Chapter 417: Talk about Thunderstorms! (1/2)
“Alright then, I’ll keep your words in mind and wait for your good news. As for anything else, just tell me if you have any trouble, I will do my best as long as it’s something I can help with!” The crown prince happily agreed with a smile.
Whatever request you throw at me, I’ll take it!
“I’m very interested in the Thunderstorm Bandits. You should know quite some things about them,” said Bai Xiaofei casually as he gazed at the crown prince with a faint expectation.
“You mean the recent matter with the Bright Road Merchant House? Or is it something else?” The crown prince frowned and looked a bit troubled. However, he would answer because he still needed Bai Xiaofei’s help.
“Everything, I want to know everything you know as long as it is related to the Thunderstorm Bandits!”
Upon Bai Xiaofei’s request, the crown prince stopped for two full seconds before his eyes grew resolute.
“Wait a moment,” said the crown prince and walked into an inner room, then soon came out holding a box. “This contains every rumor related to the Thunderstorm Bandits ever since their debut until now. Everything that could be investigated is here.”
The crown prince opened the box, revealing thick notebooks inside.
“Paper?” Picking up one of them, Bai Xiaofei was a little surprised. Now that common puppet technology was so developed, paper had been gradually eliminated. The most visible example was that all the classes in Starnet now used common puppets while paper books were only available in the General History Shop.
“Can’t help it, this is a habit of the All-Knowing Pavilion. They refuse to use common puppets to record information. But don’t you underestimate these books, I only got them after paying a high price. Every single bit of information about this recently rising Thunderstorm Bandits is precious,” said the crown prince with confidence. His views might be biased, but the All-Knowing Pavilion would not be!
All-Knowing Pavilion: the only organization in the continent that made a living off selling news, excelled at collecting information. Basically nothing that happened in the continent escaped their eyes. The Rare Object Guide was one of their products.
However, the All-Knowing Pavilion was also self-aware, they knew very well that their kind of work would offend many. Therefore, they had formulated very strict systems that narrowly helped them get accepted by the major forces, and one of them was not to sell information of the weak to the strong. Moreover, even buyers were required to abide by this rule, or the All-Knowing Pavilion would retaliate to the end!
In other words, it was possible for the royal family of Ancient Yue to buy all of this information on the Thunderstorm Bandits, but not the Globe Merchant Group. As for why the Bright Road Merchant House didn’t buy it, this remained a puzzle.
“Keep reading them, I will tell you everything while you read.” The crown prince smiled.
When he had taken out the box, he had already intended to show all of his cards to Bai Xiaofei. This was the only capital he had to win over Bai Xiaofei’s full support.
“Not long ago, an executive of the Globe Merchant Group suddenly came to us and said that the Thunderstorm Bandits would soon come to Nabu. That person reminded us to buy these from the All-Knowing Pavilion and prepare for the Thunderstorm Bandits, and moreover promised us a huge gift if we could capture them.”
“My father didn’t believe them at first, but it didn’t take long for the Thunderstorm Bandits to arrive. While their target isn’t us but the Bright Road Merchant House, my father still worried that they would be unfavorable towards us, so he bought these things in the end. With this, we gained a basic understanding of the Thunderstorm Bandits. My father then decided to watch and wait because we can’t afford to mess with them.”
After that long speech, the crown prince paused. At the same time, Bai Xiaofei reached a page with their personnel list and information.