Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 868 - 866: No One Escapes! (2nd Update)

"Gu Chu, what about those people? Do we need to send someone to intercept them? Ever since we’ve had orders from above, the number of people we can deploy has been limited..."

At the mention of this, the confidant’s mind was already beginning to curse.

He truly felt that the people above were completely out of their minds.

Their Director Xie had willingly joined the bureau, but before they had even finished the job, there were people starting to stir things up from behind, dragging their feet in every way.

Fortunately, their Director Xie had a strong foundation—wealth, means, and quite a few die-hard supporters.

Otherwise, he really would have been left as a commander without troops due to that one announcement.

The confidant cursed inwardly, splitting his focus.

But most of his attention was still waiting for Gu Yuan to give orders.

Gu Yuan shook his head: "No need, those people—I have other plans for them. You guys should still keep an eye on the key routes.

Although I don’t know the specific situation over at Death Mountain, that those who slipped through our screening would risk going there.

It shows that over at Death Mountain, Director Xie and Yun Ran are gaining the upper hand.

Now, we need to guard against them and make sure no more Black Robed People come in.

Also, tell the people below to work harder and keep an eye on everything!

Once this task is over, I will recommend merit for everyone. Besides the normal rewards and resources, I will also give an extra bonus."

What do workers care about most? Naturally, it’s that their efforts will yield appropriate, even extraordinary rewards.

If someone else had said these words, the confidant might have been a bit skeptical.

But since Gu Chu said it, it’s basically equivalent to being specially approved by Director Xie.

With Director Xie’s extravagant gestures, the confidant wouldn’t even dare to imagine what good things and monetary rewards they might receive.

From past experience, even the lowest reward would be worth the price of a fully paid house.

The fatigue that they might have felt before now turned in the hearts of these workers into: "I can keep working! Stay up all night and work hard!"

"Yes, Gu Chu, I’ll tell the brothers!"

After the confidant left, Gu Yuan took out his phone and called the people Wanqi Yu had previously handed over to him.

The call was quickly connected.

Gu Yuan’s voice carried an inexplicable chill.

"I don’t want any of the people passing through your ambush route to be left!"

The person on the other end hesitated, probably surprised that the Special Administration Bureau folks could have such a fierce aura.

But, it had nothing to do with him—they just needed to complete this transaction.

"Understood!"

They had some experience dealing with those Black Robed People.

Not to mention, the people rushing to deal with were the young lady.

Even if all of them died on this ambush route, they would definitely not let anyone pass through here.

After ending the call, Gu Yuan made another call to Xuan Chu and his group.

Rong Gu had abolished two of the five Guardian Dragon Spirits, and Xuan Chu and his group caught one. Two were still left.

This had already taken quite a bit of time, and he needed to push them a bit.

Now the situation here was spread too thin—both the boss’s people and his own were scattered all over.

There really weren’t enough people, he even wished he could split one person into two.

Yet the notice from above had complicated things, so the few people he could barely deploy, he dared not bring here for fear they might turn against him.

Therefore, he needed Xuan Chu and the others to hurry and catch the remaining two Dragon Spirits.

When that happens, the Five Emperors Mountain won’t need so many Special Administration Bureau people to ’maintain order’ here.

It’s all about fearing that the remaining two Dragon Spirits will cause conflicts among these people.

Right now, they were on par with the group from the Capital City, mainly because there were many other Xuan Sect forces here.

Thus, they absolutely couldn’t let anyone provoke and claim their people were unfair, or biased towards anyone.

Thinking of all this, Gu Yuan felt a headache coming on.

If anyone dared to say again that the balance of power strategy was simple, he’d be the first to sew their mouth shut!

The phone was ringing for a round but Xuan Chu hadn’t answered yet, and Gu Yuan’s hand started itching to scratch the table.

Since coming to Five Emperors Mountain and taking over for the boss in managing these things, Gu Yuan felt his patience wearing thin.

Suddenly, Gu Yuan recalled that previous ’threatening’ call.

Wanting him to identify the right situation, betray the boss, offering him a deputy director position.

That might be seen as a promotion, a favor to others.

But for Gu Yuan, who’d exhausted who knows how many brain cells these days, it was definitely a bitter resentment.

In the future, not even the king of heavens could make him continue being a workhorse.

He was meant to stand mightily in front of people, relying on his position as head of operations to call the shots, and that was enough.

With someone above to shelter him, issuing orders, and ideally someone below to help deal with any messy issues, it would be perfect.

The more he thought about it, the more Gu Yuan felt he wasn’t meant for busy work.

Having a high position with light responsibilities was his ultimate goal.

Just as he was thinking, and even laughed out loud, the call connected.

Xuan Chu’s clothes were soaking wet from the dew, making him look particularly pathetic.

Fortunately, his phone was custom-made with excellent water resistance.

Listening to Gu Yuan’s laugh on the other end.

Xuan Chu thought he must have mistaken the caller ID, and took the phone away from his ear to check the screen, confirming it was indeed Gu Yuan.

Finally, he asked, "Hey, have you changed your character or encountered some good news?"

Gu Yuan retracted his previous dispersed thoughts, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he urged: "When will you guys be able to catch the remaining two Guardian Dragon Spirits?"

Xuan Chu: ...

Ha, silly him for being concerned earlier, Gu Yuan was still Gu Yuan.

"Director Gu, you know it’s a Guardian Dragon Spirit, not some random mountain snake that I can find easily with a piece of talisman paper or a single thought in the surrounding mountains!"

Perhaps it was Xuan Chu’s tone, carrying a hint of speechless emotion.

Gu Yuan paused.

Then he reflected on himself and said, "I’m just anxious, didn’t you see that people on the other mountains are about to go crazy looking.

The people under my command are busy like dogs dealing with their disputes, it’s really a waste.

If you guys can quickly catch the remaining two Guardian Dragon Spirits, those people wouldn’t dare compete with you for Heavenly Dao Village.

By then, they’d disperse, and my people could be pulled out to quickly go to Death Mountain to support my sister Ranran.

You’re not aware, during this time, I haven’t been eating or sleeping well..."