Gunfire, Punk and Necromancer

Palovich had a complicated expression. He wanted to recruit Nak as a member of the Gardeners, but the usual recruitment temptations had no meaning for this man.

money? The remaining members of the Gardener Organization (currently 3 people) need support from the other party and cannot give them any leverage. Even if the Gardeners Organization has money now, and looking at the generosity of Nike's spending, their financial resources will still be difficult to impress.

status? Naike has already gained a reputation among the middlemen and mercenaries, and the Gardeners organization is a secret society. Currently, they have the "buff" of being wanted and hunted down. In this regard, they are destined to be unable to provide Naike with anything.

Ways to increase strength? No, the Gardeners organization also needs to learn from Zhuang Xuteng how to improve their personal strength. Unless they think that making bombs is also a way to increase their strength, the Gardeners organization has nothing to offer.

What’s left of the Gardeners’ organization? Palovich asked himself. After losing its possessions, status, and power, it seems that only its ideals are left. Thinking of this, Palovic frowned slowly. How long has it been since he thought about his ideals? I live a double life in the Gardener Organization and the Riot Suppression Squad. In addition to saying "The Gardener Organization is the only one that really fights against the company" as a placebo from time to time, the methods I use all day long are still the same as those of the company. Set: coercion, inducement, fishing for law enforcement...

"Nike, we must overthrow the corporate rule. This system is rotten. It will wipe out everything from the people at the bottom." Palovich pulled out this statement from the bottom of the box. It was a bit unfamiliar at first, but as I talked, I slowly regained the familiar feeling that I had not seen for a long time. "It does whatever it wants, formulating rules that only restrict the people at the bottom. The constitutional government and the military are their minions, but they are still not satisfied, and they also support gangs in order to seize the flesh and blood of the bottom from all aspects..."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded: "You are right. I am not numb. I know very well what the situation is now. I also basically know what you are going to say next, but all the reasons you listed cannot lead to the conclusion you want: Why is Gardeners the solution? Why do I have to join Gardeners before I can say no to a company?”

"Because we are genuinely fighting against the company."

"You can't win like that."

Palovich shook his head and said: "You are wrong. This is not a question of whether we win in the end, but a question of whether we can do it or not. If we can cause the company some trouble, we will cause it some trouble; if we can make the company If our plan is a step slower, we will try our best to make it a step slower. We believe that victory is the reward of hard work, and failure to take action will result in nothing."

"Okay... I feel like you still don't understand." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Let's put it this way, do you think we are closer to victory now, or were we closer to victory when the Gardener Organization was first established? You guys said that you have found a lot of money for the company. Trouble, but when the Gardener organization returns to a state of only a few people, will the company be stronger or weaker than before? I admit that you have the will to act, but whether it is the ability to act or the plan for victory, the most critical one You have both hands and feet and a brain, but you don’t have one. Palovich, all you have left now is your stubbornness.”

"So I want you to do it with hands and feet, but I also need your brains!" Palovich said.

"So? Your logic..." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. He was really amused by Palovic. "So I have both brains and hands and feet, so what do I want from you? I understand what you want me to do. You just take a fancy to my current fighting ability and plan to let me continue to be a killer."

Zhuang Xuteng snorted and said: "I kill people for the Gardener Organization and kill people in the company. This will make the Gardener Organization's living environment better and hopefully attract new people to join. You want to borrow my power to open up the situation and A virtuous cycle is formed. As long as you maintain this momentum, you will get better and better, and get bigger and bigger, and eventually you can naturally achieve the goal of victory. Forget it, yours is just reformism at best, and it is a fantasy version. It is absolutely useless. possible."

Palovich was unconvinced and said: "If you want to win, it is nothing more than weakening the enemy and strengthening yourself. Everyone is like this."

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said: "What you said is correct, but it is all superficial. Just like if I can destroy a fortress with one punch, then I can kill the company's enhanced person with one punch. What you said is correct, and It’s useless.”

"Then you know what to do?" Palovich asked.

"I don't know what to do, but in terms of general principles, I am much better than you." Zhuang Xuteng said: "You said that the company's current approach is wrong. This is true, but more importantly, it is not Know that it is wrong, but know what is right. What does the Gardener Organization think is the right thing to do? So far, I have only seen that your ideas are limited to killing people in the company and strengthening your own people. . The company controls society and harms the people at the bottom, so how can the Gardeners liberate society and protect the people at the bottom? If we don’t take this into consideration, the Gardeners will be a killer organization at best.”

"You can be weaker than the company, but you must at least be better than the company, right?" Zhuang Xuteng rolled his eyes and said, "Why is the company strong? Why can the company be bad? How can it be stronger than it and better at the same time? Have you ever thought about this question? Is it? Their technology is good and it is constantly developing, so what needs to be done to at least not lag far behind it? How much production capacity can you have, and how much combat power can you convert it into? Whether it is building it yourself or using war to support war , you should have a plan, right?"

Palovic moved his mouth, but only slightly. He found that he had a strong desire to speak, but there was nothing he could say.

Regardless of whether he really wanted to speak or not, Zhuang Xuteng raised his hand to signal him not to speak. "Palovic, don't say that I will solve these problems. Then you just want to tire me out and then step on my corpse to realize your ideals. I can only think of the problems I just mentioned, but I can’t answer it. But... I can probably give you some ideas on how to solve the problem."

"What?" Palovic asked with wide eyes.

"I roughly understand why the company is so powerful, and I also roughly understand what the company has taken from the entire society..." Many of the contents of "Shizhu Articles" appeared in Zhuang Xuteng's mind. "But I can't tell you now."

"Why? Don't you believe me?"

"Yes, I don't believe in your ability." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Currently, you are still wanted and hunted by the company, and you are living a precarious life. I am worried that if I tell you what I know, the company will get it from your body. With that knowledge, maybe it can really hide its final weakness. By then, it will be impossible to defeat it from the outside. We can only wait for the company to kill each other and collapse internally - that may take a long time, and we can't wait. Palo Vicky, you solve the basic problems of survival first. If you can pay me back, I will lend you my knowledge."

Palovic closed his mouth and thought carefully about Zhuang Xuteng's words. After a while, he looked back at his left and right hands, and found the support in their eyes that had never faded for a moment. Then he turned back to Zhuang Xuteng and said, "Okay. Survive, sir. If I can't even do this, Then whoever you invite to join will be in trouble."

"Yes, do it bit by bit."

"You said before that you have a very rich account... is it true? If I want to survive and gain a foothold, I need more money." Palovich said: "If there is really that account, I am willing to risk it. risk."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while, nodded slowly, and said: "Okay! Since you have already thought about it, I will give you the account. I have to remind you in advance that the company may be watching this account, so I have never dared to touch it. . Let me be more precise: it was a secret account and I wasn’t sure if it had been leaked. There was no evidence that the company was actually looking at it, and I didn’t investigate at all.”

This account is the one on which Dr. Truth Booker "bought his life." Not only did Zhuang Xuteng not know whether it was safe, he didn't even know how much money was inside. Anyway, he had enough money to spend, and Palovich was facing huge dangers, so he didn't care about a little more... In the spirit of utilizing waste, Zhuang Xuteng wrote the account information to Palovich.

"After we leave here, we will go our separate ways." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Palovic, I hope we can meet again one day, and it is best not to read about each other in the news."

"That's what I thought too." Palovic smiled bitterly and said, "I originally escaped here and my physical condition was so bad. I thought everything was over. I didn't expect to meet you and encounter a turning point. If this world There is such a thing as fate, so fate has given me enough hints, and I will seize the opportunity."

Since it was definitely impossible to convince Naike to join, Palovich would not stay for long. He was weak and in pain and needed help from his left and right hands to stand up and walk. Zhuang Xuteng talked about some methods to speed up postoperative recovery as a final parting gift.

Finally, Zhuang Xuteng was the only one left in the operating room, and he could free his hands and feet to deal with the traces of surgery. Except for the flesh and blood with the "Shadow Curse" cut from Palovic's body, other things that may contain biological information must be cleaned up.

Blood-stained sheets, gauze, and surgical instruments were placed in buckets, poured with kerosene, and burned with palm fire. The floor of the operating room is sprayed with disinfectant and then rinsed with a water gun. Implants traded on the black market and some implant surgeries that want to be kept secret are often performed here, so there is no shortage of humane processing equipment here.

As the power of the painkillers gradually weakened, Zhuang Xuteng began to become like Parovich: he would gnash his teeth whenever he walked. According to the original arrangement, he should follow the medical team for a week of recovery treatment after the operation, but the current situation does not allow them to meet again. Zhuang Xuteng, who didn't want others to care about him, could only grit his teeth and leave the clinic alone, disappearing as soon as possible into the alleys of the capital filled with clouds and shadows.

He returned to the hotel a little embarrassed. If he didn't show his room card in time, he would probably be turned away. The lobby manager diligently wanted to find a doctor for him, but of course Zhuang Xuteng refused: "I have my own private doctor, so I don't need to go outside. Go and prepare antibiotics and nutritional supplements for me, as well as body surface disinfection and gastrointestinal cleaning." Medications and tools.”

The lobby manager was in awe. He thought that Zhuang Xuteng was "playing a big game", so he prepared a wide range of drugs for Zhuang Xuteng based on the project and its risks in his imagination.

In the room, Zhuang Xuteng began to treat himself. The medicine is only to avoid and prevent the wound from worsening. To recover, it depends on necromancy, and he can just try out the sensory tentacles he just developed.

The sensing tentacle is an enhanced version of the resentful tentacle. It goes out from the balcony and crawls through the windows of other rooms to find suitable "guinea pigs" for Zhuang Xuteng. Because the sensing tentacles also extend the tactile range of the Wraith Jelly, it also has the ability to execute commands at the level of a Wraith Servant. Zhuang Xuteng can "let it go" and just wait for the news that "the target has been found".

"Hey, we found one. Hey, did you use a lot of this safety blue?" Zhuang Xuteng breathed slowly and used dormant martial arts to exchange his injuries with the opponent's vitality. He controlled the speed and total amount of exchanges to ensure a "fatigue" effect and avoid serious illness or death.

A person has more vitality than a guinea pig. Even if Zhuang Xuteng only uses his "manpower" sparingly, there are enough people in the hotel for him to "collect". After three hours of continuous use of dormant martial arts, the entire hotel became yawning, but in exchange Zhuang Xuteng's face became rosy and his physical condition improved significantly.

The sensing tentacles can be extended even longer, covering an entire neighborhood, but Zhuang Xuteng cannot recover his body indefinitely. Nutritional supplements and various recovery drugs can be taken vigorously, but the total amount that can be used for physical recovery is limited. Flesh, flesh and organs have to grow step by step. He has tried his best to encourage growth and prepare to pay off the hidden dangers that arise now tomorrow. If you pull it out again, you will pull it out directly and die, and there will be no tomorrow.

Now he needs to rest for a while, tentatively scheduled for a week, to at least return to normal levels. The good news is that according to Palovic's information, the destruction of the Gardener organization did not accidentally harm other parties in Peicheng. He can contact Morgana and others. However, Zhuang Xuteng has always been cautious. Considering that his body has not yet recovered and his combat effectiveness is completely incompetent in front of the company's enhanced personnel, he did not call Morgana directly, but still used encrypted communication.

By sending a private message on a film forum, he wrote an encrypted message to Nightingale and Rockbird. On the surface, it looks like asking if they are willing to buy movie peripheral collections and autographs of movie stars, but in fact, they are asking about their current situation. If everything goes well, Nightingale and Rockbird will send inquiries, including answers about the current situation.

However, after the private message showed "read", the two sisters did not reply for three consecutive days. Obviously something was wrong. Zhuang Xuteng thought about it and finally decided to call the Moat Company, expressing tactfully that he wanted to contact Ge Gongdao and ask what conditions an experienced mercenary could offer if he decided to switch jobs at the Moat Company.

It took him three days to finally contact Ge Gongdao by phone, and then revealed the code words between the two during the conversation. The person on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned for a moment, and then continued the previous topic. After waiting for several sentences, Ge Gongdao answered in code, saying, "Everyone is being watched, so it's okay so far."

Zhuang Xuteng understood: the investigation into Isabella's death did not end with the destruction of the Gardener organization. Currently, Peicheng is still under high pressure and cannot take any chances.

The two sides chatted for a while. On the surface, Ge Gongdao persuaded Zhuang Xuteng not to leave the mercenary industry easily, because it was easy to leave but difficult to turn back, and there was no big money to be made on this side of the moat. Secretly, he asked Zhuang Xuteng to continue lurking. Don't worry about Peicheng's affairs, they will take care of it.