Chapter 129: Several Boxes

Treading on darkness, the heart unwillingly turns toward the light.

This was the psychological recognition of the Clown Gang’s higher-ups now.

After the beautiful dream of fighting against injustice was shattered, they gradually realized that the organization they led was nothing more than a ragtag group gathered by lies. But by then, it was already too late.

The mysterious Supreme Society above them was like a vast, invisible net, firmly grasping each person. They knew everyone’s information, every mistake they made, and could judge every clown with the most legitimate and aboveboard methods.

Yes, they had already discovered that the big names in the Supreme Society held seats in the current upper echelon—more than one seat, in fact.

Because…

“Sister Pu Xi, how did you get hold of such top-secret intelligence?”

Hearing the question from a junior brother, the woman looked somewhat dazed.

How did she know such confidential information? That burly man called Morris was saying all sorts of flashy nonsense, casually mentioning the crystal stone transfer intelligence and instructing them to lead their teams to snatch some back.

So tonight, at the planned time, she had brought the juniors here.

Most of the first-tier clowns had been tricked into joining under the pretense of ‘fairness’ and had yet to see through the lies, still harboring illusions about the future.

Though their brothers in Central Cheng were left battered and bruised by that busty woman, elsewhere, various operations were flourishing, weren’t they?

“You’re asking so many questions for what? Sister Pu Xi has her own methods.”

“I’m just casually asking, trying to lighten the mood.”

“Lighten the mood? This is already the easiest mission in months.”

No need for a direct fight; just sneak in at midnight and grab something—simple and effortless.

“Try not to gossip. What if someone’s nearby?” Pu Xi warned. “Hurry up and finish. The other teams have already succeeded; we can’t fall behind.”

“Don’t worry, Sister Pu Xi. This mission only takes me three steps to complete.”

A clown wearing an owl mask rushed forward excitedly:

“Step one, break the lock, push open the door. Step two, turn on the lights.”

Clack!

Then, under the warehouse’s bright lights, a dozen or so Clown Gang members stood at the door, seeing two girls directly facing them inside.

One was a beautiful girl with long straight black hair and a well-proportioned figure, standing elegantly under the moonlight.

The other was a white-haired, expressionless girl swaying in the wind, her cold gaze as if staring at a pile of corpses.

They recognized both, especially the latter.

After the first commercial district raid, the miserable state of the Central Cheng brothers spread throughout the Clown Gang, though many dismissed it, mocking their incompetence.

Following the Central Cheng Market battle, someone recorded the scene. The girl’s moves—like a meat grinder—left deep psychological scars on countless clowns.

To soothe morale, the Professor urged them to overcome their fear, assuring them that since this technique was known, they just needed to prepare better next time.

Then the girl reached third-tier and, together with others, captured the Professor.

So when these petty thief clowns opened the door and saw her standing there, their hearts skipped several beats.

Then they turned and fled immediately.

“Trying to run?”

Xu Chuyao donned her Spirit Power gauntlets and charged at them.

None of these people could be let go; otherwise, Chuyao’s midnight theft would be exposed.

“Run… ah! What is this!”

The clowns fled recklessly but barely got a few steps before hitting a Wind Wall. Many tripped and fell to the ground.

The Wind Wall wasn’t a skill but rather Shen Ning’s rough manipulation of wind element. It couldn’t completely block them but was more than enough to delay their escape. Xu Chuyao easily caught up, swinging her small fists.

Yong! Ji! Lu Xi! shouted out loud!

Aside from a few moves at Freiden Academy, the last time Chuyao fought evenly matched opponents was when chasing the Clown Gang’s elites. Back then, she was only early second-tier. Now her realm had advanced nearly one level, and her punches carried full weight—one hit and they were knocked out cold.

The only one able to resist was a woman, but she had been scared half to death by Shen Ning. Whenever she had the chance, she just ran outward, caught between the Wind Wall and Xu Chuyao’s pincer attack, growing more exhausted with increasing flaws in her defense until finally, she was struck in the head by a thrown gauntlet.

Thud!

Fortunately, it was night, and Chuyao couldn’t see clearly—only hearing the sounds, which didn’t bode well.

Turning back into the warehouse, she saw her girlfriend holding a cyan arrow. The entire arrow shaft was compressed by a super-high-density vortex, emitting a sharp, piercing sizzle. The surrounding air was occasionally torn apart, flickering with electrified self-luminescence.

Xu Chuyao wiped the cold sweat from her brow. “What are you doing?”

Just looking at it gave her a sense of worry.

“A new skill,” Shen Ning said innocently, blinking. “Want to try it out.”

“Don’t bother. Everyone’s dead anyway, and they’re only this level. No resistance. Nothing to test.”

Under her girlfriend’s persuasion, the girl quietly extinguished the Wind Arrow in her hand.

“Chuyao’s right,” said Broken Shadow. “Using that move here won’t leave a single crystal stone intact.”

That would make the whole effort pointless.

The night at the Chen Clan’s collection point warehouse once again settled into quiet, but since the earlier commotion was significant, someone would probably arrive soon.

Xu Chuyao sat on a crate, looking at the bodies scattered outside the door, and suddenly sighed softly:

“Fate is truly strange.”

Since the Freiden Free City incident, these glowing stones had become the world’s focus. People valued their various abilities for different reasons, sparking a bloody battle for seizure.

Although Swina was quickly bypassed through cheating methods, the main storyline concerning the stones was still unavoidable.

“But since we’re here, let’s make use of it.”

“You took a delivery job? I already knew about that. But why were you still there so late?”

Wednesday morning, the conference room in the office building. On the screen, Long Jun was questioning Xu Chuli.

During this period, the Clown Gang had been so suppressed they dared not act, and the long-planned Swina had been exposed early. The huge conspiracy caused only minor damage. For the Security Department, these two incidents happened separately but were both welcome developments.

Then Long Jun awoke one day to find the situation overnight had dramatically changed. The two cases had become entangled—after lying low for so long, the Clown Gang suddenly struck during the secret crystal stone transfer, stealing a substantial portion of X Crystals.

The funniest part of the whole affair was the phrase “secret transfer.”

The Clown Gang’s only failure was at Chen Clan’s checkpoint, due to the official escorting the crystals “illegally” stopping after 10 PM.

“The reason is simple. You know, every Clown Gang scheme has been uncovered by me so far. This time was no exception—it triggered a mechanism.”

Xu Chuyao watched Long Jun’s face darken and quickly added, “The real reason is I kept a lookout. Shen Ning used her wind to keep watch along the route and spotted a group following us, so we laid an ambush.”

The actual reason was false, the playful banter was false—the real cause was Chuyao also wanted to steal. At the same time, same place, both parties collided.

See how messy this is?

Long Jun believed her and casually asked, “Are you all okay?”

“Fine. Shen Ning has reached third-tier; they’re completely no match.” Xu Chuyao glanced carefully and said cautiously, “The only problem is Shen Ning’s third-tier status is too recent. Her power control isn’t precise, and her skill’s range is large. During the fight, she accidentally triggered a few boxes of crystal stones. But rest assured, we also dealt with the mutants.”

Long Jun didn’t think much; it didn’t matter if X Crystals were destroyed—just so they didn’t fall into the Clown Gang’s hands.

“The real problem now is this: they have acquired a certain amount of crystal stones and will definitely launch an attack.”

What he meant was that the Clown Gang would again become the focal problem, their threat far greater than before. Many who had not paid attention would now be on high alert, troubled by it.

And Xu Chuyao, as the expert on the Clown Gang issue, suddenly found her status elevated.

“I understand. I will do my best to stop them.”

Long Jun looked at her and sighed, “Do your best. Even if you can’t stop them, cause them heavy damage.”

Director Long understood it was difficult to stop them. The Clown Gang now held X Crystals. Like Swina, if they randomly picked a densely populated city area, the death toll would be bleak.

Since that’s the case, defense was less effective than offense.

“Understood.”

After ending the video conference and leaving the office building, Xu Chuyao returned to the dorm and saw Shen Ning sitting on a chair on the first floor, waiting for her.

“How did it go? Did your explanation pass?”

“Of course, it was easy. How about you? Did you hide the stuff well?”

The girl nodded. “Hidden well. Nine boxes are stored separately.”

Yes, nine.

Regarding the phrase “several boxes,” as long as the number is more than one and less than ten, it can be called several boxes.

Xu Chuyao breathed out lightly, feeling a faint excitement in her heart.

She had originally planned to only borrow one or two pieces, but unexpectedly ended up with nine big boxes.

If she couldn’t squeeze something out of this, it would be a waste of the sacrifices made by more than a dozen comrades last night.

“I’ll first deliver the good news to Xiao Snow and Xiao Hua.”