Black Mantis's idea isn't wrong at all; it's indeed the best move in the survival strategies. Follow the boss behind the scenes, as long as the boss can stay alive, he can't die either.

"You deliberately stayed at XG, you wouldn't have any other motives, would you?"

Such an easy-to-understand truth, doesn't Zhu Fan know it? But Zhu Fan is not an ordinary person, he's always been suspicious and has never trusted anybody.

"Aren't my intentions simple? After reaching the agreed time between you and me, what if you don't give me money? Don't I have to safeguard Feng Feifei, this precious gem?"

"I said, if you're obedient, then two years later I will definitely fulfill your demands. However, if you don't follow orders..."

The implication is clear, but Xiaofan knows, if he really relocates, then exterminating Red Butterfly would become even more distant.

Yet he can't oppose Zhu Fan now.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Participate in the tournament and make it into the top four."

"Then what?"

"Then we'll talk about it later. For now, just listen to me."

"If you intend to promote me, you can just let me directly, why bother with a tournament? It's just internal conflict anyway." Xiaofan asked directly.

"Do you think that being the boss is really that easy? Yes, your abilities are indeed obvious to all, but you've been in the organization for less than a year. If you are immediately promoted, how would you convince everyone? Don't be fooled by Wu Hu and others nodding to me all day; if I were to favor someone, they would be displeased too. Therefore, only when someone with strong fists speaks, others will listen."

Zhu Fan's leadership ability truly excels; from the conversation, it is apparent that he is a person who clearly separates rewards and penalties. Although sometimes he loses his temper, afterward, he never punishes those who have merit.

So within the entire Red Butterfly, many people respect Zhu Fan greatly.

The tournament is set for tomorrow.

The next day, Xiaofan was helplessly taken to an abandoned factory. The factory was very large.

There were no rings, nor boundaries; all that existed were 64 registered members present today.

In fact, Xiaofan was troubled. He didn't know what to do; under such circumstances, he had to obey Zhu Fan's orders. But if he really won, being transferred would be quite a loss.

Even if a new Four Gates is established and Xiaofan becomes the Sect Leader, at most he can just damage the opponent's newly established base, but there's no way he can find a way to destroy Red Butterfly.

Among these sixty-four people, all of them were experts, without exception.

On the open space in the warehouse, the sixty-four paired off, one after another. Whoever won would directly enter the next round. Of course, their matches ranged from being just touching down to being truly lethal, showing no mercy.

If not for Zhu Fan explaining beforehand that those who intentionally killed their opponents would definitely receive punishment.

With each opponent being so strong, on what basis did Zhu Fan believe that he could definitely make it to the top four?

In Wu Hu's first match, Xiaofan saw how even someone with Wu Hu's skill found victory extremely difficult.

But Xiaofan had no choice. During the training camp, Zhu Fan witnessed his ability to easily defeat Kawashima Jun's disciple, Tanaka. And every time in a mission, he was unstoppable. Even the doctor who instantly killed seven assassins was taken down by him. Before entering the organization, he managed to defeat Wu Long, so now he should definitely be even more formidable.

Unable to hide his abilities, Xiaofan had to brace himself and advance.

The moves used by Red Butterfly's internal members were mostly killing moves, and the techniques were chaotic, making it impossible to discern which school they learned from or what type of routine the moves followed.

Xiaofan, understanding how to restrain killing Qi, naturally won the first match smoothly, becoming one of the top thirty-two.

Sixty-four experts who were certainly team leaders, each having six to nine team members. Counting them, these individuals alone numbered around four hundred to six hundred.

Six hundred Red Butterfly assassins, plus the disciples on the outskirts, the experts by Zhu Fan's side, and the South Gate's Cui Yuan, along with the members from the two Northwestern gates—this scale of Red Butterfly is truly frightening.

Dammit, without mentioning everyone, even these sixty-some experts, Xiaofan wasn't confident he could lead Han Shengjun, Li San, Ren Ying, and others in killing them all, not to mention the numerous team members.

Every time he thought about it, Xiaofan couldn't help but have a fiery temper. Hence, during the top sixteen advancement match, Xiaofan struck a bit harder, directly wounding the opponent severely, though sparing his life at the last moment.

After each match, there was a three-day break.

During the break, Xiaofan still had to patrol the research facility, watching as the research progressed little by little, which made Xiaofan anxious.

"Should we have Han Shengjun bomb the research facility?"

"No, the place is heavily guarded. Even if I storm in, it's difficult to reach the core area of the research facility."

Li San understood Xiaofan's urgency, which is why he suggested this idea.

"So should Li Kuo drop a bomb with a drone?"

"That's ineffective, besides alerting the enemy, even if several doctors or professors are killed, if the data remains preserved, with Zhu Fan and Red Butterfly's capabilities, they can resume research within half a month. This is Xiaofan's headache."

After Shen Zuimo killed and stole research information last time, Han Shengjun became more cautious than ever. This way is basically a short-sighted approach, unable to achieve a comprehensive breakthrough.

"So what do you propose?"

"I'll keep a close watch. If it becomes unbearable to wait, then we'll just have to bomb the research facility first," Xiaofan said helplessly.

"Then what?"

"Who knows what happens afterward, we'll talk then. Let's go, Ruyu and the others have been waiting for a long time. Let's take them out while there's nothing too urgent."

"Alright."

Xiaofan's team can be said to be truly peculiar, there is absolutely no other team within Red Butterfly this united, even going all out for something as casual as a shopping trip.

Typically, other team leaders control their team members using a common method—controlling the pills, making them completely obedient, punishing them mainly by withholding pills if they disobey.

But in Xiaofan's side, after spending enough time together, Bai Xue, Ruyu, and others in daily life don't consider Xiaofan the leader at all; even buying breakfast has to be done by Xiaofan. Especially Wang Ziyang, who does nothing at all, spending his time playing on his phone at home.

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