novelraw Chapter 571 - 496: I Want to Walk to the End with Them
Chapter 571 - 496: I Want to Walk to the End with Them
The dead man held onto the suitcase tightly. Evergreen tried to pull it out, attempting twice, but after failing, scratched his head awkwardly.
"You can’t even handle a simple task. What’s the use of you?"
"And this disgusting perfume stinks to death."
Tiger Tail Orchid clicked her tongue, directly kicked Xuedong Ming onto the seat, and snatched the suitcase from his arms.
"Screw you! A little bean sprout trying to harass me?"
If you look closely, you’d notice that time on the plane was passing extremely slowly. The passengers’ expressions were frozen, only the water in the air was slightly moving.
Tiger Tail Orchid unscrupulously opened the suitcase, roughly flipping through the contents inside, while Evergreen stood silently beside her, pinching the watch on his wrist:
"We have three minutes."
"No need to remind me. I know. I’m counting in my head."
Tiger Tail Orchid stuffed the papers back into the suitcase, then shoved it into Evergreen’s arms, moved to the cabin door, laughed aloud, and jumped into the night.
Evergreen sighed softly, solemnly and respectfully readjusted Xuedong Ming, who slumped on the seat, into a cross-armed sleeping position, closing his eyes for him. Perhaps no one would notice his death until landing.
After finishing all this, he picked up the suitcase and approached the cockpit. Pinching the time on his watch, he stopped it the instant the second hand returned to its position, slowly leaned forward, letting himself fall, and closed the cabin door at the last moment, snapping his fingers, returning everything in the cabin to normal.
The strong wind roared past his ears, blowing his black hair wildly. Evergreen watched the passenger plane fly away, the red navigational lights flashing at a fixed frequency, until it disappeared into the clouds, never to be seen again.
He closed his eyes, turned around, and opened his arms to embrace the gale, letting his well-groomed collar be disheveled, plummeting rapidly, while clouds sped past his vision at hundreds of meters per second.
Finally, his gaze rested on the woman falling rapidly, meeting her flamboyant look, and held her hand tightly...
As the plane landed, members of the Mountain Crow family, who had been waiting at the airport for a long time, rushed out simultaneously, only to learn of the mysterious death of Xuedong Ming, and that the crucial suitcase had vanished.
Mountain Crow cursed as he reported the situation to the main family, unaware that a pair of eyes was watching him indifferently through the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Yes, Xuedong Ming is dead," the young man nodded in response.
"It was the work of Assassin Shuangsha, acting in their usual style."
"Patriarch, there seems to be a commotion outside. Someone is spreading rumors inside the airport. I suspect these people are organized. Should we bring people to handle it?"
The Patriarch of Yun Que turned his head, and the subordinate immediately lowered his head, avoiding eye contact.
"No need to trouble them. These people aren’t villains, just ignorant civilians hired by others. Disperse them and capture the leaders for questioning."
"Understood!"
The subordinate responded loudly.
Suddenly, a loud explosion ripped through the tranquility of the night. Flames erupted in the center of the airport, spreading violently. The scorching wave expanded outward from the passenger plane, surging and clamoring, crashing against the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"It’s an enemy attack!!" The subordinate was stunned, thinking of going to support.
But the Patriarch of Mountain Crow was still below. Was this an attack targeted at him personally?
His expression froze.
In his eyes, behind Yun Que was dyed fiery red, the flames dancing in those indifferent eyes, and then extinguished...
His vision turned into darkness with the extinguishment of the flames.
"Unfortunately, you’re too late."
...
The next morning.
Dragonfly Town, Mint Green Leaf Bar.
"I say, how long do you plan to stare at me? Just say what’s on your mind?" Xu Xiaoyou sighed.
In front of her, Tiger Tail Orchid and Evergreen, who had returned hurriedly not long ago, remained motionless. They appeared scrutinizing, but in truth, they hadn’t figured out how to start, so the atmosphere fell into an awkward stalemate.
"Queen of Hearts, you’ve been participating in the ’Exceeding Authority Competition’ recently, right?" Evergreen asked.
"Yes." Xu Xiaoyou yawned, casually replied.
The two of them watched quietly as she poured the freshly ground coffee powder into a cup, and slowly stirred it with her fingers holding a long coffee spoon.
Before the league started, the popularity of Dark Gold Rose had already radiated globally from Oasis. Countless people watched her every move, so Xu Xiaoyou wasn’t surprised that these two knew about it.
"Your target is the Key, right? Are you interested in joining our team? We can guarantee securing the league championship."
Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoyou chuckled softly, having heard similar claims too many times to count.
All major guilds attempted to recruit her into their battle teams, confidently making promises, citing a slew of perks for joining, babbling about the chances of winning the championship, and promising benefits afterward, as if claiming victory was a certainty.
Not to mention Queen’s Armament, can they even get past Light Chasing Garden?
"I already have my own team members."
Out of courtesy to her colleagues, Xu Xiaoyou still responded to the question.
The two of them exchanged a glance, as if deciding who would speak next.
Evergreen cleared his throat: "I know, but I think you should still consider us because..."
"So, what’s your guild’s name?" Xu Xiaoyou suddenly asked.
She had already figured out how to politely yet tactfully respond after they answered, saying that Queen’s Armament also invited her recently, and she was currently caught between the ’Key’ and ’Friendship’ dilemma, feeling deeply troubled, and needed some more time to consider.
"Queen’s Armament," Evergreen replied.
A melancholic wind gusted between them.
Seeing Xu Xiaoyou not responding, seemingly uninterested in their conditions, Evergreen hurriedly continued:
"Dark Gold Rose, you should’ve heard of our guild. My player name in Oasis is ’God of Killing Changqing’. Our president ’Witch God Continent’ is currently the acting president Jian Liu..."
"Enough, stop." Xu Xiaoyou covered her face, her pupils shaking.
Damn, she should’ve known.
Witch God Continent = Jian Liu.
Changqing = Evergreen.
Earlier, Tao Shier emphasized that Dawn Society had considerable influence in Oasis because Clubs K was the president of King Race, Schultz. She originally thought the ’considerable’ meant the King Race. Little did she know the entire Queen’s Armament was a huge branch of Dawn Society.
You call that ’not much’?
Just as Evergreen observed the girl’s expression, thinking there might be hope, he saw Xu Xiaoyou suddenly lift her coffee solemnly, gently blow on it, and take a sip.
"Sorry, I refuse."
"Why?" Tiger Tail Orchid immediately frowned and asked. "You should know our conditions, Queen of Hearts."
No matter what, she shouldn’t have any reason to refuse them. As long as she joined, both Honor and the Key would inevitably be hers.
Xu Xiaoyou’s gaze paused on the prompt boxes for [Observer of Compassionate Civilization] and [Walking Alone on the Poisonous Thorny Path] for the storyline of emotional points.
She admitted that she was slightly swayed by the difficult choice between the ’Key’ and ’Friendship,’ but winning the league championship with Light Chasing Garden was a prerequisite for the emotion points storyline.
"No other reason." After a moment’s thought, Xu Xiaoyou smiled and gave her answer.
"No matter what we face ahead, I want to see it through to the end with them."