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Chapter 219 My Lousy Teammates and I



Information asymmetry could be leveraged for many things, no matter how powerful and self-confident the Capital Commandant himself might be, the situation in District 13 was currently quite passive.

Therefore, in this negotiation, they were forced to forgive the illegal espionage activity of the Radiant Corps.

The terms for both parties were for the Radiant Corps to help District 13 deal with the Green Mist Legion and the Ninth District army outside, although confronting the Ninth District required the Commandant Mansion to send troops as well.

District 13, on the other hand, agreed to cooperate with the Radiant Corps, eliminating the Parliament of District 13, and having an envoy from the First District be stationed in the new Parliament.

As for the allocation of resources from the Ninth and Tenth Districts, that would be discussed after everything was over.

The deal was struck, and the Commandant Mansion sent out troops!

An army marched towards the outskirts of the city, but by the time they arrived at the Ninth District garrison, what likely awaited them was a joint encirclement from the Radiant Corps and the Green Mist Legion!

At the same time, someone was hastening towards the north under cover of night.

The city district now seemed relatively peaceful, but once the conflict between the various armies truly erupted, it would become completely chaotic.

The noise being made now was merely an appetizer.

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Third floor of the Five-star Hotel.

After watching the silhouettes of three people disappear from the restaurant, the Special Envoy sighed disconsolately, retracting her gaze with some despondency.

It was as if she was watching a group dividing up her mission rewards. The feeling was so heart-wrenching that she could hardly breathe; every breath she took seemed to cause a throbbing pain in her chest!

Yet, she was unable to intervene.

The Special Envoy glanced at the doctor beside her, only to see him completely oblivious to the world outside the window, carefully polishing his acupuncture needles with fine velvet cloth.

After cleaning, he meticulously put them away, his presence exuding a peaceful and indifferent quality that instinctively relaxed those around him.

The Special Envoy said with a complex expression, "The Capital Commandant seems to have returned from the negotiations. Aren't you afraid he'll silence you?"

Xu Shuo, while wiping his silver needles, replied softly, "Actually, I think I'm quite useful."

"Oh? You still have a bargaining chip?" asked the Special Envoy with interest.

After all, the Capital Commandant hadn't managed to silence him before. Firstly, Xu Shuo had pointed out Manager Zhang's anomalies, and secondly, a sudden incident occurred outside, distracting the Capital Commandant with other scores to settle.

But Xu Shuo had intentionally concealed facts earlier, and it was unlikely the Capital Commandant had forgotten.

Clearly, that man was petty.

Xu Shuo smiled, "You just mentioned that a war was about to start, right? In that case, killing a doctor with my medical expertise would be quite a waste, wouldn't it? Look, I just pulled you back from the brink of death, and now you're as lively as a dragon."

Special Envoy: "..." She found herself at a loss for words for a moment.

How could she say that her liveliness was due to a system item? It seemed her self-healing had given him undue confidence.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Special Envoy chuckled dismissively and averted her gaze, only to find the Capital Commandant had appeared at the door at some unknown time.

After Xu Shuo placed the silver needles aside, following her line of sight, the two made eye contact for a brief moment before he looked away, silently packing his belongings.

"I have a question."

The Capital Commandant said calmly, "Doctor Kong previously suggested that the waiter in the hotel was connected to Manager Zhang. Apart from the similar characteristics, on what basis did you make that assertion?"

He actually didn't pursue the previous concealment and the matter of silencing. Could it be that this was actually a somewhat petty man? The Special Envoy thought to herself, feeling strangely.

Xu Shuo looked up upon hearing this, pausing to think, "There isn't anything else; my attention was drawn purely because I found it a bit strange, but I don't have any evidence that they were acquainted."

The Capital Commandant's gaze grew slightly solemn.

If that person truly belonged to the Radiant Corps, then at least three possibilities could extend from that.

The least likely was that the Radiant Corps was colluding with foreign enemies, intending to use the power of alien forces to oppress and take over District 13.

Afterwards, a traitor appeared within the ranks of the Radiant Corps, possibly caught in the act with drugs, and thus chose to descend into depravity, aiding Manager Zhang in colluding with the enemy.

If that were the case, tonight's situation would likely become even more complicated. The main force of the Radiant Soldiers outside the city had no way of knowing if they had been thoroughly betrayed.

As for the last point, it was purely a misunderstanding.

However, it would be better to believe the first possibility rather than trust in the third.

The Capital Commandant had just proposed during the negotiations to have the Radiant Corps hand over the spy to be dealt with by District 13, but, as expected, it was unsuccessful.

So that person and his aide left together.

——They needed to find a way to capture that person.

At that moment, a soldier hurried over and whispered a report, his face tense afterward.

After the negotiations ended, the Capital Commandant naturally dispatched people to follow the departing aide, but the trackers lost sight of them in the Central City District when they split up.

And then, they lost both of them.

The Commandant's face was expressionless: "..."

At this moment, the Commandant again felt like drawing his gun and killing someone.

...

...

In fact, the person the Commandant wanted to catch was currently inside the Five-star Hotel.

The two had of course noticed they were being followed, so they proposed to split up and withdraw separately, and after that, the Male Waiter quietly doubled back to the vicinity of the Five-star Hotel.

He had not forgotten that someone still owed him a mission from beginning to end.

But he couldn't just saunter back that way — on his way to see the Commandant, the Male Waiter had changed out of his military uniform, so now he was forced to assault a patrolling soldier and skillfully strip off the man's uniform to wear himself, then deftly disguised his face to match that of the soldier.

Initially, recalling that someone's exquisite disguise as a woman, the Male Waiter had also considered whether he should simply change genders for the disguise.

But then he remembered his current goal was to enter the Five-star Hotel; while being dressed as a female might make it difficult to reveal his identity, it consequently gave him no reason to sneak into the hotel!

So the Male Waiter discarded the idea of cross-dressing from his mind and methodically disguised himself as a soldier, silently trailing behind the end of a passing patrol team.

After switching teams several times like this, he finally made it near the hotel.

Compared to the earlier chaos, the watch around the Five-star Hotel was not as tight now, making the Male Waiter's infiltration, with his prior experience in disguise, quite smooth.

He strode boldly into the hotel in his soldier's uniform.

Since the hotel's circuit breakers were still not repaired, flashlights were placed everywhere to provide light, but the illumination was weak, and the entire hotel seemed gloomy and grim.

Fearing he might encounter the Commandant along the way, the Male Waiter moved very cautiously.

At that moment, standing at the corner near the hotel's back door, he hesitated whether to go up the stairs on the left or the right.

It was a fifty-fifty chance of running into the Commandant coming down the stairs!

But before he could resolve his hesitation, several figures suddenly appeared at the left stairwell's turn, among them an especially conspicuous individual shaped like a tank!

The Male Waiter dared not make any large movements and quietly pressed himself behind the door, glancing stealthily using the corner of his eye.

Descending the staircase were three people, with the Commandant, his face cold, at the forefront; turning, he headed straight for the door.

Following him was a stern-looking woman and Doctor Kong, who was leisurely descending the stairs, his hand on the railing.

Doctor Kong!

The Male Waiter's gaze suddenly fixed on him, staring intently as though flames were burning in his eyes, exceedingly bright!

Such a gaze was truly hard to ignore.

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