Chapter 3145

The next day, the scorching sun was in the sky. In the manor filled with floral fragrance, several female servants were washing clothes.

Sunlight shone in from the window, and the breeze blew the curtains slowly. Su Xiao sat up from the bed and glanced at the time. He had slept for nearly 11 hours. He had cooperated with too many old schemers before and acted cautiously at every step. Now that he had sufficient rest, he felt refreshed and his thoughts were active.

Glancing at the time, Su Xiao felt it was about time to return to the Institution's headquarters. He had to reveal a big flaw, otherwise, the plan this evening would cause unnecessary losses.

Leaving 'Deer Flower Manor', Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha straight to the Institution's headquarters. Amu and Hunting Tide stayed at 'Deer Flower Manor' to avoid any changes there.

Half an hour later, just as Su Xiao walked into the main entrance of the Institution's headquarters, Dean Vic and Mrs. Xiulin came to meet him.

"Bai Ye, have you had lunch?"

Although Dean Vic was smiling, his eyes were bloodshot. Mrs. Xiulin's gaze at Su Xiao was so resentful that it inexplicably made one's back feel cold.

"Not yet."

"That's perfect, it's already prepared. Xili, Xili, get out here!"

Dean Vic was not polite to Xili at all. The reason was that Xili grew up in his containment hospital. Don't look at Xili being ruthless to outsiders; when he saw Dean Vic, it was like seeing his own father. When he was naughty as a child, Dean Vic's bamboo board didn't hit his butt less.

"Here, here."

Xili ran over with a sneaky smile. He was one of the direct participants in abducting Kingsley's wife last night. Seeing Dean Vic at this moment, he felt very guilty.

"Xili, have all the Hound Squads set off?"

Su Xiao spoke suddenly. Hearing his words, Xili nodded solemnly.

"As the captain of the Hound Squad, you also go to 'Deer Flower Manor'. Including you, there are exactly 500 people there. If Eclipse people come, kill one for every one that comes."

"Yes!"

Xili turned and left. Seeing this, Dean Vic didn't say anything. He wouldn't make things difficult for Xili; he had a personal relationship with Xili, and Xili was now executing orders.

"Bai Ye, 'Deer Flower Manor' is Kingsley's property, isn't it? Could it be that you imprisoned his wife there? This location choice…… good, no, good my ass. What's going on between you and Kingsley?"

"War has started. Kingsley's people have already discovered that Ms. Nan is imprisoned in 'Deer Flower Manor'. I mobilized forces from the headquarters to station there."

"Reason? You are at war, there must be a reason."

As Dean Vic spoke, he signaled Su Xiao to go upstairs. Not long after, Su Xiao, Dean Vic, and Mrs. Xiulin sat down in the restaurant on the second floor, and everyone else consciously left the restaurant.

"Kingsley is shielding the three knights."

Su Xiao took a plate of seafood noodles and frowned after taking a bite. It was cooked too soft, a huge gap from the pasta cooked by Xia.

"Three knights? Is it the three knights of the Western Continent written in the war report?"

Dean Vic and Mrs. Xiulin looked at each other, and Mrs. Xiulin nodded.

"Bai Ye, you are in charge of the Institution. Do you mean Kingsley is using the three knights to exchange for his wife?"

"Correct."

Hearing this, Dean Vic didn't say anything else and stood up to leave. Three people stood at the top of the pyramid of the containment organization. As one of them, Dean Vic wouldn't point fingers at the other two, at most making suggestions.

Dean Vic left, but Mrs. Xiulin didn't. She just sat there, staring at Su Xiao, her gaze extremely resentful.

"Something up?"

Su Xiao put down the fork in his hand. Hearing his words, Mrs. Xiulin felt angry.

"On the Western Continent, how many artillery shells did you order to be fired?"

When saying this, Mrs. Xiulin seemed to want to ignore her status as a ruler and the gap in strength, and pounce on Su Xiao to 'fight to the death'.

"Forgot. Probably used artillery to wash the ground for two days? The specific quantity is hard to count."

"12,595,230 shells. You ordered the firing of 12,595,230 shells at the Western Continent. Just the battleship cannons alone were 345,442. We bear one-fourth of the cost. Do you know how many Ta-pounds that is?"

When Mrs. Xiulin said this, her eyes were resentful to the extreme.

"I represent the Institution, not the entire containment organization."

Su Xiao drank an iced drink and finished his lunch.

"What do you mean?"

"The dirty deals done by the Southern Alliance and the Eastern Alliance in secret, you and I both ignore. As for the cost of the shells, let them come to the Institution to ask for it."

"Where would your Institution have so many Ta-pounds? It still has to be paid by me."

"The Institution can pay in stages, totaling 300 years…… no, 500 years, settling once at the end of each year."

Su Xiao's words made Mrs. Xiulin laugh, and she said:

"Bai Ye, this is called defaulting on debts."

"No, this is called installment payment, modern economics."

"Wha… what?"

After Mrs. Xiulin asked, she was silent for a long time, and finally stood up to leave.

Su Xiao knew that the plan could begin. He and Kingsley were not going to let the Institution and the Eclipse organization fight to the death. Ultimately, the final goal was Dangerous Item S-001. Kingsley would definitely return it after using it. The reason was that that side also knew what a dangerous existence S-001 was. Once someone used it, the desire in that person's heart would become limitless.

In fact, Su Xiao even suspected whether Emperor Taiyatu had used Dangerous Item S-001. The other party's desire for control, power, etc., were all distorted, and even started to…… be stupid.

The one who uses S-001 must be a dead man. While achieving the goal, the dead man must also be killed.

Su Xiao returned to the office on the seventh floor. While waiting, time passed quietly. The sunset on the horizon was as red as blood. It was less than an hour away from the Eclipse organization members launching a surprise attack on the Institution's headquarters.

Su Xiao signaled Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang through the team channel that the potion could be dropped. This potion was dropped in today's dinner and could inhibit the vitality of body energy for a period of time. In fact, this thing was an auxiliary medicine in cultivation. After drinking it, if one didn't actively use the body energy in the body, it wouldn't have an effect.

Before long, the combat power of most Transcendents in the Institution's headquarters would be significantly reduced. Kingsley also gave orders that the people under him would not deal fatal blows.

It seemed the Institution's headquarters was empty, but it wasn't. Once a third-party force took advantage of the situation to attack, the Eclipse organization members under Kingsley would immediately stand on the same front as their own Transcendents, assisting their own Transcendents in defending the Institution's headquarters.

Knock knock knock!

There was a knock on the door. Xili pushed the door open with a bang and strode in.

"Sir, when I was stationed at 'Deer Flower Manor', Silver Dog, one of the Hound Squad members, intercepted a small amount of enemy intelligence. They might launch a surprise attack on our headquarters. I was worried this was fake intelligence, so I only brought the other three members of the Hound Squad back. To prevent our communication channels from being eavesdropped, the four of us ran back to deliver the message. It's foolproof!"

The skinny monkey Xili clenched his fist at the end and smiled confidently.

"……"

Su Xiao now had a trouble: his subordinates were too capable. In terms of intelligence, the Institution was stronger than Eclipse. Even if he made his own defensive forces weak, he couldn't make it too exaggerated. Besides, the return of the Hound Squad was not enough to affect the plan.

Thump.

The floor under Su Xiao's feet suddenly shook, which meant the Eclipse organization's attack had begun.

"Not good!"

Xili turned and rushed out of the room, taking the other three Hound Squad members to the bottom floor, heading straight for the containment vault.

Boom!

The wall on the first floor of the headquarters shattered, gravel flying everywhere. Two figures wearing black robes and hoods rushed in; it was Alec and Guang Mu.

Guang Mu looked around, white light blooming in her hands. The reason she came here was that the client gave too much, and she couldn't refuse at all.

"The lord has ordered, our goal is to take that thing away, not to kill people! Do you understand?!"

Hao Huo shouted, reiterating what Kingsley had explained before coming.

Eclipse members rushed into the first floor of the headquarters one after another. There weren't many people. According to the plan, they would successfully rush into the containment vault and take away S-001, while those outside would be responsible for blocking the reinforcements from 'Deer Flower Manor'.

Alec and Guang Mu didn't participate in the fight for S-001. They were contractors, and Su Xiao wouldn't inform them about this.

For a time, the first floor of the headquarters was in chaos. Their own Transcendents were all stunned. They all found that their body energy had problems, and their reaction was very slow when mobilizing it. Before they could form a defense, the enemy had already punched them in the face.

Ring 2, with a cold aura, walked into the headquarters. He was like a walking skeleton in a leather bag, but looking at his face would make people laugh. Ring 2 had panda eyes, his face blue and purple. Last night, he was ambushed and suffered a fat beating. He even felt that someone jumped up and stomped on his head.

Ring 2 moved forward, his teeth biting and making a clicking sound. He didn't go to the containment vault but walked upstairs. His task this time was to drag down the Institution's Legion Commander, Kuku Lin Bai Ye. Presumably, after this matter ended, Kingsley would quietly compensate him without Ring 2 noticing.

A few minutes later, a roar came from the seventh floor of the headquarters.

In the office, Su Xiao looked weak. He had to pretend that the energy in his body was restricted, but he couldn't pretend too much.

Su Xiao glanced at Ring 2 lying not far away and stepped toward the outside of the room. After going down a few flights of stairs, he arrived at the entrance of the containment vault. Passing through this corridor and taking the elevator, he could enter the containment vault.

Su Xiao looked into the corridor. On the ground were mottled bloodstains, which were spreading outward, representing that the injured had already fled.

In the slightly dark corridor, there were four blood-red eyes, as if four evil dogs were crawling in the darkness, choosing people to devour. It was the Hound Squad four-man group. These four guys held off the first wave of the Eclipse organization's attack and beat back the dozen or so Eclipse organization members responsible for rushing into the containment vault.

"Damn it~"

Baha was speechless. The Hound Squad returned suddenly and didn't eat the dinner mixed with the potion. This was the Institution's trump card squad. The dozen or so people sent by Eclipse couldn't rush in at all, unless Eclipse's Hao Huo, Ring 1, Ring 2, and Ring 3 arrived to fight the Hound Squad head-on, and it was hard to say who would win.

Seeing it was Su Xiao, the blood-red in Xili's eyes faded. He shook the blood on his hands and said with a big, grinning smile:

"Sir, how timely I returned."

Xili smiled exceptionally happily. He felt that he had made a great contribution this time.

At this moment, footsteps came. Xili looked at the sound, and the pupils in his eyes began to shrink.

"Kingsley."

The teeth in Xili's mouth became sharp. He looked imposing, but in fact, he knew very well the gap in strength between himself and Kingsley. Besides, the Hound Squad fighting Kingsley was completely giving it away. S-003 (Black Emperor) restrained the abilities of the four of them. Kingsley cleaning them up was like cleaning up his own children.

"Sir, Kingsley is here. You have to protect us. Last time the four of us joined forces to deal with Kingsley, you know the result."

Xili whispered with his back to Su Xiao. He recalled the tragic experience in the past. The Hound Squad was famous, and then once, they were almost beaten into stray dogs by Kingsley.

"Xili, I was schemed by Kingsley. My current strength is less than one-tenth of what it used to be, and I need time to recover."

"So……"

Xili began to feel something was wrong.

"It's up to you, Xili. I have high hopes for you."

Su Xiao patted Xili on the shoulder. Xili stood stupidly in place. He looked at Kingsley walking over, his expression exceptionally wonderful.

Baha turned its head away. It felt that this time the Hound Squad returned just to get beaten.