Chapter 661
“Of course, love it so much.” Lita was delighted, “The clothes in this shop have a very special high cla*s design, let’s go and have a look, I don’t know if we can reserve them today.”
Ying nodded, looking lazy, “If you like it, I can send you a few sets.”
The shop’s logo, as well as its name, was registered by her and came under the banner of First Light Media.
In addition to employing some of the world’s most famous designers, she also designs several dresses and everyday wear in her spare time.
It was only last year that the “Phantom Language” shop was launched globally.
The shop in Filippo is the main shop on the O Continent.
The main shop in China is in the imperial capital, and there are branches in all other major cities.
Rita paused, slightly shocked: “How many sets?”
She had only booked two sets so far, and they weren’t even the hottest styles.
Phantom Language was a huge hit in O Continent, and every time a new style was released it was snapped up online within seconds.
Just by looking at the speed of the internet, even if they were royal relatives with bad internet, they couldn’t help it.
“Hmm.” Ying Ziji pressed a few times on his phone, “Whatever you like, you can have it.”
Before Lita could say anything, a cold sarcastic voice rang out, none other than the woman who had cut in line earlier.
“Send, how can you send? The Laurent family all need reservations, do you think you are the owner of this shop?”
The woman had been dropped earlier and now finally seized an opportunity.
She looked at the girl with a biting mockery in her eyes: “Oriental, I advise you to save your breath, this is not your country, where the streets are full of copycat products, can you even say you can give away high quality clothes from Phantom Language?”
Ying had a mask on, but her features as an Oriental were obvious and could be seen at a glance.
Her eyes were bland, without a hint of wavering.
“It’s you again.” Rita looked cold down, “What’s wrong with you for listening to people talk?”
If she hadn’t been in the mall, she would have pulled out her gun.
The woman snorted lightly and went to stand in line at the entrance to Phantom Talk.
She purposely stood in a large spot and made a gesture of contempt towards the two men with glee.
“This one!” Rita was exasperated, “Beauty, come on, let’s go to another shop, it makes me sick just looking at her.”
“It’s okay, we’re not going in.” Ying put her phone away and looked up, “Someone will come out and deliver to us.”
Rita froze and lowered her voice, “You don’t really own this shop, do you?”
The number one poisoner, with a fetish for opening clothing shops?
“Hm.” Ying rea*sured, “Don’t be afraid, I’m just making a little money.”
Rita: “……”
Just as she was bewildered, the manager of the Phantom Language shop hurriedly came out.
The manager looked around for a moment before seeing the girl.
His eyes lit up and he immediately walked over, “Miss Ying, it’s you, isn’t it? This is the order you have just placed, the counter staff are dispensing the goods, please look through it.”
Ying Ziji took the goods list and handed it back to Lita: “Look, what else do you need?”
Lita looked at the list of hot items that she couldn’t even grab, and took a deep breath before saying, “Enough, enough.”
Ying nodded, “These first.”
The manager saluted respectfully, “Yes, Miss Ying.”
“……”
There was silence around the room.
The sarcastic smile on the woman’s face gradually froze in disbelief, “She hasn’t even made a reservation yet, why should she be allocated goods?”
The other customers all showed their discontent as well.
They had lined up here early in the morning so that they could grab the hot items.
How could someone else just casually take a dozen sets of high-fashion clothing?
“Sorry sorry sorry, this is our boss.” The manager smiled apologetically, “The boss suddenly came to transfer the goods, and we were only informed of this, so please forgive us.”
The owner of Phantom Whisper!
The woman’s face froze completely.
She recalled what she had said earlier and her face turned green for a moment.
“Not to be outdone.” Rita clapped her hands, “I declare that you are today’s seer, and how did you know that my beauty was the owner of Phantom Talk?”
The woman’s face was blue and a little furious.
But she didn’t dare to say anything.
She loved Phantom Talk’s clothing, what if she was blacklisted?
“Ah!” In the queue, a girl suddenly shouted, her eyes bright, “Aren’t you that designer Phantom from China! I’ve seen that press conference of yours last year.”
Ying nodded and was polite, “Hello.”
“Ahhhhh, I’m a fan of yours.” The girl was even more excited, she took out her little book, “Can I have your autograph?”
“Sure.” Ying Zidian took the pen and signed the word “charm”.
Soon, the goods were ready and the teller brought the bag to Lita respectfully.
Ying Zidian took out a card and handed it to the manager: “Swipe it together.”
The manager wiped the sweat from his head and was frightened: “Miss Ying, that’s not necessary, the charm is yours, why swipe the card?”
“Swipe it.” Ying Ziyi was careless, “It’s good to keep track of the bill.”
The manager had to run back to the shop to get the POS machine, and then took the card.
After seeing the card, his originally stony expression gradually became shocked: “Miss Ying, this ……”
The customers who were close by also changed their expressions.
It was a black and gold card with a lacy, foil-stamped letter on it –
s!
And on the back of the black and gold card was a golden iris flower.
This is the logo of the Bank of Laurent.
But all guests who attended or watched the venus group’s quarterly presentation yesterday knew that Laurent Bank was about to issue a new bank card.
The card has been published on the official website and has a strict VIP cla*sification.
The privileged services available to different levels vary.
The highest grade is A, and there are only ten cards available worldwide.
Many celebrities are ready to grab it, including Rita.
But s-rank?
The manager, sweating profusely, swiped the black gold card on the POS machine and immediately handed it back, “Miss Ying, here.”
Ying Zidian took it and left with Lita, who was also stunned.
It was only after a long time that Lita came back to her senses: “There’s an S-grade card?”
“Yes, two of them.” Ying Zigui hmmed, “No limit.”
“Mei, no one.” Lita’s throat rolled, “So what, you and that Mr. Cesar, what’s your relationship anyway?”
Ying thought for a moment, “He’s my son.”
Lita: “????”
**
On the other side.
ibi’s branch in j.
The agents took Joseph, Manuel’s a*sistant and a dozen bodyguards all into custody, only to be sent to the international heavy prison at sea tomorrow.
Valens had also collated all the information and handed it to Fu Yunshen.
“Sir, we found some traces of area, this Manuel is indeed still experimenting with a number of poisons under the name of research.” He said, “Checked those two bottles of poison as well, the potency is probably around the 30th place on the poison list.”
Fu Yunshen’s finger tapped, and he hooked his lips in a smile, “A chance to be sent to the door, to be caught.”
Manuel was, after all, an internationally renowned professor and had made many contributions to biochemistry.
Quite a few things he had done by the hand of the Taylor family, leaving himself clear.
There had been no evidence to do anything about it.
But now, Manuel’s private research into poisons and his intent to harm people was well documented.
“Sir, one more thing has come to light.” Valens spoke up, “The kidnapping of Professor Helvin is also connected to Manuel.”
“Well, I know.” Fu Yunshen stood up, faintly, “Get ready and go to Manuel’s experimental base.”
**
Evening.
Two thousand kilometres away from the J country, the Taylor family territory.
Manuel’s experimental base was located here.
It was surrounded by mercenaries sent by the Taylor family to keep Manuel safe.
It was a quiet late night until the roar of helicopters rang through the clouds.
It was thunderous, coming down on the city.
The mercenaries, who were already weary, were awake in an instant and all alert.
“Enemy attack! There’s an enemy attack!”
“Quick! Protect the professor!”
There were indeed many people who wanted to kill Manuel, and there had been a*sa*sins and hypnotists who had mixed in.
But those were all sneaky, who would dare to be so open and honest?
On the lookout, several mercenaries looked to the sky and gripped the sniper rifles in their hands.
“Swish…”
The roar continued as the helicopter broke through the clouds.
Under the illumination of the lights, the three large letters on the fuselage were very conspicuous.
ibi!
The mercenaries were stunned.
How could it be ibi?
A soft ladder descended from the helicopter, and the trained agents quickly took over the entire lookout and collected all the weapons.
Fu Yunshen leapt straight down from the height.
He wore a silver mask that reflected the cold moonlight, revealing a perfect jaw.
Valens followed closely behind, his expression cold: “Sir.”
He had rarely been on a mission with Fu Yunshen and was inevitably a little enthusiastic.
Fu Yunshen nodded his head and went in first.
At that moment, the alarm suddenly sounded.
[Drip drip drip!
[Alert Alert!
[Defense system on!
Chapter 662
The exterior of the experimental base is a fortress, similar in structure to the city where the Pazzi family is located.
The defence system is fully activated and the weapons in the fortress are switched on with it.
As soon as they stepped into the attack field of the defence system, they would attack indiscriminately, whether they were enemies or friends.
The mercenaries also broke out in a cold sweat and their bodies went limp.
Manuel was the only one who could control the defence system, and the fingerprint button was inside the experimental base.
It was obvious that Manuel had noticed something was wrong and had woken up the protection system.
But they were still outside, didn’t this want them dead too?
“Click, click…”
Heavy thermal weapons were set up one after the other, their icy muzzles aimed at the people outside the fortress.
“Boom!”
“Boom boom!”
Bullets exploded in a flash of fire.
Valens shouted, “All take cover!”
The agents were nimble and immediately found cover, crouched down and felt for the guns on their belts.
However, Fu Yunshen didn’t even move, just raised his hand.
Mighty internal energy burst out instantly.
It was just an instant!
“Hum–”
All the bullets stopped steadily in the air when they were about to hit their targets.
A few seconds later, these lost their energy and all fell down with a crackle.
That was not all.
Valens then watched as the heavy thermal weapons also exploded one after the other under the effect of the powerful internal energy.
The two hundred or so heat weapons in the fortress were reduced to a pile of scrap metal in just one minute.
They didn’t even have the capacity to be recycled.
Valens, who hadn’t even pulled out his gun, was dumbfounded: “……”
What kind of strength is this?
Is it really something that a human can possess?
Fu Yunshen withdrew his hand, “Let’s go.”
Valens gripped his gun tightly and followed.
It was only then that he drifted off and remembered something.
Li Xini had mentioned that their chief was also an ancient martial artist.
**
Inside the experimental base.
Manuel left the protection system on and then proceeded to conduct experiments related to poisons.
He preferred to invent things that challenged humanity than to benefit humanity medically.
Manuel pushed up his gla*ses and fused the two potion bottles together.
He had just picked up a new test tube when the door to the laboratory was violently slammed open.
Before Manuel could react, there was a loud bang and the tube burst open.
He looked up in horror at Valens and the others who had barged in: “How did you get in here?
The protection system was custom-made by the Taylor family from the nok forum at great cost.
Once it was turned on, it could definitely exterminate 50,000 mercenaries.
That was why Manuel didn’t give a D*mn about the attack outside.
The experimental base was heavily protected, and even if someone could really attack before reaching the core, the Taylor family would have arrived long ago.
But now, not only had someone broken in unharmed, the Taylors had heard nothing from them.
Valens stepped forward, grabbed Manuel’s shirt and lifted him up with one hand.
He smiled faintly, his eyes cold: “Professor, if you like making poisons so much, why don’t you go to prison and keep making them?”
Fu Yunshen swept a faint glance at the potion bottles in the lab, his chin lifted, “Put them all away and bring them back together.”
The agents acted quickly, carefully packing all the vials into the safety box.
Manuel’s expression finally changed.
He realised that what he had asked his a*sistant to do had all been revealed.
But those two vials of poison were his masterpiece, a real killer in its own right.
Even if they hadn’t succeeded in killing someone, it was definitely not going to be discovered who had poisoned them.
How is it that this is not even a day old and ibi has come to the door?
“No …… you can’t arrest me!” Manuel struggled, “Do you know how high my status is in the international arena? You guys are trying to lose credibility by arresting me privately?”
Manuel was clear that once ibi made its move, even the Taylor family could not protect him.
There was no international power that would go against ibi, and even if there were some grey deals, they would be done privately, not daring to come out in the open.
After all, ibi is responsible for maintaining world peace and the safety of its citizens, and no one can guarantee that they will not receive threats from international criminals.
“What a coincidence that the other scholars should also know the true nature of you, Professor.” Instead of letting go, Valens gripped tighter, “Sir, is it straight back to headquarters?”
Fu Yunshen raised his eyes, “The person who researched with him will be brought back to headquarters and carefully scrutinised for top charges, he will be handed over to me first.”
Manuel had obviously been in contact with someone from the City of Worlds.
And, one hundred percent it was the evil force with the black skull as its symbol.
“Yes, sir.” Without another word, Valens tied Manuel up and kicked him again, “Be honest.”
Manuel sweatdropped.
What was going on, had the Taylors really given up on him?
“If you’re waiting for the Taylors, don’t worry, they’re not coming.” Fu Yunshen leaned down, “Get some rest, and if you can’t tell me what I ask tomorrow-”
He paused and said no more, straightening up, “Take it away.”
**
Meanwhile.
The Taylors.
The Taylors had spotted the ibi’s special plane as early as it entered this area.
But really didn’t dare to act.
ibi!
What other international power could have more weapons and equipment than ibi?
To go against the ibi, unless the Taylors wanted to be destroyed.
The butler wiped his sweat and said tentatively, “Family head, are we just going to give up?”
Over the past ten years, the Taylor family had invested a total of eighty billion, if not a hundred billion, in Manuel’s laboratory.
The experimental research would have been very costly.
Of course, Manuel hadn’t let them down and had invented many new products.
But the most important experiment was only halfway through.
When Manuel was taken away by the ibi, the experiments had to be interrupted and the investment was wasted.
The Taylor family’s face was blue and his fists creaked: “What else can we do if we don’t give up? He’s the one who made a fool of himself and messed with ibi!”
But at the same time, he was thankful.
Luckily he hadn’t made a move on the top bra*s of the venus group yet, it was just in the middle of a plan.
Otherwise, he would be the one tied up to ibi now.
The Taylor family head waved his hand tiredly and went upstairs to rest.
**
It was an uneventful night.
The streets of a town in country j, close to the capital, were dimly lit with only one or two street lamps.
The young woman knocked on the door of a wooden house.
It opened with a creak.
An old voice rang out, “Come in, my Holly.”
“Grandma.” Holly walked in, put her bag down and pulled her hair back, “Do you remember when I told you last night that I went to a ball?”
“There were quite a few elite people at that ball and I saw two that I liked better so I came over to ask Granny for a favour.”
There was an old woman sitting in front of the fireplace.
At these words, her eyes swished open, dark green.
They were cloudy, but with a sharp light that was very intimidating.
The old woman spoke slowly, “Who?”
“Is this a photo?” Holly pulled two photos from her phone, “Grandma, help me see, which one is better to start with?”
The two photos, one photo was of Fu Yunshen and the other was of Cesar Laurent.
The old woman took the phone and squinted at it for a moment, “It’s indeed good, from their facial expressions, they both have strong fortunes, and their descendants will not decline within a hundred years.”
“Of course.” Huo Li smiled, “These two are both two of the giants in the business world at the moment.”
“Grandma will show you.” The old lady stood up and hobbled over to the cupboard to get her tools.
Holly’s heart fluttered with joy, “Thank you, Granny.”
Holly had never told any of her friends that she actually came from a family of diviners.
After all, in the twenty-first century, the profession of divination has become so flooded with fakes that not many people believe in it anymore.
The real diviners have long since retired to the background, and it is difficult to find real diviners in the market.
Holly’s grandmother was a diviner of great power.
However, it is true that the medieval witch hunt, which lasted more than 300 years, killed and injured many diviners on the O Continent.
The evil soothsayers were called “magicians”.
Just as the magi had predicted, they were all dead by the end of 1780.
Of course, innocent soothsayers were also killed in this hunt.
It was not until the second half of the 19th century that the field of soothsayers barely recovered.
And as technology developed, fewer and fewer people possessed the gift of divination.
Holly did not inherit the old lady’s gift of divination.
She could only play ordinary tarot cards, and could count ordinary trivial things, but not change the cause and effect.
The old woman returned to the table with the tarot cards and a yellowing book: “Which one do you want to read first?”
Huo Li pointed to Fu Yunshen’s picture and didn’t hesitate: “Him.”