Chapter 873: Chapter 873: Feint to the East, Strike to the West
"Did Li Feng come back with everyone?"
"Seems like he didn’t."
"Hmm? That kid isn’t coming back. Is he planning something over there again?"
Beihai Country.
Li Feng left the scene and blended directly into the crowd, with An Xi following closely behind.
"Young Master, everyone has been sent onto the plane, heading to Yan Country now."
An Xi’s eyes sparkled as he looked at Li Feng. Such risky operations were something that only Li Feng could handle with such ease and calm.
"Young Master, aren’t we leaving?"
"Finally getting out of the country, going back just like that would be a loss."
Li Feng grinned.
"Hmm?"
An Xi looked at Li Feng, puzzled. Li Feng pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it: "You know I’ve made dual preparations this time."
An Xi nodded.
Infiltrating the hotel for such a risky operation wasn’t an impulsive decision but one made after a series of careful calculations.
Li Feng disguised himself as a blond, blue-eyed Westerner named Shire and even forged fake identification documents. The police chief Smith was identified as a breakthrough point through analysis.
Deceiving the police and bypassing the blockade to enter the hotel was just the first step.
Facing the bandits inside the hotel, Li Feng made multiple preparations. First, disguising as Shire, a negotiation expert, he engaged in talks with the bandits to understand the situation inside the hotel.
Li Feng also had another layer of disguise under the human skin mask.
During this time, Li Feng gathered vast intelligence about the Issa family from the dark web and combined it with the information from Lin Qin to devise another plan.
To impersonate the eldest daughter of the Issa family, Annie.
Disguising as a woman isn’t simple; first, you must know the person’s appearance, and secondly, you should be familiar with some of their mannerisms and gestures.
These are difficulties for disguise, but for Li Feng, they weren’t hard.
Because Li Feng had once kidnapped the eldest daughter of the Issa family, and having spent a month with her, he knew her appearance and some of her habits intimately.
Li Feng could even mimic her voice.
Li Feng was taking a gamble, betting that the eldest daughter of the Issa family was not inside the hotel, as he distinctly remembered teaching her the wisdom of not standing by a potentially dangerous wall.
Li Feng bet correctly.
The eldest daughter of the Issa family was not at the hotel but was commanding from outside, which gave Li Feng an opportunity, and the bandits inside the hotel never suspected that the eldest daughter they saw was actually a man in disguise.
To them, the mentality of someone from Yan Country was beyond their comprehension.
"And the reason I could so easily rescue the people was naturally due to impersonating the eldest daughter of the Issa family, making the bandits follow my orders."
"Which means the eldest daughter of the Issa family is not in the hotel."
Li Feng stated.
An Xi looked up at Li Feng: "Young Master, I was curious why you managed to rescue them so quickly after entering; weren’t you afraid that this Annie might actually be hiding behind the scenes?"
Li Feng smiled.
"Because I suddenly remembered something."
"Oh?"
"Three years ago, during our last operation, we kidnapped this eldest daughter of the Issa family, and during that month, I communicated a lot with her."
An Xi blinked at Li Feng: "Young Master, you didn’t take complete advantage of her, did you? No wonder you understand the eldest daughter of the Issa family so well."
Li Feng coughed.
"What I’m talking about is cultural exchange. This young lady is highly educated and has studied our Yan Country culture somewhat, so during the time we kidnapped her, she probably learned a few things."
"Oh?"
"Like how to take hostages and achieve goals, and what is ’sound east and strike west’ from the thirty-six strategies."
As Li Feng spoke, a sigh of resignation escaped his lips. Who would have thought that the pampered lady he kidnapped years ago would reinvent herself, becoming the second most powerful person in the Issa family while replicating the tactics he once used on her.
An Xi blinked and turned to Li Feng: "Young Master, when you mention ’sound east and strike west,’ do you mean their target isn’t here?"
Li Feng exhaled a smoke ring: "Kidnapping a bunch of scientists and scholars, what benefits could that possibly bring?"
An Xi pondered for a moment.
"They don’t want money or the key figures from the Issa family who are jailed."
Li Feng let out a scoff.
"Ten billion Federation Coins, that ransom might be hefty, but it depends on the party involved. For some poor souls, such a hefty job and ransom make sense, especially to free their own people, it’s tempting."
"However, for the Issa family, are they short on cash? Ten billion Federation Coins is not something big enough to make them create such a commotion."
"As for those key figures from the Issa family."
Li Feng sneered: "The Issa family’s internal power struggle has just ended. Yisade hasn’t even warmed his seat yet and is thinking of rescuing those jailed, knowing that some of them are kin to him."
"Is he not worried that rescuing them would lead to his position being usurped?"
"Then what could be their target...!"
Li Feng chuckled softly: "Simple, check for any significant events or important figures in the city lately."
"Best within a day or two."
Upon hearing this, An Xi promptly picked up the phone to call Lin Qin, giving a few instructions.
They immediately returned to the hotel, where Li Feng entered the bathroom to remove his disguise since wearing two layers of masks wasn’t comfortable.
Moments later.
An Xi appeared at the bathroom door, looking at Li Feng as he cleaned himself: "Young Master, Lin Qin just reported that tonight there will be a diamond exhibition organized by the world-renowned Oppenheimer family."
"This diamond exhibition will feature the most famous pieces of jewelry from the past century, including the world’s largest diamond, royal crowns and many renowned jewelry pieces."
"It has also attracted top global tycoons and nobility from the Southern Federation."
"Supposedly, the diamonds on display are worth an astounding hundreds of billions of Federation Coins, with some pieces being invaluable and unique, making it the most radiant jewelry exhibition of the century."
An Xi provided information about the diamond exhibition: "However, the location of this jewel exhibit isn’t in this city, but in the neighboring one."
Li Feng wiped his face clean and turned around with a cold smile: "Is Beihai Country that big? Its area isn’t even larger than our Jin City."