Li Fulong's expression was stiff and dazed, completely ignoring his sister's complaints.
"Brother, what do you mean? Why aren't you saying something nice to comfort your dear sister? You know I got a useless soup ladle!"
Facing Li Fulan's dissatisfied grumbling, Li Fulong silently took out a toothpick from the brocade box, a bitter smile on his face as if he wanted to cry.
"Sister, be content. Your brother didn't say anything when he got a toothpick..."
Li Fulan: "..."
Looking at the slender toothpick in Li Fulong's hand, barely half the length of a chopstick, Li Fulan was speechless.
She had thought her weapon was already useless, but she never expected her brother to be even worse, actually getting a toothpick!
"Brother, what's wrong with you? How could you get such a useless thing!"
"Don't blame me. You were the second to pick a brocade box, and you still got something as useless as a soup ladle."
Li Fulong sighed.
After a moment of silence, Li Fulan weakly asked, "Brother, how are we supposed to assassinate someone with a soup ladle and a toothpick?"
"How should I know? These two things can't even be considered weapons."
They were probably the unluckiest ones out of the ten people.
A toothpick and a soup ladle!
These two things were worse than not getting anything!
"However, since the Killing Heart Holy Court prepared these things, they must have a purpose. I think these two items should not be simple."
"Really? Brother, why do I feel like you're tricking me?"
While Li Fulan and Li Fulong were discussing how to use these two items to assassinate their targets, Xin Ci, in another room, had already opened his brocade box.
What he saw was a pair of fingerless gloves, with a small square recess on the back of the hand, holding a white crystal about the size of a pigeon's egg.
"This is...?"
For a moment, Xin Ci couldn't figure out the function of these gloves.
After putting on the gloves and studying them for a while, Xin Ci smiled knowingly.
He understood why Mu Qingqing had chosen this weapon for him. These gloves were tailor-made for him.
Rather than gloves, they were more like a silken weapon that could transform into tough silk threads.
Xin Ci also tested the sharpness of the silk threads, which could easily cut through hard rock.
"This is indeed a good weapon," Xin Ci nodded in satisfaction.
Mu Qingqing in the consciousness space puffed out her chest, showing a proud expression. "Of course. Have you seen who picked it? What I pick will never be bad!" kuAiδugg
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the room.
Immediately after, a clear voice came from outside the room.
"Friends inside, may we come in?"
This voice sounded like it belonged to the brother and sister.
Since Mu Qingqing had previously investigated all the brocade boxes and knew all the assassination targets,
she knew that Li Fulong and Li Fulan's targets should not be him.
Why were they looking for him?
Even if this brother and sister's assassination targets were not him, Xin Ci did not lower his guard.
He wanted to see what these two wanted to find him for, so he
replied and opened the door.
"Do you two need something?" Xin Ci asked.
Li Fulan was very unhappy with Xin Ci's indifferent attitude. As the most pampered little princess of the Canglan Dynasty, who would dare to treat her coldly on a normal day?
Yet, this little guy in front of her was cold to her.
But to find this guy's help, Li Fulan had to endure it.
Li Fulong directly stated his purpose for seeking out Xin Ci. "Miss, we wish to cooperate with you."
Cooperate?
"Oh? Cooperate with what?" Xin Ci raised his eyebrows, wanting to hear what Li Fulong intended to do.
Li Fulong smiled bitterly and continued, "Since my sister and I had bad luck and our chosen weapons are not outstanding, I would like to borrow your weapon. Of course, we won't use it for free; we will also provide you with some assistance."
"That's right, quickly take out the weapon you picked and let me see it." Compared to Li Fulong's politeness, Li Fulan was more demanding and urged him without reservation.
Xin Ci did not immediately take out his gloves, but said unhurriedly, "What makes you so confident that I will cooperate with you? And aren't you afraid that my assassination target is you two siblings?"
"You don't need to worry about that. Because our assassination targets are not each other, are they?"
"Oh, are you so sure?"
"Of course. We can confirm that our assassination targets are not you. As for the two assessors targeting us siblings, I already know who they are."
"Furthermore, the assessment clearly states that no more than two people can be present during the assassination. We can help each other on this point."
Li Fulong's reasoning had some merit.
Although Xin Ci had silk gloves as a weapon, he couldn't guarantee that no one else would appear when assassinating his target, and he also had to guard against his target being the assessor.
If what he said was true, it wouldn't be a bad thing for these siblings to offer him help.
Therefore, Xin Ci nodded in agreement to cooperate.
Seeing that Xin Ci had agreed to cooperate, both Li Fulong and Li Fulan showed joy on their faces.
Then Xin Ci took out his silk gloves, which made the brother and sister look on with envy.
"What about your weapons?"
Xin Ci's casual question made the siblings a bit awkward, their expressions stiffening.
After a long pause, they silently held up their soup ladle and toothpick.
Xin Ci: "......"
The luck of this brother and sister was too bad!
Mu Qingqing was also amused by this unlucky pair. Although she already knew that there were a soup ladle and a toothpick in those ten brocade boxes, it was unbelievable that Li Fulan and Li Fulong would get these two items.
Looking at the soup ladle and toothpick in their hands, and then at his own silk gloves.
Xin Ci's mouth twitched a couple of times, and he instantly felt like he had made a losing deal.
"What are you looking at? Can't you see my soup ladle clearly?" Li Fulan said unhappily.
"It's not that I'm looking down on it, but I genuinely think what you got is useless."
"You! You're making me so angry. It's one thing to say my brother's toothpick is useless, but you dare to say my soup ladle is useless."
Li Fulan's reaction was intense, and she stomped her foot in anger.
Li Fulong, who was unintentionally affected, looked at the toothpick in his hand and remained silent.
"Hmph, I don't believe it. Even with a soup ladle, I'll deal with someone for you!" Li Fulan said stubbornly.
Li Fulong shook his head and said, "Alright, little sister, let's discuss our strategy first."
The three of them began to discuss in the room.
Li Fulong and Li Fulan decided to help Xin Ci deal with his assassination target first.