Chapter 526: Reputation to Maintain

Chapter 526: Reputation to Maintain

After the three of them finished the family set, Gao Shou left to pick Lin Yue up from work, while Gao Yang and Little Qing Ling headed back to the Li City University together. Just when they were going to enter the subway station, War Tiger called.

Gao Yang tapped on his phone. “Hello?”

“Elder Seven Shadow, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?” War Tiger sounded like he was in a good mood.

“Bad news.”

“Heavenly Dog left Team Heavenbreaker for the moment to go on a mission I assigned him. Do you grant permission?”

You’ve done it already, Gao Yang grumbled, and you ask me for permission now, just to look proper?

“Permission granted.” Gao Yang didn’t ask what mission Heavenly Dog was sent on. If he could know, War Tiger would’ve told him.

“And the good news?” asked Gao Yang.

“We’ve got clues about life monsters,” War Tiger sounded pleased with himself. “I heard from an old friend.”

“Where is it?”

“The Spice Nation.”

Gao Yang thought for two seconds. “Have all members of the Action Unit gather on your end.”

“You want me to notify the members?”

“It’s easy to send the message to the encoded group chat.”

“But I’m the deputy captain of the Zodiacs and your former supervisor and teacher. How can you order me to do something like this?” War Tiger sounded a little vexed. “I have a reputation to maintain.”

“Uncle Tiger, I’m the leader of Team Heavenbreaker. I can’t be the one doing it, can I?” Gao Yang was a little exasperated. He had a reputation to maintain, too.

“I don’t care! Have someone else do it!” War Tiger hung up.

Gao Yang awkwardly glanced at Little Qing Ling.

Having heard their conversation, Little Qing Ling took out her phone and typed away with a disapproving look on her face. “Men are all children.”

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In half an hour, all members of the Action Unit of Team Heavenbreaker—sans Heavenly Dog—gathered in the Mouse Room on the underground sixth floor of the Millenium Tower. When Gao Yang and Qing Ling opened the door and entered, War Tiger, Gray Bear, Nine Frost, and Lithe Snake were already there.

“Did something happen?” Gray Bear was curious.

“No, he said he simply forgot.” War Tiger scoffed. “He always gets so invested in his damn research that he forgets to eat or drink for days until he passes out. Then he’ll get taken to the hospital by his butler.”

That was a loaded response. The man was far from mundane.

“Get to the point,” Gao Yang got back to the track.

“That’s it.” War Tiger shrugged and lit his cigarette.

“That’s it?” Gray Bear was confused. “What about life monsters? What’s the clue?”

War Tiger took a drag of his cigarette and blew a perfect smoke ring. He explained at a deliberate pace, “This noon, I called him and asked him for another batch of SOS buttons since we’ve run out. Then I mentioned life monsters, asking him if he had any clues. He said he did, but he would only tell us if we visited.”

“He could be lying,” said Lithe Snake.

“That is a possibility,” War Tiger admitted. “But we have nothing to lose, right? We’ll consider that a little trip abroad.”

Gao Yang didn’t know much about the Spice Nation other than the rumor that the air smelled like spice there, and that the largest river wasn’t the cleanest and really shouldn’t be drunk from directly unless one fancied a trip to the ICU.

He glanced at Nine Frost, who was sitting across from him. “Check the plane tickets to the Spice Nation.”

Nine Frost took out his phone and quickly looked up the information. “The earliest flight is tomorrow morning at eleven.”

Gao Yang turned to Gray Bear. “Have the back office send us some Medicine M. We’ll have a cramming session for the speaking language of Spice Nation tonight, and we set out tomorrow.”

“Roger that.” Gray Bear made the call.

Gao Yang glanced at Qing Ling. “Go to Nainai and have her prepare a few more necklaces, Green Snake.”

“Understood.” Qing Ling nodded.

Gao Yang raised his voice. “Tomorrow at seven, we meet in the Walled City of Ten Dragons and head to the airport together.”

He turned to War Tiger, “Deputy Leader, anything you'd like to add?”

“No,” said War Tiger.

“Okay, then the meeting’s dismissed.”

1. The surname Jia is pronounced the same as the word for “fake”. ☜