Chapter 35 If You Dare to Escape

What am I thinking?

After hearing this question, Lan Tang's mind went blank for a moment. He even thought that there was something wrong with his ability to grasp the key points.

But Ace didn't give him the time and opportunity to think about it. His voice was filled with anger and confusion: "When you executed this plan, Chuuya was not your partner yet. I won't blame you for this. But Lantang, in your plan, did those subordinates you took to Raibo Street have to be sacrificed? They went with you to carry out the mission because they trusted you! When you betrayed them, didn't you have any hesitation and struggle? Have you ever felt sad and regretful for their death!?"

He couldn't help but take a step forward, holding on to the bed with both hands. If it weren't for the fact that Lan Tang was still a seriously injured patient, he would have grabbed his collar and pulled him up.

"You bastard, what do you think of your companions!?"

Lan Tang's mouth opened and closed slightly, staring at him in amazement, unable to speak.

Actually, Ace had a point. The subordinates he initially brought to Raybo Street did not have to sacrifice themselves. As a cadre, his own serious injury could attract the Port Mafia's attention as quickly as possible. The Port Mafia would definitely make a big move to investigate the matter, and the bigger the move, the more likely it would lead to the discovery of "Arabato" hiding in Raybo Street.

With the resurrection of the previous leader as the focus, the attention of the port mafia will inevitably be drawn to this matter. As an additional rumor, the previous leader has obtained the power of Arahato and returned for revenge. In the eyes of others, it is likely to be seen as a gimmick to cause panic, but "Arahato" itself will be attracted by this rumor that seems to be a gimmick.

This plan can be said to be the most efficient, but when the strongest person himself is seriously injured and loses consciousness, the others who followed him are still alive, which makes him look very suspicious.

Moreover, as an "eyewitness", of course he is the only one who can guarantee that his testimony will not conflict with that of others. In this way, no matter what he says, others will have to believe him because he is the only source of information. Even if what he says does not match the true situation, he can easily find an excuse that cannot be refuted. After all, everyone else who was present at the time is dead.

As a spy, there is nothing wrong with him doing this, but it is undeniable that this plan is not the only feasible course of action.

"The previous leader's resurrection" is the effect of his hidden supernatural power. With this as a lead, he attracted the attention of the Port Mafia, and then attracted the Port Mafia's investigation, so that the rumor that the previous leader was resurrected by the power of Arahato spread, leading to the real Arahato - this is the core of the plan. However, if he did not use his own serious injury as a lead at the beginning, but let the "previous leader" move around in Raybo Street for a period of time to naturally attract attention, there would be no such sacrifice, and at most it would only be a little slower in time.

Although the previous leader was violent and cruel in his old age, and even a little crazy, he was relatively normal in his early years. He could have let the "previous leader" target Mori Owl, thus avoiding a lot of unnecessary deaths and not causing people to suspect that there was something wrong with the previous leader.

Or he was just too impatient.

He glanced at the leader's angry and puzzled face and sighed inwardly.

If he knew that it was his behavior of showing kindness and closeness that led him to use a more radical plan, the leader's new personality would probably blame himself.

Lan Tang did not want to explain, nor was there anything to explain. Everything was just as the other party had questioned. When he decided to implement the plan, he did not consider those things at all. He only wanted to complete the task assigned to him by the country as soon as possible, and had no time to consider other things.

He suddenly remembered his assistant who used to bring him coffee before work in the afternoon. However, he was killed by the previous leader's attack because he took the initiative to take the responsibility of cutting off the consequences during the previous leader's revenge incident.

Strictly speaking, the "resurrected previous leader" is not really resurrected, but he stole the remains of the previous leader and hid them in the space of the superpower, making the corpse "resurrected" and possessing his own consciousness. But in the final analysis, it is just the effect of the superpower, not a real resurrection. Once the owner of the superpower dies, the previous leader will naturally turn into a corpse again.

So, in a sense, it can be said that he killed those subordinates with his own hands.

He had been restraining himself from recalling their faces and the time he had spent with them, so that he could harden his heart and carry out his plan calmly and ruthlessly.

Seeing him so silent, Ace couldn't help but raise his voice a little: "Speak!"

Because the leader had come, the area around the ward had been cleared and no one dared to come over and eavesdrop on their conversation.

"…I…I'm sorry…"

In the end, this was the only sentence that was spoken.

Everything he did was indefensible.

"I'm not the one you should apologize to." Ace's face turned cold. "The only thing I won't forgive you for is killing your companions. I won't forgive you on behalf of your dead companions either."

Lan Tang: “…”

"Those who died in this incident, those who have no relatives, their ashes are all in the cemetery owned by the organization. Some of those whose ashes could not be found have also been buried in cenotaphs. The bodies of others have been handed over to their families... When you are able to stand up, I will take you to kneel down and confess to them one by one. If you dare to run away..." Ace stared at him with cold eyes, "I will definitely kill you with my own hands."

Lan Tang was stunned and looked at him in surprise, "Aren't you going to kill me?"

"Didn't you die once?" Ace stood up. "Here, you almost didn't survive."

Lan Tang: “…”

Ace turned his back to him and walked towards the door while saying, "The Port Mafia will not leave behind someone who killed their comrades. After you go and apologize to them, the Port Mafia will expel you, and all your assets will be used to compensate your comrades who died in this incident."

Mori Ougai: […? ? ]

Wait? You finally managed to rescue a Transcendent, but instead of squeezing out his usefulness, you're planning to let him go! ?

The door of the ward was closed, but Lan Tang's gaze still remained in the direction of the door. After a long time, he sighed deeply.

…

Ace came out of the bar. He wanted to order the strongest drink and drink it to his heart's content, but the reason that he couldn't drink alcohol due to stomach disease stopped him.

Now they are sitting on the rooftop of the port mafia building to enjoy the fresh air.

Mori Ogai still couldn't understand Ace's actions. He looked down at him and taught him rationally and coldly: "Since you have rescued Lan Tang, you should have taken the opportunity to recruit him to work for the Port Mafia in the future. He is a powerful Transcendent. If he cannot be used by the Port Mafia, you should have killed him."

As long as they are valuable enough, even betrayal can be manipulated. In the past, Ozaki Momiji also defected from the Port Mafia, and was finally caught by the Port Mafia. However, because she is a powerful killing-type psychic, the previous leader still continued to use her. Now she has become a cadre of the Port Mafia.

But if we don't recruit him and don't kill him, if one day he becomes an enemy of the port mafia, it will be a serious threat.

"I don't want it." Ace retorted quickly and decisively.

This was the first time that Ace rejected Mori Ougai in such a tough and willful tone. In the past, he would listen to Mori Ougai and act accordingly. Even if he didn't want to agree, he would just laugh it off and pretend he didn't hear it.

"I will not allow someone who has killed a comrade to remain in the organization. This is a betrayal of the dead comrades."

He was sitting on the edge of the rooftop. This landmark building was the tallest in the entire Yokohama. The strong wind from the tall building blew his hair upside down, and the hems of the black windbreaker that was cushioned under his body were also blown high up by the wind.

His expression was serious and earnest, and his tone of voice carried an unquestionable tone.

Mori Ogai finally felt the reality that the soul that entered his body was not just a stupid person with super strong action and nonsensical behavior, but a pirate captain who had killed decisively.

But it was precisely this that gave him a headache, because he was too determined.

People who have their own principles and are too determined are always hard to deal with, but Moriogai doesn't think this is a difficult thing for him. Force, threaten, induce... or do all of them at once, there is always a way to make people bow their heads, but Ace's situation is different.

Firstly, he was in his own body, and the only means that could work against him were verbal inducements; secondly, he was a ghost from another world, who didn't care about life and death and had no weaknesses, which made it impossible for Mori Ou to start.

But seduction didn't work on Ace either.

Seduction usually involves using circuitous words to direct the attention of the person being seduced to another level, leading his or her thoughts to follow the person, and then using sophistry to bring the person back, causing the person to be involuntarily led by the nose by the seducer.

But Ace couldn't understand complicated words, and he was stubborn in his insistence from beginning to end, which made it impossible for Moriou to use any words other than that.

If he were to leave Ace behind and recruit the person, Ace would definitely kick him out the next day. He couldn't just fight with Ace and kick him out every day, right? He had clearly seen that Lan Tang's attitude had softened, and there was a chance to keep him in the Port Mafia, but Ace was determined to kick him out!

Why?

Why does this guy have the ability to influence others?

The goal was clearly within sight, but he couldn't take the last step. Sen Ou Wai felt heartbroken! If he had achieved this step, he could have easily taken Lan Tang over and kept her!

He sighed quietly.

Forget it. If enemies come, we will fight them with soldiers; if water comes, we will block it with earth. Let’s talk about it later.