Chapter 107 Human Heart

Soter.

In the dark, unnoticed streets, a tall, dark figure stepped into the night. Avoiding all eyes along the way, he arrived at a deserted factory. A young man in elegant attire had been waiting there for a long time.

"Brother, how are you?"

Lan Ze didn't turn around, his mental power had already enveloped the black shadow.

The man took off the hood of his cloak, and it was Neo, who had been missing for a long time.

"It seems I was right to spare your life that day, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see this wonderful show today." Neo walked up to him, looked at his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and said with narrowed eyes, "You have changed."

Lan Ze smiled gently, with a kind expression on his face, and said, "Is there?"

Neo felt a chill run down his spine. He didn't waste time exchanging pleasantries; after all, there wasn't any real brotherhood involved. He cut to the chase, "Mongakata has already told Soto not to interfere with ancient human research, and he's even used his father's power to do it. Your plan is doomed."

Lan Ze stared ahead, his eyes filled with emptiness, and said, "Isn't this a good result?"

Neo frowned: "You never wanted that human to return to Sote from the beginning?"

Lan Ze lowered his eyes, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"She hates being coerced the most. It doesn't matter whether she returns to Sote or not. What matters is that she breaks off with Munakata."

Neo didn't know how Lan Ze found him. After he failed to seize the throne, he had been avoiding Liberi's pursuit. During the time when he occupied the royal court, he obtained Qiao Susu's medical records and learned the secret of her identity. Then he threatened Liberi by exposing Qiao Susu's identity, so that he could not kill him temporarily.

Coincidentally, he had just seen a reporter secretly scraping for information that day, claiming to be looking for a female patient. He immediately recognized Qiao Suisui from the blurry photo of her back. But he had no intention of selling her medical records to the reporter, as they were his only bargaining chip, and if he couldn't use them effectively, it would be a waste of money.

But Lan Ze found him and asked him to sell the information to reporters.

Neo understood his younger brother. When he was little, Lan Ze was soft-hearted and simple-minded. He couldn't bear to punish even the servants when they did something wrong. He didn't understand why his father wanted him to inherit the business, and he refused to accept it. So when Lan Ze proposed his exchange terms, Neo didn't take Lan Ze seriously at all.

But it was this kind brother who revealed his hiding place to the people of Liberi, making him run around day and night. In the end, Neo couldn't stand it anymore and had to compromise, asking Lan Ze to help him make a comeback in exchange for Qiao Suisui's medical records.

Hence the sudden revelations that followed, and he hadn't anticipated the research center's press conference following immediately after the revelations. It was all too coincidental. It seemed as if there was a mastermind behind the situation, quietly watching everything unfold as predicted.

Neo began to not understand Lan Ze.

"What on earth do you want to do? Zong Fang is not someone you can easily mess with. If you use him, aren't you afraid that it will backfire on you?"

Lan Ze smiled calmly and said, "If that day ever comes for me, I will be willing to do it for her. Besides, Zong Fang has too many uses."

Lan Ze's precocious intelligence, combined with his unique gifts and experiences, gave him a deeper understanding of human nature than others. Such people can become gods or demons with a single thought, and are extremely skilled at manipulating people's hearts. Gorba III, recognizing this in his youngest son, vigorously promoted him to the throne. While Neo possessed abilities, he was far inferior to him in this respect.

He told Zong Fang Qiao Su Su about the first spouse in order to kill two birds with one stone.

In his premonition, he saw Qiao Suisui and the rebel leader's son holding a marriage ceremony. The scene was very fragmentary and vague, and he could only infer the situation based on the few images he saw.

Lan Ze was so worried about this that he couldn't sleep. He even wrote a letter to her before leaving, just to let her know the other person's identity and let her make a careful choice. Falling in love with someone you shouldn't love without knowing it was a disaster for Lan Ze. He didn't want her to get hurt.

But as fate would have it, the letter was never delivered to her.

Lan Ze thought that this might be an opportunity given to him by God.

A chance for him to stand beside her with justification.

Of these men, Scorsese and Liberi were only beneficial to her, not threatening. Lan Ze would not touch them, only planning to mediate in the future. However, there was one person who had to be eliminated, and that was Anubis. However, Lan Ze was unwilling to do it himself, as this would make Sui Sui hate him, so he had to find a sharp "knife".

At the banquet, he planted a "demon in Zongfang's heart", telling him that Sui Sui's true love only belonged to one person, and that person was not him at all.

This man was incredibly capable, a rare talent, but his only flaw was his extreme ego. He wouldn't tolerate anyone else coveting what he had, not to mention his own intense possessiveness of Su Sui. What he couldn't have, no one else could. There was a fine line between genius and madness, and that line was Qiao Su Sui.

So Lan Ze set up a series of traps, one after another. He first made Zongfang mentally unstable, which led to the estrangement between the two. He also designed to make Qiao Susu mistakenly believe that Zongfang was forcing her to lock her up in Sote. During this period, he only needed to watch and let the conflict between the two ferment.

Zong Fang is like a jar of strong liquor. It feels addictive at first, but if she drinks it every day, no matter how much she likes it, she will definitely know that it is harmful to her. Not to mention, if she has a wound in her mouth, the strong liquor will only stimulate her pain more.

Lan Ze believed that Qiao Suisui would distance herself from Zong Fang after this incident, which Zong Fang could not accept. In addition, he told Zong Fang about the prophecy of the first spouse, and this man would definitely do something extreme. This not only made it impossible for him to win back Qiao Suisui, but also eliminated Anubis.

Neo was completely unaware of these twists and turns. He didn't think Lan Ze had any ability to strategize or understand people's hearts. He just said contemptuously, "Anyway, I've done what you asked me to do. Now it's time to tell me my conditions."

Lan Ze's smile became more harmless, and he said politely: "Of course. Big brother, I already have a plan to help you make a comeback."

Neo looked serious and asked, "What is it?"

"Come here, no one can hear this."

Neo approached, leaning slightly forward, and listened to Lan Ze say, "Brother, I actually predicted your end. In the end, the people of Liberi chopped off your legs with swords and your body was thrown into the desolate planet."

“Huh!”

Neo suddenly grabbed Lan Ze's forearm and looked down in disbelief, only to find that he was holding a golden dagger. The dagger pierced directly into his chest, and blood bloomed on his clothes like flowers.

"you"

Lan Ze continued smiling, his expression unchanged, "I think this ending is too tragic. How about I change it for you? Big brother, don't worry. I will bury you and father together."

The young man drew his sword, and the tall man fell to his knees, eyes wide open, and took his last breath unwillingly.

Lan Ze took out a handkerchief and wiped the dagger. His blue eyes were like the sea, quiet and innocent.

He slowly raised his head, closed his eyes, and activated his talent. His mind seemed to shuttle through tens of thousands of scenes, finally stopping at one.

The environment in the picture seems to be a corridor of a school dormitory, and the door number 702 is splattered with blood.

Lan Ze smiled, then opened his eyes and murmured to himself: "It's almost time, she needs me by her side."

(End of this chapter)