Su Fan stood with his sword sheathed.
Behind him, Austin Gale didn't even have time to cry out. A flash of sword light, and his body was instantly cut into pieces. Without the support of his Heavenly Realm martial artist energy, he fell into the sea, becoming food for the fish.
"Potato, potato, this is Bobcat, do you copy?"
Su Fan pressed the button on his headset to call Tang Xin.
Tang Xin: ...
Can you not be so childish? Who is Potato?
"Potato acknowledges, Potato acknowledges."
"Eagle has been neutralized, Owen."
Su Fan reported to Tang Xin.
"What! How could you kill him?"
Upon learning that Su Fan had killed Austin Gale, Tang Xin lost all interest in playing along, her voice rising by an octave.
"The opponent was a Heavenly Realm expert, I couldn't capture him alive, so I had to kill him."
Su Fan explained.
He suspected Tang Xin didn't even know the opponent was a Heavenly Realm martial artist.
"Wh-what is a Heavenly Realm martial artist?"
Tang Xin's voice faltered, and she asked with confusion.
Su Fan sighed.
He briefly explained what a Heavenly Realm martial artist was to Tang Xin.
"Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't know. Otherwise, we wouldn't have let you take such a risk."
Tang Xin said apologetically after learning the truth.
"It's fine, the person is dead anyway, mission accomplished. I'll be back soon. Oh, and there's a group of foreigners on a yacht at the target location who saw us. You guys handle them."
This kind of cleanup work was naturally left to the Super Management Bureau; they were professionals.
Back at the Super Management Bureau, Su Fan returned the item to Tang Xin.
Although this communication headset was convenient, Su Fan didn't want to be in contact with Tang Xin all the time; that would truly make him a tool.
"You're a Heavenly Realm expert?"
Tang Xin asked Su Fan somewhat guiltily.
"Yeah, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Su Fan nodded, looking at Tang Xin with confusion.
"How did you cultivate? Can you teach me?"
Tang Xin said with admiration.
Su Fan was so young, yet he had reached a realm that others couldn't even chase after.
"You? Don't even think about it in this lifetime."
Su Fan delivered a ruthless blow.
If Su Yutong had said this, Su Fan might have encouraged her. Su Yutong truly had talent; even without the effect of attribute pills, she had a chance to cultivate to the Heavenly Realm on her own. But Tang Xin hadn't made any progress for so long, so she shouldn't even think about it. Her life was basically set; even if she improved in the future, it wouldn't be much.
"Can you not be so discouraging? Although I can't compare to you, I'm not that bad, am I?"
Tang Xin said indignantly.
Before this, she was known as the most talented young person in the Super Management Bureau. How could she be worthless in Su Fan's eyes?
"You're not that bad, but you have no chance of reaching the Heavenly Realm in this lifetime. After you retire, you can try to break through to the Kaiyang Realm."
Su Fan rephrased his statement to Tang Xin.
Tang Xin immediately felt much better.
Wait a minute!
What did he mean by "after you retire"? Did he mean she wouldn't break through to the Kaiyang Realm before she was sixty?
Tang Xin finally realized the implication of Su Fan's words.
"Hmph!"
Tang Xin snorted at Su Fan and didn't want to bother with him.
"I took care of the person for you, I'm leaving now."
Seeing that there was nothing else, Su Fan wanted to leave.
"Wait, the Director asked me to give you this."
Tang Xin stopped Su Fan and handed him a document.
Su Fan opened it and saw his appointment letter, appointing him as a seconded Deputy Director, with the same position as a branch deputy director, and the authority to request cooperation from any regional Super Management Bureau for investigations.
This was the power granted to Su Fan by Gu Zhi.
Su Fan didn't think much of it. It might be a powerful position for others, but Su Fan was no longer interested in such things. He wished Gu Chi could give him something tangible, like cultivation resources.
However, he guessed that the Super Management Bureau was too poor to provide any good resources, so he'd just accept it as a form of disaster relief.
Su Fan put the item away directly.
Back home, after a simple dinner and spending some time with Su Yutong, he entered the game world again.
Su Fan came down from the second floor of the inn.
He sat down in a hall and ordered a pot of tea.
With such a major event happening at Fengdang Mountain yesterday, people were bound to discuss it.
As Su Fan had expected, the table next to him began discussing the events at Fengdang Mountain.
"Did you hear? Yesterday, a meteorite fell from the sky and smashed both of the mountain strongholds on Fengdang Mountain. No one survived!"
"What are you talking about? You don't know anything. No one survived? Don't listen to him. One of the strongholds escaped, but Feng Laoguai, one of the Four Eccentrics, didn't. He was hit directly by the meteorite. He was completely obliterated, with no remains. It was tragic!"
"Is that so? Heaven's eyes are open! Wasn't this a public service, eliminating a menace? It was smashed perfectly!"
Upon hearing the truth, the surrounding people cheered. This was truly an act of eliminating a menace.
"I heard that a meteorite also appeared in Tianlong City a few days ago, and it killed Yu Shi Laoguai, another of the Four Eccentrics. Do you think this is a coincidence?"
Someone had heard about the events in Tianlong City a few days prior and, combining it with yesterday's meteorite, began to speculate.
"A meteorite falling from the sky, a sign of great misfortune! Could it be that the Tianlong Dynasty's fate is sealed?"
Some superstitious people even began to guess if the Tianlong Dynasty had incurred divine wrath and was about to undergo a dynastic change.
"Don't talk nonsense! You'll lose your head!"
The people around them quickly distanced themselves from the person speaking such nonsense, fearing they might be implicated by this fool.
"Speaking of which, two of the Four Eccentrics were killed by meteorites. Will the remaining two also be killed by meteorites?"
Someone boldly speculated.
"It's probably a coincidence. Where in the world are there such coincidences? If they were all killed by meteorites, that would be quite a show."
"What if? Do you guys want to see? I know the Red-Haired Old Man is in the next city. If you want to watch the show, you can go to the next city. It would be great to witness a meteorite landing!"
Someone who knew the whereabouts of the Four Eccentrics said excitedly.
"Then what are we waiting for? I have nothing to do anyway. Let's go take a look."
A few curious individuals immediately set off for the next city together.
Su Fan heard this, put down a piece of broken silver, and also headed towards the next city.
The neighboring town was called Fenglei Town. Although it was a town, it had developed quite well, with mature commerce and trade, equivalent to a medium-sized city.
When Su Fan arrived, he felt a bit lost.
He didn't know where the Red-Haired Old Man was, so he had to find a place to settle down and search slowly.
Su Fan casually found a restaurant, ate a simple meal, and listened to the discussions of the traveling merchants around him.
News of the meteorite had already reached this place.
"I heard that a meteorite will kill the Red-Haired Old Man today. There's a good show to watch today."
Communication in this world was slow, and rumors, as they spread, changed their meaning. By the time they reached here, it had become a certainty that the Red-Haired Old Man would be killed by a meteorite today.
Su Fan shook his head with a wry smile.
This fully proved the saying: Zhang San's sheep died in the east village, and by the time it reached the west village, it became Li Si's mother died.
Rumors were truly terrifying.