on to say, “We assisted two Feathers in killing the xenogeneic . An unknown race came from the sky to kill those two Feathers and steal the xenogeneic materials . You, Hardman, and I went to lure the xenogeneic out We were in the water, and so two of us managed to escape the attack . ”
Mister Tiger thought about what he had said . And after a while of silence, he eventually had to ask, “Do you really think that story is going to work?”
“Can you kill two Feathers?” Han Sen asked Mister Tiger .
Mister Tiger shook his head . “No . I am too weak . ”
“If you are unable to do kill them, then it is fairly simple to assume that a commoner with geno armor couldn’t either,” Han Sen said quietly .
Mister Tiger understood now, and Han Sen was right It wouldn’t seem possible that they could have killed the two Feathers . No one would assume Han Sen had the power to kill a Noble feather and a xenogeneic Feather the way he had . Mister Tiger was still trying to wrap his head around the spectacle he had just witnessed .
“Let’s go to the river and swim a little to make it believable . Then, we can report what happened to the Feathers . Can Black Gold Group contact the Feather society?” Han Sen grabbed the blue crystal tentacle and then jumped into the Black River .
Mister Tiger hesitated for a moment, but he still jumped in after him .
Following Han Sen into the river meant that he was agreeing to the scheme . But if Mister Tiger didn’t jump in after Han Sen, then he would become Han Sen’s enemy . Mister Tiger was fairly sure Han Sen would be happy enough to kill him just to ensure there were no witnesses who could contradict Han Sen’s story .
That’s what crossed his mind . And so, he followed after Han Sen .
Han Sen was not afraid Mister Tiger was a snitch, though . And if Mister Tiger told someone what had really happened, Han Sen would just return to the sanctuary .
If Han Sen had returned as the only person alive, others might have grown suspicious, too . They were more likely to believe the cooked-up tale if two people managed to return, telling the same story .
After going downstream, Han Sen uncovered a neat nook where he could store the tentacle . He then went back with Mister Tiger . They called for Black Gold Group to protect the scene, while Mister Tiger got in touch with the high level officers . They took the incident very seriously, and they made sure to report what had occurred to the Feathers .
Qiao had not left yet . She had been waiting for Han Sen to come back, and when he did return, relief washed over her .
After everyone left, Han Sen returned to the scene . He dug out the blue crystal tentacle he had hidden, and he used the powers of space travel to send the tentacle and the bone to the sanctuary . The Feathers wouldn’t be able to find it there, no matter what they did .
After Han Sen went back to Qiao’s house, he found an opportunity to examine his new beast soul .
Baron Xenogeneic Beast Soul: Gold Feather Witch (Bow Type)
Han Sen summoned it to play with it in his room . It was a beautiful feather bow that looked like a pair of spread golden wings .
Unfortunately, there were no arrows . It was pointless to have just the bow, so Han Sen put it away for the moment .
The next day, Black Gold Group told Han Sen to come to their headquarters . The Feathers were in Gran City meeting with Black Gold Group, so Han Sen had to come to the meeting .
Inside a room that looked like it was meant for interrogation, Han Sen saw a Feather . It was a woman . And she looked remarkably similar to the one had just killed . Han Sen had trouble distinguishing the members of a race if they weren’t human .
But this Feather’s lifeforce gave Han Sen a grand chill . The power she had was not at all like the Feathers he had killed . “Miss, why have you called me here?” Han Sen asked politely .
“Tell me what happened, and don’t skip any details,” the Feather said coldly, staring at Han Sen .
Because Han Sen was wearing his geno armor, she didn’t suspect he was responsible for what had happened . She’d never imagine a commoner in geno armor could threaten two Baron feathers . One of them was a xenogeneic, as well .
Han Sen had already discussed what their statements should be with Mister Tiger, so he was going to repeat that .
The Feather could not see any discrepancy between the two accounts, and neither did she think Han Sen or Mister Tiger could have killed the Feathers if they tried . So, they were off the hook with her .
“Don’t leave Gran City for some time . If I have any more questions to ask, I’ll be needing to see you . Also, call me if you uncover anything else . If it’s useful, I will reward you . ” The Feather waved her hand, signaling it was okay for Han Sen to leave .
Han Sen had seen too much . Occurrences like this were definitely not going to make him nervous . He left Black Gold Group in a chill mood .
“Lone Wolf, what do you think?” The Feather frowned after Han Sen left .
A man with a wolf head walked into the room, politely saying, “Miss Xina, West Gran is a small place . The strongest faction is Black Gold Group, and they only have two Barons . I have seen them, and they are far too weak . They could not have been the ones that killed the two Feather Barons . One of the Feathers was a xenogeneic, too!”
Xina did not speak, and just nodded for him to continue .
Long Wolf went on to say, “And as for that human? Well, that would be impossible . He is just a creature with geno armor . Hmm, do you think their deaths are related to the item?”
“Are you saying someone else was drawn here by the same information, and ended up encountering our people?” Xina asked quietly .
“If that’s true, then the item must be here . We will have to hurry . ” Lone Wolf looked excited .
“It’s just a myth, remember . We don’t know if the story is actually true . We don’t know its location, so we can’t find it,” Xina said .
“If it is here, things will become strange once it is born . We can wait here, we will just have to be fast if we are to be rewarded,” Lone Wolf said .
Xina nodded, and with a murderous look, she said, “Continue your Black River investigation . We need to locate this murderer . We cannot allow our people to die in vain . ”