On the other side, at the Dark Organization’s headquarters.
“Not bad this time. I’ll double your year-end bonus this year.”
Black Dragon was assembling a mecha model while painting a big pie for White Lion.
“Forget it, double the year-end bonus? You’d be more reliable if you just stopped being so annoying all the time. Be serious, Black Dragon.”
White Lion clearly didn’t believe Black Dragon’s nonsense.
Though he wasn’t short on money, and Black Dragon hadn’t skimped on his salary in the past, in his view, it was far more important for his boss to be serious than to give him a bit more cash.
I, White Lion, still care about the big picture (arms crossed, head tilted up with a huff).
“Hey, hey, hey, you can’t say that. Though I have a few too many hobbies usually, when have I ever failed to handle serious business?”
The facts were indeed so.
Though Black Dragon was a bit off the rails—a billion bits—usually, in certain moments, he was the most reliable person White Lion knew.
Of course, when there was nothing going on, Black Dragon was also the most unreliable person White Lion knew.
Crack!
The last piece finally snapped into place. Black Dragon stood up and wiped away the nonexistent sweat on his forehead.
“Whew~ Finally done. The little gadgets from the Magic Association are really good quality—sturdy enough.”
“As the leader, is it really okay to advertise for another organization?”
“What’s the big deal? Don’t the top little girls from the Magic Association love eating the snacks produced by our side too?”
Black Dragon said disdainfully.
Yes, just like the Magic Association, the Dark Organization’s industries were blooming everywhere, with the most famous being in the food and beverage sector.
Currently, the most famous snack brand in the Utopia world, “Puffed Monster,” was a product of one of the Dark Organization’s subsidiary companies.
Though the product itself was a low-priced puffed food, the monthly revenue alone reached tens of billions.
In addition, there were subsidiaries mainly dealing in beverages, desserts, and ready-to-eat semi-finished products.
Adding up all the revenue, it was practically an endless string of zeros.
So, everyone wasn’t short on money at all, okay? What’s wrong with Black Dragon using his own pocket money to buy some toys and tinker with them?
One had to admire it: all the normal people who could work were really rich.
The Dark Organization could have such huge profits thanks to them.
Of course, it was also inseparable from the monster comrades who contributed labor, effort, and strategies.
Back to the main topic.
White Lion had just returned from outside when he was called into Black Dragon’s office.
The topic the two were discussing at the moment was precisely about the Magic Association.
“That kid Dark Fang is really smart. Though deceiving his own family is simply outrageously vile, during this time, those little girls from the Magic Association are going to be very busy~”
White Lion asked, not understanding.
“I still don’t quite get it. Since you don’t want the Magic Association people to discover Dark Fang, but through this incident, they’ll definitely pay attention to that kid Li Chi. And you’re still sending him right under their noses… Isn’t that just serving him up on a plate?”
Black Dragon looked at White Lion and revealed a meaningful smile.
“If you have something to say, say it. If you have a fart, let it out. Don’t be annoying.”
Black Dragon looked at White Lion’s face and made tsk-tsk-tsk sounds, indicating his regret.
“You’re still too young…”
White Lion unusually didn’t lose his temper. He pulled out a nearby chair, plopped down on it, and crossed his legs.
“How so?”
Black Dragon placed the mecha figure he had just assembled on the display stand he had carefully prepared, then meticulously dusted it off before turning his head to look at White Lion.
“I’m sure you’ve seen Dark Fang’s ability to turn his whole body transparent like glass, right?”
White Lion nodded in affirmation.
“Alright, I figure you’ve noticed that when that guy goes transparent, it’s not just lowering the visibility of his body to the minimum…”
Black Dragon paused and looked at the teapot by his hand, indicating he needed a cup of water now, but White Lion ignored him.
Black Dragon cleared his throat again, and White Lion still ignored him.
“After saying so much, you don’t even know to pour your leader a cup of water?!”
Black Dragon slapped the desk and said.
“The water’s right there—can’t you pour it yourself?!”
White Lion was quite unconvinced and similarly slammed the desk hard.
“Am I the leader or are you the leader?!”
Black Dragon slammed his hand on the desk again.
“I could be!”
White Lion did the same again.
“Good grief, you bastard still hasn’t given up your ambitions!”
Black Dragon continuously slammed the desk hard. The gold-trimmed desk clearly couldn’t withstand the continuous assaults from the two, and pitiful cracks had already appeared on the desk’s surface.
Seeing that this guy was just deliberately messing around, White Lion had no choice but to very reluctantly pour Black Dragon a cup of water.
Black Dragon quite satisfiedly picked up the cup and took a small sip, then continued:
“That ability isn’t just as simple as hiding his figure. Think about why you were successfully ambushed by him back then.”
After hearing these words, White Lion began to recall his first encounter with Dark Fang.
After thinking for a moment, he widened his eyes in disbelief.
“His presence… and his magic power all disappeared!”
“Smart.”
Black Dragon downed the water in one gulp.
“With this ability, that kid can completely disappear right under the Magic Association’s noses without them noticing at all. Then, as long as we operate a little afterward, that would be…”
“Hiding in plain sight?!”
White Lion looked at Black Dragon somewhat surprised. He had thought this guy was going to send him out again to handle these troublesome matters, after all, Black Dragon had indeed assigned this to him before.
But why the temporary change of heart?
Seeing White Lion’s doubts, Black Dragon continued.
“Of course, as for the reason that kid disappears, I’ve already found one for him…”
Black Dragon didn’t continue, his two eyes shining brightly as he looked at White Lion.
Got it, so he arranged the matter here.
White Lion helplessly held his forehead, because if they really did it this way, then the plans he had already laid out before would all have to be redone now—that was super troublesome!
I really have a life of toil…
White Lion thought as such.
***
After being cleaned up, Li Guang was carried by everyone together to Chi Zaozao’s room.
Just as they settled her down, the next second, anxious knocking came from the door.
“It should be Li Chi. I’ll go open the door.”
Xing Yuan Cai signaled to Gu Qingchuan and Chi Zaozao to continue taking care of the comatose Li Guang here, while she left the room first.
Actually, she had another purpose.
“The guy who’s caught the interest of both White Lion and Dark Fang, huh…”
Yes, Xing Yuan Cai really wanted to see what was special about Li Chi, even though those three magical girls had repeatedly assured her that Li Chi was just an ordinary person.
But in her view, someone who could be targeted by the leader and a cadre of the Dark Organization at the same time, causing conflict between the two, absolutely couldn’t be that simple.
A hidden superpowered individual? Or someone with undeveloped magical potential? Or perhaps really a peerless martial arts genius?
The last possibility was very high.
The Elegant Leader, that is, White Lion—his reputation as a martial arts fanatic was no secret at all.
Even ordinary martial artists would seek out some extremely talented ordinary people as disciples to pass on their legacy.
White Lion, as a martial artist, was very likely to do so, and given his identity, this apprenticeship process might be a bit more aggressive.
If that was the case, then White Lion specifically going to capture Li Chi made sense.
But what about Dark Fang?
From the intelligence obtained by the Magic Association, Dark Fang might not be an ordinary monster, and his abilities were more primitive, almost as if born specifically to counter anti-humans.
If the previous intelligence was true, then Dark Fang might be a superpowered individual rather than a monster.
But why would a superpowered individual go looking for an ordinary person with martial arts talent?
It seemed like the puzzle was solved, but also not.
Xing Yuan Cai discovered that the more she dug into this matter, the more headache-inducing it became, and the accompanying questions grew more and more.
In the end, Xing Yuan Cai decided to place everything on the problem person himself. As long as she could unravel the mystery on Li Chi, all problems could be resolved.
She firmly believed that Li Chi was absolutely not just an ordinary person.
“Let me see just what kind of person you are…”
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