Chapter 4443 — This Is Madness
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
Four whole rounds had passed, and all they had to show for it was one hundred and ten points. Even if that score was not the very bottom among all thirty-two escort agencies, it was certainly near the bottom. And with a record like that, they still dreamed of joining the ranks of the Five Great Escort Agencies and displacing the Qingtian Escort Agency? Was that not the sort of ambition that would make people laugh their teeth out?
"Don't be so hasty. My technique, All Things Slain, cannot possibly go wrong. As long as the escorted item is hidden in there, it must inevitably be caught within its range. There is absolutely no chance of it being missed!" Wu Baoliang forced himself to calm down and spoke with conviction.
"Then... what do we say now?" Cheng Haonan and Long Kuiba could not help but exchange glances.
"There is one possibility: the dark iron used to forge this escorted-item chest was itself of inferior quality, and so it too was shattered during the All Things Slain just now," Wu Baoliang said, stroking his chin.
"Yes, yes. Dark iron is precious to begin with. This escorted item is nothing but a symbolic prop for the competition. The Sihai Escort Agency very likely used some inferior dark iron to pad out the supply, skimming the difference for profit." Long Kuiba immediately found this deeply convincing. The Sihai Escort Agency was the host of this year's gathering, and after receiving a great sum of funding, it supplied all the materials. Anyone in their position would have thought about skimming a little profit off the top.
"But if that is the case, what do we do?" Cheng Haonan said with a frown. The people outside did not care what methods you used. Only by bringing out the chest could they prove the escorted item had been found; otherwise, no matter what they said, it was all nonsense.
"Indeed. Strategist, do you have a plan?" Long Kuiba looked thoroughly headache-stricken.
"Heh heh. There is a way." Wu Baoliang rolled his eyes and gave a sinister laugh. "In any case, there is definitely no escorted-item chest in there now. Once we go out, all we have to do is turn it around and bite first, saying Ling Yi destroyed it himself. Presumably he will not be able to produce it either, and then the matter will be impossible to explain clearly."
"Yes, yes. I saw that Hai Wuliang took a heavy loss; he surely will not take it lying down. When the time comes, he will inevitably side with us against Ling Yi. We will be in an unassailable position from the start!" Cheng Haonan's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly.
"A brilliant plan, Strategist. Let us do just that!" Long Kuiba was instantly overjoyed.
After the three finished their discussion, Wu Baoliang took the lead, with Long Kuiba and Cheng Haonan following close behind, and they immediately charged out in a menacing fashion.
"You!" Wu Baoliang strode swiftly up to Wei Zhao, pointed at his nose, and said in a fierce tone, "When you put the escorted item back just now, did you take the opportunity to destroy it?"
"Destroyed it just now?" Hearing this, Hai Wuliang beside them gave a sudden start and joined in the questioning: "Well now! I was wondering why even Master Lai could not find it. So it was you, brat, secretly playing tricks. Men, seize him for me!"
As soon as the words fell, a group of skilled hands from the Sihai Escort Agency immediately surrounded Wei Zhao on all sides. They had already found Wei Zhao an eyesore for one reason or another; now at last they had found a chance to vent their anger.
Seeing this, Cheng Haonan and Long Kuiba were secretly delighted. Just as expected, that creature Hai Wuliang was a ready-made thug!