The hyenas' mouths let out strange laughter.
"Hiss!"
"These two old guys are shameless."
Their ears were met with surprised whispers.
Chen Yu frowned.
His intended words had been snatched. Glancing sideways, he saw Hei Dou stealthily crouched on the ground, his round eyes fixed on the two hyenas.
"Hei Dou?"
Chen Yu whispered, quickly covering him with his magic cloak.
"Where did you go?"
"I had nothing to do, so I wandered around. I just inspected our city-state, and the people are working very hard. Your second city lord is very satisfied." Hei Dou proudly lifted his little head.
Before he could wag it twice.
*Thump.*
A crisp sound echoed.
"Boss, why did you hit me?!" Hei Dou, clutching his head with his small paw, glared. Chen Yu shot him a look and snorted, "Conquering a city isn't enough for you to show off."
"We're both city lords now, what's wrong with showing off a little?" Hei Dou grumbled.
"You'd better behave," Chen Yu whispered sternly. "The current city lord of this city is Kailin, and those survivors also believe Kailin is the city lord. You are my resource spirit pet. If you dare to proclaim yourself the second city lord outside, letting the survivors know you've ruined my plan, I'll chop off your weights and use them as snacks."
Looking at Chen Yu's fierce gaze, Hei Dou felt a chill run down his spine.
His eyes were filled with despair.
City lord, Kailin?
He had been looking forward to being second-in-command, but now he had become a younger sibling. The later younger sister had gotten there first and leaped to become the city lord.
This...
"Did Kailin sleep with you?"
Hei Dou tilted his head in confusion.
"Sleep with your grandma." Chen Yu glared fiercely at him. Hei Dou's eyes held even greater confusion, "Then you let her be the city lord even though she didn't sleep with you. I could understand it even if she had slept with you."
"Why so much nonsense?"
"Hey, boss, I just don't understand."
Hei Dou persisted.
He tugged on Chen Yu's arm with his paw, seeking an explanation. Chen Yu instinctively moved, stepping on loose stones, which made a crunching sound.
Instantly, the hyenas, who had been cackling, stopped laughing.
"Who!?"
The hyena mage even took out his staff.
*Swish!*
A fireball was hurled towards Chen Yu and Hei Dou.
"See, now we're discovered," Chen Yu exclaimed, darting out a dozen meters with Hei Dou in tow. "I was collecting evidence, and you're delaying things."
"I didn't do it on purpose."
Hei Dou drooped his little head, allowing Chen Yu to hold him by the neck with all four limbs suspended in the air.
"What do we do now?"
"We definitely can't keep peeking," Chen Yu muttered. "Those two hyena mages seem to have very strong senses. They noticed something was wrong just now, and they'll be very vigilant. Collecting dirt on them won't be easy. Let's wait a few minutes before going out."
If he revealed himself now, the hyena mage would surely suspect Chen Yu was the one monitoring them.
If he waited a few minutes...
Then his identity would be questionable.
Perhaps the hyena mage would still suspect, but he wouldn't be able to confirm that Chen Yu was the one who had been watching them.
"Boss, why are you collecting their dirt?"
"Idiot, to blackmail them," Chen Yu said, glaring. "They look like they're in charge of the hyena tribe. They actually want the hyena warriors to die. Isn't that a black mark? If we threaten them with this, and they still want to get by in the hyena tribe, won't they have to give us money?"
"Ah~"
"If they give us money once, and we don't delete the smartwatch video, can't we blackmail them again next time?"
"Ah~"
"Next time, before deleting it, we'll make a copy. After deleting it, we'll let them rest assured. A few days later, we'll show them the copy, and can we blackmail them again?"
"Ah~"
"This is wealth," Chen Yu said earnestly. "Do you know how wealth accumulates? It accumulates bit by bit like this."
Hei Dou, still being carried, couldn't help but blink, as if discovering a new continent.
So, one piece of dirt could be used for blackmail three times.
"Boss, then if we show this video to the hyena warriors we've captured, letting them know the true faces of these two, they'll be grateful to us and we can earn even more money," Hei Dou said, his eyes filled with confusion. "What I said, does it make sense?"
Chen Yu was stunned.
He stared intently at Hei Dou, who was being carried by him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"A talent!"
Chen Yu couldn't help but exclaim.
He hadn't even thought of it that way. He never expected Hei Dou to come up with it.
And it seemed feasible.
"Is it?" Getting Chen Yu's approval, Hei Dou immediately perked up. "I actually thought of something even better. We can send people to contact them, tell them we offer assassination services, and can kill those hyenas. We can even kill first and get paid later."
"Ah~"
"At this time, we just need to disguise ourselves and talk to those captured hyenas. Ask them to cooperate with us, record the video, and hand it over to those two. If they believe it, we'll earn another sum of money."
"Ah~"
"When they arrive, they'll suddenly discover that the hyenas are all alive, and they'll be furious. We'll tie them up and have their families pay ransom."
"Ah~"
"If they call their relatives, we'll extort a sum. If they call members of the hyena tribe, we'll show them the first video and the video of their contact assassinating tribesmen. The management of the hyena tribe will surely be enraged. At that time, they might even thank us for eliminating a scourge for them. We can get acquainted with the hyena tribe, and if we're lucky, we might even get some money."
Astonished!
Chen Yu stared silently at the talkative Hei Dou, his eyes a little dazed.
This?!
This is too brilliant!
A chain of schemes within schemes within schemes.
"Hei Dou, you've truly surpassed your master and outdone your predecessor. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before." Chen Yu's eyes were filled with shock. "Your master truly bows down to you."
"Boss, you're too humble."
Hei Dou shook his head solemnly. "Compared to you, I'm like a mediocre horse compared to a unicorn, or countless stars compared to the bright moon. There's no comparison between us."
"Tsk, quite humble."
"Oh my, little brother, this is all from the bottom of my heart."
"Not bad~" Chen Yu nodded in satisfaction. "Not arrogant, not impatient. You'll have great achievements in the future. In the future, when you encounter such matters, you can offer more suggestions."
"So, what I said is feasible?"
"Extremely feasible!"
Chen Yu specifically used the word "extremely" and gave Hei Dou a thumbs-up.
"This set of consecutive plans of yours will definitely deal with those two hyenas perfectly."
"Since that's the case, if not now, when?" Hei Dou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Chen Yu also grinned and exchanged a look with Hei Dou. "Charge~!"