The room fell into a long silence.
The silver-white moonlight hit the ground. The mysterious young man with a mask on his face leaned against the back of the chair, his elongated tone was tinged with a little bit of laughter. His posture was casual, light, and leisurely.
One could not guess whether his words were serious or just a joke.
Qin Qi glanced at Ya Bu. He then slowly retracted his eyes and said in a calm tone, "Directly resolving Delbo will only lead to more trouble."
Among the marshals of all the bases, as well as the military and civilians up and down the First Base, Delbo had always maintained the image of an amorous and flirtatious marshal who was extremely responsible in official matters.
He could just kill Delbo, however, doing so would not really solve the crisis of the human base and would only cause the First Base to fall into chaos without its leader.
"Fine."
Ya Xiao shrugged his shoulders and gave up on the idea, with some pity in his tone.
Because he changed his mind too quickly, it made people suspect that he was just joking from the beginning.
Qin Qi did not take Ya Bu's behavior to heart.
If Ya Bu really had the intention to kill Delbo, he should have done it a long time ago and not wait until now to discuss it with himself.
Ya Bu had a very bad temperament and loved to joke around, but he always had a sense of propriety when it came to this kind of thing.
On the whole, he was a good collaborator. At least, he would not drag his feet by asking for trouble.
Qin Qi thought of Delbo's various things, his eyes slightly sunken. Suppressing all kinds of thoughts in his heart, he turned to say:
"In the past few days, Sheldor's side has encountered various accidents one after another, and his girlfriend Arielhas experienced the same. Both of them are safe for the time being."
Previously, Ya Bu had reminded him to protect Sheldor, so in all fairness, Qin Qi had to tell Ya Bu about this matter.
Ya Xiao was baffled for a moment when he first heard of Sheldor's name.
So there really was someone who wanted to kill Sheldor?
No, Sheldor's girlfriend was Ariel?
Ya Xiao's thoughts tumbled.
When he had first blended into the club under the identity of Ya Bu, Sheldor had been his superior in the organization.
In the original book, Sheldor ended up committing suicide.
According to the protagonist group's investigation, he killed himself because his girlfriend died suddenly and he couldn't think clearly for a while.
After Ya Xiao and Sheldor became a little familiar with each other, he felt that his character should not be so impulsive. So, after noticing the cooperation between Qin Qi and Sheldor, he casually mentioned it and then did not care about it again.
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He didn't realize that his guess was really right and that Sheldor's death wasn't a simple suicide.
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Ya Xiao had a strange feeling of being unexpectedly informed, and his mood became somewhat cheerful. After a moment of thought, he curiously asked, "Ariel probably doesn't know about Sheldor cooperating with you, right?"
Ariel was a remnant of the Seventh Base, but Sheldor was not, the reason why he joined the organization was to help his girlfriend.
After knowing that Qin Qi had already discovered the existence of the organization while that lord had discarded the organization as an outcast, Sheldor chose to cooperate with Qin Qi.
"Hmm."
Qin Qi did not deny it.
Although Sheldor had cooperated with him, he was also clear that once the matter of their cooperation was exposed, turmoil would surely erupt within the organization, so the remnants of the Seventh Base, including Ariel, did not know about Sheldor's cooperation with him.
Ya Xiao curved his eyes at the words and looked at Qin Qi.
Sheldor's side had suffered accidents one after another. It was obviously because the matter of his cooperation with Qin Qi had been known by that lord and that was why he wanted to kill and silence him.
"He's obviously already planning to give up the organization, yet he still wants to settle the organization's traitors."
It was a little bit like a demon.
However, Ya Xiao was a bit disgusted with that coward who promised Sheng Cheng to find him for a fight and ended up doing nothing, so naturally, he wouldn't hand the other party that honor.
Hearing Ya Bu's words, Qin Qi did not say anything. The air pressure around him was a bit low, and the emotions in his eyes were hard to discern.
"Humans are just his pawns."
No matter how many of them were thrown away, the other party could find new pieces again, and there was no way he would let go of the humans who tried to bite him back.
If Sheldor really died, it would only be the other party's demonstration to make an example of Qin Qi and also to those who knew.
"That lord" would not have mercy on humans.
Even his loyal supporters were already doomed to be abandoned.
No matter which way you look at it, the other side had nothing to lose.
The loss was always the humans.
Ya Xiao looked at Qin Qi's obscure expression and guessed that the person he was talking about was, in all probability, Delbo.
Although he didn't know why the villain was so sure that Delbo was in a hostile camp.
But the villain was a cautious and calm human. The possibility of being influenced by Sheng Cheng should be very small. There should be something wrong even if Delbo didn't look odd.
Time passed slowly.
Although Ya Xiao was still chatting with the villain, he didn't completely ignore the time. Realizing that it was now half past ten, he stopped talking more.
"Marshal, I'll continue to monitor Delbo's side. I'll inform you early if there's any movement."
Qin Qi hmmed.
Ya Xiao laughed lightly at the sight and was about to jump from the window. Before he could make a move, a slightly muffled voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Since you are from the Seventh Base, why did you choose to cooperate with me?"
Qin Qi raised his eyes to look at Ya Bu.
If it were before, he wouldn't have asked more questions. Although they were collaborators, the other party seemed to be helping himself without any hard feelings, a little too dedicated.
Whatever the reason, the one who destroyed the Seventh Base barrier was indeed him.
Seventh Base?
As an afterthought, Ya Xiao remembered that Ya Bu's identity information was from the Seventh Base.
"Marshal, my identity information is fake."
Qin Qi's expression wasn't really surprised when he heard this, and he faintly withdrew his gaze, "Hmm, got it."
There was already a suspicion, but now it was just confirmed.
Ya Xiao carefully observed Qin Qi's expression for a while. It was hard to see whether the other party was relieved or lost when he learned that he wasn't a member of the Seventh Base.
However, it was clear that the matter of destroying the Seventh Base had been kept firmly in Qin Qi's mind.
After it was clear that Qin Qi wasn't going to say more, Ya Xiao said good night and then closed the window and left the place.
[Host, is it really okay for you to tell the marshal that Ya Bu's identity is fake?] The system was a little anxious, worried that the villain would take a shot at Ya Bu because of this.
"It's fine."
Ya Xiao took off his mask and cherishingly placed it into the suitcase that only he could open, while reassuring the system in a light tone, "The one with the mysterious identity is Ya Bu. It's not like it's any of Ya Xiao's business."
The system had been comforted by this line of the host once before and now that it was repeated, the effect was still very good. With a few words, the system had completely relaxed its mind.
It was just about to return to monitoring Delbo when it noticed, in its peripheral vision, that the host had opened the system's store. This wasn't unusual, after all, the host shopped in the store every day.
However, what surprised the system this time was that the host didn't follow his usual behavior of buying a large quantity of toys. Instead, he specifically typed in the search bar the words [Life Doll].
In the blink of an eye, several palm-sized scarecrows appeared on the interface. These scarecrows were dressed in all sorts of strange clothes, with colorful buttons for eyes, giving them an eerie and creepy vibe.
[Host, do you want to purchase a life doll?]
The system asked puzzledly. Back when they were still in the demon realm, the host had bought a life doll, which was not very useful, but its appearance was very much in line with the host's aesthetics.
Initially, the host had only bought one out of curiosity. However, compared to the eerie life doll, the other toys were more cost-effective and more in line with the host's aesthetic.
The sudden search for keywords now was obviously for something purposeful.
Ya Xiao nodded in a brisk tone, "Right."
Instead of explaining, he simply pressed buy. As the points dwindled, palm-sized scarecrows snapped and landed on Ya Xiao's bed.
Ya Xiao hummed and sat cross-legged on the bed, naming these scarecrows one by one.
"Ariel, Sheldor."
He looked at the scarecrows sitting in rows and chose with deliberation, saying Ariel's name to a scarecrow with a pink button eye, and Sheldor's name to the scarecrow next to it in a blue suit.
The two scarecrows suddenly moved as if they were conscious. After a few moments, they were silent as if they were just ordinary straw toys.
"Alright."
Ya Xiao's eyes curved unconsciously as he watched the movement of the two scarecrows, "This way, they can alert us if there is a life-threatening situation on Ariel's and Sheldor's side."
Life Dolls, as the name suggests, only needed to take the name of a person they know for the scarecrow. Then, they can know that person's life status and whether they were close to death through the scarecrow's prompts.
"Why does the host need to know Ariel and Sheldor's life status?" The system was a bit puzzled. Hadn't Qin Qi already sent someone to protect the two of them?
"I think they will still encounter danger."
Ya Xiao slightly organized his words. In the original book, both of them passed away one after another, and from what Qin Qi said, they had been having accidents recently.
If it were the villain himself who was protecting those two, there surely wouldn't be any problems, but the ones protecting them were only Qin Qi's subordinates. No one could guarantee if that lord would choose to use tougher means to settle them under the successive failures of his plans.
"I don't hate Ariel and Sheldor."
Ya Xiao had come into contact with the two of them. Although Ariel approached him with a purpose, she also helped Ya Xiao a lot. Of course, the most important thing was, "Qin Qi still has a use for keeping them."
Qin Qi was obviously planning to fight that lord. Ya Xiao wanted to continue to stay by his side peacefully to absorb the demon value, so he had to ensure Qin Qi's safety.
Based on that, of course, the more help the villain had, the better.
The system nodded approvingly when it heard this.
Then, his gaze fell on the next pile of scarecrows, Ariel and Sheldor were just that, who were these scarecrows intended for?
Seemingly aware of Fourth Uncle's question, Ya Xiao pointed at the scarecrows in front of him and said one by one, "Geping, Emily, Mist, and Qin Qi."
They were all people who would pass away in the future.
In order to show respect to the strong, Ya Xiao chose Qin Qi's scarecrow with a black military uniform, even his eyes were two black shiny buttons, and the resemblance was very high.
The system could see Ya Xiao's fondness for the scarecrow in black. It was silent for a moment, deliberately ignoring the scene and pondering what impact this behavior of Ya Xiao would have.