Claire clearly understood what the unless meant, it meant there was an unexpected turn of events!
And it was surely a good turn of events!
“Um… Claire, I don’t want to owe you a favor, but I don’t want to hurt you and this badge is quite convenient and I like it, so…”
“So?”
“So I thought about it and it seems like there’s a solution.”
“What? Tell me!”
“Cough… I’ll help you do something. As long as I can complete a very important mission like a real Gotham’s dragon then I wouldn’t feel so undeserving.”
“Help me do something? … Right! That’s a good idea! Why didn’t I think of that?”
After hearing that, Claire suddenly came to a realization!
Yes, since Lin Xiao said that he was undeserving, then she should get him to help her with something important!
Claire suddenly felt like she was an idiot! She should have already thought of it, if she wanted to deepen her relationship with Lin Xiao, then the best way wasn’t to do favors for him, but the opposite. It was to bother him, make him worried about her, and think about her to capture his heart!
Elena was the best example.
Lin Xiao once hated her and wanted to chase her away several times. But Lin Xiao couldn’t stop worrying about her because of her carelessness. Not only did she cause him a lot of trouble, she also got him into numerous dangerous situations.
Every time she was in danger and needed someone’s help, Lin Xiao may have said it was annoying, but he always helped her, and their relationship slowly improved through the tribulations to the point where they became inseparable!
So if she wanted to conquer Lin Xiao, she couldn’t act too strong and had to show her weak side to invoke him sympathy and to get him to approach of his own accord and then trap him!
“But… what should I get you to do?”
Claire already realized it, but she couldn’t think of what to get Lin Xiao to do off the top of her head.
Seeing her act dumb, Lin Xiao could only say it for her, “Right Claire, is there anything new with the rebels lately?”
“Nothing new, everything’s going successfully according to your plan.”
According to Lin Xiao’s plan, the front and the back had to fully cooperate and then they had to counterattack!
But before that, there was still one thing that Claire hadn’t resolved.
“In order to guarantee the effectiveness of the counterattack, Barrett is training an elite squad at the frontlines!”
“An elite squad? What’s that?”
“A special squad directly affiliated with the grand marshall. There are only tens of them, but they were all specially selected elites, called Dragon Sword!”
“Dragon sword? Not bad.”
“This team will surely be the sharpest dragon slayer sword on the battlefield! Also, I heard the leader of the team is someone you know.”
“Someone I know? Who.”
“That… that man whose name I didn’t want you to bring up.”
“Oh, your long lost twin, Caesar?”
“Peh! I knew you were going to joke about it… I already said we’re not blood-related! It’s just a coincidence we look so alike!”
“Hehe, there are coincidences like that… but since he’s the leader of the team, that means they are very strong.”
Lin Xiao understood after listening to Claire. Caesar already headed to the front lines and made it in time when Barrett was selecting elites, so naturally Caesar would be selected.
But… since they already had this elite squad, what was Claire worried about?
“Actually, we still don’t have all the information regarding the distribution of their forces and their line of defense deployments, so if we suddenly counterattack, we’ll very likely encounter a trap! Then all of our work would go to waste!”
Claire told Lin Xiao what she was troubled by and Lin Xiao agreed and also fell into thought. It wasn’t just the traps, there was still something Claire didn’t mention that Lin Xiao was worried about, Nick, what other plans did he have?
Nick lost one arm, was seriously injured and everything he worked on was destroyed by Lin Xiao. Now that he was but a stray dog, what would he do next?
Would he give up on his wicked ways, or fight to the death and make a last struggle?
Lin Xiao believed that he would choose the latter! And he held a trump card that was capable of turning the tides.
Titan!
That monster only appeared in name in the journal, but Lin Xiao didn’t dare underestimate it! How could a monster that Nick spent so long on be so easy to deal with? Also, don’t forget about the living dead army that Nick controlled.
Perhaps those weak living dead are nothing to Lin Xiao, but they’re still a formidable force against Barrett’s army!
Claire was right. If she counterattacked ahead of time, even without an ambush, they might meet Nick’s living dead army and at that time they might be completely wiped out!
“So, I’m still planning on using the method you mentioned before… to suggest negotiations with the rebels!”
In order to investigate the enemy, she decided to send a negation team to the rebels. Their mission was to negotiate on the surface, but in actuality, it was to investigate the enemy and provide information for the counterattack!
“But I still haven’t found a suitable person.”
Since they shouldered such an important mission, their leader had to be extremely reliable! Not only did they have to be strong, but they had to be careful and be able to maintain cool in all situations. They also had to be good at acting, and eloquent.
More importantly, that person couldn’t be someone too amazing! Or at least no one can know about their strength! If Claire sent someone like Barrett, the rebels would be vigilant and it would be hard to get any information and they would be in danger, how could the rebels give away a precious chance of killing off the grand marshall?
So Claire had to find a normal-looking and unknown, yet strong and reliable person as the leader! But those people were rare, so Claire still didn’t have a suitable choice.
But… perhaps this was fate, while she was troubled, he came.
“So you still haven’t decided on a team lead?”
“Yes, if I still can’t find somebody, then I can only get Taike to try.”
“Are you sure he can do it?”
“No, I’m sure he can’t do it… I just wanted to find somebody.”
“Hehe, if that’s the case, then how about me? I’m probably a better choice than Taike.”
“You? Hm, you are indeed…” Claire touched her lips and began thinking, then she opened her eyes wide like she heard something unbelievable, “What did you say? Are you willing to become the negotiation team lead?”
“Yeah, if there’s no better choice, then let me try. If I’m lucky and complete the mission then I would be deserving of the badge.”
“Lin Xiao! You… are you really willing to go?”
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