Imperial Treasure

Chapter 521 - 343: SSS-1, Sui Yi

Why did you kill Xiao Zhuang?

In that small kitchen, Zhuang Ziliu, who was eleven or twelve at the time, looked at her in shock. She was covered in blood, and on the ground lay Xiao Zhuang’s corpse... along with the bodies of others.

Her hands were sticky with blood.

How did she respond to Zhuang Ziliu?

It seemed like she somewhat forgot, but she only remembered that a little while before Zhuang Ziliu’s arrival, Xiao Zhuang had smiled at her and said, "Ah Yi, I’m no longer Xiao Zhuang..."

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Three days later, Sui Yi woke up. Five days later, she sat in a wheelchair and saw Yhan Qingwu who had also been seriously injured, but could barely walk.

Her injuries were worse than Sui Yi had imagined. Sui Yi learned from Gong Jiu that after Qingwu had contacted her with a cell phone and then cut the call, she hadn’t run away from the orphanage, but entangled herself with that old woman... and later went back to find her.

In Gong Jiu’s words, Yhan Qingwu, who the whole upper circle of Provincial City unanimously praised for having high EQ and IQ... was actually stupid to death!

The stupidest thing is courting death, isn’t it?

Yhan Qingwu indeed courted death, actually going back to find her at such a time...

When facing Miss Gong’s occasional provocations, Miss Yhan’s response went like this, "I guess I’m just 19... perhaps my rebellious phase has kicked in... Besides, if you were in my shoes, Miss Gong, what would you have done?"

Miss Gong said, "Obviously, I’d drive away and then come back after a few days when the coast is clear... to collect the bodies."

Haha~ aren’t you just all talk!

Although she constantly mocked Miss Yhan, Miss Gong actually took great care of her. Using Flower Demon’s words, "You are so righteous to my family’s Sui Yi, I plan to offer myself in marriage..."

"That sounds like taking advantage of status to repay kindness while delivering yourself to the doorstep like a hooligan~~ You better keep an eye on that idiot~~ I see that Miss Yhan is also suffering these days..." Flower Demon complained to Sui Yi, who had awakened.

Sitting in her wheelchair, Sui Yi smiled and placed her palm on her legs covered by a blanket, feeling the fluffy woolen fabric as she looked out of the window.

Flower Demon slightly frowned, feeling that Sui Yi had been acting a bit strange these days.

It was like she was, too quiet.

Knock knock, the door was tapped.

Yhan Qingwu entered in a wheelchair, locked eyes with Flower Demon who raised an eyebrow, stood up, and went out with Gong Jiu, closing the door behind them. Only Yhan Qingwu and Sui Yi were left in the room.

Two people in wheelchairs... locked eyes with each other.

The still somewhat pale-faced Yhan Qingwu glanced at the medical devices by the bed and said, "When I first found you, I thought you were going to die."

"I thought so too," Sui Yi replied with a faint smile, "but I’m still alive."

"It’s good that you’re alive."

Yhan Qingwu maneuvered her wheelchair closer, both of them bathed in the soft light filtering through the floor-to-ceiling window.

The light was very peaceful, and so were they.

"When I went back to look for you, Zhuang Ziliu and the others had already left... I saw the basement," Yhan Qingwu had seen the basement before Gong Jiu and the others arrived. Her initial reaction was to that table, the table covered in blood, the most horrifying sight she had ever experienced in her life.

Afterward... Yhan Qingwu slightly closed her eyes, she had so many doubts, but... found it difficult to speak.

"Not going to ask? It’s very uncomfortable to keep too many questions bottled up inside," Sui Yi looked at her.

Gong Jiu and the others didn’t know, but this person had seen and heard everything.

Yhan Qingwu looked at her, "I won’t ask... If you don’t speak of it, it must be something that can’t be discussed."

"It’s not that it can’t be discussed," Sui Yi looked outside the window, "I am from Fuan Orphanage... The orphanage was indeed burnt down by me, and those people... were indeed killed by me."

"Including Xiao Zhuang?" Yhan Qingwu asked softly.

"Yes," Sui Yi nodded.

Xiao Zhuang... Yhan Qingwu noticed Sui Yi’s eyes became somewhat vacant, as if she was lost in thought or reminiscing something.

This person must be very special.

"So, that’s why you’ve been so indulgent with Zhuang Ziliu..." Yhan Qingwu sighed softly.

"Many things from the past I can no longer remember, but I do recall he was quite a good person... He took care of me a lot when I was a child. Maybe he went a bit crazy seeing me kill Xiao Zhuang," Sui Yi tapped her cold handrail lightly, looking at Yhan Qingwu, "When ideals clash with reality, the impact is no less than killing a person... Qing Wu, do I frighten you, being like this?"

In the eyes of people like Yhan Qingwu and Gong Jiu, she surely wouldn’t just be seen as a demon with a penchant for murder from such a young age.

Yhan Qingwu looked steadily at her and stretched out her hand to press on Sui Yi’s palm.

For the first time, she felt Sui Yi’s hand so icy cold and frail.

"No, in my view, you have always been Sui Yi and nothing else,"

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In the next room, Dongfang Bubai, Jiang Chenyu, Gong Jiu, and Flower Demon were seated haphazardly.

Gong Jiu, sipping on her drink, said, "I somehow feel there’s something ominous about this whole affair. You’ve all seen the basement of the orphanage, right? The remains down there... have been there for many years, haven’t they?"

Jiang Chenyu replied, "Mostly children aged between four and fifteen, all apparently subjected to some special potions... It’s a bit like creating Living Medicine People."

"Living Medicine People? What kind of antiquated term is that? In our place... it’s called a nefarious organization trafficking in human organs... I suspect that the orphanage was previously contracted by some organization, specifically to kill orphans and harvest their organs for huge profits..." Flower Demon’s brows carried a hint of ferocity, although they were also accustomed to ruthless killings, they were never willing to harm the innocent... let alone helpless orphans.

"The corpse Qi and death Qi in that basement are heavy, and with those skeletons piled up, there must be at least a hundred or two hundred children victimized there~~ Miss Gong, you better tell your subordinates to stay away from that place as much as possible, or it would be troublesome if they get tainted by the Corpse Resentment," Jiang Chenyu’s warning made Gong Jiu’s brows twitch as she nodded, "I understand.."

As the three of them spoke, the Eastern Lady suddenly intervened, "The organ trafficking and Living Medicine People you just mentioned, I don’t think it’s like that."

The three turned to look at her.

The Eastern Lady reached out and pulled a very rustic notebook from the pocket of the coat beside her, its cover was tattered, with a scent of blood mixed with dust, and placed it on the table: "This thing, I probably can’t understand it very well, but I recognize one name on it."

What name?

Gong Jiu picked it up and turned to the first page, only to widen her eyes, "This is.."

"What is this?" Flower Demon, puzzled, but saw Gong Jiu had already flipped through the pages of the notebook, on the first page were recorded lines of names, the first among them..

"SSS-1, Sui Yi... What does this mean? It also notes ’unknown carrier.. highest operability.. to be determined, to be kept at the headquarters for experimentation’"

"There’s more, A-1, Zhuang Ziyi, A-2, Zhuang Ziliu... Zhuang Ziliu, Qing Wu mentioned him, it was that scoundrel who lured them to the orphanage, seems to have some old grudge with Sui Yi... Were they from the same orphanage? Seems like siblings~~"

"This kind of thing, Sui Yi seems reluctant to talk about it, so it’s not the focus; the focus is what these serial numbers mean? Look, the notes behind say that Zhuang Ziyi has high flexibility, excellent mind... Zhuang Ziliu is extremely intelligent, overall high competency.. It looks to me like some sort of training list," Gong Jiu complained, but as she spoke the last sentence, she looked at Flower Demon; fear was evident in both their eyes.

"This is..."

Jiang Chenyu spoke indifferently, "When I said Living Medicine People, that means manipulating the mind with various potions to enhance physical functions, creating powerful assassins, Death Soldiers. Children have the highest potential for moldability and are the easiest to control, though the mortality rate is extremely high, which is why they often use adult young warriors. I didn’t expect that such an inhumane organization existed here."

After speaking, she glanced at the notebook and said, "Is S a higher grade than A? Or 3S, it seems Miss Sui is highly regarded for her talent."

I don’t find this the least bit funny.

"Sui Yi’s intermittent mental changes, could they be related to her childhood experiences, could she be..." Gong Jiu asked cautiously..

But Jiang Chenyu just looked down and said, "Her problem lies with the heart, not the body... Perhaps she has a Heart Demon, and this mentions that Sui Yi was to be kept at the headquarters for experimentation, implying that they were unable to experiment on her while she was at the orphanage?"

"What about her body then?.. Qing Wu said the one who attacked Sui Yi was that terrifying shadowy figure... who also controlled Ah Guna, is that shadowy figure the High Priest?"

The term High Priest finally caused Jiang Chenyu’s hand to tremble.

Flower Demon glanced back and forth between her and the Eastern Lady.

"You two seem to have been around the orphanage these days, are you investigating something? And have you found anything?"

"It should be time to determine if it’s really her,"

Silence, Jiang Chenyu silent, Dongfang Bubai, however, stood up, laughing, "Miss Jiang, you still can’t believe that someone as ruthless as the High Priest does exist? Loulan once told me that the High Priest is a Celestial, the closest one to God. In the past, she stepped back for the People Under the Heavens, sacrificing everything, such a person indeed does not seem like the current High Priest... but don’t forget, people change~"

"Love and hate in one thought, God and Demon in one moment, how can you know she didn’t drastically change her mindset after being tortured by the Nine Demons Pagoda?"

Dongfang Bubai seemed a bit nostalgic, yet also somewhat mocking: "Not unlike Loulan, who was also one of those scholars capable of saving the People Under the Heavens, benevolent, modest and courteous. When I met him later... he had already turned into a Demon."

Jiang Chenyu pursed her lips, "Given that terrifying power that’s almost like God and Demon, and the remnants of her witchcraft, indeed, currently, only one High Priest could pull it off... that must be her."

She seemed very tired, exhausted to the limit. Turning her face away, not looking at the others, before she left, she flicked her sleeve and produced a photograph.

It should be said... it’s a CT image.

"This is taken with your devices... I’m not very adept at using them, so have a look yourselves..."

Gong Jiu and the others took a look and were immediately stunned.

"What is this?"

"Sui Yi’s heart, the High Priest didn’t open up her heart but etched a character on it"

Etching onto the heart? (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please give your recommendation and monthly votes on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)