CHAPTER 590: ZHANG SHIWU?!

Under Zhang Jingxu’s lead, Liu Xing and others soon saw the tall fish tanks, which looked like they could fit five or six adults.

And just as Zhang Jingxu said, there were no fish, shrimp, crabs or shellfish in this fish tank, while the other fish tanks in the warehouse had some things in them.

"It seems that the Ritual Ceremony held by the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University is a bit special," Ling Ishikawa said in a low voice.

Liu Xing nodded, because from the current situation, it seemed that when the followers of the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University performed sacrifices, they would directly put the "sacrifices" into this large fish tank and drown them.

This was very Deep Diving Society-like.

Liu Xing stroked his chin and said, "Should we just smash all these fish tanks now?"

Zhang Wenbing shook his head and said seriously, "I think it’s better for us not to stir up a hornet’s nest, because even if we smash all these fish tanks now, the Deep Diving Society can bring in new fish tanks again. After all, these fish tanks don’t seem to have anything special, and the Deep Diving Society only needs to spend some money to set up the magic array again."

Liu Xing looked at these fish tanks and felt that Zhang Wenbing was absolutely right. These fish tanks didn’t seem much different from the common ones outside, so destroying these fish tanks wouldn’t have much impact on the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University.

After all, during this period of time, the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University should not resume "normal" activities, because not only was Thousand Face watching them, but Tokyo Comprehensive University also paid more attention to the management and security within the school. So the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University definitely wouldn’t dare to make any big moves.

Liu Xing felt a little headache now.

Originally, the purpose of his group’s trip was just one, which was to find an opportunity to destroy the Deep Diving Society-related facilities in the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, so as to solve the problem of the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University, this thorn in their side. But from the current situation, destroying these fish tanks was irrelevant to the Deep Diving Society.

So it became a bit troublesome because Liu Xing could be sure that after entering the warehouse, no matter how careful his group was, they would definitely leave some traces. Moreover, there might be hidden cameras in the warehouse, so it was inevitable that the Deep Diving Society would find out that his group had entered the warehouse. Although the Deep Diving Society wouldn’t know their identities, they would definitely strengthen the security measures of the Sea-Buds Cafeteria. At that time, it wouldn’t be so easy for Liu Xing’s group to enter the Sea-Buds Cafeteria again.

So Liu Xing’s group all knew that this time entering the Sea-Buds Cafeteria was the best opportunity to solve the problem of the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University, but the current situation caught Liu Xing and others off guard, because this move of the Deep Diving Society was really too clever.

If the magic array in the warehouse was carved on the ground, then Liu Xing and others could use various means to disable this magic array, and it would also be difficult for the Deep Diving Society to repair it. But now, this three-dimensional magic array formed by fish tanks, although it was very simple to destroy, was also very easy for the Deep Diving Society to repair.

So now Liu Xing could only think of a simple and crude method, which was to find a way to completely destroy the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, such as setting a fire or installing some explosives, which would solve the problem once and for all.

Although this method had a very high success rate and a high probability of making the Deep Diving Society give up the Sea-Buds Cafeteria, or even give up the branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University, the biggest disadvantage was that his group was likely to be investigated by various forces.

After all, a few days ago, Tokyo Comprehensive University had just experienced a murder case, and now there was another arson case or explosion case. This would make Tokyo Comprehensive University and the Tokyo police lose face.

Moreover, the Deep Diving Society itself was no good deed. A few days ago, the followers arranged by Liu Xing at Tokyo Comprehensive University were wiped out by Thousand Face, and now their base at Tokyo Comprehensive University was also destroyed. The Deep Diving Society would definitely go all out to investigate who destroyed their base at Tokyo Comprehensive University because if they didn’t strike back, other secret cults would look down on them.

At that time, an enraged Deep Diving Society could do anything.

So Liu Xing’s group’s idea was very simple, which was to complete the main quest of this module without angering the Deep Diving Society as much as possible, and preferably without being discovered by the Deep Diving Society while completing the mission.

Although the possibility of not being discovered was very low.

At this moment, Miguel suddenly said, "Everyone squat down now and don’t make a sound, because there is a follower of the Deep Diving Society in the staff rest room who seems to be getting up and coming out."

Liu Xing and others nodded and then squatted down carefully, leaning against the fish tanks to hide their figures.

At this time, the sound of dice hitting the ground rang out.

Although Liu Xing’s group did not know what Judgment KP Bamboo Rat had just rolled, they knew it was definitely not a Judgment favorable to them.

A moment later, the staff rest room door was opened.

Liu Xing and others held their breaths and began to listen carefully to the footsteps of that person.

Fortunately, after entering the warehouse, Liu Xing’s group had closed the warehouse door, so the Deep Diving Society follower had not immediately discovered that someone had entered the warehouse.

Listening to the gradually receding footsteps of the Deep Diving Society follower, and combining with the floor plan of the Sea-Buds Cafeteria previously provided by Honekawa Suneo, Liu Xing’s group knew that this Deep Diving Society follower had probably gone to the restroom, which made everyone secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

At least this Deep Diving Society follower had not received orders from above saying that someone had snuck into the warehouse.

Another minute passed, and as they heard the Deep Diving Society follower’s footsteps getting closer, Liu Xing’s group suddenly felt that something was off. If the Deep Diving Society follower had just gone to the restroom and was going back to the staff rest room to sleep, he should have turned the corner by now.

This meant that the Deep Diving Society follower was not going back to the staff rest room.

Then what was he trying to do?

The footsteps kept getting closer and closer.

This meant that the Deep Diving Society follower was heading towards the spot where Liu Xing’s group was hiding.

What was he trying to do?!

Liu Xing frowned and made a throat-slitting gesture to Miguel, indicating that if the Deep Diving Society follower discovered them, Miguel should take him out directly.

Miguel nodded silently and changed his position to one that would allow him to act against the Deep Diving Society follower at the first opportunity.

Based on the footsteps, Liu Xing knew that the Deep Diving Society follower was only four or five meters away from them, and Liu Xing could even see the lit mobile phone in the follower’s hand.

However, it seemed that the Deep Diving Society follower was just playing with his mobile phone.

At this moment, the Deep Diving Society follower’s footsteps suddenly stopped, which immediately made Liu Xing’s group tense up, because the follower had reached the back of the tall fish tank. If he turned around the tank, he might discover their figures.

"Damn it, how did I end up next to this tank? Could it be that the ghost story Old Su told me is true? That the vengeful spirit in this large fish tank haunts and causes anyone who gets up at night to unknowingly fall into the tank and drown?" A familiar voice rang out.

Zhang Shiwu!

Liu Xing’s group instantly recognized that this voice belonged to Zhang Shiwu from the China Society!

Zhang Shiwu was a follower of the Deep Diving Society?

Liu Xing was completely dumbfounded, because he had never imagined that Zhang Shiwu could be a member of the Deep Diving Society. In their previous encounters, Liu Xing had never detected anything unusual about Zhang Shiwu, as his behavior was no different from an ordinary person.

Moreover, and more importantly, the "Old Su" mentioned by Zhang Shiwu was most likely Su Ziche, the other half of the famous couple from the China Society.

Could it be that the China Society, like the Strange Tales Club, was also established by followers of the Deep Diving Society?

Liu Xing thought carefully and felt there was another possibility that could explain why Zhang Shiwu was here – that Zhang Shiwu had a part-time job at the Sea-Buds Cafeteria. After all, the Sea-Buds Cafeteria was ostensibly still one of the most popular cafeterias at Tokyo Comprehensive University, with a very large flow of customers every day, so the Sea-Buds Cafeteria had hired quite a few part-timers, and Zhang Shiwu was one of them. That would explain why Zhang Shiwu had been staying at the Sea-Buds Cafeteria these past few days.

At this moment, Liu Xing heard Zhang Shiwu walk around the large fish tank and head towards the warehouse door.

Soon, Liu Xing heard Zhang Shiwu open the warehouse door.

Was Zhang Shiwu going out to admire the moon at this moment?

Liu Xing gave Miguel a look, and Miguel understood, standing up silently and heading towards Zhang Shiwu.

Liu Xing took out a pair of earphones from his pocket, plugged them into his mobile phone, and dialed one of Miguel’s phone numbers.

Then Zhang Shiwu’s voice came through the earphones, "Hey, is it the boss?"

"Yeah, everything is still going quite smoothly on my end. Those guys haven’t suspected my identity yet, but our relationship is only at the friend stage for now. If I want to go further, I’ll need more time because those guys are very cautious, and they’re originally a small group, so it’s not easy for an outsider like me to join them."

"Yeah, I got it. You know my personality - I won’t stir up a hornet’s nest. With my strength, it’s almost impossible for me to defeat them."

"By the way, has Thousand Face been spotted recently? I’m really worried now because a few days ago, Thousand Face killed Oyamaya and the others without a second thought. So if Thousand Face suddenly appears in front of me and cuts me in half, I won’t be surprised, but I don’t want to die like that either."

"Okay, I hope so. I’ll try to speed up the mission progress as well. Speaking of which, the mirror point at Cross Lake has opened once before, and I suspect that mirror point will open again during this period because Ryuusei will probably appear within its range these two days. So boss, do you want to send a few more people to Tokyo Comprehensive University to guard it? Then when the time comes, we can enter the Mirror World and capture that mythical creature."

"Yeah, when the time comes, boss, just send me a text message, and I’ll pick them up at the Tokyo airport."

"Okay, talk to you later."

After listening to Zhang Shiwu’s conversation with his "boss", Liu Xing had no choice but to accept that Zhang Shiwu was a member of the Deep Diving Society because Zhang Shiwu had mentioned Thousand Face, the Mirror World, and the mythical creature in the Mirror World.

Moreover, from what Zhang Shiwu just said, he had already known their true identities, and his current mission was to find an opportunity to infiltrate their group. Then he would cooperate with his "boss" to wipe them all out.

Of course, Zhang Shiwu’s main mission at Tokyo Comprehensive University was not to deal with their group but to work with Oyamaya to establish the Deep Diving Society branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University in the open and in secret. Together, they would find opportunities to capture the mythical creature in the Mirror World, and dealing with their group was just a side quest.

If this was the case, Liu Xing had finally understood why the main quest of this module had not been completed yet - it was because there was an undercover Deep Diving Society follower like Zhang Shiwu at Tokyo Comprehensive University.

Liu Xing stroked his chin. This was troublesome because the Deep Diving Society had now confirmed their true identities and was prepared to deal with them.

If the Deep Diving Society had not been temporarily unable to spare efforts to deal with their group during this period, they might have been killed before Ooyamakaze and the others...

After finishing the call, Zhang Shiwu hummed a tune, closed the warehouse door, and returned directly to the staff rest room.

Ten minutes later, Miguel finally said in a low voice, "The people in the staff rest room have all fallen asleep again. What should we do now?"

Liu Xing sighed and said, "Let’s leave first because there’s nothing else we can do here for now, and I also have something to discuss with you all."

"About Zhang Shiwu?" Zhang Jingxu asked in a low voice.

Liu Xing nodded and stood up, saying, "We’ll talk when we get home."

Twenty minutes later, after Liu Xing’s group had cleaned up the traces they left in the warehouse as much as possible, they returned home. Then Liu Xing had Miguel share the recording of the conversation he had eavesdropped on.

"What? Zhang Shiwu is really a member of the Deep Diving Society? And he even wants to infiltrate us as a mole?" Ling Ishikawa said in surprise.

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