Chapter 1039 - 862: Amy’s Strength (Part 2)

Chapter 1039: Chapter 862: Amy’s Strength (Part 2)

So after getting solid intel, Tata Team, just to be absolutely safe, drew up a few hours’ worth of rehearsal plans.

Anyway, right now Tata War God is lugging a suitcase and bringing Lord of Oak over!

At the same time, Alpha and Beta have also slipped into the shadows under the high walls of the Count’s Mansion, just waiting for Tata War God to charge over so they can party up. At that point they’ll auto-party with Lord of Oak, which means no friendly fire. And it’s also a chance to get a read on Lord of Oak.

As for Tata War God, he just needs to finish the party-up. He’s actually not joining the operation itself.

...

Finally, under the intense anticipation of all the players and team members lining the streets, Tata War God dashed to the target corner outside the wall and completed the party-up with Alpha and Beta.

Then Tata War God just swung the suitcase and hurled it straight into the courtyard of the Count’s Mansion!

And then, the tens of thousands of wall-assaulting Miners all erupted in thunderous cheers!

Even though they had no idea what was in the suitcase, and Tata War God honestly had no idea what would happen after tossing it in, none of that mattered. What mattered was that the move looked mysterious enough, and drew enough traffic!

Sure enough, the entire command center burst into cheers: "We’ve successfully surpassed Gem City’s siege in heat, we’re number two worldwide!"

That’s exactly what Tata War God wanted. From here on out, no matter win or lose, it’s a win!

...

Obviously, this suitcase-tossing move left the whole Divine Team and Peeping Immortal completely dumbfounded.

But they still followed the original plan. The Thief Corps took the chance in the chaos to infiltrate the Count’s Mansion, and one member had already successfully set a fire in the back kitchen.

And then the joint-defense mechanic was triggered again:

——Noble District Warning: Everyone in the district must evacuate within 1 minute! Otherwise all will be treated as red-name and punished!

Even though we’re long past that situation a month ago, players actually haven’t made much progress against the noble district’s joint-defense guards. Peeping really wanted to see how Tata Team would respond.

Next instant, that thick cow-dung smoke filling the street suddenly intensified dozens of times under the reflection of the flames, turning the whole district into a blazing smoky Illusion Realm!

Only now did Peeping understand: it was Shadow Demon’s skill! Apparently they used it back in Oak City Night Market when they fought Gabriel.

Right at that moment, Amy suddenly froze in shock: "Did our Count’s Mansion call the alarm?"

The bodyguards exclaimed: "Looks like it!"

Amy said, "Then let’s head back right now and defend the mansion!"

Then Amy turned to Peeping Immortal and said, "I’m really sorry, I can’t play with big brother tonight. I have to go back and defend the mansion!"

Peeping actually burst out laughing—sure enough, it triggered her defense event! This is way too unlike an inside agent.

"I’ll go with you too!"

Honestly, that was just polite talk. The joint-defense announcement was already up; even if Peeping went in, he couldn’t help.

Amy said, "Okay, I’ll go first! You guys hurry and follow."

With that, she was like a gust of wind, vanishing in an instant into the bustling Night Market crowd.

Peeping was stunned. Right now he’s Master Level in running, Expert in marathon, plus boosted by Thief burst speed, and he still couldn’t outrun her. So this is the future Queen of Dancers?

But she’s still just a kid—what about her combat power? Can she beat those two Shadow Demon Curries?

Peeping made a snap decision and changed the plan: "Thief Corps, heads up. Amy has rushed back to the mansion. Any member who runs into her gets auto-killed by her!"

The deputy leader was shocked: "Leader, you mean... we’re gifting her merit?"

"Exactly. That’s the idea! Let her status in the Count’s Mansion rise even further!"

The deputy was stunned: "Then the Young Master’s intentions..."

Peeping said in a low voice, "We don’t have time to explain to the Young Master now. Amy runs very fast, she’s about to reach the mansion."

"Then should we deliberately make some noise so she can find us more easily?"

Peeping frowned: "No. That might just get spotted by the mansion’s bodyguards first. You maintain full Stealth, actively find her, and only then expose yourselves."

"Got it."

Peeping chased while watching the stream. Very soon he saw Amy flash across the front camera, darting through the thick smoke, and then the feed showed nothing.

At the same time, there was no footage of her taking out those cannon-fodder Miners. So what did she go back to do?

Peeping and the bodyguards also rushed to the edge of the noble district. Peeping couldn’t enter, a few bodyguards charged into the cow-dung firesmoke, and two of them actually came running back out with tears in their eyes!

Peeping was dumbfounded: "Gentlemen bodyguards, what happened to you?"

The two bodyguards looked at each other, horrified: "We were charging straight in the whole time, how did we end up back out here?"

Peeping was genuinely impressed—so this is how nasty the cow-dung Illusion Realm is. If two such strong bodyguards got caught, then could Amy have gotten lost too?

Anyway, all he could do now was watch the first-person streams of the infiltrating thieves.

Suddenly, one thief’s stream sounded with a bang, a flash of golden light, then straight to black!

Peeping asked in shock, "Number 26, what happened?"

Number 26 was confused: "I think I got clubbed unconscious!"

A club? That could only be Amy. Bodyguards all use lethal weapons.

Peeping got excited: "Perfect, you’ve completed your mission too. Save the recording of that stream."

The member hesitated a bit: "Got it! But in this case I basically got captured alive, so I’m going to jail, right?"

Peeping scoffed: "Your jail time is Amy’s merit. That’s insanely worth it."

"But doesn’t that mean the rest of our missions get delayed because we’re in jail?"

Peeping was speechless: "Idiot!"

The whole corps is online 18 hours a day; obviously you use the jail time to rest and sleep! How did such a clueless guy sneak into the elite Thief Corps?

After that, more and more thief members got bonked to a black screen by sneak attacks, none of them seeing how they were knocked out.

There was even Number 7, crouching in a corner, no weak spot on his back, no blind spots in his field of view, and he still got blacked out by a club from God-knows-what direction! So far, nobody had actually seen Amy.

Peeping simply couldn’t believe it. Is this Amy’s true strength? She’s just a little girl who’s been learning dance for less than a month, how could she suddenly have this kind of power? And we never saw any hidden gang NPCs teaching her skills or anything.

The key question: why can’t anyone see her? Does she know Thief Stealth too?

Peeping suddenly remembered, when she went to Southern Canyon Village to study, he went to see her off but didn’t have any gifts, so he gave her his Thief Profession textbook. She’d even said at the time she couldn’t read...

Anyway, turns out I trained her myself. She’s not only a genius Dancer, but also a super Thief!

Peeping immediately filtered out the clip of that no-blind-spot Number 7 getting clubbed. This clip is too insane, can’t let Curry see it. He only shared the clips where people had obvious weak spots on their backs—if the Young Master hadn’t insisted on showing goodwill to Shadow Demon City, Peeping actually wouldn’t want to share any clips.

In less than ten minutes, every member who had infiltrated the mansion got knocked out by clubs, and internal live feeds went dark.

At the same time, in those same ten minutes, the tens of thousands of Miners attacking the wall outside were all taken down by the NPC joint-defense guards, and the fire-smoke Illusion Realm was washed away and dispersed by the arriving fire trucks—gotta hand it to the NPCs, even if it were tens of thousands of pigs, cleaning up wouldn’t take just ten minutes.

Peeping started worrying about Amy’s situation. Are her current opponents the two Shadow Demons? Or Tata War God’s suitcase?

But very soon, the front gates of the Count’s Mansion opened. The Count in his pajamas, his wife, and Amy, all protected by bodyguards and house guards, came out to express their thanks to the district’s joint-defense guards.

Peeping was a bit lost: "That’s... it for the operation?"

Soon, the Young Master also got a call from Singer: "Mission has temporarily come to an end. Please send over your Thief Corps footage..."

Fine. The most likely scenario is that the real goal of those two Shadow Demon players was actually just to hide and lie low. Given their abilities, they could’ve just gone into Stealth directly, no need for such a huge commotion—guess it was for traffic?

But whatever. Judging by Amy’s position standing between the Count and his wife, she basically has the treatment of a biological daughter. They never treated her that well before. We won!

...

Shadow Demon City respawn point.

Alpha was dazed—Alpha’s infiltration had failed, he just saw a sudden flash of light and had no idea who killed him!

Only Beta was left, terrified, hiding in the toilet pipes and not daring to move at all.

All they could do was wait for Divine Team to send over the failure footage so they could study it. Still, at least Lord of Oak should have infiltrated...