137: Chapter 137 Exposed

At the first light of dawn the next day, the hardworking "Sakura Country" Raiders, busy as little bees, set out in full force, their destination aimed directly at the outskirts of the "Scar of Chaos" outside the city!

They even gave up on escorting the students. Saku Kenichi stood at the edge of the "Scar of Chaos" and said,

"Leave one person in this area of "Sakura Country". If you see students, do not escort them, do not expose yourselves, and stay hidden nearby. Once you discover the Dragon Country people, do not rush to act; figure out their tricks first. Everyone else, search according to the zones I divided last night! I have already greeted the [Strategist] of other countries; as long as you do not touch the students, no one will make things difficult for you when you reach other countries' zones."

One person stayed behind to ambush in their own zone, while the other three moved around looking for the Dragon Country team.

Saku Kenichi believed that no matter what methods the Dragon Country people used, they would need to make contact with the students, so this arrangement would certainly flush out the Dragon Country people!

On the Dragon Country side.

"The large influx of favorability from the [Dean] yesterday has already attracted the attention of "Sakura Country"." Chen Aoyun said to everyone before leaving the small hostel,

"Adar called me to say that the Sakura people promised benefits to make other countries keep an eye on our Dragon Country's movements. Adar accepted "Sakura Country"'s proposal while proactively informing me; playing both sides fits this guy's style, so his words are seventy percent credible. Since that's the case, I alone am enough to leave the city today."

Reaching out to get enough coins from Fan Ling, Chen Aoyun said to him, "Continue operating your shell company. Unless someone suspected to be an NPC from the compass appears, you don't need to worry about anything else."

Fan Ling nodded, and Chen Aoyun looked at Zhao Hongxiu and Xiao Zhenghong,

"Zhao Hongxiu, Xiao Zhenghong, go to the 'Criminal Zone' and try to complete the [Officer]'s mission. The Sakura people have focused on the area outside the city; according to Adar, "Sakura Country" has given up its own Criminal Zone. This concession makes things interesting. Other countries just have one more area to search for criminals, but the number of people hasn't changed; the total number of Raiders is still four. Whichever country gets to use the area the Sakura people gave up will actually have their focus dispersed. See if you can do something in this situation. The favorability with the [Officer] has always been at zero; that won't do."

Taking out some coins, Chen Aoyun placed them against his forehead, constructed something in his mind, and then handed them to the two.

"Try to complete the [Officer]'s mission in crowded places as much as possible. Crowds are conducive to concealment. I have constructed the civilization trait of 'Joining the Fun' into these coins; once you sense something is wrong, crush them, and perhaps you can escape the threat, just like before."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Aoyun took out some more coins, repeated the action of placing the coins against his forehead, and handed them to Fan Ling, telling him to use them when necessary.

After giving these instructions, the four went their separate ways and disappeared into the bustling city crowd.

Chen Aoyun headed straight for the city gate. His disguise was still active.

Even though he knew in advance that the Sakura people would target him, and even though he had been very careful, outside the "Scar of Chaos", he still almost fell into the Sakura people's ambush.

"They aren't even escorting students anymore; this is a trap specifically set for me!"

Just as Chen Aoyun, disguised as a merchant, handed an MP3 player to a student, he felt a gaze like needles on his back shooting out from the shadows of the bushes not far away.

The other party didn't act immediately, likely observing Chen Aoyun's actions. At the same time, his special disguise had confused their assessment.

They weren't sure if the merchant with strange behavior in front of them was an NPC from the plot, or a disguise by a Dragon Country person.

If it were an NPC, the behavior was too strange; not only did he proactively approach the student, but he also inexplicably put a pair of headphones on the student.

If it were a Dragon Country disguise, it didn't seem right either. The highest-level Raider in Dragon Country was only lv11, while he, Kayahara Ao, was lv13—pure, high-tier combat power. How could he not see through the other party's disguise?

Just as Kayahara Ao hesitated, Chen Aoyun, sensing the danger, took a deep breath and decisively activated his second set of skills!

'The Three Sages of History's' [Blue History] simulated [Zhao Yun]'s [Seven In, Seven Out].

Kayahara Ao also reacted, instantly moving to block, even activating a skill to make the air around Chen Aoyun viscous!

Yet, Chen Aoyun still managed to escape.

This was the power of the 'Pseudo-Heroic Spirit Skill'. It wasn't a conceptual skill in the absolute sense, but combat skills could ignore the opponent's defense, and escape skills could ignore the opponent's obstruction.

[Pseudo-Seven In, Seven Out] provided seven instant accelerations rather than blinks, leaving Kayahara Ao, who was ambushing from a distance, watching Chen Aoyun's disappearing back with an expression of disbelief.

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. Chen Aoyun became even more cautious, and even when he encountered students multiple times, he didn't make a move.

The Sakura people were busy all day, but in the end, they still couldn't flush out Chen Aoyun.

That night. The midnight bell rang once again.

The Dragon Country people's favorability with the "Famous Scholar" [Dean] increased again!

Although the increase this time wasn't much, for "Sakura Country", which had invested all its manpower costs and wasted an entire day, today's operation was a failure.

"We failed to catch the Dragon Country person, and we didn't figure out the method the Dragon Country people used to increase favorability. Kayahara Ao, I gave you the ambush mission because I saw you were a high-tier Raider. You actually let the Dragon Country person slip away right under your nose? How do you explain this!"

With the live stream on, any attempt by Kayahara Ao to hide his mistake was meaningless.

However, Kayahara Ao wasn't panicked. He reached back and pulled out an MP3 player, slapping it onto the table.

"Who are you looking down on? Although that rat from Dragon Country escaped from me using some unknown special method, I didn't come back empty-handed. This is my harvest! The Dragon Country person sneakily handed this thing to a student; this gadget must be the Dragon Country's method for stealing favorability!"

An MP3 player was the Dragon Country's method for stealing favorability?

Taking the MP3 player from Kayahara Ao's hand, Saku Kenichi discovered that there were some metal fragments from crushed coins stuck to the device.

He unplugged the headphones and played the content of the MP3 out loud. Saku Kenichi's familiar voice, Chen Aoyun's voice, rang out...