Imperial Treasure-Chapter 744 - 455: Luring the Snake out of Its Hole?
Earthly thieves!
Flower Demon glared at her and huffed, "E."
"Just E, huh? Third from the bottom?"
"Get lost, do you think it’s that easy to level up? From the very beginning, when I got approved and became a G-level adventurer at the bottom, to get to F, I needed to complete three G-level missions. Do you know what my three G-level missions were?"
"What?" 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
"First, retrieve the thumb ring worn by an official above the rank of a third-grade during the Ming Dynasty from his tomb; second, kill a domestic fugitive; third, go to Las Vegas and win a gamble worth one million US dollars."
Three unrelated tasks, each one not any easier.
The time and effort spent are not something an ordinary person could achieve; in other words, Elder Tang and the others at this level are far from capable.
"Moving on to becoming an E-level, I also had to complete three F-level tasks. Those three tasks took me three years, and the last one almost cost me my life! That was the year before last... You know, I disappeared for more than half a year because I was in the USA recovering... I almost couldn’t make it back. After that, I gave up hope of reaching D-level..."
Flower Demon spoke with a lingering fear in his tone, clearly unwilling to elaborate on those three tasks. Hence, no one asked further.
"So it’s that troublesome and difficult. I was thinking of registering an account to play around when I had the time~"
"This identity has its pros and cons, and it all depends on your mindset and abilities. To put it simply, with my status as an E-level adventurer, those masters with five hundred years’ worth of Inner Strength or the official Imperial Guards won’t easily move against me... Because the Adventurers’ Guild is a collective; each member is protected by it. The higher the level, the greater the rights; it’s like a behemoth of the underworld... Any ostensible national power seems quite laughable in front of it."
There was no ostentation in Flower Demon’s words; it was more of a reminder.
Sui Yi, Gong Jiu, and Yhan Qingwu exchanged glances.
"Let’s all three of us register an account... We might even be able to do some missions together. We’ll avoid the dangerous ones and do the ones we’re capable of... After all, we’re not ordinary people, and it’s inevitable for us to enter this line of work," Sui Yi suggested.
But before registering, Flower Demon had already helped Sui Yi with the information she was looking for.
Looking at the information popping up on the dark web page... Sui Yi’s brows knitted slightly.
White Blade is an international malicious organization that engages in human organ trafficking and genetic research. It has done numerous evil acts, being extremely vicious and sinister, known as White Blade in, Red Knife out... It can be considered an international enemy. And this organization fits the shadow she and Yi encountered in her childhood...
Fuan Orphanage... probably one of White Blade’s bases.
"White Blade and Ghost Teeth are similar types of organizations, both having divisions; the latter is divided into Ghost and Teeth factions, while the former has White Blade and Red Knife as two parts. White Blade is the research side, and Red Knife is like Ghost Teeth’s Tooth Faction, responsible for the application of force..."
"Seems like both are big organizations, which one is more powerful?" Gong Jiu asked.
Flower Demon gave her a disdainful look: "Are you an idiot? We’ve had our share of dealings with Ghost Teeth; Wei Feng and his crew can’t hold a candle to White Blade. Just look at White Blade’s actions; damn it, they even made a fool out of the Imperial Guards! If it weren’t for intervention from our Sui Yi, the Imperial Guards would’ve..."
She hadn’t finished speaking when Sui Yi shook her head, "The Imperial Guards didn’t use their full strength."
"What?" Everyone was taken aback, and Yhan Qingwu asked, "Do you mean... the Imperial Guards did it on purpose?"
It previously seemed like the Imperial Guards and MEID were on par with each other, each scheming and calculating. But later, MEID turned the tables with the power of Rong Ghost, a significant embarrassment for the Imperial Guards... But now Sui Yi was saying the Imperial Guards hadn’t given their all...
"There is something odd about it. Look, there are numerous masters within the Imperial Guards, among them Ming Lanyuan and his level of players at most rank as minor leaders and aren’t part of the core force. MEID’s organization and their plotting, to say they are playing with national military secrets isn’t an overstatement. With such matters, it wouldn’t be difficult for several of the Imperial Guards’ great masters to control the situation, but they didn’t."
"Right, if it was a more distant place, one could say it’s a matter of distance, but here, it’s the Capital City. Within half an hour, it would be too easy for someone to arrive; wouldn’t there be anyone in the Imperial Guards who could make a move?"
But there wasn’t.
From beginning to end, it was all managed by Yi Chilian and a few others...
"Could it be that the situation isn’t as serious as we thought?" Gong Jiu muttered to herself, looking towards Sui Yi, "Sui Yi, do you know something?"
Sitting aside, Sui Yi spoke softly, "It wasn’t MEID, at least not overtly."
Yhan Qingwu frowned, "White Blade?"
"Mhm."
"Yi, she’s one of White Blade’s people... And those we clashed with were from White Blade," Sui Yi pointed to the information on the computer screen, "She should belong to the Red Knife division, the rest I don’t understand."
"Hey, wait a second. Even if White Blade was the one to make a move, not MEID, they at least have sufficient combat power. The Rongwei Armor incident was quite formidable; it doesn’t make sense that they would..."
Suddenly, the three fell silent. Yhan Qingwu looked at Sui Yi and said softly, "Lure the snake out of the hole?"
Sui Yi lowered her gaze and gave a faint smile.
"It won’t be long before Xu Zhengmao will take over as the head of the Li Corporation," she said.
In three months, it would be more than enough for the internally and externally chaotic Li Corporation to fall into Xu Zhengmao’s hands...
——Based on the push from official actions.
Having obtained White Blade’s information, Sui Yi had a plan in mind, and taking advantage of the fact that all three of them had submitted their information, she applied to join the Adventurers’ Guild using the method recommended by Flower Demon.
"Your contact details have all been registered... In a while, after the review passes, someone will take the initiative to contact you and give you some symbols of membership in the Adventurers’ Guild. The method is not fixed, it varies from person to person, and also depends on the location, but you don’t have to worry..."
Since that was the case, Sui Yi and the others didn’t say much else.
Given their strengths, passing the review seemed inevitable.
If they had to wait, then wait they would.
The official action against the Li Family was not openly displayed, but families within the Capital City, like the Cao Family with their powerful connections, still perceived some signs of what was to come, and so they all focused their attention on the internal situation of the Li Family... Since Li Yu had died tragically, the several illegitimate sons of Li Zhang had become restless, along with other members of the Li Family, blatantly engaging in a full-fledged brawl. To outsiders, this was quite the spectacle, but as they laughed at the situation, they were also readying their own dishes to catch the good things that might fall from the Li Family’s downfall...
However, the pace of the Li Family’s collapse exceeded everyone’s expectations.
It happened the day after Sui Yi moved.
Xu Zhengmao sent a text message to Sui Yi.
--It’s done.
On the same day, Zhiyuan Residence also played host to a British gentleman in a black tailcoat who respectfully handed Sui Yi an invitation with a black background featuring two gold sharks.
The Hua Sha banquet invitation was now in her hands.
As this British gentleman was leaving, Fatty Gao had just moved into Sui Yi’s home, determined to stick with Sui Yi. Besides being able to snag a mansion to live in for free, he had asked Pang Shang to drive him over early in the morning...
Upon taking over and seeing the British gentleman out at the door, the latter bowed slightly and left.
"Damn, where did that foreigner come from..."
Fatty Gao approached Sui Yi and said, "My boss is really powerful, even making connections overseas.."
"Get lost! If you can’t see what’s obvious, don’t embarrass yourself... Didn’t you see the family crest on his clothes?"
"What’s that?"
"That’s the coat of arms of the Gordon-Lennox family from the United Kingdom!" (Do not treat this with strict accuracy; it’s just woven into the story for use.)
Pang Shang stroked his chin, looking toward Sui Yi, "I suppose Miss Sui is planning to go abroad..."
Standing at the door, Sui Yi gave a faint smile, looking at Fatty Gao: "Prepare in the next few days, we’ll go to the United Kingdom in three days."
"Ah!" Fatty Gao’s first reaction was... "I don’t speak English."
Sui Yi tilted her head and looked at him, shaking her head before going inside.
Fatty Gao turned his head and asked Pang Shang: "What does she mean?"
"Cough! She doesn’t need you to talk, bringing you along is just to lend a hand. After all, it’s impolite to attend such a banquet alone, and there are many inconveniences that need someone to assist with... As for the language, cram some everyday phrases in the next few days, and speak less when you’re there... Anyway, you’ll just be a follower, no one will pay you any mind..."
These didn’t exactly sound like comforting words...
Indeed, the trip to the United Kingdom was on the agenda, and Sui Yi intended to take Fatty Gao with her, while Gong Jiu and the others wanted to accompany her but were constrained by various factors. Additionally, their statuses were not insignificant, making it improper for them to follow in a subordinate’s role. They also hadn’t received invitations, and following Sui Yi might put the host family in a difficult situation. Ignoring them wasn’t an option, but paying attention to them might suggest an expectation to be invited, so Gong Jiu and the others decided not to accompany her...
While Sui Yi was handling some procedures for going to the United Kingdom, and staying in her mansion...
The Imperial Guards finally made their move!
The day the Li Family fell, several firefights took place one after another in the suburbs of the Capital City...
The news then reported that some organ trafficking groups had been taken down by the officials...
Sui Yi looked at some of the pictures in the report, her eyes growing heavier as she looked, and then she placed the newspaper on the table.
These places... were much like Fuan Orphanage.
Now, five such places had been reported in the news, and that was just the official count; in reality, at least ten would have been involved, and that’s just within the vicinity of the Capital City...
Sui Yi couldn’t estimate how many bases similar to Fuan Orphanage White Blade might have had, but any single one...
She remembered the children’s skeletons piled and buried beneath the playground, as well as the "test subjects" including Yi...
She thought of Yi. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
