"Captain, you’d better say less, this can automatically record..."
"No worries, I’ve turned off the recording devices, our energy is running low."
Dragonfly Lady snorted coldly:
"Once they’ve finished fighting, we’ll head straight back. Our investigative team isn’t supposed to engage in combat anyway—they can’t force us... Hm?"
The lady suddenly narrowed her eyes, revealing a dense, compound eye structure in her gaze.
A voice transmitted to her ear:
"Friend, there’s no need to be tense. I harbor no ill will towards your team.
"In fact, I’ve been observing you for many days and am familiar with your way of doing things.
"How about we make a deal?"
Dragonfly Lady rolled her eyes and turned to look at Shaman: "Dress up nicely; we’ve got guests. Our team can’t lose to them when it cos to average looks."
"What?"
The tooth-brushing Shaman was full of confusion.
Had they been exposed?
When had they been exposed?
...
About five or six minutes later.
This aircraft, which had temporarily turned off all equipnt and activated only the holographic device, slowly closed its large door.
Inside the cabin, six figures stood in pairs, facing each other.
Lingtong was responsible for eting outside and remaining on guard.
Wang Jixuan, wearing X War Armor, sat across a small round table from Dragonfly Lady, with their respective underlings staring each other down.
Dragonfly Lady was still in her dingy nightie, having simply tidied her hair;
Shaman was refreshingly dolled up, having donned her desert-style veil, a long skirt topped with a wrap-around cloth, and her bare feet certainly scored points for allure.
Tree Man Beta was pursing his lips and thrusting out his waist, attempting to look fierce.
Behind Wang Jixuan, Zheng Shiduo was looking at Beta with interest, Mu Dan had removed her armor’s helt, her dark golden hair tied into two ponytails, and she had added a silver-white Destruction Cannon to her back, with two sheathed Demon-breaking Daggers attached to her armored waist.
Dragonfly Lady scratched her brow and muttered:
"Outside is a Half-human cha, over here a C-level Balanced Spiritual Ability User, and there, a pure chanical Body secretly developed by the military.
"And this guy, a Military Special Task Force mber, hoarding X armor, a secretive fellow... Black Storm?
"It must be you."
"Such armor requires a relatively strong body to operate; the Military wouldn’t issue full-coverage armor to just any Spiritual Ability User, only to their own. And according to the information I have, Lingtong is on good terms with Black Storm. Her presence here also corroborates the identity of the X armor bearer.
"Don’t you want to take your helt off for a chat? Black Storm, this is the basis of establishing trust between us."
Wang Jixuan silently praised the lady for her acun.
This lady was indeed a professional.
Luckily he was prepared, using a nano-mask to assu the guise he’d previously used as Zhou Tiantian.
Master Wang calmly removed the ’demon’ helt from his X War Armor.
Shaman covered her mouth with a gasp, exaggeratedly exclaiming, "Certainly a handso young man."
Mu Dan squinted with a smile, "But you’re no beauty."
Shaman glared, "Looking for trouble, are you?"
Tree Man Beta imdiately puffed out his ’strong’ chest and lunged forward half a step;
Zheng Shiduo glared back at him.
"Alright," Wang Jixuan took the initiative to speak, "Since we’re asking for a favor, let’s remain polite."
Dragonfly Lady asked, "You need sothing from ? What do you an?"
"Let’s make a deal," Wang Jixuan cleared his throat.
It was Daoist’s first ti negotiating with soone.
He said calmly, "What I need is the whereabouts of Mo Feng, and also to make slight use of Tree Man Beta’s abilities. You na your conditions."
"Conditions?"
Dragonfly Lady laughed, watching the young man before her:
"Don’t you find that proposition ridiculous? What do you have that Spiritual Ability City doesn’t, that you could give to us?
"Do you know what the consequences of betraying Spiritual Ability City are for us?"
"No one will know about our deal," Wang Jixuan imdiately said, "You’ve been off their communication network for two days now."
"By helping you, I’m giving you leverage to blackmail with the help I provided."
Dragonfly Lady cursed:
"Even a freeloader wouldn’t be as crafty as you!"
Zheng Shiduo imdiately said, "Madam, I am Zheng Shiduo, also a Spiritual Ability User. I’ve heard of you...if Mo Feng continues like this, it will only lead to war on both sides."
"Wasn’t it Fu Jian who wanted to start the war all along?"
Dragonfly Lady spoke indifferently:
"You guys had a lot of intelligence that you could have kept from spreading, but D5 deliberately let it out.
"I admit Mo Feng is a trashy butcher, but even though D5 holds more initiative, the people in power want them to appear as victims, using the tragedy of civilian casualties to unify internal opinions... Don’t deny it, they have supercomputers, they can even predict certain future trends."
"For instance, the Beast Speaker Clone.
"I can sense that maybe you’re using him to cover up other secrets, but I fail to understand where your confidence to wage war against Spiritual Ability City cos from. Is it because Blade Beasts are generally less active at the mont?"
The lady’s gaze turned exceptionally sharp.
"Let’s not delve into these irrelevant details. What’s important is the deal."
Wang Jixuan watched Dragonfly Lady closely:
"I can directly offer two bargaining chips.
"First, we’ll release Mane Bear.
"Second, D5’s battle zone will list your team as white-listed, you won’t be hunted down."
"Not enough."
Dragonfly Lady lit a cigarette:
"Mo Feng is a good friend of mine, and although sotis I find her disgusting and filthy, that’s not enough for to betray a friend.
"You’ll have to raise the stakes."
Wang Jixuan: ...
Mu Dan chuckled, "Yet I heard you always curse her behind her back, calling her ’sewer chicken’, ’troublemaker hen’, among other ruder expressions."
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