Chapter 97 Overtime

LinYin City, Lu Ke's empty apartment.

There were no other options in this room besides leaning against the wall or sitting on the floor. Sword Demon, Lu Ke, Yutian Shenming, and Zhan Wu Shang each stood in a corner, dejectedly gnawing on their fingers. They had already received Xi Xiaotian's message: the operation had failed. The four were gathered here now, waiting to see the four-plus minutes of footage Xi Xiaotian would bring back.

A knock sounded, and Lu Ke quickly went to open the door. Xi Xiaotian stood outside, clutching a scroll.

"I'm sorry," Xi Xiaotian said, pursing her lips.

"Come in first." Lu Ke pulled her into the room. "It's okay, who can be sure that something like this will definitely succeed!"

The comfort clearly didn't improve Xi Xiaotian's mood. She held out her hand. "The scroll is here. Shall we watch it together again?"

"Okay, okay!" Yutian Shenming and Zhan Wu Shang immediately crowded around. As for these two carefree guys, everyone had reason to believe that their sadness was feigned. Frankly speaking, this matter was on a completely different level emotionally for these two than it was for Sword Demon and Lu Ke; they were basically just passersby.

"Should we wait for Qianli?" Sword Demon suggested.

"Uh, the Wanted Missions Office is quite far from here. It'll take him a while," Lu Ke replied.

Gu Fei's death was, of course, just a facade. They were only sacrificing a level at the very beginning of the plan. Even if Gu Fei was willing, Sword Demon's sense of honor would never allow Gu Fei to make such a sacrifice. So, after studying the terrain of the street, they decided on the plan of hiding in a sack and faking death from the start. The method was very simple: pretend to be attacked, then flash a white light, and disappear. All of this was technically feasible, as long as Gu Fei could master the timing and use a teleportation-type skill to disappear just before being hit. And Broken Water Arrow's line of sight was obstructed at this time, so he couldn't see any flaws.

They had originally wanted to get a teleportation scroll, but then Gu Fei simplified the plan by making good use of the teleportation function of his Wind Chasing Emblem. After completing a wanted mission, he didn't teleport immediately, but activated it at that crucial moment, which was more economical than a teleportation scroll.

In addition, this fake arrow that killed Gu Fei had to be unexpected and sudden enough. Otherwise, if he just died from a normal attack, Gu Fei felt that it wouldn't be realistic at all. And the Tracking Arrow, which claimed to have a 100% hit rate, was even more of a joke in Gu Fei's eyes. "That slow thing can kill me? Unless you shoot a hundred of them at once."

In the end, Xi Xiaotian provided her unique skill: Two-Chain Arrow. The skill name had the word "chain" added to the name Two-Shot Arrow, and the key point was in this "chain" word. The two arrows of this skill had to be cast twice. The first arrow, in terms of attack and speed, was exactly the same as a normal attack. If this attack didn't hit the target, then there would be no second arrow. But once it hit, the second arrow fired would automatically track the target hit by the first arrow, and this arrow would have speed and power comparable to a sniper shot. It was equivalent to a super-evolved version of the Tracking Arrow.

Before the plan began, Xi Xiaotian first shot Gu Fei with the first arrow. After that, as long as she didn't make any further attacks, the Two-Chain Arrow state would remain in effect. So, when the second shot of the "Two-Chain Arrow" was released in the battle, it would naturally track Gu Fei at high speed. Gu Fei finally felt that he could accept "dying" under such an unexpected attack.

At this time, Gu Fei, after leaving the Wanted Missions Office, had been hurrying to meet up with everyone, but he also received the news of Xi Xiaotian's failed operation on the way. No one said much about the specific situation in the message, so he had no choice but to continue to speed up his pace.

"What about that guy? Does he want to watch it too?" While waiting for Gu Fei, Lu Ke asked Sword Demon.

"I'll call him." Sword Demon knew that Lu Ke was referring to Han Jia Gongzi. The relationship between Han Jia Gongzi and Water Depth was sometimes good and sometimes bad, but overall, it was mostly bad. Water Depth would grind his teeth eight times out of ten when he mentioned this person, and Lu Ke, as Water Depth's wife, couldn't be unaffected. Besides, it was perfectly normal to dislike Han Jia Gongzi, because he was inherently an unlikable guy. But Lu Ke was still very clear about his abilities, so like many people, she hated him while having to trust him from time to time. Like You Ge, Yutian Shenming, and Zhan Wu Shang, they all faced this person with such conflicting feelings, but this person seemed to enjoy watching their conflict, so everyone became even more conflicted.

Soon there was another knock, and Han Jia Gongzi and You Ge were the first to arrive. The two of them could watch the battle with binoculars, so they were at least in this area, which was much closer than Gu Fei.

So Lu Ke, opening the door, saw that face that made so many women helpless, that gaze that despised everything, and then smelled the ever-present smell of alcohol. Lu Ke quickly waved her hand and fanned the air. "This alcohol smell!!!"

"Alcohol smell? That's also the most gorgeous," Han Jia Gongzi said, walking arrogantly into the room, his eyes quickly settling on Yutian Shenming.

"What?" Yutian Shenming's voice was still quite loud, but his confidence was obviously lacking. Because it had been proven that Han Jia Gongzi would never despise or ridicule anyone for no reason. The targets he despised and ridiculed all had sufficient reasons to be despised and ridiculed, at least in his opinion.

"Idiot!" The contempt began nakedly.

"He's talking about you!" Yutian Shenming looked seriously at Zhan Wu Shang. Zhan Wu Shang reached out to grab his head, but Yutian Shenming nimbly dodged. He was supposed to be a master, but if he was always simply grabbed and thrown out by Zhan Wu Shang, how could he hold his head up?

"Two idiots," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"You're an idiot, you're an idiot!" The two immediately formed an alliance to resist the enemy.

Han Jia Gongzi didn't retort, just sneered. Then, looking at the anxious looks of these two guys, anyone who saw this scene would quickly distinguish which side was the idiot...

At this time, it was naturally You Ge who came out to smooth things over. The others were also a little resentful of Han Jia Gongzi for scolding people as "idiots" as soon as he entered, but after hearing You Ge explain Han Jia Gongzi's previous analysis, everyone turned their contemptuous gaze to Yutian Shenming.

"Don't blame him too much." Zhan Wu Shang suddenly became like a kind uncle again. "His brain hasn't fully developed yet."

"Get lost!" Yutian Shenming pushed Zhan Wu Shang away and explained helplessly to everyone, "Then what should I have done? I had to interrupt Qianli's skill there! Otherwise Broken Water Arrow would have died, and Sister Xiaotian's attack couldn't have been used at that time, otherwise Qianli would have died. That was the plan from the beginning!"

Han Jia Gongzi supported his forehead. "Is his brain really not fully developed?"

Before Yutian Shenming could erupt, Han Jia Gongzi continued, "Didn't you understand what You Ge said just now? The problem isn't the interruption of the first arrow, it's the sniping of your second arrow. You shouldn't have gotten carried away and fired such an arrow. This arrow contradicted the first arrow."

"This... I just thought that Qianli would definitely be able to dodge it, so I wanted to attack a few more times to make it look more realistic." Yutian Shenming was a little aggrieved. This was indeed his true thought at the time. He just wanted to do things more perfectly, but who would have thought that it would expose flaws instead.

"It's nothing. Although it's a flaw, it's not certain that Broken Water Arrow noticed it, is it?" Sword Demon said to Yutian Shenming.

Yutian Shenming didn't answer, but looked at Xi Xiaotian. The only one who had contact with Broken Water Arrow afterwards was Xi Xiaotian. Only she could possibly know whether Broken Water Arrow had noticed it.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be waiting for her to announce the answer, Xi Xiaotian took a deep breath. Just as she was about to open her mouth, there was another knock.

"Probably Qianli is here." This time, Sword Demon stepped forward to open the door, but the door opened, and it wasn't Gu Fei who came, but Water Depth.

Water Depth was alone. He was stunned to see Sword Demon, and even more surprised when he looked into the room and found so many people. Sword Demon looked embarrassed and glanced back at Lu Ke.

"He's looking for me..." Lu Ke said.

Wasn't that obvious? Everyone was sweating profusely in their hearts, and involuntarily responded with "Go ahead, go ahead", not even knowing what they were doing. Everyone was embarrassed, and involuntarily moved to the corners of the room. And Sword Demon was even more at a loss after letting Lu Ke out, not knowing whether he should follow Lu Ke out to talk to Water Depth, or come in and close the door...

In the end, Xi Xiaotian took a step forward. "Xiao Ke, we'll wait for you," she said with a sweet smile before slamming the door shut.

"Why did Water Depth come?" Everyone in the room made a unified action of wiping sweat.

"Why are you all acting like you've been caught cheating?" Han Jia Gongzi's contempt came again. He had no reaction after Water Depth showed up. He didn't even think about actions to relieve the embarrassment, such as Xi Xiaotian quickly closing the door, because he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

And this time, the rather harsh contempt was not refuted by anyone. Because everyone actually agreed in their hearts. That feeling of embarrassment just now really felt like being caught cheating!

"Could Water Depth's sudden arrival have something to do with Broken Water Arrow?" You Ge was always at the forefront of smoothing things over, fighting an unyielding battle with the inappropriate atmosphere.

"Has he really seen through our plan?" Thinking that it was his mistake, Yutian Shenming wanted to bang his head against the wall. How embarrassing! And this was a plan with beautiful women involved!

"Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Why would Water Depth come to find Lu Ke at this time?" You Ge said.

"I wonder what they're talking about?" You Ge muttered, walking towards the door, but after a few steps, he noticed that everyone's eyes were fixed on him, and he realized that he was about to put his ear to the door to eavesdrop on a conversation between a couple. How perverted! You Ge shuddered and quickly changed his tune. "Let's guess."

"No need to guess, we'll know when Lu Ke comes back and asks." Sword Demon said, "But if Water Depth was really sent by Broken Water Arrow, then we've been played by him again this time..." Sword Demon couldn't help but think of the last time he and Gu Fei had cleverly tried to follow him, only to end up losing their shirt and completely exposing themselves in front of Water Depth, leading to a falling out. And this time...

Sword Demon thought, rushing to the door. Lu Ke had chosen to avoid Water Depth before, wanting to wait directly until the storm had passed, but who would have thought that she would be caught at this time? As a friend, he had to bear it for her at this time!