Chapter 195: Stranger in a Foreign Land

"The bedsheet?" Chen Ling had checked the bedsheet last night but found nothing. There was no hospital name on it. Since those people dared to wrap a body in a bedsheet and cremate it, there shouldn't be any clues on it.

"There are a total of four hospitals in Aurora City: two public and two private. Due to different suppliers, there are subtle differences in the stitching of these bedsheets."

Wen Shilin took four fabric fragments from his pocket and arranged them one by one on the ground.

"After I sent the body away this morning, I immediately went to all four hospitals to collect bedsheet fragments. These two on the left are from public hospitals, and these two on the right are from private hospitals. Take a close look."

Wen Shilin handed a magnifying glass to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling took the magnifying glass and squinted, carefully examining the fragments. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Indeed..."

"The suppliers for the private hospitals are from a textile factory under the Starfall Chamber of Commerce. Their business accounts for seventy percent of Aurora City's market share, with massive production lines and more mature technology. The public hospitals, on the other hand, use slightly less advanced technology. Of course, you wouldn't notice unless you looked closely."

"So, how did you pinpoint Frostleaf Hospital among the two private hospitals?"

Wen Shilin remained silent, simply turning over the last piece of fabric. In the corner of this piece, the hospital's name was embroidered...

"Because all the bedsheets from the other hospital had their name printed on them, but the one on the body didn't."

Chen Ling looked at Wen Shilin with a subtle expression. He now understood why Wen Shilin had been able to unearth so much damaging information over the years, even discovering the enforcers' top-secret "Hand of Redemption" project. This terrifying level of initiative and observation was not something just anyone possessed. Even with his own secret eye, Chen Ling hadn't thought of collecting fabric from other hospitals for comparison.

"What do we do next?" Chen Ling asked.

"Now that we know which hospital is involved, things will be easier," Wen Shilin replied calmly. "Based on the body's time of death, the surgery must have taken place yesterday afternoon. By reviewing the usage records of Frostleaf Hospital's operating rooms from yesterday afternoon, we should be able to pinpoint the target."

"If that hospital really is problematic, will they allow us to investigate their operating rooms?"

Wen Shilin turned to Chen Ling and smiled slightly.

"Allow? No, we don't need anyone's permission to do our work. Don't forget... we have freedom of the press."

**Starfall Chamber of Commerce.**

"Well? Have you found Liu Chen?" Yan Xishou immediately put down his teacup and asked with a frown, seeing someone rush back from outside.

The man stammered for a long time, hesitant to speak.

"Speak!" Yan Xishou's voice was tinged with anger.

"I... we went to the crematorium and found Liu Chen and his men's car, as well as a body that appeared to have been kicked to death. It looked like one of Liu Chen's subordinates whom he took out last night, but Liu Chen himself and the other two subordinates were nowhere to be found." The man paused for a moment before adding, "Besides that, we also found traces of a struggle at the crematorium entrance... It's highly likely they were abducted."

"What?!" Yan Xishou suddenly shot up from his seat. "What about the body? Was it cremated?"

"I don't know... It wasn't found at the scene either."

Yan Xishou was furious. "You couldn't even dispose of a body properly, and they were abducted?! Have you found out who was behind this?"

The man lowered his head nervously, remaining silent.

"A bunch of useless idiots!"

Yan Xishou was clearly agitated. He paced frantically around the room, sweat beginning to bead on his forehead. "Damn it... I knew I shouldn't have agreed to that old geezer from the Silvermoon Chamber of Commerce. Father said before he left that if the supply lines to the seven districts were cut off, we should pause operations and not bring in new goods... If that old man hadn't knelt and begged me, why would I have taken such a risk?!"

"Now look! The body and the people are gone, and we can't even find out who did it! If this gets out, when Father returns, we'll all be finished!"

"Y-Young Master... there's one more thing."

"More?! Speak!!"

"Just now, Frostleaf Hospital called. They said two reporters suddenly showed up and started investigating all the operating rooms used yesterday... They might be after this."

"What?!" Yan Xishou's heart sank.

"Which two reporters?"

"It's Wen Shilin, and someone who seems to be his newly recruited assistant, named Lin Yan."

"Him again..."

People and a body just disappeared last night, and today someone is investigating the hospital. He wouldn't believe there was no connection between the two, not even if you killed him.

"This Wen Shilin has always been against us, and now he dares to investigate this... He's practically asking for death!" Yan Xishou was so furious he felt a murderous intent spread wildly in his eyes.

Meanwhile, the subordinate who had delivered the news sighed: "We haven't been idle these past few years; we've sent people to deal with him before. But his anti-detection awareness is too strong; he's as elusive as a fish..."

"You? What good are you? You can't even catch Jian Changsheng, and you can't kill Wen Shilin! How did our Yan family end up with such a bunch of good-for-nothings?!"

Yan Xishou looked at the mess before him, feeling utterly exasperated. When his father, Yan Xiang, went on this long trip, he entrusted the entire Chamber of Commerce to him, originally to test his capabilities. But now, Jian Changsheng had escaped prison, and despite deploying so many people, they had achieved nothing. He had taken a risk to acquire a heart for the Silvermoon Chamber of Commerce, only for it to be intercepted, nearly exposing everything... The Starfall Chamber of Commerce hadn't faced as much trouble in the past few years as they had in just these last few days.

Yan Xishou paced back and forth in the room for a long time, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes. He looked up at the silent butler beside him.

"Uncle Long, how many of those outsiders Father hired from other realms are still at the Chamber of Commerce?"

The butler's eyes narrowed slightly. "Why? Are you going to use them?"

"The situation is a complete mess now. We can't rely on these ordinary people, and the enforcers certainly won't kill for us... The only Divine Path wielders our Chamber of Commerce can secretly deploy are them."

The butler fell silent. He had heard everything that just happened. To be honest, the situation was indeed very tricky, especially with the reporters. If they didn't act quickly and the organ trade was exposed, it would be a huge problem...

"When the Chairman left, he took two with him. There are only three currently at the Chamber of Commerce. However, to deal with Wen Shilin, who is just an ordinary person, and Jian Changsheng, a first-tier Asura, using one will be enough." The butler dipped his finger in tea and lightly wrote three characters on the table:

Might, Puppet, Book.

"Which of these three do you want to use?"

Yan Xishou's eyes narrowed. After a moment of hesitation, he tapped the character for 'Puppet' with his fingertip. "Him."