Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 928 - 521 This is a Different Kind of Combat_2

Chapter 928: Chapter 521 This is a Different Kind of Combat_2

"Is it possible that the base was unstable, and the crash knocked over the stone, directly toppling the Bloody Earth Guanyin statue—no, no, no, that’s not possible!"

Elijah Hastings came up with a hypothesis, but he immediately negated it:

"If that were the case, the stones here wouldn’t be shaped like this; at least a large portion of them would have been washed away. The pile of stones we see is spread out and has fallen down as if someone deliberately arranged them that way, not like they were washed out by a debris flow."

Sean Knight saw that Elijah was analyzing the situation very astutely and nodded in approval.

"Boss, then there’s only one possibility—before the debris flow happened, they had already moved the Bloody Earth Guanyin statue—or after the debris flow, the Bloody Earth Guanyin wasn’t swept away but was moved to another location!"

"Hmm, I think the latter possibility is more likely," Sean said. "Although there isn’t much information about the Bloody Earth Guanyin circulating online, those who are determined can still find it.

Now, the Bloody Earth Guanyin is actually quite sensitive; decades ago, there were people who came here wanting to blow it up. If it had remained here, who’s to say others wouldn’t do the same..."

"We’re here with just that intention!" Elijah said.

"Exactly, after all, it was fashioned from the blood and soil of our compatriots—if it remains standing here, sooner or later it won’t just be the public, the government will certainly make a statement about this."

Sean pointed out the crux of the matter, which was precisely what those people feared.

After all, if this were just a civil matter, those people could easily ignore it, but if the government starts to make statements, then the matter would be greatly escalated.

Not many people know about it now, so the incident hasn’t spread far and wide.

But given the current domestic surge in sentiments of self-confidence and strength in China, if this matter were exposed by someone with an agenda and made it to the trending searches, just think about the situation—without the government saying anything, the public might just make batch after batch of trips to make trouble for Xingya!

Just think about the actions of those Diaoyu Islands activists to understand!

Sean’s Sky Eye was still on, and among these gray and black stones, there were faint traces that remained. Those traces were very light, but Sean’s Sky Eye could see them—they were traces of the bloody soil!

Sean felt that he could sense the resentment contained within them!

He no longer needed to go elsewhere to search; he could be sure that it was here.

"Boss, since we’re pretty sure it was moved, should we continue with the plan and ask the people around the Mountain Foot about the whereabouts of the Bloody Earth Guanyin?"

Sean nodded in agreement:

"Exactly. They wouldn’t have been able to move the Bloody Earth Guanyin without letting anything slip. We need to be thorough with our plan and dig out that information!"

Sean thought to himself that those people likely moved not just the Bloody Earth Guanyin statue but the ashes of the seven war criminals as well as the memorial tablets of those more than 1000 criminals!

It certainly wasn’t an ordinary transportation job; it couldn’t have been completely secret!

"Boss, shall we head down the mountain, then?"

"Let’s go. I bet Emily Kelley is getting anxious by now. I’d hate for her to drive away in fear—that would be problematic."

Sean was clearly joking, but Elijah was genuinely worried that it might happen, so they hastened their descent.

"Hmm?" Just as the two were about to reach the Avalokitesvara Temple Ruin Site, they suddenly saw Emily Kelley heading uphill.

However, behind her, about five or six plainly dressed individuals were hurrying up the hill, their target clearly being Emily!

"Emily Kelley, hurry up!" Sean suddenly shouted, "You’ve got people behind you!"

He spoke in Chinese, which Emily could understand; it was unclear whether those few people behind her understood.

Upon hearing Sean, Emily instinctively turned her head to look down and upon seeing the people behind her, she wore a look of vigilance and turned back around, quickly making her way towards Sean and Elijah.

Sean and Elijah also picked up the pace, and before those few people could reach Emily, they joined up with her.

Before Emily had the chance to ask Sean and Elijah what was happening, those people had already caught up to them.

Sean and Elijah sized up these individuals, and the individuals were scrutinizing them in return.

They weren’t very tall, but each one appeared physically strong. Their unfriendly faces and the way they looked at Sean and his companions were not pleasant.

"Are you Chinese people? What are you doing here? This is private property, and we don’t welcome outsiders over here!" said the man who seemed to be the leader. He was around 1.7 meters tall, looked to be about seventy kilograms and in his forties, and spoke in a gruff and abrasive tone:

"Please leave the mountain right now!"

Private property?

Sean suddenly remembered the documents he had read; back then, Matsui Iwane had said he wanted to build a Courtyard, and indeed, this was private property at the time, granted to Matsui Iwane to build his house and erect an Avalokitesvara statue nearby.

Sean and Elijah exchanged glances, clearly feeling it was unusual for these people to be asking them to leave simply because it was private territory.

There was no fence around the area, nor any clear warning signs; to ordinary people, it seemed like unowned mountain land.

Claiming it is private property to keep people out barely seemed convincing!

Sean speculated that while this was indeed private land, because of its sensitivity, they were afraid that putting up signs like "Private Property, No Trespassing" would only draw more attention.

After all, ordinary people wouldn’t come here; nearly everyone who came here did so for the Xingya Guanyin Temple and the Bloody Earth Guanyin.