Chapter 52: Idiot or Monster?
In the dimly lit, narrow cellar-like room, there were seven or eight people sitting around a round table.
Each of these people was wearing a hooded cloak and had a scarf covering their face. When they talked in a low voice, it seemed as if members of some dark organization were meeting to discuss some evil plan.
But in fact, they think they are righteous, and the current attire is just to isolate themselves from any traces that may expose clues.
"Will it work?"
The whispering sounded like the chirping of mice.
"In theory, there should be no problem."
"Even if there is no problem, the butler has so many official duties that he can't hand them over in a short time, right?"
"If they really want to deal with him, will the royal family still care whether he is handed over or not?"
"What do you know? The royal family will not sacrifice its own interests for a discarded child..."
"So, we have to watch him act arrogantly for a while?"
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"You are still too weak. If you had listened to me at the time, you wouldn't have to worry about whether a butler would step down smoothly."
"Yeah, what's wrong with bringing in external forces? The rebels can use boys to threaten the royal family, so why can't those outsiders who are eyeing the quota do the same?"
"Isn't this treason? Only you two lunatics would want to do this."
"The royal family will be outraged..."
The sounds of people whispering were fragmented but continuous, but in fact they were all nonsense.
When people are in pain, they inevitably talk nonsense.
These people are not young anymore, but inside this secret room, they are like teenagers waiting for their test results to come out, feeling restless and anxious.
Bishop Norman was one of these people at this time.
But he did not take part in the discussion. Instead, he sat there silently, motionless, listening to everything that people around him said.
The move has already been made, there is no point in saying anything.
It depends on what the next result is.
Andy wrote a lot of methods for him at that time, and many people from various fields could be mobilized.
He used these things to unite the group of extraordinary people around him who had a deep grudge against the butler.
But even though there was a consensus to get rid of the butler, disagreements were inevitable after everyone got together.
What means are mainly used?
In extreme cases, they hope to attract external forces to participate, so that the York royal family as a whole will feel pressure and the butler's resignation will be inevitable.
But the moderates were very opposed to this plan because it would anger the royal family and then lead to a severe investigation into who brought in outsiders.
In this way, the risks faced by these conspirators will be great...
The moderates were clearly the majority, so the final plan became to uncover those acts of the butler that were overtly or covertly against the royal family and inconsistent with the interests of the royal family.
Then let the royal family take the initiative to dismiss the butler.
This plan has another benefit, which is that there is no need to dig up dirt on the housekeeper at the last minute.
The housekeeper's enemies had actually been paying attention to these things a long time ago, but they had been a scattered group in the past, with no one to bring them together. They also didn't have the courage to act alone, so they couldn't accomplish anything big.
Now we follow Andy's method, reintegrate the information, and conduct a careful investigation in some special aspects.
Everyone thought that this method should be fine - with Andy's list, they didn't even have to worry about finding a channel to submit the reporting materials anonymously.
However, in order to avoid any mistakes, they also submitted Andy's life experience as an attachment to this plan.
But will these two preparations work? Everyone thinks they can.
But while waiting for the results, they still felt uneasy.
There was no way. This matter was too important to them. The existence of the butler was even a lifelong enemy in the minds of some people.
It can be said that today is the most important day in the lives of most of them! Bishop Norman was also a little nervous.
Although I am old, I have experienced a lot.
But he always puts safety first, and he has never done such a thing as challenging the powerful before.
Or rather, it has not been done to this extent.
But this feeling is just an instinctive reaction.
Intellectually, no matter how he thought about it, he didn't think there was any possibility of failure.
The "report" method used may not necessarily do anything to the butler, but Andy's incident will definitely make him step down completely! "By then, those rebels will also suffer heavy casualties..."
In order to ease his uneasy mood, the old bishop decided to divert his attention and think about other things.
If the rebels and Andy were of the same mind, he actually didn't intend to use Andy's background to attack the housekeeper.
But the two sides are obviously in a hostile relationship, so he won't be polite -
The rebel organization plans to use Andy to threaten the housekeeper and act as a go-between for them. The purpose is not only to make it easier for them to get in touch with the royal family, but also to act as a buffer.
After all, the butler is very familiar with the royal family. He can reveal the rebel's threat of a deal at the most appropriate time, by finding the most suitable person, and using the words that will least anger the royal family.
And if there is no butler as a buffer, what will happen if the news directly reaches the hands of the royal family members? They will be furious and will inevitably launch a large-scale investigation, and will not stop until the rebels are wiped out! This reaction is actually no different from the butler's reaction after facing threats.
But the search force and intensity that a butler can mobilize is far different from that of the royal family itself!
The butler's investigation might not do anything to the rebels, but if the royal family targeted the rebel gang at this time...
Thinking of the brutal blow those guys were about to suffer, a relieved smile appeared on the old bishop's face.
"This way, Andy should be able to vent his anger, right?"
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The results of the event are constantly being produced as time goes by.
But on the surface, the current York Republic is still peaceful.
Generally speaking, York is extremely dry and hot in the summer.
When faced with the scorching heat, people try every possible means to protect themselves.
But this is not the case everywhere.
No matter how strong the sunlight is or how fierce the heat is, it is difficult for them to reach a territory.
That is the sea.
Or, the seabed—
Under the bright sunshine, the sea area somewhere near the North African land plate is calm and nothing can be seen from the surface of the deep ocean.
But if someone could dive to the deepest part of this sea.
Then you will find that there is a luxurious and bright building complex under the sea!
The style of the buildings does not match the desert country, but has a more European feel.
Rows of villas are located at the bottom of the deep sea where no one can reach, like a wonderful underwater town.
There is an invisible force that keeps the heavy sea water out.
The various ferocious fish that swam and hunted in the water became the objects of entertainment for the townspeople.
But the so-called townspeople are actually just “spectacles”.
Or rather, it is the plaything of the town's only owner...
At this moment, somewhere in the town, in the bedroom on the second floor of a white villa, the following conversation was taking place.
"Don't make trouble, Andrea. My husband will be home from get off work soon. It would be bad if he found out..."
"But my love for you is so strong that it is about to burst out! Selina, I can't bear to be separated from you for even a second..."
"But, but you already have a wife?"
"Yes, but I have never loved her, and our union was not based on love at all... Selina, you have to believe me, I haven't touched that disgusting woman for half a month!"
"real?"
The sudden rise in her voice seemed to prove that the villa hostess was extremely surprised.
The man named Andre who said those sweet words was very handsome and had an extraordinary bearing, enough to make most young girls fall in love with him at first sight.
However, considering that the hostess is a "giant" with a very fat appearance, slit eyes, and belly fat hanging down to her knees.
This scene seems very strange.
What was even more strange was that the handsome man named Andre had real affection in his eyes.
It was as if what he saw was not an ugly fat woman, but a peerless beauty...
The tug of war between the two continued.
The moved hostess then recounted her past love story with her husband, and was very worried about the future of fooling around with her lover.
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The handsome man Andre was very brave and decisive. He was unwilling to leave no matter what, regardless of any obstacles. He even wanted to pull the giantess away from here, away from this place bound by worldly rules, and elope together!
All in all, the scene was like a third-rate drama, both melodramatic and boring.
But the two people in the play are still enjoying it, procrastinating for a long time and showing no intention of ending.
Until a strange black bird like a shrike appeared outside the window and pecked at the glass a few times with its beak.
The giantess was stunned at this, and then her hands holding her lover's face couldn't help but shrink.
The handsome man, who was becoming more and more excited and showing more and more love, suddenly had a dull look in his eyes and then walked downstairs mechanically with stiff hands and feet, looking very strange.
"I seduced him for three months!"
The giantess stared at the strange bird outside the window in annoyance, "I was about to succeed in making him betray his marriage, but you come here to mess things up?"
"If it's nothing urgent, watch out for your bird head!"
"It's news about Butler Weaver, Second Master."
The Shrike made a solemn and rigid sound, like an old scholar.
"After a meeting and discussion, we think it's necessary for you to take a look."
"Weaver?"
The female giant who was called the Second Young Lady calmed down a little after hearing this, but she didn't take it seriously.
"He's been making a lot of noise lately, but what can possibly happen?"
The shrike didn't say anything. After the window was opened by an invisible force, it flew in directly and dropped a "newspaper" in its claws on the sofa in the living room.
The second young master who was sitting next to him picked it up and took a look. His eyes narrowed even more and he muttered to himself.
"Searching boys and girls from the slums and training them as slaves? I asked him to do this, but which idiot came to me to complain?"
"Murdering Richard of the Ort family? Oh, I've always disliked that fat pig. Weaver did the right thing..."
"For personal hobbies, imprisoning an island artist for years to draw tentacle comics?"
"Can you even talk about this?"
"Isn't anyone targeting me?"
The information was very long and the Second Young Master kept reading it. At first he didn't take it seriously and kept muttering to himself, even finding it very interesting.
But gradually, when he saw more and more butlers, and even their subordinates, relying on the royal authority to abuse their power for personal gain, acting recklessly, and even daring to imprison a woman who was a distant relative of the royal family as a tool for sexual gratification, the casual expression on his face slowly disappeared.
Although he had never even heard of this relative, the relationship was so complicated that he didn't know how far away he was.
However, this act of "rebellion against superiors" still made his eyes become gloomy.
So when he read the following information, his mood changed quietly.
It went from not caring to being critical and displeased, and the anger accumulated as a result.
Page after page, the stupid and bad things that the butler and his subordinates had done over the years, things that were against the interests of the royal family, there were simply too many! And this accumulating anger completely erupted when he saw the last piece of information in the intelligence.
"Privately amassing wealth and purchasing a large number of properties abroad?"
The second young master flew into a rage and slammed the information in his hand onto the table.
"That damn Weaver! He took advantage of my power to collect his wealth? And he even wanted to run away?"
"Damn it, a servant wants to be richer than me, his master?!"
This is of course an exaggeration.
However, the data recorded in the newspaper are very detailed and clearly prove how huge the wealth amassed by the old butler over the years is.
Although it is not uncommon to hear about housekeepers making money, but considering that dogs must be fed with dog food, the second young master turns a blind eye to it.
However, at this moment, the precise and detailed data integrated those properties together, like a mountain of gold suddenly emerging from the soil. The instantaneous impact was so strong that it made him greedy.
Coupled with the anger that had arisen earlier, a decision came naturally.
"Search the house!"
"Send someone to raid his house for me!"
The giantess seemed to be roaring at the Shrike in anger, as if the butler had committed a heinous crime.
"Don't leave him a penny! Send someone to sell all those properties!"
"Oh, yes."
He then changed the subject, his anger subsided a lot, "Since he has served us for so many years, let's keep his life, and then drive him away and let him fend for himself."
The black shrike nodded when he heard this, then flapped its wings and left the house.
As a result, the old butler, who had been dominating the area around York Harbor for many years and had a strong deterrent effect on people, lost his power so easily.
If Norman's group of anxious conspirators knew how simple this was, they would probably find it hard to believe and think they were dreaming.
The second young master, who caused all this, did not take it seriously at all after the Shrike left.
The anger on his face also disappeared.
He stood up and walked towards the open-air swimming pool behind the villa, rubbing his hands with an impatient smile on his face.
As he walked, the fat on his body that seemed like a burden quickly tightened, and a large number of pustules swelled up on his back.
By the time he pushed open the back door of the villa, the pustules had already burst open, revealing black tentacles dripping with sticky liquid!
"Here I come, little darlings!"
The delicate and soft female voice inexplicably became as rough as that of a big man.
Hearing these cheerful words, a group of girls who were playing in the water in the swimming pool couldn't help but be "horrified", and then they playfully dodged the black tentacles that were reaching out from the air.
The scene was extremely weird and absurd, just like a real island cartoon reflected in reality!
However, this process also did not last long and came to an abrupt end.
Another shrike.
Only, this is only white.
The information it brought about Andy's life experience made the second young master, who was already very angry because his interest was spoiled, suddenly turn pale.
Then he roared angrily again, "Damn Weaver! He made such a big mistake!"
"Dare to implicate me?"
"Fuck you, I want you to die!"
This time he was obviously really angry, his voice was loud and violent, and the sound waves caused the water in the swimming pool to turbulent! Those favored girls who were still laughing and playing coquettishly before, under such rage, did not dare to make any other moves, they could only hug each other, trembling with pale faces.
Looking at the tall, bare-headed giant by the swimming pool, their eyes were filled with fear, as if they were facing a dark monster that was about to eat people!
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