Chapter 429: The Kid Brother

*Slap*—

*Slap, slap, slap!*

Small palms patted the two old faces, making crisp sounds.

"Iya-ya?" The Clown tilted his head, looking at the two unconscious figures before him, a sense of boredom appearing in his blinking, bean-like eyes.

He let go of his hands, and the two bodies fell heavily to the floor. Their noses were stained with white ash; at a glance, they looked like two "clowns" about to go on stage... except both were currently unconscious with their eyes rolled back, and with their bruised and swollen features, they looked more like two comical pig heads.

The Clown rested his chin on a small hand, as if thinking about how to deal with these two "intruders," when his peripheral vision suddenly landed on the chest of one of the pig heads.

His fingers reached into the pocket, fumbled for a moment, and pulled out a playing card:

【Spades 6】.

"Iya?"

The Clown looked at the card, his brow furrowing involuntarily, as if trying hard to remember where he had seen this thing... After a long while, his eyes lit up, and he clapped one hand against the other, a look of sudden realization appearing on his small face.

He hurried into the bathroom, and a moment later, he ran back out, covering his mouth, before forcefully spraying a mouthful of cool water he’d been holding onto the two men's faces!

*Pfft*—!

Jian Changsheng and Heart 9 woke up with a start!

They opened their eyes in confusion and shock, only to see the Clown’s face stained with white ash. Jian Changsheng immediately cursed, scrambling backward frantically. Everything that had just happened felt like it was still fresh in his mind...

After he and Heart 9 entered the room, they had seen this strange-looking child playing on a chair. Before they could even react, the other party had zoomed over.

Heart 9 had the fastest reflexes and raised his hand a step ahead of the child, but the next moment, the environment around them twisted like a funhouse mirror. The two felt the world spinning, and before they knew it, they were automatically flying into the child's hands.

Once in his hands, Jian Changsheng tried to use 【Blood-Drop Top】 to create some distance, only to find that his skills wouldn't activate. Immediately after, he saw a small fist like a cannonball smashing toward his face... and then, he lost consciousness.

From the moment they saw the child to being knocked out, the whole process took no more than three seconds; they had been like little chicks, without the slightest power to resist.

Therefore, when Jian Changsheng saw that comical face again, he felt an instinctive fear. But to his surprise, the child didn't seem to have any intention of attacking them; instead, he immediately raised a hand to his lips and made a shushing gesture.

"Damn it... what's going on?" Heart 9 tried to mobilize his skills to counterattack, only to find his mental energy sealed. His expression was incredibly ugly.

The Clown raised his hand, pointed at the playing card in his hand, and gave a thumbs up.

"Iya!"

"...What?"

Jian Changsheng and Heart 9 were both completely bewildered.

The Clown scratched his head, stuffed the playing card back into Jian Changsheng’s pocket, patted it gently, and then gave him another thumbs up with certainty!

Jian Changsheng: ...

"Does this kid brother mean that our Twilight Society is... uh... super-duper good?" Jian Changsheng asked Heart 9 tentatively.

"...How would I know?" Heart 9 hadn't recovered from the shadow of being knocked out by a child's punch and said with great reluctance, "However, he doesn't seem to have any malice toward us... Damn, then why did he hit so hard? I feel like the back of my head was cracked open!"

Following this, the Clown covered his face with both hands, as if wearing a mask, and began to pace back and forth in the room in a serious manner, as if role-playing someone.

Jian Changsheng blinked: "...That Special Envoy?"

The Clown nodded repeatedly!

He pointed at the two of them.

"Us?"

The Clown wrapped his arms around his chest, as if protecting something.

"Hold? Guard? Protect...?"

Jian Changsheng slapped his thigh, guessing the Clown’s meaning. "You mean, you want us to protect the Special Envoy?"

The Clown nodded frantically, his head nearly shaking off his neck. He let out an "Iya-haha" laugh and gave Jian Changsheng another thumbs up.

Then, without waiting for Jian Changsheng to ask anything else, the Clown opened the window, picked up Jian Changsheng and Heart 9 like little chicks, took a deep breath, and threw them forcefully out the window!

"IYA!!!"

*Whoosh, whoosh*—!

The two figures, under the immense force, streaked out like rockets, leaving afterimages as they shot straight toward a certain direction in the night sky...

……

Red Dust Hotel.

Chen Ling, through the golden mask, gazed at the five major consortiums frantically trying to clear their names, his eyes perfectly calm.

Chen Ling knew very well that the massive amount of gold and treasures he had brought out from the Ancient Theater Treasury was more than even a few families in the Red Dust Domain could handle. Moreover, while the treasures were valuable, they weren't high-demand goods in the current era; overall, it was a case of "supply exceeding demand." This was also why his fellow disciples had only been able to keep lowering prices, leading to severely shrinking profits.

These five major consortiums, as the wealthiest and most powerful forces in the main city, were his most critical buyers. But in this market, which was already extremely unfavorable to Chen Ling, if the five consortiums with purchasing power joined forces to suppress prices, his room for survival would only shrink further... Therefore, the first step of Chen Ling’s entry was to tear apart the alliance between the five consortiums, forcing them to return from "cooperation" to "competition."

And the method Chen Ling used to tear apart the alliance was the fear and oppression brought by the title of "Golden Society Special Envoy."

Using a trick to swap the Beidou Consortium’s sandalwood Buddha could be said to be directly planting a "bomb" for them. If they couldn't explain it to him, the Beidou Consortium would vanish under the Envoy’s wrath... And in order to prove their innocence, they would inevitably search frantically for the mastermind behind the swap.

Chen Ling then used a small trick to ignite the conflict between Huadu and Beidou... Of course, he hadn't chosen these two consortiums at random. He had spent an entire night analyzing the interest relationships between the five, discovering that the conflict between Huadu and Beidou was the smallest; in some ways, they could even be considered partners. Since Chen Ling wanted the five to tear each other apart, he naturally couldn't let them stay allied, so he immediately pinned the blame on Zong Wen.

The rift between Huadu and Beidou also affected the other three consortiums, and their mutual conflicts of interest were completely detonated under the Envoy’s pressure.

It was like a game of musical chairs; whoever couldn't prove their innocence would be wiped out by the Envoy. So, they were forced to expose others' flaws and throw mud at them... Yet, ironically, all five of them were actually innocent!

The true mastermind stood on the stage, ignored by everyone, coldly watching their infighting and slaughter.

Chen Ling looked at the five directors below who were already arguing until their eyes were red, knowing the time was ripe. His voice, accompanied by the thunder, spoke in a deep tone:

"...'Enough'!"