Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 465 - 78: The Beginning of the Grand Play (2nd Update)_2
Spending dozens of days just to travel was a waste of time. Naturally, I had to do something significant.
Once the task was accomplished, he then retired with honors.
The method to return was quite simple and almost didn't take any time.
The return coordinates of the portable teleportation fissure were located in Baichuan City.
After returning to Baichuan City, Li Xiaoyu told Tang Xian everything.
Tang Xian then used other return coordinates in the north with the portable teleportation fissure to reach the mining area's safe zone.
It was no surprise to Tang Xian that Song Que had encountered trouble.
Before Song Que left, he had told him that this trip home wouldn't go smoothly.
However, he hadn't expected Song Gengzhao to go to such lengths—
to send his own son into the evolution zone.
And this matter, Tang Xian had carefully analyzed the ins and outs.
The evolution zone had turned Akasi, Yuanwu, and Tang Suoye, none of whom were originally born with the ten gifts, into people with ten talents through serum and gene modification.
It seemed that Song Gengzhao was aware of this.
The fact that Song Que was no longer a gifted individual added to the pressure on Song Gengzhao.
The heir of the first fortress naturally couldn't be someone without a talent.
Therefore, Song Gengzhao took a risk and resorted to unorthodox methods.
As for what specific things Song Que did during this process, that would have to wait for the exploration results from Bu Jing in a few days.
During these days, Tang Xian had been staying at the first fortress.
He didn't contact Akasi, Yuanwu, and the others. He only kept in touch with Yu Xiaozhe.
Yu Xiaozhe was responsible for contacting Akasi and others at Lincoln Fortress, as well as for passing messages to Tang Xian.
Throughout this process, as far as Akasi and the others were concerned, Tang Xian was still in a remote part of the mining area.
The advantage of doing so was to give Akasi a great deal of freedom, as he was the calmest within the three-person squad in the evolution zone.
Tang Xian was very curious about what Akasi could achieve.
Of course, he also had means to protect Akasi and the others.
A few days ago, when Tang Xian returned, he brought Tang Feiji with him.
Although playing the role of the High Priest of the Sea God Cult was interesting, Tang Feiji grew tired of it.
Life was clearly more exciting with Tang Xian.
Bai Mansheng didn't come along because the Sea God Cult was just starting, and there were many affairs that she needed to oversee, with the situation still unstable.
Tang Xian had always been one to delegate tasks and then enjoy some leisure time himself.
After all, he was quite "fragile."
Therefore, the one responsible for protecting Akasi, Tang Suoye, and Yuanwu was Tang Feiji.
Tang Xian was somewhat worried about letting Tang Feiji operate alone, so he also restricted Tang Feiji's actions.
The bargaining chip was that he would teach Tang Feiji how to solve a third-order Rubik's cube afterwards.
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Four days passed.
Bu Jing and Tang Xian met up again.
The location was still that small three-story bar.
The people there were already very familiar with Tang Xian. Seeing someone talking to Tang Xian, they weren't surprised.
"In just four short days, you've been to the sixth level?" Tang Xian expressed some astonishment at Bu Jing's work efficiency.
Bu Jing said somewhat sheepishly:
"This time it wasn't my merit, but rather, I was found out."
"It seems it wasn't the Song Family's people who found you out," Tang Xian observed.
Bu Jing was slightly startled, then nodded and said:
"It's not easy to infiltrate this company, but it seems someone was more anxious than us, and they had information.
Honestly, I was interrogated, and I didn't manage to keep the secret."
Tang Xian wasn't surprised and shrugged,
"I can't expect a smart spy to also be a man of indomitable spirit; that's something you see in TV shows. In fact, it's the best strategy to compromise to safeguard the overall situation."
Bu Jing was surprised again, then said:
"It's actually a bit of a gamble. Because during the conversation I felt they were Song Que's people, I went along with it, admitting I was a spy looking for Song Que's whereabouts.
To prove I was a spy, I also revealed some information."
Tang Xian wasn't concerned about what information Bu Jing had revealed; the fact that Bu Jing was sitting here unharmed suggested that those people had reached some sort of cooperation with Bu Jing.
He pondered for a moment and said:
"Was it Song Que's teammates?"
"You're missing out by not joining our line of work," Bu Jing nodded and then added,
"After Song Que disappeared, they were the first to sense something was wrong because they had an appointment with Song Que, and he was someone who would never break his promises.
In the days that followed, they received no news from Song Que and felt something was off.
So they started looking for ways to get close to Song Que."
"Did they manage to do it?"
"During those days, Song Que was at the Song Residence because his cousins had also come to visit.
They did indeed see Song Que. It was also the last day before Song Que was transferred to Lincoln Fortress." Bu Jing's expression was puzzled as he continued,
"Song Que gave one of them a notebook and instructed that person to deliver the notebook to the mayor of Baichuan City. No one else was allowed to look through it. I don't know if those guys peeked, but judging by their expressions, it seemed like they hadn't."
"What about the notebook?"
"Such an important thing, of course, they didn't give it to me, but when Baichuan City was mentioned, I gave you away." Bu Jing said with no sense of guilt.
Tang Xian nodded and said,
"As it should be."
To Tang Xian, the first element in being a spy wasn't the ability to gather information, but the fear of death.
Only those sufficiently afraid of death could live to relay the information.
"So they came?"
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"They did."
As Bu Jing finished speaking, a man whose aura didn't quite match the hotel appeared.
Carrying a lacrosse stick and looking carefree, he wore floral shorts even though autumn had arrived, looking like a wandering beggar.
This man was too distinctive to be anyone but Lin Jue.
The three of them sat at a table without any pleasantries.
Lin Jue, always straightforward, asked,
"Is this the guy you said was the Mayor of Baichuan City? An old geezer?"
Bu Jing did not speak, instead adopting a "It's none of my business now, you guys talk" expression as he looked at Tang Xian.
Tang Xian was quite pleased with Lin Jue's reaction; it was good that few could recognize him.
He thought for a moment and then said,
"It seems that since you touched a woman's butt and were chased out of school by the Green Hat Alliance of Fortress 39 Sector 669, you've reined yourself in quite a bit. I haven't heard any bizarre tales about you for a long time."
Lin Jue's eyes widened in shock.
"You owe me your life, remember? After all, one year, you were beaten half to death, and it was me who put you in a barrel of liquor to soak."
Of course, Tang Xian couldn't tear off his disguise in front of everyone, but making Lin Jue realize who he was wasn't very difficult.
A few seconds later, Lin Jue said in astonishment,
"You damn dog, are you Tang..."
"Shh!"
Mr. Tang Jikede gestured for silence with a finger to his lips, looking at Lin Jue with a smile that was not quite a smile.
Coming to his senses, Lin Jue said,
"You're the one Song Que wanted to contact?"
Lin Jue and Qin Qian, as Song Que's teammates, did not know the true identity of the Masked Chopper Hero.
Song Que knew but had always kept Tang Xian's secret.
Thus even now, Tang Xian had different identities to people like Li Xiaonian, the Sheng Tang Squad, and Yu Xiaozhe. To everyone else—
He was a devil child.
Tang Xian nodded and replied,
"It's me. My relationship with your squad leader is better than you might think. He owes me his life too."
Lin Jue laughed and said,
"This little bar looks rather refined. Do they sell strong liquor here?"
"This place is polished by day, wild by night, naturally, they sell all kinds of drinks."
"Seeing you isn't easy; it's worth drinking a couple of bottles over."
With that, Lin Jue called over the waiter and ordered two bottles of vodka, ready to drink heavily with Tang Xian.
The drinks came quickly, and Tang Xian said with a laugh,
"Your squad leader's life is in the balance, and you're in the mood to drink with me?"
"What's this about life and death? If he's in danger, I'd go through fire and water to rescue him. But whether he's alive or dead won't stop me from drinking."
"Fair enough, let's drink."
Bu Jing thought to himself that this guy was indeed an oddball, but oddly compatible with Tang Xian. Both had a screw loose, like the Second Miss.
Tang Xian then said,
"Now, you should show me Song Que's notebook."
