"Xiyan, you've really worked hard," Chen Shuo said, pulling Su Xiyan tightly into his embrace.
Faced with Chen Shuo's mere verbal gratitude, Su Xiyan wasn't having it. "What? I work hard for days and all I get is this one sentence from you?"
Seeing Su Xiyan's little temper, Chen Shuo couldn't help but laugh. "Come on, am I that stingy? After this mission succeeds, I'll buy you anything you want, how's that?"
Hearing Chen Shuo say this, Su Xiyan was somewhat satisfied. "That's more like it."
"By the way, you should have finalized things on your end, right? When do we start the operation?" After their brief affectionate moment, Su Xiyan remembered the important matters at hand.
When Chen Shuo heard it was time to discuss business, he immediately became serious. "We'll act the day after tomorrow. I've already cleared everything with Elder Xu, and he's agreed. Since we'll be using your commercial performance venue, there are some risks involved."
Su Xiyan had considered these risks Chen Shuo mentioned, but they were still preferable to the threat of the Ghost King.
To make a choice, there must be sacrifices. The key now was how to minimize those sacrifices.
"Don't worry, I'll mobilize all the demon hunters in Su City to protect the civilians. As for the rest, it's up to you guys."
As Su Xiyan spoke, her mood grew heavier.
She knew this battle wouldn't be as simple as imagined. For one, Chen Shuo's strength was only on par with their opponent.
The enemy had been a Ghost King for many years, while Chen Shuo was newly ascended to that level.
In terms of combat experience and cunning strategy, he certainly couldn't compare. Once the fighting started, it was feared...
Even with Elder Xu's help, who knew if that Ghost King had some hidden powers?
From start to finish, the enemy was in the shadows while they were out in the open.
Without sufficient intelligence on their opponent, they naturally lacked confidence going into the fight.
Chen Shuo could see Su Xiyan's worry. He gently placed his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "Don't worry. As long as the plan goes smoothly that day, you protect all the civilians, and I can handle the rest."
Looking at Chen Shuo's determined gaze, Su Xiyan silently nodded.
Even though her heart was pounding, she was more willing to believe what Chen Shuo said.
"Alright, let's think about the day after tomorrow when it comes. With the limited time we have now, shouldn't we relax a bit?"
Chen Shuo immediately changed the subject to avoid burdening Su Xiyan psychologically.
Chen Shuo's suggestion earned him a big eye roll from Su Xiyan. "It's already so urgent, and you still have the mind to play? No, I don't want to."
Chen Shuo wasn't surprised by Su Xiyan's refusal, but time was precious and he didn't want to miss out. "Let's just play for today. We can postpone anything scheduled to tomorrow."
For Chen Shuo, as long as they could lure out the Ghost King, he could easily handle the rest. There wasn't really a need to spend so much time on defensive preparations.
But while Chen Shuo thought this way, Su Xiyan didn't.
Her mind was completely occupied with defensive arrangements. Su City had quite a few demon hunters, but it was still difficult to cover such a large event and banquet with their manpower.
Unless...
They could use those vampires from Rong City. With their help, things would certainly be much easier.
"Chen Shuo, do you think we could use those vampires from Rong City for our defense arrangements? I've calculated, and I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower on our own."
"Sure, call them over. They're here to help us anyway, so use them however you see fit. But you'll need to do more explaining to the demon hunters."
Chen Shuo wasn't worried that Zhang Chuan's group of vampires would betray them, but the sudden appearance of so many vampires might cause the demon hunters to attack indiscriminately.
This way, it would be hard to avoid harming innocents.
"This..."
Su Xiyan was also at a loss. This was actually something she was worried about too.
If they didn't use them, they lacked manpower. But if they did use them, how would they explain it to the demon hunters?
Once the outside world learned that she, as the leader of Su City's demon hunters, was colluding with vampires, she would surely become the enemy of demon hunters nationwide.
"Look at how troubled you are. Since I dare to let them help you, I have my ways. Here, take this. It will solve all your problems."
As Chen Shuo spoke, he pulled out a translucent dark green bottle from his pocket. It contained something like a medicinal liquid.
Under the light, it gave off a green glow. Su Xiyan frowned as she looked at the liquid in the bottle. "What is this?"
"Don't worry, how could anything I give you be ordinary? You just need to have Zhang Chuan and the others drink this, and it will conceal their vampire aura. It's effective for one day."
Chen Shuo's confident words left Su Xiyan somewhat shocked. "Is it really that miraculous?"
"Of course. Don't you know who your boyfriend is? Doesn't this instantly solve your big problem?"
Chen Shuo patted his chest proudly.
"Yes, yes, you're the best," Su Xiyan happily took the green bottle from Chen Shuo's hand and even gave it a light sniff.
Seeing Su Xiyan cheered up, Chen Shuo decided to bring up his earlier suggestion again. "Now that the problem is solved, can we go out and have some fun?"
Bringing up going out to play for the third time made Su Xiyan a bit exasperated with Chen Shuo. "You really want to play that badly?"
Chen Shuo nodded frantically like a pounding pestle. This was a rare opportunity.
"Alright then. Since you've insisted so much, it would be too cruel of me to keep refusing. Let's go play. I'll lead the way."
After Su Xiyan finished speaking, she took the car keys from Chen Shuo. The two of them drove the white AMG, speeding down the highway.
After who knows how long, the car slowly came to a stop. Chen Shuo looked at his surroundings and felt quite uneasy.
"What's wrong? Why are you just standing there? Let's go."
After getting out of the car, Su Xiyan pulled Chen Shuo, who was still in the car, to get out.
Chen Shuo took a while to process, looking at the familiar surroundings. For the first time, he had a feeling of dislike.
"Wait, we're going out to play, so why are we at school?" Chen Shuo's face was bitter, feeling utterly deflated.
"What do you think? Since we're playing, going to the kendo club to play is just the same. We're about to go to war, and I want to practice more."