Why Are You Being Targeted by Porn Sellers...

Hearing the girl's complaints and feeling her suspicious and unfriendly gaze, Xu Nan felt a pang of regret.

Damn it, I got tricked by Ophy again. I'm really going to have to settle the score with that Council Speaker later.

This guy clearly wants me to pay for his extortion!

Thinking about it carefully, if Stephenson really did have so many spies in Lost Paradise, the cost of maintaining them would be a very high figure.

The Supreme Council is probably also strapped for cash, and is even starting to betray its own people.

This was because they knew Xu Nan was eager to complete the negotiation and were trying to take advantage of the girl.

However, Xu Nan didn't accept it easily. Instead, he handed the details of the extortion to Ophy and asked him to check if it was correct. What if they thought he was being taken advantage of?

Ophy remained silent, pretending to be offline or in love. After a while, the secretary of the Lost Paradise system sent Xu Nan a verification letter, confirming that all the allegations made by the girl Emma were true.

Fine, in order to obtain information about Stephenson's internal struggles, Xu Nan had no choice but to reluctantly pay for it himself.

After losing over 200,000 Constant Gold Coin, Emma clearly showed a satisfied expression.

"The situation is very tense right now. Ms. Ansu Li Stephenson already warned Lord Launs of the White Tower, but he is still not giving up."

"Although he did not take action openly, he sent his favorite squire Thomson, to the Protection School, which was loyal to him, ostensibly to guide the Centennial Ceremony Ritual, but in reality, he was secretly manipulating the matter."

"So, the current situation appears to be a struggle between two factions, but in reality, it is still a difference of opinion between the two giants Stephenson."

"I advise you to protect yourself and not try to stir up trouble. Although Launs won't actually take action because of Ms. Ansu Li's warning, his power is considerable and he's not so easy to deal with."

After listening to Xu Nan's question, Emma immediately began to speak fluently, telling Xu Nan everything she knew.

Xu Nan thought to himself, "They really are professional spies. They know so much about this kind of high-level power struggle, and they even understand the details so well."

It's quite impressive that a tailor in Tailor Shop could achieve this level of skill.

After all, he had asked other people before he came about the details of the struggle between Stephenson's two factions, but even the spy chiefs were vague about it, and could only know that Launs was the one who was sabotaging things behind the scenes.

This Emma even handed over the information on the mastermind behind the scenes to Xu Nan. She's a true professional!

Xu Nan carefully reviewed Thomson's information, becoming increasingly impressed with each page.

"Wow, that's amazing! Such detailed information, they even remember his preferences, sexual orientation, and personality traits perfectly..."

"This document is very well prepared; it's practically like Stephenson's official internal registration documents!"

Emma stretched and said, "This is internal registration information!"

"I figured you should have sent someone to ask for it back by now, so I just grabbed it when I passed by yesterday."

Xu Nan was completely confused.

How could a tailor like this get access to official inside information?

You're incredibly capable!

He couldn't help but ask, "How did you do that?"

Emma said something even stranger, "Go over there, take it, and that's it."

Xu Nan pondered for a moment and said, "Are you saying that Stephenson's internal security measures are not up to par?"

Emma looked confused, but still patiently explained, "No, what I mean is, I have a high status in this city, and having Thomson's information is nothing to me."

Xu Nan was surprised. "Aren't you the owner of this tailor shop?"

Emma sneered, "Tailoring is just my hobby. My true identity is one of the Six Apostles of the Red Windmill, the last disciple of Ms. Ansu Li, and a senior honorary member of the Alchemist Association... Although Thomson is from the White Tower, I can still easily obtain his registration information!"

Xu Nan remained silent for a long time, his heart almost roaring:

"You've become Ansu Li's disciple, and you still come here to be a spy for Lost Paradise? For a few Constant Gold Coin? Is this world crazy, or am I crazy?!"

He was very confused, so he simply asked the question directly:

"Aren't you afraid that Ms. Ansu Li will find out if you do this?"

Emma's face was full of helplessness. "Are you here for Thomson's information or mine?"

"The people in this year's Lost Paradise are of low quality."

"You can't even see something so obvious—it's simple, my teacher knows what I do."

Xu Nan was completely dumbfounded. His brain went into a daze, and he couldn't process the news for a while.

Hmm, Ansu Li knew that her disciple was spying for Lost Paradise, but she neither stopped him nor flew into a rage. Could she be the biggest spymaster who infiltrated Stephenson into Lost Paradise?

Becoming a spy and then a boss? That's way more impressive than becoming a stock market shareholder!

Xu Nan couldn't believe it; a sentence suddenly popped into his mind:

Ron Sorcerer truly can do whatever he wants.

Fortunately, Emma seemed to notice Xu Nan's lapse in concentration and couldn't help but explain, "My teacher believes that given Ron Sorcerer's nature, corporate espionage is inevitable. Rather than letting someone else do it, I should do it myself."

"Anyway, I'm just making money off your Lost Paradise! This way, I can selectively give you some outdated or obsolete knowledge or materials!"

"Lost Paradise knows about this too, so to speak, I'm rumored to be a double agent!"

Xu Nan had a headache. This was the first time he had ever met such a frank double agent.

He couldn't understand Ansu Li's bizarre thought process either, but now he had learned to remain calm in the face of praise and criticism and not to jump to conclusions so easily.

Many absurd things must have their own unique logic behind them— Xu Nan, who was almost swelled up with pride after being repeatedly proven wrong, has deeply realized this.

But regardless, Emma was indeed a great help.

The information she provided allowed Xu Nan to gain a deeper understanding of the conflict between Stephenson's two factions.

Currently, Ansu Li is powerful, with the Red Windmill controlling most of the seats in the Lower House of the Council of Elders and five of the eight schools of magic; Launs is rather weak, with the White Tower having very little influence in the Council of Elders House of the Presbyterian Church, and only two of the eight schools of magic loyal to him; the remaining School of Prophecy seems to still be searching for Prophet Babeila Three Giants of Stephenson —who disappeared in a time-space turbulence in an accident many years ago, and is said to be related to the mysterious Scroll of Destiny.

Getting back to the main point, since it was inconvenient for Launs to come forward easily this time, he had his servant Thomson sabotage things behind the scenes. This corporate espionage incident was probably orchestrated by Thomson.

It's worth mentioning that Thomson's attitude wasn't actually that firm, after all, he was also afraid of being held accountable by Ansu Li, so he handled the whole thing very carefully.

Launs probably just wanted to vent his anger, rather than really wanting to completely stop Stephenson and Lost Paradise from cooperating—if he did, he'd probably get beaten to a pulp by Ansu Li.

In just half an hour, thanks to Emma's vivid explanation, Xu Nan gained a deep understanding of Stephenson's food chain.

Ansu Li was indeed ridiculously strong. As one of the Three Giants, she clearly suppressed Launs. Five of the leaders of the Eight Master School (who were respectfully called the Eight Leaves of Stephenson) were loyal to her. Apart from Roger of the School of Shaping, who was a quasi-master, the other four were true masters. Launs' White Tower was obviously much weaker. He had two masters under his command, but if they really fought, Ansu Li alone probably couldn't handle them.

"I see. No wonder Launs could only trip us up from behind and didn't dare to attack head-on."

"In that case, everything will be easy."

Xu Nan finished reviewing the materials and felt confident.

"You have a solution?" Emma looked at Xu Nan with interest.

Xu Nan smiled and said, "I do have some immature ideas."

"Since you are also Ms. Ansu Li's disciple, you will be attending the Trial Day as well, right?"

See you on Trial Day.

Enough, he prepared to leave the Tailor Shop.

As he passed a corner, he suddenly saw a portrait. The woman in the portrait looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for the moment.

Xu Nan didn't think much of it, just glanced at it a few more times, and then quietly left.

In the following days, Xu Nan didn't linger in Stephenson at all. Xenophobia in the city was at an all-time high, and even the spy chiefs started to stay quietly in hot Hot Spring and playing games instead of going out to meet. Xu Nan used Lost Paradise as an intermediary to return to Earth for a few days.

To his surprise, when he returned to the Special Ops Team base to check in, several people came up to him asking for his autograph.

After sending his name to the group on his phone with a bewildered look on his face, Xu Nan ignored the expressions of the others and rushed into Old Hai's office.

"What's going on?" Xu Nan asked.

Old Hai happened to be making hot water, so he casually unscrewed the lid of his thermos, raised his eyelids slightly, and said, "Don't say anything, give me an autographed photo first."

"My nine-year-old granddaughter keeps pestering me for Xu Nan's autograph. It's driving me crazy, I'm almost bald."

Xu Nan glanced at Old Hai's head silently, not daring to say something as suicidal as "You've been bald for a long time."

"But on another note, now that you're a public figure, it seems the branch manager has other plans for you."

"You'd better be careful what you say and do in the future, otherwise if your dark history of messing around with those girls gets exposed, our Thousand Rays Society will immediately sever ties with you!"

"After all, our image can't withstand any more tarnishing!"

After getting Xu Nan's autographed photo, Old Hai immediately turned on him and started lecturing him.

Xu Nan panicked upon hearing this. Was this an implication that he was to be placed under investigation? He was counting on his job in the Special Ops Team as a secure, stable position!

"What's going on? How did I become a public figure? Wasn't I just participating in a TV show?"

Xu Nan had some guesses in his mind, but when he opened his phone, the sheer number of messages left him completely dumbfounded!

Several of his previous casual Weibo posts received thousands of comments.

Xu Nan clicked in with great interest, only to find that the first ten results were all for selling pornographic videos!

"Reflect carefully on why you were targeted by those selling pornographic films..."

Due to a lack of management, Xu Nan's Weibo posts are filled with advertisements and similar sarcastic comments.

Of course, most of the comments were the Elder Sister's picks.

Xu Nan chose to ignore this part.

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