Chapter 457: Two Little Beggars

Hua Jian Lei doesn't want Ying Duo to kill Mei Weisi.

"Can I put it that way? At least in my assessment, she is the most suitable target for me to pursue in this Dome."

What does his assessment actually include?

Appearance, attire, inner qualities, and the power and wealth she controls......

That's really a lot.

"But, of course, there are other reasons as well."

Hua Jian Lei added.

"At the very least I can guarantee that if you really tear down Heavenly Dome City, she definitely won't be the one blocking you, and she might even quietly supply you with gunpowder."

Under Mei Weisi's control, the Windsor family has continued to decline these past years, while Mei Weisi herself and the entire clan have shown a completely opposite trend, enjoying a very good reputation in aristocratic circles.

This is a very abnormal situation.

Out of curiosity, and also to learn more about Mei Weisi, Hua Jian Lei even spent considerable effort investigating Mei Weisi's past.

But he found nothing amiss; Mei Weisi is a genuine "painted bunting".

Ying Duo, faced with these words, fell into a strange silence, and it was unclear whether Hua Jian Lei's remarks had quenched his desire for this experience.

"Xi Rensheng, you can use it first."

"Alright, we happen to be short on manpower here; are you okay handling it alone?"

They tacitly skipped over the topic.

Mei Weisi is a flower-type target, but Ying Duo also doesn't want to give up this valuable experience.

Since Hua Jian Lei rates Mei Weisi so highly, it now depends on whether Mei Weisi can luckily survive the dungeon.

"No problem, I'll temporarily partner with him."

Ying Duo nodded, and Hua Jian Lei's gaze formally fell on Luo Jinyou.

Suddenly the focus of everyone's attention, Luo Jinyou felt a bit restrained, but still met Hua Jian Lei's stare.

He actually rarely interacts with outsiders, but those people's recent words revealed too much information, not sparing him at all.

It's because he was brought by Ying Duo.

"...... Are you sure?"

Hua Jian Lei looked at Luo Jinyou's appearance, furrowing his brows.

How to put it, Luo Jinyou is even shorter and more frail than Ying Duo.

He looks like an easy bully; the pursuit team wants to temporarily partner with him?

Although Xi Rensheng is always out of sync, at least he listens to the pursuit team, and his Aberrant Arts are also very useful.

Ying Duo nodded.

Xi Rensheng's Aberrant Arts are indeed handy; conjuring a playing card and slipping it into Ying Duo's backpack, the two of them cooperate in guerrilla tactics with unstoppable success.

But this still can't prevent Xi Rensheng from being at most a functional support here, and Xi Rensheng already has his own balanced output; acting together with Ying Duo actually leaves no room for his output to manifest.

Although Xi Rensheng and Ying Duo's ideas are more in sync and they are obedient, when it comes to Aberrant Arts compatibility, Luo Jinyou and Ying Duo are definitely higher.

"No!!! Partner, you can't treat me like that!"

Xi Rensheng immediately performed a slippery kneel, taking advantage of his already dirty clothes from several days, and completely indifferent, he slid across the floor.

Ying Duo had anticipated it, transformed into a cluster of Data Stream to evade successfully, and sat directly on the bar counter.

A futile swipe couldn't curb Xi Rensheng's desire to show off; he immediately reached into his pocket, pulled out a handful of unknown white fragments, and flung them into the air, trying to mimic June's snowfall.

"Clearly this is a story of the three of us; although partner you ruthlessly abandoned me for that Little Ghost, it's fine, I'm not here to break you apart, but to join you!"

Ying Duo ignored him, and Hua Jian Lei gave him a nod.

It's fine; Xi Rensheng will sweep up his own paper scraps.

"We'll leave first."

Ying Duo led Luo Jinyou away directly; he and Fang Zhiyan returned to headquarters, and after locating Luo Jinyou they should go straight to meet Bai Mu Yun.

But Bai Mu Yun set a time, telling them to meet at a specific location; seeing the time gap, Ying Duo decisively ran to find Hua Jian Lei, letting Luo Jinyou blend in there to become familiar while gathering intel on Mei Weisi.

Now they naturally have to seize the time to meet Bai Mu Yun.

Oh, and incidentally, they still managed to climb out through a window.

There's no way around it; the only key is in Lao Bao's hands, and given their teammates' friendly assistance, even if Lao Bao returns they still have to climb out the window.

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When Ying Duo arrived at the rendezvous with Luo Jinyou, he was almost twenty minutes early.

The place was easy to find: an old building in the Dome's eastern district, its exterior painted off‑white, two golden columns at the porch engraved with intricate patterns, and at the entrance stood two attendants in black uniforms, backs straight, gazing forward.

Ying Duo stood at the foot of the steps, tugging his scarf upward to cover half his face.

Because many people came and went in this area, he also did some disguise at Luo Jinyou's strong request.

The scarf his brother gave him, and the change of clothes Luo Jinyou brought last night, were perfunctory but better than nothing.

Upon arriving and finding Bai Mu Yun not yet there, Ying Duo immediately chose to sit rather than stand, leaning his back against a golden column, sitting on the ground, and began a keyboard‑typing mode.

Fortunately their spot was in a corner, no one paid them any attention; Luo Jinyou silently shifted aside, trying to block Ying Duo's Aberrant Arts effect.

The two sat in the corner, each looking more suspicious than the other.

"Damn, what is this? Acting like I'm short on cash."

Someone stepped out of the building, leather shoes clacking on the stone slab road, the heavy sound like venting inner anger.

He irritatedly scratched his head, and his peripheral vision caught Luo Jinyou and Ying Duo huddled in the corner; his mouth twitched downward as if he smelled something foul.

"Do you two know what this place is?"

His gaze roamed over them; both were dressed plainly, their outfits mismatched, looking as if cobbled together.

"Since when can beggars come here to beg?"

Seeing the two kids silent, Ying Duo didn't even glance at him, and Luo Jinyou just instinctively made his block on Ying Duo a bit tighter.

Seeing that, the man became more eager, and immediately shouted at a waiter by the door.

"How have you become so unrefined? Why don't you chase off these annoying little beggars?"

The waiter frowned instinctively upon hearing that; he had just escorted this sir out, but after hearing the man's words clearly, he still came over to check the situation.

The waiter's gaze fell on Ying Duo and Luo Jinyou, and his brows furrowed slightly.

He stood before the two, his tone still polite: "Sorry, young gentlemen, if you're not guests, please don't linger too long at our entrance."