Naming Technique of the Night - Chapter 212

Chapter 212: 177. Coward

Someone asked the King of the Crusade, “King of the Crusade, how come you know so much about the Shadow Strife, you even knew of Qing Huai’s death. Were you there at the time?”

The King of the Crusade replied, “I know too many things to surprise you, don’t worry, I’ll keep spilling the beans, and it’s free of charge.”

Qing Chen was puzzled; this King of the Crusade’s character did match the “ID”—a rash and extremely vain image, almost as if leaping out of the screen.

He didn’t understand, was this guy just seeking attention and satisfying his vanity without fear of being caught in a blunder?

Where did his confidence come from?

However, he didn’t pay it any mind, instead hoping others would ask more about the topic of Shadow Strife.

Li Si asked, “King of the Crusade, I heard in the Inner World that past Shadow Strifes weren’t so intense—there weren’t casualties in the first round. Why is this session so special?”

The King of the Crusade replied, “Hehe, I do know a bit about this. It’s said that Qing Xun of Qing’s Family is unwell, which has led him to consider abdicating and seeking a worthy successor among previous Shadows to take over the consortium’s power. Now, only three Shadows are still alive—one is old and frail, one has wandered off to different places, and another was left ill from the last Shadow Strife, likely not long for this world. Therefore, the position of Family Head of Qing’s Family might emerge from this session, which has everyone’s eyes green with envy.”

One generation of Family Head, several generations of Shadows assisting, and ultimately, the Family Head’s position to be chosen from among these Shadows.

The position of Shadow is already tempting, let alone the position of Family Head?

Li Si then asked, “Now that Qing Huai is dead, who is the hottest candidate? Does ‘Time Traveler’ stand a chance to hitch a ride and mix in some inherited merits?”

The King of the Crusade answered, “Historically, those who have assisted the Family Head and stood out from both the Shadow Strife and Family Head’s competition eventually climb to high positions within the consortium, which is definitely a shortcut. However, the Shadow Strife is more dangerous than you might imagine. As for popular candidates, if we really have to choose, I’d recommend Qing Wen from the main branch or Qing Zhong from the secondary branch.”

This King of the Crusade truly appeared as if he was master of all he surveyed—almost to the point of giving Li Si a guide.

By the way, Yang Yang said, “This Li Si cares so much about the Shadow Strife; could he be someone from inside Qing’s Family?”

“It might also be a confusing question intentionally thrown out to mislead us about his identity,” Qing Chen said, “It’s still hard to confirm.”

The next moment, Zhang San revisited an old issue, “King of the Crusade, do you know of any ability that can send letters silently? This type of delivery right by the pillow makes one’s sleep restless.”

Qing Chen looked at Nan Gengchen, “I’m saying, you type. Taboo item ACE-017, Devil’s Stamp, can use fresh blood to create a stamp to send a letter to any known address though only one sentence can be in the content. If both Zhang San and Li Si have already received letters, then your home addresses have been exposed to this holder of the Taboo.”

In the group, everyone saw that ‘A Little Duckling,’ who had always been silent, suddenly spoke up, revealing such crucial information as soon as they did.

The information about the Taboo item was trivial for Qing Chen, but for other Time Travelers, it was extremely valuable!

Everyone initially thought that this “A Little Duckling” had been silent for a long time, probably a newbie Time Traveler, but now everyone realized that this was also a major player!

For a moment, no one sent any messages, all waiting for the little duckling to continue talking!

Qing Chen said, “The holder of this Taboo item is very evil, not only manipulating the Laojun Mountain kidnapping case, but many who received the letters have been murdered by this holder. This holder not only commits heinous acts but is also unpredictably violent, killing even their own people. If you receive a letter, the first thing to do is to move house, to somewhere no one can find, and then try to recall clues to find this holder and report them to either Kyushu or Kunlun.”

The group became even quieter then.

After a long time, Li Si suddenly asked, “Are these things you’re saying true, or are you making them up?”

From previous chats, it seemed that both Li Si and Zhang San had received letters, which might explain why ‘A Little Duckling’s’ words were somewhat alarming to them.

Nan Gengchen asked, “Qing Chen, should we respond to their skepticism?”

Qing Chen shook his head, “No, let’s wait a bit longer.”

“Wait for what?” Nan Gengchen asked, puzzled.

“Wait for others to corroborate our claims,” Qing Chen smiled.

Just then, the usually silent Liu Dezhu suddenly spoke up, “It’s true!!! This holder is backed by a huge secret organization, and as a victim of the Laojun Mountain kidnapping case, I too have suffered at their hands!!! I utterly detest this wicked organization—If anyone has any information on them, please tell me immediately!!!”

In the group, others thought this must be true information now; Liu Dezhu is verified, and he holds a significant status in the Inner World, naturally bringing some credibility.

Moreover, they could feel exasperation that was hard to articulate as they observed the string of exclamation marks from Liu Dezhu’s messages transmitting through the screen.

Everyone suddenly felt that this guy might have made an enemy of the owner of the Devil’s Stamp, as it seemed like a fight to the death was underway from both sides.

In fact, Liu Dezhu’s words were indeed earnest because he truly suffered from the onslaught of letters.

Whereas others were just scared, he had to physically bleed to reply.

Last night, he had roughly calculated the number of replies, if the other party wanted to keep talking to the boss, then from now on, he would have to bleed out 300cc each month before anything else!

“Wait, does the boss want to confuse the enemy and use the power of this group chat to find the owner of the Devil’s Stamp and cut off this hidden manipulator?!” Liu Dezhu pondered internally.

At this moment, Qing Chen was silently watching everyone’s reactions in the group; he had already achieved the effect he wanted.

The owner of the Devil’s Stamp had always been lurking in the darkness, constantly reminding Qing Chen that finding him would lead to utter doom.

Qing Chen was never one to sit and await his doom, so since he couldn’t find any clues yet, he decided to have everyone help search together.

He told them the other party was the mastermind behind the Laojun Mountain incident to place them in opposition to the Time Traveler, after all, those villains planned to kidnap the Time Traveler for their own use.

He said the other party ruthlessly killed their own when angered, to make the Time Traveler cautious about being recruited by them.

He suggested reporting the information of the adversary to Kunlun and Kyushu to hint that this holder stood against Kunlun, thereby identifying their adversarial stance.

In the end, Liu Dezhu intervened with some authoritative role to back up the claims of “a little duck”.

This made the owner of the Devil’s Stamp a target for everyone!

Yan Yan chuckled on the side, “Interesting, when you’re not sure you can defeat the enemy, first find a few more enemies for that enemy.”

Qing Chen responded, “I’ll go respond to the boss with a message that the mission is complete.”

Saying so, he walked into the bathroom to send a message to Liu Dezhu: “Well done.”

Liu Dezhu, thrilled on the other end of the communicator, had actually received praise from the boss!

Moreover, a strange thing happened, the slowly dissipating fire in his heart flared up again at that moment!

Liu Dezhu’s eyes brightened; he hadn’t expected the boss’s praise to have such an effect: “Boss, can you praise me a couple more times?”

Seeing this message, Qing Chen thought to himself this guy must have some issues.

The next moment, a letter suddenly appeared beside Liu Dezhu’s pillow.

The envelope slowly materialized from nothing, looking peculiarly eerie.

Liu Dezhu tore open the letter and messaged Qing Chen: “Boss, the holder sent a letter: he actually wants to turn everyone against me, quite amusing, hehe.”

When Qing Chen read the letter’s content, he wasn’t surprised; he knew that something as significant as He Xiaoxiao’s group creation wouldn’t be missed by the opposition. So he had figured that there were definitely the opponent’s spies in the group, and that perhaps the holder themselves might be among them.

Qing Chen said, “Reply to him: ‘Why not come out and argue for yourself? Hehe.’”

The holder responded, “Why, so you can know my ID? Hehe.”

Liu Dezhu asked, “Boss, how should I reply?”

Qing Chen: “Coward, hehe.”

In the night, in front of a massive floor-to-ceiling window, a slender figure gazed at the reply filled with “hehe” and suddenly felt a bit disgusted…