Chapter 898
"Ding~"
Accompanied by the faint sound of the knob on the dashboard turning into the slot, twelve pairs of huge shutters above the docking area of the Kewangguo airport slid left and right rapidly, revealing the densely packed docking platforms below.
Immediately after, the airship, with an air bag length of over four hundred meters and a suspended passenger area of over one hundred and fifty meters, slowly docked at Airport No. 7 under the guidance of one of the docking platforms.
Finally arrived.
After the cabin cover of the VIP cabin opened and a breath of fresh air poured in, Li Ang glanced at the airport full of various steel structures, then stepped out of the cabin door with a slight stoop, and stepped onto the red long-pile carpeted boarding ladder with an expressionless face.
"Welcome, Your Highness the Prince!"
Although because time was tight, the airship taken by the Kingdom's delegation was not the special airship of the Migang, but the nearest passenger airship, the reception specifications on the Kewangguo side were still given in full on the surface.
Even before Li Ang had completely descended from the airship, two teams of people were already waiting on both sides of the boarding ladder. The moment he appeared, they greeted him in unison.
And standing at the very front of the honor guard, a young man with gorgeous and complex clothing and a half-mechanical clock embroidered on his chest strode up and extended his right hand to Li Ang with a smile.
"Your Highness Li Ang, I am Andre, the Third Prince of the Kewangguo. On behalf of the entire Kewangguo royal family, I welcome your visit."
Without even touching the web of his hand, just grabbing half of Li Ang's palm for a shallow shake, the young man who called himself the Third Prince arranged politely but with a hint of aggression:
"This time, because the time is quite hurried, and you must be in a hurry to handle official business, I have had people skip those overly complicated welcoming ceremonies. Please take the members of the delegation to the car; the Minister of Foreign Affairs is already waiting for you in Administrative District No. 3."
If it were a real diplomatic envoy, facing this kind of impolite "notification-style" reception, even if he wouldn't flare up on the spot, his expression probably wouldn't be very good. But Li Ang didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and led the other members of the delegation toward the arranged vehicles.
It seems this Prince Li Ang is a soft-hearted person who is easy to handle.
After simply judging his personality from Li Ang's reaction, the smile on the young man's face, which was barely considered cordial, was immediately mixed with a hint of perfunctoriness. He didn't even bother to introduce himself, but directly gestured toward the open floating car door with a "please" gesture.
It seems this Third Prince is a person with a rather proud personality?
After also judging the personality of the young man in gorgeous clothes, facing his increasingly perfunctory reception, Li Ang, who didn't care about these things, was happy not to have to be hypocritical with people. He just glanced at him, got into the car, sat down, and started to close his eyes to rest.
However, after the two had been seated for a while, the floating car still hadn't started.
Immediately after, an attendant holding a thick notebook ran over from the other members of the delegation who were undergoing identity verification. First, he bowed respectfully to the young man who was closing his eyes to rest, then frowned slightly and said to Li Ang:
"Your Highness the Prince, may I ask why the number of people in your country's delegation is two more than what was reported?"
Facing the attendant's inquiry, which used honorifics but was clearly not very polite, Li Ang's eyebrows couldn't help but rise slightly, and then he replied:
"The extra ones are the maid and personal guard who take care of my daily life. These two are not official members of the delegation, so they weren't reported with the others... Is there a problem?"
"There is indeed a problem."
The attendant was seemingly respectful, but in reality, he was unceremonious:
"The Kewangguo is different from your country. We are much more meticulous here. Every trip is recorded and requires an identity verification card. Your country's delegation reported two fewer people, so we have two fewer identification cards prepared. I'm afraid this will cause you inconvenience."
"Is that so."
Li Ang turned his head to look at him upon hearing this, and said with a calm expression:
"Use my identification card for them first. I can use His Highness Andre's identification card. Then take out your identification card as well. This way, the mistake of your insufficient preparation won't cause us any inconvenience."
"???"
"Do you have any other questions?"
Nonsense! Of course I do!
Watching Li Ang, who "solved" the problem in a few words and even shifted the blame, plus the Third Prince in the carriage who had opened his eyes and was looking over with dissatisfaction, the attendant couldn't help but flush red, and argued with displeasure:
"Your Highness the Prince, it was your side that reported fewer people first, and with me..."
"I'm not in a very good mood right now."
After glancing at the robber siblings who had changed clothes in the distance, Li Ang interrupted the attendant's words, and notified him with a hint of coldness in his expression:
"So that's about enough. Don't force me to take action and slap you."?!!!
Facing Li Ang's reminder, which lacked the elegance a noble should have and was as rough as could be, the attendant's already red face flushed even more, and his face turned slightly purple:
"You..."
"Slap!"
Seeing that he still wouldn't listen to reason, Li Ang, whose mood had reached the extreme after hearing about the robber siblings' encounter, raised his hand and slapped the attendant, who had clearly come to find trouble, knocking him to the ground. Then he turned his head to look at the young man sitting opposite him in the carriage.
"Your Highness Andre, is there any problem with me handling it this way?"
"Quite good."
After glancing at the attendant on the ground who was covering his face and clearly stunned by the slap, the young man in gorgeous clothes ordered impatiently:
"Don't waste time, hurry up and do as His Highness the Prince said! The Minister is still waiting over there!"
"Go... good..."
Seeing that His Highness the Third Prince had no intention of seeking justice for him, the attendant had no choice but to pick up the notebook that had fallen to the ground, cover his face, and go back to continue his work. The two people in the carriage started to close their eyes to rest again, while taking the opportunity to re-evaluate each other in their hearts.
This Prince Li Ang's personality, it seems, is not soft at all, and if things go wrong, he might even be shockingly hard...
The attendant was slapped and didn't get angry, so this Third Prince is not a proud person, but... simply afraid of trouble?
"Everyone, I invited you all here this time because I discovered two very dangerous pieces of intelligence."
Just as Li Ang and the Third Prince were sitting opposite each other, closing their eyes to rest, and moving silently toward Administrative District No. 3, beside a long table made of the bones of unknown creatures, a group of mysterious people wearing masks of various colors were looking at the head of the long table in unison, listening to the speaker at the head of the table with serious expressions.
"The first piece of intelligence is that after the failure of the last operation against 'Arrogance', the 12 Zodiac Branches of the Cleaning Bureau have all started self-inspection. The existence of our Luwang Society has likely been completely exposed."
What?!!!
After hearing the host's notification, the masked people couldn't help but be in an uproar. The Thrush mask, who had once had a conflict with the Water Bottle Director, said with anger in his voice:
"I said long ago that the Water Bottle Director cannot be trusted!"
And the woman wearing a black cat mask opposite him also said with hesitation in her voice:
"I also feel he is very suspicious. Shouldn't we reconsider our cooperation with the Water Bottle Director?"
"But this opportunity is indeed very good, it's a pity to let it go."
"The opportunity is good, but the cost of failure is also very high!"
"Alright, we'll talk about the cooperation with the Water Bottle Director later. Now I have more important things to talk about."
After knocking on the table forcefully to quiet everyone down, the person at the head of the table, whose face could not be seen clearly, turned his head to look at the girl wearing a white owl mask beside him and notified her with a steady voice:
"Snow Owl, the situation of others is not yet clear, but the 'Sloth' you are responsible for supervising has been completely exposed. The people the Cleaning Bureau sent to investigate you have probably already arrived."
End of Chapter
