CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 414 PREPARATIONS

"The reason is simple, because I, too, seek an ultimate solution to trouble!"

Liu Xin’s gaze didn’t shrink back as she met Xiao Zhan’s eyes. She continued, "Killing you doesn’t necessarily mean the Su Family will let me go. Loss of nearly half their experts is something no family can afford."

"Even if they really let me go, most likely, I’d spend the rest of my life under their control! Rather than living a dog’s life relying on others, I’d prefer a dignified and passionate death!"

"The thing I fear least in my life is death!"

As she uttered these last words, a stubborn flame seemed to burn in Liu Xin’s eyes.

This idea, coincidentally, was exactly in line with Xiao Zhan’s thoughts.

To solve a problem, either leave it unresolved, or eradicate it at its root.

Injuring the enemy’s vitality was not the game Xiao Zhan played; he found it more interesting to go straight for their old lives.

But ideas were just ideas, after all. Ideals ultimately can’t bloom in the soil of reality.

Dealing with the Su Family really wasn’t something that could be resolved in an instant of hot-headedness—without prior preparation, it would be difficult to accomplish.

However, Liu Xin seemed aware of Xiao Zhan’s concerns. She said, "With your combat power, it’s entirely possible for you to infiltrate the Su Family and retreat unscathed, so don’t worry about combat capability. The key issue is that the Su Family is at the heart of Dragon Capital. Any move would immediately become known to others. To silently take out the entire Su Family is a huge problem."

"So?" Xiao Zhan looked at Liu Xin.

"So, we just need to sever their connection with the outside world to ensure a foolproof plan."

"How do we sever it?"

"Hose." Liu Xin looked at Xiao Zhan and uttered two words.

Hose?

What did he have to do with this?

Seeing Xiao Zhan’s confusion, Liu Xin explained, "Hose’s Talent Skill isn’t as simple as you think. His ’Machine Brain,’ powerful computing ability, and abilities to orchestrate operations are just the tip of the iceberg."

"His real strength lies in his ability to connect with any technological device. Today’s technology all centers around artificial intelligence, and every machine operates this way. So as long as he taps into the tech, he can block the entire Su Family’s area signal, ensuring not a trace can be transmitted."

"Then, we will have ample time to shut the doors and beat the dog!"

After hearing this, Xiao Zhan couldn’t help but chuckle softly, as though mocking himself, "It seems I, the master here, don’t know as much as you do. What else do you know?"

"Is that a compliment for me?" Unable to resist, Liu Xin also raised her proud face slightly, her eyes teasingly saying, "About you, I know everything. Even..."

At this point, she glanced at Ye Youlong, "Even the things she doesn’t know."

Smack!

Before she could finish her sentence, suddenly a figure appeared before her.

It was Ye Youlong.

A crisp slap landed, instantly confusing Liu Xin, as a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

She turned her head ferociously, glaring at Ye Youlong with wide eyes, but she dared not say a word in anger!

She admitted that she had indeed provoked Ye Youlong just now, but she never imagined that Ye Youlong would slap her without a word.

Shouldn’t women’s wars start with verbal barrages?

"If it weren’t for your little usefulness, you would have been dead a long time ago," Ye Youlong warned coldly.

She really had tolerated Liu Xin for a long time. If Liu Xin wasn’t still of value, that slap just now would have killed her!

To provoke in front of her, this was practically seeking death!

At this moment, Xiao Zhan also coldly said to her, "Business is business, you’d better not have other ideas. Even if you choose to side with me, your life won’t be guaranteed if you cross the line!"

These words made Liu Xin’s pupils shrink, but just as she was about to speak, Xiao Zhan cut her off, "Don’t think you can threaten us with your life. We’re not afraid of death, just like you."

Having said that, Xiao Zhan didn’t give Liu Xin a chance to continue on this topic and shifted it by asking, "Other than Hose, do we need anyone else’s help?"

"Hose is the most important part. With him, the job is halfway done. The rest, you can arrange as you see fit. In short, we need to strike quickly and decisively." Liu Xin turned her head away, her voice filled with frustration.

Xiao Zhan ignored her.

He took out his communicator and called Hose.

Soon, Hose answered.

"Master."

"Bring all the members of Death’s Hand to Dragon Capital immediately."

"Master, what’s happened? Should we inform the Ye Family?"

"No need."

"Yes."

Just as Xiao Zhan was about to hang up the communicator, an excited voice came through, "Master, are we killing them for silence? What about the money? I’m in too! Rest assured, Master; you don’t need to handle the loot, I’m a pro at that."

It was the voice of Ghost Abacus.

Xiao Zhan thought for a moment, "Alright, you may come. But on one condition, that no one up top finds out the money has been swallowed by us. If you can’t manage that, then don’t come."

"Ha ha ha, Master, you can rest easy; I guarantee there will be no problems. Do you know why I’m called Ghost Abacus? It’s because I’m so slick at skimming off the top. My abacus used to be yellow..."

Xiao Zhan didn’t finish listening to his nonsense and hung up the phone.

Then, quietly, he waited for Hose and the others to arrive.

Northern City was a bit distant from Dragon Capital, and in the evening, Hose and others arrived before Xiao Zhan.

However, to Xiao Zhan’s surprise, Ye Wudi and his sons also showed up.

"Uncle, why are you here too?" Seeing them, Xiao Zhan was surprised.

He glanced at Hose. Didn’t he say there was no need to inform them?

If something really happened, it would be his own independent act.

But involving Ye Wudi and the rest, that completely changed the nature of the matter.

"You don’t have to blame him. How can I not be present in this matter? Should the Ye Family’s feuds be settled by an in-law alone?" Ye Wudi said with a cold huff.

"Do you know what it is?"

"Hose has analyzed it already, the odds of a mistake are slim."

Following that, Ye Wudi said, "Our Ye Family may have fallen, but we haven’t fallen so far as to be slaughtered at will. Since the Su Family wishes for the Ye Family’s demise, I want them to go first!"

Then he turned his gaze to Xiao Zhan.

"This operation, we father and sons will follow your orders. As long as we take down the Su Family before those up top find out, there will be no trouble."

Xiao Zhan nodded.

He was right—if they could finish off the Su Family before being discovered, the Ye Family would be safe.

With the dice already cast and the results set in stone, the Federation’s higher-ups wouldn’t dare to lose a second major family.