Kaye merged the car into the traffic, and Su Xiaocai saw several familiar cars outside the window, which belonged to the mercenaries.
They stopped at a half-air parking spot near the exhibition center.
One of them was sitting in the car watching the exhibition hall.
It happened to meet Su Xiaocaiâs gaze, and she was stunned.
The girlâs hair wasnât messy at all as she sat calmly inside the car, raised her hand, and waved, "Bye-bye."
The female mercenary opened the window, stuck her head out, and watched Su Xiaocai walk away, she circled her tongue in her mouth.
Such a big life, it seems that Su Xiaocaiâs worth in the mercenary world will multiply in the future.
She turned her head to report to the boss.
"Boss, the little target recognized us. What should we do? She just provoked me."
How did the girl survive such dense attacks, did she carry any defensive items with her?
They had previously investigated her, examining every aspect of her life.
In the deliveries sent to school, she bought various food ingredients in astonishing quantities.
Then there were fruits sent from Suâs Planet.
Other deliveries included seeds, flowerpots, nutrient soil, and a small amount of pesticide...
Aside from food ingredients, eighty percent were agricultural products, not even a single advanced mechanical part.
From what she purchased, it was completely unidentifiable that she was a student of the Mecha Department. After extensive inquiries, they also knew that Su Xiaocai did not participate in practical classes.
Nonetheless, her skills were quite good, able to defeat sophomore students.
How exactly she defeated them, no one spoke of the round-robin matches, as the students knew it was too embarrassing.
Gloating only happened behind the scenes; posting it on the forums would blatantly cause trouble for the school. If the tournament resumed, they would become eternal sinners.
Internally, small groups and targeting can happen, even trampling someone into the mud. Externally, never be the traitor; thatâs the principle of Military Training.
So they all suspected she was just an average girl with some skills, a love for food, and a tendency to sensationalize online.
Yet the average girl Su Xiaocai shocked them, escaping unscathed from the range weapons.
The mercenary leader took a drag of his calming cigarette, "Since she escaped, leave her be. Plan failed, take the deposit and go."
Originally, they planned to seek wealth amid danger, but ended up losing both the chicken and the rice. In a financial hub like the Capital Star, theyâd best avoid it.
Weapons and personnel were lost, making it a losing venture.
Nothing worth watching, their failure means watching the news for updates.
"Letâs go. If sheâs bold enough to provoke, it means sheâs not afraid of us, or thereâs danger ahead, donât fall for it."
They went to find the employer to settle the remaining overspent weapon costs and personnel losses.
Ten cars drove separately into the aerial lanes, then hid separately, just waiting for the funds to arrive so they could get lost.
Su Xiaocai sat in the car, opened the computer again.
With so many drones sent out, they must be used to the fullest.
The sniper targeting Ji Li from afar was already found, there were two people, the sniper rifle was left on the rooftop, they escaped lightly.
The drone photographed the appearance of the sniper rifle and transmitted it to Su Xiaocai.
This isnât an official weapon, no labels. Strictly speaking, any weapon should be officially registered, ordinary citizens arenât allowed to have high-destruction weapons.
But private-made items canât be tracked.
The ease of technological advancement comes with this backlash; those with strong hands-on skills can build weapons themselves.
With everything recorded, Wisdom 03 informed Su Xiaocai that the two had separated and then gathered, heading towards a residential area.
Wisdom 03 continuously switched the surveillance footage until they disappeared at the entrance to a corridor.
Next is the inside of the residential area, intervention isnât possible.
The sent drones could only mark which building they were in.
"Itâs alright, keep monitoring, see when they leave, and weâll kick the assassination organization too."
Su Xiaocai recognized the residential area and knew it housed someone she disliked.
She was frustrated; if a large organization or force was playing with her, sheâd consider the timing of her move.
But hiring someone to kill Ji Li was likely done by Yi Suilu, that maniac. His legs were already broken once, yet he keeps pushing to kill, no wonder heâs out of money.
Itâs all spent in vain.
Su Xiaocai: "Kaye, redirect to this residential area."
She sent the location to Kaye, and Kaye said, "Teacher Su, perhaps itâs better to send Mr. Ji back."
"No need, the opponent wants to kill him, heâs involved. He probably wants to know who he offended more than I do." Su Xiaocai turned to Ji Li, "Do you want to find the murderer or go back to school first?"
"With you." He couldnât ignore the attackers; he cared as little for his safety as others did.
"Thank you!" Ji Li was initially scared, but after Su Xiaocaiâs series of counterattacks, he wasnât anymore.
Su Xiaocai bragged, "Isnât it comforting to be by my side."
Ji Li pinched her chubby cheek, "Quite meaty."
"Canât keep your mouth shut." Su Xiaocai disdainfully shifted her seat, moving farther from him.
The residential area that was accessible by foot was even quicker by car.
Access to the community required resident credentials, which Su Xiaocai didnât have, but she didnât care. Being closer is better for detection; she also had ways to deal with being further.
However, Ji Li, with property spread across Capital Star, used his communicator to pull up his entry credentials and smoothly entered the community, facilitating her actions.
"Mighty Ji the tycoon, weâre eternal friends." Su Xiaocai hugged his leg without pressure. She wouldnât mind having a dozen such brothers.
Listening to Su Xiaocaiâs elaborate flattery, Kaye wanted to plug his ears, too polluting; even he wanted to hug his leg.
Approaching that residential area, they found a spot to park.
"This place is quite unique, spacious enough." Ordinary residential areas are often crowded; this one was high-end.
The roads were wide, with tandem parking shelters that donât block sunlight from the buildings.
"Such a good community, can Yi Suilu afford to rent now?" Su Xiaocai pondered, or has he learned from his mother to attach himself to influential people, becoming a kept man?
Such schadenfreude-tinged dark speculation, Su Xiaocai kept to herself. Any guess should be based on evidence; she couldnât say such things lightly in front of others.
They didnât get out of the car, Su Xiaocai released the drone, which transformed into a mechanical cat, leapt onto the building where the snipers entered, silently climbing the outer wall.
The attached eavesdropper continuously absorbed surrounding sounds.
Su Xiaocai listened carefully for targets among these sounds, "Wisdom 03, where did the sound mentioning Brother Yi come from? Give instructions to the mechanical cat to go to the sound source."
Wisdom 03 processed quickly, and the mechanical cat leapt onto the balcony outside the source, hiding on the window eave, amplifying the target sound.
Su Xiaocai wore headphones, still sharing half with Ji Li.
"Boss, can you and Mrs. Boss stop showing love first, whereâs our money, ready yet? Originally, we didnât want to meet in person, but youâre not very convenient."
"Iâm not his wife, Iâm his..." The womanâs voice stopped abruptly.
An indistinct male voice came through the headphones, "I wonât credit. Did the task finish?"
"We hit the target, but canât confirm onsite if the target actually... After we targeted the assassination, a large-scale attack occurred at the target, with many high-explosion thunder bombs there. If that canât kill them, itâs beyond our agreed compensation." Too difficult to kill; noone dares take the job.
The man didnât argue further, "Thanks, your payment."
Though Su Xiaocai didnât see the transaction, she knew the risk of cash transactions is actually higher than electronic ones, very few use cash nowadays.
To gather a large sum of cash requires multiple withdrawals, implying the opponent planned this for some time.
The benefit of cash transactions is simply fewer bank record evidences.