Chapter 0012 – I’ll Dance the Twelfth Dance – Absolute Return

I suddenly remembered, on the night of the hunt, the conversation I had with my father.

“Will you kill me for the sake of the Heavenly Demon God Cult?”

“If you’re really worried about that, don’t say the words ‘hearts and minds’ so easily.”

I looked at my father, his eyes, still cold, still unfathomable.

Maybe, it’s not his decision, but mine.

It was I, with my actions, who changed my father’s opinion of me and my destiny.

“I’ll do what I promised. I’ll go.”

At the corner of his father’s mouth, an imperceptible smile appeared.

“I don’t know, what exactly you are planning, but I will, for sure, show you, what I am capable of.”

Sima Ming, seemed a bit surprised that I agreed, so readily.

“You really want to go? This is, like, a very dangerous mission.”

“Are we going to let those, who are corrupt, get away with it? However, I have a condition.”

“On what terms?”

“Not only do I want investigative powers, I want preemptive powers.”

To be first to kill means that if I encounter any obstruction in the course of investigation, I can simply execute the other party without having to bear any responsibility.

This was unprecedented in the Heavenly Demon God Sect.

Sima Ming, looked to his father, who nodded.

“You can, but you have to remember that you can only use the power of pre-emptive action when you have hard evidence.”

“Sure.”

“Thank you, Lord Prelate.”

“If I die, please carve the words ‘Sword Wuji, the Brave’ on my tombstone.”

Sima Ming, couldn’t help but laugh.

“Tomorrow, I will send an investigator from the Yellow Springs Court to assist you.”

“Better yet, send a pretty girl.”

“Hahaha …… I heard that the second prince, recently, has changed a lot, it seems that the rumors are not false.”

“I’m flattered, so I’ll take my leave, this could be, well, my last drink.”

I bowed to my father and Sima Ming, and then turned to leave.

“Father, would you like, with your son, a drink ……”

Father ignored me as he stood up and walked out of the Great Hall.

I looked at Sima Ming and said with a smile, “My father, although he’s stern on the surface, in fact, he cares about me a lot.”

“Can’t see it.”

I smiled, then turned away.

“Master Szema, you are becoming more and more like my father.”

Sima Ming, too, didn’t look back.

I always want to appear relaxed and lively in front of them.

Because, in their eyes, I’m just a, well, young teenager.

I keep reminding myself not to be bound by the shadows of the past, I’ve been reborn and I’m going to live, a different life!

I stretched and walked out of the Heavenly Demon Hall.

I must, by successfully completing this mission, take a big step forward to the position of Patriarch!

……

The next morning, Liam told me that the investigators from the Yellow Springs Pavilion, were here.

“Young master, I’ll accompany you.”

She also knew that investigating the Demon Army was a very dangerous thing to do.

“Pretty?” I asked.

“What?”

“That investigator, is she pretty?”

“What?”

“Leave me alone, or I’ll get jealous!”

Liam, with a blank look on his face, looked at me.

“Investigator, it’s male.”

“What?!”

A few moments later, a man with a short stature and melancholy eyes, led by Li An, entered my room.

He, the investigator of the Yellow Springs Pavilion, Xu Dalong.

His name is Big Dragon, but his size is not big at all.

His voice, too, was small.

“Hello, Second Prince, I’m the commissioner of the Yellow Springs Pavilion, Xu Dalong.”

“Why you? I asked Szema, the military counselor, to send a beautiful woman.”

Xu Dalong, smiled awkwardly and said, “Perhaps, in the eyes of Military Counselor Sima, I am the beauty.”

Liam, couldn’t help but laugh.

“You’re still laughing? What time is it?”

Li An, hastily restrained his smile.

“I’m sorry.”

“Alas, I had hoped, with a beautiful woman, to spend the night together.” I said with feigned disappointment.

“Okay, down to business, what do you know about the Demon Army, how much do you know?”

Xu Dalong, hurriedly said, “The devil army, by the devil army commander, direct command, under the jurisdiction of six brigades, each brigade, thirty people, plus the devil army commander, a total of one hundred and eighty one people. Demon army, there is no deputy commander, by the first brigade’s captain, acting deputy commander’s duty, he is the devil army commander’s beloved.”

“You’ve memorized it quite well.”

“This is information on the Demon Army.”

Xu Dalong, handed me a thick dossier, which recorded, all the information of the demon army, including their portraits, biographies, personalities, specialties, and so on.

I casually turned the page and asked, “This man, do you know him?”

I thought, for sure, he didn’t know, but I was wrong.

“He is a member of the first brigade of the Demon Army, and this year, is his seventh year in the Demon Army. What he cultivates, is the ‘Soul Seeking Palm’, he is brutal, addicted to alcohol and gambling, and has caused trouble many times, but all of them were suppressed by the Demon Army.”

“How do you know that? Is he a friend of yours? Or is he your enemy?”

“Neither.”

I turned to another page and asked, “Did, did you memorize all of these one hundred and eighty people?”

“Yes, one hundred and eighty-one to be exact.”

“You’re a genius!”

“I’m just, well, trying harder.”

“No, no, you’re definitely a genius for being able to memorize the information of so many people!”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

“You’re not only smart, you’re humble, and I appreciate you more and more.”

Xu Dalong, despite his short stature, his eyes, were full of confidence.

“Master Sima, sending you here, shouldn’t be just because, you’re pretty, right?”

“You flatter me, I am indeed, at Yellow Springs Court, the chief graduate.”

“That’s right! Lee Ann, did you hear that? Chief graduate! How awesome! But I don’t think you have a girlfriend, do you?”

“Why do you say that?”

“You don’t have mirrors, at home?”

“Unfortunately, no.”

“What doesn’t? A mirror? Or a girlfriend?”

“Neither, I haven’t had the courage, to defy, an insolent superior.”

“Hahaha ……”

I laughed happily, I was liking this guy more and more.

“Okay, let’s get to work, what do you know about the Demon Army Commander, what do you know?”

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