The Boy Who Grilled Fish and the Boy with the Black Blade

"Boss, what comes with the higher-priced package?" the wealthy couple asked. They were interested.

"What's the highest price?"

"The highest is fifteen million. You can customize the script.

As long as your requests aren't too unreasonable, we can accommodate them. Five million is the script fee."

At Phainon's words, both of them hesitated.

They discussed it in the shop for a long while before finally agreeing.

"Boss, we want a custom script. We want our child to personally decide how Zhou Yi dies."

"Then pay a deposit of a hundred thousand first.

Go home and think over the script, then bring it to us. We'll assess how much extra to charge based on how difficult it is to carry out."

With that, Phainon saw them out.

"Thank you, boss!

Thank you!"

After the two left, Kafka walked over in a purple business suit.

Her long purple hair fell neatly over her shoulders, her eyes were wine-red, and a composed smile played on her lips.

"Xiao Bai, once this job is done, we'll be able to summon two more partners."

"Yes, Miss Kafka."

"More new partners, huh?

But it's still too slow. We need to push harder."

Intelligence officer Silver Wolf leaned against the wall with a gloomy look, idly spinning a coin between her fingers.

"The King's Escort Agency next door has already expanded to eight people. We only have five."

"Silver Wolf, they're based in Shrek City. Customers never stop coming to them. How can we compare?"

"Then what about Everywhere Express in the Star Luo Empire? They've grown to seven people too. The Heaven Dou Empire isn't any worse than the Star Luo Empire, is it?"

"You really are well informed, but you can't blame me if we can't keep up with Everywhere Express."

"Come on, intelligence is my specialty." Silver Wolf looked smug.

"True. That Zhang Chulan has absolutely no shame. For escort points, he even dared to streak under the moon. Xiao Bai, you really should try harder."

"I will, I will."

With that, Phainon snapped his fingers, and a pale-blue system screen appeared in midair.

"Once this job is done, together with the five hundred escort points we already have, we'll be able to exchange them for two partners.

But there's no rush. Let's look through the intelligence on Zhou Yi first."

Phainon immediately pulled up all the information for Kafka and Silver Wolf to see.

After reading it, anger showed on both their faces.

"Zhou Yi really deserves to die!

I can't believe Shrek Academy is a place that shelters such filth."

"Zhou Yi has no right to call herself a teacher. She should be killed."

"We can't underestimate Shrek Academy. None of us is a Limit Douluo, and Dragon God Douluo Mu En is still a threat."

"Then let's assemble everyone," Phainon said slowly.

"Yay!

This time, we're striking for justice. We have to bring everyone together." Silver Wolf responded the moment Phainon finished speaking.

Soon, two more figures emerged from within the escort agency.

One was the pink-haired, fox-masked Hanabi; the other was Acheron, with long, straight black-and-purple hair.

Hanabi wore a playful fox mask that revealed only her crescent-shaped eyes.

She bounced along, giving off an air of someone itching to stir up trouble.

Acheron was her complete opposite. She wore a long purple-black robe, her hair fell like a waterfall, and her face showed no expression.

In her hand was a long blade, black from end to end.

"Well, well, do we finally have a big job?

I thought I'd be stuck sitting in the agency every day until I grew mold."

Hanabi's voice rang with excitement.

"We're going to Shrek to kill someone? How fun! I love missions like this."

Acheron said nothing. She merely raised her eyes a fraction, and the long blade in her hand gave a soft hum in answer.

"Don't think this mission will be too easy.

Zhou Yi herself isn't the problem. Any one of us could crush a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.

The problem is Shrek Academy."

As he spoke, Phainon pulled up all the information on Shrek. He had spent ten escort points on it; even through tears, he was going to read every last bit.

"Among Shrek Academy's publicly known powerhouses is Dragon God Douluo Mu En. We don't know where he is,

but the system says Dragon God Douluo is still alive and has the strength of a Limit Douluo.

Taotie Douluo is at the peak of level ninety-eight, just one step away from becoming a Limit Douluo.

There are also the elders of the Sea God Pavilion, and even the weakest among them is a Super Douluo.

We don't know what the script will be, but those five hundred escort points definitely won't be easy to earn.

So when the time comes, I'll enter my second form and fight alone, holding off Dragon God Douluo Mu En and Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi.

I'll leave the rest to you."

Hanabi raised her hand and waved it like a schoolchild.

"Xiao Bai, can I play a little longer?

It's been so long since I caused a real commotion."

"No," Silver Wolf, Kafka, and Phainon said in unison.

"Tch. No fun," Hanabi muttered, though she did not object.

She liked stirring up trouble, but she knew what was at stake.

Once they entered their second forms, their strength would surge tenfold across the board, but afterward they would be weak for a long time.

Phainon was placing his life in their hands.

Acheron finally spoke, her voice cold.

"I'll kill Zhou Yi."

Just five simple words, yet they carried terrifying killing intent.

Even the long blade in her hand began to hum, with wisps of black energy faintly coursing over its surface.

Phainon nodded, stood up, and looked out the window toward Shrek.

Their escort agency needed an epic victory to make its name.

The Starry Sky Escort Agency was stepping into the big leagues.

Meanwhile, in the Star Dou Great Forest, two figures sat beside a stream.

One was a boy in coarse white clothes. His short black hair gave him a lively look, and his bright eyes shone as he grilled fish over a fire by the stream.

The boy sitting opposite him also had short black hair.

He wore an elegant black robe and had handsome features. At his waist hung a black blade marked with the character for "escort," along with a badge.

Just sitting there, he gave off a warmth as refreshing as a spring breeze.

"Brother Chen, the fish will be ready soon. Oh, right—you're so strong,

but all you want for escorting me to get my hundred-year First Soul Ring is the corresponding number of grilled fish?

One fish per year?"

"Of course.

I take escort jobs when the mood strikes, and I'm headed that way anyway.

After all, I'm going to Shrek."

After speaking, Lin Chen opened his Escort Panel, which Huo Yuhao could not see. Several tasks stood out on it.

[Long-term mission: Infiltrate Shrek Academy. Difficulty: five stars. Accepted.

Long-term mission: Infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult. Difficulty: five stars. In progress.

Long-term mission: Infiltrate the Star Luo Empire. Difficulty: four stars. In progress.

Long-term mission: Infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire. Difficulty: four stars. In progress.]

Come to think of it, he had been unlucky enough. After crossing over at the age of six,

he had arrived in a small border village of the Star Luo Empire on the Douluo Continent. Before his Martial Soul had even awakened, he was swept off to the Sun Moon Empire.

When he went to awaken his Martial Soul, he ran into an Evil Soul Master and was taken to the Holy Spirit Cult, where he stayed for five years.

At eleven, they sent him back to the Star Luo Empire and let him move freely. He joined Everywhere Express and met Huo Yuhao there.

He was only an outside operative, so he received no important escort missions and could not enter the upper ranks. Every day, he just looked for missing cats and dogs.

After a full year, he received his ultimate mission from the Holy Spirit Cult: infiltrate Shrek.

It turned out they had sent him back to the Star Luo Empire for a year to give him a clean identity.

He had originally been a Three-Star Servant, but accepting this mission had turned him straight into a Four-Star Servant.

Still, it was a pretty sweet deal. He could check in once a day for one escort point from each long-term mission.

With three long-term missions, he now earned three escort points a day. He just had to claim them when the time came—that was over a thousand points a year.

That was why he was determined to go to Shrek. Soon he would be able to check in for four escort points a day.

As long as his cover held, he could keep collecting them. That was far better than those other selves working themselves half to death every day.