Chapter 1566 - 787: Overwhelming Enemy Slaying

Chapter 1566: Chapter 787: Overwhelming Enemy Slaying

It helped that Tyson looks distinctive, and their group was a weird combo when they came in, so this guy really did have some impression of them.

He remembered that Tyson had left the casino together with four other people.

The guy’s eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Oh, I remember now."

"That guy left the casino yesterday walking together with four people."

Li Kui’s expression changed when he heard that. He hadn’t expected news of Tyson to show up this fast. Hah, if I manage to find Tyson and bring him back this quickly, Brother Lin will definitely think I’m damn competent.

Excited, he rushed to ask, "Do you know those four people? Who are they?"

This chip-exchange guy really did know those four, because they came to the casino a lot—basically VIP regulars. Otherwise they wouldn’t be gambling alone in a private room on the second floor.

But then something occurred to him, and his face turned obsequious as he stammered, "I... I’ve got a bit of a headache right now, can’t remember clearly."

Li Kui was an old hand at this game. He naturally knew the guy wasn’t actually having a headache or drawing a blank—he was trying to squeeze some benefit out of him.

Thinking of Lin Beichen’s orders and poor Tyson, Li Kui sighed and pulled out his stash money. "Seeing how hard you’re straining your brain, I’ll give you a bit of cash to go get your head checked."

"Is that enough?" Li Kui’s gaze turned razor sharp. If this guy still didn’t know when to stop and kept getting greedy, Li Kui definitely wouldn’t be polite.

The casino chip-exchange worker knew when to quit while he was ahead, and he could tell Li Kui wasn’t someone to mess with, so he took what he could and stopped.

After pocketing Li Kui’s money, the guy beamed and said to him, "Brother, I remember now."

Li Kui was already feeling the pain in his wallet, so there was no way he’d give the guy a pleasant look. He snapped, "Then spit it out already."

The guy didn’t mind Li Kui’s attitude. Working here, he’d seen plenty of people with worse manners than Li Kui, and he still had to greet them with a smile.

So he drawled, "Those four are from the Phoenix Mercenary Corps, based near Freedom City. The one leading them is called Chen Bing—he’s actually a pretty big squad leader in the Phoenix Mercenary Corps."

Forget about comparing the strength between Mercenary Corps; no matter what, Chen Bing is just a squad leader in Phoenix. How could he compare to how well I’m doing in the Wolf Fang Mercenary Corps?

Li Kui’s heart swelled with smugness as he secretly mulled it over.

Right after that, he suddenly caught a key detail.

Earlier Lin Beichen had said he wanted to locate the bases of other Mercenary Corps—that part Li Kui was clear on. He hadn’t expected that not only would he dig up Tyson’s whereabouts, he’d also stumble onto intel about another Mercenary Corps’ base.

I’m damn awesome. When the time comes, Brother Lin will definitely lay the praise on thick.

Thinking that, joy flashed across Li Kui’s face and he quickly asked, "So where exactly is this Phoenix Mercenary Corps base?"

But what happened next was something Li Kui hadn’t seen coming at all.

The casino chip-exchange worker suddenly put on that agonized, splitting-headache look again, one hand pressed to his forehead as he weakly said, "Oww, my head’s starting to hurt again. Where the Phoenix Mercenary Corps’ base is... I really can’t recall it for the moment."

Hearing that, Li Kui almost spat a mouthful of blood in rage.

He nearly couldn’t stop himself from whipping out his pistol right then and there and putting a bullet in this shameless bastard.

But then he thought twice—this was a serious matter, he couldn’t lose his cool. So Li Kui gradually forced himself to calm down.

Forget it, forget it, what’s a bit of money? Once I get both jobs done perfectly, if Brother Lin is in a good mood, he might even teach me the tricks of gambling. Then I’ll just come back to this casino and win all this money back.

Thinking that, Li Kui reflexively patted himself down, trying to find some cash to give the worker as a "speaking fee."

After groping around for a while, he realized he barely had any money left on him. If he took that out, the guy would definitely think he was tossing coins at a beggar and wouldn’t spill anything.

So Li Kui turned his gaze to the underlings trailing behind him, a wicked little smile creeping onto his face.

"You guys got any money on you?" Li Kui held out his hand. "Lend me some first, I’ll definitely pay you back later."

The underlings, cowed by Li Kui’s authority, could only obediently hand over their cash. "Brother Li, this is the money I’ve been saving to get married, you gotta pay me back," one of them said bitterly.

"Relax, I’ll pay you back before long." Li Kui scooped up the money, muttering to himself, Huh, didn’t expect these punks to be this loaded—the cash they carry is actually more than mine. Where the hell did they get it from?

Pushing aside these random thoughts for now, Li Kui reluctantly laid the money out in front of the casino chip-exchange worker and asked sourly, "You can remember now, right?"

"Yeah, yeah." The guy rushed to grab the money, a wide grin snapping onto his face. "I remember."

"The Phoenix Mercenary Corps’ base is about thirty kilometers from Freedom City, heading out from the west-side gate."

Li Kui had stayed in Freedom City before, so he knew where the west gate was.

No wonder the Fierce Beast Mercenary Corps people hadn’t known Phoenix existed before—one’s in the east, one’s in the west. It’d be a miracle if they knew about each other.

Then Li Kui shot the guy a cold glare and snarled, "You’d better not be screwing with me. Otherwise, after eating my money, I’ll make you cough up every last coin—with interest."