Parting ways

"I have a question." Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, "Did y'all really discover Qing Zhen's nuclear test site?"

Yang Xiaojin looked at him. "No, I was just bluffing Qing Zhen. His people had been in contact with several particle physicists. But soon after their meeting, those physicists all went missing, including their family members. However, the Qing Consortium has never made any foray into this field of research, so we suspect it's Qing Zhen's own private dealings. He must have his own private nuclear test site."

"Isn't he part of the Qing Consortium? Why does he have to defend against his own people in that case? He even set up an independent base of his own?" Ren Xiaosu did not understand.

Yang Xiaojin explained, "Because he knows very well that in the past hundred years or so, almost none of the Qing Consortium's Shadows have come to a good end. A Shadow… will always remain as just a Shadow."