Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 531 530 An Unplanned Plan
Seemingly feeling looked down upon, Shen Morou rolled her eyes.

"Of course I know."

She said slowly, "Are you saying that if you kill one 'Abbot,' another 'Abbot' will be sent, and you can't kill them all?"

Feng Xiuhu nodded slightly; that was what he meant.

Shen Morou smiled coldly: "You may know a lot, but you don't understand business and people's hearts."

“Killing Abbott is not simply about taking his life; my core objective is ‘destruction.’”

"Bombing the railway, looting goods, sabotaging factories, and killing Abbot were all for this purpose."

"Whether foreigners establish factories or blast mountains to mine in Yu'ai Prefecture, what they ultimately seek is nothing more than 'profit.' What I'm doing is continuously increasing their 'costs,' even including their lives in the 'cost' category. When their resolve wavers and they begin to think that the 'profit' they've gained is no longer worth exchanging for this 'cost,' then my plan will have succeeded."

Feng Xiuhu couldn't help but look at her with newfound respect. This woman was intelligent; her position was enough for her to know and understand these things.

But precisely because she's only in this position, she can't see much more.

For example, from the perspective of the Heretoz Empire, it is true that expanding the industrial system was for profit, but for the Church of War and even the gods, they wanted more than just these things.

However, these things were difficult to explain to Shen Morou, so Feng Xiuhu did not continue the discussion in depth.

After discovering Shen Morou's true identity, Feng Xiuhu suddenly understood many things.

"No wonder the Copper Whistle Gang rose to prominence so smoothly; it turns out they have you, the daughter of the Admiral, supporting them."

Shen Morou readily admitted, "That's right. My father holds a high position, and it is precisely because of this that I can easily obtain a lot of information, such as the city's defense map, the train's freight manifest, and so on."

Feng Xiuhu asked curiously, "By the way, does your father know that you're working as a 'Black Third Sister' outside?"

Shen Morou was unusually embarrassed. She shook her head and said, "I don't know. He always thought I was studying at Qizhi State Academy in Fallen Cloud City."

Feng Xiuhu scratched the back of his head: "This works? With your father's status, it wouldn't be hard to find out you're lying."

"It can't be detected."

Shen Morou shook her head again: "My student status is real, and Zhou Xiuqing from the academy is there to back me up."

I almost forgot, she and Zhou Xiuqing were classmates.

Feng Xiuhu suddenly understood.

He joked, "No wonder people in the underworld say that Hei San Niang is elusive, appearing and disappearing at will. It turns out she's gone to school."

Let's get back to the main topic.

Feng Xiuhu continued, "So your original plan was to blow up Abbot when he left the city?"

Shen Morou flatly denied it: "That's not true."

This surprised Feng Xiuhu quite a bit—this was the plan he had heard from Abbott.

Shen Morou said, "Although I planned to kill Abbot, I wasn't actually the one responsible for killing him."

She pointed to Hua Changrui beside her: "It's him—or rather, we thought it was him."

Feng Xiuhu was stunned: "Didn't he come to kill you?"

Shen Morou gave a self-deprecating laugh: "That's right, he came all the way from Taijing, how could he possibly be here to kill me?"

Hua Changrui smiled awkwardly. Feng Xiuhu suddenly understood.

He gasped, "The assassin was hired by Wei Su'e for you, and her answer to you was..."

Shen Morou nodded calmly: "She arranged for a master assassin to carry out the assassination, while everything Zhou Xiuqing and I did was to distract Abbott, lure him into revealing a weakness, and provide an opportunity for that master assassin."

Shen Morou took a deep breath: "This explanation is flawless, because shortly after I received Wei Su'e's message, Abbott suddenly became wary for some reason and mobilized a large number of Divine Guards to protect his safety."

“This defensive force is completely beyond my capabilities, and I cannot possibly kill him, so the only one who can kill him is someone else.”

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiuhu raised an eyebrow, as if a question mark had popped up on his forehead—clearly, Shen Morou did not know that someone had informed Abbot in advance. Abbot said that the warning he received came from the War Temple in Taijing, but where did the temple's information come from?

Wei Su'e?
Feng Xiuhu immediately dismissed this guess. Wei Su'e had no intention of killing Abbot in the first place, so there was no need for her to do it.

But who else could it be?

Feng Xiuhu couldn't figure it out for a moment, but Shen Morou continued speaking.

"Tonight's banquet is the perfect opportunity to assassinate Abbott."

She paused briefly, then looked at Feng Xiuhu: "I thought you were the experts who assassinated Abbott."

Feng Xiuhu suddenly realized: "No wonder you took the initiative to speak up for us."

Shen Morou scoffed, "At the time, I thought this expert was too unreliable, unable to even get to the second floor—if I hadn't helped, you probably wouldn't have even seen Albert."

Feng Xiuhu looked at Hua Changrui: "So your original plan was to win against the second level of the arena? It's just that you ran into us by chance."

Hua Changrui smiled shyly and nodded, saying, "I've been lurking in the factory for many days and I've figured out all the rules. Getting close to my target through a competition is the safest way—but I went up to the second floor for her, not Albert."

“I thought I had it in the bag, but you suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After a brief exchange with that burly man, I realized he was no ordinary person. I was worried that you were after me, so to be on the safe side, I decided to give up the opportunity and quickly left that place of trouble.”

Shen Morou was furious: "I even arranged for the Copper Whistle Gang to risk creating chaos in advance, thinking that I could create an opportunity for you to assassinate me—but you came here to take my life!"

Hua Changrui quickly waved his hand: "You can't say things like that. It's not me who's going to kill you, it's your employer."

Now Feng Xiuhu finally understood everything.

For the sake of her bigger scheme, that old woman Wei Su'e chose to sacrifice Shen Morou.

Unfortunately, they were one step behind.

Feng Xiuhu asked Shen Morou, "What will you do now? You didn't die this time, but Wei Su'e probably won't let you off the hook."

Shen Morou remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, she said softly, "What Wei Su'e did was indeed unethical, but to be fair, I can understand why she did it."

“From her perspective, between me and Abbott, my death would indeed be more beneficial to the important affairs of the Women’s Society than Abbott’s death.”

She gritted her teeth: "But I don't want to die."

Feng Xiuhu started playing tricks again: "Tell your father about the Women's Society, expose everything, and have your father file a complaint with the emperor on your behalf! At least we'll get the president's help to skin Wei Su'e alive."

A ruthless glint flashed in Shen Morou's eyes: "This is indeed a solution—if she is ruthless, then don't blame me for being unjust."

(End of this chapter)