Squinting his eyes at the graffiti-covered iron gate, Xu Le raised his left hand and touched his ear. This small action did not have any symbolic meaning, but it was a little itchy from the sound in his ear.
In the noisy street, in the relatively quiet and deep auto repair factory, Philip's calm voice kept coming from the ultra-thin metal piece in his ear. The tri-winged spaceship was tens of thousands of kilometers away, but the sound was enough to be heard clearly.
After obtaining the data of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, Philip began to search for the possible strongholds of the underground resistance, looking for the follow-up of the kidnappers of Aunt Susan from the surveillance video. But until now, there were no concrete findings.
Xu Le had no choice but to keep the appointment. Philip, on the other hand, activated another part of the computing core. Using the authority he had just obtained, he directly remotely controlled several high-sensitivity military satellites outside of Tianjing Planet's atmosphere and stared at this street.
After leaving the Federation, Xu Le removed the chip from his neck and did not install it again. His communication with Philip changed to direct voice communication. Although there was no precise data grid in his left eye, he was already used to this method and did not want to change.
Philip monitored that there were about 30 armed soldiers in the auto repair factory. In addition to a large number of semi-automatic rifles, there should be a few boxes of high-powered weapons hidden under the roof of the roof.
Xu Le slowly raised his head and squinted at the worn-out corner of the roof of the third floor, guessing in his heart how the other side would deal with him.
"Do we need to inform the Imperial Intelligence Agency about this stronghold?"
Philip asked, or rather, he gave his own suggestion. In his opinion, with the support of his data, the Imperial Intelligence Agency could easily destroy this auto repair factory.
Xu Le shook his head. Before Philip found Aunt Susan, any action should be cautious. And because of some of the past experiences and kindness, although he was angry at this time, it was difficult for him to make the decision to directly help the Imperial Intelligence Agency to deal with the resistance.
The iron gate that was only opened a crack slowly opened, and a faint smell of engine oil appeared in front of Xu Le along with a mechanic covered in grease.
Today, Qi Dabing was wearing a gray auto mechanic uniform, but he was still as cold and proud as when he wore the Empire's military uniform. He looked down at him condescendingly and said coldly, "You finally appeared."
Xu Le frowned slightly as he looked back at him. This fellow did not have the self-awareness to work underground at all. His domineering aura was simply courting death. However, Xu Le had to admit that this expert, who had once fought to the death with him in the underground sewers and had even left a mecha for him outside Master Fan's manor, seemed to have matured a little after these few years. Although his gaze was still sharp, there was more or less the air of a leader.
"Why?" He didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.
"If I don't use this method, will you appear? It has already been a week since you arrived on Tianjing Planet, yet you have never thought of taking the initiative to contact us. "
Qi Dabing's expression was cold. With a trace of disdain, he said, "You are a coward. You only know how to escape. Where did your so-called bravery and justice go? Do you still remember what you promised us in front of that old man in a wheelchair in that auto repair factory a few years ago? What do you owe us? "
Xu Le was silent. He thought of Leader Voss in a wheelchair that year. He thought of that rather pleasant conversation. He thought of those resistance fighters who had died beside him when he was escaping from Tianjing Planet. He forcefully suppressed the gloominess in his heart and asked softly, "Tell me your demands. What will it take for you to let him go?"
Qi Dabing didn't answer this question. He lowered his gaze and stared at his wrists. Suddenly, he frowned and asked, "What about that watch?"
"I threw it away," Xu Le replied.
"Threw it away?" Qi Dabing's brows slowly furrowed. He asked with an oppressive aura, "That was the only memento that Teacher left for me. You shamelessly snatched it away, and you actually threw it away just like that?"
Xu Le extended an index finger, looked at him, and replied, "You have to understand one thing. That is my watch. I can do whatever I want with it."
Qi Dabing was silent for a moment and didn't say anything else. He raised his right arm and gestured for him to enter. He said coldly, "Someone will answer your questions later."
Xu Le saw the cold killing intent in his eyes. He was naturally not afraid, but he was a little cold that the other party didn't hide it at all. It was just like the contempt and ridicule from before.
"I thought you were already the leader of the organization. It seems like you haven't been doing well these few years."
Since the other party didn't hide his hostility or even his killing intent, Xu Le naturally didn't mind reviving the harshness of his youth and using words to make the other party unhappy.
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Walking from the auto repair factory into the building, Xu Le saw a lot of young and old repair workers along the way. He didn't know if they were wearing bulletproof vests under their oily overalls. He didn't know if they had calluses on their hands from repairing cars or pulling triggers.
These resistance fighters still retained their former special colors. Regardless of age, they all looked extremely strong. Their stiff faces and calm eyes revealed different emotions. They watched Xu Le walk in front of them. Some showed vigilance, some spat to show disdain, and some smiled and even waved to him.
Although his heart was filled with worry for Aunt Susan and some kind of anger that was about to erupt from the volcano, Xu Le's mood gradually calmed down when he saw the resistance fighters smiling and greeting him. He nodded and greeted these old friends who had fought side by side with him in the rain.
"Welcome."
In the innermost room on the second floor, there were five people sitting. After Qi Dabing brought Xu Le through the door, under the leadership of an old man, everyone stood up at the same time to welcome him. The old man's attitude was gentle and warm. He opened his arms as if he wanted to give Xu Le a hug.
Xu Le stood in place and didn't go forward to hug the old man. After slightly bowing his head to show respect, he directly said, "I don't think this is a good way to welcome you. And I can't believe that the resistance group after Leader Voss would be so shameless as to kidnap an innocent woman at the bottom of the hierarchy."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across the old man's wrinkled face. He apologized in an extremely sincere tone, "Please allow me to apologize to you on behalf of the organization. In fact, this action didn't get the consent of most of the committee members. But since it has become an established fact, we have to bear the consequences of this immoral action together. In fact, we understand your current difficult situation very well. We thought that it would be difficult for you to make the decision to contact us, so we were forced to use this method. I hope you can understand after hearing our explanation."
Hearing this, Qi Dabing raised his eyebrows slightly. He immediately returned to his indifference and sat down next to the old man.
Xu Le roughly confirmed some things. After a moment of silent consideration, he sat down under the old man's warm invitation. His hand didn't hold the cup of hot tea in front of him. Instead, it was slightly hanging by his side, ready to attack at any time. He said, "When will you release her?"
"Immediately." The old man looked at him with a smile and said, "Please don't worry. That Madam Susan is very safe now. Her health is guaranteed."
Xu Le raised his head, stared into the old man's eyes, and said, "An ordinary woman who sells pirated music players in the market was kidnapped by a powerful underground resistance group when she was sick. She didn't know where she was or if she would die. She would be scared and fearful. Do you think this is the so-called safety? Or do you think that having a bowl of rice and not being tortured is healthy? "
The expressions of the people in the room were a little awkward. Only Qi Dabing was still indifferent and calm, as if he didn't feel Xu Le's sharp gaze that was like nails hammering into his face.
"Before we talk, I want to introduce the current situation of the group to you. Leader Voss passed away, and the resistance movement in various areas has suffered an unprecedented blow. Now, the Committee of Seven is temporarily in charge of the work arrangements of the entire group."
The old man said with a pained expression, "But as you can see, there are only six people in this room now, because Mu En betrayed us three years ago."
Xu Le frowned slightly. The highest level of the underground resistance group, the Committee of Seven? If that was the case, Qi Dabing really didn't become the second Leader Voss. But why would these big shots of the resistance group take such a great risk to gather in one place and use such a method to force him to meet? What was even more strange was why this old man wanted to report the situation of the upper echelons of the resistance group to him?
Just like most of the time in the past few years, he didn't have the time, energy, and interest to guess the other party's thoughts. He asked directly, "Why do you want to see me? What do you want? "
"We want to continue the agreement we made years ago with you," the old man looked at him and said calmly.
Xu Le frowned slightly and thought of the agreement he made with the wheelchair-bound Leader Voss back then. He smiled bitterly and replied, "You should know very well that I'm no longer some Federation hero, and I'm also not the successor of War God Li Pifu. I don't want to interfere in the cooperation between you and the Federation, and I can't interfere."
"Of course we know this very well. We even know that you are the only flesh and blood of His Majesty in this universe, but … we still insist on the agreement we made years ago."
The old man looked at him with a complicated expression. After a long silence, he said, "We all believe in Leader Voss's judgment. He won't be wrong about you.
"You are a kind person. You can easily become the king of the Left Sky Star Region, but according to our intelligence, you have already rejected His Majesty's proposal to invite you into the palace. This fact is verified with some of our whimsical thoughts. It can only be said that this is fate's arrangement."
Xu Le had a beast-like ability to read people that Feng Yu praised so much. All these years, he had only seen Pabre once. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the old man. He could see the sincerity and no malice in the other party, but he still couldn't understand.
"What do you want to say?"
"We want to invite you to lead the entire underground resistance group."
The old man looked at him with a serious expression and said sincerely, "We want to invite you to be the emperor."
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