Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 303 Midnight Raid
Masked Man: "I've found the information you requested. I'll send it to you now. The commission is complete."

After saying goodbye to Guan Tong, Shangyuan Zi also did not leave Yingqi.

Guan Tong went to the forest, while she herself went to the border between Antu and Beixing, where she found an abandoned house to stay in.

Afterwards, she sent the information Guan Tong had given her to Mask online, entrusting the latter to search and analyze it.

Upon seeing the message from the masked man, she immediately collected the attachment.

Upon opening it, she found the information about her parents, which she had been searching for all along. The information also stated that this information was collected by official departments only after the rules of the apocalypse were implemented.

Furthermore, the reason why Sakura Inori's official intelligence department collected this information was because of her.

The information is as follows:

[Confidential File - Number A18201]

Unauthorized personnel are not permitted to access this information.

[The target, Uehara Shizuka, has been chosen by the Divine Child, and the investigation into her blood relatives has been filed.]

[Father Ken Noda, who suffered from a blood disease, has passed away.]

[The mother, Uehara Mitsumi, was found to be working as a shop assistant in a large shopping mall. As of the time of filing, she had been secretly arrested and handed over to the Misawa family.]

According to the investigation, Uehara Yukari was abandoned by the two as a child and later adopted by a private organization. Interrogation of Uehara Mitsumi revealed that the reason for the abandonment was that she was born out of wedlock and the parents were unable to bear the burden of raising her.

[Given that the two haven't been in contact for several years, there's no emotional foundation between them. The already arrested Uehara Mitsumi may not pose a threat to the target.]

After reading just one page of information, Shangyuan Zi felt a sense of bewilderment.

"So, the reason is that simple."

She always thought that her parents might have had some unspeakable reasons for abandoning her.

Or, as depicted in some movies and TV dramas, the abandonment occurred due to certain coincidences or mistakes.

However, the truth is quite ordinary.

Children born out of wedlock are abandoned because they cannot bear the pressure.

This kind of thing is nothing new in any country, and it's not dramatic at all.

Looking at her parents' names on the documents, she realized that her surname "Shangyuan" undoubtedly came from her mother.

Even if she chose to abandon him, he was still her own flesh and blood, so she left her surname to the child.

As for records about her, the intelligence department stopped collecting them after handing her over to the Misawa family.

The Misawa clan is the family to which the goddess belongs. The reason why this family wanted to take Uehara Mitsumi away has already been mentioned in the documents.

They wanted to use it as leverage to threaten Shang Yuanzi at a crucial moment.

Given Yuan Zi's understanding of the Divine Child's style of doing things, it's not surprising that he would do this.

However, the intelligence department has already mentioned in the documents that "there is no emotional foundation between the two sides, so it cannot pose a threat."

This is indeed the case.

The effect of threatening a child with a mother who abandoned her child at a young age is self-evident.

But even so...

Shang Yuanzi looked at her mother's photo in the file. She was just as ordinary as her mother, an average woman.

Even so, she still wanted to see her.

Shang Yuanzi hesitated for a moment, then picked up her phone.

……

Guan Tong has been manipulating shadows to infiltrate the prison beneath the Cherry Blossom Mansion for over twenty-four hours.

During this period, no new people came down from up there; it was still the same dozen or so ninjas who took turns on duty.

Although she hadn't accomplished much all day, Guan Tong wasn't anxious.

He believed that with patience, he would be able to grasp the key clues.

However, he didn't stay idle during this time; he carefully observed the composition of the prisoners in the jail.

Apart from the former Antai people, the rest are all Yingqi people.

The fact that these people were imprisoned rather than executed suggests that they were still useful.

The fact that these people were imprisoned in the Misawa family's family prison, rather than in Sakura Inori's official prison, indicates that they were only useful to the Misawa family.

Like that sheriff surnamed Suzuki, she was tortured, probably because the Misawa family wanted to get information about Kanto through her, but they got nothing.

Releasing her under these circumstances is unlikely. If we send her back to the police station, what will the other officers think if she reveals the torture she was subjected to?

It would be a pity to execute her, as her [profiling] ability, though lacking in combat power, is quite functional and might come in handy in the future.

Therefore, the Yuze family could only keep her imprisoned here and take her out when they needed to use her abilities.

But people are not tools or machines. According to Guan Tong's observation, Suzuki had been looking dazed and his eyes were empty all day. He was probably not far from having a mental breakdown.

Besides her, there were several other cells where people were being held in groups. A dozen or twenty people were crammed into one cell.

These people were tortured far more severely than Suzuki, but their will was unwavering. Far from breaking down, they frequently shouted or pounded on the cell door, displaying an indomitable spirit.

Guan Tong guessed that these people were probably opponents of the Yuze family.

He was also very concerned about the situation of the snake servant.

It has been banging its head against the wall since yesterday, and it hasn't stopped all day, but the force has decreased a lot, probably because it has exhausted its energy and hasn't been replenished.

What he didn't understand was why the Yuze family was imprisoning it.

This monster was created entirely by Uehara Yukari's abilities, and no one else could control it except her.

While he was pondering this, he suddenly received a message from Shangyuan Zi.

Besides the information she obtained from the masked man, the contents also included her own plan.

Find the Misawa family, to which the goddess belongs, and investigate the whereabouts of her biological mother, Uehara Mitsumi.

Guan Tong looked at the information and thought to herself, "What a coincidence!"

What he is currently monitoring is none other than the private secret prison of the Mizawa family.

If Uehara Yuzuru's mother was imprisoned by the Mizawa family, then she should be in this underground prison.

He told Shang Yuanzi about his discovery, and she immediately replied, wanting to go to the prison to find someone. Guan Tong told her to be patient and wait for the key person to appear before taking action.

Therefore, Shangyuan Zi planned to first go to a certain place around Luoying Mansion and lie in wait for Guan Tong to give her a signal before meeting up at the scene.

Two days passed, and just as Shang Yuanzi was about to lose her patience, she finally received a call from Guan Tong in the middle of the night.

"Take action."

"The key figure has appeared?"

"He is that divine child's personal bodyguard."

"it is good."

Guan Tong put down his phone, and through the vision shared by the shadow, he clearly saw a person enter the underground prison.

This person was the one who could turn invisible when he assassinated the Divine Child.

This person is able to serve as the divine son's personal bodyguard, so even if he is not a member of the Yuze family, he must be extremely knowledgeable about the Yuze family's situation.

Just like the drivers and butlers of some high-ranking officials and the super-rich, they would not be placed in positions that allow them to spy on their secrets and have contact with their relatives unless they are confidants.

With the teleportation activated, Guan Tong appeared inside the gate of the Cherry Blossom Mansion in the next instant.

He opened the door, and less than two minutes later, Shang Yuanzi, dressed in black, arrived.

"I didn't expect to see you again so soon," Guan Tong said.

When he heard Shang Yuanzi say that last time, he thought it would be a final farewell. He never expected that fate would play such a cruel trick, and that the two of them would have the opportunity to act together again so soon.

“Hmm. The guards here have all been removed,” Shangyuan Zi said. “It seems to be a deliberate smokescreen to make others overlook this place.”

"Yes, that way it's hard for outsiders to imagine that there's an underground prison."

"How do we get in?"

“I’ve been monitoring them for several days and I’ve figured out the location of the mechanism down there. But once the mechanism is activated and the stone slab opens, the guards inside will hear the noise. So you go through the mechanism, and I’ll go in another way. While they’re distracted by you, I’ll launch a surprise attack.”

"understood."

Guan Tong led Yuan Zi to the room where the mechanism was located, which was a shrine with a statue of a deity.

"The mechanism is in the right ear of the statue. Turning it will open the stone slab behind the statue, and going down the steps will lead to the prison."

Shangyuan Zi nodded, leaped onto the statue, and reached out to pull at its right ear.

Seeing her anxiety, Guan Tong knew she wanted to confirm as soon as possible whether her mother was in prison. Without saying anything more, he shifted his position again, this time directly exchanging places with a shadowy figure in the underground prison.

The next moment he appeared in the shadows on one side of the stone steps.

Because his entire body was encased in black shadow armor, he was completely integrated with the darkness and difficult to see.

"Kakaka..."

The sound of the stone slabs rattling at the entrance carried down to the guardhouse, where people immediately came out and whispered among themselves, seemingly puzzled.

At that moment, the key target, Shin, the divine child's personal bodyguard, also came out of the room.

The person was completely wrapped in a tight-fitting suit, wearing a headscarf and a mask, with only their eyes showing.

At this moment, those eyes were flashing with vigilance and sharpness.

The moment Shangyuan Zi's figure was revealed after the entrance stone slab was removed, the guards all gasped in surprise.

A hint of surprise flashed in Xin's eyes, and almost at the same time, Guan Tong launched an attack.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish!"

A large number of shadow assassins suddenly appeared from all directions, attacking all the guards.

Xin reacted the fastest, instantly taking out the black knife from the storage box and slashing at the Shadow Assassin who was close to him.

The other ninja guards were all pierced through the body and died instantly.

The shadow was already extremely fast, and given that Guan Tong chose to launch a surprise attack when their attention was focused on Shang Yuanzi, it was no surprise that he was instantly killed.

The guard, whom the divine child called "Xin," disappeared after several slashes, using his invisibility ability.

Guan Tong immediately deployed his Shadow Domain.

He didn't have a way to see through invisibility, but what's the point of invisibility if attacks are allowed to fill every corner?
Within the shadow domain, countless "shadow needles" rained down from above.

This was specially prepared by Guan Tong for the invisible person. As long as one of the wires touches Xin's body, he can determine the latter's location.

"Operating in the dark is a fundamental skill of ninjas."

Before all the shadow needles had fallen, a cold voice rang out from behind.

Xin swung his sword, intending to split Guan Tong's head in two.

With a swift stroke, the shadow armor was split in two, revealing that it was empty inside.

I won't make the same mistake twice.

Guan Tong's voice rang out from above.

He had already experienced Xin's "invisible swift slash" firsthand. Even with his Shadow Armor, Mental Shield, and Gilded Guardian triple defense, and even his trump card, the Life-Saving Pendant, he was unwilling to take the risk.

After realizing that his attack had missed and his location had been exposed, Xin did not hesitate to take out a teleportation item and use it to escape.

"Can you get away?"

The Shadow Domain switched to a small space mode and appeared in Guan Tong's palm. The next moment, he used the teleportation technique to exchange positions with a shadow spike in front of Xin.

When Guan Tong suddenly appeared before him, a hint of disdain flashed in the ninja's eyes. It seemed that the information about "teleportation + spatial attack" had been leaked before he even spoke, and that he was already prepared.

But his preparations froze for a moment along with time.

what happened? !
When Xin came to his senses, Guan Tong's hand, which held the small space attack, was already on his waist. Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see that Guan Tong's other hand was holding a small hourglass.

The silent and irresistible attack in the small space almost instantly severed him at the waist, and his right arm, which held the teleportation item, was also immediately cut off by the shadow blade at close range, causing him to fall to the ground.

The intense pain and the sensation of losing feeling in his lower body almost caused Xin to faint immediately.

He tried to make a move, but when he looked up, he was met with a pair of vertical pupils.

In an instant, a flood of hallucinations overwhelmed him. His brain could no longer withstand the intense stimulation, and he groaned and fell unconscious.

(End of this chapter)