Chapter 325 Russell: You can't tell the difference between the big and small kings, right?
Chapter 325 Russell: You can't tell the difference between the big and small kings, right? (5.4k)
Although the venue cards did not require Russell to spend a lot of time constructing the story, making two cards in a row also consumed a lot of his mental energy.
But it's not time to rest yet.
He waved his hand slightly, signaling the ghost soldier who came to remind him to have dinner to retreat, and then took out his [submachine].
Now that the mission has been completed, Russell naturally needs to report to Jinping and see if he can get some other information.
[Six: President, I have completed what you asked.]
【Jin Ping: I know, you did a good job.】
[Jin Ping: There are no other missions in the near future. Xiao Liu, please don't reveal your identity.]
The old man responded very quickly, and it was obvious that he had been paying attention to the progress of the task.
Russell's eyes flickered when he saw his message.
Although Jin Ping did not reveal any information, it now seems that everything that happened in the secret realm should be similar to his guess.
Just as he was about to put away the [handset], the old man sent another message.
[Jin Ping: I will ask the boss and the others to return to Shanghai in the next two days.]
[Jin Ping: When the time comes, Xiaoliu and you two will get to know each other. Xiaowu will inform you of the specific time and place.]
Seeing these two messages, Russell's eyes froze instantly.
The young man naturally knew that apart from Jinping and Gu Wu, he could not be the only high-ranking member of the Qiling Society. It was just that he had never seen the remaining people because he had been active in Ming Dynasty before.
Even though he had countless thoughts in his mind at the moment, he still quickly replied to a message.
【Six: Yes, President.】
After sending the message, Russell put away the [sub-machine] and fell into silence as he looked at the empty desk in front of him.
After a long time, he stood up and went to the restaurant.
"Jianian, you're going out so early?"
Early in the morning, a plump middle-aged woman looked at the black-haired young man who was putting on his shoes at the door and said with some heartache.
Hearing this, the young man replied nonchalantly: "It's late, and you know what happened in the court some time ago."
"Plus, I was recently promoted to the gold level, so it's normal for the club to assign me more tasks."
"Then I'm going out, Mom."
As he said that, he stood up, opened the door and walked out.
As it was still early, there was still a slight chill in the air.
But these are nothing to the young man who is already a gold-level card maker.
He rubbed his hands and summoned his means of transportation, a slender-looking white dragon.
After touching the dragon's somewhat cold scales, he immediately turned over and sat on it, then rushed to the headquarters of the Ning'an District Card Master Association.
Not long after, the young man arrived at his destination.
He put away the cards and strode into the headquarters.
At this time, a woman at the front desk stopped him and said, "Director Lin, Chairman Ma asked you to go find him when you come."
The young man was Lin Jianian, Russell's first rival.
At this time, Lin Jianian was stunned at first, then nodded: "Okay, I understand."
After saying this, he walked towards the stairs.
Looking at the tall and straight figure of the young man, the two receptionists couldn't help but whisper, "Director Lin is really young. This is the first time I've seen a card maker of his age become a director."
"That's right. If my kid could be that successful, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."
"But does he still have a girlfriend? I have a relative whose girl is suitable in age and appearance."
"Relative? I think it's your daughter, Sister Wang? Take a break. Girls from ordinary families like us are not worthy of him."
"Oh, that's right too."
Hearing the discussions behind him, Lin Jianian couldn't help but twitch his lips: "I wonder what their expressions will be when they see Luo Shen."
In fact, he thought the same as the two front desk aunts not long ago, until he learned that Russell returned to Shanghai to serve as vice president of the headquarters.
At first the young man wondered if they had the same name, but he soon realized that he was deceiving himself.
There is no such coincidence in the world. Lin Jianian was instantly poured a bucket of cold water.
If he remembered correctly, Che Yu, another vice president of Shanghai City, was a diamond-level card maker.
This means that Russell, who is the same age as him, is already a diamond-level card maker at this time.
In comparison, the other party is undoubtedly a genius and a monster. Didn’t you see that he dyed his hair back to yellow after the Elite Cup?
While he was daydreaming, Lin Jianian had already arrived at the office door of Ma Liang, the president of the Ning'an District Card Artists Association.
dong dong——
"Enter."
Lin Jianian pushed open the door, looked at the tired middle-aged man behind the desk and whispered, "President, you are looking for me."
"Xiao Lin is here? Sit down."
The young man sat on the sofa obediently.
Seeing that he was a little reserved, Ma Liang couldn't help but laugh, and then he made a joke: "Xiao Lin, you still want to be the director in this state?"
Hearing this, Lin Jianian looked at the middle-aged man in confusion: "Ah?!"
Realizing that his words had a counterproductive effect, Ma Liang quickly explained: "It was just a joke, don't take it seriously."
Then, in order to change the subject, he talked about business: "In the past two days, a high-level demon that went out of control appeared in a secret realm controlled by the headquarters, so they asked our subordinate organization to check whether there are any safety risks in the secret realm we control."
"As the director of Ning'an District's Secret Realm Office, this task is now assigned to you."
Since Shanghai is a very large city, the headquarters of the Card Master Association in the city does not supervise all secret realms, but instead entrusts some lower-level secret realms to the management of branches.
This is true in basically all major cities.
Hearing this, Lin Jianian couldn't help but become serious: "Yes, I understand."
"Are there any other tasks, President?"
Seeing him so serious, Ma Liang comforted him: "Don't be nervous, after all, these are low-level secret realms. Even if something happens, you will definitely be able to handle it."
The Ning'an District Card Master Association controls mostly bronze and silver level secret realms, and there are not many gold level secret realms.
As a gold-level card maker, Lin Jianian was more than capable of handling the task.
"Thank you, President."
Lin Jianian showed a look of gratitude on his face and immediately left the office.
Watching the young man leave the president's office, Ma Liang's expression suddenly became gloomy.
He murmured to himself in his heart: "Xiao Lin, don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, just blame yourself for being unlucky."
Feeling a little apologetic towards Lin Jianian, Ma Liang glanced at the letter of appointment on the table.
Thanks to the fall of the imperial court, he was transferred to the headquarters, but although it was considered a promotion, his autonomy was greatly weakened.
This was undoubtedly a weakening for Ma Liang, who was an insider of the Qiling Society, but he had no way to disobey the decision of the headquarters.
"But it's been so long, the Spirit Begging Association should pay some compensation."
Thinking of his wife whose condition was getting worse and worse, the middle-aged man's expression became increasingly ugly.
It was clear that the condition for him to become a spy in the beginning was to rescue his wife, but up to now, the Qi Ling Society has not taken any concrete action.
At this time, Ma Liang was already beginning to doubt whether his decision to join the Qiling Society was right or wrong.
Unfortunately, there is no way to turn back on this road, he can only go down this path until the end.
On the other side, Lin Jianian, who was unaware that he was already in the vortex, returned to the office and retrieved all the secret information in Ning'an District.
“This is too much”
The young man felt a little confused for a moment and couldn't help scratching his head.
If he were to check so many secret realms one by one, he would probably not be able to rest for several days.
But it is his duty, and Lin Jianian has to do it no matter how hard or tiring it is.
After importing all the information into his mobile phone, he immediately called his subordinates together.
"Get ready. We need to check all the secret places in the district in the next few days."
Hearing this, all the card makers looked at each other in surprise.
But in the end, they obediently followed Lin Jianian's instructions, said goodbye to their families, and followed the young man to the nearest secret realm that they had controlled.
The work of investigating secret realms is undoubtedly very boring.
A Black Iron-level secret realm is not so bad, after all, the space is very small, and it won’t take much time to check all the monsters in the secret realm.
But starting from the bronze level, the secret space has grown exponentially, not to mention the silver and gold levels.
Fortunately, things went very smoothly, which made Lin Jianian wonder if the big shots above were being suspicious.
Until he led people to check the third gold-level secret realm in Ning'an District.
"No, where are the people?!"
The young man was stunned for a moment as he looked at the deserted base.
But then he realized that something must be wrong.
Without giving it much thought, he immediately issued an order: "Leave two teams to guard outside, and contact the guild for support."
"The rest of you come with me into the secret realm."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Jianian took the lead and rushed into the secret realm.
After contacting Jinping, Russell began to wait for Gu Wu's notification.
But after several days, he hadn't received any news from the man in the suit, which made the young man wonder if he was being excluded.
".It shouldn't be that serious, right?"
Russell muttered secretly.
At this moment, a mass email suddenly popped up on the computer screen on the desk in front of him. The young man subconsciously read out the title of the email: "Ning'an District has a secret realm out of control incident"
"finally come."
Russell's face darkened. These past few days, he had been waiting for Jinping to launch his second demonization, but the old man seemed to have completely forgotten about it and had not made any move.
“It’s time to verify the conjecture.”
Although the young man was already quite certain that Jinping was signing a contract with the secret realm, it would be best to collect more information.
He planned to go to this out-of-control secret realm to investigate the specific situation.
After simply editing a message on his mobile phone and sending it to Yan Wenlai and Che Yu, Russell disappeared into the vice president's office.
At his current speed, it wouldn't take him long to get to the scene of the incident.
Russell looked at the base that was already under complete martial law and nodded secretly: "The reaction speed is quite fast."
At this time, the card maker at the entrance of the base saw the unfamiliar face and couldn't help but shout, "Come on."
Before he could finish his words, the card maker on guard was already speechless due to the shock of Russell's external mental power.
For a moment, they were unable to tell what level of card maker the young man in front of them was.
Fortunately, the intimidation came and went quickly, and Russell had already thrown his ID over.
After hurriedly receiving the ID cards, several card makers couldn't help but widen their eyes.
"President Luo Luo!"
Several people were startled and quickly made way.
Seeing this, Russell certainly would not feel any dissatisfaction with them. After all, he had only returned to Shanghai for a few days, and it was normal that the people under him did not recognize him.
He nodded slightly in response, and then flashed to the entrance of the secret realm.
Without any hesitation, he immediately entered the secret realm.
In the secret realm.
Lin Jianian smelled the sulfur smell that filled his nostrils and couldn't help but frowning.
"It's actually an Emerald Level demon."
"Are the personnel stationed in the secret realm just there to eat and do nothing?!"
Not to mention why an emerald-level demon would appear in a gold-level secret realm, the other party's movements right now could not be concealed from the surveillance equipment throughout the secret realm.
But until he arrived, there was no news at all.
boom--!
At this time, an explosion was heard in the distance, followed by continuous vibrations.
"Tsk..." Seeing this, Lin Jianian's face instantly darkened, "You still can't do it?"
The bad news is that he was just a gold-level card maker and couldn't defeat his opponent at all.
The good news is that the other party doesn't seem to have any intention of attacking them.
But if we continue to delay, who knows what will happen.
While observing the movements of the out-of-control demon, the young man asked the card maker beside him, "Have you told the meeting?"
"Director Lin, the request for help has been sent out. Support should be arriving soon."
Hearing this, Lin Jianian nodded slightly.
Just as a group of people were following the demon from a distance, a breath that made them shudder suddenly erupted.
Whoosh-!
Amid the piercing sound of the sonic boom, two meteors, one red and one gold, fell from the sky to the ground.
Then the roaring wind pressure tore everything around it apart.
Seeing the earth shattered beyond recognition by just a breath, the card makers of the association couldn't help but widen their eyes.
"No one was hurt, right?"
Just then, a gentle voice came from behind them, causing everyone to turn their heads to look.
He is a man who looks younger than Director Lin.
Looking at the familiar face, Lin Jianian hesitated and said, "Lord Luo Luo?"
The person who came was naturally Russell.
After hearing the name that no one had called him for a long time, he was startled at first, and then he began to look at the young man not far away: "Who are you?"
Soon, the other person's face overlapped with the appearance of someone in his memory: "Lin Jianian?"
Hearing Luo Su calling out his name, Lin Jianian's eyes lit up: "I didn't expect that you still remember me, Luo Shen."
Hearing this, Russell showed a helpless smile on his face: "My memory is not that bad."
"Come to think of it, I remember you didn't have yellow hair? How come you dyed it back?"
Lin Jianian smiled awkwardly. The young man couldn't say that his defense was broken, so he chose to become a normal person again.
He awkwardly changed the subject and said, "Lord Luo, that's your card."
Before he could finish his words, Lin Jianian stared into the distance in a daze.
At this moment, in his perception, the emerald-level demon had lost all his life.
Looking at the black and white figure carrying the demon's corpse back to Russell and the swordsman following behind him, Lin Jianian was hesitant to speak.
The Emerald Level Demon, who in his eyes was completely invincible, lost his life in just one encounter.
Wait, swordsman?
The young man saw the familiar swordsman out of the corner of his eye. He still remembered that his first disastrous defeat as a card maker was because of him.
But he never expected that Russell was still using the other party even though he had reached the diamond level.
This is really a case of comparing oneself to others making one feel dreadful. After all, his Iron-level Yaksha card had already become a warehouse keeper when he was at the Bronze level.
Not knowing what his old friend was thinking, Russell felt the same breath as last time and couldn't help but sigh: "I was right."
Just as he thought, Jinping's goal was to sign a contract with the secret realm.
I just don’t know how many secret places in Shanghai have been affected by the old man.
Thinking of this, he asked the person beside him who was already somewhat numb: "I came in a hurry, Jianian, please tell me the details."
Hearing his question, Lin Jianian suddenly came back to his senses: "Ah? Oh."
"When I led my men here, there was no one outside the base."
"Then, as soon as we entered the secret realm, we found that the demon was standing still in the secret realm monitoring room."
"You should also know what happened next, Luo Shen."
Hearing this, Russell couldn't help but frown slightly.
The situation was not what he thought. He originally thought that the incident had just happened, but now it seemed that a long time had passed since the first moment of the incident.
No wonder what just happened was exactly the same as last time.
Putting aside the thoughts in his mind, Russell instructed everyone present: "Let's evacuate first. There should be no danger in here."
After saying this, he led everyone out of the secret realm.
After taking a look at the huge space crack, Russell thought for a moment and then used his diamond-level mental power to scan the surroundings.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
"Strange. Logically, the base should send daily reports back. If it hadn't happened today, the Ning'an District Card Master Association should have discovered the anomaly long ago."
"unless."
He thought of Ma Liang, the branch president who suppressed the information.
But the flaws in doing so were too great, and Russell didn't think Ma Liang would be so stupid.
The young man couldn't figure it out for a moment and could only suppress his doubts in his heart temporarily.
He turned to Lin Jianian beside him and said, "Jianian, you take care of the rest. I'm going back first."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Luo Shen."
Late at night, Russell came out of his meditation and said indifferently, "Since you are here, why are you hiding?"
As soon as the words fell, five figures appeared in the bedroom at the same time.
clap clap-
Accompanied by a round of applause, one of the figures said, "Are you Xiaoliu?"
"It's really better to meet you in person than to hear about you. No wonder the president thinks so highly of you."
Although it was a compliment, Russell heard a hint of contempt and displeasure in it.
He opened his eyes slightly, tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"
In the darkness, the speaker grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Just call me Fourth Brother, as for my real name..."
"You deserve to know?"
"Oh, by the way, the secret place you went to today was the work of the Third Sister. It's a pity that you didn't seem to notice it."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, is this all you have?"
"little six."
At this time, a cold female voice sounded: "It has nothing to do with me, don't drag me into this."
Hearing what the two said, Russell glanced at the silent Gu Wu calmly.
You know, what Jinping said was that the other party would notify him to attend the rally, but the current situation is obviously that the man in the suit brought people to kill his prestige.
And there is no doubt that the relationship between this so-called Fourth Brother and Gu Wu is very close, and if it is just this extent, Jinping obviously will not interfere.
Fortunately, it seems that not everyone present supports Gu Wu.
In that case
In the five gazes with different meanings, a yellow-haired man instantly appeared in front of Russell, and then a huge city shadow flashed behind him.
The next moment, everyone present found that the surroundings had completely changed.
"Gu Wu, it seems that I have been too nice to you before."
"It makes you lose track of your own position."
(End of this chapter)