Chapter 16 A Plan
"So, we need to get into the prison to rescue Serena."
Wan Lei stroked his chin, muttering to himself.
The young man thought to himself that these two had indeed come to rescue Serena, but he didn't dare to say anything. He knew too much now and might be silenced.
Well…
Judging by the nature of these two bullies, being silenced would be a light punishment. He was even more afraid of being kept by them as a source of merit points.
"I think rescuing Serena is just the first step."
Fang Xiaoyu stroked her chin, a gleam in her eyes. If she were wearing glasses, she'd be the spitting image of Conan.
"How do you figure?"
Lei Shao, as the straight man in this comedy duo, never failed to play his part.
"Think about it. Serena stole the control hub for the entire city and hid it.
Given the task giver's style, they wouldn't just want us to rescue Serena.
She's just one person. What value would rescuing her alone have? The real task must be for us to rescue Serena, then take her to retrieve the hub and hand it over to a contact.
That would be a complete task. Otherwise, what's the point of rescuing a single person? It's incomplete."
The white-robed youth's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
'Damn, why didn't I think of that? So there are so many more steps to my plan. Hmm, I really am amazing.'
He looked at Fang Xiaoyu with increasing approval.
'Hmph, with my intellect, even if that Wan fellow, the Earth Immortal, wasn't here, I could still devise a perfect task.
There's more than one smart person named Wan in this world. This girl Fang Xiaoyu is quite good.'
"That's right. So, we can't just barge into the prison to rescue Serena. We have to sneak in, sneak her out, find the hub, and then run away immediately, making sure not to alert anyone."
"Right, let's do that. Now we need to ask about the prison's location and the city's power structure."
After Fang Xiaoyu finished speaking, she looked at the young man.
"I'll talk, I'll talk…
I don't know where the prison is. After all, I'm a good person and have never been imprisoned.
But I do know about the power structure.
During the battle when Supreme Sin descended two months ago, most of the city's strong individuals participated and many died.
Necklace Benevolent died, and only three of the Upper Benevolents are left. There are countless Middle and Lower Benevolents, too many to count.
After Supreme Sin left, to guard against the Nest of Sin, Benevolents and Upper Benevolents from various places were transferred here. No Great Benevolents were assigned to garrison here."
"Three Upper Benevolents? Should be able to handle them, right?"
Lei Shao was calculating his combat power against those of the same level. If it were like the Lei Feng Realm, he could take on at least a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators by himself.
But here…
"No, we can't go in head-on. The Benevolents here have the power of the Wheel of Morality bolstering their strength, and they have endless energy to use. You can only use your own power, which makes a big difference.
Moreover, there are countless Benevolents in the city. Can you fight an entire city alone? Do you think you're Supreme Sin?
This time, we still need to use our brains."
"How do we use our brains?"
Fang Xiaoyu thought for a moment and looked at the young man, asking,
"What's the intelligence level of those three Upper Benevolents?"
"Two are average, but one is very smart.
He was Necklace Benevolent's strategist, named Ying Gou. He has a pointed mouth and a skinny face like a monkey, extremely ugly and wretched.
He was lucky enough to survive the great battle and is now the new city lord. He manages everything in the city."
"Okay, I understand."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded to Wan Lei.
Wan Lei grinned hideously, raised his foot, and kicked towards the young man.
"What are you going to do? Don't kill me…"
Before the young man could finish speaking, his head was crushed by Wan Lei's foot, and a mess of red and white matter splattered everywhere.
Fang Xiaoyu smiled leisurely,
"I have a plan…"
This was a city that exuded a medieval European style.
Mapleheart City in the afternoon was not too lively. The city had not yet recovered from the great battle when Supreme Sin descended. Many places were in ruins, and people wore expressions of sadness that had not yet been completely erased, going about their work numbly.
A beautiful girl in a goose-yellow dress walked alone on the street, her brows furrowed and her eyes full of worry, looking anxious.
She looked around blankly, her eyes slightly pitiful and helpless, like a lost little girl.
Passersby hurried past, occasionally someone would look up at her, marvel at her beauty, and then quickly lower their heads to mind their own business.
Finally, Fang Xiaoyu saw a tall man wearing a tall hat and a uniform.
Gouzi had described them to her; these people were called law enforcers.
In the Lei Feng Realm, they were called constables.
In other worlds, they were called police.
When in trouble, find a police officer; you can't go wrong.
Fang Xiaoyu took small steps and quickly walked up to the law enforcer,
"Y-you… hello, can I ask for directions?"
The law enforcer looked up and thought, 'Wow, what a pretty little girl.'
Fang Xiaoyu's eyes were full of helplessness and hope. No one could bear to refuse her help,
Especially since the law enforcer was a normal man.
"What's wrong? Are you in trouble?"
"Yes, a friend of mine has been arrested and taken to prison. I want to visit him, but I don't know how to get there."
Fang Xiaoyu's big eyes were teary, and her timid appearance melted the law enforcer's heart.
"The prison, huh? It's not easy to get in there. If you want to visit, you need permission from the people there. They're not easy to talk to; they might make things difficult for you."
He knew all too well what kind of people guarded the prison; he was part of the same organization.
"It's okay, just tell me how to get there."
"From here, go west, and on the edge of the city, you'll see a cluster of isolated buildings. That's the prison; it's easy to find, everyone here knows it."
The law enforcer sighed. How could such a pretty little girl end up in the hands of those people? Who knows what they would do to her?
Ah, whatever.
Fang Xiaoyu repeatedly thanked him, then got up and left.
The law enforcer watched her leaving, sighing again in his heart. He was naturally upright and didn't want to see such things happen.
Suddenly, he frowned, his gaze sharp, and his eyes became fierce as he looked at Fang Xiaoyu.
He had said that the prison was to the west of the city, so why was this little girl walking south?
After thinking for a moment, the law enforcer condensed a power of merit in his finger, transmitted a message, and sent it towards the center of the city.
Then, he concealed himself and quietly followed behind Fang Xiaoyu.
In the center of the city, on the tallest building, a middle-aged man with a pointed mouth and a skinny face received the message, his eyes blazing as he looked south.