Iced Americano Is at Your Service

If she didn't scam him good, then Cheng Shuili wasn't her name!

She immediately contacted Black Market Old Cat again.

【Crow Takes Flight】: @Black Market Old Cat, that Soft Little Puff wants to buy my stats, right? Tell him the stats are unavailable, but...

【Crow Takes Flight】: But you have a "top-secret piece of intelligence" regarding my common combat style and a "fatal weakness." Just say that while I am very strong, I am highly dependent on a dagger called Youye, and that after every attack, I have a period of exhaustion where my stats drop to that of a normal person, which is the perfect opportunity to attack. For this news, set the price sky-high and say you went to great lengths to get it from an informant inside Black Feather, and demand he does not leak it.

【Black Market Old Cat】: Brilliant! Boss! This move is genius! Not only will you get his money, but you'll also mislead him! I'll get right on it. I guarantee I'll make it sound so convincing he'll believe it completely!

With that arranged, it was time for the next part of the plan.

Cheng Shuili opened her private messages and pondered for a moment. She suddenly realized that the people who usually worked for her were essentially already tagged as her people.

Not to mention Xinxue, who had long been publicly known as one of Crow's people.

The last time they helped Wanyi teach Wanyue a lesson, it also confirmed Wanyi was one of Crow's people, and the rest were the same—they were all managers in Black Feather, and anyone with eyes could see that.

To fool someone... she really needed to find someone with a clean background.

Cheng Shuili thought about it but wasn't in a rush. She first knocked on Xinxue's private window and asked: "Do you have anything in your warehouse that... looks cool with flashy effects and intimidating stats, but is actually either impossible to trigger or has terrible cost-effectiveness? It has to be something flashy but useless, do you have that?"

This was a very strange request, but Xinxue had been buying and selling for years and had seen all sorts of strange things.

【Xinxue Chu Ji】: I do, Boss, I do!

As soon as the message was sent, the item followed.

It was a piece of armor that looked like a bulletproof vest, but it was sparkling.

Cheng Shuili picked it up and read the item description.

【Dragon Blood Giant Lizard Scale Armor】

【Description: Tanned from the most precious heart-scale of a Dragon Blood Giant Lizard lord from a secret realm. The scales are naturally interwoven with dark gold patterns, and the surface is suffused with a faint, elusive bloody mist. It feels slightly warm to the touch, as if containing the final life force of an ancient creature. The thick scale structure has excellent resistance to slashing and biting, but such extraordinary power requires a strong physique to fully master, otherwise, one will feel a slight sense of sluggishness.】

Cheng Shuili paused. Was there a problem with this?

Just as she was thinking this, Xinxue's message arrived.

【Xinxue Chu Ji】: Boss, how is it? You only know where the problem is when you wear it. All that talk about needing a strong physique to master it perfectly is just a trap. No one can actually use it!

Cheng Shuili understood upon seeing this, but she didn't truly believe it was that wicked until she put the equipment on and her body became so stiff she couldn't move. Only then did she believe Xinxue wasn't lying.

Su Rui, who was standing nearby, had already turned her attention to Cheng Shuili because of her strange behavior.

Cheng Shuili struggled to meet her gaze and pleaded: "Help me take it off."

Su Rui: "......"

What a pity, it would have been great if she could have taken a picture to record this.

A moment later:

【Crow Takes Flight】: Very good, this is the one.

【Xinxue Chu Ji】: Hehe, I actually picked this up from a vehicle fashion blogger. He switched professions after finding out that line of work wasn't profitable, so he sold off these flashy, useless items at a low price. By the way, Boss, what do you need this for?

【Crow Takes Flight】: It's a good item, to be gifted to a "fated person."

The item was found, so now it was time to find the person.

Using someone else was not as good as using one of her own.

Cheng Shuili clicked on the group chat and asked: "Is there anyone who hasn't spoken in the regional channel since joining Black Feather?"

"Boss, me! I've been busy driving since I joined Black Feather and haven't had time to chat in the channel!"

"+1, I've been studying materials the whole time and haven't posted."

"Same here, I've just been busy with vehicle modifications. I've almost forgotten what the regional channel looks like."

"I did post before, but that was when we were discussing the disappearance of the supply crates, and I've been lurking ever since."

"Me too, I only posted a few times when I was excited about joining."

They were so enthusiastic; there were quite a few people who met her criteria.

Cheng Shuili did a quick screening and finally picked out someone with the potential to be a "cunning merchant."

Her ID was Iced Americano Without Sugar, and Xinxue also said this person was very easy to talk to—she definitely had talent!

Cheng Shuili explained the situation briefly, and the other party immediately got excited.

【Iced Americano Without Sugar】: So that's how it is! To earn face for Black Feather, Iced Americano is at your service!

She was indeed a very interesting girl.

Ending the conversation, Cheng Shuili happily closed the private chat interface.

This was just an appetizer.

After dawn tomorrow, she would use the threat of Soft Little Puff's dog life to warn Broken Iron again!

...

Soft Little Puff was very frustrated.

He couldn't get Crow's stats from Black Market Old Cat, and without stats, he wouldn't be able to finish his task...

Soft Little Puff wasn't an idiot like Tu Dou Bro; his life was his own, so of course, he had to protect it well.

He had only taken Broken Iron's mission to inquire about the situation and make preparations in advance. As for actually going to kill Crow...

Broken Iron could send whoever he wanted, but he was definitely not going!

But he had to get the situation clear.

Just as Soft Little Puff was thinking this, Black Market Old Cat's message flashed again.

【Black Market Old Cat】: Brother, the stat panel is truly impossible to get; I reckon only she herself knows that. However... I just received some top-secret information about her, regarding her combat style and a fatal weakness. Do you want to know?

Soft Little Puff's eyes lit up instantly!

A fatal weakness?

This was much more valuable than a dry stat panel!

But what if it was fake? He didn't rashly say he wanted to buy it, but asked:

【Soft Little Puff】: What news? How much?

【Black Market Old Cat】: This information cost me a massive amount of effort and involved huge risks to obtain from an informant inside Black Feather... The price, naturally, is not cheap. And you must guarantee that you will absolutely not leak it, otherwise, my informant will be finished, and both you and I will be done for!

The more serious Black Market Old Cat sounded, the more Soft Little Puff felt an itch he couldn't scratch; he felt this news was absolutely reliable!

That wasn't all; Black Market Old Cat swore oaths and made promises, and Soft Little Puff thought about the other party's reputation and the fact that they made their living this way—they wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot—so he trusted the other party.

After some intense bargaining, Soft Little Puff gritted his teeth and used the supplies Broken Iron had allocated to him to trade for this "top-secret intelligence"!

With the item in hand, Soft Little Puff immediately began to study it seriously.