Chapter 382: Chapter 382

An Yan immediately shifted her consciousness out of the space. The most update n0vels are published on novel·fiɾe·net

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"It is my honor to serve Miss Saori!"

The Yuri couple, hearing the commotion, had already come out. Noticing it was a Royal Family car driving away, their attitude quickly became several degrees more reverent.

An Yan nodded faintly. "I have some matters to deal with next. Please do not disturb me."

The Yuri couple had always been very accommodating towards Saori, which made An Yan’s impersonation all the more stress-free.

Back in her room, An Yan began to plan her next course of action.

She had just taken her computer out from the space when a knock sounded at the door.

"Miss, open the door, quickly!" Wen Ya’s voice was extremely frantic.

An Yan quickly got up and opened the door, immediately seeing Wen Ya holding the barely alive Little Squirrel.

"Miss, please save Little Squirrel!"

An Yan’s heart skipped a beat, and she immediately activated her Clairvoyant Ability.

She then saw that from head to tail, Little Squirrel didn’t have a single intact bone.

If not for its own Spiritual Power sustaining it, it would likely have been dead by now.

Without pausing to ask why, An Yan first fed it an elixir and then urgently began surgery.

Piece by piece, she reset and secured its shattered bones.

By the time the surgery was complete, three hours had passed.

Little Squirrel was still unconscious from the anesthesia.

But An Yan finally had time to hear Wen Ya’s report.

"We found Little Squirrel in a trash can outside Matsumoto Mina’s secret residence. But our people couldn’t find where Matsumoto Mina actually lives!"

"Not even Ono Yosuke knows. We’ve searched the mall above ground and the underground parking garage, but we haven’t found any suspicious information."

"If we hadn’t found Little Squirrel, we probably wouldn’t even know the approximate location of her secret residence."

"That woman must have pulled some trick!"

An Yan nodded. "She is very strong."

An Yan recalled Matsumoto Mina’s defensive formation! That formation was something even her Induction Talisman had to be wary of, which meant the Formation’s grade was higher than that of her Induction Talisman.

"Give me the address. I’ll go take a look."

Although she couldn’t currently draw high-grade talismans, her Clairvoyant Ability could help her see through the other party’s Blinding Spell!

"No, Miss, it’s too dangerous! And Little Squirrel needs you right now," Wen Ya objected.

"Please wait. Wait until Little Squirrel wakes up, ask it what it saw, and then we can decide on our next move, alright?"

"Miss, we can’t just go in there blindly."

She knew how important Tianyao was to her Miss. If Tianyao were to find out that his Miss had gotten hurt trying to save him, Wen Ya couldn’t bear to imagine it!

Seeing Wen Ya so frantic she looked about to kneel, An Yan gradually calmed down.

"You’re right. We do need to gather more information."

She turned to look at Little Squirrel.

This little creature’s physique was unusually tough. If an ordinary person dared to step on it, they would only end up spraining their own ankle. The only explanation was that there was something strange about Matsumoto Mina’s house! An Yan then thought of the defensive formation in Matsumoto Mina’s lounge during the competition. If even a lounge had one, then the place where Li Tianyao was being held captive must have a defensive formation even more advanced than the one in the Luocheng lounge. To control Li Tianyao, there must also be something there that could restrict his abilities.

The man who had once called himself Buddha used a cage that restricted Li Tianyao’s powers when he captured him. To rescue Li Tianyao, she had to find a way to break that defensive formation! Defensive formation! Formation!

An Yan once again plunged into a frenzy of study.

She had free access to all materials in the Li Corporation’s I Ching Research Institute database.

Soon, she found an explanation of Formations.

Formations are established using Spirit Stones, Formation Flags, talismans, special heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and so on, arranged according to the principles of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. They create a defined space that can assist in cultivation, defend against enemies, or attack them. Breaking one is also simple: find the formation’s core and destroy it.

During the competition, An Yan hadn’t found any Spirit Stones, Formation Flags, or heavenly materials and earthly treasures in Matsumoto Mina’s lounge. Therefore, she could basically conclude that Matsumoto Mina had used talismans to set up her Formation! And for it to make her Induction Talisman feel threatened, it definitely had to be of a higher grade than the Induction Talisman itself. Her Induction Talisman was Lower Grade, so the talismans Matsumoto Mina used for her Formation had to be at least Medium Grade. Right now, she still needed to find a way to improve her own strength!

Saving people was the only way to make Bai Wu produce more Yezi. The more Yezi she had, the stronger she would become! So, she still had to save people! But who should she save? An Yan thought of that research institute.

"The materials have arrived!"

Because Kirihara Jiro had been in a car accident, they had to call their people to arrange for someone else to retrieve the vehicle. This, compounded by the car being an accident vehicle, caused a delay of several hours. But fortunately, they eventually managed to bring the car back.

All the members of Matsumoto Mina’s team rushed out, their faces beaming with joy. With these materials, their research could continue! Soon, they wouldn’t be pariahs, hunted by everyone!

However, when all the boxes were unloaded, they discovered they were empty!

Not even a single strand of hair inside!

"Quick, call Miss Mina!"

The few of them exchanged glances, but no one volunteered to make the call.

"Um... First Assistant, perhaps you should be the one to call!"

Matsumoto Mina wasn’t known for her good temper. For something , even if it wasn’t their fault, they’d likely be chewed out mercilessly! Suddenly, they really missed Ono Eishi. When he was around, he was always the one who communicated with Miss Mina about such incidents!

In the end, they played rock-paper-scissors to choose who would make the call.

"What? The materials are lost? What are you lot good for? A whole bunch of you couldn’t even watch over one vehicle’s worth of materials?"

"Miss Mina, we didn’t lose them. When we went to pick up the vehicle, it was likely already empty. You instructed us that the contents couldn’t be revealed, so we didn’t inspect it at the police station..."

"Hah, are you blaming me?"

"No!" That person immediately knelt.

"Miss Mina, what I mean is, Kirihara Jiro might be behind this!"

"He knew how important the contents of the vehicle were. Why would he be so careless as to randomly change lanes and hit another car?"

"There was absolutely no reason to change lanes at that moment!"

"So, we all suspect Kirihara Jiro might have handed over the vehicle’s contents to someone else beforehand and then deliberately caused an accident to evade responsibility!"

The more Matsumoto Mina listened, the more sense her subordinate’s analysis made. She immediately drove to the hospital.

Gritting her teeth, she questioned Kirihara Jiro, "Where are the materials?"

Kirihara Jiro looked bewildered. "What materials?"