Chapter 280: Professor’s Advice — True Safety Lies Beyond This Land

After reading the letter aloud,

Wang Qi passed the will around for everyone to see.

Lin Tian took the paper, studied it closely, and noticed the handwriting was crooked and shaky, far from neat or orderly.

There were even a few tear stains on the page, clear evidence that it had indeed been written by the Demon Witch herself.

After a few moments of silence,

Lin Tian looked at the others around him, his brows tightly furrowed, and asked in a low voice,

“What do you all think?”

“This will from the Demon Witch has already pointed us to the true killer in the Red-Clothed Boy case.”

“But aside from that, there’s nothing else. It’s filled with fear, pleading, and regret.”

Standing on the edge of the group, Liu Yang wore a helpless expression, his tone laced with frustration as he spoke.

“I really don’t get it.”

“How terrifying must K be, to make the Demon Witch—who had already decided to take her own life—still so worried for her family and children?”

“And even in the end, because she feared K’s retaliation, she didn’t dare reveal any details about the drug trafficking organization. All she left us with was the killer we’d already more or less uncovered.”

“What I really don’t understand is…”

“She’d already received a death threat from K. Why not just turn herself in and tell us everything?”

“If she had, there would’ve been no need to leave a will begging us to protect her family. She might’ve even been able to live a little longer.”

“Just like that Tie San from Gusu City. If he had told our Criminal Investigation Brigade about the drug trafficking organization earlier, his wife and child wouldn’t have had to die.”

“In the end, he kept everything to himself, and still, his wife and child were killed by Poison.”

“It’s just…”

Though he didn’t finish his sentence,

Everyone present could clearly feel the anger and frustration boiling inside Liu Yang.

As the head of the Xiangcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment in Gusu, he had already lived through the Tie San case. Naturally, the similarity in outcomes this time stirred a deep, inexpressible fury within him.

What angered him even more was how these criminals would rather place their hopes in the imagined mercy of other criminals than trust the police to protect their families.

If only they had chosen to believe in the police.

They might have exposed K’s drug trafficking organization as far back as three years ago, and none of this chaos would have erupted.

Even if they hadn’t uncovered it in time,

If the Demon Witch had turned herself in, she could’ve provided a wealth of leads, delivering a devastating blow to the Kill Organization, which was already on the brink of collapse.

But now… the situation had turned into the worst possible outcome.

The Demon Witch, who they had finally unearthed, had taken her own life. That lead was now cut off. Though she had revealed the true killer in the Red-Clothed Boy case, that was no longer the most important piece.

The top priority now was to dismantle the entire drug trafficking organization.

Lin Tian let out a quiet sigh in his heart. Then he raised a hand to Liu Yang, signaling him to calm down, and spoke in a steady voice.

“Whether it was Tie San or the Demon Witch, the reason they made such choices…”

“Was because K had planted too many seeds of fear in their hearts. And because we failed to uncover the drug trafficking organization earlier, even letting K escape time and again.”

“That only deepened their terror of K.”

“All of this happened because we didn’t wipe out the organization back when it was still in its early stages. That’s what led to the mess we’re in now.”

At this point,

Lin Tian paused for a couple of seconds, then swept his gaze across everyone present and said firmly,

“No matter what.”

“Send someone immediately to arrest this Guo Daqiang. We absolutely cannot let him keep running free.”

“Also, assign a few people to protect the Demon Witch’s family. We need to prevent any unexpected incidents.”

“Then I’ll contact Xiao Ming right away and inform him of the Demon Witch’s situation.”

“At this point, our only remaining lead into the drug trafficking organization is Ghost. We can’t afford any more mistakes.”

…

Meanwhile,

In the parking lot of the Xingsheng Building in Cangshan District, Luzhou City,

K sat in an unremarkable, budget-friendly domestic car.

He casually tossed his phone onto the passenger seat, leaned back, and tapped the steering wheel with narrowed eyes, replaying the surveillance footage in his mind.

Now that the Demon Witch’s body had been discovered,

The organization’s situation had been further exposed. If Ghost was taken down tomorrow, then the dogs’ next target would almost certainly be him.

And the lead dog already knew… that he was hiding in Luzhou City.

Given that, would the flight from Luzhou City back to the United States still be safe?

K fell into deep thought, carefully weighing whether the flight he had previously booked would still be secure, and whether it could get him safely to the United States.

A few seconds later,

He stopped tapping the wheel and looked at the pure silver ring on his left index finger, engraved with the letter K.

Without hesitation, he reached for the satellite phone in the backseat and dialed a special number.

When the international call connected,

K spoke without delay, his tone calm and composed.

“The Demon Witch’s body has been found.”

“I’ve already sent Priest to Jiahe City to deal with the lead dog.”

“As for Ghost, Q has dispatched her people to ensure that what Ghost knows will never reach the public.”

“I’m planning to abandon the Dragon Country market and return to the United States for now.”

After he finished speaking,

There was a brief pause before a deep, weathered voice came through the line.

“I already heard about this from Q.”

“Ghost is someone we must eliminate. If Q’s people can’t handle it, then send Priest.”

“Killing a dog with a sharp nose is no less important than protecting that secret.”

“And… K, I know the real reason you’re calling. I’ve already looked into the flight you booked.”

“But given the current situation, I’ll give you just one piece of advice.”

“Never waste time waiting. And never stay on Dragon Country’s soil even an hour longer than necessary. Leaving means safety and freedom.”

“Head to the airport immediately. Buy the soonest outbound ticket you can find.”

“Only when you’ve left all 9.6 million square kilometers of Dragon Country’s land will you have truly escaped the eye of the storm…”