He sent Daju back to the lounge, took out two bags of colorful gummy candies from the folding space and coaxed the child to go to bed obediently. He then changed out of his bloodstained combat uniform, put on a clean windbreaker, and hurried back to the headquarters lobby.
The hall was bustling with activity. The members who participated in the battle took out the spoils from the folding space one after another. Most of them were bamboo slips, parchment and volumes of books. There were also a few super-powered weapons that they had snatched away and ancient items that the Biluo organization had placed on the shelves, but whose uses were unknown.
The members of the East Palace research team directed everyone to move all the stuff to the research room. They complained loudly about having to work non-stop to decipher the data in the next few days, but the smiles on their faces were brighter than each other. Their impatient expressions made the people from the other three palaces all laugh.
There were laughter and joy in the warm environment. Kong Xiuwen, who was originally in a very low mood, unconsciously relaxed his expression. He glanced at the crowd, looked at Luo Bozi who was sitting on the sofa, and strode over.
Luo Bozi looked up at him, eyebrows slightly raised, and patted the sofa cushion beside him with a smile: "The battle is over, why are you so nervous, sit down quickly - what, are you in a hurry to divide the spoils?"
"No, don't joke like that," Kong Xiuwen was obviously not in the mood to joke around, his face was serious, "Director Luo, have you confirmed Bu Ou's situation?"
Li Hua bit the biscuit and looked over curiously.
Luo Bozi smiled helplessly.
He originally wanted to wait a while before saying this, to give everyone some time to relax and enjoy the joy of victory. However, judging from Kong Xiuwen's expression, it was clear that he could not enjoy any joy, so he simply stood up and patted Li Hua on the shoulder: "Call Tang Aibai over, um, and Peng Hua and Yuan Zhao, to have a small meeting in my office."
Li Hua nodded, turned around and ran to find someone.
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...
He probably knew why Luo Bozi called these people together. Tang Aibai and Kong Xiuwen were of course not to be mentioned. As the captains of the Beigong team and the Nangong team, they naturally had the right to know the truth. Penghua was probably there because of the cat bell given by Wodi, and Yuan Zhao was most likely related to his contact with Bu Ou during the undercover mission.
[Shouldn't you first consider how to make up your excuse?]
Cat Toy asked worriedly.
[You can’t keep using these random relatives to link cats together. How could anyone believe such a thing?]
"The more outrageous something is, the harder it is to question it, because everyone knows from the beginning that this matter cannot be thought of with normal people's logic," Li Hua puffed out his chest proudly, "After all, I am a kitten."
Cat chokes on toy.
It still felt something was not right, but it couldn't tell what was wrong. It just watched in confusion as Li Hua dragged Tang Aibai and others out of the crowd and happily ran towards Luo Bozi's office.
Tang Aibai had guessed that he would be called to the meeting, so he walked leisurely. Peng Hua was also nervous because of the cat bell in his hand. When he heard Luo Bozi looking for him, he couldn't wait to run over there. Only Yuan Zhao was very hesitant and confirmed with Li Hua several times before getting up.
By the time they entered the office, Luo Bozi had already been chatting with Kong Xiuwen for quite a while. The whole room was dull and solemn, completely different from the lively and cheerful atmosphere in the hall. It also made them shudder, and they all put away the smiles on their faces and sat quietly at their desks.
"Everyone, sit down and have some tea first." Luo Bozi took out an enamel cup that was big enough for a bowl from under the table and distributed it to everyone one by one. He poured in the brewed Baihao Yinzhen tea, and then he took out a plastic bag from somewhere and poured a handful of wolfberries into the teacup. "Moisten your throat before you talk."
Li Hua's mouth twitched. No matter how many times he had seen it, he was not interested in pouring wolfberries into white tea. For the sake of politeness, he lowered his head and took a sip, then put down the cup and picked up the potato chips on the table.
Luo Bozi stuffed a grape-flavored lollipop into his mouth and said, "I'll pack some snacks for you later. Let's talk business first. I was just telling Xiao Kong that the swordsman was behaving strangely this time."
After all, the gap in strength is there. Although several people present participated in this battle, only Luo Bozi was qualified to evaluate the swordsman's behavior. The remaining people's impression of the swordsman was only the dazzling battle scene between her and Luo Bozi in mid-air and the stunning sword she stabbed at Li Hua.
Of course, strictly speaking, there is also a tabby cat that shares memories with Wodi.
"When I first appeared in the warehouse of the Biluo Organization's storage space device, the swordsman's aura had already locked onto me," Luo Bozi continued, "but she waited until I put away everything in the warehouse before making a move."
At that time, Luo Bozi thought that the swordsman was going to take advantage of his unpreparedness to stop Kong Xiuwen and others. Although the swordsman did so later, it was five minutes later than he expected, which was exactly the shortest time required for Luo Bozi to empty the warehouse.
"And after that, when we captured Zhang San, the swordsman was able to rescue her in time - any of her superpowered weapons could have stopped me if detonated - but she just sat there and watched you take Zhang San away, and her expression even had a hint of joy - as if she wanted us to do this."
"Do you think the swordsman is letting me off on purpose?" Kong Xiuwen frowned. "Come to think of it, I also think this battle was too easy. The curse power of the Biluo organization is extremely vicious. Back then in the fishing village, just a single encounter caused me to lose nearly half of my abilities. This time, I didn't encounter any curses when I went deep into their lair. Even if I could use an unexpected surprise attack so that they wouldn't have time to react and explain, it would still be too much of a joke."
"And isn't it said that there is a powerful killing formation in the Biluo Organization's base?" Tang Aibai had never considered this before, and was only immersed in the joy of victory. When he heard this argument, he was immediately alert, and then he thought of many things he had read in the information before, "We knocked out two hall masters this time and brought one back, and looted their database and treasure house. It can be regarded as stepping on the face of the Biluo Organization, right? Why didn't the sword master use the killing formation?"
They fell silent almost at the same time.
After a while, Kong Xiuwen spoke first: "I don't agree to lower the threat level of the swordsman. No matter what she is planning, you have seen what is going on in the Biluo organization. The cruel training methods of the Yangzhong style, the ordinary people's slaves, and the curses they use to control members are all real. I don't believe that the swordsman who planned these things can have any connection with the word "repentance". "
He said it bluntly, but everyone nodded: "That's right, and no matter what the swordsman thought, the sword she pointed at Li Hua in the end was definitely meant to kill."
Li Hua rubbed his nose with his fingers: "Is there a possibility that the sword master wants to use the 28 constellations as a vanguard? For example, she doesn't get along with the ghost master, but she doesn't show up herself, but relies on the 28 constellations to eliminate the ghost master. Because she thinks the 28 constellations are not strong enough, she simply takes this opportunity to send equipment to us. In the end, both we and the ghost master will suffer losses, and she can reap the benefits?"
This is not only Lihua's idea, but also the most likely answer that Wodie came up with after discussing with Cat Toy. However, now he doesn't even know who the swordsman is preparing to fight. Even if he brings it up in the meeting, he can't take any countermeasures. It's just to make everyone more alert.
Luo Bozi tapped the table with his fingertips, raised his eyebrows, and thought that Li Hua's guess was probably true. But just as Li Hua thought, they couldn't do anything about it at the moment, so they could only put this issue aside and talk about another topic.
This time it was Kong Xiuwen who took the initiative.
"Stop your recent night patrol," he looked at Li Hua, "The swordsman has set her sights on you. Although I don't know the reason - I guess Director Luo must know, maybe it has something to do with the Cat God you mentioned - but she will most likely come to Sufang City to capture you next."
Li Hua's eyes widened, not expecting this at all: "How can this be possible? I have to be the one to drive away the hellhound!"
His protest did not have the desired effect. Both Tang Aibai and Peng Hua nodded in agreement and said that they could handle the problem of the hellhound. Even though it was relatively difficult to capture it alive and bring it back to the headquarters, it was obviously more important than Li Hua's life safety.
Instead, Luo Bozi smiled and comforted him: "It's okay. If you want to go out for some fresh air, call me and I will go with you."
Li Hua was so depressed that his tail drooped down.
The saddest thing was that he knew Kong Xiuwen was right. With the swordsman training Wodi, she would definitely look for the fragments of the Cat God everywhere, and Li Hua, who had many fragments and often jumped out, was obviously the biggest target.
"Speaking of Vodie," seeing that Li Hua was so aggrieved that he seemed to want to turn into a cat on the spot, Luo Bozi quickly changed the subject, "What do you think?"
Kong Xiuwen put the teacup on the table and said, "He is definitely not on the same page with the Biluo Organization."
Because of the newly revealed relationship between Lihua and Wodi, everyone looked at him.
Li Hua spread his hands: "I'm not familiar with him. I've never seen him before. I just heard from the cow cat mother that I have an uncle who is a leopard cat. He ran away from home last year to pursue the fairy cat."
Considering the speed at which cats reproduce and their independence, it is understandable that brothers from the same mother will drift apart as they grow up, so it is completely understandable that they have never seen such distant relatives.
However, Luo Bozi couldn't help but comment: "Why do the fragments of the Cat God fall on your cats? Could it be that you are the descendants of the Cat God, and the god met a beautiful cat while traveling in the human world?"
Li Hua played dumb, pretending not to hear the cat toy screaming in his mind "The Cat God has no offspring", and looked at Director Luo in confusion, who suddenly realized that the cat was still a minor, so he shut up under Kong Xiuwen's condemning gaze.
"Wodi didn't use any brutal force during the fight with me, and he even helped me secretly when I wanted to take the Beigong team away," Kong Xiuwen said succinctly, bringing the topic back on track. "I remember Yan Anqing said that the information he secretly took was all on Wodi's desk. At that time, we thought that Wodi had just taken over as the Lord of the Heavenly Palace, and the connection with his subordinates was not perfect, so there was such a big mistake that the information was missing and no one noticed it. But there is another possibility that he deliberately sent the things to us through Yan Anqing."
Peng Hua stood up excitedly, and in front of the plant treasures, he even dared to interrupt the usually timid Kong Xiuwen: "So the plant that Wodi gave me could be the real thing?!"
Tang Aibai disapproved and stopped Penghua from activating the cat bell: "Wodi has nothing to do with the Twenty-Eight Mansions, why would he help us? Compared to this, it is more likely that he did this under the instruction of the swordsman, right? Don't think that he is similar to Lihua or Daju just because he is a cat - don't forget about Bu'ou, the cat ghost who destroyed half of Sufang City!"
Kong Xiuwen sneered: "If it was the sword master's order, why would he be so secretive?"
They argued fiercely.
Li Hua shrank his neck and looked at Peng Hua quietly - he thought the conflict between Tang Aibai and Kong Xiuwen had been resolved long ago.
Peng Hua grinned and made a bitter face at him, meaning that these two still helped each other in big things, but quarreled constantly in private, and when they got angry, they would even quarrel over meals.
"I mean, is there a possibility," Yuan Zhao, who had been silent since entering the office, said weakly, "that Leopard Cat Wodi's name means undercover?"
Everyone shook their heads: "How is that possible? Even if Wardy is really an undercover agent, why would he give himself such a name?"
Only the pupil trembles.
As expected of a five-star cat owner with seven cats at home, he really knows the cats' minds thoroughly! He can even guess this!
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