"Looks like you've uncovered quite a bit these past few days."
Catherine smiled. The Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader's remarkably precise grasp of the Hunter Guild's scheme made her admire him even more.
Zhang Yuanqing pulled over a chair and sat down. His gaze swept over the spacious, luxurious private room, and he noticed surveillance cameras installed in each of the ceiling's four corners.
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Catherine's snow-white, graceful back, saying flatly:
"I initially thought the Hunter Guild was simply paid to get things done. But your tone on the phone and your current mood tell me that it was you who wanted Julian assassinated to provoke internal conflict within Heaven's Punishment. Is the Hunter Guild part of the evil faction?"
"Want to know?" Catherine turned around, the corner of her lips curling up. "Take off your clothes and get in!"
Zhang Yuanqing glanced once more at the surveillance cameras in the four corners of the ceiling and said coldly, "I don't have a hobby of being naked under other people's gaze."
Catherine's eyes shimmered seductively. She followed his gaze around the cameras and said with a smile:
"The people behind those cameras are the Hunter Guild's president and two vice presidents. We vet new members very strictly. Tonight is the final test for you to join the Hunter Guild. They are responsible for reviewing you."
One president and three vice presidents. Zhang Yuanqing felt somewhat resistant, but the Heaven-Connecting Cult Leader was an aloof, eccentric Illusionist. How could he be intimidated by such a trivial scene?
So, expressionless, he took off his white short-sleeved shirt and black casual pants, then stripped off his boxer briefs and tossed them aside. Under Catherine's brightening gaze, he walked stark naked to the pool and stepped into the water.
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