"I've already broken your hands..."
Si Beiting bent down to meet Jack's gaze, a gentle smile on his face: "Didn't you realize... you feel no pain at all?"
Jack saw his own bewildered face reflected in Si Beiting's eyes.
Did you see a circus performance when you were a child?
Si Beiting changed the subject, saying, "A wide and deep water channel will be dug around the circus stage, and high-voltage wire mesh will be wrapped around it. Whenever a wild animal is put in, it will be electrified."
"The servants would stand at the entrance with long whips..."
"If the beast doesn't obey and doesn't perform properly, a brutal torture will leave it severely injured, if not dead..."
Si Beiting turned off the lights and pulled down the curtains: "Look, isn't this exactly the same situation as yours right now?"
Jack instinctively looked outside and saw that the area around what was originally flat ground had a long, sunken depression.
If you listen closely, you can also hear the sound of water.
Do the high-voltage iron rings surrounding it spark?
Further out, the city lord's personal guards were on watch.
"See that? The dark cannon barrel is pointed right at this room..." Si Beiting's voice was like a ghost in the silent night, "If you make the slightest move, the city lord's cannon fire will destroy this place along with you."
“You’re lying to me!” Jack managed to squeeze out the words.
"Lie to you? Do you think I have the ability to cause all this trouble for the city lord?" Si Beiting looked at Jack with pity. "You've been abandoned by your city lord."
Jack's sharp gaze swept over Si Beiting: "The city lord must have his reasons for doing this. Stop trying to sow discord here."
"What a good dog."
Say what you want.
In the darkness, two pairs of green eyes faced off sharply.
After a while, the bell rang.
Si Beiting glanced at the time; it was very late, and Chu Xinxin was probably asleep. "Fine, I have time now. Let you die knowing the truth."
He cleared his throat: "Jack, do you know why the city lord is so lenient with you...?"
Because the city lord needs a sharp sword, a very obedient sword.
If there are dissenting voices regarding the city lord's decisions, he doesn't need to put in much effort; his sword will behead the dissenters—simple, brutal, but effective.
The residents of the base wouldn't think it was the city lord's fault; it must be Jack, who was violent and cruel.
"If you eliminate dissidents for the city lord and take on all the bad reputation for him, he will certainly protect you."
Si Beiting said.
Jack sneered, "The city lord saved my life, I did it willingly!"
"What if I told you that the person who saved you was also the one who ruined you?"
"What do you mean?"
“The literal meaning.” Si Beiting opened his smart device and showed Jack a video: “The city lord covets your superpowers, but your parents are both alive, how could you possibly stay with him at ease… So, he orchestrated an accident for your parents…”
Jack's superpower is "amplification".
Support-type superpowers.
It can amplify other people's superpowers and also amplify various human emotions.
Jack's parents would take him with them when they went to the frontier, but only to the two or three safest frontiers.
There are very few supplies there, but there are also very few zombies. They go out once a month, which is barely enough to support their family of three.
The city lord saw an opportunity and deliberately led a zombie horde to his parents during a trip to the reclamation area.
After his parents fell one after another, the city lord finally arrived and rescued Jack.
"See? He's been standing not far away, watching..."
“Even if your parents got hurt, you would still risk your life for him. But he just wants to keep you by his side completely, to be at his beck and call…”
"Did you see that? Your parents were torn apart by zombies, he turned you into the very thing you hate most, and now you're forced to work for him..."
The video played over and over again, Jack's eyes wide open, unwilling to miss a single moment.
The hands and feet, which had already lost all feeling, were now unusually cold.
After a long while, he asked in his hoarse, barely audible voice, "What do you want me to do?"
Si Beiting said in a light tone, "Go to hell."
Jack's face was deathly pale: "You've told me all this just to kill me?"
"Of course I wish you were dead right now..." Si Beiting shrugged, "But what can I do? I'm an obedient and good man."
Before coming, Chu Xinxin said that if Jack couldn't cooperate, she should just cut him off.
If they're willing to cooperate, then let him investigate "Uganda".
Jack heard the two words and they sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place them.
"Take your time thinking about it, I'm going to sleep now."
Before you go to sleep, will you untie me first?
"I forgot, I'm sorry."
......
The next day, when Jack came out of the room, those things outside had been carefully hidden.
Jack looked around and could still make out some clues.
For example, he glanced at the city lord's guards with a half-closed look.
"Jack!"
A voice filled with anger rang out.
Jack turned around and saw Wei Yan rushing over imposingly: "Where's Professor Chu!"
"What's it to you?"
Jack didn't take him seriously at all and turned to leave.
"I'll find it myself!" Wei Yan rushed straight in.
A flash of murderous intent crossed Jack's eyes; he wanted to knock the man unconscious.
The moment he raised his hand, his guards jumped out in alarm to stop him: "Lieutenant General Jack, the city lord is looking for you."
The location of the guard post subtly forms an encirclement.
Jack's face darkened: "Step back!"
None of the guards moved.
"Lieutenant General Jack, you go find the city lord first. We'll keep watch here and won't let anyone get close."
Jack's forehead veins bulged, clearly on the verge of exploding in rage.
When Wei Yan saw that someone was blocking him, he still wanted to go in. Jack couldn't bear it any longer and was about to make a move when the city lord arrived.
"Jack," the city lord said, his expression still dignified yet kind, "come with me."
This time, it was Jack's turn to stay still.
“That person might not be dead yet, and Professor Chu has a connection with him, which is why they are a bit nervous,” the city lord explained.
"Lord of the city, I hope that outsiders will not concern themselves too much with my affairs with Professor Chu."
As Jack spoke, he glanced at Wei Yan.
“How could it be just some random person…” The city lord smiled. “Wei Yan and Professor Chu are both teacher and friend. Wei Yan, go and invite Professor Chu out.”
Wei Yan immediately ran inside.
Looking into Jack's fierce eyes, the city lord said slowly, "Wei Yan likes Professor Chu. If he wants to see him, let him see him. We'll eventually make him give up."
Jack must have tormented Chu Xinxin terribly last night, given how much he hates her.
When Wei Yan saw the man who looked like a rag doll, his mind might just give up.
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