Old Tang Never Gets Lost

Inside the grand hall, Jiu De Mayi and Ling, two members of the trio, were already present, having been offered seats by Wa Lord.

"I'm guessing you're probably wondering why Chips isn't here. As for the reason... she said she's administrative staff, only involved in planning, not action."

After all, when Su Enxi acted before, she could only direct from behind the scenes. This time, she'd be with the Noble Family members, and she figured someone like Wa Lord wouldn't hand over command of her own people. So, she just decided to lie flat, guzzling drinks and indulging.

Saying this, Jiu De Mayi spread her hands towards Wa Lord and the others.

"..." Wa Lord furrowed her brow. "Don't you people doing collaborative business have a little contractual spirit? Since she can direct on-site, can't she also contribute? Perfect, the other Noble Family members surrounding the Chen Family estate are short a commander. Will she take this job?"

"Alright, then I'll mourn in advance for Chip Girl, who's working overtime during her vacation."

Jiu De Mayi immediately accepted on behalf of Su Enxi, casually screwing over her friend in conversation.

She crossed her legs ostentatiously, her two long, beautiful legs, tightly encased in a form-fitting combat suit, forming stunningly alluring lines that drew men's eyes. If she were an art model, every art student in the classroom would likely have to plug both nostrils to paint.

Beside her, Ling appeared much more prim and proper, her delicate, frosty face slightly raised, exuding a cold, noble elegance like an arctic princess. Unfortunately, her figure was noticeably much smaller, which diminished her presence. If she stood straight, she might not even be taller than a suitcase handle, so when she sat on the tall chair, her two fair little feet dangled in the air.

As Emiya and Old Tang entered the hall, Jiu De Mayi naturally waved to Emiya, smiling warmly: "Hi, Young Hero Emiya!"

Seeing this, Ling also fixed her gaze on Emiya and nodded.

"Huh? ...Hello." The moment Emiya greeted them, he felt the low pressure emanating from beside Wa Lord. He wondered inwardly, he'd only met the trio once, right? Was that Jiu De Mayi very familiar with him?

In contrast, Old Tang, whose face had been ashen, immediately brightened up upon seeing the two beautiful women, greeting them confidently and even trying to get close and ask for contact information while raising his long eyebrows.

Jiu De Mayi ignored him, glancing at him with slight disdain—Old Tang's wiggling legs were still encased in torn, ripped sweatpants, like some kind of performance art—and quietly turned to Ling, whispering, "Is he specifically here to act ugly and be funny?"

"Doesn't look like it, probably just being himself." Ling's words were blunt, her cold voice like a public sentencing.

Struck by the blow, Old Tang's expression turned ashen again. He tucked in his legs, feeling dejected and sad, and could only silently lick his wounds to comfort himself, thinking to himself that there are plenty of fish in the sea, a good man's ambition is everywhere, and it's okay to encounter setbacks when trying to pick up girls, but one shouldn't give up the whole forest for one or two trees...

While Old Tang was lost in thought, the others were engrossed in a tense action meeting discussion.

"The latest intelligence shows they plan to transfer valuable equipment and data from the research facilities in that park to other unknown strongholds... possibly even overseas. They've been organizing and coordinating recently, and the estimated transfer time is the day after tomorrow. We need to complete all operations by tomorrow at the latest."

Jiu De Mayi revealed the intelligence she had stolen.

"This move... did the Chen Family detect something?"

"Who knows, but their reaction is very nervous. It seems the allied relationship with the Gattuso Family, whom they temporarily invited, isn't very close and hasn't given the Chen Family much security... or perhaps, Gattuso is unwilling to be dragged into the conflict between your Shenzhou Noble Families."

"Tomorrow night should be enough to arrange for the Noble Families to act together." Wa Lord nodded at this time arrangement. "You have the specific architectural structure and personnel configuration intelligence for this Chen Family park, right?"

Jiu De Mayi tossed over a stack of documents. "Except for highly classified information, most of the rest is quite detailed... First, all the corporate entities in this park have Chen Family investment. A large portion of the employees are ordinary people who are unaware."

"Fortunately, in order to consolidate and transport those unsavory things at night, and to prevent ordinary people from wandering around and accidentally discovering something, the Chen Family came up with an excuse and issued a mandatory order for all ordinary corporate employees to leave work and go home on time."

"Starting tomorrow, they are also giving all employees a three-day holiday, with triple pay during the holiday... Employees who stay at the company without authorization will be forcibly expelled and fined."

"—Good, that provides us with a lot of convenience for our actions."

"Mm, next are the areas unrelated to ordinary people. I've observed these past few days that the areas they are tightly controlling and blocking signals are concentrated in these few places. The common feature among them is that they all have matching logistics and warehousing buildings."

"But I had Chips investigate and compare the cargo lists and personnel transfer records, and found that the other few are just smoke screens. Only one has frequent scheduling and imported goods issues... As for the Chen Family's suppliers in South America and the Eastern Ocean (Japan), we have also confirmed they have the support of Hybrid forces, making them highly suspect."

"...Let's take a look at the specific situation of this location. The main buildings are a large medical research institute, testing and inspection center, logistics warehouse... It's not ruled out that there are underground sections, but it's very difficult to infiltrate..."

"From the surface architectural planning, it's a semi-enclosed 'park within a park' format, with two entrances and exits, located at the medical institution and the warehouse respectively. If you want to achieve the maximum results, you'll need to split into at least two teams."

After Jiu De Mayi finished speaking, she spread her hands. "According to my estimation, if the Chen Family really is raising Death Servants, looking at the number of their containers and shipping manifests, the scale is probably not small, so the commotion caused will also not be small."

Wa Lord's reaction was flat. "Blocking and intercepting such things will be handled by other Noble Families."

"Oh, great, it's good to have a large organization. For a small group like us, only I and Sanwu can be considered combat power. Infiltrating is barely manageable, but frontal assault is out of the question. And there's one Chips who only knows how to use money."

Jiu De Mayi conspicuously praised the Zhou Family, and didn't forget to sigh self-deprecatingly, sigh, a small group.

"This is how I've arranged the combat personnel assignments, take a look."

Emiya picked up Wa Lord's action team list. He and Old Tang were listed as "main damage dealers" in separate teams. The "sub-damage dealers" were Jiu De Mayi, Ling, and several Zhou Family members, in addition to defenders, scouts, and so on.

"This... Old Tang is actually taking on such a big responsibility?"

In Emiya's opinion, although Old Tang now had a developed mind and firepower, he was still directionally challenged, plus a former amnesia patient, and occasionally provided some funny, goofy little surprises.

Reliable? Didn't feel completely reliable.

Old Tang, who had snapped back to reality, strongly retorted, "Brother, how can you not trust me like this? Old Tang is now a flipped salted fish who can be of great use! When the time comes, I'll take you directly to the skies with my superb Pyromancy, alright!"

"If you can live up to my trust... dare you swear you won't get lost and fall behind halfway?"

"What's so difficult about that! Will I, Old Tang, get lost in this small place? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Old Tang was full of confidence.

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