A brief silence, yet it felt like an entire day had passed.
Elisa's fingers quivered slightly.
Apart from her, no one knew the whisper of Huai Shi and the tumultuous waves that sentence stirred within her heart.
Soon, she was as calm as usual.
"Peeking into others' privacy isn't good, Miss Huaizhi. Should I scold you?" She leaned in ambiguously and whispered, "Although it's not an unbearable past, how did you find out? I shouldn't have left any slip-ups."
As she spoke, her emerald eyes lifted, gazing into Huai Shi's eyes.
In her pupils, darkness seemed to surge, reflecting Miss Huaizhi's face, allowing no trace of falsehood.
This was the gaze and interrogation from an archaeological team, from a professional abyss explorer.
"If I mention tomorrow's news, you surely won't believe it."
Huai Shi sighed, "If you try to find your true identity from tomorrow's news, you'll only be led by those clues to some strange organization on the border, right? It wasn't until just now that I realized that it was just a smoke screen you deliberately released."
After all, the bartender is a formidable opponent; even someone as thrifty as Huai Shi could only grit their teeth and bought information on the opponent from tomorrow's news.
B-level news.
A thousand words for ten thousand US Dollars, available for one-time reading only, yet there weren't many words.
Elisa Francisco.
Female, aged thirty-one, nationality, past occupations. Since acquiring Chef Demon Qualification at twenty-six, she's conducted more than four abyss explorations to date…
In total, it doesn't exceed two hundred words, yet it charges on a thousand-word basis. Besides being empty and dull, it holds no meaning at all.
Aside from that, there's only a side-profile blurred photo full of suspicious points.
Nothing more…
Initially, Huai Shi shouldn't be able to see through anything.
Unfortunately, she forgot to put the handgun away while showing off her new bag…
Huai Shi was too close to the workbench, close enough to clearly see the distinctive features of the handgun and the yellow and black climbing logo on the grip.
——That's the Extreme Sports Club's symbol.
Founded by Lucian, it was a club limited to the Astronomical Society's internal community, or rather, only formal members of the archaeological team would be enthusiastic about this niche extreme team.
With too few members, even at its peak, it didn't exceed fifty people… Huai Shi had been recruited countless times by Lucian and knew this too well!
Though appearing as a club, it was inherently a super elite hell exploration and mutual aid organization rallied around chairman Lucian.
The Extreme Sports Club's purpose is to climb deeper into Hell, resembling more a communication platform among most elites in the archaeological team.
To make proper use of their power, connections, and information in Hell, while possibly providing aid to others.
The club can be said to be full of strong individuals, not lacking lone wolves who venture into Hell without relying on other team members' support!
More importantly…
"All members of the Extreme Club should all be on-duty members of the astronomical society's archaeological team."
Huai Shi responded calmly, scrutinizing Elisa in return, whispering, "It's against the rules for a registered member of the archaeological team to take on private work, right?"
"..."
Elisa's expression twitched slightly, her gaze drifting away: "Why don't you just keep quiet! Since you know this, you definitely have ties with the club… help me keep it confidential, and I'll give you a round, how about that?"
"Two rounds!"
Huai Shi decisively lifted two fingers.
Elisa shook her head decisively: "Two rounds is too much, one round leaves a chance for a comeback, two rounds… I'd rather you expose me."
"Then forget it."
Huai Shi shook his head indifferently.
"Hmm?" Elisa was stunned.
"I said, forget it." Huai Shi explained, "I didn't plan to use this to blackmail you anyway, but because of this, I am rather curious…"
He enjoyed the wonderful atmosphere of being close with the blonde lady, looking up behind Elisa, at the middle-aged man with a livid face in the audience.
"Why did you choose an employer like Li Jian Bu Jing?"
"Because he's rich."
Elisa widened her eyes, raised her hand, and patted the cabinet beside her: "To buy this thing, I owed a huge loan and needed a generous patron to pay for me.
But now I'm in a forced vacation period, with no way to earn a living in Hell, so I have to muddle through in this current circumstance…"
Just this?
Huai Shi was stunned.
Having money indeed allows one to do whatever they want.
At least most of the time.
"I'm going to say it upfront, even if you know so much, he offered too much money, I definitely won't go easy on you…" She paused for a moment and seriously said, "Just that, considering we're both girls, I can let you lose with some dignity, you can admit defeat anytime, it's totally OK."