Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1086: Guilds Competing for Talent

Chapter 1086: Chapter 1086: Guilds Competing for Talent

"What if whatever we fear comes to pass?" Gu Fan and Su Hui rushed to the scene and informed Lin Xi at the same time.

By the time Gu Fan and Su Hui had hurried to the spot, the situation had been controlled. Many people were squatting on the ground, but bloodstains and some clubs were still visible on the ground, making the scene utterly chaotic.

Among those squatting was Lin Yue, who also saw Gu Fan and Su Hui and instantly lowered his head, not daring to acknowledge them.

Su Hui asked her colleagues what exactly had happened, and then she found out that Lin Yue had brought a few people here to recruit subordinates, in other words, to get a young man to join them.

The young man, usually idle, was looking for something to do to make money, so he agreed.

However, members of another gang appeared, who also took a liking to the young man and offered him better conditions, hence the two gangs fought over him.

Gu Fan was somewhat baffled, wondering since when had gangs valued talent so highly that they would fight so fiercely over one young man. If businesses also had such a spirit of valuing talent, couldn’t they become more significant and stronger?

Soon, Lin Xi also rushed over. The look she gave Lin Yue was one of deep disappointment. It was understandable for him to join a gang if he had no other choice, but why create so much trouble? Especially since this time, Lin Yue had been the one leading the fight.

Gathering to fight, they all got arrested and taken away for a while, and during this time, they could not let their parents find out.

When Lin Yue was taken away, his expression was awkward, as if he was trying to say sorry.

Su Hui suddenly became curious, "Have you noticed? These people are all injured. Severely, some with heads cracked open, lightly with bruised noses and swollen faces. Yet, Lin Yue only had minor injuries; he was practically the least injured in the whole gang fight between the two gangs."

Reminded by Su Hui, both Gu Fan and Lin Xi felt that it really seemed so, so they checked the surveillance and discovered that Lin Yue’s martial arts skills were not bad, and he almost never lost in one-on-one situations.

Su Hui, Gu Fan, and Lin Xi had all been to ancient times and thought Lin Yue’s movements resembled ancient martial arts they had seen. This made them even more curious about who had taught Lin Yue these skills.

Since things had ended like this, Gu Fan and Lin Xi decided to head back, but Gu Fan suddenly thought of something and wanted to inquire about the talent both gangs were trying to recruit, curious about what was so special about him.

To his disappointment, upon checking, Gu Fan found that the talent looked utterly ordinary, even a bit frail. He could not understand why both gangs wanted him so badly; it did not make any sense.

Originally, Gu Fan was not concerned about the matter and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered he had seen the faces of a few members from the other gang; were they Leng Le’s men?

Could it be? Gu Fan had a bad feeling, so he asked again about the details of what had happened, the more detailed, the better.

According to the description, Lin Yue and his men had found the frail person first and wanted him to join their group. However, Leng Le’s men showed up and offered the frail person a high price without any hesitation, causing Lin Yue and his men to lose face, which then led to the dispute.

"What exactly do you mean, Leng Le?" Gu Fan couldn’t understand. He believed that recruiting people was Leng Le’s idea, but it didn’t make sense to spend a lot of money on someone so frail and weak.

Lin Yue had explained that he selected this frail person purely because he was short-staffed and needed someone, not because he intended to spend a lot of money on them. Frankly, in Lin Yue’s eyes, this person was dispensable and not talented at all.

The reason they fought was that Lin Yue felt the other party was provoking them, so they started fighting, not to snatch the person.

Although he knew the cause and effect, Gu Fan couldn’t understand what these people were thinking.

On this, Su Hui’s colleague explained that such incidents were common—two gangs usually didn’t get along and would blow up minor issues to undercut each other’s face. So, Su Hui’s colleague guessed that Leng Le’s men saw Lin Yue recruiting and deliberately came to stir trouble. They thought, ’Since you’re recruiting, we won’t let you succeed, just to mess with you.’

Although it sounded reasonable, Gu Fan knew Leng Le well. This woman was shrewd; she wasn’t the type to engage in conflicts over pride.

Soon, the information about this frail person who had sparked the gang dispute was delivered to Su Hui, who carefully examined it and found nothing special. It was just a punk, a dime a dozen on the streets.

Since Su Hui said so, Gu Fan found no point in worrying; he quietly wondered if it was genuinely just a typical brawl, perhaps a rogue action by Leng Le’s subordinates, unrelated to Leng Le herself?

Regrettably, if Gu Fan had personally checked this person’s information, he would have recognized the problem, and then he would have focused all his attention on guarding against Leng Le rather than on Organization X.

At this time, Lin Xi was upset. Now, by keeping her parents in the dark, if they found out later, they might scold her; if she didn’t hide it, her parents would be heartbroken upon learning the truth.

As a dutiful daughter and a good sister, Lin Xi was really troubled, so she turned to Gu Fan for help, hoping he could think of a solution.

Consequently, Gu Fan lacked the energy to ponder what Leng Le was potentially plotting, starting instead to devise plans for Lin Xi.

If Lin Xi’s parents found out about this, they would be angry and worried and would forcibly make Lin Yue leave the gang, inevitably leading to the gang retaliating against the Lin family. Naturally, with the capabilities Gu Fan and Lin Xi currently had, fear was not a concern, but they needed to keep a low profile.

Lin Xi suddenly had a great idea: "Gu Fan, what if we wear masks and eliminate that gang’s boss? Then Lin Yue would be free."

"Are you really daring to do that?" Gu Fan objected. If they wanted to live peacefully, they couldn’t resort to extreme measures. Moreover, Gu Fan felt that if they caused trouble using their unique abilities, it wouldn’t sit well with some higher-ups who would then closely monitor Gu Fan and Lin Xi’s every move and even exert pressure.

From the disappearance of twelve classmates to the external realm, Gu Fan and Lin Xi had been under surveillance by upper-level officials for a while now, but these people still didn’t know about immortality, Lin Xi being the reincarnation of Queen Qianye, or time travel. In the eyes of these officials, Gu Fan and Lin Xi were still just ordinary people with some adventurous experiences.

Lin Xi understood Gu Fan’s intention—they couldn’t expose themselves too much, or they really wouldn’t be able to return to a peaceful life.

"Then what should we do?" Lin Xi was desperate to help Lin Yue escape from the gang, so she looked at Gu Fan with pleading eyes, her expression entrusting him with the whole matter.