Chapter 586: Each Hides Their Own Agenda

It is well known that demons are highly skilled in all kinds of contracts, and the Mingjin Society, whose members are mostly demons, naturally understands this well.

Zaku Li, as the society's top debt collector, has had many sensitive memories sealed by contractual restrictions.

Fortunately, Li Ang can now use the Shuangquan Hand to actively choose which information he wants to read, preventing the snake demon from turning to mush the moment he accessed her memories.

After some investigation, he barely managed to find the intelligence he needed.

Looking at the six-armed snake demon before him, weeping and sniveling, Li Ang gave an unreadable expression: "Fine. You've barely passed."

Saying this, he summoned a demonic contract in his hand and held it out before her: "Sign it."

Zaku Li was certainly no stranger to such things—she had signed countless similar contracts in her long life.

Even now, deep in her soul, she still felt lingering phantom pain, for what she had just endured was unbearable.

It felt as if someone had plunged their hand deep into her soul and twisted it relentlessly.

No, not just felt—it was the truth.

Recalling that left hand glowing with blue light, Zaku Li involuntarily swallowed.

This unknown great demon clearly possessed the ability to freely read others' memories, even bypassing the society's contractual restrictions to selectively view only what he wished.

Though this debt collector had lived for ages, she had never encountered such an ability.

'We're all demons—why is the Abyss so unfair?!'

Not knowing that the Shuangquan Hand was a power from the Immortal system, Zaku Li naturally assumed it was a gift from the Abyss.

Just as she was lost in thought, an impatient voice pulled her back to reality.

"If you refuse to sign this contract, then I can only apologize."

At once, Zaku Li nodded frantically: "I'll sign, I'll sign!"

She took the contract with both hands and hastily scrawled her name across it.

Zaku Li's true name was extremely long—or rather, demons in general have such names; Li Ang was the anomaly.

Watching the contract slowly burn away in the air, she exhaled a quiet sigh of relief.

Though the terms were brutal, at least her life was spared.

As a flicker of relief rose in her heart, she couldn't help but complain inwardly about why the society had assigned her this mission—this whole affair was pure misfortune.

Li Ang paid no heed to Zaku Li's thoughts and nodded to Lao Wu and the other three: "Done."

Hearing this, Lao Wu opened his mouth as if to speak, but only scratched his head and muttered three words: "You're strong."

He had guessed that this young man, as the trump card sent by Aio Logistics, would be no weakling.

But he never imagined he'd be this strong.

Was Zaku Li weak? Clearly not.

Though her super transformation looked ridiculous, most fifth-tier professionals couldn't withstand it, let alone inflict damage.

Yet this being, facing the demon before him, offered almost no meaningful resistance before falling.

'Only that one person among the Fifth-Tier of the Feeling Group could possibly stand against him.'

Thinking this, Lao Wu couldn't help but mutter to himself.

As a cosmic conglomerate, Giant God's Gravity naturally had its key proteges—but lately, the one they favored seemed to be assisting the group in developing a certain world; otherwise, it wouldn't have been him and Director Xiao Pan sent here.

Meanwhile, Pan Mingrui was thinking much the same, but his mechanical mind prevented strong emotional fluctuations, allowing him to maintain basic composure.

Glancing at the utterly battered six-armed snake demon, he asked: "Did you find out who the informant is?"

In response, Li Ang's expression turned grim: "Like the Mirror Man, this one isn't certain who the informant is—but fortunately, there are a few suspects."

Though the Demon Desire Grand Casino's personnel were extremely diverse, very few could have possibly come into contact with the robbers.

As a professional debt collector of the Mingjin Society, Zaku Li had an exceptionally sharp instinct for such matters.

Upon learning that Li Ang and the others were investigating the recent theft from Giant God's Gravity, she quickly narrowed down three possible suspects.

They were: the personnel from the Mingjin Society and the Price Desire Group assigned specifically to handle stolen goods at the Grand Casino, and

the head of the Price Desire Group at the Grand Casino.

The two personnel handling stolen goods needed no further explanation—if the robbers had ever come to the Grand Casino, they likely had contact with them.

As for the latter, the Price Desire Group, being a major enterprise specializing in vice establishments, often gathered intelligence inaccessible to ordinary people.

Hearing this, Lao Wu hesitated slightly and asked: "If I recall correctly, that head of the group is Sixth-Tier, right?"

"Yes," Li Ang nodded, then pointed to the silent Zaku Li: "That's why I spared her life."

"No wonder."

Lao Wu and Pan Mingrui's eyes lit up with sudden understanding—they had been puzzled why Li Ang had spared her, but now it was clear he had planned it all along.

Compared to outsiders like them, Zaku Li, as a Mingjin Society debt collector, was far better suited to gather intelligence—and could even avoid triggering a Sixth-Tier's suspicion.

Besides, even if she failed to obtain any useful information, they could always kill her and buy a new lead from the Mirror Man.

Realizing this, all five present turned their gazes toward the six-armed snake demon.

At that moment, Zaku Li felt the weight of all those stares and her heart sank.

The two senior engineers could see it—she could see it too.

If she could choose, this debt collector would rather face ten troublesome gamblers than get involved in something this clearly dangerous.

But bound by the demonic contract, no matter how much she dreaded it, she could only weakly ask: "If I uncover the information, how should I contact you?"

"No need for such trouble—we'll accompany you as your subordinates to the Grand Casino."

Li Ang had no intention of letting this six-armed snake demon roam freely.

And while she gathered intelligence, they needed to use this cover to secretly investigate whether other unusual individuals lurked within the Grand Casino.

Hearing this, Zaku Li froze for a moment, then nodded reluctantly: "Alright, but you'll need to disguise yourselves slightly."

"Don't worry about that—just focus on gathering intelligence."

"I understand."

The Six-Armed Serpent Demon gave an awkward chuckle.

As if to change the subject, she pointed at the starship not far away that had already shattered into fragments and asked softly, "When the time comes, will I be riding on your starship to the Grand Casino?"

"Simple." Faced with the question, Old Wu didn't hesitate to roll up his sleeves, which were covered in grease. "It won't take long before I can repair it."

If you're going to put on a show, you do it properly. Since they had decided to act under the identity of the debt collector's subordinates, they naturally couldn't keep piloting the "Inconspicuous."

Fortunately, with two senior engineers present now, repairing Zakuri's original ride wasn't much of a challenge.

……

【Demon's Desire Grand Casino】.

At the top floor of a skyscraper that pierced straight into the clouds, two figures—one large, one small—sat facing each other.

After a brief silence, the smaller figure spoke first: "Borugas, the Guild Hall's debt collectors should be arriving today, right?"

"Oink oink." Hearing this, the glutton demon named "Borugas" let out a nauseating snorting sound from his mouth. "If the trip didn't go wrong, then it should be today."

As he spoke, he pulled a Bai Xi arm from the large mouth on his belly and began gnawing on it.

Seeing this, the small figure curled her lips in slight disgust, then, covering her mouth and nose, said: "He's just an ordinary fifth-level gambler. Is there any need to send the debt collectors out?"

"The Grand Casino's head of security should be able to deal with him, right?"

Facing her doubt, Borugas shoved the arm back into the mouth on his belly, then said in a strictly businesslike tone: "Rules are rules. I don't want to be used as an oil lamp by the Guild Hall. And Ravlin, do you really think that guy is as simple as he looks?"

"What do you know?"

"Then I can't tell you."

"... Forget it, the Guild Hall's business has nothing to do with me. As long as it doesn't affect the Grand Casino's business, that's fine."

"Heh heh. Don't worry, I'll handle it properly." Seeing that the succubus across the table didn't intend to keep pressing, Borugas couldn't help but let out a low chuckle. "But speaking of business, quite a few unfamiliar faces have shown up at the Grand Casino recently."

"We have those outrageously bold bandits to thank for that. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to make so much."

Hearing this, Ravlin's movements paused for a moment, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes: "You're really optimistic. Aren't you worried it might attract employees from 【Aio Logistics】 and 【Giant God's gravity】?"

"By then, the Grand Casino probably won't even have a business to run."

Hearing the names of these two cosmic mega-corporations, the smile on the massive glutton demon's face froze for a moment.

After all, if such a situation really occurred, the Dagailu Society would likely be affected—and that was something he absolutely could not accept.

Because he was still quite a distance from completing this year's performance target set by the Guild Hall, Borugas was counting on the business brought by those bandits to pull through the difficult stretch.

After a brief silence, he gave a light cough, then put on an air of nonchalance and said: "What's there to fear? With my lord Jin Yuedi and my lord the Lord of Revelry here, 【Aio Logistics】 and 【Giant God's gravity】 shouldn't be so arrogant."