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Chapter 381: Edson’s Self-Rescue

Chapter 381: Chapter 381: Edson’s Self-Rescue

Watching the three people leave, Sang Guqiao’s anger surged again.

"A bunch of useless people daring to show temper!" Sang Guqiao spat and cursed, but after cursing he started to feel a headache coming on.

Explaining this situation was indeed difficult.

As for blaming those three, that seemed unlikely, considering the area was full of surveillance.

Whatever had happened just now, High Court had surely seen it.

To minimize his own responsibility, he still needed to find a scapegoat.

Soon, Sang Guqiao had a candidate in mind.

Edson!

This old fox, to save his own life, had given all five remaining mutated crystals from the resource repository to Lu Xiao, although it was also approved by High Court, but overall, it was Edson who acted to save his own life.

That would make things easy.

The next moment, Sang Guqiao made a call to High Court.

"Hello, this is Sang Guqiao."

"The plan to eliminate Lu Xiao failed, the intel provided by Edson was completely inaccurate, Lu Xiao’s strength has reached Super Tier."

"Based on my judgment, Edson has defected."

"Edson exposed the location of the resource repository, leading to its pillage."

"I suggest issuing a kill order against Edson, the Superpower Alliance cannot tolerate traitors!"

Sang Guqiao’s words were both sinister and reasonable.

On the other end of the line, there was silence for half a minute before they finally replied, "Understood, we will discuss it on our side."

Sang Guqiao hung up the phone, very satisfied.

He believed that High Court would definitely come up with a solution that would satisfy him, considering he was at Super Tier.

High Court couldn’t possibly disregard someone of Super Tier.

...

On the 11th floor of the Superpower Alliance Headquarters medical department, Edson, after receiving comprehensive treatment, saw an improvement in his pallid complexion.

However, both his kidneys were failing, and the medical department suggested he find a kidney donor for a transplant or else he would need to undergo dialysis frequently.

But Edson didn’t find it much of a hassle, given the strength of the Superpower Alliance, finding a kidney donor wasn’t a big deal.

What unsettled him now was whether he could keep his position as the Acting Alliance Leader.

With the commotion caused by Lu Xiao today, High Court would surely hold someone accountable.

Whether he was at fault or not, as the Alliance Leader, he would have to take the blame.

What he feared most was whether Sang Guqiao would pin all the blame on him.

If even the pillaging of the resource repository was blamed on him, then his chances of survival were slim.

"I can’t just sit and wait for death." Coming out of the medical department, Edson took a deep breath; if he did nothing, his fate would certainly not be good.

After a few minutes of silence, Edson finally cleared his thoughts.

Now, he only had two options, either to flee.

With his Fourth Rank level, if he ran away, even the Superpower Alliance wouldn’t be able to do much about him.

But to flee just like that... he was still not willing. He had just been the Alliance Leader for a day, and running away would completely ruin his reputation, possibly even branding him a deserter.

The second option was to seek help from Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao could have easily killed him today, it would have just been a matter of convenience, but Lu Xiao hadn’t.

Clearly, he still had some use to Lu Xiao.

As long as there was use, there could be negotiations.

But asking for Lu Xiao’s help meant not just cooperation, but subordination! Edson would become Lu Xiao’s lackey, from then on taking orders from him.

Essentially, it would be the same as betraying the Superpower Alliance.

Since it was a betrayal either way, he might as well gamble for his own sake.

What if he won the bet?

Once he confirmed his strategy, Edson immediately left the headquarters building.

He couldn’t stay here any longer, who knew if High Court might suddenly order his execution.

...

When Lu Xiao returned to the manor, seeing that the weather was nice, he had someone move tables and chairs out to the lawn.

Then they set up a canopy, installed a grill, and began a barbecue session.

Of course, he had been injured, so he had to lie down and rest.

Chen Fei was also tired and lay down to rest with him.

The job of grilling was left to the Pharmacist and Divine Light.

After all, their skills were well suited for the task.

With Divine Light’s talent for explosions, starting a fire was surely easy.

Pharmacist, skilled with chemicals, easily concocted the barbecue seasoning.

As for Sister Gun, she lay motionless on the grass as if dead.

"Don’t slack off recently, quickly eliminate the electric attribute from your body," Chen Fei advised Lu Xiao from the lounge chair.

This was no joking matter; the electric attribute was known for its stealthy harm, especially since Sang Guqiao was at Super Tier.

"Got it, always handling it," Lu Xiao nodded. Without using superpower to suppress and eradicate it, it would silently damage the body.

"Also, what do you plan to do about the Divine Light Plan? After you looted the resource repository, they surely won’t just let it go."

"Not doing much, they won’t take action for now," Lu Xiao replied with a smile.

If his judgment was correct, apart from Sang Guqiao, there was another Super Tier within the Divine Light Plan.

This Super Tier might be even stronger than Sang Guqiao.

His overthrow of Sang Guqiao at the Superpower Alliance Headquarters had surely been seen through the surveillance by High Court.

In the eyes of those at High Court, both he, Lu Xiao, and Chen Fei, were at Super Tier.

With both sides being two Super Tiers, they naturally wouldn’t dare make a move recklessly.

Furthermore, Chen Fei was a Super Tier among Super Tiers.

"But still, if the Divine Light Plan doesn’t make a move, someone has to save themselves," Lu Xiao said, his lips curving up.

"Edson?"

"Right," Lu Xiao slightly lifted his head, pointing towards the end of the lawn, "Look, there he comes."