Chapter 30

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Chapter 30: Gu Ran Is Unpredictable

For Yang Tian, the current situation was not yet fully understood, so he decided to first listen to what this young man had to say.

If his method proved feasible, then why not agree to it?

If it turned out to be just a boastful kid talking nonsense, it wouldn’t be too late to sell him off then.

An A-level ability user was indeed one of the top-tier strong individuals, but for the Yang family and the Duville family, they were not lacking in A-level experts. The only reason Yang Tian even gave Gu Ran a second look was due to his age and his rare spatial abilities.

However, expecting this to make the Duville family withdraw their interference in the military power of District D, and even to advance the Yang family’s position further, seemed impossible no matter how one looked at it.

Even the strong individuals outside the light screen couldn’t imagine how someone in Gu Ran’s position could achieve this.

If it were based on their current strength, there would indeed be many methods, as they were now all top-tier strong individuals within the Human Alliance, each belonging to their own powerful factions with many cards to play.

But as for Gu Ran, his strength as an A-level ability user was not enough to serve as a trump card, and his background in the slums meant he had no major power to rely on.

One by one, these strong individuals racked their brains but could not find a way to break the stalemate.

“Oh, I know, the Tyrant still has a core member of the Duville family in his hands. I guess he plans to use this as leverage to threaten the Duville family.” Lin Fan smiled and shook his head. “Unfortunately, the Tyrant is still young and might not realize that, for these big families, even core members can be sacrificed. If he intends to use this to threaten the Duville family, he’s being too naive.”

“The Tyrant’s plan will certainly fail. At that time, both the Duville family and the Yang family will likely trouble him. By then, he probably won’t be able to stay in Saint Yor City and will have to leave. I guess that’s when he lost his crystal core ability.”

Lin Fan, still harboring jealousy against Gu Ran, who hadn’t exposed any evil deeds and instead seemed somewhat redeemed, took the opportunity to jump out and make a “reasonable” guess to suppress Gu Ran’s image.

Indeed, at this moment, it seemed that Gu Ran’s only leverage was that good-for-nothing general. Using that general to exchange some benefits from the Duville family was indeed feasible, a core member of the Duville family would certainly be valuable.

However, the importance of Kelly Duville couldn’t possibly match the benefits Gu Ran promised to Yang Tian, so using Kelly Duville as a bargaining chip to gain benefits from the Duville family would undoubtedly be a wrong move.

It might even completely anger the Duville family, leading to a manhunt from them.

In that case, the Yang family certainly wouldn’t protect him against the Duville family, which was about to become the ruling family.

This way, the situation might indeed slide towards the worst possible outcome, with him being hunted by two ruling families.

However, due to Lin Fan’s previous miscalculations, fewer people were agreeing with him this time.

Everyone continued to watch the light screen, waiting to see how Gu Ran would act.

…

On the light screen.

Gu Ran looked at the most powerful man in District D, smiled slightly, and showed no sign of fear, as if he was merely facing an ordinary middle-aged man. He said calmly:

“I will naturally prove it to you, and it won’t require you to do anything. You just need to wait. Whether it’s ten minutes or half an hour, you will naturally know that I can achieve all this.”

Suspicion flashed in Yang Tian’s eyes.

All I need to do is wait? Whether it’s ten minutes or half an hour? I will naturally know?

Such a confident tone… He seems genuinely certain he can do it.

Various speculations flashed through Yang Tian’s mind.

Could the other party be someone from a major power? Is that power interfering in this matter because they have some plan against the Yang family and the Duville family?

In an instant, Yang Tian guessed all the major families in Saint Yor City and even several forces from nearby main cities.

However, the information he had was too limited, making it impossible to determine which power Gu Ran belonged to.

Therefore, he decided to test the waters.

“Very well, I’ll be waiting for good news. But if this is a deal, both sides must provide something of equal value for it to be a fair trade. You’re helping the Yang family with such a big matter, so what do you, or rather, the people behind you, want from the Yang family? If you don’t explain, my curiosity will be like a cat scratching at me, leaving me sleepless.”

Gu Ran could hear the probing intent in Yang Tian’s words. This old fox merely suspected that he wasn’t a lone wolf and wanted to find out which power was behind him.

Gu Ran slowly said, “General Yang Tian, there’s no need to overthink. I just enjoy making friends. Isn’t it normal to do something for a friend? Now I’m helping the Yang family, so when I need something, I’m sure the Yang family will help this friend of theirs, right?”

“So just consider it as the Yang family owing me a favor. I hope that when I ask for this favor to be fulfilled, the Yang family won’t refuse.”

“Now, please wait for a while, General Yang Tian. During this time, you can also verify the truth of what I’ve just said.”

Then, Gu Ran motioned for Blanco, who had been waiting on the side, to close the communication with Yang Tian.

“Get me connected with the head of the Duville family,” Gu Ran’s gaze swept over to Blanco. “You can manage that, right?”

Blanco was startled and quickly nodded, “Yes, yes, I can.”

Then, with a troubled expression, he added, “But, the head of the Duville family is such an important figure. While I can get someone to deliver the message, the decision to connect or not is entirely up to them, so I… I can’t guarantee it.”

Gu Ran said, “It’s fine as long as you can reach the Duville family. It seems you still have some use. Just tell them that Kelly Duville, that so-called genius but actually worthless general of theirs, is in my hands. If they don’t want the Duville family’s reputation to be ruined and lose their chance to become the ruling family next year, they’d better connect this communication immediately.”

“Ah, ah?” Blanco hesitated. Could he really be this arrogant? Wouldn’t the Duville family kill him later?

“Hmm? You can’t do it?” Gu Ran frowned slightly. “You can’t even deliver a message?”

“I can, I can!” Blanco didn’t dare hesitate any longer. If delivering the message might get him killed later, not delivering it would get him killed right now.

Soon, Blanco managed to connect with the Duville family’s communication channel, but it was clearly just a reception operator on the other end.

Of course, even the Duville family’s external communication channel wasn’t something an ordinary person would know about.

Since Gu Ran was watching, Blanco didn’t dare to hold back, relaying Gu Ran’s message almost word for word.

To ensure the credibility of his words, Blanco had to reveal his own position.

Soon, the screen that had previously shown Yang Tian’s image now displayed another man.