Ark, I became a mobile city, but the moon city

In this transaction, Hugh will definitely make a lot of money, but Thumb will definitely not suffer a complete loss.

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After Hugh left Thumb's base, he rushed to the Bellone family almost non-stop.

As the [Notifier of Destruction], he easily met Bernardo, the head of the Bellone family.

Then, a time acceleration device was placed on the table. After a few brief small talk, Xio got straight to the point, quickly laying out the demands of both parties in this transaction.

"...I'll be frank. Because of this time acceleration device, the flow of time here and outside is different. The Wolf Lord will not know the details of this transaction."

Xio glanced at the time acceleration device on the table, a smile appeared on his lips, and he asked softly:

"So...the Bellone family, are you interested in a war of resistance?"

"...What did you want to say? I thought you wanted to talk about the wolf hunters."

Bernardo asked Hugh in a calm voice. Hugh's face showed his usual smile. He smiled briefly and then said:

"There's no need to rush like you are now... I just came to make a proposal to you."

"You start a war, and we help you fulfill a wish."

"…What do you want to do?"

Bernardo's pupils seemed to sparkle with a different light, and then he asked Xio.

"Kill Zaro. Thumb will initiate a conflict with you, and during this conflict, you will find a way to lure Zaro out. We will help you solve the rest of the problems, and after that day, you will never see Zaro again."

Xio smiled and said so. Bernardo's expression changed, and then, after thinking for a moment, he asked:

"So...what is the price we need to pay?"

"Not much. A few necessary dead bodies. You know very well who can play their roles. Other than that, T Company needs a few people, that's all."

Xio spread his hands and said so with a smile.

What does it mean to kill two birds with one stone?

Chapter 157:153 Hugh Catches a New Fish, Texas Trade

Listening to the content of the deal proposed by Xio, Bernardo lowered his eyes slightly, as if thinking. Xio was not in a hurry, but just waited slowly for Bernardo's response.

"...We can agree to this deal. However, I think we need to discuss the stakes involved further."

Finally, after some consideration, Bernardo replied to Hugh.

So, after a while of discussion, the two finally reached a consensus: most of the irrelevant peripheral personnel could be handed over to Xio for handling. However, the prerequisite was that Zarrow's death could be confirmed.

To this, Xio readily agreed.

After all, for someone like Xio, who possessed a rather powerful weapon, this condition was truly insignificant...

After putting away the time accelerator, Xio immediately stood up and walked out of the house. Bernardo stood up at the same time, as if to see him off, but Xio stopped him.

"I have other work to do, so I won't trouble Mr. Bernardo to see me off."

Xio said calmly, then looked into the distance and let out a sigh:

"Or, Mr. Bernardo, do you want to meet the wolf hunter in advance?"

Bernardo's pupils narrowed for a moment, then he waved his hand and sat down again. Then, Xio took his hat off the door, put it on his head, and walked out of the Bellone family smoothly.

"The second transaction... has been completed."

Xio was secretly calculating in his mind as he walked in the light drizzle.

The purpose of this round of killing two birds with one stone was ultimately to take a piece of the pie from the Belone family... The result was pretty much as Xio had guessed. What they took from the Belone family was only a small part after all.

As for the main dishes, they are in the last two...

"If we calculate the time, K Company's support should be arriving soon. Okay, let's go to the Venetian family next."

This thought flashed through Xio's mind. Then, he stretched himself, turned around in the rain, and headed towards the Venetian family.

He had already made preparations. Before this, he had applied to Hill for a batch of K Company's regeneration ampoules... just for this moment.

I can eat more...

He let out a sigh and thought to himself.

So, he started walking towards the Venetian family. Halfway there, he could almost hear the howling coming from the Venetian family. He shrugged, a smile on his face.

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On the other side, Texas sat in the thumb for a while, and then he immediately heard the news reported to him by his subordinates.

"...The wolf hunter appears again?"

Texas muttered with a hint of surprise.

"This time it's... the Venetian family?"

Texas couldn't help but frown as she listened to her subordinates' reports. The werewolves were appearing quite frequently, which made Texas wonder when she would be attacked by one...

However, even for the moment, thinking too much about it would not be of any benefit. Therefore, Texas only thought about it for a moment and then continued to work on the matter of expanding his thumb.

Thumb already had a base in Syracuse. Even if Thumb returned to the city in the future, he could leave some people in Syracuse as another base... just like Index Finger and his men did in Kazdel.

Now, the Index Finger has become almost the only religion designated by Kazdel... It's unknown how many Kazdelites live within the territory protected by the Index Finger. The two kings who rule Kazdel have also turned a blind eye to this situation, and their attitude towards the Index Finger is basically laissez-faire until its development reaches the limit of their tolerance.

Because of this, the index finger has developed quite well. Texas also has some ideas about this... Because of this, she is trying to develop a base in Syracuse at this moment.

In addition to cutting off your past, you also need to master the basic skills of your thumb.

After working for another three or four hours, Texas discovered that Hugh had returned to Thumb's base without him noticing, looking relaxed. His first words upon seeing Texas were:

"You knew the Venetians just came to hunt werewolves, didn't you?"

Texas nodded.

"So... the Venetian family is now basically in a semi-dead state. Are you aware of this?"

After hearing this, Texas paused, looked up at Hugh in surprise. However, Hugh still looked nonchalant.

"……what happens?"

So, Texas couldn't help but ask.

"After the wolf hunters arrived at the Venetian family, they probably slaughtered more than half of them. It seems that after confirming something, they chose to leave."

Xio shrugged and said:

"Over half of the dead were core members of the Venice family. Currently, while the Venice family is still alive, they're essentially as good as dead. With this level of power loss, they're essentially on the brink of extinction. In a while, they'll probably be swallowed up by another family. More importantly, even the head of the family is dead..."

Quinn said, picking up the tea from the table and taking a sip.

"...You didn't stop it this time?"

"Why should I stop it?"

Xio looked at Texas with a smile and said:

"T Company is not a charity."

"Can……"

Texas opened her mouth subconsciously, but then she quickly shut it down, the whole thing working through in her mind.

Perhaps the situation has changed...Xiu's goal doesn't seem to be the wolf hunter. His goal is to gain benefits from the wolf hunter...and his current actions show that his means of gaining benefits is not to stop the wolf hunter.

Rather, if the werewolves really wreaked havoc on a certain family... perhaps T Company would be able to gain sufficient benefits from it.

Thinking of this, Texas sighed lightly, and a clearer idea already appeared in his mind.

But soon, an inexplicable fear rose in her heart.

If this is the case for the Venetian family... then what about Thumb?

If it is determined that the demise of the Thumb is of greater value to Hugh, just like the Venetian family... then, after the deal is reached the day after tomorrow morning, if Little Red Riding Hood comes again, will Hugh help them?

At that moment, a feeling of unease rose in Texas' heart.

"...By the way, Xio, after this deal is completed, are there any other deals between you and Thumb?"

Then, Texas spoke subconsciously. Then, a smile appeared on Hugh's face.

He knew that the news he had deliberately released had finally caught a "fish".

Chapter 158: 154 Da'at: Carly, let’s go out for a walk!

From Texas' perspective, he may need to demonstrate his value as soon as possible.

Only in this way can Hugh avoid adding insult to injury. In Texas's view, given the current crisis of wolf hunters, Hugh has every possibility and motivation to do so.

Therefore, perhaps it would be more beneficial for Thumb to establish a closer cooperative relationship with Company T as soon as possible.

As for Xio, he drank a sip of tea nonchalantly.

He had deliberately released the news just now for this very scene.

Let Texas proactively propose more trades, thereby seizing the initiative in trades...

After all, for T Company, the Bellone and Rossetti families that had made the deal were far from enough. Even if they had already swallowed up part of the Venetian family, it was still not enough.

Even further, even if a part of the Saluzzo family is annexed in the future... in Xio's opinion, it is still not enough.

Of course, the more time you have, the better.

Even compared with the time that W Company might provide in the future, even if the entire Syracuse was taken in, Xio would still feel that it was not enough.

Of course, W Company is out of reach now, so all Hugh can do is to grab as much time as possible from Syracuse.

In fact, he had just taken a large piece of the pie from the Venetian family... probably by following behind the Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries and picking up the leftovers. The Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries were having a great time killing people in the front, and T Company was also having a great time following behind and making a lot of money.

Little Red Riding Hood in her violent state did not kill so thoroughly, and for everyone who was still alive, the batch of regeneration ampoules that T Company had just delivered came in handy.

First, they were kept alive with ampoules. Then, they were transported directly to the T Company's time-sucking location, where they were revived with ampoules. This was T Company's policy for this group of people.

Anyway, in many senses, these people are already "dead" in Syracuse's system, so it would be better to hand them over to T Company for recycling.

It can be considered as making use of the remaining energy and giving it the final value.

So, now, there are about 600 people who have been sent to the distant T Company's time-extracting site... If some people had not been completely killed by Little Red Riding Hood and not even a breath of life was left for T Company, then T Company could have obtained more people.

"What a pity..."

Hugh suddenly murmured something, leaving Texas a little confused. But before she could ask anything, Hugh immediately spoke:

"Hmm... the subsequent deal? If you want, of course you can have it. However, I'm afraid this deal will require a lot from you."

As he spoke, Xio looked at Texas and said with a smile:

"Company T will contribute some special products in this transaction. For example, technological products and weapons equipped with time devices... but in return, you will need to do a lot of things."

"…But you can say it."

"First of all, I assume you should have already started to investigate the situation of the Saluzzo family, right?"

Hugh looked at Texas and spoke casually. Texas said nothing.

This was indeed the case. If this incident hadn't come so suddenly, Texas would have already made preparations and planned to go to the Saluzzo family to learn more about the situation.

Since Lappland is here... then we should give her some work to do and make some use of her identity.

For example, infiltrating the Saluzzo family to obtain some intelligence. As for how to persuade Lappland, Texas also has some confidence.

Despite what he'd said to Lappland back then... Texas still didn't believe Lappland would completely give up. This breakthrough, coupled with some level of confidence, would motivate Lappland to help with this matter. Furthermore, considering common sense and his current freedom, Texas believed Lappland would agree to his request.

Texas didn't find it surprising that Xiuhui knew this.

"We request to share information about the Saluzzo family. Furthermore, if conditions permit, it would be best if Thumb also had a conflict with the Saluzzo family."

Hugh spoke calmly. Before Texas could say anything, Hugh continued:

"There's something else besides this."

"We hope to see as many clashes as possible between Thumb and Syracuse during this period... They don't need to be large-scale; anything as large as a normal expansion will do. In short, we just need conflict. Also, during these clashes, we should avoid direct killings as much as possible. Simply send the wounded and prisoners to T Company."

After hearing Hugh's seemingly strange request, Texas frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out what Hugh's purpose was.

However, looking at Xio's seemingly harmless smile, Texas thought for a while, and finally nodded, and said softly:

"...Okay. Thumb can agree with that."

"However, efficiency cannot be guaranteed. With such a big incident happening to the Venetian family...it stands to reason that Lady Sicily will also take some action. The thumb movements during this period will not be particularly exaggerated."

"That's something for you to consider."