"Sister."
The man on the screen, his eyes wrapped in white gauze, couldn't help but reveal a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
Ariel was sitting in the hovercar. Her eyes were filled with a bit of gentle love and exhaustion: "Hmm, how is the club these days?"
"Everything's fine at the club."
Sheldor said and paused for a moment. Then, he mentioned Sheng Cheng and Ya Bu who came to the club once again yesterday.
"Sheng Cheng is an officer from the Sixth Base."
Ariel's brows furrowed slightly:
"Have you checked why he joined the club?"
"Checked, he was brought here by a colleague. According to the information, Sheng Cheng and his colleague were thinking of entering the club to see the world after hearing about the Dark Night Club by chance. There isn't too much of a problem, but I've instructed my subordinates to remain vigilant."
Although still frowning, Ariel's heart relaxed a little. Sheldor was very meticulous, otherwise, he wouldn't have become one of the high-ranking members of the organization so quickly. She turned to ask: "And what is the matter with that person called Ya Bu?"
"He is a survivor of the Seventh Base, currently living in the central city. His identity is not a problem. I will contact him again later. If possible, I will recruit him as a member of the organization."
"Uh-huh."
Ariel's eyes were a little grim, "The comrades of the Fifth Base have cut off their contact. We have a lot fewer companions. It's also time to absorb new people to avenge for the base."
Sheldor's fingertips slightly moved. He pursed his lips and did not say more.
Ariel looked at the pale man with bandages over his eyes on the screen, suddenly feeling guilty. Sheldor was not originally from the Seventh Base, and if it weren't for her, Sheldor wouldn't have been involved in this mess, constantly facing threats to his life.
Self-blame and regret surged within her, feelings she hadn't experienced in a long time.
Ariel's throat felt itchy, and the craving for cigarettes gnawed at her heart, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Across the screen, Sheldor was not clear about Ariel's thoughts. He was more worried about the other party's next plan, "Sister, you'll be heading to the butler's meeting later, right?"
"Hmm."
Ariel hid the thoughts in her heart and pretended to be relaxed, "Qin Qi's butler shouldn't know my identity. This time, I'll continue to strike a good relationship with him in the hope of extracting useful information."
"Be careful in all things."
Sheldor was silent for a long time, but he could only utter such few words.
Ariel let out a hmm, she looked at Sheldor and suddenly spoke out, "Have the others at the top of the organization still been looking for trouble from you lately?"
Sheldor was not from the Seventh Base. Their plans were all matters of putting their lives on the line. Even though Sheldor bowed to the organization, such an identity still caused him to be subjected to quite a bit of suspicion.
"No, they're fine."
Sheldor had deep feelings for the people in the organization. Although the higher-ups still suspected him, it was all minor, and he didn't want Ariel to worry.
Ariel observed for a while but didn't notice anything suspicious. She relaxed a bit, glanced at the message reminder in her optical brain, and then said, "It's almost time. I'm leaving now."
Sheldor nodded, his mood sinking a lot after the image on the optical brain screen disappeared.
She and their companions wanted revenge too much.
He must find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible to avoid hurting innocent people.
On the other hand, after Ariel walked out from the hovercar, she overheard a black-haired young man wearing a tuxedo. The other party was followed by a woman wearing a black military uniform, who should be his bodyguard.
"Ya Xiao!"
Hearing his name, Ya Xiao turned his head sideways just in time to see Ariel walking towards him with a gentle expression.
"Good morning."
Ya Xiao curved his eyes, seemingly happy to see Ariel.
Emily beside him was instantly wary in her heart when she saw this butler representative, but on the surface, she didn't show any emotions.
Ariel was an accomplice of the original assassination of the marshal in the Fifth Base and was also the most important person on her blacklist to beware of. She herself must not let this woman hurt Ya Xiao.
Emily's hand naturally rested on her waist, where her weapon was hidden. She raised her steps to follow them, listening to the two people talk.
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"Today is the opening of the butler representative meeting. There is no competition involved, so you don't need to be too nervous." Ariel's temperament was gentle. She spoke quite considerately, making it easy to develop a favorable impression.
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Ya Xiao's blue eyes curved slightly as he followed suit and gave his room number, then held out his hand to Ariel.
"What?"
Ariel held out her hand in confusion before a candy was placed in her palm.
"It's pumpkin monster candy, it's delicious."
As if Ya Xiao was a simple young boy with little heart, his pair of blue eyes curved as if they were translucent glass beads, "Thank you for giving me so many details about this."
Ariel froze for a moment, obviously not expecting to receive a small gift out of the blue, but her reaction was also quick, turning to smile, "It's just a small thing."
She was befriending the other party only with a purpose.
The fact that Ya Xiao gave herself a gift in return meant that her plan had not gone wrong. It was just that the other party seemed to be too simple, which made Ariel a little overwhelmed for a moment.
She looked at Ya Xiao's back, and her eyes deepened a lot. She couldn't be soft-hearted, all these were nothing for the sake of revenge.
Ya Xiao lifted his steps in the direction of the lounge. Next to him, Emily thought back to the scene just now, her expression was a little tangled.
"Emily, want some candy?"
Ya Xiao sensed Emily's wrongness and thought that Emily also wanted to eat candy, happily handing her a handful of the pumpkin monster candies.
This pumpkin monster candy was a freebie from a recent purchase at the mall, and there were so many of them that Ya Xiao usually carried some with him.
"No."
Emily looked at Ya Xiao's simple blue eyes and waved her hand somewhat feebly. It wasn't like she was craving for it, she just felt that it was a bit bad for Ya Xiao to get too close to that assassin.
It was obvious that Ariel must be harboring an agenda.
Emily pushed this matter to the back of her mind, intending to report it to Mist later.
In the meantime, the thing she had to do was to protect Ya Xiao.
Ya Xiao was not disappointed when he was rejected. He put the candy back into his pocket, and his tail hidden inside his pants gave a small flick as he emphasized, "Then Emily, if you want to eat it whenever you want to, feel free to tell me."
Emily, "Got it."
The two went into the lounge one after the other for a short while and waited until a staff member came by to inform them before following the directions into the venue.
Today was the opening ceremony of the butler meeting.
It was mainly to introduce the participants, and the main event was all in the next few days.
The venue was well attended.
In addition to the three butler representatives, there were two student representatives from the Butler Academy, and five heavyweight members of the Butler Council.
The issues related to butlers on various bases would come to a final result under the discussion of these ten.
Only when these ten of them finished delivering their speeches in turn would the opening ceremony be considered officially over.
[The host has worked hard.]
The system waited until Ya Xiao finished his speech and immediately sent comfort.
Ya Xiao's blue eyes transmitted a few pleasant smiles. He responded in his heart and sat back in his seat.
[Host, will Ariel harm you?]
The system looked at Ariel who was giving a speech with some concern, [The reason she approached you should be to probe the villain's news. It's just that I'm worried that she's eager for revenge and will be unfavorable to you.]
[Fourth Uncle, don't worry.]
Ya Xiao comforted the distraught system and said, [Ariel can't beat me.]
That's true.
The system suddenly realized and did not hold on to this matter any longer. The host was very smart. Letting Ariel get close to him might mean that he wanted to get something out of her, so the system didn't have to worry too much.
[Host still wants to go to the club at night?]
[Of course.]
Ya Xiao was curious to know how the club side would react after learning about his identity as a survivor of the Seventh Base.
After the meeting, Ya Xiao went back to the temporary residence to stick to Qin Qi as usual. At this time, Qin Qi also just came back from the joint meeting. Ya Xiao stayed until ten o'clock in the evening, before returning to his room.
[Sheng Cheng's side hasn't traveled to the club yet.] The system said, [Does the host have to wait for him?]
"No need."
Ya Xiao said, consuming a Demon Voucher once again. In the next second, the youthful person disappeared and was replaced by an upright and slender black-haired young man.
His expression was a little eager. He was looking forward to what would happen next.
For Sheldor and the club to be targeted by Sheng Cheng, there must be a hidden secret, but what exactly was the hidden secret, even Ya Xiao, who grasped the plot of the original book, did not know clearly.
But the first half of the plot was deeply connected with the Seventh Base. If the club side knew that "Ya Bu" comes from the Seventh Base, it may reveal some things.
Of course, this was only Ya Xiao's previous thought.
Last night, someone had already checked Ya Bu's information. All the speculations could only be further judged if he went to the club today to see if they had made any other moves.
After unlocking the door and making sure nothing was missing, Ya Xiao left his room.
Arriving on the third floor of the club, Sheldor noticed Ya Xiao's arrival and took the initiative to approach and talk to him.
Sheldor clutched the blind cane in his hand.
The organization had to take in new compatriots to continue to function. Whether this strange young man, Ya Bu, could be a part of their organization, he needed to test the waters first.
"Ya Bu, you're here early today."
Sheldor spoke in a gentle tone.
"Work ended early."
Ya Xiao explained and followed Sheldor to a corner of the stargazing platform, gathering around an astronomical telescope.
Sheldor was a slow person, and Ya Xiao was not in a hurry. The two talked casually, exchanging words smoothly.
After a while, Sheldor said, "The central city is actually not the most suitable place for stargazing, the terrain here is not really high."
"Oh? Where is the most suitable place for stargazing?"
Ya Xiao realized what was going on and picked up the conversation.
"Seventh Base."
Sheldor pursed his lips, his tone somewhat dejected, "It's just that after the destruction of the Seventh Base, there's no way to stargaze there even if you want to."
Cutting to the chase so soon?
Ya Xiao was a bit surprised, but still remembered to maintain his "Ya Bu" persona. The smile on his face tightened a bit, and his mood sank quite a bit along with it.
"What's wrong?"
Sheldor faked a confused expression as if he didn't understand why Ya Xiao had quieted down, "Did I say something wrong?"
"No."
The youth with the scorpion braid hanging behind his waist had slightly drooping eyelashes and a slightly forced smile at the corners of his mouth, "I was born in the Seventh Base."
As if he knew about this matter for the first time, Sheldor acted a little nervous. He was like an ordinary person who accidentally stepped on someone else's minefield and was clueless. He hastily apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't know about this."
"It's okay."
Ya Xiao said on his lips that he was fine, but there was still no smile in his eyes as if he hadn't come out from the gloom of the destruction of the Seventh Base.
Sheldor noticed this and had a general understanding in his heart. He did not continue to mention the matter of the Seventh Base, but instead talked about knowledge about astronomy.
Ya Xiao assessed the persona that he had set for "Ya Bu". He was not interested in the whole process, very different from his usual enthusiasm for astronomy. When Sheng Cheng arrived, he did not take the initiative to talk to him, contrary to his usual behavior.
Even the time he left the club was much earlier than usual.
Sheng Cheng felt that it was a bit odd, but this was a good thing for him, after all, this way he could be alone with Sheldor and exchange feelings.
"Sheng Cheng, you sit down first. I'll go replace the telescope."
Sheng Cheng nodded and then he saw that Sheldor had asked other fellow astronomers to entertain him, while he himself ran off to the side.
Compared to Sheldor's concern for Ya Bu, at this moment, he was polite to Sheng Cheng with a hint of detachment.
Sheng Cheng did not find it strange. After all, in his opinion, before he was sure of the other party's intentions, excessive vigilance and warmth would make the officer of the "Sixth Base" feel strange.
He used the identity of the Sixth Base officer to approach him in order to verify whether or not he betrayed the organization. The other party's attitude was quite normal.
However, he could not easily jump to conclusions. He needed to continue to observe.
Sheng Cheng pondered secretly and learned a lot about astronomy from the fellow astronomers who entertained him before waddling back to work waiting for the club to close and continuing to work overtime to complete the tasks set by his devilish boss.
The day was crammed to the brim.
Thinking about this, Sheng Cheng couldn't even put on a forced fake smile.
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Sheldor looked at the information in his hand and made a mark on it, "Ya Bu has a deep affection for the Seventh Base."
He pondered for a moment then instructed his subordinate, "Tomorrow night, if Ya Bu comes over again, you go and approach him and gradually guide him to join us."
"Got it."
The middle-aged man wearing glasses with a somewhat disheveled expression nodded, lowered his head, and titled a cigarette, "Leave it to me."
And this scene was also relayed by the system in real-time to Ya Xiao.
"Let me join their organization?"
Ya Xiao curved his eyes, "Surely that organization of theirs has something to do with the Seventh Base?"
In the original book, the protagonist, Wei Shi, had always felt that this club was normal and had no abnormalities, so it looked like there was a real problem with this viewpoint.
Then, Sheng Cheng's purpose of approaching this organization was a bit intriguing.
[Does the host want to join?]
"Of course."
Ya Xiao said excitedly, "Doesn't Fourth Uncle think this matter is very interesting?"
The system really didn't think so, but it had never refuted the host and said thoughtfully at his words, [It's good that the host is happy.]
The smile in Ya Xiao's eyes deepened a bit. He nodded his head and looked around. At this time, there were no shadows under the building, so it was a good time to sneak back to his room.
When he was planning to avoid the surveillance and go back to his room, he suddenly sensed something, his feet froze, and he instantly disappeared in the same place.
The system was a bit puzzled and then saw a familiar figure appear in a dark corner.
It was Qin Qi.
His eyes calmly glanced in the direction where the host was, his sight as sharp as a blade as he swept.
The system instantly choked.
It was afraid that the host would be discovered and pulled out.
Fortunately, after observing for a long time, Qin Qi seemed to think that there was nothing wrong with his surroundings. He withdrew his sight, leaped on his feet, and nimbly climbed the wall to return to his room.
The window belonging to the villain was tightly closed.
The room was dark as if what the marshal had just done in sneaking back to his room, as he had done, was only Ya Xiao's illusion.
Ya Xiao stood in the tree and touched his ear bone clip in thought.
So, the villain was just now coming back?
Was he off on some classified mission?