817 The advantage of firearms (1/2)
Ding~
”New mission released.”
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Mission name: Assassination of Bai Lingfeng
Mission description: Assassinate the current Clan Head of the Bai family, disrupt the arrangement of the Bai family and prepare for the strategic attack of the Tian family.
Mission receiver: Team A
Current progress: 0%
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”Assassinate Bai family's Clan Head?”
Su Hao's eyes narrowed. The Tian family was about to take action. If the Bai family's Clan Head dies, the Bai family would surely be affected. Both sides already had quite a gap in strength to begin with. At that time, if the Tian family is to take the opportunity and attack the Bai family, the Bai family would definitely lose without a doubt.
Su Hao finally understood why such an important mission, like the collection of those Nitai artifacts, was given to Team F. Obviously, other teams had more important missions. Compared with this mission, the so-called collection of Nitai artifacts simply pales in comparison. Of course, the appearance of a world esper was unexpected.
”Bai Linfeng huh?”
He still remembered this close friend of his.
Occasionally, they would contact each other, but due to them being busy with life, the frequency was decreasing. When they were in high school, they all planned to enter Zhanzheng College together. In the end, after the college entrance exam, Bai Lingfeng gave up on cultivation and decided to concentrate on business, which he was interested in.
Su Hao wasn't sure what he was doing, but he heard that he opened a company and managed to do well. Later, he joined the Bai family due to a special cooperation, and his position became higher. Never would he have thought that due to the incident of him being the Clan Head of the Su family, all forces also took action, and Bai Lingfeng ended up as a Clan Head too.
”It really has been a very long time since we last met.” Su Hao silently opened his communication device and tapped on that long-lost contact number.
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”Team A, assemble!”
At the hall, when Team A gathered, Su Hao frowned unconsciously because there was a person which he didn't want to meet the most there, Tian Zi.
”From today onward, I am the leader of Team A.” Tian Zi calmly said.
Team A had no one object. Their previous mission had two teammates die, leaving eight people behind. The higher-ups naturally added two new members, Tian Zi and Lin Hu.
As the Clan Head, no one would dare to oppose Tian Zi joining the team. Although Lin Hu's strength is slightly weaker, his reputation and fame are well-known. For Team A, a reliable teammate is obviously more appreciated than a member of pure strength alone. Thus, they were satisfied with these two new members overall.
”You all should have received the mission by now.” Tian Zi said in a flat tone and then put a bunch of information on the table, ”According to the data, Bai Lingfeng will meet with some local government officials for certain matters. This is the first time he will be leaving the Bai family and visiting a nearby city. Thus, this is the only chance for us to take action.”
”What we're going to do is pretty simple. With the cooperation of our undercovers, we can smoothly mix in and kill everyone when the discussion begins. Bai Lingfeng isn't strong. He's only a level one domain esper. There is also this rumor that he forcefully step into this realm via lots of drugs. Yes, his actual strength is extremely weak!”
Everyone nodded silently, hearing those words.
Level one domain esper, it's considered strong for any ordinary man. However, for Team A, which has eight peak domain espers, a level one domain esper is merely an easy target. Not to mention, Bai Lingfeng wasn't that talented in cultivation, and he managed to be where he is now via drug usage.
Tian Zi paused before continuing, ”The most difficult thing about this mission is how we end it.”
”It's easy to kill Bai Lingfeng, but how do we deal with the aftermath after we assassinate him; this is the issue here. Plus, Bai Lingfeng's death can easily be covered up by the Bai family. Thus, we need Bai Lingfeng's death to be known by everyone before leaving the scene successfully.”
Everyone locked their eyebrows.
Yes, it's easy to kill Bai Lingfeng, but what happens after the assassination? With how big families act, once Bai Lingfeng is found dead, they would instantly block the news from spreading. If necessary, they will find someone to impersonate him. Then, their mission would lose its meaning. Even if they kill him, it would be for nothing.
”Why don't we assassinate him in public?” Someone proposed, ”If Bai Lingfeng leaves or enters an urban region, then they won't be able to hide it even if they wish to when we make our move under everyone's attention.”
”We can't.” Tian Zi refused decisively. ”There are two issues.”
”First, making a move under the watchful eyes of a crowd no longer makes it a battle among the top ten families. Those ordinary men would also get involved in this battle. This will likely cause the Federation or Origin Ability Association to be involved too. There are times when they are forced to take action against the Tian family under the pressure of public opinion.”
”Second, if we're to do so, we won't even have the chance to escape. If a world esper of the Bai family notices us, no one can escape.”
That was true.
Everyone in the team nodded.
In an instant, everyone began to frown. The biggest issue with this mission isn't the assassination, but how to close it cleanly and flee; only by solving these two issues that they could act. When everyone was pondering, Su Hao was also brainstorming. However, he was thinking of how to take advantage of the crisis for personal gain during the mission. The biggest goal would be to maximize the energy resources and step into the domain realm.
There were still 20% left!
He wanted to get it done once and for all.
Those few members of Team A had been discussing for quite some time, but no suitable plan could be identified. Tian Zi shifted his attention to Su Hao, who had never spoken from the start. He had always been suspicious of Su Hao as he could sense that strange yet familiar aura coming from Su Hao, but also his tingling sixth sense of annoyance.
Anyhow, he just hated to see Lin Hu in his sight.
Tian Zi didn't know why he hated this guy so much. In the end, he could only attribute his behaviour to Lin Hu's sudden emergence threatening his status.
”Lin Hu, do you have any idea?”
Everyone shifted their gaze.
”Uh...” Su Hao scratched his head, ”I do have one, but I don't think it's perfect.”
”No worry, just share with us.”