Cultivation Online novel Chapter 2668

Chapter 2668: Wrong Target

"I am really fine. Look. The injury is already gone," Yuan said, proving it by banging on the spot where the bullet had struck with his hands like a gorilla.

"If you say so..." Huang Zi Han muttered.

"Anyway, I should go back now. I don’t want to involve you in any more accidents."

"Alright." Yuan nodded.

Normally, he would have offered to accompany her until he was certain she was safe, but there was no need in their current situation. Huang Zi Han wasn’t the target, and staying with her would only put her in further danger.

"See you later," he said as she started walking away.

"We’ll see about that..." Huang Zi Han replied without looking back.

Once Huang Zi Han disappeared, Yuan continued wandering the city while pondering the situation.

’I can only think of one reason why there’s a target on my back...’

The images of Colonel Gu and Major Gu immediately surfaced in his mind. After all, they were the only ones who could have known his identity, since they knew he would be wandering the city and could have easily seen him leave in his new disguise.

Although he had also removed his mask while eating at the restaurants, he couldn’t think of any reason why that alone would have made him a target.

While he was the subject of the upcoming assembly, nobody knew he was in the city. And even if someone did, they wouldn’t be foolish enough to attack him unprovoked with so many innocent people nearby.

Therefore, Yuan concluded that the Gu Family was most likely responsible for the assassination attempt.

’How bold and reckless of them to attack me here...’ he shook his head inwardly.

He was expecting an attack, but he wasn’t expecting it to happen on the first day of their arrival.

’They’re getting impatient...’

Yuan began pondering how he should deal with the situation. Even if he was convinced that it was the Gu Family who tried to kill him, he had no evidence, and the attackers had vanished after the assassination attempt.

’They probably think I’m already dead and won’t make another move until they realize I survived. I should return to the base first and let the Gu Family see that I’m still alive...’

He glanced down at his damaged outfit.

’I need a change of clothes, anyway.’

With that, Yuan made his way back to the Central District.

Back at the base, Yuan approached the same maid who helped him out earlier and said, "Sorry, but can I get a new outfit?"

"Good lord! What happened?! Are you okay?!" The maid gasped in shock when she saw the gaping hole in his outfit.

"Yes, there was an accident, but as you can see, I am fine." Yuan calmly dismissed it.

After snapping out of her daze, the maid nodded and said, "Once you change your outfit, please hand me your old ones."

"Alright."

The maid brought Yuan back to the building with the closet-like rooms.

After changing into a new outfit, Yuan handed his old ones to the maid.

"Thanks."

Instead of returning to wandering the city, Yuan made his way to the building occupied by the Gu Family and knocked on the door.

A few moments later, Major Gu opened the door.

"Who is—?!?!?!"

Major Gu’s eyes widened in shock, disbelief spreading across his face as though he were staring at a ghost.

"What’s wrong? You look like you’re seeing a ghost," Yuan remarked, snapping Major Gu out of his daze.

"W-What the hell do you want?" he stuttered.

"I know General Gu doesn’t like me, but I just realized we’ve never even spoken face-to-face. I want you to send him a message for me," Yuan said. "Tell him we can sit down and talk this out like adults, or he can keep playing these games and eventually pay the price."

"You dare to threaten a General?" Major Gu remarked with narrowed eyes.

Yuan shrugged. "I am merely reminding him that there’s something called karma. That’s all."

After saying such words, Yuan turned around and walked away.

Major Gu stared at Yuan in silence, remaining by the door until he completely vanished.

Then, Major Gu shut the door and called Colonel Gu.

"That bastard is still alive!"

"What?" Colonel Gu raised his eyebrows in puzzlement.

"Sergeant Yuan! That cockroach is still alive!"

"That’s impossible! Those guys said that they’d killed him!"

"Either those bastards are lying, or Sergeant Yuan just knocked on the door and had a conversation with me as a corpse—a perfectly healthy-looking corpse!" Major Gu shouted.

"Those bastards! How dare they try to scam us?!"

Colonel Gu immediately picked up his communication device and called a certain number.

"Yes—"

"YOU FUCKERS!" Colonel Gu screamed the moment the call connected.

"W-What?" the person on the other end muttered, sounding dumbfounded.

"Don’t you ’what’ me, you scamming bastards! Just minutes ago, you called us and claimed that you’d completed the mission and killed the target!"

"But we did kill him! The strike connected, and we all saw a giant hole in his chest where his heart is located!" The man exclaimed.

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