Chapter 57 - Financial Crisis 17: Odd Mark (1/2)

Chapter 57 – Financial Crisis 17: Odd Mark

Inside the Shanshui Guesthouse, the boss and thief started their actions.

There was the sound of rummaging in their ears and the supplies under the bed were soon find. They quickly moved the boxes while the challengers were unaware.

Room 206, room 205…

The two people moved quickly and directly moved the supplies downstairs.

The boss had long been prepared with a large track. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang tacitly put on the invisibility cloak and waited near the big truck. They saw that in the truck’s cabin, boxes of milk, mineral water, instant noodles, chocolate, biscuits…

Xiao Lou’s heart was extremely shocked. These sons of a b.i.t.c.h, how many ‘foreigners’ had they stolen from?

It was an entire truck full of goods and they could almost open a small supermarket.

Just then, the voice of the guesthouse owner entered their ears. “Old Liu, how much money do you think we can make this time?”

The middle-aged man with the hoa.r.s.e voice said, “Don’t be in a hurry. In two days, the citizens’ reserve supply will be almost finished and the supermarkets will be out of stock. They will be unable to buy food and the traffic gridlock means they can’t escape. They can only wait to die. At that time, if I open a store in the centre of the central square and sell everything at a high price, there must be citizens with spare cash and earning tens of millions of gold coins isn’t a problem.”

The guesthouse owner laughed. “That is a good idea! I didn’t expect that all the inventory stolen from the foreigners could actually be used like this. How did you know a financial crisis would occur?”

The middle-aged man replied, “I didn’t know. However, the boss told me to ‘follow the foreigners to earn money. It is absolutely right if we steal what they use money to buy.'”

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang heard up to here and couldn’t help being shocked.

The ‘boss’ he mentioned must not be the boss of the Shanshui Guesthouse but was more like his superior.

Xiao Lou wondered, “Is there a stronger boss in this secret world? Or does the Card World have an organization dedicated to dealing with us?”

Yu Hanjiang frowned and whispered in Xiao Lou’s ears. “A secret room having more than one boss is unlikely. I think that the secret room has a special organization to deal with us ‘foreigners’ and hindering our smooth clearance. The organization must’ve scattered a large number of free people across the secret rooms and the thief might be a member of the organization.”

Xiao Lou thought that Group Leader Yu’s inference was very reasonable. The ‘boss’ that the thief mentioned made Xiao Lou feel very uneasy. That person should know a lot of information about challengers and knew specifically about what challengers would do…

Moreover, the members of the organization were ruthless and killed people without blinking. They had a strong resistance and hostility to ‘foreigners.’

The existence of such an organization meant that clearing instances in the future would only become more and more difficult.

Seeing the light of the candles on the first floor, the two people had apparently stolen everything from the second floor. Xiao Lou looked at the countdown for the Peach Blossom Spring and said, “Group Leader Yu, there are only 10 minutes left. We have to act as soon as possible.”

Yu Hanjiang nodded. “Catch them alive. I want to know more about this organization.”

He looked around the guesthouse and whispered to Xiao Lou, “They are still stealing on the first floor. I will cover you while you set up the ceiling ring traps on the first floor. Trap them with the rings and I will capture them.” He paused before adding, “Yes, draw me a few rings as weapons.”

“No problem.” Xiao Lou took out the S-grade Compa.s.s, used the invisibility cloak and entered together with Group Leader Yu. On the ground of the first floor, he quickly drew a large number of rings and made the rings float to the roof. In addition, he drew a few rings for Yu Hanjiang.

The metal ring was very thin and could be used as a weapon around the wrist. This metal material was very good and was difficult to tear off. It could pull back the neck and even strangle people.

The two people were ready and listened to the bug.

The boss and thief moved several boxes out of room 108 and the boss said with a smile, “The two girls in 108 are very beautiful. It is a pity to kill them directly. Why don’t we take advantage of the two of them while they are confused, hehehe….”

The lewd laughter gave Xiao Lou the chills.

Don’t talk about stealing, he even wanted to do things to the girls. They were simply inferior to animals!

The boss didn’t have time to act when he was stopped by the middle-aged man. “Don’t complicate the issue. There will be plenty of women later on. Put the supplies into the car first. I will go to the bas.e.m.e.nt to get the fuel to burn up this guesthouse. No one will know what we did.”

The boss sighed a bit reluctantly. “Okay.”

The two people were just about to separate when at this time, countless metal rings descended from the sky!

Xiao Lou’s manipulation of the rings was extremely skilled and combined with the candle in the boss’ hand, there was light and he could see the position of the two people clearly. He accurately covered the two people with the rings.

Yu Hanjiang wore the invisibility cloak and moved at the same time.

He flew almost instantly behind the boss and the middle-aged man, covering the neck of the middle-aged man with the silver ring while the other hand held a fruit knife against the boss’ back.

The boss and middle-aged man were overwhelmed by the sudden change.

The middle-aged man’s face changed and he wanted to remove his cloak, only to hear a deep and cold voice in his ears. “Don’t move. If you dare to move then I will strangle you.”

It was a familiar voice. It belonged to the guest in 207, Yu Hanjiang.

The middle-aged man’s mouth twitched violently a few times before a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes. “You are back?”

Yu Hanjiang spoke lightly. “Don’t talk nonsense and go out.”

Xiao Lou continued to manipulate the rings. Under his control, the thin metal tied the two people’s arms and legs and they were unable to move.

The boss was frightened and disappointed as he spoke with a pale face, “T-The two of you, I have something to say!”

Xiao Lou’s voice was cold. “There is nothing to say. Let’s go.”

Yu Hanjiang escorted them from behind and pushed the two people out the door.

The two people were caught by the rings and moving wasn’t easy. They stumbled towards the large truck.

Xiao Lou whispered to Yu Hanjiang, “I can’t take them into the Peach Blossom Spring? Shall we directly drive the truck back?” He paused before saying, “However, there are the supplies of most of the challengers here. If the truck leaves then what will these people do?”

Yu Hanjiang replied, “Leave a note at the guesthouse, telling them to come to the construction site at 8 o’clock tomorrow to find us.”

Xiao Lou felt this approach was feasible. He headed to the front desk of the guesthouse to grab a pen and paper and wrote quick notes, stuffing them in every room.

By the time he returned to the truck, Yu Hanjiang had tied the hands of the two men behind them with wire. This way, it would be hard for them to break free, even with the invisibility cloak.

In order to prevent the two men from using other special effect cards to escape, Yu Hanjiang stared at them.

He asked Xiao Lou, “Professor XIao, can you drive?”

Xiao Lou nodded. “I pa.s.sed the driver’s test but I can only drive a car. I can’t drive this large truck.”

“Then I’ll drive. You guard them.”

He put the two men into the truck, handed them over to Xiao Lou to guard and got on the driver’s seat, skillfully starting the truck.

Late at night, a large truck full of supplies moved quickly through the streets towards the construction site.

***

At this time, the construction site.

Shao Qingge was lying in a bored manner under the peach tree. His hands were behind his back as he stared at the mountains of peach blossom trees. It was as if he came here to travel as a tourist.

Xie Qi’s face was tense as he whispered, “How come Group Leader Yu and Professor Xiao aren’t back yet?”

Shao Qingge told him, “Don’t worry, these two people are much better than you think.”

Xie Qi looked at the countdown of the Peach Blossom Spring and nervously clenched his fists. “There are three minutes left before the Peach Blossom Spring disappears. Didn’t Professor Xiao say he could take Group Leader Yu into the s.p.a.ce at any time? They aren’t hurt, right?”

Shao Qingge had been very calm but at this time, he sensed that something wasn’t right. He sat up and looked at the countdown in the upper right corner with a slight frown. “They might’ve encountered some trouble. There is no signal in the Peach Blossom Spring so I’ll send a message once we go out a bit later.”

The countdown reached 0 and the Peach Flower Spring was forcibly closed. Shao Qingge and Xie Qi were sent outside.

The two men and a large number of supplies appeared in the empty room that was the entrance of the Peach Blossom Spring.

The dark construction site was still quiet.

Xie Qi p.r.i.c.ked his ears and listened to the surrounding movements. “There seems to be the sound of a car driving.”