Chapter 4234 — Wei Zhao Volunteers
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"I will go too." At the same moment another stepped out beside him.
But apart from these two, not another soul came forward. Both were standing escorts with no other assignments booked at present, relatively idle these days; had they not stepped out now, they would have lost face, and so they had done so reluctantly.
As for the rest present, even the standing escorts, so long as they had any halfway plausible excuse, were not about to take such work; and of the free-roaming nominal escorts, needless to say, whether they took a run depended entirely on their own whim—the Qingtian Escort Agency had no hold over them at all.
"Is there anyone else willing to go? There is a good deal of cargo this time, and we need at least four escorts to guard it," Qi Wenmo said. His expression had eased somewhat, but he was still hard pressed.
Four escorts at minimum—that was Wei Zhaotong's requirement and the bottom line for the cargo's safety. But this run went to Xianpeng Island after all; that two had stepped forward was already creditable. To expect four all at once was truly difficult.
Fortunately, those present were only a portion of the agency; many other escorts had not yet arrived. Qi Wenmo was confident that once the assignment was posted, gathering four would be no problem at all—it would merely take a couple more days.
Of course, that was a last resort born of necessity. For the illustrious Qingtian Escort Agency to need two days merely to muster four escorts—would that not invite contempt and make them a laughingstock?
Qi Wenmo swept his gaze over the hall, and at last it came to rest on Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, with a hidden glimmer of hope.
After all, by the rules the Qingtian Escort Agency could not compel nominal escorts to take any work, and the rest of those present were thick-skinned old hands. Better to pin his hopes on these two newcomers than on them.
Seeing this, Wei Zhao could not help hesitating. Though he had no impression of Xianpeng Island and did not yet know exactly where the difficulty of this run lay, he could tell plainly enough from the others' manner that this was a scalding hot potato.
At any other time, cautious as he habitually was, he would never have rashly stepped forward to tread on such a mine. But on second thought, given the straits in which he and Huang Xiaotao now found themselves, seizing the chance of this run to get away for a while was in fact no bad choice at all!
That wretch Cheng Qitian had openly proclaimed that he would keep a deadly watch on the two of them; once they were found alone, he would surely come to make trouble. And with the strength he and Huang Xiaotao presently commanded, they were by no means a match for that peak early-Nascent Soul servant of his.
Rather than huddle passively in the Qingtian Escort Agency, unable to set foot outside, better to use this chance to leave Wei Arc City for a time. When that happened, even if Cheng Qitian wanted to find the two of them, it would not be so easy.
Only—how perilous this run to Xianpeng Island would truly be, and whether taking it merely to escape Cheng Qitian's watchful eye was worth it, Wei Zhao still had to weigh carefully.
"We will go too." After turning it over again and again, Wei Zhao at last decided to accept, and Huang Xiaotao followed wherever he led, approving unconditionally whatever decision he made. (To be continued..) R527