Chapter 80 (1/2)
Chapter 80: Firecrackers
“This person’s strength is obviously not weak. Just that single sword thrust was full of Qi. I even felt a faint trace of sword Qi. Moreover, that attack did not prove his exact rank and he may be a lot stronger than what I thought” Xiu Wenle thought. He can affirm this person’s strength and was sure that he cannot compare. If they fight, the sound will be sure to alarm the people in the house and would only cause unnecessary trouble.
“En, what you said is rational,” the opposite party slightly paused, but nodded thereafter, “Good, we can work together to seek the print technology. We can decide what to do later once we have found it. The one with the best strength will get it then.”
After coming to an agreement, the two people both in black clothing started to inspect every room in the big Grand Alliance Headquarters. They immediately knew that rooms without a lit lamp were vacant, so they went to inspect every single room that had light on to find the print technology. They visited several lit rooms, but the place was just too big, enormously big.
They searched all the rooms without leaving any trace behind.
Finally, they arrived at the room which was brightly illuminated. Before the gate, in the open area, can be seen six to seven big things suspended in midair. They cannot fathom what they were so they just ignored it and looked at the three people inside the room. The three people inside are chatting, one of them sat before the door of the room. It was a robust man with protruding muscles. His face showed sharp edges with distinct features, his expression shows seriousness with his hair in the back standing erect like steel needles. Xiu Wenle’s heart immediately tighten upon seeing him. He understood that this fellow’s strength may even excel his.
The other two squat while checking the six and seven suspended things in the open area at the gate. One of them was a little girl with scarlet hair of about ten years old while the other was wearing a decadent princely golden robe!
“Hong Xiaobao!” The other person wearing black immediately gasped in surprise. He lowered his voice while saying, “Hong Xiaobao martial arts is extremely low and that little girl is also someone we do not have to worry about. Only the guard standing in the front will be hard to deal with. Do you have any idea what our plan will be, little friend?”
“The best method would be if we can get ahold of Hong Xiaobao to interrogate him about his print technology. However, this guard doesn’t look simple at all.” Xiu Wenle knit his brow and continued, “We will wait for a while, wait till that guard lowers his defenses, then we will act.”
Stealing the print technology was the reason why they searched the whole headquarters, but obviously Xiu Wenle changed his plans after seeing Hong Xiaobao. Stealing the technology is not important anymore, as long as they can directly take Hong Xiaobao with them, they can just feed him some poison to control him. When that time comes, they can make him spill out everything about the printing system. They could even get more benefits this way. Maybe they can even get more ideas out of Hong Xiaobao in order to create endless money!
“En, that’s decided then!” The person in black knew that this plan was better than what they had earlier, especially now that Hong Xiaobao only had one guard and one little girl by his side. Waiting for the opportunity to seize Hong Xiaobao to show itself was the idea that gave the greatest of possibility!
Since they have discussed what to do, they no longer worried and abruptly stopped searching for the technology. They hid in the shadows, watching Hong Xiaobao tinker with the several objects in the open area.
“Put these gunpowder inside, then seal the opening.” Hong Xiaobao took a bamboo tube and filled the inside, then sealed it afterwards. He continue saying, “This firing line part should not be ruined, everything depends on this for this to ignite.”
Gunpowder? Bamboo tube? Firing line? What kind of thing was that?
Watching the objects in Hong Xiaobao hands made Xiu Wenle and the mystical man full of curiosity. What Hong Xiaobao said was something they cannot fully comprehend.
“En! Is his how big brother Xiaobao did this?” the little girl also manipulated the bamboo tube and filled it with gunpowder just like Hong Xiaobao did. Xiu Wenle saw that those bamboo tube were the size of a small boy’s arm, but he couldn’t identify how thick or thin they were so he did not think any further. Those tubes are about half a foot long and they can see the little girl unceasingly filling it with those powder inside.
Quickly, the little girl completely filled the tube.
They then heard Hong Xiaobao mumble after seeing the girl fill in the bamboo tube, “En, these are almost complete for our Grand Alliance to use. It was a pity the time was not sufficient, or else I could have gone and make a better and complete firecrackers. These things are not sufficient at all.”
“His expression and words clearly confirms that this thing called firecrackers are to be use in their grand opening ceremony, but he was not able to complete it”
Xiu Wenle and the man in black look at each other. They knew that Hong Xiaobao is extremely intelligent, but they still cannot find what these bamboo tubes are used for.
This time they heard Qingqing’s sweet and delicate voice asking, “Big brother Xiaobao I am really curious. This thing that’s called firecracker, what is its final form?” Her voice was somewhat chilly, but was still very pleasant to the ears. Xiu Wenle and the man in black grew curious when they heard her question.
“This, do you really want to know?” Hong Xiaobao smiled immediately. “Let’s try out one then!”