Overturned Tower

He didn't dare to do any more tricks, so he could only point to one of them:

"It's him, it's all him!"

The mercenary with the scars on his face still didn't dare to get angry at the godfather, and turned all his anger and hatred on the shortest man who had rodents as his soul relatives: "It doesn't matter to me...it really doesn't matter He is the one who said 'the existence of the godfather makes the top of the organization dissatisfied. If we can make him make a fool of himself, we will be able to stand firm'! We were just confused for a while and believed his nonsense...it is true, godfather!"

Before the others had even had a chance to raise an objection—the rat ghost was gone.

There is no doubt that it also proves that the man's words are indeed correct.

The barber didn't realize it at the first time. Under the effect of "Desperate Spiritual Energy", there are still people who can move and escape.

——Although they belong to the "Melting Pot" school, the character of the barber is completely different from that of the strangler.

What he is angry about is something heavier than "anger" - so the "anger" aroused by the strangulation is such a bright and bloody flame.

Because he was angry at his own weakness.His anger was directed at his weak self.

The barber's flame was as dark red as an ember.

His anger is mixed with despair for the world and lament for the fate of the people.

Therefore, he couldn't turn himself into flames and move at high speed like a strangler—but he could shape the flames into chains, lassoes, and weapons, and he could also express the despair and heaviness he felt.

What ordinary people are angry with may be just a word, an action, or a look of a certain person; it may be that others have abandoned their own choices in the past... What is a little clearer is only angry at their own weakness and at the indifference of others .

But no one can realize what the source of all this is.

It is precisely because the barber realizes the root of all this misfortune, and despairs of shaking it up—his sane rage is powerful.

This power turned into a spell, that is "Aura of Despair".

He made everyone truly feel their own powerlessness.

It's as if they all hold the barber's vision-let them see clearly what kind of behemoth they have to face and how powerless their actions are.The pain and powerlessness that seems to be impossible to do anything will turn into an extremely heavy heart of despair, suppressing their bodies and souls at the same time.

Unless it is the psykers and mages whose emotions are related to "despair", that will greatly increase their power.

Other types of psionic energy and spells will be banned by this power.

This is also the first time the barber has used this spell in the real world.

The initial effect was surprisingly good.

Not only was their spiritual power locked up by the "Godfather", they couldn't even move - as if they were being crushed under a crumbling tower made of countless building blocks, and it might collapse if they moved a little Narrowness, burying and crushing oneself alive.

That kind of fear made them unable to move when they were burned to death.

But this man was the first to break free from this control.

The despair that the barber poured into his body did block his desire to arouse his psionic energy, but it couldn't stop his desire to escape.

Because he turned the fear of "not daring to take any action" into the panic of "running away".

The emotions that filled his heart did not dissipate, but he chose a completely different way of action.

...It turns out that this spell still has this kind of limitation.

With that said, it also has the potential to drive people crazy...

The barber was thinking blankly, holding his right hand in the air - pulling out a lasso made of flames from the void.

He looped his noose through the air a few times, throwing it like a lasso.

It caught the neck of the fleeing man with incomparable precision, and the man fell to the ground immediately.

The scorching flames caused scorching marks on his neck in an instant, and his face became red because of the heated blood.

"come back."

The barber made a low, hoarse voice.

He didn't pull it back, but put it on his arm and slowly retracted it.

The man tried to call for help at first, but then it turned into cursing, then crying and wailing.

After only four or five circles of tugging, he completely lost resistance—even lost consciousness.

After the godfather dragged the man back in full view.

He dissipated the flames with a wave of his hand, the cracks on the neck and cheeks gradually dissipated, and the pupils gradually turned back to dark blue again.

It's just the scorching heat in the surrounding air and his loose long hair, proving that all this is not an illusion.

A gentle smile appeared on the godfather's face again, and he patted the face of the trembling leopard mercenary.

"It seems that your opinions are very consistent.

"Then find a place to hang him up, my godson."

"...Yes, Godfather!"

He was trembling all over and his face was pale: "I'll go, I'll go right away!"

As for whether this will offend the "higher-level" in the veil of ignorance, he has completely ignored it at the moment.

Just when he pointed out that person, he had already severely offended that high-level person.

Now, he can only hug his godfather's thigh, begging him not to abandon him.

And... I hope that the godfather's reputation can hold that person down.

In the blink of an eye, his position was completely reversed.

How much he hoped that the godfather was a powerless person before, how much he hoped that the godfather was just a bluff... Now, how much he hopes that the godfather can crush all these conspiracies.

It's best to pick out and kill the black hand behind all this - only in this way can he rest assured.

"...I will lead the way for you!"

The mercenaries are like tame dogs, with their tails tucked.

They walked up to the barber one by one, called godfather respectfully, and bowed down.

The godfather also forgave their sin of disrespect very tolerantly, and reached out to touch everyone's hair with a smile.

—Because the barber knows.

From now on, these people are tools to help promote their power.

Chapter 29 Loyalty to the Godfather

It was a sovereign touch.

Like a parent stroking a child's hair, like a teacher stroking a student's hair...

——And, like a master stroking a pet's hair.

In any case, godfathers treat their godsons and goddaughters equally.

What matters is how the other party sees the relationship.

If he respects the godfather as a father, then the godfather will also regard him as his own child;

If he respects and loves the godfather as his mentor, the godfather will guide and guide him carefully;

But if he regards the godfather as his master, and he is a pet who rubbed over...

Then the godfather will no longer regard the other person as an equal to himself, but a beast tamed by him.

The frightened mercenaries wagged their tails and came closer, trying their best to please the godfather who they thought was weak and deceitful at all costs...

This almost flattering attitude made Lone Wolf sneer with disdain.

He folded his hands on his chest and sighed: "If I knew this earlier, why did I do it in the first place?"

On the one hand, he felt the joy and joy of "being on the right team", but on the other hand, he was also a little scared-fortunately, he was a kind of person who believed in evil.

After hearing about the godfather's almost evil reputation, even though he didn't join any organizations in the lower city, no one would punish him even if he disrespected the godfather... However, the beast's intuition of the lone wolf told him that he could make these people who couldn't be mad To be so revered and respected by disciples must be a great big shot.

Later, after being taught by his godfather, Lone Wolf strengthened his mind even more.

In this downtown area where everyone is too confused...

People are struggling to survive, hurting others unscrupulously, and deceiving themselves and others... Constantly emphasizing that we are the "free" lower city and draw a clear line from the "salary slaves" in the upper city.

— But is this really “freedom”?

Obviously not even being allowed to step into the upper city and bathe in the sun, but claiming that he is different from those salary slaves, that he can live freely without being controlled by the company?

What's the difference?

Even if it is not controlled by the company, isn't it controlled by these criminal organizations now?

At least the salary slaves in the upper city can still live a stable life... But every time they go out on a mission and arrive in the upper city, there is a high possibility that they will never come back.

Working in the company, working overtime - stealing data with them, stealing samples, assassinating executives... or smashing a reporter's car to threaten him, or fighting with other mercenaries to protect the employer, what's the point? What's the difference?

Different from the randomness and casualness shown, the lone wolf has already begun to regret it...

Regret for my impulse back then.

Maybe it's because I have suffered too much, or maybe it's just approaching middle age.Although he now makes a living with these dirty jobs and has turned into a career of dancing on the tip of a knife, his temper is much better than before.If it was five years ago, he would not have scuffled with Bigger, but would have killed him without listening. It was impossible to calm down and listen to the godfather's reasoning.

A life of misery and danger had changed him and erased his flaws.

But everything that he was tired of in the past and that he misses now is gone.

—he'd never come back to Uptown.

But if there is a sufficiently sober and talented leader in the lower city—maybe all this can still be changed!

Although he himself doesn't know how to change all this...

But the lone wolf is very stable.

Because if he could know, he wouldn't be so confused and in pain—that's something that only a leader like the Godfather who has brains, authority, strength and enough calmness can know how to do it.

And he just needs to be convinced.

Although he has never obeyed any "master" in his life, the instinct from canine relatives still makes him loyal.

——He has decided that he will dedicate his loyalty to the godfather.

It must be more meaningful than living in a daze.

The lone wolf followed behind those dejected mercenaries with his head held high and his big, fluffy white tail wagging happily behind him.

And Bigger followed behind the godfather, watching all this, thoughtful.

After thinking for a long time, he suddenly leaned behind the godfather and whispered, "Thank you, godfather."

The godfather gave him a surprised look.

He asked softly, "What's wrong?

"Why did you suddenly thank me?"

"I guess, you asked 'Hunting Bow' to designate a person who is closest to the person behind the scenes... It shouldn't be for revenge on that person."

"Hunting Bow" should be the mercenary leader with leopard ears.

Big lowered his voice and whispered: "That's actually to make those idiots draw a clear line from the mastermind behind the scenes... right.

"It doesn't matter whether other people agree with Hunting Bow's identification or not, and it doesn't matter if it's someone else who has the problem, or Hunting Bow himself. As long as they make positive identifications and don't make trouble in this link, it can prove that they are not the same as the black hand behind the scenes. partner.

"In this way, the bow hunting group is no longer 'rebels of the godfather', but 'poor people who are used by the conspirators and paid the price'. From the 'unstable elements' of the organization, they have become 'simple The idiot'..."

Just like the godfather said to them before.

The root cause of all this is that these uncoded organizations in the lower city urgently need to lower the status of mercenaries.

Organizations can obviously do these jobs of mercenaries...but because of their first-mover advantage, they have monopolized them.

The uncoded organization helps these mercenaries to do more and more work, the fatter these mercenaries will be raised by them, and the price they will pay will be lower and lower.

In this process, the only thing they pay is "human resource deployment".

Then their relationship is no longer "mercenaries attached to the organization", but "mercenaries continue to suck the blood of the organization".

They were originally a criminal organization, so it was naturally impossible to allow this to happen.

Bigger learned and used it flexibly, and reasoned from this point...he guessed what the purpose of the veil of ignorance was.

He looked at the godfather admiringly: "Although there must be a 'behind the scenes', in the final analysis, there are still people who are behind the scenes and fueling the flames...Through this incident, we will weaken the sense of existence of mercenaries. Let us The mercenaries became 'different', so that the organization had an excuse to take away the work of the mercenaries.

"And after being manipulated by you, this conspiracy is self-defeating! The problem was once again directed back to 'the middle-level leaders of some organizations are dissatisfied with the godfather', and people's attention was shifted from us mercenaries to In this way, the mercenary has become a tool to be used instead, and no one will feel resentful towards the tool..."