Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow.

Chapter 213 New Choice for Base Camp
"Finally I'm back!"

Crossing the gate and looking at the familiar city in the distance, Alexia could hardly suppress her inner excitement.

"Yes, I'm finally back!" Claire beside Reed couldn't help but sigh.

Although in the real world, Claire had only been away with Reed and Alexia for about five or six days.

But for the three of them, it has been five or six years since they last left.

If youth wasn't an eternal quality, people who know her well would probably be able to tell from her mature appearance at a glance.

After being away from home for five or six years, it would be strange if the two girls didn't miss home.

Among the three, only Li De didn't have any special feelings.

After all, the total time he spent in the real world was not as long as the time he spent in the science world or the one-punch world.

Before I got used to treating the real world as my 'home', I got the gate.

Now, the anchor world is no longer the only one for him.

But anyway, most of Li De's women were born in the real world, so relatively speaking, Li De's ties with this world are deeper.

"Let's go back to the Siyue Chamber of Commerce first." Li De said to the women.

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge teleportation magic circle was drawn under Li De's feet in an instant.

The next second, everyone disappeared from the spot.

When he appeared again, he had returned to the rooftop of the Siyue Chamber of Commerce, in the empty hall built by Gama specifically for Li De to meet with his subordinates.

The reason why they were not teleported to the conference room was because there were so many people who followed Li De back this time, and the conference room was a bit crowded.

As soon as the group appeared, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall.

As the door of the hall was pushed open, Xi and Omega walked in.

The two women have been keeping an eye on the developments within the Chamber of Commerce since yesterday.

After all, Alpha, Gamma and the others left in a hurry suddenly, and almost didn't explain anything.

The only instruction left for Xi and Omega was that if any emergency occurred, they should go to Elizabeth who stayed in the royal capital to take charge of the situation.

Therefore, the two women were actually a little flustered.

After all, in the past, the Seven Shadows would not all disappear suddenly. At most, there was no news from Zeta who was gathering intelligence.

This seems to be the first time I have encountered a situation where I have to put down everything I am doing and take a test for more than a day.

It was also because of this that they sensed the presence of Alpha, Gamma and others, and the two women hurried over.

"Xi, do you and Omega have any urgent matters?" Alpha asked immediately when he saw the two women running over in a hurry.

"Lord Alpha, that's not the case. It's just that you left in a hurry with several other adults before, so..." Omega hurriedly explained.

"It's okay, Shadow just summoned us temporarily." Alpha explained briefly.

"Xi, Omega, come with me and report to me on the business performance over the past two days." Alpha had just finished speaking when Gamma stepped out and walked to the two women, then spoke to them.

It’s not that Gamma is a workaholic, nor that she doesn’t know the rules, but if she doesn’t take action, the situation will get out of control.

Because she felt that after Alpha spoke, the air pressure around Claire immediately dropped.

After spending more than a year with Claire, Gamma could increasingly feel that Claire's momentum was growing day by day, especially after returning to the pirate world, the increase was even more obvious.

This doesn't mean that Claire has become more and more domineering, but because her bloodline has been optimized and her strength has increased significantly.

After all, Claire is different from others. She has become a real dragon with the help of Reed's hands-on accumulation of resources.

For the dragon clan, the stronger the strength, the stronger the dragon power will be, and the more powerful the domineering color will be, and the momentum will naturally become more powerful without people noticing.

Originally this was a good thing for Reed's team, but Gamma could clearly feel that Claire's attitude towards Alpha was no longer as easy-going as before.

It was for this reason that Claire was very unhappy that Alpha spoke first.

After all, this is the Siyue Chamber of Commerce, and the apparent owner is not Alpha but Gamma.

In other words, Claire wouldn't mind if Gamma spoke first, but it would be a big problem if Alpha took the initiative to speak before her and Reed.

At least that's how Claire sees it, which is why the air pressure around her fluctuates.

Gamma didn't want Claire to make excuses, so he quickly took the two women away.

"Yes, Lord Gama!" Although the two women were a little puzzled, they also realized that the atmosphere seemed a little wrong, and immediately replied to Gama respectfully.

"Master, I will take Xi and Omega downstairs first." Gamma then saluted and said to Li De.

"Go ahead, now that you're back, just do your job." Li De waved his hand without any concern.

"Shadow, I'm busy too!" Alpha said to Reed immediately after seeing Gamma taking Xi and Omega out.

It was obvious that she didn't want to stay either. After all, she could clearly feel Claire's breath fluctuations.

To be honest, during this time in the pirate world, she has noticed that Claire's attitude has changed a lot compared to before.

She's not stupid, so how could she not understand the reason for Claire's change of attitude?

Everyone who is close to Claire knows how Claire usually treats Reed. Although she didn't know the term "brother control" before, she has been in the One Punch Man world for nearly a year.

Even if Alpha is not interested in Internet terms, there is still Beta who is interested.

Alpha had heard the term "brother complex" used to describe Claire from Beta.

It was because of understanding this word that Alpha understood what Claire was thinking.

Naturally, I understand why her attitude towards me changed. To put it bluntly, she just wanted to suppress me.

Claire actually knew very well that she could not have Reed all to herself, but the strong possessiveness shown by her brother-control attribute did not allow other women to have the same status as her in her brother's mind.

But it is precisely because he knows this that Alpha is unwilling to retreat.

Why!

When it comes to her love for Reed, she would never admit that it was less than Claire's.

After all, she was the first signatory of the slave contract that Li De took out.

In terms of career, Claire has not done anything to help Li De so far. She is not good at anything, please give her the first place!
There was no way Alpha would be willing to give in to a woman whose head was full of crap.

Even if this woman is Shadow's sister, it would not work.

After signing the contract, everyone becomes a slave of the master and has equal status.

For Alpha, Claire's identity as a sister no longer existed from the moment the contract was signed.

This is also the reason why she has always been unwilling to bow down to Claire.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that, because of their close relationship, Reed clearly favored Claire more on a fair basis.

Wouldn't Alpha know this?

clearly!
But there is nothing we can do about it, after all, this is an objective fact.

However, as long as Reed does not officially recognize Claire's status as the first wife, Alpha will never give in.

"Go ahead, those who have things to do can go and do them!" Li De waved his hand.

During the time in the pirate world, Reed also noticed the problems between Claire and Alpha.

But Li De chose to pretend not to know.

It’s not that Li De is indecisive and doesn’t know who to protect, but he does it on purpose.

Anyway, the most they had was a verbal confrontation, and there was no possibility of a physical fight.

As for the two women forming cliques or something, Li De didn't care at all. He just treated it as a lightened-up version of a palace fighting drama. Anyway, there were restrictions under the contract, so nothing serious would happen.

In Li De's opinion, it would be strange if more than a dozen women did not have their own ulterior motives without a contract to control their thoughts.

But this makes life more lively. Besides, the one who benefits from their open and secret fights is Li De. After all, if he wants to gain a higher status in Li's heart, he must serve Li De better.

It was precisely because Reed enjoyed this kind of service and pampering so much that he did not interfere in the affairs between Claire and Alpha.

After Li De finished speaking, almost all of the seven shadows of the Shadow Courtyard, except Yita, chose to leave.

It’s not that the girls responded to Alpha and didn’t give Claire face, but that they all had their own things to do.

As for Ita, she wanted to return to the ancient capital immediately, but she had to wait for Miyano Shiho to come with her. This was something they had agreed on in advance.

Needless to say, Miyano Akemi would definitely choose to follow Miyano Shiho.

After the Alpha girls left, Reed brought the remaining girls to the conference room.

"Shiho will return to the ancient capital base with Ita, right?" Li De asked Miyano Shiho.

"Yes, master, I have already discussed it with Yita before. After all, a technological research base must be established in the ancient capital in the future." Miyano Shiho nodded.

“That’s fine, but Yita, don’t make it too large. The ancient capital is too remote after all, and there are monsters all around. We used it as our base because we had no other better options.

But now that we have obtained the boundary gate and can travel to the world where we have carried out the mission, our choices are no longer limited to this world as before. You should understand what I mean, Yita!" Li De said, looking at Yita.

"Master, are you planning to find a suitable world to serve as the real rear base?" Yita asked Li De with a little surprise.

In fact, Li De's choice was natural in Yita's view.

After all, in the real world, we are currently somewhat restricted.

In fact, with the current strength of Li De’s team, there will be no problem in sweeping the real world.

But there is a very troublesome problem, that is, there is no way to guarantee that the Diabolos Cult hidden in the dark can be eradicated during the process of pushing forward.

If they cannot be eradicated in one go, it will be very difficult to completely clean them out later, because those people will hide deeper after experiencing a catastrophe.

In addition, compared to sweeping across the continent, the main purpose of Shadow Court is to eradicate the Diabolos Cult.

This is the main reason why Reed cannot be allowed to show his strength. After all, Sid's second-year syndrome is that he established the Shadow Courtyard with the purpose of fighting against the Diabolos Cult.

The basic purpose of any organization cannot be shaken. In addition, even if it can be done, Li De has no intention of building the real world into a rear base.

why?

Mainly because the real world is full of uncertainty.

As mentioned before, the shadow world is prone to intersecting with the First Demon World and other worlds, which can easily lead to various emergencies.

If one day it intersects with the world in the center, which might be the world of gods, it would be a lot of fun.

"I really want to give it a try. If that world full of weirdos is not really suitable, I might not be willing to give up the power I have built up in that world." Li De nodded and said.

"Master, do you have a goal?" Yita continued to ask.

"We already have an alternative world. The real decision can only be made after I complete the next mission." Li De nodded and said.

"In other words, the next mission world is also one of the options." Miyano Shiho couldn't help but say.

"That's true." Li De did not hide it.

Because he really needs to confirm the environment of the Zanmei world before he can decide whether to choose the Zanmei world to conquer, or the Yasuo world he has visited before.

As for other worlds, either there are gods or the environment is not good.

In fact, the One Piece world can also be used as an alternative, but Reed is very worried about Vegapunk's theory of the sinking world.

Because if all the existing islands really sank, then the only land left in the world would be the top of the red earth continent.

The top of the Red Earth Continent is not a place where ordinary people can survive. If that one piece of land is the only thing left in the world, the value of the pirate world, at least to Li De, will be reduced a lot.

Of course there is another reason, that is, the pirate world is not so easy to conquer.

After all, there are really a lot of strong people in this world. Just the Five Elders and Yi Ke are the ones who have become the objects of accumulation of great achievements for women like Claire.

"I support Sid's idea. With our strength, we can conquer not only a kingdom but even a world. Sid should be the king of the world." Claire was the first to agree.

"Master, I definitely support you in conquering other worlds, but I want to know, will you give up our world because of this?" Alexia asked Li De seriously.

"Alexia, you are worrying too much. Unless there is a sudden change that forces us to leave, I will not give up this world. Don't forget that even if we conquer other worlds, we will leave our clones to guard the world we were born from.

Moreover, given the time speed difference between our world and the mission world, once we establish our base camp, we will be able to train a steady stream of talent. Once we have enough talent, we will be able to conquer this world at any time."

(End of this chapter)