Chapter 9
After a moment of silence, the Middle Ages flashed through Shen Jian's mind like a reverse mirror. This time travel finally slowly stopped on the Spark Plan like a locked camera.
He chuckled softly, and suddenly found that he also had a bit of evil taste. He watched silently as Zi Su's leader sweated profusely, and finally couldn't hold on any longer, leaning decadently against the door panel.
Suddenly, several subordinates who were sitting couldn't help but turned their heads with a slightly larger amplitude, subconsciously looking at Shen Jian whose emotions were leaking out.
Shen Jian's eyes were now very calm, and he had long since lost the anxious panic he had when he first faced his subordinates.
Before this, he had already felt that several of his subordinates who were sensitive to emotions would secretly glance at him, but he didn't care too much. The original owner was indeed the type who could conceal his emotions very well.
Even though the original owner and he had many similarities, there were always one or two differences. Just like two twin lines that were entangled in different directions, they would have slightly distinguishable characteristics because of their different directions.
He has already made up his mind. To completely replace the original owner who dared to attack him, then step by step he will replace the original owner's behavior, gently corrode the nerves of his subordinates, distort and reshape the subordinates and the Wuyan Tower that were shaped by the original owner, and transform it into a Wuyan Tower that suits him. Isn't that the right thing to do?
Shen Jian thought that he had no reason to care about his subordinates’ feelings.
Isn’t it the subordinate’s job to adapt to changes in their leaders?
The now evolved leader of the trash knocked on the table, signaling everyone to shift their attention to the thin black paper on the table, and then he stood up and tried to take it.
"Most of those civilians volunteered, and the rest were taken over by the Middle Ages. Even many civilians were first found as experimental partners..." Bai Rui didn't know what he had misunderstood, and his breathing became rapid. Looking at Shen Jian's actions, he almost blurted out urgently, "You should be able to investigate...!!"
“When did I say they weren’t doing this voluntarily?” Shen Jian leaned over to pick up the paper and walked to Bai Rui.
The subordinate closest to the door stood up at some point, followed Shen Jian silently, holding his sword in his hand, staring at Bai Rui coldly.
“I’ve known about this for a long time.” Shen Jian replied coldly.
The laboratory uses civilians for experiments, and the lower-class civilians actually have some vague knowledge of the situation.
Most of them are voluntary, that's right, but it's better to say that only a few are involuntary.
A life in exchange for the life of the whole family, there are many people in the slums who want to do such a deal. This is considered a gray business and is very common. However, there are also some families who are unwilling to accept the conditions after the conditions are set, and these people are forcibly taken away.
Shen Jian had handled such a case when he was still in the First Law Firm - but when he took on this commission and the materials were almost ready, the commission was withdrawn quietly but very naturally.
Shen Jian watched him sleep only nine hours in two weeks to collect the complete information. He just sighed, as if it was not his own effort, and burned the material that was as tall as a person, as if it was normal and indifferent.
As long as this case goes to court, he will definitely win.
But he was still young at that time, and thought that at least he could save the case. After all, the experimental organization was very small at that time, and it didn't even have enough authority to float, nor did it have much power to squander.
Staring at Bai Rui's trembling pupils, Shen Jian remembered the case he had fought that time...it seemed that the person was indeed called Zi Su.
It seems that he was indeed young at that time and did not understand that a small organization that dared to do such a thing must have a shadowy operator behind it.
Let's settle all the old and new grudges together. Shen Jian gently straightened Bai Rui's collar, carefully folded the black paper into a square piece, and stuffed it into Bai Rui's hands, who was soaked all over.
"Sir..." Bai Rui stammered, his fingers trembling, the collar of his clothes that had been tidied by Shen Jian seemed to be on fire, and the part that was close to the fabric felt pricking and stinging.
His eyes flashed with fear at the subordinates behind Shen Jian who were backlit, as if what was stuffed into his mouth was not a piece of paper, but a new type of explosive weapon. He didn't dare to move at all, for fear that a fist would trigger some kind of mechanism. Even though he knew that the explosion range should cover Shen Jian, what if?
What about the Wuyan Tower that has developed an explosive that can target a single human body?
In just three seconds, the sweat had soaked and softened the freshly held paper in his hand. He barely raised his head and looked at the obviously nonchalant Shen Jian.
Shen Jian came back to his senses and smiled slightly, “Don’t be afraid.”
"This is a list of weapons. I want you to present it to the banquet this afternoon..." Shen Jian thought he spoke softly, and was a little surprised why Bai Rui's face suddenly became dead silent, so he subconsciously stopped talking.
"What's wrong with you?" Shen Jian asked with a little concern.
Shiso's leader is a relatively important chess piece in his current plan, and now he needs to be carefully cared for.
"..." Bai Rui pulled the corner of his mouth, and suddenly there was a mocking feeling of false kindness in his heart, "Mr. Shen, do you want me to show the weapons list you sent to me separately at the banquet this afternoon?"
He had the illusion that he was about to die and was on the verge of calmness. "And then they would dismember and eat me?"
"Isn't it enough that I slaughtered for you alone?" He didn't have time to feel humiliated.
He followed the Middle Ages, and the Middle Ages threw him out. He accepted it. He misjudged his people, and this is the outcome of a loser-win situation.
The Tower of Wuyan is a mountain weighing down all organizations, but he is also their tacit godfather.
He was willing to be stabbed in front of the Wuyan Tower.
But, Wu Yan Tower wants to push him to the banquet in the afternoon... ? There are so many small organizations that will come to that banquet, he really wants him to disintegrate under the attack of those small organizations... ? ?
Bai Rui raised his head, trembling his lips and gritting his teeth, "If you want to kill me, then do it. Find someone else to do this."
He was not afraid anymore and stuffed the black paper back into Shen Jian's hands.
Shen Jian: ???
He almost doubted his own ears and subconsciously looked down at the paper in his hand.
No way? He actually heard a hint of...grievance in Zi Su's voice???
What is he aggrieved about?
Shen Jian was at a loss.
He slowly stood up from the position of looking at Bai Rui at eye level, thoughtfully walked past his subordinates who had started laughing at some point, and slowly sat down on the chair.
Bai Rui still seemed to be angry, with his head lowered and his fists clenched, obviously prepared to walk out of the room sideways.
Shen Jian continued to ponder, Shen Jian scanned the entire room, and Shen Jian stared expressionlessly at his subordinates who continued to laugh.
"What is Zi Su thinking about?" Shen Jian asked the long-haired subordinate who laughed the loudest, biting his lip in a low voice.
"How should I know that?" The subordinate's long hair drooped down, with a smile on his face, and he said confidently, "The leaders' conversations are not allowed to be interrupted by subordinates."
Shen Jian: “…”
When you were arguing with Bai Rui just now, I didn't see anything that said you couldn't interrupt.
Shen Jian closed his eyes in pain, and when he opened them again and looked at Bai Rui, his eyes were much gentler, "Mr. Bai, we are just discussing the Middle Ages' view of you. I won't pursue you for anything else."
Those things were all manipulated by the Middle Ages behind the scenes. Even if Purple Su didn't take over, Blue Su, Pink Su, and Colorful Su would do it.
Shen Jian knew that destroying the laboratory of Zisu's second core was selfish. The upper class had no punishment procedures and regulations for any mistakes. Assuming Shen Jian wanted to investigate to the end, the only way to go was to start a war now and completely break the peace.
Bai Rui was startled, and instantly understood what Shen Jian meant, "Give the weapons list to the Middle Ages...? You want to sell a separate weapon to the Middle Ages?"
Shen Jian said nothing, and handed the small square piece to his subordinate, who stood up and handed it to Bai Rui.
"You've got it this time, Mr. Bai Rui." The subordinate's soft voice sounded briskly. After delivering the task, he turned around without staying for long.
Bai Rui observed Shen Jian's calm expression in panic, lowered his head and looked at the card quietly for a while, then suddenly looked up at Shen Jian, and an idea came to his mind, "...The list of weapons for the Middle Ages is this piece of paper?"
Shen Jian raised an eyebrow, “Hmm?”
"The weapons list for the afternoon banquet is on another piece of paper?"
Shen Jian’s smile became real, “Hmm.”
"And Zi Su, in the private hall of the Wu Yan Tower, paid the price of destroying everything except the core laboratory in exchange for Zi Su's continued survival... and then received a task full of evil taste from the leader of the Wu Yan Tower..."
"I will take this list to find the medieval times that were unable to attend the banquet..."
It's not just on the surface.
The leader of the Wuyan Tower was forcing him to choose between the Wuyan Tower and the Middle Ages. If he really took the list and found the Middle Ages for the Wuyan Tower, then it would mean...
Bai Rui smiled bitterly.
"I don't have a bad taste, do I?" Shen Jian frowned, forgetting the thoughts he had at the beginning without any guilt, "I gave you a way to survive, didn't I?"
Bai Rui replied tiredly, "Just like you did in the Middle Ages."
Shen Jian did not comment, “What do you think, Mr. Bai?”
The man who had been leaning against the door without moving forward stopped talking.
He silently glanced at the empty chair. Shen Jian had indeed prepared a seat for him, but from the time he came in until now, he didn't dare to do it even when he was most conscious.
What did he think? What did he think? Shen Jian's personal participation was already a sign of respect for him. Logically, every subordinate present here could turn [Perilla] into ashes in an instant.
Shen Jian's doing this is nothing more than the so-called "balance".
Shen Jian, who just wanted to come out for some fun and get used to the extravagant life of the supreme leader, choked on his tea unclearly, not understanding who was talking about him behind his back.
Looking up and seeing Bai Rui who was silent, Shen Jian frowned calmly and asked again patiently, "What do you think?"
Bai Rui broke out in a cold sweat again. The extremely oppressive voice almost made him kneel down and surrender instantly, but he barely managed to hold it back and asked a question with difficulty, "Sir, do you want to... unify the world?"
Oh, Shiso is finished.
Many subordinates paused and exchanged glances with each other, seeing interest in each other's eyes.
Shen Jian stared at Bai Rui in silence for a while, and felt six dots flying over his head.
After a moment, he skipped over the subject, "Sir, last chance."
"I'm willing to pass the list to you." Bai Rui replied immediately with a blank expression.
Delivering the list to Wuyanta means that he will become a spy placed by Wuyanta next to Medieval.
[Middle Ages] would definitely believe that Wu Yan Tower concealed the information that [Middle Ages] betrayed [Shiso] for the so-called "balance". Therefore, it was not difficult for him to regain the trust of the Middle Ages.
When he came back to his senses, Bai Rui realized that he had already started to think about how to lay out the plan. He couldn't help but be in a trance for a moment, and subconsciously expressed his position, "Mr. Shen, then I am your man now."
I was still upset about the change of camp just now, and I was silent for a while...
Shen Jian calmly pushed away the subordinate who was trying to pour tea for him again, "No need for that. Your confiscated industrial chain is in the savings disk. Go back and reset this chain to public welfare technology. Submit an account every two months. I want to see the details of every designated recipient of every expenditure."
“Yes.” Bai Rui dared to step forward at this time and took the small black square box handed over by Shen Jian.
When he pledged his allegiance to the Middle Ages, he was willing to take on the hot potato for the Middle Ages. Now, he is naturally willing to dismantle an industrial chain for the Tower of Invincibility.
Moreover, it is just an industrial chain and is even used for public welfare.
Bai Rui knew in his heart that this was deliberately split to atone for his sins.
Shen Jian was not surprised but was indeed very surprised to find that Bai Rui was just like his subordinates and accepted all his arrangements without asking any questions.
Is this a common problem among all upper classes?
Shen Jian thought suspiciously and raised his hand to signal Bai Rui that he could go out.
The room returned to silence. When Bai Rui left, he took a casual glance and saw the group of Wuyan Tower monsters sitting silently in the darkness again, surrounding their leader. There was a strange atmosphere that outsiders could not blend into, as if they were an arrogant and exclusive aristocratic group that walked out of an ancient dark-toned oil painting.
Before leaving, Bai Rui turned his head half way back and said in an inaudible voice, "Sir, you are much more terrifying than before."
Shen Jian heard it, but his response to it was just to take a sip of tea.
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