Douluo V: Daily Intelligence - I Want All of Tang San's Opportunities

Su Yuntao had been resting in the inn all day and was just thinking of going out to find out some information about the city when someone suddenly knocked on his door from the outside.

He got up and walked to the door. Instead of opening it immediately, he turned his head to sense the movement outside. After confirming that there were only three people and their auras were not particularly strong, he opened the door a crack.

The innkeeper and two men dressed as guards of Barak City stood outside the door.

The shopkeeper, all smiles, cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Su Yuntao:

"Sir, excuse me, this is Captain Zhao of the city guard. He says he has some official business to discuss with you."

Su Yuntao glanced at the two guards. They were upright, with standard-issue swords hanging at their waists and the city emblem of Barak City embroidered on their collars.

He didn't immediately step aside to let me pass, but simply asked, "What is it?"

The lead guard took half a step forward, his tone polite but clearly businesslike:

"Sir, we are conducting a city-wide search for the assassins who attacked the king. When we arrived at this inn, we discovered that you are a Soul Master. Please cooperate with us to complete a simple identity registration."

Su Yuntao glanced at the shopkeeper, who nodded and bowed repeatedly, indicating that he had only been led there temporarily. He stepped aside to make way for the doorway.

"Come in and talk."

Two guards followed him in. The one in the lead didn't sit down immediately, but instead took out a palm-sized metal plaque and handed it over.

"This is the Empire's universal Soul Master identity verification token. Please inject your Soul Power into it so we can confirm your identity."

Su Yuntao took the token and, as instructed, infused it with a wisp of soul power. The token quickly glowed with a faint blue light, and the patterns along its edges lit up, forming a short message. The leader took it and glanced at it:

"Su Yuntao is registered in Notting City and is indeed an officially registered Soul Master of the Empire."

As he spoke, his tone was noticeably more relaxed than before:

"Sir, we would like to trouble you to cooperate a little longer, as we need to verify your current soul power level."

Su Yuntao didn't say much, but raised his hand and slowly released his soul power, which he had condensed in his palm.

The moment that wave of soul power spread throughout the room, the leading guard clearly felt a pause; it was a wave of soul power far exceeding his own.

He quickly looked at the identity verification card in his hand, his tone tinged with surprise: "You... are a level 40 Soul Master?"

Su Yuntao withdrew his soul power and did not deny it:

"I just broke through recently, I was just lucky."

The lead guard and his companion exchanged a glance, their expressions becoming much more solemn and their attitudes more polite than before.

He put away the verification card and said directly:

"Mr. Su, you should be aware of the current situation in Barak City. The king has been attacked, and the assassin is still hiding in the city. High-level Soul Masters like you are exactly the kind of talent we urgently need. The city lord's mansion has already extended an invitation, sincerely inviting a strong person like you to temporarily join our Barak City defense team. You do not need to undertake daily duty tasks. You only need to cooperate with us to participate in the encirclement and suppression after we confirm the location of the assassin. As for the reward, there will be a fixed subsidy of gold soul coins every day. If you can kill the assassin in the operation, the king will also give you a generous reward, and may even grant you a royal title."

Su Yuntao did not rush to agree after hearing this.

He quickly calculated that joining the city defense force meant he could operate within the official system, would no longer be repeatedly questioned, and could gather more information amidst the chaos, which was much safer than wandering around the city alone.

He nodded: "Okay, I'll join."

The lead guard immediately broke into a smile:

"Thank you so much. We'll take you to the City Lord's Mansion now, where someone will coordinate the details with you."

Su Yuntao quickly packed his luggage and followed them out of the inn.

Upon arriving at the side hall of the city lord's mansion, a middle-aged man dressed in an official robe walked in, introducing himself as surnamed Liu, and a financial officer of the city lord's mansion.

He was very polite, and after a brief exchange, the door to the side hall was suddenly pushed open, and a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old rushed in, carrying a grayish-white cloth bag. He excitedly held up the bag and shouted at him:

"Dad! Look what I found! I went through so much trouble to get this!"

As he spoke, he gently lifted one edge of the cloth bag, revealing part of the eggshell inside. The grayish-white surface of the eggshell faintly gleamed with fine golden patterns. Liu's expression darkened, and he hissed:

"Get out! What do you think this place is? Can't you see I'm discussing serious business with a guest?" The boy shrank back, clutching his cloth bag, and quickly retreated.

Su Yuntao's gaze lingered for a moment on the golden patterns on the eggshell, but his expression remained unchanged.

He looked away and casually remarked:

"It's normal for kids to be lively. By the way, your son's egg looks pretty good; it doesn't seem like that of an ordinary wild bird."

The official surnamed Liu waved his hand dismissively: "It's just something a kid picked up randomly, who knows what's inside?"

He straightened his expression and changed the subject, saying, "Mr. Su, let's get down to business. We've basically pinpointed the general location of the assassins and plan to officially close in at dawn tomorrow. Is that alright with you?"

Su Yuntao nodded: "No problem."

The next day, before six o'clock, Su Yuntao followed the city defense team through several streets and alleys and stopped near an abandoned old warehouse.

The city guard captain signaled for everyone to disperse, and they advanced from several directions simultaneously.

Su Yuntao didn't rush forward. He took advantage of the darkness to walk around to the low wall on the side of the warehouse and observed the movements inside through the cracks in the wall.

There were about seven or eight remaining members of the Fire Leopard Sect in the warehouse. The two leaders were covered in injuries and their breathing was obviously unstable, indicating that they had exhausted most of their fighting strength in the previous rounds of encirclement and suppression.

The city defense team stormed in simultaneously through the main gate and side windows. The leading Soul Masters were the first to unleash their Martial Souls and rush in. In an instant, the warehouse erupted with the sounds of intense Soul Power collisions and shouts of battle.

Su Yuntao paused behind the wall for a moment, not rushing in. Soon he noticed that there was another person hiding on the crossbeam of the second floor of the warehouse.

The man held a ball of condensed dark red soul power in his hand, facing the city guard captain who was engaged in battle below.

Without further hesitation, Su Yuntao activated his Soul Bone Skill, Shadow Lurker, then kicked off with his left leg and flipped over the low wall. Using the momentum, he silently flipped into the warehouse through the side window and quickly moved along the shadow of the wall to the pillar under the beam.

The man was focused intently on the scene below, preparing to make his move, and was completely unaware that a figure had appeared behind him.

Su Yuntao raised his hand and slashed with his claw, the claw's edge precisely striking the man's wrist, which was gripping his soul power.

The soul energy ball in the opponent's hand flew out and smashed into the crossbeam, exploding with a bang.

The next moment, Su Yuntao's second claw struck the back of his neck.

The man's body stiffened, and he fell off the beam, becoming completely still.