Chapter 927: Chapter 700: Viper
“What is it?”
Tang Zhi’s voice commanded authority without anger, as he once again opened his eyes to look at the middle-aged man.
“Reporting to the Family Head, the Firefly Capture Net has discovered new intelligence,” the middle-aged man said respectfully. Since Donatello’s death, the Family Head’s personality had changed drastically.
“Tang Ze, is there still any intelligence worth my attention now? Heh…” That chilling laughter was even more intense than Donatello’s at its peak.
The middle-aged subordinate named Tang Ze respectfully handed over the tactical light computer.
“This intelligence likely involves the young master from back then.”
Thunk.
The teacup dropped heavily onto the Yamu Tea Table. At this moment, the brilliance in Tang Zhi’s eyes made one feel as if they saw a giant snake hiding in a cave for hundreds of years.
Those emotionless eyes flashed with two faint green lights.
Tang Zhi took the light computer and brought it before his eyes, and a light screen naturally activated.
On the screen was a still image.
It showed a desolate stone surface, with nothing else in the picture.
If there was something notable, it was the two spidery pits on the stone surface that were particularly striking.
“What does this mean?” Tang Zhi’s sharp gaze shot over.
“Reporting to the Family Head, this trace is exactly the same as the one in front of that old building back then.” Tang Ze’s clear words caused a sudden crackling of bones to resound from Tang Zhi’s coldly smiling elder’s body as he enunciated word by word, “You mean the old building where Natello planted his men?”
“Yes, Family Head.”
Tang Ze replied with his head lowered.
“Have Solomon’s people arrived? Where are they…” The vicious voice held boundless malice.
“Family Head, it wasn’t Solomon,” Tang Ze’s voice finally revealed a hint of fluctuation, carrying a trace of excitement.
“Then who is it!” The unnaturally expanded Tang Zhi stood up abruptly, looking at Tang Ze with a gaze as if looking at a corpse.
“It’s the Ding Chuan student who once opposed the young master, Mu Fan!”
Tang Ze’s eyes gleamed with a fervent ferocity. “Family Head, just moments ago, that student named Mu Fan suddenly appeared at the academy and had a fierce conflict with the exchange student team from Dawn Academy. The footprints and web-like cracks on the ground were just left by him!”
“Moreover, upon comparison, although the footprints don’t match exactly, the outline similarity reaches 70%. And the similarity of the cracked pit has surpassed… 85%.”
“Next, you’ll see footage of him in battle.”
Following that, the video Black had once live-streamed on the intranet clearly appeared on the light screen.
The entire tea room was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
Tang Zhi’s face remained expressionless for a long time…
“Such power, aside from Solomon’s people, he can achieve it too?”
“Yes, Family Head, according to calculations by the Firefly Capture Net, we were likely deceived by the other side’s arrangement back then. The opposing party was once Solomon’s mortal enemy, so it’s not surprising that they could master Solomon’s signature weapons, and it now matches with the messages received half a month ago.”
“…He has an S-class mecha,” Tang Zhi’s icy voice softly appended this last sentence.
“What a great tactic, what cunning, truly cunning!” Tang Zhi’s face was woodenly calm, but he suddenly burst into laughter, laughing until tears ran uncontrollably, “Natello, to die at the hands of such a person, it’s not unjust… not unjust at all!”
Tang Ze shivered as he listened to the old man, now in his twilight years, laughing bizarrely until the laugh gradually died away.
“Family Head, please give the order for the next step. Should we further verify, increase the data match to 90%?”
Tang Zhi chuckled, lifted a finger and gently waved it, saying in a cold, bone-chilling voice:
“No need.”
With his fingers forming a cage-like shape, Tang Zhi lowered his head, gazing between his fingers, “Activate the entire Tang family’s Firefly Capture Net. Contact the Night Teeth Team, and place a bounty of sixty million for that kid’s life. Note, it must be completed within three days, reward… doubled.”
Tang Ze exclaimed in surprise, “Family Head, what about our Firefly Capture Net?”
“Naturally, we’ll wipe them out at the climax. After all, we of the Tang family are upright… merchants.” In the elder’s leisurely voice, he released his hands and clapped lightly.
Then he sat by the Yamu Tea Table, calmly picked up the teacup, and sipped the now cold tea bit by bit, a peculiar look of satisfaction in his narrowed eyes.
Tang Ze felt his heart surge with admiration. This was truly the Family Head he served with loyalty!
Many believed that Tang Zhi, as sly as a fox and as venomous as a snake, had grown increasingly mediocre with age.
It wasn’t until this moment that Tang Ze saw once again the Family Head’s former brilliance, even calculating the notorious Night Teeth Team within his plans.
And what he needed to do was disguise as a secret unit of the Federation.
Such daring, it was awe-inspiring.
“Understood!” Tang Ze replied in a deep voice.
“Ensure that no traces of the actions remain,” as Tang Ze’s silhouette was about to disappear from the tea room, a light command echoed behind him.
Tang Ze paused, “Yes!”
He fully understood Tang Zhi’s intention.
This scheming venomous serpent reminded him to avoid the government’s all-pervasive surveillance using the Tang family’s unique methods.
The master of cunning strategies, Tang Zhi employed the family’s secret network.
…
“Officer, have you been here from the start?”
Mu Fan looked helplessly at the big bald man beside him, who was trying to curry favor.
“Hahaha, how could that be, just a coincidence, just a coincidence,” Ruan Xiongfei stroked his bald head, laughing heartily.
The scene, however, was utterly unconvincing.
Bald Ruan walked ahead, his deep and fierce gaze fixed into the distance as he said without turning his head:
“You’re staying for how many days this time?”
“About three days.”
Mu Fan estimated and said a number out loud.
“You’re not participating in the academy exchange competition?” The bald man’s powerful strides whipped out a fierce gust.
“I’ll go if I can make it, if not, I won’t.”
“Alright.”
A hearty response that left Mu Fan dumbstruck.
Ruan Xiongfei turned around with a grinning smile, “However, for these three days you must stay obediently in the academy. I must hand Thunderhawk over to you, after all, the more power you have in the future, the more you’ll secure your success.”
Security?
Mu Fan asked in surprise, “What security?”
“The Ancient Relic that opens once every thirty years is about to commence. You need to explore inside, how can you do it without support?”
Ruan Xiongfei laughed broadly, bringing astounding news!
So much so that amid Mu Fan’s internal turbulence, he subconsciously repeated it.
“Ancient Relic!?”
“Precisely, a place imbued with countless forces and technologies beyond imagination. Otherwise, why do you think I’m so formidable?” Ruan Xiongfei squinted at the sky, seemingly reminiscing.
“The Ancient Relic made me realize that this galaxy is but a drop in the ocean. I ventured in at sixteen, obtained no technology or machinery… yet became the sole existence to break through level thirty physically.”
In his casual words, Ruan Xiongfei divulged a piece of news that Mu Fan and Black simply couldn’t have known!
And that final number shocked Mu Fan beyond measure.
Breaking physically past level thirty…
What does that even mean?
A Punching Power that could firmly clash with a mecha, or some other kind of monster?
Back in Shura, during those thirty seconds at level thirty, Mu Fan felt the strength beyond limits, and Ruan Xiongfei’s real level had already surpassed thirty…
Seeing Mu Fan with a distracted look, Ruan Xiongfei helplessly shrugged, “Rest assured, this teacher is still human.”
While Mu Fan forced a smile, internally, he was rapidly digesting this information.
The news about the Ancient Relic wasn’t brought about by Taigu’s self-destruction, so how did Ruan Xiongfei know…
Moreover, something inside will have power beyond nature.
If even Thunderhawk must be relied upon…
What kind of strength will potential competitors possess!?