The First Order
chapter-689

Chapter 689: What grown man would jump rope?

The Anjing House was definitely trying to take the lead in this operation. They wanted to be in control of how to disrupt the Pyro Company’s plans, how to seize the No. 001 Experimental, and how to carry out their follow-up plans.

But when Luo Lan swaggered over and claimed he was a C-rank hitman, Song Qiao, who was in charge of leading Luo Lan’s group, felt like he had just eaten a fly he was so disgusted!

Just like Cheng Yu, Song Qiao also had his own assistants on the team. However, they had hidden anonymously within the group so they could influence everyone’s decisions at critical moments.

For example, when Song Qiao was about to implement some decisions, these assistants would be the first to respond to create the illusion that many people were supportive of him.

Everyone tended to have their own opinion on things, and Song Qiao had planned very well for that. It was just that he never expected to meet Luo Lan.

Previously, Song Qiao had received orders their team would set off a day earlier. However, Luo Lan was unwilling to and invited everyone on the team to head to the black market’s spa instead!

How could going to the Sacred Mountains be more interesting than going to the spa!

The members from the various consortiums in their group were also having a good laugh at the Anjing House’s expense. Although their common target this time was the Pyro Company, the Anjing House had still caused quite a bit of trouble for them. So everyone was also happy to see the Anjing House deal with this mess.

Song Qiao really wanted to teach Luo Lan a lesson. He even asked the Anjing House if he could kill Luo Lan discreetly since there were no reporters following him around anymore.

In the end, the Anjing House rejected this idea and expressed it was not the time to deal with Luo Lan yet.

However, the Anjing House also affirmed it would not be a problem to teach him a lesson.

Song Qiao was delighted to hear that. Just as he was about to take action against Luo Lan, Luo Lan seemed to have preempted his motives. Luo Lan bluntly said, “Aren’t you afraid my brother will send people after you? I don’t care about the others, but since I remember how you look, as long as you don’t strike me down today, you can rest assured that my brother will hunt you down tomorrow!”

Song Qiao’s expression darkened. Luo Lan was constantly mentioning how the Qing Consortium’s leader would send people to hunt him down. If that were really the case, could he truly deal with that?

Besides, even if he killed Luo Lan here, there were still so many others from the various consortiums traveling with them. Surely Song Qiao could not silence everyone who was here as well, right?

Of course, it was precisely because of this reason that Luo Lan dared to act so brazenly.

If Luo Lan were in a situation where he could be killed without anyone finding out, he would have long fled.

It was like this guy had a split personality, behaving arrogantly when his safety was not threatened and immediately backing off at the first sign of danger. He was a completely different person in different situations.

At some point in time, Song Qiao actually felt this operation had failed really badly.

They were clearly supposed to be hitmen operating in the shadows where it was most advantageous for them. But for the sake of the mission against the Pyro Company, they exposed several of their members.

Of course, this was what made Cheng Yu the most unhappy. He had also secretly thought this operation did not fit with the character of the Anjing House leader. The boss always came up with a plan before making a move in the past, so why did it seem a little rash this time?

Could there be a follow-up plan they did not know about?

At this moment, Luo Lan plopped himself down at Cheng Yu’s campfire. Then he smiled warmly at Cheng Yu and said, “Please, sit down. Why are you standing around? There’s no need to be so reserved!”

Cheng Yu’s expression darkened. Why was he acting like he was some leader conducting an inspection? And he even seemed to be such a natural at it?

Just as he was about to say something, he saw Song Qiao shaking his head at him with a bitter expression, hinting at him not to provoke this man.

Cheng Yu thought for a moment before finally sitting down with a sigh next to the campfire.

When Ren Xiaosu witnessed this exchange from afar, he chuckled. That Fatty Luo was way too good at causing trouble wherever he went.

“Why’s he here?” Yang Xiaojin wondered, “Why’s a normal person like him getting involved in something like this? Could the Qing Consortium have an ulterior motive as well?”

“He’s awoken his power, so he’s also a supernatural being now.” Ren Xiaosu explained in a low voice, “I think Fatty Luo’s motive for coming here is very simple. He’s just looking to stir up some trouble. The Qing Consortium hates both the Pyro Company and the Anjing House, so they definitely won’t miss out on the opportunity to make things difficult for these two organizations. Besides, Luo Lan always says that he wants to buy time for Qing Zhen by causing chaos all over the world, so how could he miss out on such a good opportunity here?”

“Got it.” Yang Xiaojin nodded. In the past, she did not like these two brothers, Luo Lan and Qing Zhen. But now that they were friends with Ren Xiaosu, she hated them less than before. Instead, she thought Luo Lan and Qing Zhen were quite loyal after hearing about the things that they did from Ren Xiaosu.

Actually, Luo Lan also felt very nervous on the way here. After all, they were heading deep into the Pyro Company’s strategic base. While he was also a supernatural being now, he still felt very panicky even though he was traveling with Zhou Qi.

What if whatever was lurking in the Sacred Mountains was really scary? What if they got ambushed? These were all the things Luo Lan was worried about.

But when he got here and saw Ren Xiaosu, there was only one thing he thought: Everything is gonna be alright!

Luo Lan had witnessed Ren Xiaosu’s growth from when he was at his weakest to the point where he could even bring down an entire stronghold by himself. With this person going to the Sacred Mountains, what more did he have to worry about?

As such, Luo Lan got even more arrogant and oppressive. With someone that could protect him, could anyone here do anything to him?

Over at Luo Lan’s side, Zhou Qi also sat down next to the campfire without a care. He took some food that was being roasted over the fire and started eating. Meanwhile, Luo Lan said to Cheng Yu as he kept himself warm, “So tell us, what’s the situation over here like?”

Cheng Yu sneered, “Who do you think you are?”

He was unable to hold it in any longer. If it weren’t for Song Qiao giving him that look, he would have already started scolding Luo Lan. ‘You’re just a normal person. What right do you have to come to the Sacred Mountains?‘

Luo Lan looked at Cheng Yu seriously. “Aren’t you afraid my brother will send people after you?”

Off to the side, Song Qiao had a gloomy expression on his face. He realized that even though this was all Fatty Luo could say, it was way too effective against them.

After Luo Lan arrived in the Central Plains, he went to the Zhou Consortium first before visiting the Kong Consortium, with his last stop being the Wang Consortium. In the end, no one could do anything to him even though he kept stirring up trouble for others. Wasn’t that because he had Qing Zhen back in the Southwest eyeing the Central Plains like a tiger?

Cheng Yu’s expression wavered for a while before he finally said, “There’s a total of 33 people on my side and no members have fallen. However, we encountered some unknown creature that tried to approach our campsite two nights ago, though it didn’t do anything to us.”

Luo Lan nodded. “Anything else unusual happen? Or do you have any personnel behaving unusually in the group?”

Cheng Yu thought to himself, ‘Aren’t you the one who’s acting unusual here?‘ He thought for a moment and suddenly said, “Oh, there really is one.” Cheng Yu pointed at Ren Xiaosu and said to Luo Lan, “That guy’s really strange. On our way to the Sacred Mountains, not only did he go and jump rope with his partner, but he also keeps belting nursery rhymes!”

Composed, Luo Lan looked at Ren Xiaosu. This answer… was truly a little unexpected. To think that Brother Xiaosu would actually have such a hobby.

However, he showed no expression on his face. Instead, he said nonchalantly, “Did you actually try hard to remember things? What’s so unusual about that?”

Although Luo Lan pretended not to know Ren Xiaosu, he still could not help but defend him a little. No matter how eccentric Ren Xiaosu was, that was still his business. How could Luo Lan allow outsiders to gossip about him?

Cheng Yu said unhappily, “Isn’t that unusual? The journey to the Sacred Mountains is fraught with danger, so what’s with singing all those nursery rhymes? Besides, what grown man would jump rope?”

“I jump rope too. You have a problem with that?”

Cheng Yu was confused.