Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 554 - 131 What to Do Next

"The secret societies that Mephisto controls don’t have particularly close ties with each other. The Guanyin Followers, where Shen Qingxi belongs, originally weren’t part of the Moses Plan. But after the first failed attack on you, Tartalos approached them for their aid,"

Wendy fiddled with the White Bone Skull in her hand, recounting the whole affair’s causes and consequences.

"Luring the Ma Family to Tianmen to purge their ranks was a trap pre-arranged by the Fox Demon and the Pure Land Sect. Without them deliberately leaking information, the Ma Family, who usually live deep in the mountains, wouldn’t have received any news."

"But the trap they initially set was accidentally foiled by you, specifically when Max impersonated a reclusive elder of the Longevity Sect and scared off the Maitreya Monk. Had he not appeared, the Fox Demon would have incited rat swarms to betray them at the last moment, and Maitreya would have forcibly converted the Ma Family using Buddhist Law."

"After that plan failed, they activated a contingency, luring the Ma Family into the next trap. But this plan required the right bait, and you happened to visit the Ma Family in the hospital at that time, so you caught their attention."

"But they didn’t anticipate your true strength, let alone that you could escape the rat attack, with two enigmatic young girls protecting you. Concerned over complications arising with prolonged delay, they turned to the National Salvation Warriors Association, who were in this region on another assignment."

"The Guanyin Followers are cultists worshipping the Ancient Deep Sea Gods, Guanyin of Gray Leather, while the National Salvation Warriors Association is a violent gang established by the Guanyin Followers, composed of exiled Samurai Ninjas, and whose cruelty you have witnessed for yourself."

"And at that time, these Fusang Warriors were coincidentally executing another secret plan arranged by the Shen Family—they were preparing to snatch the Imperial Jade Seal from the Shen Family."

What the hell... it’s so chaotic, how did the Imperial Jade Seal even come into this?

Is this Tianmen or some kind of high-security prison?

Li Mumu felt her brain was seriously lacking in processing threads, so she took out another brain and placed it beside her.

"Isn’t it strange that there are just too many coincidences?"

"That’s true, from an outsider’s perspective, one can indeed detect a trace of deliberate manipulation. It’s as if someone is using you as a pawn in this chaotic game of chess,"

Wendy spoke with a hint of resentment. As a loafer, she disliked complications and hated being calculated into such troubles even more.

"The matter of the Imperial Jade Seal has nothing to do with you, and I believe you wouldn’t be overly interested in it. As for the Ma Family, they fell into a trap halfway and are now imprisoned at the Pure Land Sect’s secret headquarters by Maitreya Monk. Do you want to save them?"

"Honestly, I want to call the police..."

If she hadn’t experienced what happened last night, Li Mumu would have confidently thumped her chest and declared she could handle it.

But by now, she had soberly realized that amongst these secretive organizations that have stubbornly survived under the pressure of the Special Service Bureau, almost none are easy targets; if she foolishly charged in alone, she could very well find herself in deep trouble.

Just the name Pure Land Sect alone sounded formidable, and the fact that Maitreya Monk ran off at the sight of the Red String doesn’t indicate cowardice, but rather that he is smart enough to have truly witnessed the infinite mana of the Guiding Bodhisattva and managed to escape unscathed.

It’s hard to imagine how many aces someone like that could have up their sleeve; playing poker with him might result in multiple jokers showing up in a single deck.

And unlike some street loafers, Eldest Miss Li can actually muster a response when she shakes the tree, even offering multiple-choice options.

Li Mumu felt indecisive.

Forget it, let’s first ask for cause and effect. Now that the Fusang Warriors have been vanquished, it’s considered as diminishing some of the unwarranted anger she felt from being chased for no apparent reason. The causal line then leads to the Pure Land Sect and the Guanyin Followers, both of which sound like hard nuts to crack.

Who would be interested in this? The sisters from the Red Lantern Society are still diligently repairing the rifts in the Netherworld Springs. On the Special Service Bureau’s side... apart from Sister Yaoqin, Li Mumu doesn’t trust the others much.

Maybe she should turn to the principal, taking this opportunity to strengthen their relationship and score some goodwill points.

This is, after all, the only person she can definitely say will be a super-powerful figure well into the next century.

Being able to cling to her coattails was virtually the same as passing the level.

...

"Grandpa! I’m back!"

Shen Qingxi gently knocked on the door of her grandfather’s study and, upon entering, saw Shen Jianzhen with a blanket over his legs and a glass of foreign wine in hand, silently gazing at the bright moon outside the window.

"You’re back? Come here, let Grandpa have a look at you."

Seeing the innocent smile on his granddaughter’s face eased the frustration and gloom Shen Jianzhen had felt all day, and he lifted his hand to call the girl, who was oblivious to the family secrets, over to him.

Shen Qingxi keenly sensed something off about her grandpa.

"Grandpa, what happened?"

"It’s nothing serious, just that our family has encountered some issues recently. You know how your dad is, always so headstrong, never listening to advice..."

"Dad is already an adult, and he must have his own thoughts. Why should you worry about him?"

Shen Qingxi said with a smile, "It’s just about making a bit more money or a bit less. Money is something you can never finish earning. Isn’t our family doing quite well in its current state?"

Her granddaughter’s consoling words brought a gratified smile to Shen Jianzhen’s wrinkled old face.

"You’re so good with words, much more sensible than your father is. But this time, we might indeed need you to step in and resolve some problems."

Shen Jianzhen patted his granddaughter’s shoulder with a serious look, "Tell me any wish you have, Grandpa will try his best to fulfill it."

"I don’t really have any wishes though?"

Shen Qingxi thought for a moment and shook her head, "My pocket money is more than enough, and I can do what I want on my own. If I really have to mention a wish, it would be that I hope you don’t keep getting angry with Dad, that you exercise more regularly, and live a long and healthy life!"

After speaking these words, she found her grandfather’s expression become incredibly strange, but she didn’t think too much about it at the moment.

Her grandpa didn’t tell her what exactly she needed to do, only that she should go back and await further news.

On the way back to her place in the Shen Mansion’s private car, while driving on a secluded street, the driver suddenly hit the brakes, and caught off guard, her face smashed into the seat in front of her.

"What happened?"

While taking out a handkerchief to block the bleeding from her nose, Shen Qingxi softly asked the driver.

The driver was so pale that he couldn’t speak a word.

At this moment, Shen Qingxi’s gaze passed through the front windshield and saw the middle-aged woman holding a child, standing right in the middle of the road.

Yikes! In the dead of the night...

Before she had time to think further, the woman opened her mouth and a huge tongue shot out, piercing through the car’s front windshield, and then, it thrust into Shen Qingxi’s right eye and shot out from the back of her skull.

A dozen seconds later, the paralyzed car in the middle of the street exploded in a roaring blaze, becoming a ball of raging fire.