Dark smoke was spreading out of the rusted artificial body. It was Qi Yuanbao's remaining soul that was shivering in fear.
"As a matter of fact, you are basically screwed right now."
Li Yao said unhurriedly, "Use your nonexistent brain and think about whose side you should be on right now, and whose side you should hope to win in the end. 'His Majesty' must hate your guts. If he learns what you and your sister have done, he will be merciful enough to tear you apart.
"On the four Kurfürst families' side, there is obviously no place for you and your sister. So many assassins from the four families have been killed. Many of them were the descendants of the main bloodlines of the four families.
"Basically, your reputation has been ruined and doomed. As the saying goes, 'The universe is vast, but there is no place for you and your sister anymore!'
"However, in the middle of the dilemma, there is still a zigzagging path that you can take. There is still an expert who deserves the loyalty of you and your sister."
Controlling the artificial body, Qi Yuanbao widened his crystal eyes wider and wider.
"Congratulations. You guessed it right. The only way for you and your sister to survive is to pledge your loyalty to me, Vulture Li Yao, the Black Wind King!"
Li Yao grinned hideously. "There's no need to find it strange. Technically speaking, there is no personal grudge between you and me. Even if you did set Jin Yuyan up, Jin Yuyan and I are not related at all. We are just business partners. As long as the business can be concluded, I don't care if he is dead or not!
"Listen, everything I said just now is true. I am indeed the Black Wind King, and I sincerely want to cooperate with the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors. However, one must always be wary of others. I have only just returned to the Imperium after all, and I am not familiar with the situation inside the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors. I need one or two … 'good friends' who are familiar with the situation to help me deal with the business of the Business Alliance and keep an eye on the cunning merchants, including Jin Yuyan himself!
"Whether you and your sister die or not doesn't have much of an advantage or disadvantage to this King. So, as long as you can submit to this King and display a certain amount of value, this King will do his best to protect your lives!
"Well …"
The metal throat that had been sealed for a long time made a difficult sound.
"Don't make yourself sound like a chaste woman. Haven't you and your sister done a lot of such things?"
Li Yao sniffed and said, "Think about it carefully. If you are unwilling, I will not force you. However, Jin Yuyan is not dead yet, and your soul mark is not absolutely necessary to open the central trade database. Are you and your sister ready for the fury of Jin Yuyan and the other investors?
"As the saying goes, stopping someone from making money is like killing their parents. What you and your sister did almost burnt the billions of free coins of countless investors. Tsk, tsk, tsk. It's even more outrageous than killing their ancestors. What do you think will happen to you and your sister?"
Qi Yuanbao shuddered hard. Every ragged component was crashing. He lowered his head and said, "My king …"
"That's right. A wise man submits to circumstances. Very soon, you will realize that submitting to 'Vulture Li Yao, the Black Wind King' is not something embarrassing at all. Instead, it will be the ultimate glory for the thousands of experts at the center of the cosmos!"
Li Yao opened his fingers and patted Qi Yuanbao's iron skull softly. He said casually, "Now, go back and open the central trade database with the other four senior managers in front of everybody. Confess everything that you have done dutifully, and I guarantee that you will not be killed!"
Fear and hesitation beamed out of Qi Yuanbao's eyes.
"You have only one chance. It all depends on your attitude now."
Li Yao said coldly, "Think carefully. Jin Yuyan is not dead in the first place. The truth will be revealed very soon even without the confession of your sister and your brother. I'm only hoping that the confidence and morale of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors can be boosted as quickly as possible.
"You and this king have only known each other for a short period of time, so you don't know that this king is a man of his word, so this king does not blame you. But since this king has agreed to spare your life, this king will not let anyone pluck out a single hair on your head.
"On the contrary, I actually think highly of you. You are a talent, and it would be a waste of your talents to be a senior manager of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors. The new Imperium after the war will be a brand-new situation where everything needs to be done. In both the center of the cosmos and the new Black Wind Dominion at the edge of the cosmos, talents such as you should be given a bigger stage to carry out your ambitions."
The fear and suspicion in Qi Yuanbao's eyes gradually turned into intense greed and desire.
"Of course, there is no free lunch in the world. What you can get from me will depend on what you can give me."
Emotionlessly, Li Yao pressed Qi Yuanbao's iron skull with coldness beaming out of his eyes. In squeaking noises, he left a deep mark on Qi Yuanbao's head, as if he had stamped it with his own mark.
He finally threw Qi Yuanbao away casually and said casually, "Go now. It's your choice whether you want to live or die!"
Dragging the incomplete, rusted artificial body, Qi Yuanbao floated in midair in a daze for a long time.
He looked around, only to see his former comrades who were full of hatred and wariness. His identity as a "traitor" and a "spy" had been spread out, and it was impossible for him to rise again.
Not far away, next to the window of the headquarters, his sister Wuying Qinxin seemed to be observing.
His sister's identity had not been exposed, and she was still free to move.
However, the precious freedom could not be enjoyed for much longer.
Therefore, his sister seemed to have lost all hope and was about to jump off from the high ground.
Subconsciously touching the mark on his head that Li Yao had just left, Qi Yuanbao made up his mind and flew back to the headquarters, hoping to turn himself in!
Looking at his shaking back, Li Yao smiled and gestured at the sniper position on the top of a building not far away.
…
In the sniper position on the top of the building, the one who was on one of her knees and holding a heavy anti-ghost sniper rifle was exactly Red Lady, the super assassin who had defected to the four Kurfürst families earlier.
To this moment, Red Lady was still on one of her knees rigidly. She was sweating like a storm, and her face couldn't have been paler.
If one were to observe closely, it would be discovered that a streak of redness was revolving quickly at the "Jade Pillow" on the back of her head, humming in feeble noises. It could penetrate through her cerebellum and her brain at any moment and destroy her soul.
"S-Senior …"
Red Lady stammered, "Qi Yuanbao has already been captured. My mission has been accomplished. May — May I ask you to show mercy and spare my life, senior?"
"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
The streak of redness that was revolving quickly on the back of her head split into thousands of red threads that crawled into her ears and chuckled gloomily. "Of course you can. However, you should know who your new master is now, right?"
Red Lady shivered and replied dutifully, "It's … It's' Vulture Li Yao, the Black Wind King '!"
"Very good. You are a smart person who deserves to live a few more days."
Red threads flowed out of Red Lady's ears again and condensed into the unpredictable shadow of the mental devil. "Neither the four families nor the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors has a future. The future Imperium is destined to belong to the Black Wind King. Remember that, and you will live longer and better!"
"S-Senior —"
Sensing that the enemy was about to disappear, Red Lady hurried to ask, "May I know your name, senior?"
"About that …"
The mental devil vanished into thin air, leaving only a voice that seemed to be floating from the depths of Red Lady's head. "If I decide to kill you one day, I will let you know."
Hardly had she concluded her sentence when Red Lady felt excruciating pain in her head as if thousands of ants were biting her heart. She fell to her knees and cried out in pain, leaving the mark of her greatest fear for the mental devil.
When she raised her head again, there was not the slightest trace of redness around her. The fiend that had been haunting her for half a day had finally left.
…
Jin Yuyan was not dead!
He had poured his soul into the body of a female bodyguard through such a weird technique as the "Soul Transfer Technique"!
Everything was a trap that he had set up with Vulture Li Yao, the Black Wind King. Their purpose was to draw out all the spies and traitors hidden within the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and catch them all, eliminating all the uncertainties for the upcoming final battle of Seven Seas!
Such earth-shattering news set off waves of shock in the large conference room.
However, everybody had seen with their own eyes that the five senior managers retrieved the surgical data of the "Soul Transfer Technique" from the central trade database. Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin both confessed and confessed everything dutifully.
Red Lady, another super assassin who had joined the four families, showed up on her own and confessed everything. She even confessed quite a few secret bureaus of the four families in the Seven Seas Grand Market to atone for her crime.
The managers, shareholders, investors, and partners had no choice but to believe it.
With so much solid evidence as a foundation, when Jin Yuyan slowly floated to the center of the grand conference room with the thick and ugly body of the female bodyguard, it was not so unacceptable anymore.
"Everybody, I am Jin Yuyan. This is my brand-new body."
Jin Yuyan opened his arms so that everybody could see his latest appearance clearly. "As you have seen just now, the whole thing was a trap that the Black Wind King and I set up. Although there was a minor accident during the implementation, which resulted in the destruction of my real body, I believe that it was a price that had to be paid in order to defeat the four Kurfürst families and to make everybody's business more prosperous.
"Right now, we have won. The clandestine scheme of the four Kurfürst families has been completely shattered. Everything is under our control.
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