Li Rui forcefully controlled his expression, ensuring he didn’t show any concern for the matter at hand.

"Who is this God of a Thousand Faces?"

Snake Eye didn’t mind his apparent interest in this person and answered honestly, "Mr. Li, to be honest, if it weren’t for my line of work, I wouldn’t know about someone who vanished over a decade ago."

"As you know, our place is called the Land of Chaos, where heroes constantly emerge and then disappear, but this God of a Thousand Faces is indeed very special."

"People first noticed him in the Alanpo Wilderness, near the Western Kingdom’s border. At that time, he was already at least level 50, maybe even level 60, searching for some unknown thing."

"Since that place is less than a hundred kilometers from within the Western Kingdom’s territory, he was quickly noticed by the Western Anomaly Bureau, even alerting the main bureau. Yet, for a whole six months, they never got a chance to catch the man."

Li Rui interrupted him at this point, "Why did the Western Anomaly Bureau want to catch him?"

"I don’t know. That person has always been mysterious, or rather...low profile. If it weren’t for his conflict with the Pope ending without defeat, maybe no one would’ve noticed him."

Snake Eye said, "When I saw those files, I found it strange as well. That person should be a shapeshifter, possessing different faces. Initially, people didn’t know that many big cases were his doing until after that battle with the Polar Pope, and then many began to connect the dots."

Li Rui knowingly asked, "And then? Why did he disappear?"

Snake Eye chuckled dryly, "Mr. Li, he didn’t vanish later; rather, when people finally pieced together what he had done, he was already gone."

"As I said before, initially, no one knew it was him, but after the Pope died, rumors spread that they had crossed paths, and only then did people start compiling all the intelligence, discovering that he had fought his way from the Western Kingdom to the Polar Alliance, with his last known sighting towards the Dragon Country."

He cautiously glanced at Li Rui, "Many believe he ultimately went to the Dragon Country."

Li Rui hadn’t received relevant information, after all, Zhuo Feilong only asked him to investigate casually, without requiring him to determine whether the target entered the Dragon Country’s border. But so far, these descriptions aligned with what Kawina had revealed.

He only asked, "Did that person use many identities?"

"Of course, killer, bodyguard, waiter, although these are common professions here, many events were influenced by them. Oh, when he was a killer, he conveniently helped someone, that person is Blade Fang, the current head of the Blood Blade Alliance."

Snake Eye showed a slight smile, "In other words, the rise of the Blood Blade Alliance is actually related to that person, but it’s just one of the many influences he left."

Li Rui nodded, "By comparison, killing the Pope had a bigger impact, right?"

Snake Eye seemed much more relaxed, "Mr. Li, this is just unconfirmed rumor, or rather, gossip."

Li Rui neither confirmed nor denied it and continued, "Alright, how much is the fee for the information you just provided?"

As a consultant dispatched by the Superpower Division, he had ample funds and no pressure paying for some expenses.

But of course, Snake Eye didn’t dare accept it. As they were pulling and not reaching a conclusion, the study’s door was pushed open. Naturally, the one who could enter without asking was Snake Fang.

"Damn, I say, that woman is really... huh?"

When Snake Fang walked in, he wore a lewd smile, but seeing Li Rui made him suddenly froze, "It’s you!"

He recognized the guest faster than Snake Eye. He quickly pushed the door shut and even locked it, then rushed over whispering.

"Listen, Li, you need to leave this place immediately. Isa Eso, he’s the Western Anomaly Bureau’s consultant, that bastard is looking for you, you absolutely can’t be found by him."

Snake Fang understood the inherent value of the name Foggy Evil Ghost, but his pursuers were no ordinary folks either.

Li Rui asked with a half-smile, "Oh? Isn’t he your sponsor? Why don’t you tell him about me being here?"

Snake Fang clicked his tongue, "What kind of people do you take us for? You saved my life! How could I hand you over to that neurotic bastard!"

Snake Eye chimed in, "Mr. Li, there’s something I must explain. We did accept that person’s sponsorship, but it wasn’t voluntary. If we refused that person’s proposal, we’d have been dead then."

He rolled up his shirt sleeves to reveal a glaring wound, "Don’t think that our current shine means anything; we weren’t just sitting idle in the interrogation room back then."

Snake Fang continued, "Exactly, though having money is enjoyable, he gave us people and money just to help him gather information. I would never betray someone who saved my life for him."

Li Rui looked at the two men silently for a while.

"In that case, I’ll have someone else contact you. It’s best for neither of you to appear personally, just give me a regular transaction channel."

He couldn’t help but sigh in relief; luckily for reconnaissance, he had directly infiltrated the estate today, drawing no attention. Later, Cheng Mingyue would handle obtaining information from the transaction points under their names, and not even that western bureau consultant could detect it.

The two brothers exchanged a look, and Snake Fang said, "Li, you’re really not leaving?"

"I have a mission." Li Rui didn’t elaborate further.

Snake Fang, as nonchalant as ever, remarked, "Alright, alright, I understand, you people from the Dragon Country really don’t care about your lives for a mission."

By this time, Snake Eye had already written a note and handed it to him, "This is an address, you just need to go there with the pass sign, and you will be able to connect with my people. This person was not planted by Isa Eso, so you can completely trust them."

"Alright, thank you."

Li Rui took the note, then left behind a Secret Realm data storage device, containing an Epic Level equipment, it was his personal property, not public funds.

Such things were of no use to him anymore, but he had anticipated situations like today’s, so he casually exchanged a few during the Secret Realm battlefield contribution settlement.

Not only was he no longer the poor guy relying on power leveling for equipment, but he had become a wealthy man distributing gear.

Of course, the Snake family brothers knew what the storage was, and their eyes instantly lit up, but Li Rui had already waved them off as he walked towards the study’s door.

"By the way, that butler has also seen me; you’d better keep an eye on him."

Li Rui left the estate and then called Cheng Mingyue. As soon as the call connected, he heard the other side say:

"There’s a situation, there’s a situation, come quickly."