Chapter 673 - 678: The Reason
"Our trip to Jinhai City this time is mainly to deal with your third brother’s personal affairs. Your third brother has a friend in Jinhai City, also an old friend of many years. Aside from us brothers and sisters, he is his only friend. Some time ago, his friend called him, saying he had run into a bit of trouble and was hoping your third brother could help him out. At the time, your third brother agreed without hesitation. Originally, he wanted to come to Jinhai City alone to handle the trouble, but we were all idle at the time, so we might as well accompany him over. Who knew..."
At this point, Qiu Yong sighed lightly.
Xu Ming continued, "Your third brother’s friend is called Tian Lang, who is also over forty years old. He learned martial arts in the past, which is why he became acquainted with your third brother. However, after getting married and having children, he neglected his martial arts and lived the life of an ordinary person. I’ve heard your third brother mention Tian Lang before; he’s a good man who values personal loyalty. After coming to Jinhai City, due to his extraordinary skills, he was spotted by a company and became a highly-paid security personnel, specifically responsible for protecting an important figure, traveling everywhere on business trips."
"You might not believe it, but that important figure is actually a high-ranking member of the God Organization; the corporate executive role is just his cover identity. Because of your third brother, Tian Lang had some understanding of the God Organization. On one occasion, Tian Lang overheard the conversation between that high-ranking official and others, which involved a lot of confidential information about the God Organization. Amongst that information, there was a piece that was particularly critical, related to the latest research experiment of the God Organization."
Could it be... genetic mutation?
Ling Chen was startled and hurriedly asked, "Second brother, what’s the relation?"
"The God Organization has made a breakthrough in their latest research, and all the related materials are stored in a USB drive by that high-ranking official. Tian Lang, a martial artist, knows how to discern right from wrong. He was clear that the information was very important. Thus, he took the chance when the high-ranking official was unguarded and secretly stole the USB drive. Unfortunately, less than half an hour after his departure, the theft was discovered. The God Organization sent people everywhere to find his whereabouts, determined to take back the USB drive from him."
"Tian Lang has his own family in Jinhai City. To avoid involving his wife and children, he fled with his family. It was at that time he contacted your third brother, seeking help. However, by the time we arrived in Jinhai City, Tian Lang had already suffered several attacks. Not only was he badly wounded himself, but his wife and children also met with tragedy. When we found Tian Lang hiding, he was already at death’s door. Despite his severe injuries, the death of his family hit him the hardest, leaving him no desire to live on. Just before he passed, Tian Lang spent a few minutes alone with your third brother, taking his last breath. Besides your third brother, no one knows where he hid the USB drive. Originally, we intended to retrieve the USB drive and then call you to hand over the information to you. However, before we had the chance to retrieve it, we were discovered by members of the God Organization, led by Lin Tong and that mysterious expert."
With the end of the explanation, Zhang Zhongfeng said, "With our collective strength as brothers, even with the Earthly List experts, we wouldn’t fear them. But they had too many people and resorted to a lot of despicable means, making them hard to guard against. Because of this, our third brother was seriously injured in the fight and almost lost his life. At that time, we forcibly broke through with our third brother, shaking off the pursuers, and temporarily settled in that hotel. Due to the severity of our third brother’s injuries, our eldest brother called you for help, urging you to rush to Jinhai City as soon as possible."
"However, not long after our eldest brother made the call, our location was exposed. Knowing it would be difficult to prevail by force, they used a kind of colorless and odorless knockout drug in the drinking water served by the hotel staff, as well as in the ventilation ducts of the room. It was our own carelessness, coupled with extreme fatigue at the time, that prevented us from noticing. By the time we realized, it was too late, we had no strength to resist the people from the God Organization, and were ultimately captured by them. Lin Tong kept pressing us about the whereabouts of the USB drive, but aside from our third brother himself, we had no idea where it was. If you hadn’t arrived in time, we would have likely never seen daylight again."