Chapter 4444 — The Final Preparations
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"Eh?" Everyone was stunned again, and only after a moment did they understand: by "settle the bill," he meant the points.
"Just what trick did you use?" Wu Baoliang, however, would not give up. A dangerous light gleamed in his triangular yin-yang eyes, and he made as if to rush forward and seize Wei Zhao by the collar.
"You are welcome to try." Wei Zhao suddenly smiled. He had been worrying that he might never find a chance to finish the man off; if this creature dared to harm him first, then he could strike with perfect justification and slaughter this scum before everyone's eyes.
At the same time, Qi Mingyuan, Qi Wenmo, and the others beside him abruptly radiated killing intent, forcing Wu Baoliang to check his movement midway. Had he not stopped, these men truly would have joined forces to kill him.
"Hmph. I will soon learn this trick of yours—when you die at my hands!" Wu Baoliang laughed with a harsh cackle. After giving Wei Zhao a long, deep look, he said a word to Cheng Haonan and Long Kuiba, then turned and left.
Watching Wu Baoliang's receding figure, Wei Zhao could not help but secretly lament the lost opportunity. Arrogant as this creature was, he was no fool. Of course, had he truly been a fool, he would not have survived to this day—he would have fallen into the hands of the Enforcement Hall back at North Island.
"Chief Escort Hai, now you have nothing to say, do you?" Wei Zhao turned to Hai Wuliang and said.
Hai Wuliang's face was ashen. He did not utter a single word; with a cold snort he turned and walked off. From the look of him, he could not even be bothered to search the remaining two escort agencies—he simply had no heart for it.
Wei Zhao exchanged a smile with Qi Mingyuan and Qi Wenmo, then turned to the crowd and said, "Is there any other escort agency that would like to try its luck?"
Oh, brother! At these words, everyone's face darkened at once. You've raked in a full three hundred points over this round alone, dragged both the Sihai Escort Agency and the Longzhou Escort Agency into the pit, and you're still not satisfied—you want to trap more suckers?
The remaining heads of the escort agencies, whenever Wei Zhao's gaze swept over them, could not help shrinking their necks. There was surely some hidden knack to this, and surely it could not be cracked in a short while. Only a fool would fall for your scheme!
"No one? Then never mind." Wei Zhao looked rather disappointed. Since no one would challenge them again, there was naturally no need to put the escorted item back. As for the members of the "bandit crew," though their leader Hai Wuliang had gone, the competition had to go on. Zhao Bufan and the others were still present, and so the group promptly moved on to the next escort agency.
"Brother Ling, you can tell me now, can't you? Where on earth did you hide it?" Seeing that the others had drawn far away—and that his own father, Qi Mingyuan, had gone with them—Qi Wenmo hurriedly leaned in, unable to contain himself. Compared with the thrill of suddenly gaining three hundred points, he was more curious about this.
"A secret." Wei Zhao smiled faintly and said no more. The answer was simple: he had casually tucked it into the jade pendant's space, where no one could possibly find it. But that answer could not be told to anyone; it would have to remain a secret forever.
"Uh..." Qi Wenmo was clawing at his heart with a hundred talons, yet Wei Zhao kept his mouth firmly shut, and there was nothing he could do—neither coaxing nor pestering availed. In the end, he had to give up in frustration.
Soon, however, he put the matter behind him. Over there, the "bandit crew" had already searched out the escorted items of the remaining two escort agencies, and with that, the fourth round of the Hide-the-Escort-Item-in-Peril contest came to an end.