novelraw Chapter 1365 - 178: Lurking
Chapter 1365 - 178: Lurking
Yan Hui pondered for a moment, then suddenly frowned and said, "Didn’t you say Wu Liuzhi was over there? I went, but didn’t encounter him. It’s a pity, we could have formed an alliance."
"What? You, you went looking for him?" White heard this and was startled, nearly jumping up to fight Yan Hui.
Is this person crazy? What does he want? Form an alliance? He wants to ally with Wu Liuzhi?
Then why didn’t he notify me beforehand! Damn it, doesn’t he know I have a grudge against him...
If I had known this man was so reckless, I wouldn’t have said so much to him earlier; this fool, idiot, should be sent to Hell...
Yan Hui didn’t notice White’s inner curses towards him and, after drinking the water in his cup, spoke to himself amid the mist, "The Judgement Department has already noticed us. Pretending to cooperate while actually sending this person out to attract firepower is the best way to break the predicament; what a pity. However, the Judgement Department has also noticed him, and our purpose is largely achieved."
Recalling the previous encounter with Xu Shu from the Judgement Department, just a step away from encircling and killing him, Yan Hui sighed deeply, suppressing the hatred in his heart, and looked at White: "But are you sure Wu Liuzhi is really in the city?"
"I can confirm." White nodded simply.
In his heart, he already had an opinion of Yan Hui, believing that he didn’t respect him as a partner at all, thus unwilling to discuss this topic further.
Yan Hui looked at White’s lifeless appearance and, recalling the eight members of the Red Emperor Army who couldn’t even kill Xu Shu moments ago, the anger he had just suppressed started to rise again, extending his opinions about White to include other Red Emperor Army foreigners.
Compared to these guys, my colleagues are much more reliable!
For a moment, both of them were mutually disdainful.
After a while, Yan Hui still frowned and asked, "So, is Father’s Favored still missing? What is the Annihilation Association doing?"
"...Um, speaking of this, there’s a problem," White suddenly said.
"What’s the problem?" Yan Hui already knew it wasn’t anything good, but still needed to clarify.
"We’ve also lost contact with the Annihilation Association people. The difference is, this time the initiative came from them," White explained.
"Initiative from them? What do you mean?" Yan Hui’s gaze sharpened.
"To be strict, they actively deleted me," White said, opening his advanced network interface and showing Yan Hui several chat records earnestly.
There were chats between White and two leaders of the Annihilation Association, "Yin Hu" and "Zi Shu."
Mostly, these were the other party reporting task statuses while White replied with a sentence or two.
The latest chat was two days ago, with White asking about the specifics of their mission, but above, there was only a prompt:
[Sending failed, please add the friend first]
"..."
Seeing such an absurd scene, even the cold Yan Hui was taken aback, unable to close his mouth for a while.
He stared at White and Zi Shu’s chat logs, completely failing to comprehend.
After a long pause, White pushed up his glasses and said genteelly, "I think they betrayed us and joined the Astronomy Association. You know, the Eastern Combat Zone people always like being untrustworthy."
"..." Yan Hui took another deep look at White and shook his head speechlessly.
Although he said nothing, Yan Hui intuitively felt this wasn’t the reason.
Otherwise, the Annihilation Association people should have attempted to meet up with us, collaborating with the Judgement Department to set a trap rather than going directly silent.
Linking this with the disappearance of Father’s Favored, and this mission being sensitive due to the Red Emperor Army’s status, they were delegated, or rather outsourced, to the more locally acquainted Annihilation Association.
Considering these two matters, the answer became obvious.
Clearly, the Annihilation Association group, due to their failed mission, feared being reprimanded by Bishop White, so they directly cut ties and played dead, pretending the collaboration never happened!
Is this a joke?
Knowing so much inside information, do they think deleting friends single-handedly means they can wash their hands of it?
Do they think this is child’s play?
Damn it! It really is a bunch of rabble!
The rabble’s helpers are also rabble!
No, not correct, except for others in the Annihilation Association, "Zi Shu" shouldn’t be this stupid unless...
Yan Hui took a deep breath, as if realizing something, logged into the advanced network himself, found "Zi Shu," edited and sent a voice message.
He wanted to test if the Annihilation Association truly wanted to "prudently protect themselves." If they were indeed this foolish, then they had no choice but to find them and eradicate them!
Beep.
Message sent successfully.
Whew! They don’t seem that stupid!
Yan Hui immediately sent another message, asking what cutting contact meant.
Moments later, Zi Shu from the Annihilation Association replied.
"Apologies, Commander Yan Hui, no offense intended, we’ve been waiting for your message all along! As for Bruce White, his identity was exposed, wanted by the Judgement Department. We had to do this to avoid being implicated, delaying the Emperor’s son’s grand plan, henceforth we will follow all your instructions."—Zi Shu, Third-tier Strategist.
Indeed... Yan Hui breathed a sigh of relief, then reassured the Annihilation Association people, looking at White with eyes that seemed to scold him like an idiot.
This old fellow always liked to pose, pretend, with a demeanor like he knows everything due to his age, but his actual work ability is truly unreliable, to the extent that even temporary allies disdain him.