The Weapon Town lacks neither weapon smiths nor various weapons, so the local town hall is particularly unique, incorporating many weapon tools.

Berkeley introduced, "I have never been inside the mayor's building, but I've heard from my father that it was constructed by the master weapon smiths of the previous generation. It contains many intricate designs, and if an outsider intrudes, they will inevitably trigger traps and die, while a light will shine to alert the entire town. Unfortunately, my father and Master Percy once worked here as apprentices, so they didn't know the specifics of the traps, and I know even less."

Upon hearing Berkeley's words, Lina was even more puzzled than Su Yao. "Since there are so many traps, how could Count Adams still manage to seize the mayor's building and imprison my father and the others inside?"

Originally, this building was designed to keep outsiders out, but now it's being used by outsiders to keep the locals in, becoming a natural prison for the locals..

How absurd it is, Lina couldn't even imagine how furious and annoyed the previous generation of master weapon smiths would be if they were alive to know about this.

Berkeley gave his sister a helpless look: "So from the very beginning, this wasn't a struggle between us and outsiders, but a struggle among our own people."

"What do you mean?"

"A traitor has appeared among the town's administrators, and he has informed Count Adams and others about the matters in the mayor's building."

Lina was taken aback, feeling a bit confused at first. After thinking it over carefully, she suddenly realized, and her body began to tremble slightly with anger: "The secret of the mayor's building is unknown even to my father and the others, so the only person who knows everything must be the mayor! The mayor is a traitor!"

No wonder the forces of Earl Eston easily entered the town in the early stages, and later Earl Adams effortlessly took over the town. It turns out the person with the most power in the town was that traitor!

"I can't believe I used to think the mayor was a good person when I was a kid!" Lina felt nauseated. In fact, it wasn't just when she was a child; even before she learned the truth, she thought the mayor was decent!

Berkeley once had the same thought as Lina, and it was only recently that he began to suspect the mayor of being a traitor. Today, when he saw that all the external defenses and attacks of the mayor's building were activated, he dared to fully confirm that the mole was indeed the mayor.

"A father being too powerful isn't good either. Before anything happens, they're all good people, and we can't see the filthy thoughts inside their bodies at all!"

The brother and sister were filled with emotion, and although Su Yao didn't speak, she too was deeply moved.

She was both moved by people's hearts and by her own luck—turns out there really are people who are perpetually unlucky in drawing cards!

The system hadn't seen such an eye-searing card in a long time, and even its electronic emotions were surfacing.

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The more Su Yao looked, the angrier she became. Pointing at the three defense cards, she accused, "The way you're acting, I really suspect you're making things difficult for me on purpose!"

The defense card, though good, was like a broken bucket when it came to breaking into the mayor's building—useful but quite ineffective.

"How is this any different from relying on ourselves!"

[A defense card blocks three fatal attacks, giving you nine extra lives.]

"System, you've changed. You used to apply for compensation for me, but now there's only mockery left!"

System: .....

The system almost couldn't bear to continue, but the electronic screen still honestly displayed line after line of text:

This time, there really can't be any compensation because this card pool for setting the track is already quite generous. Afraid that the host might not draw a good card, this card pool specifically uses a definite number to set the probability. There are 10 explosive cards, 20 wall-piercing cards, 30 teleportation cards, and so on, but there are only 3 defense cards.

"Only three cards, and I drew them all?"

[This probability is equivalent to...]

"There's no need to say more." Su Yao didn't want to listen.

A definite bad review!

Su Yao interrupted the system and turned to look at the siblings. "Each of you gets a defense card. This can help block three fatal attacks."

Berkeley and Lina wanted to refuse: "We still have something to protect ourselves with, so you should keep this, sister."

Berkeley and Lina were already familiar with Su Yao. After understanding her character, they no longer hid anything about their life-saving items. "Our parents gave us a few small weapons and tools that can save our lives in critical moments, so you don't need to worry about our safety, sister."

"It's fine, the more life-saving items, the better. Just take them. This mayor's building was designed and constructed by a weaponsmith, so I guess there might be interference devices for weapons and tools. The way defense cards and weapons work is a bit different, so take it as insurance. I don't lack this defense card, so don't worry about me."

The weapons the siblings had might be more effective than the defense cards, but weapons can sometimes fail unexpectedly. Defense cards, being system-produced, would never have such issues.

Berkeley and Lina obediently accepted it.

Su Yao couldn't rely on the system, so she had to depend on herself to get in. She stood in the corner with the siblings, first observing the movement patterns of several guards.

"The guards' movement path is safe, so we'll be fine if we follow them."

"Then should we kill the guards and change into their clothes?"

"Yes, and we also have to fight our way in step by step."

Based on Su Yao's observations, the guards patrolled in layers, with each layer of guards spaced apart and walking in different directions, so dealing with only the outer layer of people was completely insufficient.

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Berkeley and Lina nodded to show they understood. They had never killed anyone before, but after the war broke out, it was either kill or be killed, and they had learned to be ruthless.

They wouldn't hold Su Yao back in this situation.

Su Yao felt much more at ease seeing their attitudes. It didn't matter if her teammates were young, as long as they were reliable.

In this era without surveillance, the hardest part is deceiving the eyes of the other guards.

Percy had considered this situation and provided the prop, but Su Yao planned not to use it.

"I'll do your makeup for you."

In Su Yao's original world, the art of advanced makeup was known as disguise. Su Yao wasn't an expert makeup artist, but she could manage to transform someone to some extent.

Although I just pointed fingers at the system, in critical moments, I still have to rely on it. Compared to Su Yao's luck, the system is truly dependable.

"Now you realize how good I am?"

Su Yao directly inserted three thousand gold coins, obtaining a complete set of cosmetics and silencing the system.

Su Yao selected the three best-disguised guards and had them work hard to transform themselves in that direction.

To be honest, it doesn't look alike up close, but since it's dark and there's a fixed distance between the guards, this combination makes it hard for people to notice anything amiss.

"Be careful, you'll feel your heart flutter soon."

"Don't worry, sister. No matter what, our escape skills are top-notch."

Since they had to act separately, no matter how much Su Yao worried about the siblings, it was to no avail. She simply decided not to think about it and focused on her own tasks.

In this operation, Zhan Xing couldn't be split in half to be sent to them, so in the end, it stayed with Su Yao without moving. With the assist, Su Yao also had the task of charging forward and drawing enemy fire.

……

Moonlight spilled over the streets of the Weapon Town, its shimmering white glow illuminating the entire town.

At this moment, Su Yao and the other two had successfully blended in as guards on the first floor, and Jack, along with a few of his men, had also pinpointed the location of Count Adams.

Earl Adams knew well that you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket. When something happened, the mayor's building was the most scrutinized, so he never considered staying there. Instead, he chose to come to Percy and Bernice's home.

"This Master Chengxi is really cunning, taking everything with him when he left." Earl Adams and his men had searched for several days, yet they couldn't find a single weapon-related item, not even a vegetable leaf was left behind. "He's guarding against us."

The subordinate next to Count Adams, seeing him angry, immediately suggested, "Count, do you need to issue a contract to have them killed?"

This mission was issued once before, but it was withdrawn due to budget constraints.

Earl Adams reaped a wave of weapons from the small town, and his funds became plentiful again. He indeed had this idea once more, "Wait a moment, I'll discuss it with Brooke again. If he agrees, I'll send it."

Adams and Brooke had a bit of a familial connection, with Brooke being considered a senior to Adams, so Adams needed to consult Brooke before issuing certain orders.

"Find a little magician to do this. None of the guards around me are to be reduced, and no matter what happens, no one by my side can be moved."

The subordinates understood that Count Adams was very cautious about his life; he could move people from anywhere, but he could not touch those who guarded the Count's safety.

"That Adams, I can't tell if he's stupid or smart. If you say he's stupid, he cleverly chose a place that's the least likely to be thought of or discovered. But if you say he's smart, he seems foolish, picking this residence after much deliberation and then arranging a bunch of people to guard it. Isn't that just telling others that someone important lives here?"

Jack heard his companion's grumbling, a faint smile appearing on his face, and then he whispered, "Maybe he wants to pretend that Master Xi is still around."

The atmosphere on Jack's side was good, but on Su Yao's side, it was slightly tense.

Su Yao had just entered the second level of guards when she heard someone shouting that a body had been found.

When she entered the mayor's building, she realized that the tool Percy had given her couldn't be used. This was something she had anticipated, but unfortunately, she hadn't accounted for the guards patrolling the streets.

The three of them wandered around the weapon town for quite a while before arriving at the mayor's building. They hadn't encountered any patrols, but just as they dealt with a few guards and dragged them into a hidden alley, they were discovered by a patrol team.

Su Yao was unsure of the current situation with Berkeley and Lina; all she could do was speed up and keep rushing forward.

The routes of the guards on the third and fourth floors were very close, and Su Yao could see them together. So she directly skipped a level, abandoning the guard on the third floor and went straight to attack and deal with the people on the fourth floor.

After blending in with the guards on the fourth floor, Su Yao stopped advancing. The guards on the fifth floor were upstairs, but Su Yao couldn't take the stairs because she clearly saw a flash of magical light on them.

Without a doubt, there must be some traps, and quite a few of them, enough for one to see the magical energy with the naked eye.

Su Yao thought it over and over and could only choose to climb the wall.

The mayor's building is a cylindrical structure with a large open space in the center. Su Yao can enter the backyard and climb the wall as soon as she steps out of the corridor.

After having a guard check the safety, Su Yao was carried to the second floor by Zhan Xing.

"Who are you?"

Su Yao's body froze, cold sweat breaking out. Could she really be this unlucky? She had just reached the second floor and hadn't even had the chance to observe her surroundings before being discovered!