Upon returning to the Land of Gathering Evil, Cao Kun saw the Holy Son at home at the foot of the mountain.

He then realized that it was the weekend.

Cao Kun asked, "How much money do I have left?"

Seiko Yamashita: "Your personal account has around 10 million, and the company account, plus the family income received in the past few months, has around 30 million."

Cao Kun: "So, my monthly expenses are about the same as my family income."

Seiko Yamashita: "Sometimes there is a surplus, sometimes there is none."

However, the share of household income is decreasing, and it may not be enough in the future.

Cao Kun nodded: "Can money spent on stocks in the US be tax-deductible?"

“You can’t fully deduct the tax,” said Seiko Yamashita. “According to the tax law of country M, if you hold stocks for less than a year, you still have to pay taxes normally.”

After a year or more, the percentage will decrease accordingly, and can be reduced to at least around 15%.

However, if you make a profit when selling stocks, you still need to pay the full amount of tax.

Cao Kun: "So, it can still save a lot of money."

Seiko Yamashita: "This is also one of the reasons why the stock market in the United States is booming. Many people use this method to avoid taxes. As long as you can keep your principal in the end, you've made a profit."

Cao Kun was somewhat tempted upon hearing this.

This method is highly practical.

Moreover, if he buys stocks, he will definitely buy the most profitable ones.

However, there are only over $40 million now, and if a large sum of money is needed, it could be gone in one go.

You can wait a bit before buying stocks.

“By the way, Master,” Yamashita Seiko said, changing the subject, “someone bought a piece of land about a kilometer ahead of us.”

These past few days, construction vehicles have been heading that way; it looks like they're going to build houses.

Cao Kun gave a puzzled "hmm": "Is that so?"

Seiko Yamashita: "Yes, I also find it strange."

This place is remote enough.

That place is more remote, and the environment isn't as good as ours.

There's a river here, but that other side is far from the riverbank and far from the mountains and forests, making life even more inconvenient.

Cao Kun had an idea.

Even if they're not from any official department in the US.

The house was probably built there to keep an eye on him.

Seeing Cao Kun's solemn expression, the Holy Son from the foot of the mountain asked, "Master, is he here for us?"

Cao Kun: "Possibly."

Seiko Yamashita: "Could it be that the 17th Bureau's secrets have been exposed?"

Cao Kun: "Exposure is impossible. If it really is the US government, they must have some suspicions about me."

After what happened last time, they knew that directly installing eavesdropping devices or cameras was unlikely.

Therefore, long-distance surveillance was chosen.

The Holy Son of the Mountain revealed a murderous intent: "Should we kill them?"

Cao Kun: "Can we kill them all? If we kill this group, there will be another one. Besides, wouldn't that just be telling them we have a problem?"

Seiko Yamashita: "Then what should we do?"

Cao Kun: "Never mind that, I'll go see what's going on."

There was absolutely no activity over the weekend.

Cao Kun didn't see any construction vehicles heading in that direction either.

He went to take a look and found that a flat area had been cleared over there.

Construction can begin at any time.

On Monday morning, finally a truck carrying a load of timber passed by and drove off in the other direction.

More than an hour later, Cao Kun walked over unhurriedly, as if taking a stroll.

Upon arriving at the location, Cao Kun saw three workers wearing safety helmets, busy at work.

Cao Kun did not immediately reveal himself, but instead spread his spiritual senses to explore the surroundings, only to find that there were only three workers besides him.

Cao Kun was just about to take out the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and let the evil spirits enter the bodies of these workers so he could start questioning them, when he suddenly remembered something.

Could someone be monitoring this place from a distance with a high-powered telescope?

Cao Kun withdrew his spiritual senses and returned to his true self.

Even more so, spiritual awareness enveloped the entire body.

In this way, there is no danger, and he can sense that someone is watching him.

Soon, Cao Kun's eyes flickered.

Sure enough, he sensed it; he was being watched.

If he had really used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to ask those three workers...

Even if those people couldn't see the ghosts, they would still notice the abnormality of the three workers.

At that time, the level of surveillance on him will definitely be further increased.

"snort."

Cao Kun snorted coldly, thinking they really thought he was an easy target.

Cao Kun stopped hiding and entered the construction site.

Upon seeing him, the three workers immediately looked at him with curiosity.

Cao Kun chatted with them for a while and learned that they were just ordinary workers.

They just received a project to build a wooden house here.

It's said that someone built it for vacation purposes.

That makes sense.

Cao Kun didn't linger and turned back to the Gathering Evil Land.

Today is Monday, and Seiko Yamashita has already gone to work.

Cao Kun lives alone at home.

Cao Kun sensed that someone was still observing him.

However, the feeling has become very faint.

This shows that the distance was too great, and the houses also obstructed the view, so those people could no longer see clearly.

They were just using binoculars to look at his house.

Being stared at like this all the time is definitely not good.

Even if he activates the illusion array to create a false scene for the other party, he won't stay here forever.

You always need to go out and move around.

After a moment's thought, Cao Kun had already devised a plan.

Cao Kun reached out and grabbed at the air, and a thick ancient book appeared in his hand.

I got this book from that cult couple.

It contains records of all sorts of evil practices.

However, they were all rather crude, and the aftereffects were significant.

During this period, Cao Kun modified several of the evil techniques contained within, creating several unique evil techniques of his own.

Not only was the efficacy enhanced, but he also experienced almost no side effects.

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Three kilometers away, an ordinary-looking black man was in a building, watching Cao Kun's house with a high-powered floor-standing telescope.

This is an apartment on the 18th floor, and the living room faces directly towards Cao Kun's home.

The apartment was simply furnished, with almost no furniture other than a sofa and a dining table.

At that moment, another white man was sitting on the sofa in the room, drinking coffee and eating a donut.

He asked, "How is the situation?"

The man said, "According to Group A, the target went to the construction site and chatted with the three workers."

But everything seems normal, and they don't seem like someone who can cast magic. Could there be a mistake on their end?

This person goes out to film and goes home every day as usual.

It's absurd that someone like that could kill the entire 17th Bureau.

The white man swallowed the rest of the donut in his hand and mumbled, "Just do what we're told. Don't complain."

Hey man: "But the higher-ups mean we should keep an eye on this guy."

After the cabin is built, we still have to go there. This is too boring.

We've been watching him for a month now, how much longer do we need to keep an eye on him?

One year, two years, or longer?

How many major cases are we missing out on? How will we ever get promoted?

White man: "Janie, are you stupid? This job is so safe, other people would fight over it."

Ideally, everything would be normal; best of all, I'd like to be able to retire from this job.

Jani said incredulously, "Bart, you're only in your thirties and you're already thinking about retirement? Isn't that too early? Don't you want to get promoted to detective?"

Bart said nonchalantly, "What promotion? Nothing is better than a safe retirement."

Jani remained noncommittal; he had worked hard to become an FbI and naturally wanted to strive for a higher position.

Bart finished the last sip of his coffee and asked, "How's that guy doing?"

Jani: "He hasn't come out since he got home, so we can't see him now. It would be great if we had an infrared imager."

Bart: "Infrared imagers can't see that far. If we put it closer, we'll be easily detected. This isn't practical."

After saying that, he lay down on the sofa: "Keep an eye on things, and call me if anything seems amiss. I'm going to take a nap."

Jani agreed and continued to stare through the binoculars.

Bart had barely closed his eyes when he suddenly heard a crisp "thud," as if something had fallen to the ground.