29: Chapter 29 Li Kai got scolded!

The woman in the portrait was extremely beautiful. Zhao Zilong even narcissistically thought that perhaps it wasn't the woman herself who was beautiful, but that his painting skills were so great that he had rendered her so beautifully.

However, the more he looked at the woman in the portrait, the more Zhao Zilong felt something was off.

"Why do I feel like I've seen this woman somewhere before?"

Zhao Zilong frowned, racking his brain to remember.

"I've seen those eyes... it seems to be the woman who sneaked into my house that night."

Zhao Zilong remembered where he had seen the gaze of the woman in this portrait, which couldn't help but startle him.

The woman who sneaked into his house that night was extremely powerful.

And this woman was actually a Princess of the Former Dynasty.

"Banner Master, now that we have a portrait, I'll take men to capture this woman immediately."

Li Kai had a look of absolute confidence.

With Zhao Zilong's portraits earlier, they had captured Lee Zhen and Lin An. Now that there was a new portrait, he believed they could definitely catch another person from the former dynasty smoothly.

Capturing three Remnants of the Previous Dynasty in a single day was a massive achievement that couldn't be missed.

Even if he had to stay up all night searching, he had to catch this woman.

"Don't move for now. Wait until I report to Deputy Director Cai before we decide."

Zhao Zilong rolled up the portrait and stood up, saying, "Keep a close eye on the prisoners."

Then he walked out of the Interrogation Room.

Li Kai and the others watched Zhao Zilong's figure leave the room and gradually disappear. Li Kai couldn't help but spit in disdain.

"What a piece of work. Does he really think that just because he's become a Banner Master and shown a bit of ability, he can look down on us?"

Li Kai was very angry.

Zhang Da said, "Li Kai, are you a dog? Why do you bite everyone you see? Banner Master Zhao didn't offend you this time, so why are you cursing him?"

If it were before, despite having a grudge with Li Kai, Zhang Da wouldn't have spoken up for Zhao Zilong.

But after successively catching Lee Zhen and Lin An, Zhang Da had come to admire Zhao Zilong.

Now that Li Kai was cursing Zhao Zilong for no apparent reason, he found it hard to listen to.

Zhou Jie also said, "Yeah, Li Kai, why are you cursing the Banner Master out of the blue? This is a bit uncalled for."

Wu Chuan couldn't help but add, "Under the Banner Master's leadership, we caught two Remnants of the Previous Dynasty. This is no small feat. We should be thanking him, yet you're cursing him. You really aren't a decent..."

The last word was left unsaid. Wu Chuan was glared at fiercely by Li Kai and didn't dare to continue.

He was still somewhat afraid of Li Kai.

Li Kai looked at Zhang Da and the other two with an expression that suggested they were like 'rotten wood that cannot be carved'.

"Can the three of you use your brains for once? What are you thinking all day?"

Li Kai let out a heavy sigh and said, "Would I curse Zhao Zilong for no reason? Since I'm cursing him, I must have my reasons."

"What reasons? Say them so I can hear."

Zhang Da snorted disdainfully.

Zhou Jie and Wu Chuan also stared intently at Li Kai, wanting to know why he was cursing Zhao Zilong.

Li Kai said, "Zhao Zilong did let us catch two Remnants of the Previous Dynasty today, and we did earn some merit. But think about it—the woman in that portrait is a Princess of the Former Dynasty. If we could catch her, wouldn't our merit be even greater?"

Zhang Da, Zhou Jie, and Wu Chuan looked at each other, all feeling a jolt of surprise.

Indeed, if they caught a Princess of the Former Dynasty, wouldn't that be worth more than catching hundreds or thousands of ordinary remnants?

That would be a monumental achievement.

"But you saw it just now. I said I wanted to go catch her, yet Zhao Zilong stopped me and said he'd report to Deputy Director Cai first. What do you think he means by that?"

Li Kai snorted coldly.

Although he didn't say it directly at the end, Zhang Da, Zhou Jie, and Wu Chuan had already realized: Zhao Zilong wanted to hog this massive credit all for himself.

A thick wave of anger surfaced on Zhang Da's face.

"Dammit, I thought Zhao Zilong was someone respectable who could work well with us. I didn't think he'd be the type to say one thing to our faces and do another behind our backs. He's playing us for fools. No, I can't swallow this. I have to go have it out with him."

As Zhang Da spoke, he moved to walk out of the Interrogation Room.

Li Kai stopped him, saying, "Zhang Da, what's the use of arguing with him? Since he's decided to play us, he'll naturally have excuses to talk his way out of it."

"Then what do you suggest? We just take it?"

Zhang Da snorted angrily.

Zhou Jie said, "Right, we definitely can't just swallow this. Otherwise, Zhao Zilong will look down on us even more in the future. Dammit, thinking about how I was calling him 'Banner Master' this and 'Banner Master' that makes me feel sick now."

Wu Chuan said, "Could there be some misunderstanding? I feel like Zhao Zilong shouldn't be that bad."

Li Kai said, "He's not bad? If he's not bad, why would he record everything we've done over the years in a notebook? Wu Chuan, you're still too young. Fine, there's no use talking about this now. Since Zhao Zilong wants to hog the credit behind our backs, we'll just snatch it away from him."

"Li Kai, you mean...?"

Zhang Da thought of something, and his eyes lit up strangely.

Li Kai said, "We'll also go look for that woman. There are more of us, so we can surely find her before Zhao Zilong does. This credit must be ours."

"Exactly, we must snatch this credit."

Zhou Jie echoed.

Wu Chuan was a bit hesitant. He admitted that what Li Kai and the others said made sense, but he was still somewhat unwilling to believe Zhao Zilong was truly such a bad person.

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting, truly interesting!"

At that moment, Lin An suddenly burst out laughing, looking as if he were highly amused.

"You, surnamed Lin, what are you laughing at?"

Li Kai felt Lin An's laughter was mocking, and he shouted a rebuke.

Zhang Da and Zhou Jie also glared at Lin An with dissatisfaction.

Wu Chuan was still considering whether to join Li Kai and the others.

Lin An laughed a few more times before stopping. He said, "I'm laughing at how you gentlemen can't tell good from bad."

"What do you mean?"

Coldness flashed in Li Kai's eyes.

Lin An wasn't afraid at all. He said, "Banner Master Zhao didn't let you go capture the princess for your own good, yet here you are cursing him. Is that not being unable to tell good from bad?"

Li Kai glared at Lin An, waiting for him to continue. Lin An said, "Our princess is a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist. Do you think even if you could find her, you could actually bring her back?"

"What did you say?"

Li Kai's eyes widened instantly, unable to believe his ears.

"He said the Princess of the Former Dynasty is a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist."

Zhang Da spoke up.

Instantly, a chill ran down Li Kai's spine.

Their Deputy Director was only a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, and the Director was only a Seventh-Rank Martial Artist.

The Banner Masters of the First and Second Banners were considered powerful, yet they were only Third-Rank Martial Artists.

And in their Third Banner, besides Zhao Zilong, a First-Grade Martial Artist, they were all just ordinary people with a bit of skill.

In other words, even if their entire Fuzheng Division and all three banners were deployed against a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, they would only be slaughtered.

"Li Kai, if that's the case, Banner Master Zhao not letting us go was indeed for our own good."

Zhou Jie spoke slowly, still feeling a lingering fear.

Luckily, Lin An had told them the truth. Otherwise, it would be fine if they didn't find her, but if they did, wouldn't they be going to their deaths?

Zhou Jie broke out in a cold sweat.

But why would Lin An take the initiative to say this? What benefit was there for him? Zhou Jie couldn't help but give Lin An a deep look.

Wu Chuan said, "I told you the Banner Master couldn't be that bad."

Li Kai glared at Wu Chuan and said, "Shopkeeper Lin knows the princess is a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, but does Zhao Zilong know? This might just be a coincidence."

Zhang Da couldn't listen anymore. "Li Kai, even now you're still trying to frame Banner Master Zhao. You really are a piece of work. Anyway, if you want to find her, you go ahead. I'm not going. I'm afraid of being killed."

"I'm not going either. I'll wait until the Banner Master reports to Deputy Director Cai."

Wu Chuan said, "Li Kai, don't look at me. I was already hesitant about going, and now I definitely won't go."

"If that princess is a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, why the hell would I go? To die?"

Li Kai snorted angrily.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside. It was actually Zhao Zilong returning.

"Why is the Banner Master back?"

Wu Chuan was surprised.

Li Kai, Zhang Da, and Zhou Jie watched as Zhao Zilong entered the Interrogation Room a moment later.

"Banner Master, why are you back?"

Zhou Jie stepped forward to ask.