70: Who said the mission had to be accomplished!
General Liu pondered for a moment, then placed his hands on the table, his eyes sharp: "Junior Brother, do you think the Three-Leaf Clover Group will fall tonight?"
These past few days, General Liu had specifically checked the surveillance footage around Tang Gao's residential area. Every time something happened to the Three-Leaf Clover Group, it was after Tang Gao had been home for a while.
Once is a coincidence, but every time? Is the Three-Leaf Clover Group specifically choosing the time you return home to get beaten up?
Tang Gao smiled and said, "Senior Brother, how could a mere Cultivator like me make such a prediction? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to ask our Revered Master, an Eight-Order Great Power?"
General Liu rolled his eyes: "Hypothetically, assuming this has absolutely nothing to do with you, and we're just talking casually, do you think the Three-Leaf Clover Group will run into trouble tonight?"
Tang Gao chuckled, "Probably. The Three-Leaf Clover Group has been having problems every night recently; it would be weirder if they didn't have any issues tonight."
General Liu nodded in agreement, picking up the internal dedicated phone microphone: "Notify the people below to seal off the Three-Leaf Clover Group's branch. No one is allowed to leave, and no one is allowed to enter. Without my orders, no one, regardless of who they are, is permitted to go in.
Anyone who dares to enter will be shot on sight."
Alright, you're quite ruthless, kid, leaving no loopholes.
General Liu smiled as he put down the microphone: "Alright, I'm really looking forward to the Three-Leaf Clover Group being driven out, restoring a good environment to our Liang City."
Kid, I've done you this favor; I hope you're sensible.
Tang Gao chuckled: "Senior Brother is truly generous. It seems the Three-Leaf Clover Group wouldn't be worthy of your painstaking efforts if it didn't fall."
General Liu waved his hand dismissively: "Alright, Hidden Fox General, hurry home. I still have work to do."
Tang Gao shrugged helplessly and waved: "Bye, Senior Brother, I'm going home."
General Liu watched Tang Gao leave the office, sensing his slightly blurred Qi gradually leaving the Guardian Bureau, boarding a public bus, and disappearing beyond two intersections.
General Liu thought for a moment and called Liu ShouShan: "Prepare to close the net. Notify Tong Ren Tang to prepare for taking over the medical market. The Three-Leaf Clover Group probably won't last until tonight."
..."Senior Brother, why won't it last until tonight?"
General Liu smiled strangely: "Because today is Saturday."
Zhao Cheng's case on Monday, the Blood Rage Thrall Case on Tuesday, the Violent Justice envoy's death case on Wednesday, the Medicinal Pill factory incident on Thursday, and the Medicinal Material reserve base on Friday.
On Saturday, all of this will be settled.
As for Sunday, well, this mysterious Great Power needs to take a day off to rest.
...
Tang Gao returned home, looked at the Demon Suppressing Talisman on his neck, and directly put it into his spatial backpack so it wouldn't affect his performance later.
Tang Gao checked today's AFK earnings and collected them. His Cultivation reached seventeen years, increasing by one segment.
The third stage of Qi Refinement requires forty-eight years of Cultivation—and this is with superior Aptitude.
Tang Gao thought for a moment and summoned the Violent Justice envoy and the Shen Nong Alchemist.
"How are you two doing?"
The Violent Justice envoy looked content, holding a milk tea: "Ever since I stopped running dungeons, life has been so enjoyable. Just casually doing quests for a guaranteed minimum is great."
The Shen Nong Alchemist cupped his hands and replied with a slightly serious tone: "The Market Supervision Bureau and the Dan Yao Association both approached me, asking me to sell at a fair price. Old Mister Fang from Tong Ren Tang sent someone to inform me that they are about to move against the Three-Leaf Clover Group soon, and I don't need to push myself so hard anymore."
Tang Gao's expression was slightly surprised: "What do you mean 'push yourself so hard'?"
I Cultivate Cultivation Techniques 24 hours a day, and I don't feel any pressure.
The Shen Nong Alchemist shrugged: "I wasAlchemy and treating patients without eating or drinking. They were worried I couldn't handle it and advised me that it was okay to earn some hard-earned money if I really couldn't.
I originally wanted to refuse, but the patients kept scanning codes and transferring money to me, so I said, 'If you have money, give some; if you don't, just do more good deeds.'"
Tang Gao nodded: "Indeed, you should collect a bit."
The Violent Justice envoy raised an eyebrow, discerning something from his main body's tone: "Revered One, are you going to deal with them severely?"
The Shen Nong Alchemist's expression was calm, his tone level: "I'm still publicizing their internal documents. The timing is perfect now, Revered One, it's a good time to act."
Currently, the Three-Leaf Clover Group's branch is too overwhelmed to make any external moves; they are completely preoccupied with their own survival.
Tang Gao thought for a moment, sat on the sofa, and extended his palm. Leng Yue's soul, which had been Soul Extraction in the Infinite Reincarnation, emerged from his palm.
Leng Yue's soul, the size of a meatball, knelt trembling in his palm.
Tang Gao looked at him, his eyes indifferent: "Do you have any way to unleash the power of an Eight-Order Great Power, even if it's just once?"
Leng Yue's soul trembled, stammering: "It's difficult; this is a fundamental difference. I can only imitate it closely."
Tang Gao stroked his chin: "What if I want others to think that an Eight-Order Great Power intervened in this matter?"
Leng Yue's soul froze, then looked up at Tang Gao with fear and bewilderment: "Revered One, can't you just perform normally?"
General Liu, a Sixth-Order, couldn't discern your true strength or detect the Spell fluctuations at the crime scene.
The rest can be left to other Cultivators to 'deduce' on their own.
They will provide an answer that satisfies the Revered One.
Tang Gao was stunned, pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Indeed, I just need to perform normally."
No need to pretend to be an Eight-Order Great Power.
They will misunderstand that an Eight-Order Great Power intervened in this matter.
Tang Gao put away Leng Yue's soul and looked at the other two Clones: "I'm going to eliminate their expert team and put an end to them."
The Violent Justice envoy hesitated slightly: "Revered One, if the Three-Leaf Clover Group's headquarters really sends an Eight-Order Great Power to trouble Liang City, what should we do?"
Tang Gao stroked his chin: "Accept a task related to him."
The Shen Nong Alchemist's face immediately turned green: "No, still grinding?"
Grinding a Fourth-Order almost made us throw up.
Grinding an Eight-Order, are you sure you're alright in the head?
Tang Gao looked at the Shen Nong Alchemist as if he were an idiot: "Who told you that once you accept a task, you absolutely have to complete it?"
I just don't submit the results, right?
Do I absolutely have to complete it?
Just leave it there and keep restarting it.
The air fell silent for a moment.
The Violent Justice envoy gasped, leaning back tactically: "There's such a move?"
The Shen Nong Alchemist gasped, leaning back tactically: "It has to be the Revered One; your moves are the most outrageous!"
Everyone had always followed the path of perfect completion, maintaining a habitual way of thinking.
They never expected such a reverse operation.
If you accept a task, do you absolutely have to complete it?
There's no penalty for task failure anyway.
Besides, tasks refresh daily, inexhaustible; they're not a rare resource at all.
Tang Gao shrugged, opened the task list, and directly searched for related tasks, finding them as expected.
[Two-Star+ Task: Three-Leaf Clover Group Branch Expert Team]
[Task Completion Conditions (Choose one): Arrest / Kill / Negotiate ...]
The System, as always, provided many options to ensure he had the most satisfactory choice.
Tang Gao, as always, never gave such enemies any choices, ensuring his own most satisfactory mood.