I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 579: The Demise of the Round Table Meeting
Bringing Qiao Shan to the rooftop, before Qiao Shan could utter a word, Wang Lan’s palm had already covered his forehead. Spiritual power instantaneously rushed into Qiao Shan’s mind.
Qiao Shan’s memories flashed before Wang Lan’s eyes like a slideshow. Ignoring unnecessary information, Wang Lan soon found out why Qiao Shan wanted Bill killed. The person who killed Bill wasn’t commissioned by Qiao Shan, but the one who killed Bill’s wife and child was hired by Qiao Shan.
Indeed, there was a boss behind Qiao Shan, a man who was practically the emperor behind the scenes throughout St. State. His power spread across five cities in St. State, with a spokesman for Boss Jin in every city and every region.
Although Qiao Shan engaged in loan sharking, he was merely one of Boss Jin’s underlings. There was a Round Table Meeting in the Black Brilliance Area, consisting of four members who all took orders from Boss Jin.
Boss Jin was indeed involved in human and organ trafficking; or rather, that business was just one among many others he ran. The Round Table had four representatives, one for each of the industries: prostitution, gambling, drugs, and human trafficking. Qiao Shan was in charge of gambling.
Gambling and loan sharking were practically inseparable. In every city, even every region, such Round Table Meetings existed, with a series of smaller ones forming one massive and powerful Round Table Meeting. The Round Table Meeting was so secretive that even most of the mafia didn’t know it existed. This was because only true, core members were privy to its existence, and they used different names when dealing with subordinates and outsiders.
Groups like the Tattoo Gang, Hip Hop Gang, Car Racing Gang, and so on might all be part of the Round Table Meeting.
Qiao Shan’s memories did not include the whereabouts of the nine girls. However, according to the business process recalled from his memories, the girls would first undergo a selection based on their looks. The beautiful ones would be kept and groomed into prostitutes. Those with certain talents would be trained as slaves. However, if one had neither exceptional looks nor talents, they could only end up like pigs, slaughtered for organ trafficking.
The evil deeds of Qiao Shan and the gang behind him were too numerous to record. It was a miracle that the people in St. State hadn’t all been wiped out by such Demons. Moreover, Boss Jin’s power wasn’t limited to St. State. His tentacles had reached most countries around the world.
It was just that the Round Table Meeting didn’t hold much power in other countries.
Wang Lan gently released his grip. The Qiao Shan before him had already turned into a bald, mindless idiot. Wang Lan coldly pushed Qiao Shan off the rooftop, and he plummeted to his death, just like his subordinates.
"How did it go? Did you find any leads?"
"Those nine girls are probably beyond saving," Wang Lan said with a heavy sigh. "Though it’s expected they can’t be found, what’s concerning is that the power behind this isn’t just in the Black Brilliance Area. Boss Jin is the underground emperor of the entire St. State."
"Report to headquarters?"
"That’s the only option."
This problem has already exceeded the scope of the examination. Although a capable genius could tackle issues beyond the scope, shouldn’t we at least inform the examiners? What if we pursue the case across the border and are disqualified for overreaching? The wristband has a function to directly contact headquarters, but the examination rules also state one shouldn’t contact headquarters without good reason. Each time headquarters is contacted, points are deducted based on the communication’s content. No matter how justified the reason, points are definitely deducted. That’s why all examinees, when faced with trouble, would rather figure it out themselves than seek help from headquarters.
However, before contacting headquarters, Wang Lan’s team needed to capture all Round Table Meeting members in the Black Brilliance Area and gather enough information.
As the cleaners began clearing the bodies below, Wang Lan’s team swiftly sprang into action.
First, they took down the Round Table Meeting leader responsible for human and organ trafficking. For human trafficking, they actively sought suitable targets, tracked and stalked them, and then abducted them when the time was right.
For organ trafficking, they would first receive orders. Then, they would match the organs needed by the buyers. After finding suitable matches, they would abduct the targets and extract the organs. As for the victims... they were simply disposed of.
In St. State, wasn’t it normal for a couple of people to go missing? However, this individual’s memory still contained no information about the nine girls.
Perhaps he had abducted so many people that he had long forgotten those nine specific targets. Or perhaps, the disappearance of the nine girls wasn’t the Round Table Meeting’s doing at all.
But either way, the Round Table Meeting deserved to be utterly destroyed. So, besides Qiao Shan, who was thrown to his death, Wang Lan executed the remaining three in extremely cruel ways. Wang Lan might only break a hand or a leg of average gang members. However, when it came to the Round Table Meeting, he chose to show no mercy.
In the last two days, corpses littered the Black Brilliance Area. Wang Lan’s team was so ruthless in dispatching this trash that even the hardened villains of the Black Brilliance Area, who killed without batting an eye, felt a chill. Are these still superheroes? So fierce and merciless when it comes to killing?
"Team Seven, this is headquarters. What’s the situation?"
"Hello headquarters, this is Team Seven, codename Payne. We have uncovered a dark organization enveloping the entire St. State, known as the Round Table Meeting. Their member structure is a molecular chain structure..."
Through the conversation, Wang Lan reported all the information they had gathered to headquarters. This included the composition of the Round Table Meeting and its members. He emphasized that this organization spanned the entire St. State, with all twenty-five regions involved.
Since the composition of the Round Table Meeting in each area was fairly similar, and Wang Lan had already figured out Boss Jin’s identity, the Round Table Meeting was essentially laid bare on the chopping block, ready to be dismantled at any moment. Wang Lan wasn’t seeking help from headquarters. Instead, he was informing them about a massive criminal organization that engulfed the entire St. City.
"Team Seven, the intelligence you provided is very important. Headquarters has decided to award you special bonus points. You just need to handle the Round Table Meeting members in your area. Additionally, the examiners have decided to grant you special authorization. If you need to conduct investigations abroad, you may apply to headquarters. However, you are not allowed to cross borders to seize points from other teams."
"Understood!"
Wang Lan had already expected headquarters to grant him this authorization. It was impossible for the International Security Council not to know about his identity and abilities. Frankly, his participation in their examination was an honor for them. Besides, his forte was rooting out moles. If he could unearth one Round Table Meeting, was it possible that it was the only secret one in St. State? Probably not! Since the International Security Council had taken on this mission, it had to be executed flawlessly. Every hidden and illegal organization had to be found and eliminated, one by one.
"Issuing a temporary mission: Eradicate the Round Table Meeting. Please receive information about the Round Table Meeting now..."
At the same time, all twenty-five teams’ wristbands vibrated with the message alert. Other candidates were struggling with increasingly cunning criminals and mafia members who were burying themselves deeper into hiding.
At first, their examination had gone smoothly. The nighttime in St. City was overrun with brazen lawlessness. But within a few days, these underworld figures started hiding like groundhogs burrowing into holes.
Those with some pursuit experience could still catch a few. However, squads that normally believed in the justice of muscle and fists found themselves with strength they couldn’t use. The exam was supposed to last a month, wasn’t it? And now only ten days had passed? If this continued, they were sure to be at the bottom.
Unexpectedly, as if someone had sent a pillow to those dozing off, it seemed the examiners weren’t neglecting them after all. It looked like the organizers would issue such temporary missions more often in the future. As long as we perform well on each one, we’re bound to achieve good results.
Many squads immediately deduced the true situation upon seeing the temporary mission alert, as if they had found enlightenment.
Wang Lan and the others naturally ignored this message. They had already dealt with the Round Table Meeting members in their district. The four returned to their apartment, their wristbands now showing a total of one thousand one hundred points. In the previous days, they had eliminated mafia gangs, the Fly Car Party, and the three major mafia bosses. Then, they eliminated Round Table Meeting members like Qiao Shan. All this had yielded a total of only five hundred points. Now, providing just this one clue had rewarded them with another five hundred points.
Indeed, luring out such deeply hidden big fish is the key to getting rich.
The next afternoon, Wang Lan’s wristband received another temporary mission: "Temporary mission: Assemble. Team Seven must secretly arrive at the designated location by 6:30 p.m. to participate in the final siege against the Round Table Meeting."
"It seems this Round Table Meeting is no small matter. They want a hundred of us at the Galaxy Stage and dozens from the Star Sea Stage to join forces for the siege. Facing such power, even a regular nation would be razed, right?"
"Lanzi, should we reply to headquarters: ’Why bother with such trouble? Our team will take care of it all’?"
"Do you think that’s possible? The examiners need to maintain fairness. If they gave the mission only to us, the other teams would be left with nothing. The final assault will definitely be a joint effort. But as for how many points can be earned, that depends on each team’s skills."
As night deepened, the four members of Wang Lan’s team arrived at the appointed location and concealed themselves. Under Xu Xiangwen’s Heavenly Eye, the locations of other hidden teams were laid bare.
"The Round Table Meeting’s base is a hundred meters below this villa complex. It covers roughly eight square kilometers and houses about two thousand people," Xu Xiangwen whispered to Wang Lan. "Team Eighteen is three kilometers away, at the twelve o’clock position. Team Twenty-One is at the one o’clock position..."
Xu Xiangwen had not only scouted the enemy’s location and bearings with utmost clarity but had also pinpointed the positions of allied forces. With such comprehensive intelligence, if they still managed to lose... they’d deserve to disembowel themselves!
"Team Seven, Team Twelve, please pay attention. You will act as the assault force. In five minutes, simultaneously launch an attack on the Round Table Meeting’s underground headquarters. My task requirement is simple: any member of the Round Table Meeting must be eliminated without mercy."
"All teams, pay attention. After Teams Seven and Twelve make their move, all other teams will immediately strike and surround the enemy. Do not allow any Round Table Meeting member to escape."
"Understood—"
"The Round Table Meeting is eradicated. Mission complete. Reward: fifty thousand experience points, three thousand skill points."
Wang Lan stood amidst rubble and bloodstains. The fierce man before him, knowing escape was futile, calmly extracted his own heart and committed suicide. At that moment, the prompt sounded in Wang Lan’s mind.
This mission held no suspense. Even though the Round Table Meeting was quite powerful—boasting three Star Sea Stage masters known as the Three Great War Gods, dozens of Galaxy Stage members, and countless Star Cloud Stage operatives—they were no match for the candidates. These candidates were capable of waging a war that could annihilate nations. The difference was more than just marginal.
The moment Wang Lan’s Team Seven and Yulia’s Team Twelve bared their fangs, the Round Table Meeting dissolved like instant coffee. WHOOSH! Just like that, they were washed away.
