Chapter 53

The possibility of a skill book dropping immediately made Qin Ran's heart burn with excitement.

However, Qin Ran did not forget his original purpose.

He found a rope and tied the other person to the chair, then filled a cup with cold water from the bathroom and poured it directly onto the other person's face.

"Ugh, ugh!"

The cold water instantly woke the other person up.

However, with the mouth covered by the mask, the other person could only make unconscious groans.

This was not a desolate, uninhabited wilderness.

Qin Ran, who did not want to get into trouble, was naturally prepared.

The other person stared at Qin Ran with wide, lifeless eyes.

Clearly, the other person still did not understand why Qin Ran suddenly attacked.

Qin Ran, of course, would not explain to the other person.

"Who are your accomplices? Where are they?"

Qin Ran did not beat around the bush. He picked up a dagger and pressed it against the other person's left index finger. Instantly, a cut appeared on the other person's finger, and then Qin Ran pulled off the mask from the other person's mouth—Qin Ran had deliberately left the other person's hands free when tying them up.

"Damn—"

The other person's curse was cut off by Qin Ran, who then cut off the other person's index finger.

"Ugh!"

The pain of the severed finger made the other person groan continuously.

"Who are your accomplices?"

After waiting for the other person's groans to stop, Qin Ran pulled out the mask from the other person's mouth again, and at the same time, placed the dagger on the other person's middle finger.

"Bu—"

Clearly, this was still not the answer Qin Ran wanted, so he repeated the previous action.

Moreover, it seemed that Qin Ran was annoyed by the continuous cursing, and he directly cut off the other person's remaining three fingers on the left hand.

The other person's body convulsed in pain, and sweat poured out like a torrent.

Qin Ran did not wait for the other person. He placed the dagger on the other person's right index finger.

Having experienced the interrogation once, Qin Ran knew exactly how to deal with these cowards.

"This is one of your few chances!"

"Will you speak, or not?"

Qin Ran pulled out the rag from the other person's mouth and asked coldly.

"I'll speak!"

The pain still deeply stimulated the other person, but in the face of Qin Ran's cold demeanor, the other person's psychological defenses completely collapsed.

Everything went as Qin Ran had expected.

The other person was not a true tough guy.

Otherwise, they would not have threatened Sister Monica in such a despicable way.

Although the kind and gentle old woman did not describe her previous encounter in more detail, Qin Ran felt he should do something for her.

This was not to gain more favor from Sister Monica or Gong Lanshen, but because Qin Ran wanted to do it.

Therefore, Qin Ran chose a more direct and decisive way to deal with these scoundrels.

He did not choose to pretend to cooperate with them to lure out all of them.

Even though the latter seemed easier.

"Your name?"

"Swak!"

"How many accomplices do you have?"

"Two!"

"What are their names?"

"Rushan, Evan!"

"Where are they?"

"Only Rushan is at 6 Selle Street! I don't know about Evan!"

"Where did you get the secret of the Dawn Church's wealth?"

"It's Evan!"

"Evan?"

"Yes, it's him! He contacted Rushan and me, saying he found a treasure!"

...

Qin Ran interrogated the other person.

Under the sharpness of the dagger and the pain, the other person revealed everything.

Qin Ran asked the same questions twice and interjected them again to confirm what the other person said.

This interrogation also led Qin Ran to some conclusions—

First, Qin Ran confirmed that the group of spies consisted of three people, with the current Swak and a man named Rushan both obeying a man named Evan.

Second, the man named Evan was very mysterious, not directly contacting the two, but always through letters, and the addresses were always fake.

Third, the man named Evan should have contacted more than just Swak and Rushan, but Swak did not know who the others were, only that he and Rushan were partners.

"Evan?"

Qin Ran muttered the name softly.

From Swak's mouth, Qin Ran could not form a clear image of the other person.

Apart from understanding that the other person was cautious, greedy, and of unknown gender, nothing else was certain.

"I told you everything I know..."

"Um!"

Qin Ran nodded.

Then, the dagger in his hand pierced the other person's throat.

The other person looked at Qin Ran with complete disbelief, clearly not understanding why Qin Ran did this.

Why not verify his words before killing him to silence him.

That should be the logical thing to do!

With this confusion, Swak fell into eternal darkness.

With Swak's death, a skill book wrapped in white light appeared before Qin Ran.

However, Qin Ran did not pick it up but looked towards the door.

Qin Ran's door was pushed open, and Gong Lanshen carried a person inside.

Gong Lanshen did not hide his footsteps.

His tall, muscular body, carrying another equally muscular person, made Qin Ran's floor creak.

"Rushan?"

Qin Ran asked, looking at the person on Gong Lanshen's shoulder.

"Um, one of the two guys!"

Gong Lanshen nodded and threw the man named Rushan next to Swak's body.

Thud!

The dull sound represented Gong Lanshen's ruthlessness.

Qin Ran shrugged.

When Qin Ran proposed luring out these spies, Gong Lanshen had offered to help—without telling Sister Monica.

Qin Ran was naturally happy about this.

He hoped to have a powerful helper like Gong Lanshen.

However, Gong Lanshen's strength exceeded Qin Ran's expectations.

Originally, Qin Ran thought that the strongest aspect of the tall and muscular Gong Lanshen was his unimaginable strength and extremely special skills.

But with Gong Lanshen's active help, Qin Ran discovered that Gong Lanshen's strongest skill was stealth!

Even with his E+ level perception, knowing that the other person would be in the dark, Qin Ran could not detect Gong Lanshen's presence.

If Gong Lanshen did not reveal a hint of his presence each time, Qin Ran would have thought he was not there at all.

It was precisely because of this that Qin Ran could kill Swak without hesitation.

Because he did not need to leave; Gong Lanshen had already verified the truth of Swak's words.

And Swak never discovered Gong Lanshen's presence.

"Do you wonder why I am so proficient in stealth?"

Gong Lanshen noticed Qin Ran's surprise.

"Um!"

Qin Ran nodded without hiding it.

"Because to protect, one must understand the darkness—only by understanding the enemy can one fight the enemy!"

Gong Lanshen said calmly.

The calm tone seemed to be describing something very ordinary, but Qin Ran saw more in it.

Conspiracy, assassination, blood!

Sister Monica and Gong Lanshen's memories of that era...

It was far more brutal than he had imagined.

Qin Ran sighed.

He focused his attention on the present.

"Did you find any other valuable clues at their hideout?"

Qin Ran asked.

"Yes, this!"

"I found a hundred of these in the two guys' room!"

"They wanted to completely level St. Paul!"

Gong Lanshen pulled out two things that Qin Ran recognized immediately: homemade explosives!

Looking at the homemade explosives in Gong Lanshen's hand, Qin Ran carefully examined them and found that they were extremely similar to the ones used by the crazy guy Schubert.

They were almost identical!

Qin Ran's eyebrows furrowed.

A bold guess suddenly formed in his mind.

Schubert's crazy resistance against the police was to allow the army, controlled by the mastermind, to enter the city. And the mastermind did this not to rebel, as Qin Ran initially guessed, but to use the army's power to search for the Dawn Church's thousand-year-old wealth!

Under the guise of searching for Schubert!

The premise of this guess was that the mastermind and the person Swak mentioned were the same person!

Looking at the homemade explosives in his hand, which were extremely similar to those from last night, Qin Ran narrowed his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Gong Lanshen looked at the frowning Qin Ran.

"I seem to have discovered something significant!"

"However, I need to confirm it again!"

Qin Ran did not immediately tell Gong Lanshen his guess.

As Qin Ran said, he needed to confirm some things.

After all, his guess was based only on the similarity of the homemade explosives.

No one could guarantee that homemade explosives would not be similar.

Therefore, Qin Ran needed more evidence to verify his guess.

"Can you guard here for a while, Sir Gong Lanshen?"

"Of course!"

"However, I must return to St. Paul School before dawn, or Monica will suspect—If she finds out I broke my vow, I might lose my position as the school's night watchman and be expelled from the school!"

Gong Lanshen did not refuse Qin Ran but reminded him to pay attention to the time.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon!"

Qin Ran promised.