With Clara on his back, Chu Tianjiang took Nicol and the others and quietly left the hotel.

Since obtaining the red energy body, Nicol and the others have been able to attach the energy body to the surface of the body like Chu Tianjiang, so as to directly enter the state of invisibility.

For this reason, Chu Tianjiang specially found Zhang Xiaogang and used a material that could allow the energy body to penetrate and custom-made several sets of tights for Nicol and the others to facilitate their actions at night. Although the style of this kind of clothing has not changed much, it is very different from the previous tights made of polymer nanomaterials. After getting the sample, Clara and Anna couldn't put it down, and they quarreled to ask Chu Tianjiang to get a few sets for them too.

Clara has no superpowers, let alone can use her energy body to become invisible, so she can only be carried by Chu Tianjiang.

At the other end of town, there is a larger, more comfortable inn. According to Andrei's inquiry, the inn was mainly occupied by merchants from all over the world.

In order to maintain order in the town, the caravans had to report to the garrison that maintained order before entering the town, and then deposited the goods in the west of the town, in a merchant market under the care of the garrison, where centralized trade was carried out, and paid an escrow fee according to the value of the goods declared by the merchants and the time of storage. After charging a modest escrow fee, the garrison was not only responsible for the care of the goods, but also for their safety. Because no separatist force dared to provoke the garrison, and there was never a case of theft of goods, it was safer to hand over the goods to the garrison for escrow than to carry them yourself, and the escrow fees charged by the garrison were not high, and the merchants were happy to let the garrison take care of the goods.

The inn is large in size, and most of the rooms have separate courtyards.

For these new towns, the most important thing is probably land. The town occupies only one-tenth of the valley in which it is located, and there is still a large area of wasteland around it that has not been developed.

Because it was still the first half of the night, most of the merchants had not yet slept.

Except for a few merchants who did not make a deal during the day, they were engaged in some nighttime entertainment that men liked to see, most of the merchants were busy accounting for the day's transactions, calculating the day's income, counting the remaining goods, and preparing for tomorrow's sale.

According to Zhan Pengfei, most businessmen will stay in the town for about five days. Mainly, the merchants had to buy goods obtained from the garrison from the various shops, and sell the goods such as grain, wine, and fuel to the shops. Because they are all scattered transactions, it takes a lot of time. Some merchants who specialize in buying scarce goods will even live in the town for half a month. Only a very small number of powerful merchants were qualified to make secret transactions with the garrison, and they were large transactions of huge amounts. In the past few months, Zhan Pengfei has personally handled more than a dozen secret transactions, and each transaction involves tens of thousands of tons of grain.

After taking a turn in the inn, Chu Tianjiang came to the outside of a relatively remote courtyard.

Although there was still a distance of more than ten meters from the courtyard hall through the courtyard wall, and the doors and windows of the courtyard were closed, Chu Tianjiang heard it very clearly, the merchants who lived here did not sleep, nor did they engage in night entertainment, but were discussing things with their subordinates, and things that had nothing to do with trade.

After using his consciousness to tell Nichol to be careful, Chu Tianjiang carried Clara over the courtyard wall and entered the courtyard.

"General, I have sent someone to contact them, but the person who sent them has not come back until now. It stands to reason that Brian and the others should have arrived this morning. ”

"Something must have happened." It was a middle-aged man with a somewhat hoarse voice who said this.

"But ......"

"We can't wait any longer." The middle-aged man's tone was a little low. "Tomorrow, we'll go to the hotel to find some freelance mercenaries and leave early the day after tomorrow."

"The question is, are those freelance mercenaries reliable?"

"I can't help it." The middle-aged man sighed and said, "We've been here for a week, and we must get to Las Vegas as soon as possible, or we won't be able to return to Salt Lake City on time." As you know, if we mess up this deal, we won't have to stay in the Chamber of Commerce. ”

They're going to Salt Lake City! Chu Tianjiang's brows jumped a few times. Salt Lake City is just west of Denver, and getting to Denver is much easier if you can get to Salt Lake City without any problems.

"Alright, you go and rest, and get up early tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll arrange it, and hopefully I can find a suitable freelance mercenary tomorrow."

A thin young man walked out and went to a much smaller room next to him. It seemed that he was supposed to be the merchant's entourage.

Husband, let's go to the hotel tomorrow? Nicol asked through his senses.

Hold your horses! Chu Tianjiang glanced back at the nichol and the others who were hiding nearby, and quietly walked outside the small room.

After entering the state of invisibility, even Chu Tianjiang couldn't see Nicol and them. In order to solve this problem, Chu Tianjiang came up with a very simple way, that is, to perceive their location through the energy body, and Nicol and the others were also able to perceive Chu Tianjiang's location through the energy body.

Although there was no light in the room, the young man did not go to bed, but was rummaging through the cabinets, as if he was still changing his clothes.

A moment later, a young man in a gray-black nightcoat climbed out of the window.

What does this guy want to do?

Chu Tianjiang immediately followed. Needless to say, Nicol and the others hurried to follow.

The inn was on the edge of the town, and the young man left the inn and left the town, and then headed straight north. Chu Tianjiang had already affirmed that the other party was an ordinary person, so he didn't pull too far, maintaining a distance of about two hundred meters. After more than an hour, the young man came five kilometers north of the town and entered a wooded field. Chu Tianjiang slowed down, because there were still people in the woods, and there were quite a few of them.

"Edgar, how's it going?" It was a strong man who spoke. Although the light was very dim and a few hundred meters away, Chu Tianjiang could see at a glance that this guy must have more than ten years of military experience, and it was very likely that he was a special soldier of a certain special forces of the US military.

Husband!? Clara called Chu Tianjiang through her consciousness.

Don't talk. Chu Tianjiang displayed the scene he saw on the energy body in front of Clara's eyes, allowing her to see the situation clearly from a few hundred meters away.

"It's already been said that Stuart will go to the hotel tomorrow to recruit free mercenaries and leave the town the morning after tomorrow."

"Will he be able to find the right freelance mercenary?"

"The last thing in town is free mercenaries, and Stewart can afford a high price, so there shouldn't be much of a problem."

The strong man nodded and said to the young man named Edgar, "In order to prevent accidents, we must be prepared. Tomorrow you have to try to cause some trouble for Stewart, and then the men I sent will come to him to solve the problem, and you have to use this opportunity to have Stewart hire the men I sent. ”

"No problem, I'll make arrangements."

"That's it, you go back quickly, lest Stuart be suspicious."

"Brian's gang ......"

"Rest assured, Stewart will never see them again."

Edgar nodded, and then said, "That's good, I'll rush back right now." ”

Waiting for Edgar to leave the woods, Chu Tianjiang asked Kelly to follow Edgar back to the hotel through his consciousness, and come back to them if there was nothing else.

Husband, do you want to stay here? Rachel was already getting a little impatient.

What's the hurry? Chu Tianjiang glanced at the place where Rachel was hiding. These guys are clearly going to deal with the merchant named Stewart, and this is the opportunity we were waiting for.

What chances? Rachel still didn't quite understand.

Rachel, don't ask. Clara joins in. My husband was right, we could follow Stewart to Salt Lake City with this incident.

Is this necessary? Rachel was still unconvinced.

Of course, there is such a need, just be obedient. Chu Tianjiang appeased Rachel and made her feel less restless.

At this time, there was movement in the woods, and Chu Tianjiang and the others also ended their consciousness exchange.

The strong man called more than a dozen of his subordinates and gave him a low command. These guys also have military experience, and they all look like they may be special forces.

After more than ten minutes, the more than ten guys all changed into camouflage uniforms and walked out of the woods with backpacks containing guns and other weapons.

Only then did Chu Tianjiang realize that these guys were dressed like free mercenaries.

It is important to know that most of the free mercenaries are soldiers, and they are mainly special forces and veterans with actual combat experience, and they are engaged in outlaw work, so most of the free mercenaries prefer military uniforms and carry weapons and equipment with them. Just to be less eye-catching, they will store away rifles and other weapons, and only carry pistols for self-defense. In some places where firearms are controlled, only knives such as daggers are carried with them.

Obviously, Chu Tianjiang didn't look like free mercenaries during the day, so naturally no one came to look for them.

When those guys left the woods, Chu Tianjiang immediately followed.

Husband, how are you going to deal with them? Clara asked through her consciousness.

Do you think we are like free mercenaries? Chu Tianjiang smiled and said through his consciousness. Since Stewart is going to hire freelance mercenaries to take him to Salt Lake City, and the guy named Edgar doesn't know what these people look like, let's just steal the beams and change the pillars.

Do you think Edgar doesn't know them?

Maybe he did, but Edgar didn't know who the strong man sent to pose as a freelance mercenary, and he couldn't have known all of the strong man's men.

Chu Tianjiang said it thoroughly, and Clara didn't ask any more.

After following three kilometers, Chu Tianjiang asked Nichol and Rachel to rush to the front of the group, and let Maya and the other four outflank the raid from both sides, while he was responsible for blocking the retreat.

Chu Tianjiang launched a surprise attack in a stealth state, and there was no suspense in the battle. More than a dozen "free mercenaries" were put down and subdued before they could understand what was going on, and without even a chance to shout out, they lost the ability to fight back and became lambs to the slaughter.