I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 101 He Walks Among Us
At the same time that Li Nuo was searching for the target of the mission, in the reception room on the second floor of the banquet hall.

The heavy door blocked out the noise, and the room was quiet and peaceful.

The servoskull grabbed the handkerchief and brought it to Vorges.

The elderly governor took a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, then walked breathlessly to the high-backed chair and sat down, with his only offspring, Tido, beside him.

"Phew~ I'm getting old, my brain isn't as sharp, and my body isn't feeling as good either."

Fu Gaisi rubbed his aching knee, with a trace of helplessness on his face:
"That speech just now actually made me feel so exhausted. Fortunately, you were with me."

Tido behaves indifferently in front of outsiders, and only shows obvious emotional fluctuations when facing her closest relatives.

She gently massaged her father's shoulders and back, showing concern on her face, and said softly:
"Dad, you are just a little tired. Leave the banquet and auction to your ministers and representatives of each family."

Fu Gaisi shook his head, raised his right hand with some age spots and patted the back of his daughter's hand, with a complex look of worry and expectation in his eyes:

"My child, I organized this banquet for you. It brings together local young talents and alien visitors who are friends with our family. I am old, and my greatest wish is to see you start a happy family."

Fu Gaisi paused for half a second, and his voice became more earnest and urging:
"While I am still here, I can make the decision for you. You should choose a suitable husband for yourself as soon as possible. I don't want to take regrets to my grave."

Tiduo felt heavy-hearted and her nose ached. She held her father's hand tightly and comforted him in a gentle voice:
"Dad, don't say that. You can still undergo several rejuvenation surgeries. I will always be with you. I will choose carefully. You must take care of yourself too."

"Okay, okay." Fu Gaisi smiled with relief, the old look on his face disappeared a little, and he changed the subject and said:
"I think Osgus is a good candidate. Although he is a descendant of our Vorges family branch, he is more than three generations older than you and is not a close relative. Among the peers of many families, he is the best. The age difference between you two is not big, so you should be able to find common topics and interests..."

Titus murmured:
"I don't think Osgus is right for me. He's too weak."

"Weak?" Fu Gaisi pondered for a moment, trying to understand what his daughter meant:
"Are you saying that you hope your future husband will have a more prominent background than our Vogues family? Let me think, there seem to be several men here who meet your requirements."

"No, Dad, you misunderstood." Tido pursed her lips and revealed her true thoughts, "What I mean by strong and weak is a person's ability to protect himself."

Fu Gaisi was caught off guard by this answer and was stunned for half a second:

"Self-protection ability? My daughter, the self-protection ability you are talking about is personal strength? No matter how strong a person is, he cannot deal with the macro cannons and light spears fired at him. You should first consider your partner's intelligence, background, and experience."

Fu Gaisi began to preach subconsciously, and his expression became somewhat serious.

Titus pursed his lips, turned his head to the side and muttered:

"But my future husband will be assassinated. If he is not strong enough and lacks the ability to protect himself far beyond that of an ordinary person, how can he be my husband?"

His daughter's stubbornness made Fu Gaisi blow his beard in dissatisfaction.

"Of course the Governor will be assassinated by someone with bad intentions, otherwise why would I train so many Governor's Guards? With the guards protecting him, assassins can't hurt the Governor. I am a living example."

"But what if the assassin is a member of the Governor's Guard, Dad? The people who are supposed to protect us are now raising their knives against us. At this time, we can only rely on ourselves."

After hearing this, Fu Ge Si wanted to refute, but he stopped himself.

Fu Gaisi suddenly realized that what his daughter said seemed to make some sense.

He was the eldest son of the former head of the Fugas family. It was his legitimate right to take the position of governor. There was no resistance at all, and all parties were convinced of him.

But Tido’s future husband is different, he relies on women to get to the top.

The Hive nobles are dissatisfied with him, and there are also many people within the Fugas family who are dissatisfied with him. He will face a lot of malicious intent.

The Governor's personal guards are direct descendants of the Vauques family and are die-hard loyalists.

But the rest of the Governor's Guard members either have no blood relationship with the Vogues family, or are descendants of a branch that is more than four generations away from Tido.

These people are very likely to be bewitched and become puppets of the mastermind who assassinated the governor.

Thinking about it this way, Fu Gaisi felt that his daughter's criteria for choosing a husband were reasonable and well-founded.

Your son-in-law will definitely face more assassinations, stabbings, and poisonings than you do.

After becoming the governor, he will have fame, status, and wealth, and daily work can be handed over to Tido and the ministers. The son-in-law only needs to remain loyal to Tido.

The biggest shortcoming is one’s ability to protect oneself.

If the son-in-law cannot withstand the despicable tactics of his opponents, his daughter will probably become a widow as soon as she gets married.

"Child, I've thought about it carefully, and I agree with your point of view. I was wrong, I overlooked some fatal details. You are like a magnificent treasure now, everyone wants to possess you... If... If you were a boy, it would be great. Oh, no, no, no, that's not what I mean. I mean, if I had spent more time on passing on the family line when I was young, it would have been better."

Fu Gaisi accidentally told the truth, and fearing that his daughter would have a bad mood, he quickly turned his body to explain.

When he was young, he devoted himself to developing the hive and his family. He killed countless rebels to protect the interests of his family. It was not until he felt he was dying that he thought of having an offspring.

Fortunately, fate brought Tido to me.

Vogue made a suggestion.

He wanted Osgus to ask the biological sage to personally perform a series of genetic modifications to greatly enhance his personal martial arts and self-defense capabilities.

In this way, Osgers met his daughter's criteria for a spouse.

It was obvious that the old father was particularly fond of Osgers and was almost willing to pay for the genetic modification of the child out of his own pocket.

Communication request to enter the house.

Fu Gesi glanced at the data board on the table and pressed the connect button:
"Delton, is there an emergency?"

"Yes, sir, it's better for us to talk in person. I am at the banquet now."

"Then come to my reception room." Fu Gaisi hung up the phone.

"Knock, knock, knock." There was a knock on the door, and the voice of the Governor's guard came from the loudspeaker at the door, "Sir, Delton is here, do you want to see him?"

The person who is about to come in is her father's spy chief, and Tido intends to avoid confidential matters between the two.

"Child, wait." Vogue called his daughter, pressed the button on the table, and said to the guard outside the door, "Let Delton come in."

The guards opened the door and Delton walked into the room. He was wearing a silk robe of a Terran merchant. The fake skin on his face had been peeled off, revealing his true face.

Vuges gestured to Tido:

"This is Delton Maltz, my most trusted subordinate. You stay and listen, kid. You have to start learning about some of the less glamorous affairs."

"Okay, Dad." Tido sat down aside and looked curiously at the spy chief whose name she had heard of for a long time.

"Come on, Delton, what's the matter?" Vaughan picked up his pipe and filled it with tobacco.

Delton nodded to Titus and said something shocking:

"Osgus is suspected of conspiring with three unscrupulous businessmen in the VIP lounge, attempting to buy the bodies of the unfortunate in large quantities from the hazy star field where cold trade is prevalent."

Illegal merchants, cold trade, buying corpses, or the unfortunate ones.

Any one of these words is enough to result in a heavy sentence from the Imperial Ministry of Justice.

Tido covered her mouth and let out a soft cry.

Fu Gaisi's right hand trembled, and the tobacco spilled onto the table. The blood in his body rushed straight to his brain, and his old face suddenly turned red.

He knew Delton's personality and background very well, and every word he reported to him was absolutely true.

The young junior that he had high hopes for was actually secretly planning such a heinous act!

"You...you..." Fu Gaisi panted heavily, and the pipe in his hand fell on the table with a clang.

"Dad." Tido rushed to her father.

Delton was also shocked by the Governor's reaction, fearing that the other's fragile brain would be crushed by the blood pressure.

The brain cannot be perfectly replaced by artificial creations, and is the only part of the body that rejuvenation surgery is helpless against.

Delton quickly pulled out his data pad and called a doctor.

Fortunately, fortunately, Fu Gaisi held on.

"No, Delton, don't let anyone in. Titus, sit back down." Vogue slapped his pipe on the table, supported himself by the edge of the table, stood up, stared into Del's eyes and asked:
"Besides you, who else knows this information?"

Delton replied:
"There is another agent under my command. His code name is Kang Wen, and his real name is Li Nuo. You should remember him."

"Make him shut up, forever, understand?" Fu Ge Si spoke word by word with emphasis.

Suddenly, he felt dizzy and could only hold his forehead and stay at the table.

Tido sat back in her chair. When she heard the name "Li Nuo", a look of reminiscence flashed in her eyes, and she quickly remembered some things she had encountered in the treasure house of the bottom nest.

Hearing that her father wanted to silence her, Tido stood up immediately:

"No, father, don't kill him. Let me tell him that he owes me a favor, and he will definitely promise to keep it a secret!"

Fu Gaisi's intracranial blood pressure soared and his eyes turned red.

He felt like his brain had turned into a paste, and a cold and majestic voice was talking to him.

He turned his head to glance at his daughter who was eager for him to show mercy, then looked up at Delton.

He couldn't figure out where the voice in his head came from, was it his daughter talking, or Delton, or was he hallucinating.

After a few seconds, the cold voice gradually faded away.

Instead, there is a profound enlightenment.

“He…walks among us…”

Fu Gaisi's voice was unclear and others could not hear what he was saying.

"Dad, are you okay? Sit down quickly. Your blood pressure is rising, which is very dangerous." Tido helped her father sit down, wiped the sweat off his face, handed him water and fed him medicine.

Fu Gaisi swallowed the pills to control his blood pressure and gradually regained consciousness.

"Delton."

"My lord, I am here, please give me your orders."

"I want you and my personal guards to take Osgus to his father and tell Jiaming Fugais everything. In addition, you hand over the scan results of the three illegal businessmen to Guard No. 7. When these three guys leave the manor, Guard No. 7 will arrest them immediately. As for Li Nuo..."

Fu Ge Si originally wanted to say "dead people are trustworthy".

But after seeing his daughter's pleading eyes, Fu Gaisi, who had always been decisive in killing for the benefit of the family, softened his heart.

"Oh, forget it. Delton, tell Li Nuo to keep his mouth shut and not let anyone know about our family scandal." "As you wish, sir, please take care of yourself." Delton bowed and turned to leave.

The door opened and closed, and the reception room became quiet.

Titus filled the pipe with tobacco, lit it, and handed it to her father.

"Dad, I believe Li Nuo will help us keep the secret. I won't go and persuade him in person."

Fu Gaisi took a sip and his thoughts became clear:

"Kid, you just said that Li Nuo owed you a favor? When did this happen? He's just an agent who does dirty work, how can he have anything to do with you? ...Wait, are you laughing?"

"Huh? No, Dad, I'm not laughing."

"is it?"

The slightly raised corners of his daughter's mouth made the old father understand something.

As someone who has experienced love, marriage and most stages of life, Fu Gaisi knows very well what his daughter's smile indicates.

Fu Gaisi understood what he meant and said nothing more.

He leaned back in his chair, his thoughts surging, and an unspeakable plan emerged in his mind.

A daughter hopes that her husband has strong self-protection capabilities and is able to withstand assassination, assassination, poisoning, and murder.

How strong is considered strong?
Just give it a try and you’ll know.

...

...

"Kang Wen, have you found those three illegal businessmen?"

The communication beads sent an encrypted message in his mind. Li Nuo reached into his pocket and pressed the button to transmit the scan results:

"Sir, I have found their whereabouts. I have just completed the scan and have not aroused their suspicion. The scan results show that their biological signs do not appear in our database. They are genuine uninvited guests. I will send you the scan results now."

"Well done." Delton emphasized:

"Remember, keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone about Osgus, or even I can't save you."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

A waiter passed by with a tray. Li Nuo took the wine glass from him, looked back while drinking, and was secretly delighted.

The three unscrupulous businessmen were eating and drinking around the table, and they had packed up a lot of delicious food to take home and enjoy.

Li Nuo secretly put an orc spore that was similar to sand into the collar of one of their shirts.

This spore was named "Growth-Restrained Orc Reproductive Spore" by Li Nuo.

It is the end product of fungal simulation, a very slow-growing orc spore.

It has a dense chitin membrane on its surface, extracted from a fungus that can grow in the desert.

This membrane can isolate air and moisture. Its validity period is 180 days calculated in Terra time. The higher the air humidity, the shorter the validity period.

During the effective period, the growth rate of orc spores is reduced to about 0.2% of the hive environment, which is almost equivalent to stopping development.

180 days should be enough for these three illegal businessmen to return to their own territory.

Biometric results transmitted.

Delton gave the order to stay on standby at the scene and then there was no further news.

Li Nuo sat down in a secluded place, holding a book introducing the culture and customs of Epimet.

So far, he has confirmed that no one infected by the Bone Drinkers has appeared at the scene.

It can be seen from this that the spies infected by the Bone Drinkers were created by Osgus through some means. It was just an occasional phenomenon and did not mean that Epimet was terminally ill.

There's no need to pack up your valuables and run away.

The stone in Li Nuo's heart finally fell to the ground.

In a blink of an eye, it was 8 o'clock in the evening.

The auction of ghost mushrooms begins.

Visitors from all over the world are ready to show their skills at the auction.

The auction was in full swing and was not disturbed by the main entrance of the manor.

The first lot is a 500kg piece of ghost mushroom roots, enough to make 100 standard bottles of ghost potion.

In terms of the value of the potion alone, the transaction price of the ghost mushroom will not be less than 5 throne coins.

In fact, the figure of 5 is just the starting price.

The roots of ghost mushrooms can be cultivated and have a potential value far exceeding $5.

The price competition soon reached a fierce stage, and the latest bid had soared to 35.

Several powerful buyers competed to bid, and no one gave in to anyone else.

More people were watching the show and whispering.

Li Nuo turned on the vibration sensor and listened to the discussions of the people around him, which basically revolved around how to solve the nutrient problem.

Many people reported that they had received reliable information from the Binis family that a batch of legal corpses would soon appear on the market through the family's channels.

Don't worry about nutrients, just make your bid!
This should be the strategy of the Binis family.

They charge a commission of 10% of the transaction price, so naturally they have to find ways to raise the price of ghost mushrooms.

Li Nuo seriously suspected that there were agents among those who insisted on bidding, and there was more than one.

The three unscrupulous businessmen ate everything, picked up their packed food and left, becoming the few guests to leave the auction.

Seeing them leaving, Li Nuo couldn't help but frown and activated the encrypted communication:

"Sir, the target person is about to leave. Should I follow him?"

"Sir?"

"Sir?"

"Hey?"

Strange, why no one replied to me.

Li Nuo thought about it and decided to follow the target quietly but within the range of the main building of the manor.

The three men walked at a leisurely pace, looking as if they were well fed and satisfied.

They staggered through the main entrance of the ballroom and headed for the exit of the main building.

Li Nuo stopped at the corner near the main entrance and called Delton again, but still received no response.

Well, the more you do, the more mistakes you make; if you do nothing, you won’t make any mistakes. So you’d better not cause any more trouble. Let’s just stop with the tracking.

Turning his eyes, Li Nuo found the stairwell leading upwards and came to the outer corridor on the second floor.

From here you can see the gate of the manor and see clearly which direction the three people went after they left.

If Delton asks, I can give an explanation.

It was night time now, and the artificial moonlight cast a beam of light down the corridor.

Li Nuo stood in the shadows, his body hidden behind the window frame, with only half of his head exposed, observing the three illegal businessmen.

The three men were not driving.

They arrived at the manor gate on foot, apparently hoping to take a public vehicle to their destination.

Within five seconds of them stepping through the gate, a large group of delivery vehicles came out from the side of the road.

what's the situation?
Someone launched a surprise attack at the gate of the Governor's estate?

The transport vehicle stopped in front of the three illegal businessmen, and dozens of figures rushed out of the vehicle.

At the same time, the gate of the manor was quickly closed, blocking the three people's retreat.

It was obvious that this was a capture operation targeting illegal businessmen. It was highly confidential and even Li Nuo had no right to know about it.

Just as the illegal businessman was about to be caught, a strange scene occurred.

Non-lethal weapons such as lassos, electric nets, anesthetic needles, electric shock bombs, and dazzling rays actually passed through the bodies of the three unscrupulous businessmen and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the bodies of the illegal merchants and the things they carried with them all quickly transformed from real to virtual, turning into shattered bubbles and disappearing into the air.

"Shit...they're psykers..."

A cry of surprise came from the main gate of the manor, and the crowd started to commotion.

Li Nuo was a little dumbfounded.

This... ran away just like that?

Who are the people responsible for the arrest?
Why do I feel a bit weak?

For a moment, Li Nuo didn't know what to say, since he was not the one to take the blame anyway.

He withdrew his gaze from the window and continued to the banquet hall to watch the auction.

I hope Delton will keep his word and stop frequently involving himself in high-intensity combat missions.

Isn’t it great to do business in Shangchao and make some money?
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