To the Wildfire Gang Leader, Big Biao's death was as insignificant as finding a dead rat by the roadside.
But Martin's death was different; Martin was a supervisor he had personally promoted.
Martin being killed clearly meant his face was being rubbed in the dirt!
He immediately called all of his trusted confidants, foam flying from his mouth in anger: "Investigate! I'm giving you one day to find out who was so bold as to lay hands on our Wildfire Gang's supervisor at the Abandoned Cooling Plant!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
None of the confidants dared to provoke the tiger at that moment, so they could only agree for now.
They actually had no hope of finding the real killer.
Before coming, they had heard that when Martin died, there was no one nearby, and no obvious evidence was left at the place of his death.
Investigate?
Investigate for nothing.
Their shabby place didn't have advanced equipment like those super-large settlements, which could track down killers by detecting blood and fingerprints.
However, it didn't matter if they couldn't find anything; they had already thought of a solution.
Just say the Outsiders did it!
Anyway, those Outsiders were already at loggerheads with the Wildfire Gang, so pinning more blame on them wouldn't affect the situation.
Actually, these confidants quite liked those Outsiders.
When the Outsiders came, investigations became simple; when the Outsiders came, those old scores could be settled.
They only regretted that the Outsiders hadn't come sooner, and only hoped that the Outsiders could hold out a little longer under the Wildfire Gang's attacks.
But this was still a bit too much to ask of those Outsiders.
If the Wildfire Gang Leader hadn't been diligently entertaining a distinguished guest from afar recently, those Outsiders would probably have been driven to the Wasteland outside the settlement by the enraged Wildfire Gang Leader long ago.
"Leader, Martin is dead, so what about the team he managed?" one of the confidants asked cautiously.
He wanted to arrange for his own people to take over, but the outcome was somewhat unsatisfactory.
The Wildfire Gang Leader pulled out Martin's file from the table, glanced at it twice, and then pointed casually.
"Her, then. She's the one who did the most work in Martin's team, and I heard she was the first to discover Big Biao was killed. Let her temporarily manage Martin's team."
The confidant leaned in and saw that the name was none other than Lily.
He quickly lowered his head, hiding the dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"I'll go arrange it now."
Temporary management, temporary management. If she can manage it today, and she dies tomorrow, naturally someone else can take over.
But this kind of thing couldn't be done by himself, nor by his subordinates; it was best to find people they didn't know at all.
Like the Outsiders.
...
Things were going surprisingly smoothly.
Before the investigation results were even out, Lily received her appointment to take over Martin's position.
She had originally thought there would be some twists and turns.
Anya was overjoyed: "Leader, does this mean we can now lie back and collect money like Martin did?"
"We can, but his methods were too crude. And before that, we have other things to do."
"Other things?"
Lily watched the departing back of the messenger.
She had habitually used Spiritual Vision to check that person's attributes just now; the attributes were unremarkable, but his favorability value was very striking.
[-78]
Lily almost thought she had killed his mother, otherwise, why would he hate her so much?
She thought for a long time but still couldn't remember where she had seen this person. Since it wasn't because of direct contact that she angered him, it could only be a conflict of interest.
Two days ago, she was still extremely poor, unable to compete with anyone for interests. Therefore, there could only be one truth—
This guy also wanted to be a supervisor!
Well, you old scoundrel, you have ill intentions.
She didn't know how this guy would make his move, but Lily was no pushover either.
Lily withdrew her gaze and opened the new faction functions unlocked after being appointed as acting supervisor.
The faction system in Above the Stars was very complete; players could unlock many new functions after obtaining a faction position.
For Lily, the most important functions, in addition to higher-level faction access permissions, were the supervisor's management functions.
As a supervisor, she could allocate certain resources and also appoint a [Quartermaster] in the team, an appointment that would be recognized by the faction.
In the game, Quartermasters could usually issue [Quartermaster Quests] to players.
Lily planned to appoint Anya as her Quartermaster, hoping to see if this method could give Anya the ability to issue Quartermaster Quests.
She had originally wanted to set herself as the Quartermaster, but unfortunately, the game prompted a failed operation; she could not appoint herself, a player with a player panel, as the Quartermaster.
"Done. Let's take Anya to test it with a few players later."
If the test succeeded, she would essentially control a weakened, loli-type Seria!
...
Two in the afternoon.
The scorching sun hung high in the sky.
Convert to My Lily squatted by the roadside, the slightly warm wind blowing on him, making him feel a bit restless.
This was his second day after being forced to delete his account and restart due to the attacks from Lily's supporters in the community.
After restarting, he was incredibly lucky to arrive at the Abandoned Cooling Plant, but he had been looking for Lily for almost a day and still had no luck.
In desperation, he could only go find some quests to do first.
To find high-reward quests and level up quickly, he even risked coming to the Wildfire Gang's territory.
He didn't want to be too far behind other players in level, otherwise, even if Lily needed help from players next time, he wouldn't be able to assist.
"Ahhhhhh, those people are too stingy! I messaged five or six of them in a row, and not a single one was willing to sell me the credit coins gifted by Fu Fu."
Convert to My Lily vigorously rubbed his hair.
He stood up from the ground, and before he could even take a step, he saw an NPC walking towards him with a large golden "!" above his head.
Oh my, a quest!
Convert to My Lily's eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed forward.
"Hello, is there anything you need help with?"
The person was startled: "Out... Outsider?"
Convert to My Lily nodded.
The person's eyes narrowed slightly.
Normally, if he encountered an Outsider, he would immediately use a'Seven-Day Lock of Unbreakable Love', and after choking the Outsider unconscious, he would send them to the Wildfire Gang to claim a reward.
But today he was here with a mission, and he couldn't sacrifice the greater good for a small gain.
"I heard you Outsiders are willing to do anything for money? Help me kill someone."
"Who? Why kill him?"
"Don't ask so many questions. 1000 credits. Just tell me if you'll do it. If you do, I'll pay you a 500 deposit first."
Do it, of course he would do it.
Convert to My Lily chose to accept: "Tell me the quest details."
The person told him the assassination target's address, time at home, and the meeting point after the quest was completed.
A game prompt popped up in front of him.
[You have triggered the hidden quest [Covenant of Slaughter] (Party enabled)]
What he didn't expect was that this quest's experience reward was a whopping 3500 points!
With such a high reward, the quest difficulty was also imaginable; it would be absolutely impossible for him to complete it alone.
After sending the person away, Convert to My Lily immediately opened the Abandoned Cooling Plant section of the Star Wanderer Community.
Calling for backup was a must.
And he could also take this opportunity to build good relations with Patrick Star and the others, and then he could openly approach Fu Fu.
Perfect!