Afterlife Department

Chapter 231 - Collusion

"The Gav family is actually colluding with Marquis Jin for a long time! Whew! Fortunately, I was pre-prepared and had the Gav manor surrounded by soldiers because the Gav family dared to hold me hostage!" Gerard Jackson fumed when they all held a meeting. "They dared underestimate me, and even confessed they\'ve been eyeing my family and wanted to pull us, too, to their party! The nerve!" he stomped on the floor.

Lewis Johnson immediately patted his hand to quell his husband\'s anger. "That\'s alright. That\'s alright. You\'re safe now. I\'ll avenge you later!" he told him.

Gerard Jackson\'s heart was soothed. "Thank you." He muttered and smiled.

Huo Jinghua and Harry Walter felt like they were blinded.

Lewis Johnson is sensible unlike the dense Gerard Jackson so he immediately turned to the two and apologetically smiled. "The Bertram and Lix families were also approached by Marquis Jin." He said. "However, after they found out that Marquis Jin pulled both of them, they started cursing and attacked the people Marquis Jin planted on their side. Both families are smart. They immediately found out that Marquis Jin was actually just trying to see who is stronger than them, and the stronger one is naturally the one he\'ll pull to his party while he\'d discard the weaker one." He explained.

"Sylv Kang is also on Marquis Jin\'s side." Harry Walter said. "He will be made into a puppet emperor by Marquis Jin. Naturally, Marquis Jin can\'t be the emperor, since he doesn\'t have a royal blood. But Sylv Kang has. And so he will control Sylv Kang behind the scenes." He explained.

"So the Hoobite Rock is used for…" Huo Jinghua said.

Harry Walter turned to him. "Jiang Ce said that the Hoobite Rock has a hypnotic ability. It is also the reason why the Hoobite Rock can make one feel elated or dreamy." He explained.

"I think I got it." Lewis Johnson said. "The Hoobites and the Cloud People are on friendly terms. Thus, the Cloud People can acquire large quantities of Hoobite Rocks, and also found out the secret of the Hoobite Rocks. Baron Cloud suddenly got in a serious predicament, so he sought Marquis Jin\'s help. In exchange for Marquis Jin\'s help, he offered the Hoobite Rocks he acquired, along with the secret he found out, to Marquis Jin. Then, Marquis started his schemes with the Gav family, who is in a deep need of Hoobite Rocks." He said.

Gerard Jackson also caught the pace. "The Gav family is an influential family, too. Marquis Jin wanted to pull them in his boat to increase his power. He promised them the supply of Hoobite Rocks, since the Gav family needs large quantities of Hoobite Rocks with their chronically body condition. Then, Marquis Jin eyes the Bertram and Lix families to spread his influence in the business world. Lastly, he had Sylv Kang under his hands." He said.

"Such an ambitious man…" Lewis Johnson shook his head.

"A greedy man!" Gerard Jackson added. "Wait. What about Rayver Quinn, then?" he asked. "If Marquis Jin wanted Sylv Kang to replace Kale, then wouldn\'t they contradict each other, since Rayver Quinn would rebel to be the emperor?"

Suddenly, Harry Walter spoke. "Don\'t you think this investigation is very smooth compared to the initial one?" he asked.

"Huh?"

"At first, we were like headless flies we couldn\'t find a single clue about xiao Ling\'s death. But now – " Harry Walter said as he looked at the list of suspects. " – it was like we were offered a pillow when we wanted to sleep. Don\'t you think so?" he asked.

They fell silent when they also realized it. "Someone is leading us?" Lewis Johnson\'s eyes narrowed. "Someone wanted for us to find out about the rebellion?" he added.

"Definitely." Harry Walter nodded.

"Who could it be?" Lewis Johnson asked.

"Eh? Huh? I suddenly don\'t understand…?" Gerard Jackson said. "Hey. Answer my question earlier. If Sylv Kang will be the emperor of Marquis Jin, then how about Rayver Quinn?" he asked.

Just as his voice fell, they felt something clicked in their brain and they looked at each other. "Rayver Quinn?" they asked.

"Rayver Quinn and Marquis Jin aren\'t in cahoots…" they said and turned to the silent Huo Jinghua.

Huo Jinghua closed his eyes. "That day in the Hoobite Planet… he knew, so he let us go..." He said. "He knew I am investigating about xiao Ling\'s death… no – " he shook his head. "He knew… he knew the truth about xiao Ling\'s death!" his eyes snapped open and raised his head to look at them. "It was him… it must be him who placed the Hoobite Rock to lead us to Marquis Jin! And the others!" he said.

"Rayver Quinn…" they all looked at each other.

"Is he the one who killed Howee?!" Gerard Jackson asked.

"No…" Huo Jinghua answered. "He must be investigating Marquis Jin, and it happened that xiao Ling\'s death coincided with his investigation, so… so – " he muttered.

"With how meticulous Marquis Jin… he works cleanly…"

"So, Rayver Quinn must have found out that Marquis Jin killed Howee… and then gave us a clue that could point us to Marquis Jin and his cronies!" Huo Jinghua said.

Their jaw dropped as they looked at the list of their suspects. "Too… too… this is too coincidental – " they all looked at each other in disbelief.

"But why would Rayver Quinn help us… doesn\'t he hate us?" Gerard Jackson asked.

Harry Walter and Lewis Johnson also thought that. Rayver Quinn wouldn\'t be too generous. However, when they glanced at Huo Jinghua and saw his expression, they seemed to realize something.

It couldn\'t be…? They thought and looked at each other. If it really is as they thought, that Rayver Quinn helped them because of Huo Jinghua… then what will happen to Mary Jackson? It also seemed that, from Huo Jinghua\'s expression right now, he was moved by Rayver Quinn\'s kind gesture.

Planet XTV1.

Rayver Quinn landed on the ground and came out of his mech. He remembered that, one month ago, as his people tailed Marquis Jin, they heard Marquis Jin speak of Huo Jinghua\'s faction supporting the current emperor Kale. They wanted to eliminate Huo Jinghua\'s faction, but they were too strong for them who are currently weak.

And so, they set their sight on Huo Ling.