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Chapter 176: There is a shortcut, why take the long way around?

When Fang Yi said, "The situation and luck are as bad as the rainstorm outside the tavern," the eyes of the empire's ace spy 'Hyena' lit up, realizing that he had caught the flaw of his 'prey'.

Fang Yi was in a bad situation at the moment, and he should be able to win over and control this target who seemed to be very "valuable" and had potential, and use him as a "probe" to further obtain intelligence on the revolutionary army, at a very small cost.

Just like his chosen codename 'Hyena', his strength is not very strong among all the imperial spies, but he can always complete the task through various means.

If we evaluate his strength objectively, he can only be regarded as a self-taught student of the King of Fists Temple.

He did not complete the training of [Fist King Temple Hundred Rift Fist], and only completed the mastery of part of [Muscle Control]. He relied on the luck that he could only get by stepping on 19 piles of shit when he went out to obtain a degraded product [Ministerial Gear] that tried to imitate the [Imperial Gear].

His strength is not enough to allow him to break through the situation by force like other spies, so he can only try to complete the task through other means.

What enables him to deliver a very high task completion rate is his observation ability, which he is proud of, and enables him to keenly understand the needs of others.

This is also the technique he will use on Fang Yi.

According to his judgment, the noble young man in front of him had obviously been living in poverty in this tavern and hotel with extremely poor conditions for several days.

Even from a distance, the 'hyena' could still keenly sense the smell of sweat mixed with the smell of cheap detergent on Fang Yi's clothes.

This kind of cheap detergent is usually only used by lowly "poor people" to wash clothes. When he looked at Fang Yi, he found that the young man had dry clothes on him, and there was nothing on the table in front of him.

All the above signs indicate that this young man, who has a unique appearance and temperament and even exudes a certain inexplicable charm, is in the ultimate "low point" of his life.

He was so poor that he had been staying in this incredibly cheap and shabby hotel for several days, instead of coming here to take shelter from the rain like himself.

He could still vaguely sense Fang Yi's body language saying, 'I've never been wronged like this before. This place is terrible.'

At this time, as long as he paid some insignificant price, he could gain his gratitude, and then let this young man with certain potential take the medicine he wanted him to take, and control him to become a "probe" planted in the revolutionary army.

He took the towel handed to him by the boss who was dozing behind the counter, threw it on the table, stood up and walked a few steps closer to Fang Yi, sat down elegantly opposite his "prey", and used his own rhetoric.

He was absolutely sure that with just a few words, he could turn this young man with a good image into his own "puppet".
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Fang Yi looked at the middle-aged man sitting in front of him and thought he was an interesting person.

Even without the 'spoiler' of [Favored by the Evil], the effect of [Fighting Spirit Perception] in judging the strength of a living being's vitality at this distance has already told Fang Yi that the identity of the middle-aged man in front of him is not ordinary.

After all, people with a physical fitness of almost 2 points would probably not be as common in the world of Tier as passers-by on the street.

At least after Fang Yi used [Fighting Qi Perception] to sense the physical conditions of the man and woman who were passionately engaging in sex next to the hotel where he was born as a reference, he realized that the difficulty of this level was higher than that of the world at Level 1, but it was not a huge difference from a martial artist to a cultivator.

It's more like the beta version of the game has become the official version, with further improvements but it won't suddenly become a situation where 'everyone has full attributes and the reincarnationists are worse than dogs'.

Therefore, when this imperial spy who thought he was unidentified triggered the effect of Fang Yixin's temporary talent [Favored by the Evil], his identity and purpose were exposed at the speed of light.

After laying the groundwork for Fang Yi for a few sentences, he said, "Do you want to get a well-paid job?" Fang Yi was trying hard to control his facial muscles so as not to laugh.

Liao Lin's talent is indeed very useful. In Fang Yi's opinion, this talent will play a vital role in this mission.

He finally understood why the opponent was able to cheat in the previous mission and gain the trust of the ghosts by posing as a human.
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【Favored by the Evil】

When the conditions for triggering a task are met, you can skip the step of gaining the trust of a character belonging to the evil camp with a certain probability, and directly learn about or trigger the possible tasks that may exist for the character.

You are different in the eyes of people who belong to the evil camp and have evil attributes, and it will be easier for you to gain extra benefits from them.

You increase your friendship with people belonging to the evil camp and with evil attributes faster.

Evaluation: The holder will have the ability to easily fall into darkness, and can also change his own destiny through it.
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This talent does not increase combat power, but increases development speed.

For most people, [directly learning about or triggering possible tasks for a character] is truly a function that helps like a god.

With this effect, triggering a mission in the mission world is probably as easy as an ordinary person sitting in a wheelchair.

After all, there are only a few people like Fang Yi who can realize which characters in these entertainment works that probably only he has seen can be used to gain valuable things.

This talent, when the conditions for triggering the mission are met, can achieve a certain degree of 'skipping' and 'spoiler' of the mission system, which can be said to be the ultimate intelligence victory.

Without this effect, Fang Yi guessed that even if [Attraction of Evil] and [Favor of Evil] were combined, he would still need to pass multiple speech tests to trigger the task of [Imperial Spy Infiltrating the Revolutionary Army's 'Probe'].

It seems that this talent can help Fang Yi save a lot of trouble in this mission and accelerate the improvement of his strength.

Fang Yi was also prepared to try to communicate with the imperial spy during this unavoidable rainy day when he could not go out to explore for the time being, to find out the reward for being the empire's "running dog".

At the very least, the imperial spy before him should be able to solve his problem of being penniless and bring him some intelligence about the mission world.

And save some time, remove some obstacles, help Fang Yi unlock the [Imperial Army Camp] and [Revolutionary Army Camp], and quickly get into the main task to gain benefits.
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After Fang Yi had some social exchanges with 'Hyena' and exchanged some information, he expressed his desire in response to 'Hyena's' suggestion of "Would you like to get a well-paid job?"

At the same time, he expressed doubts about the proposal, and his face vividly revealed hesitation and some confusion about his future in life.

This lively performance obviously impressed our imperial spy Mr. Hyena and also triggered the reminder sound of the reincarnation space.

With the combination of [Favour of the Evil] and [Attraction of Evil], the Imperial spy's friendship with Fang Yi has successfully increased to [65/100].

Watching Fang Yi's performance, I vaguely knew that this young nobleman had experienced his family's decline, his property was seized, he had no way to seek justice, and his budget was exhausted.

Finally, he almost wandered all the way to this rotten hotel and died, and even had the negative thought of ending his own life.

'Hyena' realized that this was a better 'chess piece' than he expected, so before giving his 'chess piece' poison to control it, he planned to spend some money to prepare a 'last meal' to win over Fang Yi's heart.

He did not continue with the work proposal, but instead slammed the table, interrupting the hotel owner's intention to continue sleeping, and made a request to the hotel owner who was still dozing behind the counter.

"One of the best meals here, and two of the best drinks.

"By the way, let's settle the rent owed by Mr. Fang Yi."

Fang Yi stood up and continued his performance, and the words he said almost made him burst out laughing.

"How can I accept this? I really don't deserve it.

“No matter how much money you give me, I will definitely repay you three times the amount after I get the job.

"No need to spend money, just order something ordinary." 'Hyena' grinned. Through the conversation just now, he already understood Fang Yi's personality and identity.

In his opinion, this was a typical young man who still had some illusions about the empire and a certain sense of justice.

People who are grateful but lack knowledge are the easiest "fat sheep" to cheat.

He has dealt with many people like this and has taken advantage of countless of them.

In his "probe" plan to infiltrate the revolutionary army and collect its intelligence and organizational structure, sending someone like Fang Yi to carry out the plan was absolutely perfect.

Of course, Fang Yi's ending will be no different from those young people he has exploited.

When he loses his usefulness and is likely to escape his control, he will be discarded without hesitation like a tattered doll, and the loss of his life will become another of his achievements.

Looking at Fang Yi who, after refusing several times, began to wolf down the food that he had disdained, the 'hyena' knew that his 'chess piece' had been found.

He looked at the rain outside the door that was getting smaller and touched the pistol-shaped weapon [Prometheus] in his hand.

The 'Hyena' was ready to show his 'chess piece' the real world, laying the groundwork for having it perform subsequent tasks.
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After Fang Yi finished the somewhat disappointing meal in front of him and absorbed a lot of energy, and the coat of the imperial spy was dried.

'Hyena' did not directly explain the task he was going to assign to Fang Yi, but like a middle-aged man who always starts bragging and talking about military and national affairs when drinking in a pub, he began to lay the groundwork for his own 'preparation'.

He raised a somewhat sensitive topic to Fang Yi.

"What do you think of the Empire?
"Are you happy living in the Empire? Or what do you think is the reason for the recent soaring prices and poor public security?
"What do you think of the turmoil in the empire, the occasional attacks from the three foreign nations, and the organizations calling themselves the Revolutionary Army?"

The topic of men having a very high degree of overlap, coupled with the fact that this imperial spy has no outstanding appearance and the alcohol that would make ordinary people drunk, created a perfect opportunity to show off his "butt".

Fang Yi also started his own performance, giving the other party the 'reaction' and 'answer' they wanted.

He raised the glass and drank it all, his voice rising a few notes, showing that he was slightly drunk, and gave his answer.

"Empire? Honestly, I didn't feel anything substantial before, but after going to the imperial capital to 'seek justice' and running into a wall, I feel terrible.

"Happiness, whoever says I am happy, come and stay in this hotel and I guarantee you will be happy.

“I don’t understand things like prices and economics; that’s what scholars do.

"Foreigners? Kill them all! Revolutionary Army? I don't understand."

[I need to create a character that portrays a passionate young man, a typical Imperial conservative, so that this spy can use me to unlock factions and quickly earn rewards through missions.]

Fang Yi's further shaping of his character was obviously very successful, so successful that "Hyena" felt a little uneasy, and his subconscious spy instinct sounded the alarm.

[How come this person is so suitable? It's so suitable that I'm a little scared. Is this a 'trap'?]

The 'Hyena' looked at Fang Yi's 'performance' again, which did not seem fake, and still felt that it was just his own illusion.

He threw out a tempting answer and sprinkled a handful of bait.

"Yes, the Empire is terrible, we all know that. Otherwise your life wouldn't be in such dire straits.

"The darkness of the empire is not far from any of us. What falls on everyone's head is soaring prices and extremely poor public security.

"But isn't it precisely because darkness exists that we need light?

"The job I'm giving you will help you make some insignificant contributions to the empire and receive generous rewards to improve your life."

'Hyena' flashed the pistol-shaped weapon [Prometheus] on his waist, half revealing his ID, and stopped Fang Yi from asking questions before he could speak.

He explained in front of Fang Yi's 'shocked' gaze.

"And I happen to be doing this kind of work to change the empire, and now I just need an assistant.

"Want to try and change the status quo in the Empire? Want to be fed by the government and receive better treatment than the Imperial soldiers?
"This isn't an opportunity you can get by spending money, but I'm moved by your sympathy for someone like you who's talented but underappreciated and in a difficult situation."

'Hyena' said the lie of 'changing the empire' that he had told countless times to others, and received the reaction he expected.

Fang Yi's eyes lit up, as if he was persuaded, and he gave his answer in a firm and loud voice.

"Well, it's my duty to change the empire!"

[Anyone who believes this is an idiot, but as long as you give me rewards for the task, I can pretend.]

'Hyena' laughed, took out a few silver coins and pushed them towards Fang Yi.

"Before we take action, go and pay the rent you owe your boss.

“With the remaining money, you can buy a set of clean clothes.

"You just said you don't know much about the Revolutionary Army, right? I'll show you the 'grace' of the Revolutionary Army and arrange your mission along the way."

Hearing the notification tone of "You have unlocked the [Imperial Army Faction] and obtained the identity of [Assistant to the Imperial Spy]", Fang Yi timely "revealed" a look of gratitude and went to pay the bill.
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The shop owner looked at the silver coins and then at the 'hyena' not far away. He pushed back the silver coins that Fang Yi had put down and gave Fang Yi an unexpected answer.

“I’m not in a hurry these few days, and I don’t need this little money, otherwise I wouldn’t let you stay for free.

"You can stay here for a few more days, maybe there will be other jobs for you.

“These silver coins were easy to come by, but how could money be so easy to get?
"Think about it again."

Fang Yi shook his head and spoke firmly to the shop owner.

"I know, but I don't have that much time to waste. I'm going to take a 'shortcut'."

He dropped the coins and the 'hyena' and without looking back, he plunged into the shrinking rain curtain and left this 'birth point'.

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