Chapter 2583 — Waiting for News, Which Left the Branch's Big Boss—That Is, Brother Dafeng—With No Say at All, Effectively Sidelined
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"Oh? What man is so bold as to dare beat Military Advisor Zhuge to death?" Brother Dafeng flew into a "rage." "Could it be he means to make an enemy of the Red Conch?"
"Not exactly—Military Advisor Zhuge brought it on himself. If he had listened to you, Brother Dafeng, and developed steadily, would he have died?" Little Tongzi set his teeth and made his final gamble. If Brother Dafeng, hearing his flattery, would keep him at his side, then there might still be some work for Little Tongzi to pick up. Otherwise, going back to headquarters meant the end.
"Oh? How do you mean?" Brother Dafeng asked, betraying nothing.
Little Tongzi was no fool. Hearing Brother Dafeng's question, he understood at once that Brother Dafeng was not averse to his going on, and so he hurried to say, "If you ask me, Military Advisor Zhuge may have come down from headquarters, but he understood nothing at all about the forces here in the country—and yet he wanted to be the center of attention, greedy for credit and glory. And what came of it? Fine state of affairs! He provoked a power he had no business provoking. So what if he was an expert of the early Heaven rank? The man killed him in a single second—one move, and he was a dead man, every bone in his body and every meridian shattered. Was that not just courting death?"
"What? Killed in a second?" Brother Dafeng was struck dumb. He had believed that if Wei Zhao said he could finish Military Advisor Zhuge, then he must have had some measure of assurance—but the process ought not to have been simple; it ought to have been bitterly hard. Yet who would have thought Wei Zhao could kill Military Advisor Zhuge in a single second? What rank of **practitioner was Wei Zhao now?
"Yes, killed in a second!" Little Tongzi of course had no idea that Brother Dafeng knew Wei Zhao. He went on, "Originally, Lai Changshan's company had brought in an expert of the early Earth rank from the secular Wu family to make peace, but Military Advisor Zhuge would not give the man face and crippled him. And then it all came home to roost—he drew out the leader standing behind the Wu family's young heir, and the man finished him with a single move!"
"And who is this leader behind them? To be so formidable?" Brother Dafeng asked at once.
"I don't know his name either, but he's very young—just past twenty, a bit on the thin side. He doesn't look like any kind of ruthless man; more like a student. But the moment he strikes… he is truly ruthless!" Even now, thinking back on it, Little Tongzi felt a lingering dread.
Brother Dafeng drew a deep breath. At last he could be certain: it was Wei Zhao who had done it. But how had Wei Zhao become so formidable? Yet the more formidable Wei Zhao was, the happier Brother Dafeng felt—it proved he had not backed the wrong man!
"So formidable—and Military Advisor Zhuge went and provoked a ruthless man like that; it would have been strange if he hadn't died!" Brother Dafeng said mildly. "This place of ours is the birthplace of ancient martial arts. It is not like foreign lands—there are many hidden experts here. When you do not provoke them, you may see nothing at all; but once you provoke them, trouble comes!"
"Yes, I feel the same. Ah, but my words carry no weight, and I came here from headquarters with Military Advisor Zhuge. I wanted to counsel him, but Military Advisor Zhuge would not listen to me, and it was not fitting for me to secretly carry tales to you, Brother Dafeng. I never imagined it would cost Military Advisor Zhuge his life. Brother Dafeng, I am sorry—punish me as you see fit!" Little Tongzi said.