Chapter 84, Is this the CPU?
Gu Hang's attitude when he spoke was very sincere, as if he was not talking to a prisoner.
However, what he said was so cold.
More importantly, Bradford believed every word Gu Hang said.
He was fully aware that the Governor would not bother to deceive him.
His mind was spinning rapidly, the pressure of death pressing on him.
"You can't keep me waiting too long. This night is long, but I have more things to do. I don't have time to waste on you."
Gu Hang's words rang out again, an absolute death warrant.
Bradford had never felt that his mind worked so fast in his life. His ideas were not yet perfect, and his thoughts were not yet detailed, but he could only speak immediately: "I have been a member of the Alliance for four years. I am familiar with many businessmen in Renaissance City and even outside Renaissance City. I know a lot of information!"
"Very good, this is one." Gu Hang said, "But it's not enough. Your will is not strong enough. You can't stand the torture, and you will tell everything in the end. There is still some time before the public trial and execution meeting. It's enough time for us to pry out everything we want to know from you, and it won't hinder us from executing you in the end. This way, we can make the best use of you."
The Governor's smiling words made Bradford shudder. Make the best use of people... is that what you mean? Really "use" them?
Sometimes he really wished the Governor wouldn't be so honest. He was not used to such frank conversations and felt very scared.
But he could only bite the bullet and give another reason: "After the Great Purge...it is hard to guarantee the quality of the administrative personnel you promote, and it will be difficult for them to carry out their work. I have built my career from scratch and have achieved what I have today. I am very capable. I will be loyal to you and do everything you want for you without any regrets!"
"It's a valuable proposal, but leaving behind an old congressman will make the deterrent effect of the Great Purge and the public trial that exposes the crimes flawed. Your personal ability is not enough to make up for the loss."
After a pause, Gu Hang continued, "Bradford, I am a little disappointed with your performance. I thought you were a smart man and would understand that neither intelligence nor service can save your life, but you still put forward those two reasons, which makes me doubt whether it is worthwhile for me to spend time listening to your reasons. I don't have much time left, and you don't have much time left either."
As he communicated with Gu Hang, Bradford felt the fear and despair accumulating in his heart getting deeper and deeper. The words and attitude of the Governor were like a pair of big hands, grasping his heart, and tightening during the conversation.
He felt like he was almost suffocating, and his mind was about to be crushed by the horror of death.
But at this point, he was finally able to give up everything.
Gu Hang was always very frank. He spoke about the Great Purge and the subsequent plans without reservation. And I, perhaps, needed to speak out all my thoughts and ideas more frankly.
"I am a channel merchant. My roots are not only in Fuxing City, but also spread all over the place. I have acquaintances in every city-state in the eastern province with a population of more than 200,000. The manor owners in the southern Qinggu area are very friendly with me. If Wohan wants to engage in grain trade, he has to communicate with the manor owners through me. The Oasis Kingdom in the western wilderness and the Blackbird Heavy Industry Group further west have a trade route that I painstakingly built. It is a rare heavy industrial core in the entire Angry Owl Star..."
"My connections, the trade routes I have established, and the many people I have placed along these routes are my greatest wealth. But they are intangible and will disappear with my death. Even if I want to give them to you, I cannot do so if I die. You can use torture to make me reveal all my contacts, contact information, and even the other party's personality and experience, but their trust in me cannot be replaced by anyone you send. If I die, they will be like raindrops falling into the sea, and they will never be found again."
"You are worried that if I don't die, the public trial will be flawed. But I am willing to be your tainted witness and testify against the crimes of every member of the parliament according to your needs. There are many things that you don't even need to make up or list. I know a lot of them are true."
"Being a liaison officer, diplomat, trade representative, intelligence officer... these are all irreplaceable values of my life. But you must still have doubts. I have so many connections in the outside world. Once I am free, it will be easy for me to escape. For this reason, I am willing to move all my family members outside to live in Fuxing City. I am willing to bring your most loyal guards with me when I am out, so that they can monitor and execute me at any time. If you have any periodic poisons or antidotes, I am willing to accept them."
"Of course, all of this may not be guaranteed. I may cruelly abandon my family, my loyal guards may be murdered by me outside, and the poison may be cured by someone outside... But this is the risk."
At this point, Bradford gritted his teeth and said something that he thought was too bold in retrospect: "You are testing whether I am smart enough and honest enough, and I gave you an answer; now it depends on you, Governor, whether you have enough courage to take the risk?"
"Do you have confidence that the great work you will do in the future will make me sincerely worship you from the bottom of my heart and refuse to defect?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Gu Hang laughed and patted Bradford on the shoulder, not taking offense at the last slightly provocative words: "I now think you are indeed a smart man. It is obvious that I have great confidence in myself. Just do as you say. I hope you will not let me down. I also hope that you can see the day when the great cause comes true and become a part of it, rather than falling halfway."
Bradford knew he had passed.
But he unexpectedly didn't feel much joy in his heart.
He was in a very strange mood at the moment.
Feeling thankful for surviving the disaster? Of course, but she also had some special feelings towards Gu Hang.
It was a mixture of a little hatred, a lot of fear, a little admiration, a little respect... and a little hope that he himself could hardly detect.
He remembered Gu Hang’s declaration on the first day he arrived on the surface.
He said he wanted to rebuild the entire wasteland world and let everyone who submitted to him live a good life.
This Governor Gu seems to be different from every governor in the past.
At first glance, his declaration sounds like empty talk, but upon closer inspection, does he really have the ability to do it?
If he succeeds, will his future prospects be worse than being a coalition councillor or a channel businessman?
Thinking of this, Bradford suddenly realized: Eh? Am I being CPUed?
(End of this chapter)
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