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A woman in a white military uniform with long blue hair walked in. It was Esdeath. Unlike in the original story where she wore a mask and tested everyone, she pointed directly at the seated group and asked, "Is everyone here?"

Bruce exclaimed in surprise, "General Esdeath?"

Without responding to Bruce's question, Esdeath glanced around and frowned slightly: "Why are there two people missing from the original plan?"

Esdeath immediately snorted coldly, "No discipline whatsoever, unable to even keep to the appointed time, what audacity of a subordinate!"

A murderous aura emanated from Esdeath, and at the same time, she curled up a wicked smile.

"It's necessary to discipline him properly."

Ok?

Esdeath suddenly noticed the Four Terrors, "By the way, you four seem to be..."

"Greetings, General Esdeath. We were dispatched by the Minister."

“I see,” Esdeath said, glancing at the four people. “Four people…”

She remembered what Li Wei had said, but it wasn't appropriate to say it in this situation.

Just then, a complaining voice came from outside the door.

"Brother, honestly, since it ended up like this, we might as well have scouted the route from the beginning."

"But speaking of which, why did those soldiers who arrested me tell me not to wear that cool hat?"

"He's probably jealous of you."

"That's true, it seems I should keep a low profile in the capital."

Just before, Will followed Li Wei's advice and went to find a way along the other end of the tree branch. However, he was arrested by passing soldiers not long after he started walking. After Will's repeated explanations and proofs, the soldiers finally let him go.

And kindly reminded him not to wear such ostentatious items.

Esdeath looked in the direction of the sound and saw Will leading the way with a large cloth bag in his hand.

"Huh? Everyone's already here?" Will was a little embarrassed when he saw this.

"Sorry everyone, we're lost," Will said, scratching his head as he apologized.

Just as Esdeath was about to say something with an unfriendly expression, her expression suddenly changed as she looked at the man wearing the skull mask, and almost instantly recognized him as Li Wei.

"It's him!?"

Esdeath was startled. "What's he doing here? Wait, how did he get in?"

Regardless, Esdeath's mood darkened. Intuition and reason told her that now was not the time to expose Li Wei, far from it!

If she disregarded everything and pointed out Li Wei's identity, even though this was the capital city and a gathering place for many powerful individuals, she didn't think she would have a complete chance of taking down Li Wei.

Even if we do defeat this man, the empire will pay a very heavy price.

She undoubtedly enjoys hunting, but that doesn't mean she's a brainless woman.

"It's good that you've recognized your mistake. There won't be any exceptions next time. Remember that."

Esdeath snorted coldly.

In the end, she chose to ignore it for the time being.

The other hunters looked at Esdeath with some surprise. This behavior was a bit strange, because in their view, Esdeath should have severely punished Will.

Could it be that... Esdeath chose to forgive so lightly because it was her first offense?

They guessed.

Meanwhile, upon seeing Li Wei arrive, the expressions of the Four Terrors changed, and they secretly exchanged words in private.

"The Refinement of Life".

"There's no mistake about this aura; he's from the academy."

"Tsk, I thought they would only stay with the Night Raid side, but I didn't expect them to have such courage to split their forces and deploy them in different areas?"

"The idea is good, but..."

The four men looked at Li Wei with ill intent, believing that he was simply venturing deep into enemy territory to his death.

"It seems that he was the one who contacted the minister before. He should have just stayed in the shadows. Now he's in such a hurry to jump out. I guess he's worried because he sees that our relationship with the minister is getting closer."

"It's quite possible. I didn't expect that the elite students from the academy participating in the exchange competition would be so impatient."

……

"By the way, General Esdeath, what is our squad's name?" Dr. Fashion asked.

"We possess our own mobility and are an organization that relentlessly hunts down vicious criminals; we are the special police—the Hunters."

Esdeath said calmly.

In the original work, Esdeath spoke these words with an air of dominance, but now that Li Wei has infiltrated the scene, her expression is inexplicably complicated.

"You... did you come to witness my growth?" Esdeath wondered.

"Hmph, I'll show you that I'm not some simple character."

“Let’s go, let’s go see His Majesty,” Esdeath said.

"Wow, this is exciting on the first day!" Fashion said.

Will laughed and said, "I love exciting things."

Just as Esdeath and her group were about to depart, Ren Ikusa stepped forward and said, "General Esdeath, let's forget about Bruce. Don't you think it would be better if he took off his mask?"

"If we don't even know what he looks like, who knows, someone might impersonate him and infiltrate our ranks?"

"The Refinement of Life," he suggested.

P.S.: I don't understand the picture below either. What does it mean? Does it mean I'm single or something?

P.S.: Speaking of which, some talented artists in the group occasionally share their character designs, and I'm thinking, maybe I should find an artist to draw some character designs too...

PSD: Part 2 of the Effort Code =. =……

Chapter 171 New Operation Begins

"Him? In disguise?"

Esdeath was taken aback. Could Li Wei be impersonated?

Thinking about this, she chuckled inwardly. She couldn't imagine anyone being so bold as to think of impersonating Li Wei.

However, she calmly replied, "I trust my subordinates."

"Besides, even if someone were to impersonate him, I could tell the difference, so you can rest assured about that."

Renichi frowned slightly but didn't say anything more. He knew Esdeath was a strong woman who didn't like being questioned. If he continued, he would leave a bad impression on Esdeath.

"If there's nothing else, then let's go see His Majesty first."

And so, Esdeath led her entourage to attend the young emperor's visit.

Among the hunters, some were nervous, while others were quite relaxed. However, when they saw the young emperor and exclaimed with delight, "Li Wei, you're here!", they were all quite surprised.

"Hey, little emperor, how are you?" Li Wei waved casually in greeting.

"Hey, big brother, isn't it a bit disrespectful to His Majesty like this?" Will said, somewhat panicked.

"It's fine."

The young emperor said happily, "Li Wei is a trusted person of the ministers, who said he would replace him during his absence. Since the ministers have said so, then everything is fine. I am not the kind of person who would fuss over details."

Li Wei clapped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are truly amazing."

"Hehe," the little emperor said happily.

As elite members of the Terror Fourth Training, they didn't say much, but simply observed silently.

They analyzed a lot from the conversation between Li Wei and the little emperor.

Putting aside the possibility that Li Wei himself was impatient, it's likely that the ministers also wanted him to restrain them.

"Truly a cunning old fox."

The horror of the fourth trial is somewhat poignant.

They may not necessarily respect them, but they certainly won't underestimate the intelligence of the characters in the story.

Regardless, this only strengthened their resolve to kill Li Wei.

……

A certain room—

Esdeath and Li Wei, who was wearing a skull mask, were alone together.

"What are you planning to do here? I don't believe you would do something as boring as going undercover."

Li Wei sighed and said, "I didn't expect that you would understand me so well after we only spent one night together."

Esdeath snorted coldly, and an ice spike instantly appeared in her hand, aimed at Li Wei's throat.

"I admit I was inferior to you last time, but I won't be a loser forever. One day I will surpass you."

"Perhaps I'll believe it in my lifetime," Li Wei shrugged. "Fighting and killing would only damage our relationship."

Li Wei said with a grin, "Let's talk about romance, life, and the future of our children."

"..."

A blush flashed across Esdeath's face, followed by a click of her tongue: "Stop putting on that victor's act. Tell me, did you come here because you're afraid my growth will get out of your control?"

"In other words, you regret it?" Esdeath teased.

"Regret? No problem, I can make a regret pill anyway," Li Wei said nonchalantly.

"A regret pill?" Esdeath was taken aback.

"Hmm, never heard of it, have you? It takes at least thirty or forty years of pharmaceutical experience to make this kind of drug. However, I am a level below the average pharmacist in terms of intelligence, so I was able to achieve this level at a young age."

Esdeath nodded, seemingly understanding, "So, that means you came here..."

"Yeah, just killing some time, and by the way..."

Before Li Wei could finish speaking, Esdeath laughed: "Looking for the next prey?"

"Huh? You noticed that?" Li Wei asked in surprise.

"...So, those four are your new prey?"

"more or less."

Esdeath stared at Li Wei and said, "Actually, I'm very curious. If I'm not mistaken, you should be on the Revolutionary Army's side, but you're currently mingling in the capital, and it seems you have a good relationship with the ministers and His Majesty."

"You...didn't you even consider sending the intelligence from here back?"

Li Wei chuckled and asked, puzzled, "Why would I do that?"

Esdeath paused for a moment, then nodded. "Indeed, you don't need to say anything."

"The deaths of the Three Beast Warriors... no, it must have been you who did it, right?"

Before Li Wei could answer, Esdeath continued, "Although I don't know how that operation was leaked to you, I can only say, you really are something else."

"That's right, the stronger you are, the more worthwhile it is for me to conquer you!"

Esdeath left with only those words.

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Days passed, but the hunters' efforts yielded very little result.

One day, Esdeath finally received intelligence that a new operation was underway during the night raid.

In the conference hall, Esdeath placed her right hand on a document on the table and said authoritatively, "This is the latest information we have received. Night Raid plans to resume its operations to assassinate important officials in the capital, but these are all part of their schemes."

"Their purpose was to escort a group of civil officials who had given up their seclusion and returned. These were the cancerous elements that had plagued the capital. His Majesty had turned a blind eye to them and mercifully let them go, but they, encouraged by the night raid, wanted to return to the capital to cause trouble."

“I’ll send you the list in a bit,” Esdeath said, glancing at everyone. “For this operation, we’ll be divided into four groups. Including me, there are twelve of us, which means we’ll be in groups of three.”

"How about this……"

Esdeath pointed at Will and Seryu, "You two will be in a group with me and go to the capital to snipe those assassins who come to cause trouble."