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The guild leader said, "Whale Fall is essentially a mercenary organization, the kind that does work for money... This has nothing to do with justice, does it?"

"The mercenary organization is just a disguise. The essence of Whale Fall is the name 'Whale Fall' itself. Our attack on Star Memory City is to implement the ideology represented by this name."

Fan Xiao's face was full of positive energy: "If you still have doubts, let me tell you something. A batch of fantasy materials that your Radiant Society purchased from Division 001 was intercepted during transport, right?"

"...That's true."

The guild leader nodded slightly and said, "Afterwards, we investigated and found out that it was Xingyi City that was behind this. They hired Mammon's players to hijack the car and steal our goods."

"However, not long after this incident, someone commissioned a player from Mammon to send the lost shipment to us."

"Could it be... that client was you?"

"It's easier to talk to smart people."

Fan Xiao admitted, "I snatched that batch of goods from players in Xingyi City. At the time, Xingyi City was involved with a faction of the Tianzheng Sect in the 001 District, and they conspired to hold a banquet."

"I infiltrated the banquet, killed those who conspired to cause trouble, stole the fantasy material, and incidentally sent the group of people raised in Star Memory City who were forced to participate in the banquet here to you."

"Well, do you remember now?"

"It's really you!"

The president immediately recalled the relevant memories.

A few months ago, a group of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the outskirts of Radiant City. There were quite a few of them.

After some investigation, she determined that the group of people came from the breeding area of ​​Xingyi City and were "goods" sold by Xingyi City.

A demi-human girl, a noble lady, a handsome young man... their purpose is self-evident.

She had been investigating who had transferred these people, suspecting it might be a conspiracy by Xingyi City, but she never expected... the truth was like this.

"The banquet you're talking about... the one organized by Alan Roman of the Celestial Church, right?"

The president said with a slightly emotional tone, "The banquet was disrupted, many powerful figures in Division 001 died, and the matter caused a great uproar, so I heard a lot of news about it... I never expected it was you who did it."

Unexpectedly, the goods they bought were actually stolen from the banquet by the leader of Whale Fall.

“I’m telling you this not to ask for favors or anything in return,” Fan Xiao said. “I just want to tell you that this is how Whale Fall operates.”

"Okay, I can believe that."

The president smiled slightly.

Whether she truly believed it or not, only she knows.

This was a step she took down, no longer dwelling on Fan Xiao's purpose, and instead asked, "Mr. Fan, are you aware that Xingyi City is not as simple as it seems on the surface?"

"Behind Star Memory City is not only Star Memory City, but also a very secretive player organization."

"This organization can be considered the 'underground emperor' of our G08 node in some ways."

"You mean the Twilight Council?" Fan Xiao asked.

"..."

The president's eyes showed obvious surprise.

what's the situation?

So all that information she considered classified was known to the other side...?

"...Where did Mr. Fan learn about this name?" the chairman asked.

“It’s a secret,” Fan Xiao’s tone became mysterious: “How much do you know about the Twilight Council?”

"Just as I said, this is a player organization that can be called the 'Underground Emperor of G08 Node'."

Perhaps realizing that Fan Xiao possessed more information than he did, the guild leader stopped hiding his true intentions and replied, "Rumor has it that this organization has 13 A-level players, and each of them is quite formidable."

"The reason why Star Memory City has been able to thrive for so long is because this organization is secretly supporting it."

"On the surface, Star Memory City is ruled by a group of cannibalistic players, but in reality... the highest power hidden in the shadows is a member of the Twilight Council, an A-level player who controls a B-level dungeon."

His name is...

“Samael?” Vanshaw asked.

"...So you knew all along."

The president sighed softly, a sense of frustration rising in his heart.

The core secrets that the Radiant Society spent so many years uncovering, and the other side found out the moment they arrived... Are you kidding me?!

If she weren't absolutely certain that she wasn't mentally unstable, she would have suspected that the other person had accessed her memories.

"The matter I need to investigate a second time is Samael and his copy."

And the experimental base of the one-winged machine... Fan Xiao said, "A B-level random instance is a huge variable that may affect our battle plan."

"Therefore, I need to eliminate this potential problem in advance."

"I will formally notify you of the operation after my investigation is completed."

"Remember, you can only mobilize your members and completely seal off the outer perimeter of Star Memory City and all the time-space stations after I say it's time to act."

"no problem."

The president nodded and said, "Since you know about the Twilight Council and Samael, my worries are unnecessary."

"Please rest assured, I will ensure that Guangyao cooperates fully with Mr. Fan's plan."

"but……"

After hesitating for a few seconds, she said, "I have to remind you of something. Players who own dungeons... and even B-level dungeons, can become top-tier A-level players once they get the help of the dungeon rules. They're not easy to deal with."

"The dungeon rules greatly assist dungeon boss-type players, but also impose a lot of suppression on players involved in them."

"If we're not careful, the situation can quickly turn into an extremely unfavorable one."

"Mr. Fan, are you sure... there's no problem?"

"You know a lot about this?"

Fan Xiao gave a meaningful look.

To be able to hold onto the position of Radiant Guild leader... he might just be a player with some dungeon experience.

Players who own instances are extremely rare, but if the scope is expanded to an entire node, the number is estimated to be quite considerable.

So when he guessed this, he wasn't surprised at all.

Unless he encounters a dungeon like Fairy Tale Town, where he can grow directly by consuming fantasy matter... if he really encounters something like that, he might show a considerable degree of greed... be surprised.

"...I have done some research on this topic, so I have a fairly good understanding of it."

The president replied with a smile, his attitude so natural that it was impossible to tell what was going on.

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "Rather than a reminder, it's more like... you're testing us, aren't you?"

"Alright, I've given you the plan, this meeting can probably be adjourned now."

"If you want to test me, then... I'll respond to you."

At this point, he turned his gaze to his junior sister.

Yin noticed immediately and nodded slightly.

The next second, a "pfft" of laughter rang out—it was the saintess laughing.

Everyone looked at her.

The saintess glanced at Yin, then at Fan Xiao, before her gaze fell on the president. She smiled and said, "You...would you like to look in the mirror?"

"Mirror……"

The president was a little surprised.

After a moment's thought, she turned around and looked at her five subordinates.

On their faces, there was a turtle pattern, which looked like it was drawn with a black marker.

The turtle patterns vary in size and shape, and are not entirely the same.

"..."

The guild leader silently took out a short sword from his storage space, held up the blade and looked at it in the light... It also had a turtle pattern on it.

Unbeknownst to them... a serious expression appeared in the president's eyes.

Before she arrived, she had instructed her subordinates to keep the defensive equipment in operation at all times.

How could she not be wary of cooperating with an unfamiliar player group?

Despite her constant smile, she actually... has the highest level of defense.

Because her subordinates were protecting themselves while also providing protection for her.

Before she could even react, someone had graffiti drawn on her face... If they can draw graffiti, they can quietly remove her head.

What kind of ability is this...? Could it be time stop?

Do evolution games even have time-stop abilities?

You can't have a prop on the other side that's specifically designed to print turtle patterns on people's faces, can you?

"Even if it really exists, it's impossible for it to bypass all the defenses and affect me. My defenses also include conceptual-type protection... Wait! Why can't I use my items!?"

The president suddenly discovered something horrifying—none of the props were responding.

She subconsciously glanced around at her subordinates and noticed that their brows were furrowing one after another, their expressions... seemingly also gripped by the terror of the props being unusable.

A few seconds later, the defensive item's protection returned.

The president glanced at Fan Xiao, then at Yin, and finally at Yu Xuezhao… She sighed deeply in her heart: “Mr. Fan, it’s a pleasure to cooperate.”

……

"Little Silver, next time you encounter a situation that requires intimidation, don't draw a turtle, just tear off the other person's collar."

After leaving the council hall, Fan Xiao called out to Yin, who was walking not far away, and gave him a reminder.

The meeting has ended, and they are now on their way to their guest rooms.

“There’s no difference,” Yin replied.

“There is a difference…” Fan Xiao said. “The latter behavior is more deterrent.”

At this moment, Lu Xining leaned closer and said to Yin without any politeness, "Xiao is saying you're childish."

Upon hearing this, Yin looked at Fan Xiao.

"..." Fan Xiao: "Rather than calling it childish, it's more accurate to say that drawing a turtle is actually quite cute. But we're an assassin organization, and we can't leave people with a cute impression, as that would make it difficult for us to show a tough stance later."

"I see."

Silver accepted this explanation.

It must be said that her psychic powers, combined with the A-grade spatial artifact given to her by Tina, are quite suitable for creating a shock.

Use an A-grade item to bypass the defenses and get close to the target, then draw a turtle on their face... Since it's not a direct kill, the lifespan cost isn't much.

But the target of the mockery is unaware of this.

The target only knew that he was being targeted by a terrifying player who could stop time, which was even more frightening than being targeted by an A-level player.

In terms of sheer shock value, the Silver Court is slightly better than the Angels of Death.

"When do we leave?"

Yin completely ignored Lu Xining, who had come over looking for trouble, and continued speaking to Fan Xiao: "Now?"

She was referring to the trip she took with Lu Baizhi to get tickets for the Samael instance.

Her task was probably to temporarily act as Lu Baizhi's bodyguard.

She was quite happy with this arrangement because it meant that Fan Xiao highly recognized her abilities.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Lu Xining, who disgusted her, and a hint of smugness appeared in her eyes.

"Do you think people who are happy to do work for others for free are mentally disturbed?"

Lu Xining suddenly brought up a topic.

"..." Before his junior sister could react, Fan Xiao quickly said, "Generally speaking, only kind-hearted people would do that... By the way, what kind of question is that? Let's get down to business, Xiao Yin, Zhi Zi, you can set off now."

“Okay,” Lu Baizhi, who was standing next to Fan Xiao, replied, “I will try to get the tickets as soon as possible.”