Chapter 3 Pursuit
2219, dusk.
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
"I hate taking a boat." As Suzu said this, he was standing on the side of a small yacht, staring listlessly at the undulating sea.
Although the sunset on the sea was very beautiful, he had no feeling of appreciation at this time.
Because... he is "running away".
There were two other people running away with him, one was Masako, the queen of our gambling world, who seemed to be only thirteen or fourteen years old; and the other... was the "veteran", Solid Wilson.
"Why?" Hearing Suzu's complaint, Masako, who was drinking juice leisurely on the recliner on the second floor of the yacht, smiled and said sarcastically, "I heard that you are very good at swimming."
Obviously, a person like Masako could not know nothing about the "Four Leaf Crocodile Cruise Incident" at that time. She even knew what lines Shirato said when she got rid of Ah Xiu and Hanazuka's pursuit.
"Isn't the prerequisite for jumping into the sea to swim because I'm going to die because I continue to stay on the boat?" Suzu replied, "This just shows why I hate taking a boat, okay?"
"Indeed... it seems that something bad will happen once you take the boat." The next second, Solid, who was also standing on the side of the boat, was smoking a cigar, suddenly spoke.
Although Solid spoke in the same calm tone most of the time, because he had been in contact for a long time, Suzu and Masako could hear the subtle changes; for example, at this moment, they all heard that Solid had entered a state of alert and had something to say in his words.
Therefore, when Solid finished speaking, Masako had pushed the sunglasses on her face on her forehead, got up and looked out on the side of the ship, and Sho turned her head and looked in the direction where Solid was looking.
In that bright sunset, they saw three people - three people "walking" on the sea.
One is a thin white man, the other is a strong man with a ghost-like appearance, and the other is a slender white middle-aged man.
"Hey... we have all sneaked to the sea in advance. Can we all be found?" Suzu said this to Solid.
Solid shrugged and replied: "Generally speaking, there will be no mistakes in the information given by Zhang San; I just passed the news with him and confirmed that Yan Wushang had returned to the cross, and A Xiu had also been dealt with." He paused, "But... he didn't mention that there was still this 'another group of people'."
"So?" Suzu had generally understood what Solid meant, but he still hoped that the other party would make the words clear.
"So..." Solid said, "this should be the 'parting gift' that Zilin gave us."
I have to say back to the "farewell" he said...
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Yesterday, December 2, Zilin had agreed to Saka, Masako and Solid to allow them to resign from all their posts in the Sixth Empire and let them free.
The reason for letting Masako leave is very simple. First of all, Masako has long since no longer wanted to continue to be related to the Sixth Empire. She was not very interested in high officials and generous salaries in the system, but she continued to stay because she was "safe to stay on the winner's side". Recently, after seeing what Zilin did to the leaders of other organizations, Masako was becoming more and more afraid, fearing that one day she would go against the emperor's wishes and end up with the same consequences, so her intention to leave became stronger.
Secondly, after the successful operation on December 3, Masako's father Tsugumi Renren will obtain Axiu's body through a brain transplant. Once he gets Axiu's body, he can come back to command the "Shenwu Club" by himself, and no longer need Masako to do it. Further, Axiu's body is still very young and has a sound fertility. After Tsugumi Renren adapts to the new body, he can give birth to several healthy and "obedient" children and train them to choose one of them as his new heir.
In this case, Masako, who is neither obedient nor physically could have a subsequent successor, naturally became a useless person, and even made Chonggong Lianren feel hindered. Although there is also father-daughter relationship between them, people like Chonggong Lianren who have a strong feudal imperial complex will not be too entangled in the matter of "severing ties with some useless children."
To sum up, letting Masako go is undoubtedly a result that both sides are happy to see.
Next, Solid...
The moment he decided to assist Jack, Solid actually had the awareness of death; he was not afraid of death, and was able to die before gradually withering, and to do what he thought was right before death, which was the veteran's long-cherished wish.
However, unexpectedly, after the incident on November 1, Zilin not only did not kill Solid, but even did not mention the incident.
Of course, he definitely didn't mention it because he didn't know, and this... made people feel even more numb.
In the end, Solid couldn't help it, and told Zilin about it himself, asking why Zilin was indifferent; as a result, Zilin answered him: "For you, what you cooperated with Jack and the others did not out of personal grudges, but to martyrdom for your own conscience. In this regard... We have different views. I can't convince you with my mouth, and I can't make you surrender with force, so there is nothing to say.
"For me, the bonds of family affection and the pleasure of revenge... I have never had it. I only know that you have succeeded and successfully destroyed my original plan; if you kill you, Ziqi will not come back. If you kill you, my original plan will not be realized anymore... Besides, you have long been enlightened to death... I will not be happy even if I kill you, I will not win, and it is completely meaningless."
The above was said by Zi Lin to Solid on the surface.
Enough, but... not all.
There is another thing that he did not tell Solid, and there was no need to say, that is, the true meaning of Solid being pulled into the reverse cross, originally to deal with Ziqi.
In Zilin's original plan, if Ziqi did not serve as king as Zilin's wishes, or even conflicted with Zilin, Solid's "ordinary bone" was a security that Zilin left to deal with his younger brother.
The "mortal bone" that reaches the level of evil can eliminate some of Ziqi's abilities for a long time. On this basis, Langke's "liar words without warning" has the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
In order to achieve this situation, Zilin also prepared a series of layouts to "make Solid rise to the level of fierceness in the battle that reaches its limit", but... because Ziqi expressed his willingness to cooperate with Zilin at an earlier time point, this plan did not actually be launched.
Because of this, as early as April, Solid and Suzuki were assigned to Masako's side and became two big idle people.
Now, Ziqi is dead. Without Zilin's help, Solid will never reach the level of evil with himself, so he has become a useless person. In addition, he has a good relationship with Suo, so killing him may offend Suo, so let it go.
Speaking of this, some people may wonder, are Zilin still afraid of offending others? And are he afraid of offending Suo?
The answer is, yes...and he should be afraid.
The ability of "Farewell" is actually a "divine system". Its divine character corresponds to a nameless god, because this god symbolizes disasters and chaos, so even saying its name is taboo.
Only a few people including Tianyi, Zilin, Clauze knew that Suga's ability could not be measured by the standards of "paper, strong, fierce, crazy, and god". Of course, it is okay to use this set of standards to calculate. After all, his physical destructive power and energy control can always find the corresponding level.
But in terms of the characteristics of the ability itself, Suga's superpowers are no different at the paper level or the god level, which means that they will transfer the "unfortunate" that should have come to you to others in a relatively reasonable form.
In most cases, this ability is effective immediately, but delayed and chronic transfer are not impossible; and the more extreme the situation is encountered, the more unreasonable the form and power of "misfortune" will become more unreasonable and "no limit".
This self-protection ability, which seems to be passively triggered at first glance, is actually an incredibly powerful divine power...
For example, in the "In front of the Underworld", Che Wuchen shot and killed Suo: When Suo was injured and might die in the formation, the butterfly of the Underworld suddenly appeared, solving Qiu Zhengichi's soul, which is an immediate trigger.
But that time... was it really only Qiu Zhengichi who was transferred to "unfortunate"?
Indeed, Qiu Zhengyi was the person who wanted to kill Suo subjectively at that time, and it was normal to die, but in the original intention, he wanted to save Suo, but in fact he shot Che Wuchen, who was injuring Suo? Is he really okay?
It is obvious that the "delay" effect of the God of Disaster did not let him go, and Che Wuchen's later encounter... was not accidental.
To go further, what if we instruct Che Wuchen to attack Zilin when he encounters a crisis before the action? Is it accidental that his plan was broken?
Is Suga's master "Quesou Lichuan", really his tragic ending just caused by "a gambler losing his luck"?
How is Ah Xiu who had deceived Sui for a long time and directed Huazuka to kill him to silence him now?
Perhaps, Su Chang's ability is the true response to Zilin's words, "Everyone of us has sins, no one can hide it from the sea, no one can escape judgment" - the power in the dark will not let anyone go in the end.
In addition, there is another situation, that is, when there is no one around Satoshi, it will happen "unfortunately".
At that time, his ability would not be invalid. On the contrary, that was the most dangerous situation... For example, when he escaped from the Four-Leaf Crocodile and almost drowned in the sea, the "unfortunate" that happened to him was still accumulated and evolved into a form of "lightning strike", which eventually came to Kaijiu.
So imagine what would happen if Saka jumped into magma, or entered outer space, jumped into the sun or black hole... and stayed in those instants for a few days, months, or even years...?
The "unfortunate" it has accumulated may come to an existence in any incredible form, transcending all fields such as time, space, reality, and even consciousness and nothingness.
Anyone, even Shi Sanwen, may be defeated by this ability.
Therefore, the reason why Suzu Wuhuan was recruited to the Contra-Cross is also obvious - he can stay on the Contra-Cross and do nothing, but he must not be used by any other force, otherwise, no one except Tianyi will be safe.
Today, since Sakaya, like Masako and Solid, has allowed Kori to "leave", it can only mean one thing... Koriya has almost done all the opponents that should be dealt with, and the only one left who can still cause some storms is already tomorrow, and his life is in full swing.
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"What you mean is... Zilin knew that there were still a group of people coming to chase us, but he deliberately asked Zhang San not to tell us, right?" Masako heard the conversation between Solid and Suga and responded in time.
"Yes..." Solid said, "Isn't this killing two birds with one stone using our three abandoned soldiers to weaken the combat power of the lord?"
From the perspective of the three of them, it seems like this. After all, the three of them..., including Suzu, do not know the value of "Shizuo".
But from Zilin's perspective, there is actually no meaning: he doesn't need to use these three people to weaken Changzun's strength. Zilin's plan to deal with Changzun was already decided half a month ago, and his combat power was fully capable of implementing this plan.
The reason why Zilin concealed the information was just: he had confirmed Suo through the Book of Heart, and Masako and Solid were both determined to retire and could not join any force again, let alone "coerced" to join any force.
Syndicate was eager to make contributions in this trip and was determined to win... Because of the failure of the last action, he kept breathing and wanted to prove himself again. Today, he would bring Sabu Wuhuan back no matter what.
Therefore, this contact between the two sides will inevitably turn into an opposition situation in the end and resort to force, which will further cut off the possibility of Shizuka being recruited by the lord.
Of course, Zilin also considered the development of "Masako and Solid being killed, which made Suga want to revenge, and after killing Suga, he turned back to find himself who was partly responsible." So, to be on the safe side, he still kept a hand and let the dark water lurk on the small boat that Suga and the others were on in advance, just in case.
If the three of them can solve the problem by themselves, it's best if they can't solve it. If they can't, secretly water comes out to help, and Zilin can be considered as selling favors to them, and he won't lose money.
"Don't get me wrong!" Syndicate walked on a "blood blanket" and approached the boat step by step, while saying to Su and the others, "We just want to talk to Su Jun."
"I don't think there is anything to talk about between us." Suzu became nervous at this time, because he felt that the only one we could fight, and the other three were undoubtedly masters. He was afraid that he would be in trouble if he really started, but he was powerless. He could only wink at Masako and Solid while trying to delay time with words. "And if you really want to talk, just come alone, right? The three of you came together to make me a little nervous..."
"Master Changzun means..." Syndicate continued as if he had not heard him, "I want Sakako to go back and chat slowly." When he said this, the steps of him and the two behind him did not slow down, but they even walked faster and faster.
"Tsk..." Suo spat inwardly. He had already seen that the other party had no intention of compromise, so he simply replied in a very impolite tone, "I didn't accept A Xiu's invitation on the Four-Leaf Crocodile, and now I'm even more unlikely..."
"This time! That time!" Syndiga interrupted Suo's words loudly, "Aren't you leaving the Cross now... or the Sixth Empire? I guess you don't agree with Zilin's approach, so you left?"
"It doesn't matter who I agree with, or who I don't agree with." Suzu said, "The three of us now only want to live the lives of ordinary people, and don't want to get involved in the struggle between you big men anymore. We don't want to... Can I ask you to let us go?"
Hearing this, Syndicate's expression changed slightly. Two seconds later, he shook his head, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
The breath he exhaled turned into a sigh.
Xiu and Hanazuka, who were standing beside him, both understood what he meant. In an instant, when Huazuka flashed, he had already jumped into the air. Without saying a word, he rushed straight to the siege on the boat.
Chapter completed!