In the plot, Sheng Cheng helped the protagonist group a lot. The protagonist Wei Shi also knew a lot of things about the Sixth Base from his mouth.
According to the clues that the protagonist had, Sheng Cheng did not lie, but he was still a bit wary of Sheng Cheng.
Sheng Cheng should also be aware of this, so even though he would mix with the protagonist group afterward, he never had the intention of integrating and was in a state of wandering from beginning to end.
The oddities in Sheng Cheng were not small.
Ya Xiao once again lamented, raised his hand, and touched his ear bone clip, contacting the system again:
[Fourth Uncle, if you know any information about the club that Sheng Cheng wants to join, let me know as soon as possible.]
[Okay!]
The system raised its glasses, staring intently at Sheng Cheng who was taking a bath, and firmly said, [Host don't worry! I will tell you as soon as I have information!]
Although old, Fourth Uncle was still very reliable in doing things.
Ya Xiao cut the connection with the system and turned to think about the spring meeting.
The spring meeting would not officially begin until the marshals of the seven bases had arrived in the central city.
In the plot, in just a month's time, the prosperous central city seemed to be on the eve of a storm. The forces hidden under the darkness were treacherous and volatile, brewing bigger storms and disasters without words. The protagonists, Wei Shi and the others, would seize this opportunity to find out the truth about the destruction of the Seventh Base.
But this had nothing to do with Ya Xiao.
As a "weak" butler, he only needed to serve his employer well. The only special thing he had to do was to attend a butler meeting.
It was just an ordinary event.
The next day, Ya Xiao was in front of the full-length mirror, organizing his appearance. He was making sure that there were no wrinkles on his black tuxedo and that every part of his tuxedo was decent and perfect. Then, he left the room and knocked on the door of the villain's room.
Today, the marshals of the border bases had all arrived in the central city. According to the next schedule, the villain should go to his allies to exchange feelings.
"How many marshals from the second-tier bases have come?"
Qin Qi looked down at the butler who was fastening his buttons.
Naturally, Ya Xiao had checked this information a long time ago.
"The marshal of the First Base, Delbo, and the marshal of the Second Base, Cheng Di, have both arrived in the central city."
Ya Xiao counted down the two second-tier bases and raised his blue eyes to Qin Qi: "Marshal, are we going to meet them?"
According to past information, the marshal would only take the initiative to meet the three allies of the border bases the day after he arrived in the central city.
Now, he was asking him about whether the second-tier bases had come to the central city, which made Ya Xiao somewhat surprised.
Qin Qi's eyes deepened slightly. After some silence, he rejected the offer, "Forget it."
"Okay."
Ya Xiao could feel that Qin Qi should be thinking about something. He recalled the original plot but did not find any clues. After all, the plot was advancing from the protagonist's point of view and what happened on the villain's side was not narrated in detail in the plot.
"You're going to meet the butler representatives of the central city and the second-tier bases this afternoon?" Qin Qi suddenly spoke.
Ya Xiao returned to his senses, his blue eyes curved, and he nodded affirmatively, "Yes, we agreed to meet at 5:00 p.m. You should be in a meeting at that time. If there are no accidents, I'll be back by the time you're done with your meeting."
"Hmm."
Qin Qi lifted his eyelids and said in a faint voice, "Take Emily with you and stay away from the representative of the second-tier bases."
The butler representative of the second-tier base, Ariel, was an ally pried out of the mouth of the Fifth Base's assassin gang.
Qin Qi didn't explain why he wanted Ya Xiao to stay away from Ariel. The butler was smart enough to be reminded to that extent.
Ya Xiao froze for a moment, obviously not expecting Qin Qi to say this to himself.
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"Okay."
Ya Xiao looked up at Qin Qi's dark eyes, realizing that the villain was concerned about himself. He suddenly had some indescribable emotions in his heart, but on the surface, he still nodded obediently, "I'll try to avoid being alone with Ariel as much as possible."
Qin Qi calmly withdrew his line of sight and gave a hmmm, taking the butler with him and leaving the room.
The spring meeting had not yet officially begun.
But on the first step into the central city, he had already stepped into a battlefield without smoke. Qin Qi knew this better than anyone else.
Ya Xiao could feel the oppressive feeling around the villain. After carefully sensing it and determining that this negative emotion wouldn't cause his TH value to fluctuate, he let go of his heart.
Well, it was still safe.
The next step was to protect Soren. If Soren died, the villain might break the taboo and just lose control like when Wei Duo was shot.
Of course, the fact that Wei Duo's death would cause the villain to go out of control was just Ya Xiao's speculation about the original plot and couldn't be confirmed.
By 4:30 p.m., Emily knocked on the door. Ya Xiao spoke to the villain, left the office, and took the hovercar to the location of the appointment with the other two butler representatives.
"Do you know who those two butler representatives are?" Emily looked ahead, gripping the steering wheel, her teeth itching a little at the thought that one of those two was the being who tried to kill the marshal.
Both of Ya Xiao's butler friends, Yan Chi and Bolton, had said the relevant information.
His blue eyes were thoughtful, "Ariel and Chen Chen, right?"
Chen Chen was the butler representative from the central city.
"As long as you know."
Emily didn't know much about these two butler representatives, after all, no butler had ever been a representative in the Sixth Base before.
"Ya Xiao, you don't need to be on good terms with them, just save face. When the butler representatives meet, the three of you with different positions will be rivals."
"Don't hold back on them."
Emily was equally wary of everything but the Sixth Base and always felt that they would all bully Ya Xiao, a small child with little heart.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao nodded.
There was no plot related to the butler representatives in the original book, but the thought that there was Ariel in there who harbored ill will towards Qin Qi ignited Ya Xiao's not-so-subtle interest.
When they arrived at the appointed place, both Ariel and Chen Chen were already sitting in their seats.
Although Ariel was the butler representative of the second-tier bases, she was not the butler of a certain marshal, but the butler of the First Base Marshal's Adjutant, from which it was enough to see her overwhelming ability.
The slim black butler uniform outlined her delicate curves. Seeing someone come over, Ariel politely stood up. Her temperament was gentle and quiet, like a quiet forest lake under the moonlight, and she couldn't help but make people feel good about her.
Next to her, Chen Chen, an older white-haired butler looking rather serious, nodded as he looked at Ya Xiao, "Hello."
Ya Xiao also greeted the two politely and after a brief introduction of himself, he took his seat.
The three had agreed to meet at the cafe.
This meeting was for the butler representatives to familiarize themselves with each other in advance. Of course, since Ariel and Chen Chen both had been serving as butler representatives a few years ago and had known each other for a long time, the so-called familiarization with each other was only directed at the new butler representative, Ya Xiao.
Emily did not get very close to them, sitting alone at the bar, glancing at the three from time to time.
"I had thought that the butler representative of the border bases would still be Bolton this time as before." Ariel looked at the young butler before her with just the right amount of curiosity and said softly:
"You must be a very good butler."
Ya Xiao loved to hear people praise him and said with a modest face, "Many people have said so."
Ariel froze for a moment and laughed out softly, like a big sister next door, gently pushing the cake that was farther away from Ya Xiao towards his side.
Next to him, Chen Chen sipped lightly on his coffee, not making a sound as it was placed on the cup holder, "With the butler representative meeting unfolding in two or three days, I don't think there's any need for us to see each other again and waste our time on such an unnecessary occasion."
Ya Xiao blinked without saying anything.
Next to her, Ariel seemed to feel that Chen Chen's words were too utilitarian. The smile on her face remained unchanged and her tone was as gentle as before, "Elder Chen, it is not a waste of time for us to come here to network. In addition to serving our employers, a proper rest will also improve ourselves."
"Extra rest time would make me feel like life is wasted. We are just competitors."
Chen Chen didn't give Ariel any face. He was just like a brick, stubborn and unchanging, every wrinkle on his brow spoke of his insensitivity.
"What a hard rock."
Ariel had quite a headache, then gave Ya Xiao an intimate smile, "But that's what makes him excellent. Ya Xiao, you're still young, don't listen to him. Relax, although we're rivals, we can be good friends in private."
Ya Xiao looked at Ariel who was deliberately getting close to him, and revealed a simple and bright smile, "Okay."
Time passed little by little, because they still had to take care of their employers, none of the three butlers chatted for a very long time in the cafe, but instead waited until they had finished the few cups of coffee and each added their optical brain numbers before leaving the place one after the other.
"Emily, let's go."
Ya Xiao seemed to have had a nice chat with the two butler representatives, his eyes were curved the whole time.
Emily was not aware that the marshal had already warned Ya Xiao to stay away from Ariel. She recalled the scene of the pleasant conversation just now in a tangled manner and scratched the back of her head in annoyance, "Let's go."
The matter of the assassin can't be spread out. Ariel shouldn't directly tackle Ya Xiao at the moment. It won't do her any good. Let's just leave it like this for now, but in the next two days, Ya Xiao and Ariel must not be allowed to spend time alone together.
Just in case something unexpected happens, Emily made a decision inwardly.
At the same time, after leaving the cafe, Ariel got into her own hovercar. She pulled off her bow tie, took out a cigarette from the drawer next to her, and held it in the corner of her mouth. Her warm and gentle demeanor no longer existed and was replaced by a fierce indifference.
The optical brain ticked twice.
A skinny and thin man appeared on the screen, his eyes were covered by white gauze, and it seemed that he had just had eye surgery.
"Sister, how was it?"
"Can't see anything at the moment." Ariel thought of Ya Xiao's performance in the cafe just now and scrunched her eyebrows as she voiced out, "It's not surprising. Even if Qin Qi knew that I'm an assassin, he'd never tell the butler, who he's only known for three months, about this matter."
"Just in case, I won't be going to the club these days."
Ariel had already made plans with some of her companions to prepare to kill Qin Qi at the Fifth Base, but before the execution of the plan had even begun, she was suddenly unable to contact those companions of hers.
It was obvious that they had all been caught.
Ariel wasn't sure if her companions had given her up, but she wasn't willing to throw away her current status.
This position of her own could operate many things in the shadows. If she directly escaped, their plan to kill Qin Qi would only become more difficult.
"Okay, you take care of your safety as well."
The man who was blindfolded by the gauze trusted Ariel and directly nodded without the slightest hesitation.
Ariel's ruthless and sharp brows softened a lot when she heard this. Compared to the warmth of the cafe, although she didn't show a smile, it was more real.
The optical brain shut down.
Smoke lingered in the hovercar, Ariel snuffed out the cigarette in her hand, her eyes welling up with a desperate madness.
No matter what, she wanted to have Qin Qi buried with the Seventh Base.
On the other side, the four marshals of the border bases had just finished their meeting. Qin Qi sat in his original position without moving.
Wista had a few words with Wenbor, who had provoked him as soon as he arrived in the central city, and was just about to head out the door when he noticed this. He raised an eyebrow, not even bothering to knit his scarf, and said curiously, "What? You have a meeting next?"
"Hmm."
This was the meeting room assigned to the Sixth Base, and Qin Qi's meetings with his subordinates were also held within this meeting room.
"Wow, you're really busy."
Wista felt a twinge of sadness. Although the position of a marshal was indeed busy, it was rare to see someone like Qin Qi, who went from one meeting to another without pause.
"You think everyone is as lazy as you?" Next to him, Wenbor said sarcastically.
"If there's nothing else, you guys can leave first." Qin Qi wasn't interested in listening to the two's nonsense.
"Qin Qi, put on some manners!" Wenbor felt offended.
"Alright."
Wista consciously didn't bother the busy Qin Qi as he put away his scarf and pushed Wenbor, who had been angered by that remark, out of the room.
Once the marshals had left, the two adjutants, Mist and Soren, came in from outside.
"Well?"
Qin Qi gazed at the two men.
Mist's eyes under his gold-rimmed glasses were calm as he nodded, then reported, "We monitored Ariel's return to the hovercar where she mentioned the club again in a conversation with a man."
"Combined with the information sent over by the First Base Marshal earlier, it seems that they still have accomplices spread throughout that so-called club."
"Has that man's location been found?"
Qin Qi's voice chilled.
"The current location is a nightclub in the red light district of the central city. According to the information, this club accepts anyone regardless of identity or age as long as they have money to join. This is the norm for clubs in the central city."
"I've already sent people to collect his past track of action and other information."
"Hm."
Qin Qi sat on the chair. His gaze fell on the documents Mist placed on the desk, his eyes obscure and indistinguishable. After a while, he spoke out, "Soren, go and investigate this club. Don't expose your identity."
"Yes."
Soren's muffled voice came out from under the gas mask.
On the other side, Ya Xiao was still on his way back.
The androgynous voice suddenly sounded in his mind, [Host, there's action on Sheng Cheng's side. He was originally reading a book in his room when he suddenly muttered something in a low voice as if someone had issued him some kind of order.]
Ya Xiao froze for a moment, remembering the contact chip on the arms of those people with Eld when he was in the Fifth Base.
Could Sheng Cheng have implanted a chip as well?
No, the reason why Eld and the others were able to implant the chip and still remain undetected was because they weren't officers, but Sheng Cheng was an officer even though he was a civilian, and he had to undergo a physical test every day as he went in and out.
So how did Sheng Cheng receive the order?
Ya Xiao curiously asked in his mind, [Fourth Uncle, did you hear what Sheng Cheng muttered?]
[He was ordered to join a club.]
The system summarized, [To join that club, you need enough money. Sheng Cheng is now trying to find a way to join that club.]
[Oh.] Ya Xiao felt that this club might be the organization in the protagonist's plot that didn't have any abnormalities. He curved his eyes, [Fourth Uncle, I'm interested in that organization.]
The system was unsurprised and was about to say that they'll sneak in tonight then, but before it could say anything, it heard the host's fluttering voice in the next second:
[I wonder if I can join that club?]
System: ???
Ya Xiao said politely: [Sheng Cheng should be very happy to be in the same club as me, right?]