What did Kushnier do to provoke us? Hertman could only smile bitterly upon hearing this.
Finally, he responded, "Annette has been in frequent contact with him lately."
Fuck, Qu Jianlei finally understood completely, "So you're planning to use this as a warning to Annette?"
"Warning is just one of the reasons," the Guard Captain answered in a deep voice, "We tend to believe that the man might really take action."
"Understood," Qu Jianlei nodded. At this mont, he truly grasped that Kushnier posed a serious threat to Hoyel!
The military supre eliminating a second-in-command... at least there are many reasons to exonerate.
Especially after the turmoil of the planetary joint council eting, saying it was a "cri of passion" wouldn't be an exaggeration.
However, after thinking for a while, Qu Jianlei still shook his head, "Sorry, just money isn't enough!"
"No problem," the Guard Captain replied decisively, "We will create an opportunity, and your suspicion will definitely be much smaller!"
Qu Jianlei was silent; being able to propose this voluntarily showed how frightened Hoyel truly was.
Indeed, if not scared out of his wits, why would he actively seek to assassinate the supre?
Seeing him remain silent, the Guard Captain thought the conditions weren't enough, so he raised the stakes again.
"Besides money, don't you need resources or sothing? Any conditions can be proposed!"
"Tsk," Qu Jianlei pondered for a mont, let out a sigh with a wry smile, "Guard Captain, you're really putting in a tough spot."
"A Vortex, as an introduction fee," the Guard Captain stated seriously, "It's not included in the overall cost."
Qu Jianlei was stunned for a mont; he thought that killing a supre for a Vortex was indeed a bit cheap.
However, considering that he could get so spoils from the supre, it was barely acceptable.
But now the other party indicated that the Vortex was just the interdiary fee, which was indeed a bit surprising—quite a generous offer.
He pondered for a mont, nodded slightly, "I can help you ask, but... I don't have much hope."
The Guard Captain gave a thumbs up once more, "As expected, I didn't misjudge you, I knew you had the capability."
Qu Jianlei pretended to sigh, speaking with a dark face, "I only agreed to help you ask, don't get your hopes too high."
The Guard Captain smiled slightly, "I have faith in you... It's fine if it works out, if not, it's also okay."
Qu Jianlei nodded, "I hope this process is only known to the two of us."
The Guard Captain nodded resolutely, "Don't worry, I haven't had enough of living yet."
After they finished talking, Hertman drove away and made a call while in the car.
"Boss, we talked a bit, the other party indeed has capability, and is preparing a construction team."
On the other end of the communication was Hoyel, who asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure the other party hasn't made empty promises?"
"With our business having such high demands, boasting would also entail significant risks," the Guard Captain replied with a smile.
"I have a feeling, this isn't their first ti taking such a project."
"Whether the project succeeds isn't important," Hoyel replied indifferently, "It's enough to release the intention."
Neither he nor the Guard Captain expected Panda to necessarily agree; assassinating a supre is indeed quite challenging.
They hoped more for the other side to leak the rumor, considering assassinating Kushnier.
An organization capable of assassinating a supre is usually not small, and Panda would surely leak the ssage within the organization when searching for assassins.
With a large organization, all kinds of relationships exist, and it's possible soone knows Kushnier.
Revealing the organization's secrets is sothing almost no organization can tolerate, but when it's just an intention, the responsibility becos much lighter.
Leaking the ssage could earn so favor with the supre, isn't it quite worthwhile?
Kushnier, being a rootless freelance, upon hearing such news, would probably consider it seriously.
If the ssage doesn't get out, it's okay, the Guard Captain would convey it to Panda later.
Not finding soone to take the order is fine, the Vortex will also be given to you; being proactive in spreading a rumor: Is your organization planning to deal with him?
This was Hoyel's and the Guard Captain's calculation, they truly weren't determined to kill Kushnier.
As long as it scares the other party into abandoning unrealistic ideas, then it's considered achieving its goal.
As for the Vortex's price being high... that's not really an issue.
Just looking at how much Qu Jianlei paid for Baofeng shows that people with so power in the governnt find rent-seeking really convenient.
The Guard Captain quickly chid in to claim credit with the boss, "I sent out so favors in advance, the other party is relatively nostalgic."
Hoyel was silent for a mont, then snorted lightly, "As long as the capability is sufficient... let's hope that's the case."
Two days later, the Vortex delivery note arrived, with this anonymous delivery note, they could collect goods in any Star Realm of the Empire.
Though it's still a futures order, after registration, they would have to wait a month to realize it.
The Guard Captain brought the delivery note personally once again to the academy.
Qu Jianlei took the delivery note, glanced at it, and Little Lake's voice already echoed in his mind.
"It shouldn't be fake. Give five minutes to check the order number, then I can determine if any tricks were played."
After Little Lake's recent awakening, it's not just the voice function that improved, various performance aspects were greatly enhanced.
Especially after having a Baofeng to inhabit, its networking capability has improved significantly.
If it weren't for Qu Jianlei repeatedly preventing it, Xiao Hu probably would have already taken over the central control system of the Fourth War Zone.
Pieces of unregistered delivery slips like this, technically speaking, could be collected by anyone, but it's not that difficult to do so tampering.
The five-minute targeting isn't just for this planet; it's for the entire Star Realm, demonstrating Xiao Hu's formidable prowess.
But it's still not very satisfied, "If it were Vortex, it would only take two minutes!"
"Too bad all my skills are dragged down by this lousy setup!"
At almost the five-minute mark, it gave an answer, "No tampering was done, but there's a probe-triggered feedback."
The probe-triggered feedback is a passive alert chanism.
As the na implies, when soone examines the situation, it triggers pre-embedded logical dark lines, activating an alert.
This thod is very passive but excels in concealnt; sacrifice more of the alert's tiliness, and it becos even harder for most people to notice.
Simply put, it's a quite useless alert thod, and the other party setting up such logical dark lines isn't essentially for defense.
Yet, despite this, Xiao Hu discovered this alert thod, indicating a significant skill gap between the two sides.
Xiao Hu bluntly asks, "Should we trigger the logical line?"
If it wants to be discreet, it doesn't even need to trigger the logical line and can still get the information it wants.
Qu Jianlei pondered for a mont to answer, "Trigger it, let them know we've checked."
Collaboration isn't just about being graceful; sotis it's necessary to show so muscle.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hu imdiately beca excited, "What ssage should we leave... 'Even my grandma could discover such a low-level alert'?"
This isn't taught by Qu Jianlei but learned by Xiao Hu itself.
As a top-tier AI, it had already participated in multiple hacker offense and defense battles while on Blue Star.
This honed its ability to find vulnerabilities, and it learned a bunch of trash talk, capable of angering people without uttering profanities.
Qu Jianlei chuckled to himself, "No, just pretend we haven't noticed them."
"Again with the discretion?" Xiao Hu mumbled discontentedly, "But I'll be embarrassed... You'll be embarrassed too."
"What even is embarrassnt, how much does it cost per pound?" Qu Jianlei replied via telepathy to Xiao Hu, "Staying alive is the most important."
"Getting more and more conservative," Xiao Hu whispered, yet still complied.
The next mont, a cry of surprise ca from a hidden location on Star No. 4, "It's been checked, so fast!"
"The data center on the Star of Hope already has traces, what's this guy's deal?"
The data center on the Star of Hope is almost considered the center of the Hope Star Realm.
Entering the center of the entire Star Realm is practically impossible, but leaving traces is already quite frightening.
"Give the bulletproof vest the signal," soone spoke up, "this family's capability is indeed extraordinary."
Hertman was having a sowhat awkward chat with Qu Jianlei, when suddenly his watch vibrated.
The Guard Captain actually had many more advanced ans of communication, but he wouldn't dare use them when communicating with Panda.
Those advanced devices, to certain massive organizations, aren't necessarily very discreet.
So organizations can even procure more advanced stuff from the military, better than what he's using.
But that's just a secondary factor; mainly, the high-tier Superpower Warriors have incredibly keen perception abilities.
Hertman also knew Panda was just a Modified Warrior—at least that's what the data shows.
But can't soone have several Superpower Warriors around them?
He always believed Panda's status in that organization is likely quite special.
The Guard Captain is in a phase of seriously seeking cooperation, so he wouldn't do anything that might cause misunderstandings.
As long as one believes in the integrity of the other party, there is no need to resort to those protective asures.
In other words, if those asures were used, and discovered, it would be unmistakably malicious.
The Guard Captain understood that seeking Panda's help was essentially a gamble, so if gambling, why not gamble big?
Anyway, these auxiliary asures usually have no significance to absolute powerhouses and may even provoke them.
So he brought nothing but a Communication Watch... which is always normal.
The vibrating Communication Watch displayed a simple ssage, "Soone noticed, there's a leak at your place."
Very grounded in real life, as even the Guard Captain could hardly avoid so trivial matters at ho.
Hertman was originally small-talking, but upon seeing this ssage, he spoke up calmly.
"Panda, about that matter I entrusted you with, please give it so attention."
Qu Jianlei's spiritual perception is incredibly sharp; he had already noted the ssage on the other party's watch.
He wasn't sure of their code language, but he assud it to be movents by Xiao Hu discovered by them.
So he answered calmly, "Oh, that matter... it's done!"
"It doesn't matter even if it's tricky..." The Guard Captain stopped abruptly, staring at him in shock, "It's done?"
(Updated to summon December guaranteed monthly ticket.)
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