March twelfth. Nothing auspicious.
Night. No wind.
Great stars hung in the sky.
Linjiang Prefecture.
"Heh! Just two weak women, and they warranted sending four of our Green Fly Vicious Gu? Aren't we giving them too much credit?"
Outside the Tao Residence, four figures appeared soundlessly in the shadows. One man, whose unusually long arms reached past his knees, wore a hollow smile, malice flickering in his eyes.
"Besides, what sort of beauty would a man like that lack? I don't believe seizing two women will give us a hold over him."
Another man, powerfully built with knotted muscles, stood with his arms folded. He glanced over and said indifferently, "If you, Blade Locust, hadn't failed to guard your prisoners and let the Rebirth Ferry snatch Yi Twelve and the other two away, costing us a bargaining chip, would we need to make this trip?"
Blade Locust snorted. "You bastard Zuo, quit spouting shit. Didn't you, Thunder Cockroach, also suffer badly at a Ferryer's hands?"
"Enough. Stop arguing. If we ruin our lord's plans, all of us will be punished."
Seeing the two at loggerheads, a pale-faced man interrupted. At first glance, his eyes looked empty, but closer inspection revealed honeycomb-like structures deep within his pupils.
This was Green Fly Corpse Fly.
Corpse Fly looked deeper into the Tao Residence. Beneath the starlight and moonlight, lamps still burned in courtyards throughout the sprawling estate. His expression shifted between light and shadow.
Not long ago, upon learning that Yi Twelve had a nephew who had made something of himself, he had come personally, intending to bring the young man into Green Fly and earn himself some merit.
Who would have thought that he would never even meet his target? He had barely entered the Tao Residence before a Corpse Puppet drove