Niu Bi's gaze turned cold as he watched Yamaguchi Kaori's departing figure, pondering in his heart.
"It seems I have to take the initiative."
"Also, the defenses must be strengthened." Niu Bi thought of the American soldiers in the Red Alert world. Those things cost 100 gold coins each, which was relatively cheap. Niu Bi had forgotten about these soldiers.
These soldiers, produced from military camps, only possess a defensive mindset; in other words, they are passive attackers.
The only advantage was that they only obeyed the orders of their commander, Niu Bi.
If we brought some of them over and placed them in the Shanghai Bund world, they would be the best cannon fodder, whether for defense or charging into battle.
Shanghai Bund, Rainbow Bridge.
In a rather elegant courtyard, there is a screen, a rockery, and a small pond.
A short, stocky man with a white cloth tied around his head held a samurai sword in his left hand and carefully wiped the blade with a white cloth in his right.
At that moment, a woman dressed in a kimono walked in.
It was Kaori Yamaguchi.
“Senjiro-kun, I just went to Niu Bi’s villa, the leader of the Niu Alliance. He refused to cooperate with us and even insulted us!” Yamaguchi Kaori’s eyes flashed with cold light.
"What?"
Zenjiro's wiping hand stopped in mid-air. "Cooperating with us is a win-win situation, so why is he... unwilling?"
"Lord Zenjiro, I suggest we devise an assassination plan to kill the leader of the Ox Alliance and install a new puppet loyal to us!" Yamaguchi Kaori suggested.
"Okay! You can take care of this!"
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Chapter Thirty-Six: Kaori Yamaguchi's Murderous Intent
Shanghai Bund World.
The sun is rising.
On the villa's balcony, Niu Bi was eating breakfast with a newspaper in one hand, while Li De sat beside him.
"Old Li, look!"
Suddenly, Niu Bi looked at a news item on the second page of the newspaper and exclaimed in surprise.
The newspaper clearly stated: "Li Yunlong, an outstanding successor of the Swallow Sect, has been arrested. His master, Li Xian, failed in his rescue attempt and will be executed by firing squad in seven days!"
"That's impossible!"
Li De suddenly stood up, his expression changing drastically.
"Mr. Niu, please, let me go, I need to go to Northeast China!"
Li De recovered his senses, looked at Niu Bi, and his eyes revealed hope.
"Old Li, who is Zhang Zuolin? He's wanted Li Yunlong nationwide. Now that he's captured, he's naturally heavily guarded. What good would it do you?" Niu Bi shook his head. He was rather curious about what treasure Li Yunlong had stolen from Zhang Zuolin.
What made him so furious?
"That Li Yunlong is always causing trouble!"
After listening to Niu Bi's words, Li Deran sat down and muttered, "What to do? What to do?"
Shanghai is far from the Northeast, and it is absolutely impossible to get there within seven days.
Even if I get there, what then?
My senior brother's martial arts skills are so much better than mine, yet he was still captured by Zhang Zuolin. If I go there, wouldn't I be sending myself to the tiger's den?
“Old Li, let it be,” Niu Bi shook his head.
"Mr. Niu, please, let me go!" Li De pleaded in his eyes.
“Alright, tell me, what treasure did Li Yunlong take from Zhang Zuolin that made him so furious?” Niu Bi voiced his thoughts.
"The Goddess of the Luo River" painting!
Li De spoke slowly.
"The Goddess of the Luo River" painting?
Niu Bi was taken aback. He had never heard of this before, but it looked very valuable.
"This painting is by Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is made of silk and is a long scroll composed of multiple storylines, similar to a comic strip but also interconnected. It was leaked from YMY in 1860 and fell into the hands of Zhang Zuolin."
"Yunlong heard that Zhang Zuolin was going to exchange this thing for weapons with the Japanese, so he went in and stole it."
"A painting from the Eastern Jin Dynasty? It's just an antique. If it were a martial arts manual, I could try to get my hands on it!" Niu Bi lost interest after hearing this.
"Mr. Cow, I've already told you, so please let your spiders leave!"
Li De looked around the villa. He had tried to escape many times in the past few days.
Unexpectedly, there were too many spiders hiding here. Although he possessed martial arts skills, he still couldn't escape and had no choice but to stay here.
"Old Li, in my estimation, you can't save your senior brother. If you leave, who else can I find to join my sect?" Niu Bi was very conflicted at this moment, as he greatly admired the martial arts of the Swallow Sect.