Getting Started

Hearing the report, Qi Shuang had a bad feeling.

It had not been long since the first-generation Hybrid Rice Seed test product was completed, and someone had already gone missing.

The timing was truly suspicious.

Qi Shuang immediately instructed his subordinate, "Send someone to their homes and see if something has delayed them. If no one is home either, issue a mission to the Anbu in my name and have them investigate."

"Tell them that I want to see them alive or see their corpses dead!"

Hearing the forcefulness in his tone, the messenger said no more and immediately withdrew.

About an hour later, the administrator who had delivered the report returned, accompanied by a masked Mist ninja.

The moment he saw the mask, the ominous feeling in Qi Shuang's heart grew even stronger.

Because it belonged to the Kirigakure Anbu.

This meant that those absent Agricultural Technicians had most likely met with trouble.

The administrator who had returned then reported some distressing news.

"Reporting, sir, there was no one at the homes of the four missing technicians either. I followed your instructions and issued a search mission to the Anbu."

"And then?" Qi Shuang sat in his chair and asked expressionlessly, his gaze already fixed on the Anbu Mist ninja.

The Anbu Mist ninja immediately lowered his head and replied, "After conducting a thorough search, we found all four missing Agr... Agricultural Technicians."

"However..."

The Anbu Mist ninja hesitated.

"Continue!" Qi Shuang's heart sank to the bottom.

The Anbu Mist ninja paused before continuing, "Of the four, three are already dead. The only one who survived has gone insane."

"Our investigation found signs that the seal in his brain had been tampered with."

"The seal retaliated, damaging his brain cells and causing him to lose his mind."

"Our preliminary