"But before dealing with the Ant King, there are three unstable factors."
Old Smoke in his good-guy mode was clearly far more reliable than Old Smoke in his rebel-leader mode. He was the one who had gathered Chen and Shuixiao together, so he had relatively more authority within the team. As for whether the others would follow his arrangements, that would depend on whether his suggestions were reasonable.
"Besides the four of us, there are several small- and medium-sized Adventurer Teams here, along with many unaffiliated individuals. They may well go after those three unstable factors, but I have no intention of placing my hopes on them."
Old Smoke looked around at the three people present.
"Without me saying it, you should have already figured out who those three unstable factors are. That's right—they're the Ant King's three Royal Guards: Youpi, Neferpitou, and Shaiapouf."
Old Smoke paused when he reached this point.
"Youpi is the easiest to deal with among them. That guy only has brute force, and his intelligence is relatively simple. Next is Pouf. His abilities are troublesome, but his body isn't particularly strong. The hardest to deal with is Catwoman, Neferpitou. Catwoman is highly intelligent, physically strong enough, and possesses extremely troublesome abilities."
As he spoke, Old Smoke seemed about to slip back into rebel-leader mode.
"Youpi is dead."
Su Xiao suddenly interrupted him. Old Smoke's train of thought came to an abrupt halt. His expression twisted for a moment before returning to normal.
"Youpi is dead?"
"Can you explain specifically how he died?"
Shuixiao, Old Smoke, and Chen all turned their gazes toward Su Xiao.
Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell them the true cause of Youpi's death.
"I sniped him."
"Sniped him?"
Shuixiao looked as if she thought he was joking.