Seeing that the middle-aged man still looked hesitant, the man named Old Five irritably patted his shoulder and discreetly pointed toward Yue Chen's group of a dozen or so people.
"Think about it. What seasoned Demon Hunt Squad would come shopping at the Trade Center together, wearing such innocent smiles?" Old Five curled his lip. "Even an established General Rank Demon Hunt Squad like ours already knows everything this place sells. How could they possibly be a higher-ranked squad? And they all look so young."
"Now that you mention it, you do have a point." After thinking it over briefly, the middle-aged man nodded in understanding.
"But if we really do this, how are we any different from those bastards who pretended to be weak and swindled us out of our merit points back then?" Seeing the others looking tempted, the most honest-looking member of the group could not help reminding them quietly.
"Don't forget what that squad told us after they cheated us. They said it was a lesson, and even had the gall to claim they were teaching us to keep our feet on the ground and stop being greedy." A female member of the squad spoke with sudden bitterness. "And when we complained to the Alliance, we got the same answer. If the Alliance won't interfere in disputes between Demon Hunt Squads, why should they be allowed to do it while we can't?"
Her words stirred the others' memories and completely erased what little guilt they had left.
"We're doing this so Squad No. 8 can advance to a Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad. If the captain blames us, just tell him it was my idea." Old Five suddenly looked apologetically at his teammates. "If I hadn't acted so rashly back then, we wouldn't be in such a