Chapter 78

Light Hotel.

Room 8001.

This is a presidential suite.

Ye Qiu glanced around and found the room to be neatly arranged and very clean.

"Brother Zhao, are you sure that the Ninth Thousand Years was attacked here last night?" Ye Qiu was somewhat doubtful, as it didn't look like a crime scene at all.

"I'm sure," Zhao Yun said. "I checked, and the Ninth Thousand Years stayed in this room last night. He didn't leave the room all night."

Ye Qiu asked again, "Then why is the room so clean and tidy? Did the hotel staff clean it?"

"I asked, and the hotel did not send anyone to clean it."

Ye Qiu's brows furrowed, and he looked at the Dragon King and said, "Do you think this looks like a crime scene?"

"It doesn't."

"I don't think so either," Ye Qiu said. "If the Ninth Thousand Years was really attacked in this room last night and several guards died, there would definitely be signs of a struggle. But now, there's nothing here, as if no one had ever stayed here."

"Could it be that the Ninth Thousand Years did stay here last night, but the attack didn't happen here?" The Dragon King's words were immediately rebutted by Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun said, "I carefully checked the surveillance. The Ninth Thousand Years entered this room last night and didn't leave until this morning. And the guards who died were also carried out of this room this morning. I'm sure this is the crime scene."

"Then why can't we find any traces?" the Dragon King asked, frowning.

"Could the Ninth Thousand Years have sent someone to clean it up?"

Hearing this, Ye Qiu and the Dragon King were both stunned.

Zhao Yun continued, "If it was really the Ninth Thousand Years, why would he do this? What good does it do him to clean the scene so thoroughly?"

"You're a fool, can't you see the obvious?" the Dragon King said irritably. "The Ninth Thousand Years is testing Ye Qiu."

"Testing?" Zhao Yun was even more puzzled.

The Dragon King explained, "The Ninth Thousand Years asked Ye Qiu to find the killer, which is a test in itself. Now, by erasing all traces, he's making the test harder. If Ye Qiu passes the test and finds the killer, we'll all be fine. If Ye Qiu fails, the Ninth Thousand Years will take my life and one of Ye Qiu's arms, as promised."

"What a despicable person."

After cursing, Zhao Yun quickly covered his mouth, looked around, and only relaxed when he saw no one else.

The Dragon King scolded Zhao Yun, "As the saying goes, disease enters through the mouth, and disaster comes from the tongue. Be more careful with your words. Don't say things like that again, or the Dragon Gate will hear and you'll be dead."

"Okay, I'll be more careful," Zhao Yun admitted his mistake and sincerely accepted the Dragon King's criticism.

"Xiao Ye, what do we do now?" the Dragon King asked.

"Find the killer," Ye Qiu said.

"How do we find him?"

"As long as the killer came to this room, he must have left some traces. No matter how thoroughly the Ninth Thousand Years cleaned, he couldn't erase everything," Ye Qiu said. "Let's search the room again and see if we can find any traces."

"Okay!"

The three of them began searching the room.

The presidential suite was quite large, with a living room, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Ye Qiu and the others searched very carefully, spending nearly an hour going through the room, but found no clues.

"I'm now certain that the Ninth Thousand Years sent someone to erase the traces. No ordinary person could clean up so thoroughly," the Dragon King sighed. "No wonder the Dragon Gate has expanded so quickly; the Ninth Thousand Years has many capable people under him!"

"Brother Zhao, where is the hotel's surveillance room? Take me there to see the footage," Ye Qiu said.

Not finding any clues in the room, he could only hope the surveillance footage would help.

Zhao Yun said, "I've already seen the footage, and there's nothing valuable."

"But I still want to see it."

Seeing Ye Qiu's determination, the Dragon King also said, "Zhao Yun, take us there. I want to see it too."

"Alright."

Zhao Yun led Ye Qiu and the Dragon King to the hotel's surveillance room.

The three of them sat in the surveillance room and watched all the footage from last night to this morning.

As Zhao Yun had said, the Ninth Thousand Years and his guards entered the room and did not leave all night, not even opening the door.

Only this morning did the door open, and several bodies were carried out, followed by the Ninth Thousand Years leaving.

After watching the footage, Ye Qiu said, "The surveillance footage has been tampered with."

"Xiao Ye, what did you find?" the Dragon King asked quickly.

Zhao Yun also looked at Ye Qiu curiously.

Ye Qiu said, "In the surveillance footage, the Ninth Thousand Years and his guards entered the room and did not leave all night, not even opening the door. So, how did the killer enter the room?"

"Could he have entered through a window?" the Dragon King asked.

"I checked all the windows in the room, and there were no signs of damage. The Ninth Thousand Years may have erased the traces inside the room, but I don't believe he replaced the windows. So, the only possibility is that the killer entered through the door. But we didn't see the killer in the footage at all." Ye Qiu continued, "And the most crucial point is that I didn't see Han Long."

"Han Long? Who is he?" Zhao Yun asked.

"Han Long is the Ninth Thousand Years' adopted son. This morning, he was sent to Jiangzhou Hospital with dozens of gunshot and knife wounds, on the brink of death," Ye Qiu said. "Han Long was also protecting the Ninth Thousand Years when he was severely injured, which means that when the Ninth Thousand Years was attacked, Han Long was by his side."

"But this footage doesn't show Han Long."

"Based on these two points, I conclude that the footage has been tampered with. If I'm not mistaken, it was done by the Ninth Thousand Years' people."

"Dog..." Zhao Yun started to curse again, but stopped when he saw the Dragon King glaring at him and quickly closed his mouth.

Unbeknownst to them, Ye Qiu was also cursing the Ninth Thousand Years in his heart.

This despicable dog, erasing all the traces so thoroughly, how can I find the killer?

Zhao Yun said, "I'll find someone to restore the footage right away."

"Good, leave this to you, Brother Zhao. I'll go back to the room and search again," Ye Qiu said, and then returned to the room with the Dragon King.

They continued searching.

After half an hour, they still found nothing.

Zhao Yun also returned and said that the footage could not be restored.

"It seems we can only use the Maoshan talisman."

While the Dragon King and Zhao Yun were not paying attention, Ye Qiu crossed his hands in front of his chest, quickly formed a seal, and whispered a spell. Soon, a wisp of black smoke appeared in front of Ye Qiu.