Chapter 501: Chapter 501 - 3000 Yuan Salary?
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
"Okay. Come with me. Xin Yi, go prepare a pot of good tea."
Wei Xiao Bei smiled and gave his instructions. He placed down his carving knife and brought the two people into the inner practice grounds.
After entering the inner practice ground, Xu Fei Yang and Zhou Yi Ni took a seat and looked at the surroundings. Xu Fei Yang could not help but praise him, "This dojo should have been around for a while right?"
Wei Xiao Bei chucked, "The dojo was founded by my master. It hasn"t been that long since I have moved here. I am sure that leader Xu had already investigated this."
The two sides looked as if they were having a normal chat, but the hidden fight of words was quite intense.
Only when Zhu Xin Yi brought three cups of tea and bid farewell did Wei Xiao Bei lose the mood of continuing this idle chat. He directly asked, "Leader Xu, your trip this time should not be to chat with me right? If you have anything to say please go ahead, I am still quite busy."
"We already know about your matters!"
At this time, Zhou Yi Ni who had not spoken at all suddenly shouted at Wei Xiao Bei.
At that instant, Wei Xiao Bei"s heart jumped. After all, he knew about his matters and understood that there was a high chance that it could be discovered.
However, Wei Xiao Bei immediately controlled his expression and smiled, "Oh? What do you know then?"
"The matter at Feng Tou Mountains should have something to do with you right? Also, Zhang Tian Kun, Huang Da Jun, and many other people"s deaths have some relation to you! After additional investigation, you also appeared in the zombie incident at the old apartment street…"
In the next moment, this Zhou Yi Ni kept going on and on for a long time. In general, she spoke about matters related to Wei Xiao Bei, causing him to perspire in his heart.
This SIC was truly amazing. They had dug up things that even Wei Xiao Bei did not pay any mind to. Among them included the missing pa.s.sengers of the bus to the Bai Ta County, police officers being killed, and the capture notice for Zhang Xuan Shuo.
Wei Xiao Bei came to an understanding. The SIC had not grasped anything. They had only linked them with his appearance, thus they had suspicions.
The SIC was the secret mechanism of the country. Let alone having many suspicions piled up, just one suspicion was enough to let them have their eyes on you.
In the end, Wei Xiao Bei could only sigh inwardly. It was no wonder that he felt that he was being spied at in the last two days, but he just did not pay any attention to it.
It appears that these people monitoring him were from the SIC.
"First, let me admit that I was there by chance in these matters that you spoke of. However, these matters were not all done by me."
Wei Xiao Bei was not an idiot. No matter how strong he was, he was not willing to have the SIC be his enemy. The first thing he needed to do was to remove all doubtful points about him.
No matter what was said, he would not truly admit to anything even if he died.
Although doing this might not necessarily be a good thing, at the very least, he would not let the opponent use open methods against him.
"Additionally, you should stop speaking in a roundabout way. If you have anything to say, please get to the point, otherwise, I would have to see you out."
Wei Xiao Bei spoke while holding the teacup. The imposing air around him rose as he spoke. In the end, the formless imposing air seemed to pressure the other side to the point that they thought they could not breathe.
This was the etiquette of relations.h.i.+ps. Since the other party was using information against him and was being forceful, then he did not need to be polite, letting his face slap the other party"s. The formless pressure could not harm others, but it allowed the other party to understand the gap in methods between the two.
"Enough, Yi Ni."
That leader Xu appears to not be able to withstand it anymore. He could not help but stop Zhou Yi Ni"s words and lightly sigh. He looked at Wei Xiao Bei and said, "Mr. Wei. We have no evil intentions in coming here. Seeing that many strange cases are happening in Cui Hu City and Mr. Wei being a celebrity in the martial arts world, we hoped that you could help our Cui Hu City Special Investigations Committee."
It could be said that leader Xu"s words appear calm and gentle, but the power behind them was a lot stronger compared to Zhou Yi Ni who spoke with a fiery temper.
First, making the att.i.tude clear, then saying the matter, and finally boot-licking.
Although Wei Xiao Bei understood this, good words could warm the heart and malicious talk could chill it. Slapping a smiling person would make that person unable to keep smiling.
In an instant, the serious expression in Wei Xiao Bei"s face became affable as he smiled and replied, "Since leader Xu has kindly invited me, as a member of Cui Hu City"s martial art world, I would not s.h.i.+rk without dishonor and exert myself. It"s just that I am not sure what matters leader Xu needs help with."
Xu Fei Yang softened his tone, and Wei Xiao Bei followed suit. The two sides suddenly became harmonious and became a lot easier to talk to.
In truth, the SIC had seen many secretive people like Wei Xiao Bei already.
As a special mechanism of the country, its members would not be simple people. There was no lack of eccentric people among them.
They had people like master thieves that they had personally taken out from prison, a chemist that had been sent to prison for their expertise in making drugs, senior hackers, expert grave robbers, retired expert information a.n.a.lysts, active special forces aces, and many other people.
Naturally, the biggest fraction was Guo Shu Experts.
After all, other experts were not in great demand. They only needed the right amount to stay in the headquarters to protect the country. However, they would need a lot of fighting power to protect the various branches and to finish various missions.
For example, this Xu Fei Yang was the disciple of the Eight Black Hands, while his a.s.sistant, Zhou Yi Ni, was a disciple of the Flying Crane Fist.
Naturally, there were many things that Xu Fei Yang would not say.
Afterward, the two sides reached an agreement. Wei Xiao Bei became an outside hire for the SIC. When the SIC needs him, they just need to contact him for help.
There were also benefits to this duty.
The benefit was that Wei Xiao Bei would receive 3000 yuan as an a.s.sistance fee.
Naturally, this was only the benefit on the surface. The true benefit was that the SIC could help Wei Xiao Bei settle many matters. Moreover, he could receive information from the SIC to a certain degree.
In the end, they each shared their numbers and ended their discussion as friends. However, the next day noontime, Wei Xiao Bei needed to go to the SIC"s secret base to conduct some tests to determine how strong Wei Xiao Bei was. This was to understand the range of a.s.sistance that Wei Xiao Bei could provide.
The SIC was not lacking these kinds of outside hires.
The majority of Guo Shu Experts were not willing to be bound like this, thus this system of hiring outsiders was created.
On the other hand, if the martial might could not be measured, then it would be difficult to use these outsider"s martial prowess.
It"s not like they could just call for an expert for every small business that they had. Additionally, if they suddenly hired weaker martial artists to do an extremely dangerous mission, let alone asking if this was throwing their lives away or not, the question of who should take responsibility once the mission becomes a failure would pop up.
This system was born to solve these problems.
When the two of them left, Wei Xiao Bei did not continue carving and sat on the couch while thinking.
No doubt being an outside hire for the SIC carried its benefits. At the very least, he could let the SIC wipe his a.s.s for him if an incident happens.
However, he also knew that the SIC would also be suspicious of his connection to some matters, but they would not be able to confirm it. Since that was the case, they"d rather rope him in and monitor him closely. Additionally, they could borrow his strength.
Wei Xiao Bei would not be fooled by the respect in Xu Fei Yang"s expression.
One must be cautious in handling things. One must not be too proud lest they fall into a trap.
After all, even if he was an outside hire for the SIC, if somethings were leaked out, it was hard to say how the SIC"s treatment of him would change.
An ordinary man is innocent until proven guilty!
In short, Wei Xiao Bei feels that the next day"s test would only need him to show a bit of his Guo Shu strength. As for other strengths, he"d rather cover it up.
Afterward, Wei Xiao Bei called Zhu Xin Yi, Huang Kun, Andre, and Zhao Yan to him. He carefully warned them that they should not expose how extraordinary they were to the public.
In truth, this warning"s main point was on Huang Kun and Zhu Xin Yi.
Although Andre was an Einherjar, it was hard to identify him as one.
The special point about Einherjars was their innate ability to reduce incoming damage and their high power. It was hard to notice these with the naked eye.
As for Zhao Yan, he did not need to worry about him at all. In the real world, it was hard for ordinary people to let him display his full spear techniques. Just using normal spear techniques was already enough for him to kill 3-Star Elite Creatures.
On the contrary, Huang Kun had the power over ice and Zhu Xin Yi can control monsters. These were components of their power. Thus, it was easy to leak out.
Going back to the topic, since he had already been locked on tp by the SIC, then he had to prepare a path of escape.
After all, he did not dare guarantee that he would be safe.
Should I buy an island outside?
This was the first thing that came to his mind, but after looking at the information on the internet, Wei Xiao Bei could not help but curse.
Although some islands were cheap, there were reasons why they were cheap. Some did not have a water source, some did not have vegetation, some were small, etc.
The reason why Wei Xiao Bei wanted to buy an island was a path of retreat. The island should be able to hold his entire family, the dojo"s current residents, his master, his apprentice brothers, and many other people.
In short, he wanted an island where a villa could be built.
As for islands that did not have a water source, those were placed at the end of the list. After all, the disadvantages of an island without a water source was as clear as day.
As for the islands that were in line with Wei Xiao Bei"s thoughts, ignoring the location would still cost more than 5 million USD. Moreover, the area was not that big. In terms of long term settlement, a certain level of remodeling would be needed. This was also a big expense.