Who made her an NPC!.

Chapter 391: Mantis Catching Cicada [4k]

Seeing Bai Fu and the Son of Prophecy leave one after another, the tense atmosphere in the Titan Industries command ship suddenly relaxed.

Apart from Xuequan's close confidants, not many people thought that Xuequan's death was a bad thing.

Of course, everyone still maintained a sad expression on the surface.

You still have to do what you should do.

"What do we do now?"

The president's assistant asked the various extraordinary people in the command ship tremblingly.

Lei Ming Dao shook his head and sighed, then stood up from the ground: "Now that things have come to this, let's just retreat and return to the explored universe. The president just died, and I don't think the initial agreement will reject our application."

The rest had no objection.

After sending the application to Ignatz, Lei Ming Dao and others immediately abandoned some ships and left the Apostle Holy City without looking back.

In fact, according to Lei Ming Dao's original plan, he intended to "reluctantly" surrender to Bai Fu after Bai Fu killed Xue Quan.

But perhaps because the Son of Prophecy suddenly appeared, Bai Fu actually withdrew directly, leaving only a group of undead to continue attacking Titan Industries' fleet.

There was no other choice but to go back to Titan Industries and make long-term plans.

Soon, news of Titan Industries' plight spread throughout the explored universe.

It's impossible to hide the fact that the president is dead.

The entire explored universe has been in shock.

The news that the capital planet of the Reborn Empire was under siege and was in danger was shocking, but I didn’t expect that there were even masters out there.

Is this Bai Fu’s counterattack?
How terrifying!
For a while, many people who had joined Ignatz after seeing his powerful situation some time ago became active again.

It seems that Ignatz's boat is not as stable as imagined.

……

"Leader, the situation is not good now."

The Child of Prophecy relayed to Ignatz what Bai Fu had just said.

Ignaz narrowed his eyes slightly. "It seems that Bai Fu has some hidden card that I don't know about, otherwise she wouldn't be so arrogant. But... it's hard to say. Maybe she is deliberately provoking me, hoping that I will be emotional and reveal my flaws."

The Son of Prophecy nodded in agreement.

"Leader, there is one more thing. Xike contacted me just now and said that after the news of Xuequan's death spread, some people began to get restless."

"Oh, is it so?"

Ignatz's tone was calm, not angry at being betrayed.

There's nothing to be angry about.

Those people used to come to him because of his great power, and now they will come to Bai Fu because of his outstanding performance.

Of course, it was impossible for him not to see this clearly.

He just felt excited now.

This is an opportunity!
"Let Xike continue to monitor them. Don't expose them. Let them contact Bai Fu on their own initiative."

The Son of Prophecy immediately understood what Ignatz meant. He was going fishing.

Bai Fu had just won two big victories, and once she was feeling proud, she might have taken the bait.

Even if Bai Fu doesn't take the bait, what about her subordinates?
As long as one fish takes the bait, Bai Fu will be dead.

Three hundred sunsets later to send us off, right?
I'll be at your door tomorrow!
Ignatz crossed his arms and said, "Even if these people fail to lure Bai Fu out in the end and have evidence of their secret collusion with Bai Fu, we can still legitimately get rid of these fence-sitters. Haha, Bai Fu's action did catch us by surprise this time, but she would never have thought that after doing so much, she actually gave us a breakthrough!"

Even the Son of Prophecy couldn't help but applaud his leader's quick wit.

The leader is right.

Bai Fu struggled for a long time, but the actual damage she caused to them was just killing one Xuequan.

The problem is that people like Xuequan are dead and that will not affect the overall plan of the original agreement at all.

"I will tell Hick about this plan right away."

"Go ahead. I'll deal with the trouble in the Empire first, and then I'll join you. Even if you find Bai Fu's hiding place, don't act rashly."

The two ended their conversation hastily.

After a while, the Son of Prophecy found Shik.

"Keep an eye on these people. Also, don't forget the people I asked you to keep an eye on. The leader trusts them, but they have always had a good relationship with Bai Fu. There's no guarantee that they won't do something stupid at a critical moment."

Shik responded solemnly.

"Leave it to me. With me here, they can't do anything!"

……

When the news of the attack on the empire and Xuequan's death spread, Boileau, like everyone else, was so shocked that he even suspected that he had heard it wrong.

It was not until he contacted Thunder Blade that he confirmed that all this was true.

"Bai Fu's strength..."

Boileau became excited.

He did not dislike Bai Fu because of her attack on the imperial capital. Instead, he became more eager to contact Bai Fu.

The strength shown by Bai Fu gave him hope, hope of saving the empire from Ignatz, who should have become history long ago.

"Even if I will be exposed, I must find a way to contact Bai Fu and tell her the secret!"

Boileau clenched his fists tightly.

Then, he suppressed his excitement and pretended to be calm.

He is waiting.

Wait for the opportunity to come.

This day came much faster than expected.

Titan Industries urgently withdrew its troops due to Xuequan's sudden death, and the Supernova Corps was resting because of the heavy losses suffered in the previous attack.

Therefore, the only fleet that has been wreaking havoc in the Apostle Holy City in recent times is the fleet sent by the Empire.

Therefore, this fleet of the Empire naturally became the target of the players' attacks.

When the player angrily rushed towards the Imperial fleet despite the attack of the virtual troops, Boileau immediately put on a look of rage.

"These bastards actually dared to take advantage of the chaos to attack the capital of the empire. I must settle this debt with them today!"

After a "angry" roar, Boileau, who had rarely taken action personally before, brought a group of his cronies and rushed out of the mothership directly.

He controlled his emotions so well that almost everyone thought he was really angry because the imperial capital was attacked and Emperor Odoacer was scared to death - except for Shik who was hiding in the dark.

Among the people that the Son of Prophecy mentioned as needing special attention was Boileau.

After receiving the order, Shik deliberately separated a part of his body and lurked in the communication network of the Imperial mothership.

In the past few days, Schick has been paying close attention to Boileau's every move, and he has been pondering every word Boileau sent to others.

However, he did not find anything unusual.

Originally, his suspicion of Boileau had almost disappeared.

Until just now.

Boileau’s outburst seems reasonable, but is it really reasonable?

Do not!
If Boileau really cared about the reputation of the empire and Odoacer, then he should have been very angry and humiliated when he first received the news that the imperial capital was attacked.

But, he didn't.

Therefore, Hick dared to conclude that Boileau must be acting!
When the undead attacked, Boileau did not think about fighting the enemy, but instead deliberately put on a show in front of everyone. If there was no trick here, Shick would have been eaten directly.

Of course, this only means that Boileau has a secret in his heart, not that he really wants to betray the empire.

The specific situation remains to be further observed.

As an intelligence worker, Hick has always been a very rigorous person and he would never do anything like slandering others without reason.

After Boileau left the mother ship, he immediately followed and observed secretly.

He saw Boileau and his men rushing into the crowd of undead. He saw Boileau and the undead fighting fiercely.

He saw Boileau risking his life to save the Imperials in danger.

He saw Boileau use special props to control the undead, giving the imperial people in distress a chance to escape.

Then, he saw Boileau suddenly stop and instead of killing the undead he had trapped, he started talking to them.

——Stop, I am not your enemy!
——I have important information to tell Bai Fu. Please help pass it on. If Bai Fu is not convenient to see me, then let Dmitry come!

Boileau did not directly tell the players what the secret he wanted to reveal was.

He was afraid that the players might not be careful enough, or that there might be a traitor among them, which would cause the news to be leaked before it reached Bai Fu.

After listening to the conversation between Boileau and the player, Shick's eyes gradually became sharper.

"Boileau, as a noble representative of the Imperial Senate and a widely recognized loyal minister of the Empire, are you really going to betray the leader who has brought supreme glory to the Empire?"

Hick was amazed.

He found it difficult to understand Boileau's thoughts because he really couldn't think of what benefit Boileau could gain from doing this.

There was another thing that made Hick feel incredible.

"Boileau mentioned Dmitri just now, right? But shouldn't Dmitri have been killed by Bai Fu in the battle of Zuyuan Star? Why... Could it be that Dmitri is not dead at all?!"

Shick did not dare to delay and quickly reported his discovery.

The news that Boileau was attempting to betray the Empire did not anger Ignatz too much.

What really broke Ignaz's defense was that Dmitri was not dead and was very likely next to Bai Fu.

"No wonder, no wonder in the battle on Zuyuan Star, all the three methods I arranged were ineffective, and in the end I fell into Bai Fu's trap. Dmitri, it turned out to be you, you had secretly defected to Bai Fu a long time ago!"

Ignaz was about to vomit blood.

Some energy leaked out of the body uncontrollably, causing a strong wind and shaking the entire palace.

After the roar, Ignaz immediately found Odoacer.

He insulted without mercy.

"You useless bastard! Look at what has become of the empire under your leadership?"

Both Demetrius and Boileau were powerful enough to rank among the top five in the empire, but they both betrayed the empire and turned to Bai Fu.

How ridiculous?

Ignaz grabbed Odoacer by the neck and lifted him up.

If he didn't know Odoacer's true nature well, he would have thought that Odoacer had secretly defected to Bai Fu.

Odoacer's face turned red with embarrassment.

But he dared not struggle, nor show even a little anger.

Even though he was already very angry deep down.

But so what?

After Ignaz returned, he was still the emperor of the empire on paper, but in reality the Senate no longer reported to him.

The only member of the Senate who still remembered him was Boileau, but the outrageous thing was that Boileau had already betrayed the empire.

孽孽!
Odoacer was about to lose his mind.

After a long while, Ignaz threw Odoacer out.

Forget it.

There was no point in killing Odoacer.

Now that I have figured out the reason why I lost, the next thing to do is, of course, revenge and give Bai Fu a big surprise.

"Create an opportunity for Boileau so that he can meet Bai Fu or Dmitri smoothly."

At Ignaz's order, Schick and the intelligence department he led immediately took action.

……

While Ignaz was lecturing Odoacer, Bev was discussing with Dmitri how to respond to Boileau.

They all felt that this was an opportunity, but also that it could be a trap.

Although both of them had a good relationship with Boileau, since it was related to the core interests of the empire, it was difficult for them to say whether Boileau would betray them at this time.

After some discussion, Dmitri felt that he should not miss this opportunity because of his worries.

"I'll go meet Boileau. He probably thought we might get suspicious, so he said he would meet me."

Dmitri insisted on going, and Bai Fu didn't say anything more after persuading him a few words.

With the evolved Ark of Paradise, as long as we are careful, even if it is a trap, there shouldn't be any big problems.

a few days later.

The player once again launches an attack on the Imperial fleet.

In the melee, Boileau received his reply without incident.

The person who contacted him was Dmitry, who gave him an address and asked him to find an opportunity to go there.

"I'll contact you again when I get there."

at last.

Boileau felt extremely fortunate.

He had no idea that all this was actually under Ignaz's watch.

After the war, he did not take action immediately, but was busy in the fleet for several days before leaving the fleet on the pretext of going to a maintenance base in the rear.

This time, Boileau traveled light.

Behind him, Ignatz, Fate Weaver, Son of Prophecy and others who received the notification from Shick were fully armed.

Everyone flew towards a place far away from the Holy City of Apostles.

During this period, the spacecraft made three jumps.

It took a whole day for Boileau to arrive at the place Dmitri mentioned.

There, he met Digger-ji.

Digginji told her where Dmitri really was.

"sorry to bother you."

Boileau had a relaxed smile on his face.

Only now did he feel the weight of the burden on his shoulders being lifted.

After telling Dmitri the secret, he might as well follow Dmitri to Baifu, so he wouldn't have to stay in the empire to act anymore.

Not long after.