Just as Ya Xiao was getting excited to get the word out, Kunge also learned something about the meeting from Sheldor.
"The higher-ups are divided into two factions?"
Kunge's expression was a little unsightly.
Sheldor had gauze wrapped around his eyes, and the fingers clutching his cane were a little white from the force.
Sheng Cheng had been captured last night near the club, indicating that the organization's stronghold had most likely been exposed.
Perhaps they had been exposed as early as when they lost contact with their compatriots in the Fifth Base.
Ariel, the organization, everything had been under Qin Qi's watchful eye long ago.
"Some of the higher-ups want to move their strongholds for safety reasons, while the other faction believes that the organization hasn't been discovered yet and is unwilling to move."
Both factions had their own concerns.
The bitterness of tobacco filled his mouth and Kunge exhaled slowly, "What are your thoughts?"
Sheldor didn't say anything.
If they had been under the other side's watch, the things that had been argued in the meeting would surely have been useless.
The room fell into a long silence.
Kunge cursed in a low voice, and his eyes were inexplicably a bit sour. He crushed the tobacco in his palm and said in a hoarse voice, "What did the lord say? He should have a solution right?"
"He has not contacted us."
"The lord may not know about this yet."
Kunge found a reason for that lord he worshipped, "There should be a special contact device on the higher-up side, why don't you guys tell that lord about this?"
"The communicator malfunctioned during the day."
"Damn, everything is piling up."
Kunge cursed once again, "Then what should we do next?"
"Stay put for now without shifting positions."
Sheldor's response was short and strong.
After all, shifting positions was risky and involved too much.
Kunge nodded listlessly, "I know, I will control the public opinion within the organization."
Now that the organization was in an eventful time, it had to be on high alert.
"Well, you go and handle it, stabilize the people below."
Kunge nodded, not bothering Sheldor any further, and turned to leave the room.
The door opened and closed, and the office was instantly quiet.
Sheldor's eyes went dark.
Compensation for the loss of his sight gave him a sharper sense of hearing than normal, and a better ability to focus his thoughts.
We're sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we're going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Unlike the frenzied worship of that lord within the organization, Sheldor had been in a state of wait and see.
Ktf reqqbgafg, Vtfcu Jtfcu, tjv yffc mjqaegfv jcv atf bgujclhjalbc wluta yf fzqbrfv.
Qlat remt j ylu atlcu tjqqfclcu, tbk mbeiv atja vlnlcf ibgv cba xcbk ktja kjr ublcu bc?
Dea ecali cbk, tf tjv cba mbcajmafv atf bgujclhjalbc. Snfc atf mbcajma vfnlmf lc atf bgujclhjalbc kjr lcfzqilmjyis vjwjufv.
Cii bo atlr tjqqfcfv abb revvfcis jcv abb mblcmlvfcajiis.
It was as if that lord had decided to break the connection between them, abandoning the organization and intending to treat the remnants of the Seventh Base as castaways.
Sheldor was a pessimistic man.
He was not a bad person, yet he could not be called a good person. If that lord really wanted to abandon the organization...
He suddenly clutched his cane.
If the organization was discovered and that lord really intended to abandon the organization, no matter what they did, they would be dead.
Time passed little by little.
Sheldor's lips parted in the long silence, his voice low and inaudible.
The system never left. It raised its old glasses and observed for a moment, making sure that the other party said two words he was extremely familiar with.
â Qin Qi.
Ya Xiao was listening in the monitoring room as Helring described the lord in his eyes with his hands in the air.
"He told us all the truth and is kind, selfless, great, and sincere. Do you understand Ya Bu? He is our star of enlightenment."
Helring was a quick-witted and calm young man, but when he mentioned that lord, both his expression and actions were extremely excited and exaggerated. His eyes were red, and he even appeared to have some degree of madness.
Ya Xiao looked at the other party's performance and sincerely said, "Wow, that lord is so powerful, I really want to meet him."
And then fight him.
Satisfied with the sincere response, Helring patted Ya Xiao's shoulder, "The lord seldom appears. You can only see him during the time of the spring meeting every year. You're very lucky, you'll be able to see the lord very soon."
"I'm so looking forward to it then."
Ya Xiao curled his eyes and wondered which one was more powerful, that lord or the villain.
While he was secretly weighing the situation, the movement of Fourth Uncle's return came to his ears. Ya Xiao had little change on his face, and when Helring finished reciting the praises for the thirteenth time, he casually found an excuse to leave the monitoring room.
It was rare for Helring to have such a pleasant conversation with someone, so he was quite reluctant to see Ya Bu leaving.
"We'll have time to talk some other time!"
Ya Xiao smiled and nodded his head. When he left the monitoring room, he didn't wander around the club but directly returned to his temporary residence at the Sixth Base and opened Fourth Uncle's video.
There wasn't much conversation between Kunge and Sheldor. When he heard that the contact was damaged, Ya Xiao leaned back in his chair.
The progress bar multiplied and fast-forwarded until it was over.
Ya Xiao's expression went from serious concentration to dawning realization and finally turned off the video with a disgusted look on his face.
The tail behind him stood up unhappily, slapping left and right, making a lingering cracking sound.
[Host, what's wrong?]
The system became more and more bewildered. Leaving aside why Sheldor would suddenly mention Qin Qi when he was alone, let's just say that right now, how could its host be infuriated like this after watching the video?
After retiring, was it so unable to keep up with the times? Should it download the installation package given to it by its colleague before retiring?
There was a sudden urgency in the system's mind.
It would be bad if there were no more common language with the host who was only four hundred years old.
"Fourth Uncle, the lord of their organization is lying to me!"
Unaware of Fourth Uncle's worries, Ya Xiao huffed, "That person doesn't intend to solve Ya Bu at all and doesn't even plan to come back to the organization!"
This was just too abominable.
Not keeping promises at all.
The system was made up of data after all. Even if the code was old, it quickly reacted to the meaning of Ya Xiao's words.
So, that organization's lord felt that his subordinates had been discovered by the Sixth Base and planned to abandon the organization?
[Host, then why did Sheldor mention Qin Qi?] The system was shocked, but it still didn't quite understand Sheldor's thoughts: [Could it be that he intends to put up a fight? Directly have the organization members kill Qin Qi?]
This was very much in line with the setting of an abandoned outlaw.
Ya Xiao shook his head and bent his eyes, "I don't think that Sheldor is an idiot like Sheng Cheng. He shouldn't do something so brainless."
[Then why did he mention Qin Qi?]
"Unlike the other members of the organization who seem to have been drugged, Sheldor has not lost his sanity and basic judgment for revenge. He should want to do his best to keep the people in the organization."
Ya Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed, his tail wagging a little behind him, his blue eyes revealing a few smiles as he jokingly said, "Maybe he's trying to defect to the villain or something."
Of course, none of this mattered.
What mattered now was â that the lord hiding behind the curtain was such a coward!
Ya Xiao was still angry when he thought about it.
It was clear that he had agreed with Sheng Cheng that he would settle Ya Bu, but the other party's every move now revealed that he was planning to give up the organization, making himself look forward to it for so long for nothing.
Ya Xiao unhappily said, "If I find out who that person is, I will definitely teach him a lesson!"
He was now certain that that coward was no match for the villain. Sure enough, the villain was the best!
The system looked at the black-haired young man's exasperated appearance and quickly spoke out to comfort a few words.
There weren't many people who could make a demon angry to this extent. Demons were all very vindictive. If the other party never shows up, it's fine, but if he shows up in front of Ya Xiao....
The system thought of all those things that could happen and sympathetically lit a data candle for the other party.
The next day, Ya Xiao woke up like a diligent little bee, being around the villain, not moving an inch.
"What happened?"
The butler, although he was usually very warm, still seemed a bit different from usual today. Qin Qi looked over at Ya Xiao.
"It's fine."
Ya Xiao thought of that bad lord yesterday. He was silent for a moment and said with sincere eyes, "I just realized once again that Marshal is powerful and handsome, a hero of the heavens and the earth. I'm so lucky to be at your side!"
Qin Qi who suddenly received a rainbow fart: ......
Mist who just knocked on the door and came in: ......
Should he not come in now?
Qin Qi's gaze crossed over the butler's eyes which were as pure and bright as blue glass beads. If it were anyone else, he might only think that the other party was flattering himself.
But Ya Xiao was more like expressing his thoughts sincerely, without the slightest other distractions, not even blushing.
It was such a warm and straightforward expression that Qin Qi was at a loss as to how to respond. He calmly nodded his head and said, "Hmm, I see."
"Then, Marshal, I'll go to the butler meeting first." Ya Xiao was satisfied after he finished speaking. He nodded at the marshal and then after greeting Mist, he left the office.
Today's butler meeting was important.
He had to go early.
When Ya Xiao left, Mist, who had been frozen in place, noticed the marshal's line of sight. He quickly returned to his senses, immediately shifting into a working state and reporting:
"Marshal, there's progress on Sheng Cheng's side."
Saying this, he handed over Sheng Cheng's confession and calmly analyzed, "From start to finish, Sheng Cheng was vague and refused to tell the truth. Our side took advantage of his demeanor, movements, micro-expressions, and so on during his confession, we ultimately analyzed that the person who instructed him to do all of this was the First Base Marshal Delbo."
Upon hearing these words, Qin Qi, who was sitting in his seat, raised his eyes, his vision somewhat sharp.
Mist spoke with an expression that was still rational, "As of now, Sheng Cheng's words are not trustworthy. The other party had destroyed the surveillance for some time. His behavior was not controllable, and Marshal Delbo was most likely a shield that he pulled out."
Qin Qi did not comment on Mist's words. His dark eyes gazed at the information on the desktop in a grim manner, and his fingers wrapped in black leather tapped lightly on the surface of the paper:
"Take Sheng Cheng to the operating room."
"I want to personally supervise from the side."
The operating room? Could it be that there's something wrong with Sheng Cheng's body besides his blood? Mist instantly straightened up and nodded.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"
The joint meeting was about to start in two hours.
This meant that the surgery needed to be finished within an hour so that it wouldn't interfere with the marshal's meeting.
Seizing every second, Mist quickly gathered a team of professionals, arranged anesthesia for Sheng Cheng, and a series of other things, and got this done within ten minutes.
When the marshal in the sterile gown walked into the operating room, the red light at the door of the operating room was blindingly bright. Mist took a look to retract his eyes, instantly relieved.
He sat back in his chair and couldn't help but get a little carried away as he remembered the compliments he had personally heard Ya Xiao give the marshal not too long ago.
It was so true that the young man was so passionate, honest, and straightforward in expressing his feelings.
Mist inwardly admired that the marshal should have been in a good mood when he heard those at that time.
There really weren't many people who could express their feelings sincerely like that within the military.
Mist remembered how the other party had told his liking for the marshal in front of him more than once and then he thought of how he had heard Ya Xiao say that he 'didn't want to leave the marshal' and how he had heard the young man's joyful praise for the marshal once again today.
Originally, he had only been skeptical, but now he was a little more certain that Ya Xiao must like the marshal!
"What's on your mind?"
Soren asked out loud as he came out of the elevator and saw his brother's dumb look.
"Nothing."
The smile on Mist's face meant something.
I'm thinking about things that a little kid like you shouldn't know.