Chapter 487: Sakura Group
No wonder the resentment values had been frantically refreshing last night, managing to bring the resentment value that had been cleared back to over a million!
A few more days passed, and now there were only three days left until the New Year!
Classes would finish this morning, and the afternoon would be the start of the holiday!
Most students chose to go home for the New Year, and even the instructors were basically all returning to their hometowns!
People like Jiangnan, who stayed at the academy for the New Year, were rare!
Near noon, the atmosphere in the classroom was already getting heated.
Jiangnan pulled out his phone, found Big Lang Mie, and sent her a WeChat message.
Nan Shen: Hey! Lang Mie! Do you guys want to take my little truck to Rongcheng this afternoon to buy New Year supplies?
Lang Mie: (⁎⁍̴̛̫⁍̴̛⁎)～Can't you add "baby"? So unromantic!
After sending this, Xia Yao sneaked a glance at Jiangnan, then quickly buried her face on the desk, her earlobes bright red!
Jiangnan glanced at Xia Yao in confusion!
Nan Shen: Hey! Lang Mie! Do you guys want to take my baby little truck to Rongcheng this afternoon to buy New Year supplies?
Xia Yao stared blankly at the message Jiangnan had sent! She bounced up from the desk, her teeth clenched tightly!
[From Xia Yao: Resentment Value +666!]
[From...]
You damn durian, "baby little truck"!
I meant for you to add it after "Big Lang Mie"! "Baby Lang Mie"!
Not in front of your little truck!
Just how much do you love your little truck?
She couldn't help but turn her head and glare at Jiangnan: "I'll go! I'll drive your precious little! truck!"
Jiangnan: (๐•̌.•̑๐)ˀ̣
Drive it if you want!
No need to get so worked up? So strange~
Just then, his phone vibrated with a long buzz.
It was a message from Katerina!
Because of the key, Jiangnan was afraid of missing a message from the beautiful babe, so he had set her as a special contact!
He had been waiting for days with no news, and today a message finally came.
He hurriedly opened it to check!
Katerina: Did you receive the thing I mailed you?
Nan Shen: It's in my hands. Didn't you say you were coming to pick it up? Are you here? Where? I'll come find you!
After sending the message, he waited a full minute for a reply!
Katerina: You didn't tell anyone, did you?
Jiangnan frowned: No!
Katerina: I'm in a very inconvenient position to get away right now. Someone's watching me. I'll send someone to pick it up from you. Are you free this afternoon? Where should we meet?
Jiangnan's frown deepened: Let's meet at the small garden next to Rongcheng Times Square! 3 PM!
Katerina: Sorry for the trouble! I'll let her know.
A hint of a smile curled at the corner of Jiangnan's mouth!
Nan Shen: When we met the second time, what color was the vest you were wearing?
Katerina: Oh~ you're so bad! Why are you asking me that?
Nan Shen: A code! You asked me to ask, remember?
Katerina: Hey~ I've been crazy busy lately, I totally forgot! White!
Nan Shen: Hehe! You got it right! I'll come find you in the afternoon!
But at that moment, Jiangnan's expression completely darkened, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes!
Something had happened to Katerina!
Bullshit white vest! The second time they met, she wasn't wearing a vest at all!
She was only wearing one of his Pikachu t-shirts!
Besides, there was never any such code! The person chatting with him on the other end was definitely not Katerina!
Had her phone fallen into someone else's hands? Were they sending messages to all her contacts one by one? Or had they found him through the shipping address?
Was she captured?
Did the other side also want the key?
Then Katerina's life should be safe for now.
"Let's see who's making a move, messing with me? Hmph~"
Jiangnan squinted his eyes, murderous intent blazing within them.
"Xiao Nan? Aren't you leaving? Class is over, didn't you say we were going to Rongcheng to buy New Year supplies?"
Zhong Yingxue waved her little hand in front of Jiangnan's eyes.
Jiangnan grinned.
"Let's go!"
In the afternoon, Xia Yao drove Jiangnan's precious little truck, taking Zhong Yingxue, Wu Liang, Xiong Er, and several others into Rongcheng!
The city was full of New Year spirit, with lanterns and decorations everywhere!
The group first went to the mall and bought a lot of new clothes, even getting over a dozen sets for Xiong Er!
They also bought tons of snacks, cookies, candies, sunflower seeds, and the like!
Plus all kinds of ingredients, couplets, and "fu" characters!
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao were super into shopping, their pretty faces glowing with excitement the whole time!
They walked Jiangnan and the other two guys' legs thin, making them shiver from exhaustion!
When they came out of the mall, it was already past two in the afternoon. Xia Yao said excitedly, "We still need firecrackers and fireworks! Let's go buy them quickly!"
At that moment, everyone's eyes lit up!
Jiangnan grinned: "You guys go buy first! I need to handle something. I'll call you later!"
Zhong Yingxue was stunned, but before she could ask what it was, Jiangnan had already vanished!
...
Times Square was bustling with people! In the small garden pavilion to the west,
sat a young girl in a beige trench coat! Her hair was tied in a bun, looking neat and clean!
Her cultivation was actually at Gold Ten. Right now, she was sitting with her hands in her pockets, looking around as if waiting for someone.
Jiangnan walked over quickly, smiling brightly: "Hello, Miss! Are you a friend of Katerina?"
The bun-haired girl's eyes lit up, and she quickly stood up: "Yes, it's me. She asked me to come and..."
"Boom!"
Jiangnan's fist, like a cannonball, smashed out fiercely, even creating a sonic boom!
It struck the young girl directly in the abdomen!
The wild power surged out like a flood of beasts, bending her body into a "C" shape!
The young girl's eyes bulged, and a mouthful of sour liquid mixed with blood spurted from her lips!
[From Niigata Nana: Resentment Value +1000!]
Jiangnan frowned deeply, showing no hesitation. He grabbed her head with one hand and slammed it hard against a concrete pillar!
"Bang!"
Blood gushed, her head split open and bleeding profusely, but her hands glowed with a faint green light!
"Damn it! You..."
The withered branches around them rapidly twisted toward him!
But Jiangnan had already pulled out his Deadly Green Club and cracked it over her head. Her body went limp and collapsed to the ground!
The whole process took just over a second, and Nana was already beaten down!
Just then, the concrete ground suddenly sank, locking Jiangnan's feet in place!
A middle-aged man who had been walking along the garden path suddenly launched a sneak attack, his cultivation actually at Platinum One!
Jiangnan sneered: "One to make contact, one as insurance. Pretty professional!"
The middle-aged man's expression was fierce: "A mere Gold Three dares to make a move? Hand over the thing, or..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiangnan's figure vanished from his sight in an instant!
The middle-aged man's eyes widened: "Teleportation? Space..."
"Bang!"
Jiangnan, now behind him, smashed a bottle of Deadly Green Club down, and the middle-aged man crumpled to the ground!
[From Kato Kitaoka: Resentment Value +1000!]
Jiangnan's frown deepened.
"From Hongguo? Why is it so chaotic?"
First it was the Mi Guo Star Shield Bureau, and now people from Hongguo were showing up?
Jiangnan was just putting spirit-binding handcuffs on Kato when
he suddenly looked up!
From the direction of Times Square, a girl quickly averted her gaze!
Without a second thought, Jiangnan teleported over, but she had already disappeared into the bustling crowd!
"One to make contact, one as insurance, and one to watch?"
"I let my guard down! I didn't dodge! Guess I'll have to dodge them another time!"
But at least he still had two in his hands!
Back at the small garden, Jiangnan put spirit-binding handcuffs on the two, hoisted them over his shoulders, and teleported away!
Under a deserted bridge,
Kato and Nana stared in terror at Jiangnan, who was crouched in front of them, smiling brightly.
He held a small dagger: "Spill it. You going to talk directly, or do we go through the process?"
Kato's lips were pale: "Nan Shen Jiangnan? How could it be you? Damn it!"
Jiangnan raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Am I that famous? Even you guys in Hongguo know about me?"
Kato laughed bitterly: "How could we not know!"
There were only a few space-type cultivators in the whole world!
And Jiangnan's reputation was terrifying—even Dracula had fallen by his hands!
Nana's face was covered in blood, her eyes full of venom: "You'd better let me go! The Sakura Group won't let you off! You..."
"Ah!!!"
The sharp dagger was stabbed directly into her abdomen and twisted, her screams echoing far away!
"You'll die a horrible death!"
[From Niigata Nana: ...]
Jiangnan's smile remained bright: "Have to go through the process? I'm wearing new clothes, don't want to get them dirty!"
Kato's face was ashen: "I'll talk! We're from the Sakura Group! We've been stationed here long-term, working for the organization!"
"We received orders at noon today to come get something from you. After we got it, we were to see if we could take care of you; if not, we'd let it go!"
"We really don't know anything else!"
Jiangnan frowned. So these were just two small fry, cannon fodder!
Then he pulled out another bottle of Deadly Green Club and forced it down Kato's throat!
To prevent him from lying, he asked him again under the 100% truth serum effect!
Jiangnan stood up, his face full of worry.
He hadn't gotten any information about Katerina from either of them!
The Sakura Group was careful enough!
Kato stammered: "You... can you let me go? We're just nobodies, haven't done anything wrong, it was all ordered from above..."
Jiangnan: "Void Black Hole!"
With a snap of his fingers, suction force erupted, and the two were compressed into black pearls without a trace, not leaving a single mark at the scene!
He casually tossed them into the river!
Haven't done anything wrong? Who was he kidding!
Stationed here, who knows what they'd been up to. If he didn't kill them, was he supposed to keep them as pets?
Without hesitation, Jiangnan called Mountain Cat!
"Sister Shanmiao! Do you know about the Sakura Group?"
Mountain Cat was taken aback: "Yes, I do. It's a spirit martial organization from Hongguo, pretty influential internationally. Why are you asking?"
Jiangnan: "I think a friend of mine was captured by them. Katerina! You should know her, we met in Suka!"
Mountain Cat's expression darkened: "Xiao Nan, don't act rashly. I'll use my resources here to look into this and let you know later!"
"Don't leave the country! Absolutely don't go to Hongguo by yourself! The leader of the Sakura Group is a Diamond Peak space-type. You'll be at a disadvantage!"
Jiangnan was stunned. The leader of the Sakura Group was also a space-type? And not a low rank either?
Interesting!
"Got it! I'll wait for your news!"
After hanging up, Jiangnan rubbed his nose. For now, all he could do was wait for news. He was completely in the dark.
The key was in his hands. As long as the Sakura Group couldn't get the key, they wouldn't harm Katerina's life.
That was Jiangnan's only leverage.
He found Zhong Yingxue and the others, and Jiangnan was dumbfounded.
The Unimog truck bed was loaded with a full carriage of firecrackers and fireworks, piled up like a small mountain!
Xia Yao was standing on top, tying down the straps!
Jiangnan's eyes widened: "Are you planning to blow up the entire Pioneer Academy on New Year's Day?"
Are you kidding me? Buying this much?
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