Chapter 1054: Chapter 422: Committee Member’s Suicide (Happy New Year everyone!) Chapter 1054: Chapter 422: Committee Member’s Suicide (Happy New Year everyone!) Zhu Fen was somewhat dumbfounded. Although her mask was already somewhat shattered, many parts of it were still intact, and it could have lasted much longer. How had it suddenly broken?

If Wang Tao had not seen her face, she might have had a chance to leave, but now that Wang Tao had seen her, and her identity as a commissioner had been exposed, there was no way she could leave–after all, her position as a commissioner was very influential, potent enough to threaten the Awakeners! Wang Tao certainly wouldn’t let her leave.

Even if Wang Tao had let her go, she would most certainly have been pursued!

Now, her only hope was that Wang Tao did not recognize her. If it had been someone else, that might have been possible, given that she rarely appeared in public. But Wang Tao was a Fourth Order Awakened One; it was impossible that he had not seen any of the 23 commissioners!

Sure enough, Wang Tao spoke with a tone of surprise,
“I really didn’t expect that the Master Sido of the Dusk Church was Commissioner Zhu!”

Zhu Fen’s last sliver of hope vanished, leaving her despondent.

“How could this happen… Heaven wants to destroy me!”

Wang Tao had clearly made a move, but she hadn’t felt any wind or anything, yet her mask had shattered… She thought it was just bad luck, but little did she know, it was a trick by Wang Tao.

Although Wang Tao had not touched her and everything seemed unrelated to him, he had actually used his spiritual power!

Normally, spiritual power is quite an abstract thing, only capable of affecting one’s consciousness, but Wang Tao’s [Mental Development] was different.

Since his Awakening of [Mental Development], he had been practicing his spiritual power. Although he didn’t know much in the area of controlling spiritual power, the plasticity of this Awakening was strong. Thus, he gradually devised ways to materialize his spiritual power–Object Control!

Of course, this ability was still in the experimental stage and barely useful, not even capable of taking out a pen. But within a certain range, he could manipulate it slightly. For example, in this case, when Zhu Fen’s mask was largely shattered but some parts were still intact, he just needed to use his materialized spiritual power to hit the weakest spot slightly, causing the mask to fully break.

This was just a minor trick, and even without it, Wang Tao would have detained Zhu Fen, not letting her leave. But still, it was a kind of “live practice,” and for such a level, Wang Tao felt quite satisfied. He believed that once his power grew stronger, he should be able to truly control objects!

“Commissioner Zhu, now that you have exposed your identity, I’m sorry, but I can’t let you leave. Otherwise, if you send someone to assassinate me, although I am not afraid, it would still be quite bothersome,”
Wang Tao said with a smile, looking at the despondent Zhu Fen, grabbing her hair without waiting for a response, pulling her up from the ground and dragging her out of the room.

This room was only occupied by him and Zhu Fen; others were being questioned by Jiang Shixue and Jiang Hui.

Wang Tao had them bring people out. Seeing Zhu Fen’s face, not to mention Jiang Hui and the female police officer being shocked, even the deputy mayors were also stunned.

Goodness! Their direct superior in the Dusk Church turned out to be a commissioner!

The group was somewhat regretful. Had they known that the Master Sido was Commissioner Zhu, they wouldn’t have taken the risk to assassinate Yao Guodong; they would have just arranged it directly through the commissioner!

Unfortunately, there are no what-ifs…

“Since Commissioner Zhu has already unmasked herself, the rest of you might as well stop hiding,”
Wang Tao waved his hand, and Jiang Hui and the female officer, seeing the terrified looks of several deacons, couldn’t wait to act and stripped these people of their masks.

“Deputy Mayor Bi? Deputy Mayor Gong? Minister Cen? Captain Wu?”

Seeing these four individuals, Jiang Hui and the female officer were completely overwhelmed.

The Dusk Church had sent four deacons and one Master Sido, a top rank in the Church in the absence of a bishop, which definitely counted as senior officials, probably the entirety of the Church’s current high-rank officials!

And the fact that they knew all these five high-rank individuals, who were also high-ranking officials, left them after their initial shock, feeling a tingling sensation on their scalps–if it weren’t for Wang Tao, they would have had no knowledge of the Dusk Church’s dealings, and most top officials might have become addicted to the so-called Holy medicine silently. That would have been a disaster!

Jiang Hui and the female officer looked gratefully at Wang Tao. What he did was not only catching those who attempted to assassinate Yao Guodong but also thwarting a dire conspiracy!

In response to their grateful gaze, Wang Tao just shrugged his shoulders.

To be honest, he hadn’t expected to catch so many big fish; he thought there would just be the deputy mayors, but there turned out to be five…

“It’s over…”

The five individuals all showed a look of despair on their faces.

If their true identities hadn’t been exposed, they might have had a chance, but now that their identities had been revealed, it was completely over. Especially for the two deputy mayors, who were the actual assassins of Yao Guodong, they were very aware of the laws within the base, and their deaths were certain now!

“Run–”
Someone tried to escape. But with so many people around, letting them escape would indeed be a joke.

Jiang Shixue immediately acted, and before anyone could see her move, she had kicked all these people back.

“You take these people away. Little Xue and I still have some things to take care of,”
Wang Tao told Jiang Hui.

The rest of the matters were no longer his concern, but with so many poisoned people here, Wang Tao planned to study the effects of the poisoning on them.