Chapter 1774 - 912: An Eye for an Eye_3

[Money]!

To be precise, it's that sum of money everyone believes exists, the fortune everyone believes can create a beautiful future.

That freshly drawn, already tempting pancake that makes one's stomach growl!

But if someone had thrown a ladle of rat droppings on it beforehand, how many people would still have an appetite? Or, if the pancake was already foul-smelling and rotten before it was served, how many people would still pay attention?

Backed by over a dozen major corporations, channels and investments from various Ruins, and a lifetime of Han Hui's credit and status, the established alliance, no matter how glorious and dazzling its future may be, is still just the future.

As of now, it's just about a dozen employees and an office building.

To cash out, it requires an unknown amount of effort, a massive supply of products, countless behind-the-scenes pulls, negotiations, and executions, and most critically, money!

Lots of money, heaps of money, numbers so vast they can't be counted!

A sum that even if Han Hui emptied his entire fortune, he could never afford!

But in this day and age, who starts a business with their own money?

Anyone with common sense knows that after making a PPT, you should get investments, and seek loans. No investment consortium can conjure up such a massive amount of liquid capital from thin air; it must be divided into several phases, like Phase One, Phase Two, Phase Three, and so on.

Moreover, for such a large business, no single bank within the Federation can shoulder the burden alone; it must inevitably involve multiple banks forming a syndicate to provide the loans.

Hence, it's essential to bring out that crucial startup capital!

Initiated and connected by Mr. Han Hui, the financial magnate of East City, using East City Bank, it requires extensive precious metals, valuable items, and industries as collateral...

In this way, starting from the grand and complex financial game, the first domino is toppled, triggering an unstoppable chain reaction, ultimately converging like rivers into the sea, achieving great trends!

But before that, what if an unexpected event occurs on this theoretically flawless chain?

What if, overnight, all the funds, items, and even precious metal reserves used as collateral within East City Bank completely vanished, dragging East City Bank into a Federation scandal?

Even if all this could never happen, what if a generous person stepped in to lend them a hand?

When Ji Jue's suggestion fell into Chen Xingzhou's ears, there was no turning back.

Do it!

Everything arranged after that was for this moment, for now!

For this, Chen Xingzhou did not hesitate to use his life as bait, traveling across the Federation, continuously attracting attention, while Ji Jue single-handedly took a boat to the sea, timing it just right, preparing to take action!

Now, as the life-and-death struggle over the West Sea begins, after completely entrusting his rebirth form to Isis, Ji Jue's missing mind is already piloting another of his bodies, personally arriving in East City, starting a dual-line operation!

Indeed, this body is also his rebirth form.

To be precise, it's from the previous experiments and trials, parts that were stripped and replaced due to inappropriate specifications or materiality shortcomings.

Like the real-life case of Theseus' ship, Ji Jue doesn't even know how many times he's replaced the parts of his own body.

After acquiring a new hand, he couldn't be bothered to recycle the old hand on a second-hand platform. It can still be used for fresh design and structure experiments and explorations...

Thus, after piecing left hand together with right hand, leg with heart, assembling yet another body again, and outfitting it with the original brain, work can begin!

While limited by the lack of blessing, making it difficult to exert much power, robbing a bank isn't a battlefield; it emphasizes meticulous operations and techniques, what need is there for destructive power?

Meanwhile, Chen Xingzhou did not let Ji Jue down. In just a few short days, eyes and personnel had infiltrated East City Bank's daily operations, placing one helper after another at critical positions on the periphery to help Ji Jue resolve most of the troubles in the process.

"East City Bank is located in the heart of East City, close to the bustling Guangfang Commercial District. Less than a kilometer away is the East City Police Headquarters.

The police station is equipped year-round with a quick-response SWAT team, responsible for incidents like terrorist attacks and large-scale security events. They are well-equipped, and their fastest response time is about seventeen minutes.

Additionally, East City Bank is only five kilometers from the Guangfang branch of the East City Security Bureau, where at least one transcend and more than four rebirths are stationed. Once notified, after reporting, the entire East City Security Bureau will fully mobilize.

Within the bank, there's always a Chosen One of the Heavenly Origin System and two Ruins as routine security, but you don't need to worry about that; my people will handle it.

The bank consists of two above-ground floors and three underground floors, a total of five layers. The fourth underground floor is the vault. The vault's outer layer is more than two meters of the highest grade concrete. The internal defense part was completed by a master from the Association one hundred and ten years ago. How to deal with that is up to you; I won't say more.

But besides that, you might not be aware that there's another barrier involved..."

On the phone, when discussing Han Hui's threat, Chen Xingzhou emphasized:

"According to my information, he mysteriously disappeared for a month last June, and all related messages were secretly erased. I suspect he may have ascended to Heavenly People... If so, the Heavenly Destiny he follows may very likely be the White Deer lineage's [Dragon and Snake Path]. Be wary of his retaliation."

"I only have one question now..."

Ji Jue finally inquired: "Do you really not know the color of Han Hui's underwear?"

On the other end, Chen Xingzhou seemed to laugh heartily, so cheerfully.

"Do you really want to know?"

Honestly, Ji Jue didn't care a bit.

There's no need to.

Not long from now, after he personally pulls down Mr. Han's underwear, the entire Federation will know!

And now, amidst the intense work, one huge box after another was moved from the parking lot to the hall, heavy weapons taken out, automatic cannons and anti-personnel mines were set up in crucial positions, making one's scalp tingle.

When Old Tang returned to the hall once more, there was now a limp, pale-faced middle-aged man in his hands, the greatest victim in the entire East City Bank today, the duty manager of the day.

"Don't, don't shoot..."

He trembled, his voice shaking: "I, I don't have the keys to the vault, the authority isn't open to me at all, even if you catch, catch me there's no..."

"Don't worry, relax."

Ji Jue sat opposite him, smiling warmly, soothing his emotions: "Calm down, calm down, think of your family... Is this your daughter? Oh my, so cute, surely you don't want her to lose her father, do you?"

Gazing at that increasingly pale face, Ji Jue placed his phone back into his hand, letting him grip it tightly, so it wouldn't fall to the ground.

"No need to be nervous, I just want to ask you for a favor, a harmless little thing, it won't go against your duty or morals."

Ji Jue paused for a moment, his smile growing ever brighter:

"—Call the police."