Acai's Sky

Chapter 244 There Can't Be a Ghost

In the morning, the bright candlelight

The sun had just risen, and the sunlight shone through the clouds, forming a brilliant candlelight.

The sky was dyed with light orange and pink, like a beautiful painting.

When Lisa opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the cold ground outside the sanatorium wall, as if waking up from a terrible nightmare.

She felt heavy and had a splitting headache, but her memory gradually became clearer.

Last night's events weren't a dream, but a terrifying, real experience. She had multiple gunshot wounds on her body, and each one pierced with pain, a reminder of the danger she'd endured. She looked around for any sign of her companions, but there was no one around.

A sense of fear welled up in my heart, not knowing whether my companions were still alive.

Despite her weakness, Lisa struggled to her feet and stumbled toward her car, which was parked in the next block. She knew she had to get out of here quickly and seek medical help.

After arriving at the car, she checked the wounds on her body and found that they were very serious. She quickly drove to a nearby private hospital, hoping to get treatment.

Lying on the operating table, Lisa closed her eyes and replayed the events of last night in her mind. She felt a crushing sense of despair and couldn't help but ask herself, "How on earth did I survive that?"

She began to ponder these questions: "Are the people in the nursing home deliberately letting us go, or do they simply not take us seriously and are just playing with us?"

These questions troubled her and made her unable to let go, and fear followed every night.

After removing the bullet, Lisa did not delay for a moment and rushed to her superior to report the details of the mission to him.

When Lisa walked into the private room of the club, her superior, Spear, had been waiting there for a long time.

When he saw Lisa's miserable state, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my God, what happened? Why is Miss Lisa so miserable?"

Lisa recounted in detail everything she had experienced in the nursing home last night, even the things that had frightened her, and the gunshot wound on her body was undoubtedly the most obvious evidence.

Spear raised his arms in disbelief and muttered to himself, "That's impossible! How can there be such a thing as a ghost in this world?"

Lisa pointed at her wound and shouted angrily, "Oh my God, look at my gunshot wound! Could I have shot myself multiple times? I'm not crazy!"

Her voice was full of anger and grievance, which made people feel sympathy.

Spear was also confused and puzzled. He muttered to himself, "Impossible! How could this mysterious Eastern country possess such powerful strength? If they were truly that powerful, how could they have been oppressed by us for a whole hundred years?"

Lisa looked at the commander helplessly, disappointment and exhaustion flickering in her eyes. She sighed and said, "Commander, if you don't believe me, you can ask the agents who went with me. I believe their experience is no better than mine."

Spear silently looked at Lisa's pale face, a wave of guilt welling up in his heart. He knew what she said was true, but he couldn't accept this reality.

He paced back and forth in the room, his mind in a state of confusion, muttering to himself, "Our mission was to find those precious Chinese treasures..."

Lisa sat quietly in the chair, a hint of despair in her eyes.

She said softly, "Sir, I need to rest for a while. This mission has exhausted me both physically and mentally, and I want to take a long vacation to recuperate. As for those so-called Chinese treasures, let them go to hell! Life is the most important thing."

After saying that, she stood up and slowly walked out of the room.

Spier looked at Lisa's departing back, feeling confused.

He began to doubt whether it was really necessary for the nursing home to take such strict protection measures and whether it really contained endless treasures.

Perhaps they had always underestimated the strength of the Chinese. However, now it was too late and they had to reassess their attitude and strategy towards China.

...

A Cai looked at the survey materials on the desk.

"So, these agents were hired by this family to investigate us? Mainly to look for cultural relics?" A Cai asked in surprise.

Tong Jiawu nodded with a serious expression: "Nowadays, most agents will take orders privately when they don't have national missions. I guess it was caused by our exchange of cultural relics this time!" Her voice was filled with a hint of worry.

Ah Cai frowned, staring at the information in her hand in a daze, "Their family made their fortune by plundering treasures from our country. They used to be pirates!" Her tone was full of indignation.

Tong Jiashan took a deep breath and further explained: "Jiaqi's move this time was too big. Their family assets have shrunk by 80%. Otherwise, they wouldn't have set their sights on us!" A trace of anger flashed in her eyes.

Tong Jiawu looked at the information, tapping the table lightly with her fingers. "They must have come to our country a long time ago to smuggle cultural relics, buying them at low prices and selling them at high prices when they returned to Europe..." Her voice was low and firm.

Ah Cai sat on the sofa, gracefully waving her round fan, but her eyes flickered with anger. She said sternly, "So, the number of cultural relics their family has handled must be countless!"

Tong Jiawu's face was solemn, and she nodded slightly in agreement. Her voice was low and serious, as if carrying a hint of heaviness and helplessness: "Yes, many of these people came from tombs in China, and then sold the precious cultural relics to their families at extremely low prices. This is really heartbreaking!"

Tong Jiawu's face showed an expression of heartache, and she seemed to be extremely indignant and disappointed with this behavior.

A Cai nodded slightly, her eyes fixed on the information in her hand. Her fingers tapped the table lightly, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about something important.

Then, she raised her head, looked at Tong Jiawu with a firm gaze, and asked, "Then, according to your speculation, does their family still have a large number of cultural relics?"

This question made Tong Jiawu fall into deep thought. She frowned and thought carefully before answering, "I think there should be quite a few. After all, their family has been in this business for a long time, and the scope of their work is very wide. So, I think they should still have many precious cultural relics."

Ah Cai nodded and said, "Let Shiqi help you get all the cultural relics back from their family. They've been away from home for too long and they've forgotten the way home..."

Ah Cai's eyes rolled. "What do you think? If we put up a sign saying 'I have a treasure, come quickly', how many treasure hunters will we attract?"

Tong Jiawu immediately understood her master's intention. "This is to keep them coming back into the garden. Are you creating a haunted house?"

Tong Jiashan disagreed, "We still have many scientists here, we can't let them be disturbed!"

A Cai pouted and kept silent. Could she say that she was only thinking about playing and forgot about the scientists and leaders in the garden?

"Hiss, I dare not~"

Tong Jiashan didn't point out Ah Cai's secret thoughts, "I'll notify Ah Er to investigate in the next few days. This is a top priority for us!"

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