Chapter 207: [174] Devour! I, Pei Mou, defy gods and demons, unafraid of retribution (Seeking monthly passes, recommendations, and support)_2
“Hungry? Hurry up and take a shower and change clothes. I’ll treat you to big carp on the second floor.”
“Ha ha, that’s awesome. Should we wait for Zhou Ye?”
“No need to wait, he’s got the nose of a dog. He’ll sniff his way here. Go on now, you’ve been busy for most of the day…”
Brother Bi sniffed his own clothes. In chasing after that kid, he’d worked up a sweat all over.
In this damn weather, getting all sweaty in thick clothes is unbearable.
Jinye smiled and parted ways with Brother Bi.
Just as he started up the stairs.
He heard a whistle.
Looking up.
Gu Wutong was leaning on the railing, “Catch a big fish?”
“No, just a small-time smuggler.” Jinye approached, “From the looks of it, did you run into a big case?”
“Heh heh heh.” Gu Wutong raised his left hand, showing four fingers wrapped in white cloth and smiling with proud ferocity, “Four more medals of honor for a man, one, two, three, four, heh heh heh.”
“…”
Jinye quietly walked past.
What a moron!
Gu Wutong’s shout came from behind.
“Once I’m healed, how about we spar?”
Jinye gestured an “okay” sign over his shoulder in response.
…
In the room.
“Woosh!”
The showerhead sprayed out hot water.
Jinye leaned his head back and closed his eyes to face it.
The steam quickly filled the bathroom.
Today’s mission to take out Jiang Suhu should have gone smoothly.
Still, there was a bit of an unexpected incident along the way.
He had issued orders as Jiang Qingcang, instructing the people close to Jiang Suhu to report to the ancestral home.
But the Tang-suited elder with the [Body·Gang Fist] didn’t follow the instructions.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken so much time.
The matter with the 13th Research Institute should no longer pose any threat to his family.
But today’s main event isn’t over yet!
The watchful Teacher Chang is still alive.
Today, Yang Qingdan from the Judgement Place is also due to arrive.
For some reason, Jinye feels inexplicably irritated at the sight of that surname.
He began to recite the Calming Incantation to himself.
The shower ended.
Jinye stepped out, his hair still wet.
In his hand, he toyed with a Yuanli Button.
Then he took out the Blood Spirit Fruit from the safe in the room, rinsed it, and bit into it fiercely.
The Attribute Points that had dropped to 18 were slowly increasing.
The boost in effect was worlds apart compared to the benefits brought by the Jiang family’s medicinal cuisine.
“I still have to make another trip back!”
…
On the second floor of the cafeteria.
Jinye and Brother Bi had just sat down when Zhou Ye found his way over.
Jinye acknowledged Zhou Ye’s keen sense of smell.
“I just ran into Captain Qiu on the road, and you wouldn’t believe it—Captain Qiu was also stunned. He said we managed to earn a Third Class Merit just from a simple patrol,” Zhou Ye said, full of excitement.
Jinye just smiled.
Without looking up, Brother Bi said, “I was chatting with the guys from Team Seven. The task count for Team One has already surpassed three thousand five hundred.”
Zhou Ye’s face fell, “How can they have so many? How much does Team Two have? I remember it’s just over two thousand, right?”
“Who can compete with Team One in terms of numbers?” Brother Bi shook his head, “Don’t worry about it. When the time comes, you slap down your five Third Class Merits; getting into the individual honors is a sure thing for you.”
“But I only have three now,” Zhou Ye said worriedly.
Brother Bi scolded with a smile, “You still have more than two months left, what are you afraid of? Isn’t that guy a smuggler? Check out the people behind him; you might dig up a bigger fish.”
Zhou Ye’s eyes brightened, “Brother Bi, help me out.”
Brother Bi tugged at the corner of his mouth, “Can’t you work alone?”
“No, I really can’t.”
“Let’s eat first, eat up. It’s still early, we’ll see later.”
Brother Bi turned his head to look at Pei Jinye, “Today’s mission was perfectly completed, so if there’s nothing else this afternoon, then there really isn’t anything else.”
He lowered his voice and said, “Go out on patrol, and by the time you make the rounds it’ll be time to leave. This is also because we completed the mission today; otherwise, we definitely wouldn’t be able to leave early. This is an unspoken rule, as long as you’re clear on it.”
Pei Jinye nodded in understanding upon hearing this.
He would leave after finishing his meal.
“Eat more, don’t be shy, if you run out of money, you can eat mine. I still have over three thousand in my card, can’t even finish it all.” Brother Bi looked at the food in Pei Jinye’s bowl, Zhou Ye immediately passed his own chicken leg over.
Pei Jinye didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
He was saving room for a big feast later!
It wasn’t about being thrifty!
…
“Damn, Brother Bi, you really dare to teach anything,” Zhou Ye said as he saw Pei Jinye leave the base without looking back, and immediately turned to Brother Bi.
Brother Bi, picking his teeth, said nonchalantly, “Scared of what, are you leaving or not? If you’re not, I’m leaving first.”
“I really don’t want to slack off with you guys. Thanks, Brother Bi, please stop at West Street.”
“Tch.”
…
Jiang ancestral home.
The middle-aged butler accompanied on the side, “Master, Young Master Suhu’s men have been waiting for you in the front courtyard.”
“How many came?” Pei Jinye asked without looking up.
“Two came.”
Pei Jinye didn’t speak again.
After finishing his meal and seeing his Attribute Points return to 20, he then let people notify those two to come over.
A man and a woman.
The young man with a flat head was a sniper, and the tall woman was the one who had killed Hu Beng.
“We have seen the Family Head.”
The two knelt on one knee before Pei Jinye respectfully.
Once upon a time, they had faced each other with swords drawn, in a life and death struggle.
But now…
They knelt in submission before him.
It’s just a pity…
Pei Jinye knew that they were kneeling to power, not to him.
“Bang!”
The sniper was shot on the spot and looked up in astonishment, “Family Head…”
The tall woman also broke out in a cold sweat.
But all they heard was the old Family Head speak indifferently, “I hate traitors the most in my life, why did you choose to betray?”
“Family Head, I…”
“Bang!”
The flash of gunfire interrupted the sniper’s attempt to argue his case.
Pei Jinye, wearing the face of Jiang Qingcang, stood up, his eyes cold as he turned to the stiff tall woman, “You should be grateful that you didn’t choose to betray along with him.”
“Your insight is profound, Family Head!”
The tall woman quickly lowered her head, her heart still racing.
And in the moment she lowered her head,
She didn’t see Pei Jinye seize the sniper and enact the Transcendent Devour.
It took less than three seconds,
Before a chilling hand rested on the tall woman’s neck.
“Are you clear now on whom your loyalty lies with?”
The tall woman quickly knelt, “I am loyal only to the Family Head, please command me!”
Pei Jinye’s fingers caressed the woman’s neck, could easily snap it, but he still retracted his hand, not out of mercy…
“I have a secret mission for you, to capture some people and bring them back.”
“What about Young Master Suhu?”
“You don’t need to worry about him.”
“I spoke out of turn, I will not let the Family Head down!”
The woman expressed her loyalty with her face to the ground.
The blood flowing wantonly in the room seemed to emit an endless chill.
The room was terrifyingly quiet.