"Boss, with this student list, it’s much easier to choose our next target. We don’t have to investigate one by one anymore," a man said excitedly in the video.
"Right, boss, are we going to do it like always in the next few days? Wait until they leave before we make a move?" another person asked. Content originally comes from novel·fire·net
"No need, there’s a change this time," the person shrouded in darkness said.
"This time we can’t let them leave, we have to make them stay!"
"Stay? Boss, do you mean we’re going to make a move on people from the Special Service Bureau?"
The group was shocked.
That’s the Special Service Bureau, and moreover, people from their special forces team, not at all on the same level as the cats and dogs that came before.
Yet the man remained completely unconcerned.
"Just prepare as I instructed. This time there might be some risks, but compared to the benefits we’ll reap, it’s worth it. You all must be fully prepared this time!"
The man hung up the video.
After pondering for a while, he made another video call.
On the other end, also a man, appeared in the video.
With a scar on his face and bearing some resemblance to the calling man, he was sitting in a dim environment. Beside him, a woman lay pale and weak.
"Big brother, it’s a fantastic opportunity."
"How fantastic? Is it even bigger than my breakthrough to Sixth Grade?"
"Big brother, you’re about to break through to Sixth Grade?"
"Not that easy, this woman is no good anymore," Scar Face sighed, looking at the woman beside him with disdain and kicked her away several meters.
"Big brother, no need to worry, I’ve found a suitable person for you!"
"Forget it, S-grade is no use to me anymore. Keep it for yourself."
"Big brother, it’s not S-grade, it’s SSS-grade!"
"What? SSS-grade!" The tone of Scar Face intensified dramatically as he couldn’t believe, "Are you sure it’s SSS-grade? Not fake? Have you verified it with your own eyes?"
The three questions in a row also roused the emotions of the man.
"I’ve verified it, just now. It’s a scythe, that rich aura, absolutely SSS-grade!"
Hearing such a definitive answer, Scar Face’s excitement brought his face closer to the screen!
The scar on his face looked like a centipede, ferociously traversing his entire right cheek, extremely horrifying!
Fervor burned in his eyes!
But he quickly calmed down again, "SSS-grade is once in a blue moon, how did you find her? What’s her identity?"
"She’s from the Dark Department of the Special Service Bureau’s special forces."
"Special forces?" Scar Face’s expression immediately turned cautious, "Isn’t this bait they deliberately released?"
"Big brother, you’re overthinking. Would you let an SSS-grade bait go if it were you? Although they’re from the special forces, they’re not the same as those chasing us. They’re here to investigate the disappearance of people in my area. We’ve already had several groups come."
Hearing his explanation, Scar Face relaxed a bit, but then asked, "If she’s from the special forces, you probably can’t handle it, right? How long are they staying? I will send someone to support you right now!"
"Big brother, no need, I can handle it."
"Yes, I can handle it. You don’t know, big brother, both that woman and her Spirit Master are only Second Grade. Taking her down will be a breeze for me!"
"Second Grade? And from the special forces?" Scar Face frowned slightly, "The more I hear from you, the more something seems off. Can Second Grade individuals join the special forces?"
"I inquired about the people who came with them; both of them entered the special forces through connections, and seemingly not insignificant ones."
Scar Face nodded his head, pondered for a moment, but again asked with concern, "Are you sure you don’t need me to send people?"
"Ah, really, there’s no need." The man suddenly seemed impatient, "Big brother, you have to choose to trust me. It can’t be that you need to worry about me for everything. What would be the point of me coming out here?"
"You didn’t trust me before either, but look at me now, I’ve been in Liyu City for two or three years, and nothing has happened, right?"
Listening to the man’s rebuttal, Scar Face had nothing more to say.
He knew the character of his younger brother very well, too proud and strong-willed.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have run off to a place thousands of miles away like Liyu City.
"Alright, just be careful. If it really doesn’t work out, give up Liyu City. I’m always your backup support here!"
"Don’t worry, big brother, there will be no problem. A mere Second Grade is nothing to me!"
"Once I capture her for you, you will definitely be able to breakthrough to Sixth Grade!"
The man then hung up the call.
He leaned back in his chair; the light dispelled the darkness on his face, revealing a familiar visage, Long Jiang!
Xiao Zhan and Liu Yuan divided the work, one went into the academy to gather more information, while the other tried his luck in the park.
Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong arrived at the academy and asked some teachers and students about the missing students.
Hoping to get some useful information, but it was much the same as what Long Jiang provided, with almost no progress.
The two returned home.
Liu Yuan also came back, likewise, with nothing gained.
The four sat together.
Liu Yuan said, "Really not a single clue, the disappearance areas are scattered, and the disappearance times span long. We just can’t trace it, it feels like something is blocking us."
"It’s not that we don’t have a single clue."
Xiao Zhan took out the missing persons’ files and analyzed, "Though these missing persons include both men and women, the majority are women; the men are few, just three or four of them."
"Moreover, among these women, nearly eighty percent are not First Grade Artifact Spirits."
"But their talents are quite good, concentrated in B-grade and A-grade. There are some of lower talent, but also very few."
"Thus, it seems that these kidnappers actually have specific targets."
Liu Yuan said, "Just having targets isn’t very useful. The people have disappeared, the contracts are broken, we don’t even know if they are dead or alive."
"Most likely still alive."
"How can you be sure?"
"If it were just to kill, there’s no need to carry off the victims. With their ability to appear and disappear without a trace, they could have just killed on the spot, right?"
"That makes sense." Liu Yuan’s eyes lit up, "Not for vengeful killing, or for wealth, since there’s no ransom information received."
"So, their purpose is targeting these students themselves?"
"To be precise, it should be their talent they are after," Xiao Zhan corrected.
He looked at the pictures of these students, varied in beauty, obviously not targeted for their looks.
The only value point, then, is their talent.