Although it was also on the school grounds, an office in another teaching building had been remodeled.
A dozen or so screens had been set up inside. Cables that had yet to be buried covered the floor, while a flamboyantly dressed man stood before the screens, holding a cup and drinking coffee.
Footsteps sounded, followed by Ren Liang's voice from behind him. "Mr. Rong Chuan, the Red Ghost has been brought here."
Only then did the man drinking coffee turn around. He had a face typical of someone from the south, and a golden python coiled around a design on the earring in his left ear.
"Excellent. We used that Yu woman to lure this 'informed party' here as well."
"Once we eliminate this Red Ghost and that woman together, we'll have eradicated the trouble for good."
"Notify Old Third Qiao. Tell him to hurry up and kill that woman before complications arise."
"As for this Red Ghost..."
The man named Rong Chuan turned around and looked at Luo Yan on the screen, smiling. "I'll deal with him personally."
Ren Liang nodded and left.
Rong Chuan put down his cup and said to a woman beside him, "Connect me to the communications inside the Iron Coffin."
A moment later, Luo Yan watched as the liquid-crystal display mounted on the wall in front of him lit up. A man then appeared on the screen.
"Hello, Red Ghost."
"My name is Rong Chuan."
Luo Yan said calmly, "Where's Yu Qiushui?"
The man on the screen chuckled, pinched his earring, and said, "I'd like to find Miss Yu too, but my people haven't caught her yet."
"Once we catch her, I'll bury both your bodies together. How about that? Pretty considerate of me, right?"
Luo Yan said in a deep voice, "Who are