Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 125: Being the Eldest Brother Requires Decisiveness

A mature bandit gang... gang... no, a mature team, must have a complete and rigorous organizational structure.

In the Jianghu World’s argot, it’s called ’Four Beams and Eight Pillars.’

Exactly how these ’Four Beams and Eight Pillars’ are divided is not set in stone, not because there’s no desire for rigor, but because there simply aren’t enough talents to uphold such a framework.

Youtiao served as Wang Yunxiao’s team... in this small team’s Quartermaster, specifically responsible for handling the accounts. He knew better than Wang Yunxiao himself about everything from the household finances to the brothers’ family backgrounds, interests, hobbies, and even other various intelligence clues.

Besides the Quartermaster who handles the accounts, if you want to grow and become stronger, the team also needs a Counselor and a Cannon Head, one responsible for devising strategies, the other for leading the charge into battle.

Wang Yunxiao had no one by his side capable of giving him advice. Although Guozi was the best fighter among the brothers, he only trained in martial arts, not in firearms.

So, this small team was far from complete and still had significant flaws.

There was a whole warehouse of equipment, far too much for two backward-mounted donkeys to carry. Moreover, Qin Xiangdong had only agreed to let Wang Yunxiao take some of the equipment back for training, and it would be inappropriate to keep moving it home shamelessly trip after trip.

Youtiao, being quite crafty, directly chose fifteen sets of soft armor, five rattan shields, and one Heavenly Crossbow. He stuffed the remaining space with those various miscellaneous items. As for those cumbersome pole weapons, he didn’t want any of them.

What era are we in, who would still play with these if they could use firearms?

Moreover, mastering these cold weapons wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight.

Instead, it was these pieces of armor that they needed most urgently.

Never mind whether they fit or not, at least they could provide some level of protection.

It was much stronger than going into combat bare-chested like before.

Even if it couldn’t block pollution, at least it would keep them warm in winter, right?

Guozi and Gangtou each rode a donkey backward, with the others pushing alongside, and even so, it took a great deal of effort to return to school. They found Nurse Liu, got the keys, and hid everything in the underground air-raid shelter.

"This was designed to fend off ’natural disasters’ and is called ’Dust-Avoiding Armor’, but it was phased out before even being commissioned due to design flaws. Where did Director Qin manage to scrounge this up from? This guy has some wild connections."

Nurse Liu picked up a suit of armor and clicked her tongue in wonder.

Wang Yunxiao asked curiously, "What are the design flaws? Can’t it resist contamination and erosion?"

"As I said before, this was specifically designed to fend off ’natural disasters’, so it’s not very effective against Knowledge Contamination and Echo Erosion, but Garrison Soldiers inherently have some resistance in this area, so it can’t really be called a flaw. Also, there is this..."

Nurse Liu tapped on the black bamboo-woven armor plate embedded on the exterior of the garment: "This was produced by the Structure Factory, an old-style Dark Cloud Armor Plate, which is really good stuff able to withstand curses. With this armor’s protection, the next time you encounter the Human-Faced Sore Curse, you won’t get hurt."

Wang Yunxiao’s eyes lit up, there was such an advantage?

"As for the real design flaw, it’s the material of this garment."

Nurse Liu sighed, "The material is of high quality, whole buffalo hide, well maintained, or else it would have fallen apart into pieces long ago. There was a reason for choosing buffalo hide back then; it’s said that Laozi rode a water buffalo, and buffalo hide naturally carries a trace of Taoist charm, easily accommodating various Taoist demon-banishing and sorcery-repelling spells."

"But the designer at the time did not consider that this adaptability of buffalo hide works the same for enemies who use Sorcery... Hmm, this is actually a modified version, with a silk lining added. That’s a bit better, otherwise, it would be a live target in the eyes of Human Skin Painters."

"Human Skin Painters?"

Wang Yunxiao sharply caught this unfamiliar term.

Nurse Liu always kept her mouth tight, never saying a word more than necessary, but on the other hand, anything that came out of her mouth, even if you didn’t understand it at the time, would definitely have its uses later.

"Are you resolved to go help at the police station?"

Nurse Liu asked, lifting her head to Wang Yunxiao.

"Not yet, I want to discuss it with the brothers again..."

"It’s a waste of time."

"What?"

Wang Yunxiao thought he had misheard.

Unexpectedly, Nurse Liu seriously looked at him and said, "Not everyone has the chance to choose their own fate, wanting to eat Zhajiang Noodles today and Stewed Noodles tomorrow—we are not in a position to be that luxurious. Since they chose you to be the leader, to follow your orders, then you should take up the responsibility of a leader. Can they really offer you useful advice if you consult them on everything?"

"People’s hearts are fickle, your minds are not mature enough, and can be easily influenced. The police department is equipping you and paying you entirely because of your influence, Wang Yunxiao. If you still want to consult with them at this point, to give them voting rights, is that really good for them?"

"You’re spoiling them too much."

Cold sweat broke out on Wang Yunxiao’s forehead.

Deep down, he definitely did not agree with Nurse Liu’s statements, but logically, based on his own experiences, he knew Nurse Liu would not speak without basis.

In Nurse Liu’s own words, she would not "waste time."

Am I spoiling them too much?

Wang Yunxiao asked himself.

It seems a little, considering the large amount of supplies exchanged recently that had the brothers hastily wolfing it down for a week, each increasing their waistlines.

In the last battle in the Outer Dimension, some had exerted more effort, others less. Gangtou, who stood in front of Chen Yan, had taken the most damage, and no one minded how much he ate. But then there were those not on the scene, Guozi and the other two brothers, who encountered something unknown before finally rejoining.

This was their first time, and everyone lacked experience, not to mention ill intentions.

But over time, indeed, there might be problems...

"Okay, I have an idea now," he said.

Wang Yunxiao nodded and agreed, then suddenly remembered another issue: "Teacher Liu, that notebook has never been returned before, is there a problem?"

Nurse Liu had strong connections, even managing to get guns back; legitimately, they wouldn’t covet just a notebook.

But without any news until now, Wang Yunxiao couldn’t help but suspect if there really was something off about that notebook.

"Items left by mutant demons might have all kinds of messy things hidden in them,"

Nurse Liu answered, "These kinds of items are usually sent to the Secretary Bureau for registration and inspection, and they would only return them to you once they confirm there’s no problem. If there’s an issue, they’ll compensate you accordingly. Don’t worry, I’ll ask them for you later."

"No need, I’m not in a hurry!"

Wang Yunxiao hurriedly shook his head.

If there really was a problem, the mighty Secretary Bureau would definitely have more experience than him and know how to handle it.