Zhao Ke and Ryan stood at the door of the conference hall, and their excitement about being able to meet up with their fellow housekeepers from the Fourth Base suddenly disappeared.
The two of them stared at the cute smile from the person on the screen, and felt a chill in their hearts for a moment.
If they had known this would happen, they should not have hidden in the kitchen of the flying ship and spoken ill of Marshal Qin. If they did not have this handle, they would not be in such a passive position now.
"Tell me, I am dazzled."
Ryan looked at his companion in a trance.
Zhao Ke was older, but it was his first time to encounter this kind of thing. He said in a trembling voice, "No, he said he would be here soon."
Ryan was heartbroken. It was a bolt from the blue, devastating news.
The two men stood there, not daring to go anywhere, just like prisoners about to be guillotined, anxiously and desperately waiting for the moment of execution. Soon the executioner's figure gradually appeared in their sight.
Ya Executioner Xiao smiled brightly, as if he had met his best friend, and greeted them warmly. Zhao Ke and Ryan forced themselves to smile.
However, when they saw the woman with a high ponytail behind Yaxiao, who was wearing a lip piercing and had a bad look in her eyes, as if she really wanted to shoot them, Zhao Ke and Ryan's expressions finally couldn't hold back.
Why is Emily here too?!
Is this the executioner coming with his knife
In panic, the two noticed that Emily made a disgusted sound and looked away, as if she didn't want to see them at all.
Such a disdainful attitude made Zhao Ke and Ryan feel strangely relieved. As long as Emily didn't want to kill them, it would be fine.
Yaxiao, who was standing in front, looked good-tempered as before. His smiling blue eyes were full of pure light. "I'm sorry to have kept you two waiting for a long time."
Zhao Ke and Ryan didn't dare to agree, and quickly shook their heads: "Not long, not long, we just arrived."
"That's good."
Ya Xiao curved his eyes and said to the two housekeepers, "Emily will go in with me."
"Okay." Zhao Ke and Ryan nodded, thinking, as long as you don't tell Qin Qi about our secret conversation in the kitchen, we won't say anything even if you bring a bomb.
Emily glanced again at the two housekeepers who were talking to Yaxiao.
Zhao Ke and Ryan are the stewards of the Fourth Base, and they are not the same kind of people as the Sixth Base. Emily doesn't know why Yaxiao wants to treat these two cowards as friends, but Yaxiao is her boss. As long as he does not endanger the base and the marshal, she will obey all his orders.
Including walking with the wimps from the Fourth Base.
Zhao Ke and Ryan sensed Emily's disdain and were instantly startled. They felt sympathetic and tacitly decided to stay away from her to avoid making her angry.
“Is this your first time attending a chat session?”
"No, we've participated twice before."
Zhao Ke and Ryan answered truthfully.
While the two were talking, the black-haired boy was listening attentively.
The two butlers noticed this and felt a little complicated. Then they seemed to naturally tell him some things to pay attention to during the conversation.
As a butler serving the Taboo Ones, observing people's words and expressions is the most basic ability. After a simple exchange of a few words, Zhao Ke and Ryan can determine that Yaxiao is a person who is easy to get along with.
If what happened before hadn't happened, they really wouldn't be so afraid of each other.
But that incident made the two of them feel uneasy.
For a short period of time, Zhao Ke and Ryan didn't know how to get along with Yaxiao.
Yaxiao had no idea what the two housekeepers were thinking.
When he walked into the meeting hall, there were already seven or eight stewards standing inside.
There are not many butlers who attend the conversation meetings every year. Most of them come with their employers who are attending border meetings. In total, there will be five or six butlers joining the conversation meetings at each border base.
In the Sixth Base, in addition to Yaxiao, there were actually three other housekeepers who were going to attend the meeting. However, due to some things, they arrived late, so Yaxiao and Emily did not wait for them and arrived at the venue first.
As soon as he entered the venue, Yaxiao noticed that Zhao Ke and Ryan moved slightly and their expressions became a little nervous. Following their line of sight, he saw three young butlers in black tuxedos.
With pride in their eyes and their chins raised, they stared at Zhao Ke and Ryan with dissatisfaction, as if they were very unhappy that the two were standing there.
The leader of the three, Burton, was an elegant young butler with slicked-back silver hair. He frowned and took a step forward.
"Zhao Ke, Ryan, what's going on with you two? He's not the steward of our base, is he?"
Zhao Ke and Ryan froze for a moment, fearing that the other party would say something unpleasant, and hurriedly rushed to explain:
"Bulton, this is Yaxiao, the new butler of the Sixth Base Marshal. We are friends with him."
"Yes, he is highly valued by Marshal Qin."
Zhao Ke and Ryan deliberately emphasized their tone when saying the three words "Marshal Qin", intentionally reminding each other not to say the wrong thing.
Bolton is the steward of the Fourth Base Marshal.
Being able to serve the master of a base, he was naturally smart. He swallowed the rebuke that was about to come out of his mouth, and turned to introduce himself to Yaxiao, saying in a friendly manner:
"You are Marshal Qin's newly hired housekeeper. Would you like to go on stage and say a few words after the meeting begins?"
“No need.”
Yaxiao curled his eyes and said, "I'll just watch from below."
Not taking the stage means there is no intention to compete for representatives.
The hypocritical smile on Burton's face suddenly became more real.
"OK."
He nodded, looked at Zhao Ke and Ryan with a sharper look, and ordered condescendingly: "Since you are Yaxiao's friends, then get along with him well and take good care of him."
Compared with other bases, the Fourth Base has a very strict class division. For Zhao Ke and Ryan now, Burton's orders are everything. The two immediately nodded in agreement.
Yaxiao looked at Burton's back and whispered to Emily, "Does Burton really want to be the butler representative?"
Emily had no good feelings towards the Fourth Base. When she heard Yaxiao ask this, she nodded and replied, "Well, Burton has been the butler representative in recent years, and he probably wants to continue to run for election this year."
"So that's how it is."
Yaxiao's blue eyes curved slightly, and once he got the answer to satisfy his curiosity, he put the matter behind him and looked around.
"Have the stewards of the Fifth Base not arrived yet?"
According to the information found by Fourth Uncle, Xiaochen's accomplice in the assassination was a housekeeper of the Fifth Base.
"It should be here soon."
Zhao Ke replied cautiously, "The stewards of the Fifth Base are just like their employers. They don't have a strong sense of time and act recklessly. I guess they will step on the clock."
"oh."
Yaxiao looked at the dissatisfaction in Zhao Ke's tone when he talked about the Fifth Base, and asked with a smile: "Do you really dislike the Fifth Base?"
Zhao Ke stiffened for a moment.
Emily next to him sneered, her eyes seemed to be mocking, she was just a housekeeper of the Fourth Base, yet she looked down on the Fifth Base.
Zhao Ke blushed when he heard the taunting voice, but he knew Emily would definitely not teach them a lesson for this matter, so he stiffened his neck and explained: "Of course, the Fifth Base is free and easy, and it's fine if the employer does that, but their butlers follow suit, which is not in line with the professional spirit of butlers at all!"
Yaxiao thought about the group of officers playing cards when he went to the headquarters building yesterday. He blinked and nodded in understanding. The Fifth Base really values freedom.
Zhao Ke grinned at the sight, and was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted by several housekeepers who had just entered the meeting room:
"Fuck, you still have the nerve to talk about our base?!"
"Oh, so the stewards of your Fourth Base are so amazing? I haven't even seen what makes you so outstanding, but you seem to be so arrogant."
"The status of the taboo holders of the Fourth Base is high. A butler who can serve a higher being is much greater than ordinary butlers like us, isn't it?"
"Clap, clap, clap. Let me applaud you. You are worthy of being the Fourth Base with the most Taboos. If not, I'll just give my vote to you, the Fourth Base."
The two men and two women who just came in all looked like they were not to be trifled with. Their slim black tuxedos clearly outlined their strong muscles. They didn't look like butlers, but rather like warriors who could go to the battlefield to kill insects.
The four butlers just stood together, talking one after another, but it inexplicably gave people the feeling that they were smoking cigarettes and firing wildly with machine guns in their left and right hands.
Zhao Ke's face turned red. He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment, and he couldn't get a word in to refute.
Burton, the steward of the Fourth Base not far away, discovered that the steward of their base was being bullied by the hooligans of the Fifth Base, and quickly walked over with his companions.
"Did our butler make a mistake?"
"Aren't you guys just so undisciplined and have no sense of time?"
"It's understandable that the employer has such a temper, but don't you housekeepers feel a little embarrassed to do the same?"
"If we go to the battlefield, can such a disorganized team of stewards help their employer?"
Burton had a silvery slicked-back hair, sharp eyes, and a fierce counterattack.
However, the stewards of the fifth base refused to admit defeat. The two men and two women continued to fire:
"I came late because I didn't want to see your face. Going to the battlefield? We are all the pillars behind our employers. Have you ever been to the battlefield as a city dweller?"
"Oh, you are so brave to criticize us now. But why did you keep silent when you represented the border base to negotiate with the Central City Butler's representative last year?"
"He really deserves to be the most powerful talker, Burton."
"There are so few stewards serving at the border base this year, but your efforts during the negotiations are indispensable!"
"What do you know!"
Burton's face flushed and his body tensed, obviously trying to suppress his anger, but the next second he was sneered at by the four people opposite him.
This smile made the Fourth Base unable to hold back anymore. The butlers led by Burton quickly began to fight back. Zhao Ke and Ryan, two members of the Fourth Base, naturally joined the argument.
For a moment, the venue was so lively that it was almost like a combination of a debate competition and a vegetable market.
The devil loves this.
The two sides were talking back and forth, and Yaxiao looked here and there, his tail wagging in his trouser leg, his eyes sparkling, and he wished that they would quarrel more fiercely.
Almost everyone's attention was focused on the two bases, and so was Emily. However, compared to Yashao's excitement, Emily seemed a little bored.
The stewards of the fourth base and the fifth base have disliked each other for a long time, and the stewards of the two bases almost always have a quarrel every year.
Their Sixth Base also dislikes the arrogant style of the Fourth Base, but on the other hand, as long as the Fourth Base does not provoke them, they will not take the initiative to attack the other side.
On the other hand, the Sixth Base did not attach importance to the butler talks, which was why the butlers of their base had not arrived yet. There was no need for it.
Emily felt that Yaxiao was still young and curious about everything, which was why he came excitedly to the chat meeting early in the morning.
After all, if it weren't for his lively and optimistic personality, Yaxiao wouldn't be willing to be the Marshal's housekeeper, let alone be so close to the Marshal and the Sixth Base.
Yaxiao listened to the quarrel between the two bases with great interest. Suddenly, his ears moved slightly and his eyes were attracted by a figure.
The man had a shaved head and was standing behind the four people from the Fifth Base who were arguing. He looked taciturn, and compared to the others from the Fifth Base, his appearance and temperament were somewhat unremarkable. However, his expression was filled with indignation, as if he, like his companions, was angry about the insult from the Fourth Base.
"Emily, do you know the housekeeper?"
Emily heard Yaxiao's question, looked in the direction of his gaze, and shook her head: "I don't know him, but since he is following the four people from the fifth base, he should be the steward of the fifth base. Why, are you interested in him?"
Yaxiao nodded obediently, not even blinking when he lied: "I think he looks like a friend I knew before."
"Well, after all, all of you butlers are trained by the Central City Butler Academy." The two looked about the same age, and Emily thought it was very likely that they knew each other. "Why don't we go over and ask?"
Yaxiao agreed with Emily's suggestion.
He asked Emily to wait here for a moment, and walked happily to the man's side.
Xiaochen did not turn on the video when communicating with his companion, but he did send a voice message. According to his fourth uncle's description, his companion's voice was rather special, as if it was hoarse after being burned by fire.
After the verbal fight came to a halt, Yaxiao took the initiative to smile at the other party, and then brought up the reason he had just told Emily.
"Sorry, I don't think we've met."
The man with a crew cut has a hoarse voice, which is very recognizable.
The moment the other party's voice sounded, Yaxiao immediately called his fourth uncle over.
[Ding, based on the audio analysis recorded by the system, similarity: 100%]
As soon as this data came out, Yaxiao was certain in his heart, and a bit of disappointment appeared on his face. He said with relief: "Sure enough, I made a mistake. My optical computer happened to be broken at the time, and I didn't have time to add him as a friend."
Yaxiao had a favorable appearance to begin with, and coupled with the devil's deliberate disguise, there was hardly any flaw to be seen.
Chen Kui didn't know that his identity had been exposed. They did set up an organization to assassinate Qin Qi, but no action has been taken so far, and the members of the organization usually have their own jobs.
In this situation, he could never have imagined that there would be a butler who knew the plot in advance and came here specifically to collect information, and got close to him, and was ready to wipe out their lair in one fell swoop.
"I'm the steward of the Marshal of the Sixth Base, Yaxiao." The young man stretched out his hand and introduced himself to Chen Kui.
The steward of the Sixth Base Marshal
Chen Kui showed no reaction, and shook hands with Yaxiao with a smile, "I am the steward of the Fifth Base's adjutant Zhuang De, Chen Kui."
What a great opportunity.
As the marshal of the Sixth Base, Qin Qi has almost no flaws. Yaxiao is the steward closest to him. Even if the other party is not valued, he must know a lot of things that they don't know.
Especially at this critical moment, if they could get some information from the other party, it might be of great help to their assassination.
The two people, each with their own ulterior motives, looked at each other, smiled, and started chatting happily.
"You used to be a resident of the Seventh Base?"
Yaxiao was stunned when he heard the other party's identity.
"Yes."
Chen Kui pulled the corner of his mouth and pretended to be relaxed and said: "However, now the Seventh Base is gone, and I am already the steward of the Fifth Base. Compared with the Seventh Base, the Fifth Base is a place that many people want to come to but cannot."
Chen Kui's performance was perfect. The sadness of losing his homeland and his pretending to be strong made people feel good about him.
However, Yaxiao does not have the delicate mind of humans. As soon as he heard that the other party was a resident of the Seventh Base, he thought of the original plot.
In the original plot, Lieutenant General Qin Qi, who was sent to the Seventh Base for assistance, secretly destroyed the base's barrier, causing the Seventh Base to be breached and destroyed by the Zerg.
A few years later, the protagonists searched for clues about the destruction of the Seventh Base and accidentally discovered that the destruction of the Seventh Base's barrier was actually related to Qin Qi...
They regarded the Seventh Base as their hometown, but Qin Qi destroyed their Seventh Base single-handedly. This was the fundamental reason for the confrontation between the two sides.
Yaxiao raised his hand and touched his ear cuff.
On the surface, Chen Kui seemed to have accepted the fact that the Seventh Base had been destroyed, but a butler with a stable life was still thinking about assassinating the marshal. It seemed that there was no other reason except to avenge his homeland.
Maybe all the members of that organization were former residents of the Seventh Base, and they organized this assassination just to avenge the Seventh Base
That's possible.
But how did Chen Kui and his team know about this? Even the protagonists who had been investigating the cause of the destruction of the Seventh Base only got a clue not long ago and chose to break with the villains.
One thing leads to another, and this matter is unexpectedly troublesome.
Yaxiao shook his tail and instantly put these unimportant things aside. Yaxiao didn't care how they knew about the Seventh Base. He only knew that he had to stop them from assassinating the villain.
Yaxiao smiled brightly at Chen Kui, and considerately did not mention the matter that might make him sad. Instead, he mentioned the quarrel between the senior stewards of the Fifth Base.
"How long do they usually argue?"
Chen Kui continued, "Today is the first day of the meeting. The two most competitive steward representatives are the two in the front, the fourth base marshal steward Burton and our base's Yan Chi."
"Once the conversation starts, the two of them will stop."
Yaxiao looked at the two groups of people in front of him who were confronting each other and refusing to give in.
It looks like it will take some time to stop. I have to say, although his purpose is to ask questions, it is still quite lively and interesting.
At the same time, several marshals including Qin Qi had also arrived at the venue. Unlike the chaotic scene on the butler's side, their border meeting was more serious.
The surveillance camera flashed red lights, covering every blind spot. The four marshals sitting around the round table knew what was going to be discussed next.
"The breeding period of the black bone worm has been determined."
Qin Qi's eyes darkened slightly, and his voice was cold, with a tone that could not be refused, "Except for the black bone worm, no special abnormal movements have been found in other demon worms for the time being."
However, the most terrifying thing is that there is no movement.
The relationship between the several border bases is not very good, but this is a matter concerning the survival of mankind, and the marshals present know the seriousness of the matter.
"I understand. Before the spring meeting, our several bases must eliminate the black bone worms as much as possible." Westal was still wearing a pair of sunglasses and crossing his legs, but his expression was completely different from his nonsensical look yesterday.
Marshal Wenbol of the Fourth Base also raised his chin, his golden hair dazzling in the light: "Just leave this matter to us at the Fourth Base."
"Our base will try its best to provide you with weapons." Marshal Lu Chuanxi of the Eighth Base didn't even raise his head, but kept writing something on paper with a pen.
Qin Qi hummed, then looked at the Fourth Base Marshal Wen Bol.
When being stared at by those creepy black eyes, even Wenbol, who had experienced many hardships, felt his hair stand on end instantly. He seemed to know what Qin Qi was going to say, and he was the first to speak with anger: "The forbidden person Renik in our base has developed mental problems. What kind of punishment did you use on my people?"
"Follow the rules."
Qin Qi said calmly.
When Wen Bol saw the other party's attitude, he immediately became angry. He slammed the table and stood up: "Qin Qi!"
The hard table vibrated when it was hit. Wenbol was so angry that he wanted to rush up and beat someone up, but was stopped by Westa, who was standing next to him.
"Don't be angry. Who let your people lose control in the Sixth Base?" Wista forced a smile, his tone was not serious but a little warning. "Even if Qin Qi himself lost control in the Sixth Base and caused chaos, he would face absolute punishment, right?"
No one can break the rules of the Sixth Base, not even Qin Qi himself.
Wen Bol was filled with resentment but could only clench his fists. In fact, it was precisely because Qin Qi was absolutely fair and treated everyone equally that gave him such a headache, otherwise he would have fought with the other party long ago.
"Venbol."
"What?" Wenbol looked up and replied unhappily.
"I need to send my men to search the Fourth Base."
A cold voice sounded.
Wen Bol was so angry that he laughed, "Why do you think I would agree?"
The two marshals, Westa and Lu Chuanxi, who were watching nearby, also stared at the black-haired man's response with curiosity. Logically speaking, it was just that the Taboo One was out of control, so why did they suddenly want to search the Fourth Base
Under the gaze of several people, Qin Qi took out a number plate and an inspection report on the attachment of special substances.
He raised his eyelids, his dark eyes were dark and sharp, making it impossible to see his thoughts clearly:
"Renik's loss of control was caused by someone with malicious intent. Currently, the clues are broken at the fourth base."
On the other side, the conversation finally began. Yaxiao looked at Burton, who was giving a passionate speech on the stage to run for the butler representative, and then looked away.
The tip of the tail drooped in boredom.
Compared to this kind of thing, it’s more interesting to watch the housekeepers of the two bases quarreling.
Fortunately, although the conversation session will be held for three consecutive days, in order not to affect the housekeeper's service to the employer, the conversation session will only last two hours a day.
So while Yaxiao was scrolling through his laptop, the conversation was already coming to an end.
"Chen Kui, let's add each other as friends."
Yaxiao waved his light brain at Chen Kui.
Because they were not very familiar with each other, Yaxiao did not chat with Chen Kui for too long, so as not to arouse the other party's vigilance.
Chen Kui obviously had the same idea as Yaxiao.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but the cheerful and lively black-haired boy in front of him would always bring up other topics when he mentioned the marshal inconspicuously, so that he didn't get any information at all.
But the other party changed the topic too naturally, which made Chen Kui feel that he was overthinking.
"Of course, I'll sweep you."
Chen Kui raised his light brain. As long as he added friends, he would always have the opportunity to collect information.
The two people with ulterior motives looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
On the way back, Emily drove the hovercraft very quickly. The scene outside the window kept receding. Yaxiao admired the fleeting scenery outside and liked this speed very much.
Just as he was about to ask Emily to hurry up, the system suddenly spoke:
[Host! I think I found their hideout! ]
Yaxiao's eyes lit up when he heard this: [That's great, Fourth Uncle! ]
[It’s just not very likely.]
The system is not sure whether it is correct or not.
[fine.]
Yaxiao said in his heart generously: [I can use the Great Devil Experience Voucher to check if it is the hideout of their organization! ]
(End of this chapter)