A High-Stakes Gamble

After arriving at the temporary residence arranged by Fire Moth for Mobius and the others, the other security personnel went in first and inspected the temporary residence under the watchful eyes of Zhu Yufeng, Mobius, and Su.

"It seems that although you're not very popular with those people, you're still getting pretty good treatment." As the security personnel went out to discuss the subsequent security arrangements, Zhu Yufeng looked around at the residence that Fire Moth had arranged for Mobius and said.

"For some people, this is like my last meal before my execution, a little treatment to lull me into a false sense of security," Mobius said casually. "Ha... those with a little bit of cleverness are always better at guessing than fools."

Sue glanced at Mobius, wondering what Mobius was plotting. She clearly knew that the number of security personnel accompanying her this time was less than usual, and what she was about to face was self-evident.

So, what is Mobius planning to do with this? With Feng here, there shouldn't be any problems. The only threats to Mobius's safety are basically those assassins who carry out close-range assassinations. After all, even if the Fire Moth has arranged fewer security personnel for Mobius, there are still a standard number of people to prevent long-range sniping and explosions.

When Sakura assassinated Mei, it was because she couldn't carry out the assassination from a distance, so she arranged for a top-notch swordsman like Mei to carry out the close-range assassination.

It was no easy feat for Sakura to break through the blockade and reach Mei. By the time she finally encountered Kevin, she was no longer at her peak. The result of their battle was that Kevin was injured, and Sakura's assassination attempt failed, leading to her capture.

Now that Sakura has joined the Fire Moth, it's impossible for her to be assigned to assassinate Mobius. Moreover, I heard that she was injured after fighting with an assassin during the last mission and needs to rest for at least a month... Wait, an assassin who could fight with Sakura and injure her?

Sue immediately thought of the image of the Thirteen Fallen Angels, which was indeed once an assassin.

"Keeping quiet won't do you any harm, Sue," Mobius said slowly, as if he had noticed that Sue had noticed something. "You are currently just one of the people responsible for investigating Admil; other matters are not within your jurisdiction."

Sue frowned. "Even if you're willing to help persuade Admil, I'll owe you a favor. However, I also think it's necessary for me to confirm whether what you want to do is..."

Mainly because of Mobius's personality, what she wants to do is never simple. As she said, a snake will not give up its goal; it will only lie dormant and wait for the right moment. The snake's attack when the time is ripe is often dangerous and fatal.

The fact that Mobius was willing to gamble with his own safety is unsettling no matter how you look at it.

"Su," Mobius's tone turned cold, "You're meddling too much."

Su paused for a moment, then looked at Zhu Yufeng. Zhu Yufeng roughly guessed what Mobius wanted to do and said, "Su, do you think I would object?"

"It's because you and Mobius are both here that I'm most worried about," Sue smiled helplessly. "Since we've come this far, I won't say anything more. I will do what I should do according to my own ideas."

"You'll be cured if you just do that..." Zhu Yufeng said, then looked at Mobius, "Right, Mobius?"

If he's not mistaken, Sue's influence in this plan isn't that great.

"The fewer people who know about this, the better. Even if Sue and we are all reborn, it's the same. The only thing we have in common is our identity as reborn people. Our stance and our path are still the same." Mobius said coldly. "Sue, I'm warning you, don't interfere too much in this matter. Just do what you should do."

"As you said, our positions are not the same, so my answer will not change," Su said calmly. After saying this, he changed the subject, "I will send over the results of the recent investigation into Admil later, along with some of his experimental data and product information that are still under investigation."

"I understand." Mobius waved his hand to indicate that Su could proceed.

"Speaking of which, where is my room?" Zhu Yufeng asked Su. "Isn't this where Mobius lives?"

Before Su could speak, Mobius interjected, "You'll be living with me during this time. As an outstanding warrior of the Fire Moth and as my experimental partner, it's only natural that you would be my personal bodyguard, isn't it?"

Zhu Yufeng stared blankly at Su, who shrugged, indicating her inability to help, and added insult to injury, "Regarding this, Dr. Mobius made arrangements when he submitted the list of relevant personnel, and the higher-ups have already given their approval..."

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Even you know about this, and on the way here, he always felt that the other security personnel were looking at him strangely. The younger ones were envious, the older ones were jealous, and there were other strange looks. He was wondering what was going on and whether they were thinking something else. Now it seems... he was the only one who didn't know about this arrangement.

Zhu Yufeng then looked at Mobius, Mobius said calmly, "Weren't you busy with Elysia at that time? Weren't you chatting with Elysia after boarding the plane? Besides, even if I told you about these arrangements, would you really refuse?"

Anyway, Elysia had also made similar arrangements during missions, so was there a problem with her making the same arrangements? Of course there was no problem. In fact, the most important thing was that Zhu Yufeng really had no way to refuse, because what she was about to encounter was an assassination attempt by that murderous Fallen Angel.

If Zhu Yufeng wasn't by her side, she feared that no matter how many guards she arranged, they wouldn't be able to escape Xila's assassination attempt.

Zhu Yufeng sighed, "Well-reasoned and irrefutable..."

"Then I'll head out now," Su said and left.

Watching Su's departing figure, Zhu Yufeng stood for a while before looking at Mobius: "Although I should know, I still want to confirm whether your adventure this time is related to Xila?"

"That's right, the time is ripe." Mobius walked into the room and looked around. "Don't just stand there. Do you think that because I have fewer security personnel this time, there aren't a few moles inside?"

"About this..." Zhu Yufeng walked to a sofa that a security guard had checked, took out a device and scanned the sofa. The device then went off, and Zhu Yufeng took out a listening device from under the sofa.

Mobius glanced at the ceremonial staff in Zhu Yufeng's hand; the familiar style immediately told him who had given it to him, "Did Vill-V prepare this for you?"

"Yes, but I noticed this place because that person's actions caught my attention, and the way he looked at me and you the last few times was strange. It was different from everyone else, so I paid a little attention." Zhu Yufeng crushed the eavesdropping device. "The eavesdropping device hasn't started operating yet. It seems he also anticipated that the temperature after it started operating would attract the detection of some instruments. Unfortunately... he ran into Vill-V."

"Looks like you're more reliable than Kevin," Mobius said, arms crossed. "I thought you were just as dense as Kevin, and your IQ was about the same."

Zhu Yufeng squinted at Mobius and said, "At least my academic grades are much better than Kevin's, right? I've never lost to anyone in the fixed academic assessments for every warrior within the Fire Moth."

When he joined Elysia's team after the Fourth Law, Kevin had already begun to stand out, becoming the most prominent and dazzling star among the Fire Moth. His extraordinary combat talent, his Honkai Energy resistance that far surpassed others and rivaled Elysia's, and his countless glorious achievements during the Sixth Law period—he was just an ordinary soldier, unable to match Kevin in combat power, so he could only try to improve in other ways.

If you can't defeat Honkai Beast head-on, then memorize its characteristics and weaknesses. In actual combat, focus on observation and only act after confirming that you can kill it... This is much more difficult than someone like Kevin, who has high combat power and can just charge in...

To be honest, ever since he recruited Lilith into his team, he really has only been responsible for making decisions...

After all... aside from taking advantage of herself, there's really nothing Lilith can't do right now.

"If this were before, how would you have dealt with someone like this, Yu Feng?" A dangerous smile curled at the corner of Mobius's lips.

"I don't like anyone who is hostile to me, especially when their stance is opposite to mine," Zhu Yufeng said coldly. "If I cared about these things, I wouldn't have released the Black Abyss White Flower back then, and I wouldn't have killed everyone."

"And the Present? Are you worried about Elysia?" Mobius said jokingly.

"Elysia is indeed kind, but she's not stupid either," Zhu Yufeng said, squinting. "Her words... are most likely a deliberate attempt to leave that guy a loophole so she can catch him red-handed and deal with him according to the rules of the Fire Moth. I'm different from her in this respect. If she agrees, I'm willing to follow her arrangements. If she doesn't, do you think I'm the kind of person who would agree to these things?"

"That's exactly what Elysia would do," Mobius shrugged. "And your answer wasn't unexpected. After all... if it weren't for Elysia, you wouldn't even know who this world was at the beginning, right?"

"Even the Present, I'm still not entirely convinced," Zhu Yufeng said. "But for you guys, I still need to try again."

"So what are you planning to do next?" Mobius then asked.

"Doesn't he like to do things for others? Then there's nothing wrong with him taking a bullet for someone, right?" Zhu Yufeng spread his hands. "There's no such thing as trust without a reason. Even if Xila is lacking in common sense, her instincts will tell her that this is wrong. Taking action rashly will easily arouse suspicion, and how many people would dare to mess with a nobody?"

Just like Xila joined his team, the first mission he carried out was to carry out the operation to silence witnesses of the Dusk Street incident on his own. This was not only to give an explanation to the higher-ups, but also to give an explanation to him and Lilith to guarantee Xila's release.

"Just as I thought." Mobius smiled.

The two of them checked again with the help of Vill-V's equipment. After confirming that there were no other listening devices or anything like that, Zhu Yufeng finally spoke up, "You used to check by yourself?"

"In the past, I wouldn't have been afraid, because I didn't care," Mobius shrugged. "Besides this time, I've only done three other risky things like this: once when I went to collect Shesha alone, once when I performed the Hypervariable Surgery on myself, and one more time..."

"Is it that you gave up infinity, abandoned the survival of the physical body, and wanted to do?" Zhu Yufeng's interface.

"It seems the story you know, even after the Finality battle, isn't completely over. I did do that, but as for the result... because of someone, I don't know if I succeeded or not," Mobius said.

"I'm really sorry then," Zhu Yufeng replied perfunctorily. "However, why do you think Xila would come to assassinate you this time? Although she injured Ying, she also paid the price of at least one hand. Even though her recovery ability is beyond that of ordinary people due to the injection of body-modifying drugs, it is still incomparable to the recovery ability of Fusion Warrior. Although she can still carry out assassination missions, she is not at her peak."

"If she's not at her peak, does that mean she can't assassinate me?" Mobius said with a half-smile.

"This may not matter to Xila, but doesn't the organization behind her care about her safety?" Zhu Yufeng frowned. "Xila is their trump card."

"You're bound by your past life, Yu Feng." Mobius raised an index finger and shook it. "Even though we've been careful to avoid too much difference between reality and our past life after our rebirth, we've still inevitably changed some things. Only Sakura can rival Xila, but this time Sakura joined the Fire Moth early on. For the organization behind her, Xila is no longer a trump card, but a death warrant that could be attacked by all sides at any time."

"So, even if Xila isn't at her peak, she still has to go on the mission?" Zhu Yufeng said thoughtfully. "And the target is you. If it succeeds, given Xila's condition, she'll probably take you down with her. With your status, this would be another glorious achievement for the organization. Considering your popularity within the Fire Moth, they could probably just throw out a scapegoat and get away with it. And if it fails, the organization won't lose out either, since the target is you."

After a pause, Zhu Yufeng looked into Mobius's eyes and said, "This time... you really took a huge gamble. Once Xila has a clear target, even if it's me, even if she's injured, it will be very difficult for me to stop her."

"So, this time I'm entrusting everything to you, and you certainly won't let me down, will you?" Mobius said with a smile, opening his arms.

Zhu Yufeng paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "I promise you, I will definitely protect your safety."