He understood Bai Xue's intentions, he also understood Bai Xue's hardships and difficulties. However, their paths were different and could not work together.

Bai Xue's aim was to gain greater power for her father through the Red Butterfly, whereas he wanted to destroy the entire Red Butterfly organization.

The words "take care of yourself" already said it all.

"Zhu Fan will not easily let you go. Don't naively think he'll really let you go after two years."

"We'll see about that then." Xiaofan replied softly and continued walking into the house.

Two years? It's uncertain if the Red Butterfly can last another two years.

"As long as you help me, when the time comes, I can have my father send you back home."

"I don't even trust Zhu Fan, let alone your father whom I've never met."

Bai Xue's true identity indeed surprised Xiaofan a bit, and as for dealing with the Red Butterfly, he couldn't rely on her strength at all. Having too much contact with her would only make his own actions more disadvantageous.

After returning to his room, Xiaofan walked back alone.

Leng Yue watched Xiaofan's back in a daze, then nervously looked at the door, seeing a somewhat dejected Bai Xue slowly walk in.

Without saying a word, Leng Yue pulled Bai Xue back into the room, clearly very curious about their earlier conversation.

Meanwhile, on this side, Li San also sensed something was wrong and came into Xiaofan's room.

"What's going on? Weren't you the one who warned me not to get attached to these girls?" Li San asked immediately upon entering.

"Which eye of yours saw me getting attached?"

"Didn't you? But I heard you were about to bring her into the room."

"Don't say I haven't slept with her yet, even if we did, would that mean I'm truly attached? How about you and those women on Bolan Street, you have countless connections with them."

"Alright, I don't want to argue about this with you, what's going on?"

"It's something big. These three girls are Japanese spies, agents."

"What?"

"No need to be too shocked. Anyway, you don't need to do anything. Just ignore them."

"But..."

"Once the dust settles, you can go ask Ruyu if we're still alive by then."

Xiaofan wasn't being pessimistic. Based on the intelligence he gathered, Zhu Fan had no less than twenty experts around him, and these were the ones he'd seen. What about those he hadn't seen? How many more were there? If it really came down to a fight, facing one Xiaofan wasn't afraid, not even two, three, or five. But if twenty came at once, Xiaofan would have to think carefully.

After all, he didn't have the terrifying strength of Grandpa Ren Zhongtian at the moment. Also, Kawashima Jun, whom he encountered in the training camp earlier, was a terrifying presence, and he wondered if there were such terrifying figures inside the Red Butterfly.

On the first day of the New Year, there was no holiday atmosphere on the Red Butterfly's side, as everyone was working step by step as usual.

Perhaps no one expected that the death of Nara He would subsequently cause a chain reaction.

Nara He definitely couldn't have come here alone to spy on HLY007's files; he must have had accomplices.

Once this accomplice confirmed Nara He's death, he would certainly become afraid, fearing being traced back to himself. When one becomes afraid, thoughts will undoubtedly arise.

People are afraid of dying. Once they feel their life might be threatened, they will certainly act first.

So, on the third day after Nara He's death, which was also the third day of the New Year, a researcher from the institute suddenly went missing, and at the same time, seven guards were killed.

Moreover, the surveillance footage from that day showed that before leaving the institute, the researcher had sneaked into the computer center, burned all the research data onto a CD, and left with it.

This was something Zhu Fan couldn't have prevented. Who could have thought that a seemingly gentle and refined researcher would have the ability to take on seven and silently kill seven assassins, then escape safely?

This was almost exactly like when Shen Zuimo stole the data and killed people. Zhu Fan's first reaction was to pursue, placing people at every checkpoint. No matter whether it was an airport or somewhere else, as soon as the other party's whereabouts were discovered, they were to be immediately killed and the disc retrieved.

"Black Mantis, this is the photo and identity information of the target. Dead or alive, you cannot let him transmit the latest data."

Unfortunately, Xiaofan was called in for this mission yet again. However, because the matter was of great importance, it wasn't just Xiaofan's team moving into action.

After all, although the research was incomplete, the other party knew where his research was located, and if it were leaked, the problem would indeed be very severe.

"I don't even know where the target is, how am I supposed to chase him?" Xiaofan glanced at the photo and asked indifferently.

"His identity information shows he just entered the mainland this morning. If I'm not mistaken, he'd typically leave from the coastal areas. Cui Yuan from South Gate is already back, and there's no one in command at South Gate. If he truly is a spy sent by Japan to steal data, he will surely go there," Uncle Zhong said slowly.

'Ring ring ring...'

Just as Uncle Zhong finished speaking, the phone rang.

"Hello, boss? What? Jiangsu and Zhejiang area? I understand, I'm sending people to pursue now. Black Tiger has already gone, and Black Mantis will follow."

"Send two more teams. If they have support, we won't know if sending fewer people would be enough to capture them."

"Yes, boss." Hanging up the phone, Uncle Zhong calmly looked at Xiaofan: "The boss just called and said that there's a trace of the target using a bank card in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area. You need to take people over there immediately. The boss said if any problem occurs, you can seek help from the West Gate people, as Jiangsu and Zhejiang is right where the West Gate's stronghold is."

"Alright."

Upon receiving the command, Xiaofan immediately drove away from Uncle Zhong's place.

It was indeed good news. Could it be that he just uncovered the situation at the West Gate?

"Li Kuo, inform Grandpa Fan that South Gate can be eliminated. Also, I'm going to the West Gate's stronghold soon, keep an eye on the signal from my tracker."

"Understood."

Though Cui Yuan had long returned to XG with elite assassins, the company at South Gate was still operating. Previously, Xiaofan did not allow the Yanhuang Soul to eliminate South Gate immediately because he wanted to give Zhu Fan a surprise attack under such circumstances.

After eliminating South Gate, the West Gate was right in front, and the internal chaos within the Red Butterfly provided Xiaofan with the perfect opportunity to strike.

However, just as Xiaofan had left Uncle Zhong's place, Uncle Zhong immediately made a phone call.

"Hello, baka, you idiot, why did you use the bank card? Didn't I tell you not to use it? Your location and information have been exposed; immediately discard the card and hide, wait for someone to extract you."

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