He then took out the Contract Document.
Seeing Tao Yu pull out the document, Pavas also relaxed a bit and asked Tao Yu to keep taking out the Shielding Bead.
Tao Yu complied promptly with the request.
"Hehe, after all the trouble it took me, if you don’t have anything useful, you’ll get to experience the methods of the Ninja interrogation department."
Tao Yu and his counterpart both put their hands on the human skin document, and Tao Yu also felt a cold sensation that seemed to want to drill into his soul.
However, it was immediately wiped away as soon as it entered.
This caused Tao Yu, who had been prepared to use "Power: Cost" for a temporary adjustment to protect and modify, to smirk inwardly, is this it?
It looked like he would be able to freeload this time.
Seeing that Tao Yu was willing to keep this a secret, Pavas finally breathed a sigh of relief, as he certainly didn’t want to die, and now it was almost settled.
Since the other party was willing to assume the risk of confidentiality, the risk was controllable.
"I believe that the village you come from is not necessarily united as one, and in fact, our Pioneer side is even more complicated. The current Development Zone is in the hands of one of our powerful Pioneer families..."
Tao Yu pressed for details. Although he knew it was the Suns, he still asked the question to facilitate more probing questions later without seeming abrupt.
"The Suns, ranked fourth among the Starshine Twelve Families, but their actual overall strength is now solidly second. Nowadays, those who can come here are either vassals or allies of the Suns. Our Engels clan is one of their allies and our overall strength is ranked just below the Starshine Twelve Families."
"So, you actually want to betray the Suns, don’t you? You want to collaborate with us? And why should we give up the more powerful Suns to work with you?"
"No, no, it’s not that we’ve betrayed the Suns. We’re still fulfilling our alliance, but many families in the new Development Zone don’t want the Suns to dominate alone."
Pavas’s words somewhat surprised Tao Yu because he felt that the other party didn’t seem to be speaking against their will and was speaking quite frankly.
Was he unaware, or was it for some other reason?
"Actually, we Pioneers have a type of Abyss teleportation device, but the installation and application of this device must be controlled by the Suns. Once so, they are highly likely to limit the teleportation energy levels, ensuring that no matter who comes through, they can keep the situation under control..."
Pavas’s words had also been mentioned to Tao Yu by the rich girl; this place was intended by the Suns as a retreat, so they wouldn’t allow it to get out of control.
"So, many forces, in fact, don’t want to see this happen."
"Many forces? Which ones?"
"Uh, I’m not sure of the exact number, but the thing I want to borrow, the energy source from their mothership, was given by the Gundy Family, ranked seventh among the Starshine Twelve Families."
Tao Yu already had some understanding of the local intelligence. The Gundy Family was the seventh-ranked family and the initial introducers of the "Gang Qi" training method.
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Aside from the enormous profits they made when it first appeared, all dojos teaching the "Gang Qi" training method still had to pay tribute to them.
It’s just that their revenue has significantly decreased now because they are no longer hands-on about it.
At the same time, they had also sparked a conflict, firmly suppressing the introducers of the "Combat Skill" method, the family ranked at the bottom of the Starshine Twelve Families.
Them coming forward indeed conflicted with the Suns’ latest "Inner Strength" system setup, but with such a gap in power, would they really take that leap...
Tao Yu had some doubts. Perhaps it wasn’t just the Gundy Family involved, but with the complex environment of Floating City, young Pavas probably couldn’t entirely sort it out; there were interconnections everywhere, and Tao Yu couldn’t make sense of it at this moment.
He would have to identify the issues and then inform the rich girl.
"So, what did they give you? And what are you planning to do?"
"A one-time use teleportation device. Although our city doesn’t have a stable teleportation array, we still have such one-use items. However, the cost of using such a device is much higher per use, requiring not only a hefty amount of Yuan Force but also an immense amount of energy. I can’t bring much from the real world, but their ship might just be able to meet the demands."
Tao Yu nodded at this and then sarcastically said,
"So, you want to bring over a powerful fighter from the Gundy Family to suppress the Suns here? Isn’t that still a betrayal, no matter how nicely you put it?"
"This is completely different. The Gundy Family isn’t mad. After coming here, they wouldn’t actually suppress them. After all, the Abyss can be connected through other places. It’s not impossible that he was caught in a spatial turbulence accident from the fallen world and arrived nearby.
Pavas insisted that he had not betrayed their pact, and it was possible that such pacts inherently contained some invisible restraint, although they should have a way to pull off some level of Evasion.
"In the end, it will just be about completely opening up the new Development Zone after the teleportation array is in place. Actually, many other cities are also open to the outside, and it’s only because the top two geniuses of the Suns were the ones to first enter on the first day here that it’s a bit of an exception. We’re not doing anything wrong by doing this..."
Having said this, he hoped expectantly that Tao Yu would,