Chapter 279: Chapter 252 Cake
Annan felt a chill in her heart as she heard the voice that seemed to surround her ears, the slight Soul Shifting effect mixed in the sonic skills made her truly believe she had been discovered!
She immediately executed an Acceleration battle technique and swiftly emerged from a water tank on the rooftop, running towards the escape route she had planned.
But in the next moment, the sound of the wind from behind her signaled danger, and as she turned her head, she saw Tao Yuâs figure gracefully ascending!
No escape!
Annan, with her extensive experience in fleeing, showed a trace of shock on her cute face as she immediately prepared to counterattack, propping herself up with one hand on the ground, forming a stable triangle.
Her leg muscles tensed, ready to unleash a battle technique in an explosive burst.
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The short blade at her waist was in her hand in a flash, like Flintâs sparks, carving a Z-shaped flash in the air ahead of her.
Even a senior partnerâs throat slit would mean death!
But accompanied by a Spirit Stinger and a Flicking Flower Finger from Tao Yu, she ended up sliding on her knees halfway through, skidding across the ground for a distance, scraping her knees raw, before collapsing at Tao Yuâs feet.
âYou give me such a big ceremony, but I wonât be soft-hearted,â Tao Yu said.
Tao Yu looked down at the cat-girl lying on the ground, her tail drooping, stark against the floor, which was kind of funny.
However, after spending five days indulged in the company of beauties, Tao Yuâs current defenses in this regard were off the charts, and he didnât give Annan any special treatment just because she was pretty.
To her, Annan was no different from a beggar on the street, a pretty skeleton was still just a skeleton.
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He still accurately targeted the effective acupoints on her body to seal her True Yuan, then grabbed the scruff of her neck and leapt down from the rooftop.
âDone.â
Tao Yu, who had descended gracefully, looked at Lin Chao, who had just arrived at the base of the building using his legs, and gave an OK gesture.
Lin Chao also holstered a somewhat sci-fi-looking pistol.
âAs expected of you, your speed is really fast. The intelligence said that she mastered many battle techniques and was not weak,â Lin Chao commented.
âShe wouldnât be worth 180,000 Yuan Force if she was weak,â Tao Yu chuckled, teaching his family the Muscle Changing and Bone Forging Scripture this month, practicing it himself, plus completing these missions, was quite fulfilling. After handing this mission in, even after accounting for this monthâs Acceleration consumption, he would have saved up more than 400,000 Yuan Force!
If it werenât for the fact that all the suitable accumulated tasks had run out, Tao Yu actually felt that grinding bounties here was quite profitable.
At the very least, if he hadnât bought a flying device, it would have taken him a month and a half to travel back home, and he would definitely not have earned so much Yuan Force on the road, and he might not even be able to maintain daily expenses.
âShould we follow the procedure?â Lin Chao asked Tao Yu.
âLetâs follow the procedure. Come on, kitty, stop playing dead. Do you have the money to spare your life, or will you trade information?â Tao Yu went about the formalities as usual; he had extracted something out of each of the previous captures.
Having such a high bounty on her head, although this little cat girl seemed sweet and cute, she had killed numerous people, and her sweet appearance itself was a weapon for assassination.
According to the wanted information, she was also a member of an unrecognized âAssassin Organizationâ by the company.
That shady âAssassin Organization,â whose main business was assassinating Pioneers, existed for a reason, and the fact it continued to operate without being eradicated also had its rationale.
Just like a few of the organizations resisting the company, Tao Yu suspected that it was someone within the companyâs own front.
âStop trying to get information from me. I just ask for a quick end, please donât torture me,â Annan pleaded, still hanging by the back of her neck, but speaking in a delicate voice.
It was like hearing a kittenâs paw scraping.
âYour record says that your peak achievement was killing a senior partner in bed, so stop putting on a show for us,â Tao Yu said, as he shook her slightly, causing a wave of numbness throughout Annanâs body.
After recovering, she huffed in annoyance,
âSpilled everything, without any consideration for my privacy. Why donât you just blow up the company while youâre at it.â
Then Tao Yu grabbed Annan and pulled her in front of Lin Chao, pointing at Lin Chaoâs face and said,
âI donât know if you recognize him, but his name is Lin Chao, the super nice guy from Chaoyang Society. You donât seem like a lost cause, so if the information you provide is valuable enough to save your life, there really is a chance.â
âThose others who were captured lately, did you give them a chance too?â
Annan, being an old hand, rolled her eyes.
She had heard the recent rumors and went into hiding right away, but who would have thought they would find her in such a remote place, damn it all.
There must have been something off about that noise earlier, but knowing now is too little, too late.
âThey didnât provide enough value,â
repeated Tao Yu, the same line he had said several times before.
However, it did make Annan fall silent for a moment.
âI have some information relevant to Chaoyang Society. Iâm not asking you to let me go, but Iâll give you twenty thousand Yuan Force, hoping you can deliver it to my father. You can take a cut, but I hope youâll leave some for him.â
The clout of Chaoyang Societyâs Lin Chao certainly had an effect, softening Annan somewhat.
The Chaoyang Societyâs reputation was quite good; helping others was a tag they proudly bore. The act of their leader beating up the head of the Longxi Clan, while it did cause some backlash from other families, also won them quite a few fans.
Tao Yu just pondered for a moment before saying,
âIf your information is useful, itâs not impossible. Even if itâs not, I can still agree to take half,â
Though by definition, Annan certainly wasnât a good person, Tao Yu could understand her desire to leave some money for her family in times of trouble.
âSome people are currently recruiting those of us with bounties, planning to launch an attack on Chaoyang Society. I donât know the specifics; Iâm too scared theyâre just trying to scam the bounty. But I did run into someone whoâd been recruited at the Thieves Guild not long ago, and it seemed legit.â
Annanâs words made Tao Yuâs expression turn a bit strange, and he glanced at Lin Chao.
Good grief, the head of Chaoyang Society had attracted quite a bit of hatred. Tao Yu, having been helped by Lin Chao these past few days, said to him as a favor,
âI have no objections, when the time comes, the money will be yours, and how much you give is up to you.â
Lin Chao felt somewhat heavy-hearted at hearing this but still nodded.
Seeing that she had finished sharing the information and that Tao Yu was willing to transfer all twenty thousand Yuan Force to this person from Chaoyang Society, Annan could roughly judge that their previous words were indeed no deception, and after obediently transferring twenty thousand Yuan Force to Lin Chaoâs card, she cautiously said,
âUhm, is there really no chance you could let me go? I have implanted a special ability that allows me to absorb automatically, guaranteeing you a mind-blowing experience, always at your beck and callâŠâ
Smack~
Tao Yuâs slap landed on her backside, making her tail stand on end.
âDonât push your luck.â
This personâs route back to the Abyss was blocked, and sooner or later, she was bound to either go mad or get captured.
Tao Yuâs words caused Annanâs spirit to deflate, her tail and ears drooping.
Then the two of them grabbed her and walked towards the nearest place where they could turn in the mission.
However, just as Tao Yu was about to leave the alley, he suddenly frowned and looked back.
There, a figure wearing a partnerâs cloak was walking towards them from a hundred meters back.
âOh, I just heard some ghastly yelling and turned out itâs really Annan, whom Iâve been looking for, for quite a while.
âI heard that there was a new player who had found a way to track people by sound; seems like it wasnât just a rumor. But this âEight-Armed Vajraâ nickname doesnât seem to quite fitâŠâ
The cloaked figure with the masked face took each step as if it were measured with a ruler, the rhythm and stride not changing in the slightestâŠ
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