Chapter 153 It's completely over.
Keppel acted quickly, and once he had a reliable way to deal with Jody, he deployed it in an orderly manner.
Soon, the news that Jordi Collet and Nan Qi were kidnapped by interstellar thieves and used the two insects as hostages to secretly negotiate terms with the leader of the anti-bandit coalition army, Bai Smellide, reached the ears of the Insect King after a routine court meeting.
This was equivalent to stepping hard on the Insect King's pride that could not be trampled upon. Hoover Walker's reason was like a lit firecracker, directly rising into the air and exploding into fireworks.
The interstellar thieves dared to kidnap the Imperial Viscount and Archon. This shows that they do not take the Empire seriously and do not take him, the Insect King, seriously. This is a slap in his face.
After smashing everything that could be smashed in the study and cursing Jody Collet, Hoover Walker took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down, and carefully considered the possible consequences of Jody and Nan Qi being captured.
He had to save Nan Qi. The experiment was at a critical juncture, and only if Nan Qi was alive could the benefits be maximized. As for Jordi Collet...
Hoover sneered. There was no need for a loser like him to live who was incapable of doing anything but causing trouble, was self-righteous, and knew some of his secrets.
Jody must be killed before Bai rescues him. Jody must not fall into Bai's hands.
Even as the Zerg Emperor of the Empire, Hoover Walker is powerless to do anything he wants to do. If Jody says something he shouldn't say and Bai hears it, it will be troublesome.
Hoover Walker didn't believe at all that Bai was loyal to him.
After Ai You withdrew from the military, Bai gradually took over most of Ai You's power in the military.
Although Bai hasn't made many small moves in recent years, he hasn't been very quiet either.
Every one of these powerful insects has their own selfish motives and will never serve him wholeheartedly.
It's not that Hoover Walker is not confident in his ability to control his subordinates, but that this is the inherent bad nature of all intelligent creatures.
There is no insect that does not like to dominate the destiny of other insects, and there is no insect that does not like the pleasure brought by power and profit.
Ambition and desire are like overgrown weeds. They cannot be completely burned by wildfire and will only grow again in the spring breeze. There is no reason to stop here and eradicate them completely.
Bai is Marshal Ai You's most favored disciple, and under Ai You's leadership, the military is increasingly out of the control of the royal family, and even of him, the highest-ranking official in the empire. This shows Ai You's thoughts.
As Ai You's favored successor, how could Bai not have any ideas?
That's why Hoover Walker has always been wary of Bai, always monitoring Bai, and even put toxins that can trigger Bai's mental power on Bai's military uniform and combat clothes.
If Bai is exposed to these toxins only once or twice, there will be no effect at all. Only if they are ingested over many years will they be triggered by the medicine at the last moment and explode all at once, turning him into a useless insect.
It's a pity that when they were about to succeed, a male insect with SSS-level psychic power suddenly appeared and caused Hoover Walker's years of planning to fail. How could he be willing to accept this?
Therefore, whenever Hoover Walker heard Jody's self-righteous advice that he should wait and see what happens with Nan Qi, he said nothing but felt very disgusted in his heart.
This time, Qiao Di was asked to lead the team to capture Nan Qi, just to push this fool out to shut up Youyou when the truth was revealed.
Who could have thought that the plan would go wrong? He had never expected that Jody had not taken action and was eventually killed by the fleeing thieves.
Besides, these thieves have been chased by Bai and have been hiding from him. They still dare to rob and bargain with Bai. They must be tired of living.
Since he was tired of living, there was no need to live any longer. If Bai couldn't solve the problem, he could help.
Thinking of this, Hoover Walker raised his hand and called a servant in. After saying a few words, he stood up and went to Mei Congjun's bedroom.
If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it the carrots it likes to eat. The worm in Mei Congjun's stomach is the carrot hanging in front of the "horse", and he will take good care of it.
"Horse" - Ockham Leslie was suddenly summoned after being ignored by the Insect King for nearly a month. He thought that the Insect King wanted to settle the score with him for his previous poor performance, and he began to feel uneasy.
He gritted his teeth, thinking that the Insect King had something to hide and would not dare to capture him openly, so he wanted to pretend to be sick and not enter the palace, send a message to Mei, plead for him, and get away with it this time.
Before he could say no, the Star Brain on the table began to vibrate.
Ockham acted decisively and used the excuse of being busy with official business to ask the butler to take the messenger insect servant away to wait for him. He would set off with the insect servant later and hid in the study.
When he came out again, the uneasy look on his face had faded. He had a stern face with the majesty of a chief, and followed the insect servant onto the aircraft to the palace.
After the aircraft drove out of Leslie Mansion, an inconspicuous aircraft swayed out of the street opposite Leslie Mansion and flew in the opposite direction of the aircraft entering the palace.
In a flash, it disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
On the other side, in the Prince's Mansion, Keppel, who saw Occam's movements through the micro-monitor, noticed that the inconspicuous aircraft appeared again near Leslie Mansion.
This was not the first time that this aircraft appeared near Leslie Mansion. Every time it left after Occam left, as if to make sure that Occam was not in Leslie Mansion.
It was so insignificant that if Keppel had not had a photographic memory, he would have overlooked it.
An unremarkable aircraft had repeatedly appeared near the home of a high-ranking minister of the Empire, and each time it followed the minister's departure. Even if there had been no aircraft tracking the minister, no one with any intelligence would have believed that its appearance at the minister's doorstep was a coincidence.
Keppel was certainly not stupid. After discovering this pattern, he set his sights on this aircraft and arranged for insects that were good at tracking to keep an eye on it.
The previous few times, the aircraft had stopped in the old city area on the outer ring of the central star. It was a hive of activity, and the insects responsible for tracking and monitoring didn't dare to enter rashly for fear of alerting the enemy. They only watched the aircraft from a distance and took a few photos of the insects that disembarked from it.
However, this time, after leaving Leslie Mansion, the aircraft did not return to the old city area in the outer ring, but began to circle around the main city area. During this period, it changed aircraft twice and finally drove into the underground parking lot of the Griffin Group building.
There is an access control system in and out of the Griffin Group building. The tracking and surveillance bugs could not get in, so they immediately sent a message back.
Keppel tapped the Griffin Group building on the frozen screen for a moment and contacted Todd, who was left on the central planet by Bai.
Keppel went straight to the point and sent a photo of the bug that came down from the aircraft to Todd, asking Todd if he had any impression of the bug and if he could check the bug's movements after entering the Griffin Group.
Originally, Keppel thought that there would be no news until at least the evening, but he didn't expect that an hour later, Todd would send him the news of the insect's movements after entering the Griffin Group building.
Keppel looked at the name above, frowning slightly, and muttered, "I'm involved with him again."
The "he" that Keppel was referring to was not another insect, but the main reason why Todd stayed on the Central Star - Herbert Griffin.
After the incident at the Hubbert Institute of Psychological Research laboratory, they did not capture Herbert Griffin, who was related to the institute, and wanted to use him to fish out deeper worms. Todd did not follow the expedition in order to monitor Herbert's movements.
After Todd accepted the surveillance mission, he tried to infiltrate the group. His hard work paid off. One of Todd's junior students, Rhine, happened to work in the secretariat of Griffin Group.
Todd made contact with him intentionally and gradually became familiar with him. Todd also helped him with a few small favors, in exchange for which he won the unwavering loyalty of his junior Rhine.
Todd didn't ask this junior to do anything dangerous. He just said that his family was interested in marrying into the Herbert Griffin family and asked him to keep an eye on Herbert Griffin's time in and out of the group. There was nothing else to do.
Junior Rhine didn't understand all these twists and turns, but he knew that Todd's family was not ordinary. He imagined that Todd and Herbert were engaged, and used his position to monitor whether Herbert was having an affair.
After all, no matter how humble a female insect is, no one would want the male master to find a few rivals for her before she enters the house.
If nothing else, it's because I still have to save face.
Judging from his own experience as a senior, Rhine had a positive attitude and diligently monitored Herbert's movements. He would even tell Todd what kind of insects he saw every day.
Coincidentally, the insect in the photo that Keppel gave was the first and last insect Herbert saw today.
After meeting the bug, Herbert left the Griffin Group building early.
In fact, this kind of situation has happened before, but what concerned Rhine this time was that Herbert's reaction was wrong, as if there was something shameful going on between him and the bug.
He was assigned to make coffee for Herbert at that time. He carried a cup of coffee that was almost worth his monthly salary to the top floor where an entire floor was occupied by Herbert's office. Before he knocked on the door, he heard Herbert's low voice floating out from the crack of the door.
"Why did you come to the group to see me?"
"I want to see you, so I come naturally." Lai Chong's voice was light, with a smile in his throat. At first, it sounded like ants crawling on his body, making him so itchy that he wanted to shiver.
When Herbert heard this, his expression changed instantly, and his voice lowered even more: "I said, if you want to see me, you can contact me in advance, you can't just come to the group to find me. If..."
"If there's nothing?" Lai Chong sat directly on Herbert's solid wood desk, leaning over to look down at Herbert. "If I find out, just say I'm your lover. Don't you know that the more you hide it, the more it will arouse his curiosity? Idiot!"
The word "idiot" scared Rhine so much that he almost dropped his coffee, because he saw that the insect that cursed their boss Herbert Griffin was clearly a female insect. There was no way he could make a mistake with the petal-like female pattern on its wrist.
Scared, Rhine didn't dare to listen anymore. No matter how dumb he was, he knew this female insect was not ordinary and must have a secret between her and the boss. How could he dare to be the insect that discovered the secret? That would be courting death.
After telling Todd what happened today, Rhine also reminded Todd that this female insect was not simple and might know Herbert's secret, so he asked Todd to be careful of this love rival.
Todd ended the call with a mixture of laughter and tears, and immediately notified Keppel and asked him why he cared so much about this female insect.
Keppel then told Todd about the insect's surveillance of Occam.
Todd pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, you can let me monitor the insect. He'll be targeting Ockham, so there must be something profitable there. I'll have to leave Ockham to your care."
Keppel nodded, agreed to the plan, withdrew his bugs, and continued to monitor Leslie Mansion.
At the same time, Occam, who had already met the Insect King, wiped the sweat from his forehead and left the study.
After passing a palace gate, he saw a tall male insect standing in the sun. He paused before continuing forward.
Only when he reached the tall male insect did he force a smile and said, "Your Highness, are you going to the palace to meet His Majesty?"
The eldest prince, Hubble Walker, smiled and said, "Yes, Uncle Ockham, have you just come out from the Emperor's place?"
"How dare I call you uncle, Your Highness?" Ockham waved his hands repeatedly. "Your Majesty is here to see me for some official business. I won't delay your visit."
Hubble nodded, said a few meaningless words to Occam, and then continued to move forward under the guidance of the insect servant.
As the two insects passed each other, Hubble moved his lips, and the cold sweat that Occam had just wiped off instantly broke out.
His eyes went dark and his back felt numb. It took him a long time to recover. He turned around to look at the eldest prince Hubble Walker who had already gone far away.
Hubble Walker seemed to know that he would turn around. The moment he turned around, he was met with Hubble's meaningful smile and the silent words, but he knew clearly what they meant.
Harper Walker: "New weapon data files, Bai, I can save you from being liquidated by your father."
This was the content of the mysterious call he received before going out today, and now Hubble Walker repeated it in full.
The mysterious communication also taught him how to deal with the difficulties posed by the Insect King, and he did so for the Leslie family.
When he was allowed to leave the study by the Insect Emperor, he was glad that he was not too suspicious. Otherwise, the end result might be that the Leslie family would be expelled by the Insect Emperor in the future.
But it was not until the eldest prince revealed the content of the mysterious communication that Occam realized very clearly that he was finished.
It's completely over.
The Leslie family was completely caught in the vortex of royal power due to his vacillation and indecision.
One step forward, and you'll fall into a cliff; one step back, and you'll fall into a bottomless abyss.
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