Captain Chen's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he nodded as though bewitched.
"I understand. Once I get back, I'll do my best to destroy all those monsters."
Han Lian nodded in satisfaction. She and the other three returned to the residence. Moments later, the entire three-courtyard compound was completely swallowed by white mist. When the Azure Family arrived with the Gongsun brothers, intending to demand an explanation, the mist dispersed to reveal nothing but flat, open ground before them. There was no residence anywhere.
"What is going on?"
The Azure Family's guard captain asked in dissatisfaction.
The Gongsun brothers exchanged a glance and shook their heads at the same time.
"We don't know either. There was clearly a residence here before!"
The Azure Family's guard captain said to the people behind him,
"Pull up the surveillance footage. I refuse to believe they just vanished into thin air."
The Azure Family members and the Gongsun brothers then entered the Special Department building.
When everyone saw the surveillance footage, they discovered that the four of them, along with the entire residence, had truly vanished out of thin air. In particular, when the four left the Special Department building, Ranxi had glanced in the direction of the camera. That look carried mockery and disdain.
Ranxi had also been the last to enter the residence. Once the vermilion gates closed, the entire compound was swallowed by white mist drifting in from nowhere. The mist did not disperse before them until they arrived, and both the people and the residence were gone.
The Azure Family's guard captain frowned as he looked at Minister Ruobai.
"Minister Ruobai, you were the last person the four of them met. What did you say to them? Do you know where they went?"
Minister Ruobai shook his