Chapter 135 Hypocritical Person

This time, with Iron Blood's commission, I finally came to the Borderlands from the human world.

Logically speaking, Su Mo should secretly run to more places and come back with more things.

But now the situation is too chaotic. There are still many iron-blooded and black people fighting in the surrounding area.

Although Dongdong's injury is not life-threatening, it cannot be left alone. It will definitely worsen if it is delayed for a long time.

Those props that can be obtained again in the future cannot be more important than partners.

So Su Mo didn't go anywhere else and took Dongdong and Dorn directly back to the Winter Mountains checkpoint.

It was already night when he arrived. In order to prevent the sentry from misjudging and making a cold shot, he turned the flashlight on and off and typed the universal joint code for this operation.

"Identity," the soldiers on the guard tower shouted.

Su Mo: "TL730 exploration team!"

A holographic laser shines from the sentry tower, forming a light area on the ground.

Soldier: "Step in."

Su Mo led the two of them into the light area.

The holographic laser scanned their bodies, quickly identified physical information, and compared it with the database.

"Buzz--" The checkpoint door opened and Su Mo walked in.

The sentry captain in charge of night patrol came with a dozen soldiers and looked at Su Mo and others: "What's going on?"

Dorn, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted: "Kill him quickly! This man united with the Black Domain Group to interfere with the TL730 process, and the mercenaries were all killed! He also wanted to use me as a hostage to pass through the checkpoint! Kill him quickly! !!”

The expressions of the sentries suddenly changed, and more than a dozen guns were pointed at Su Mo at the same time.

Dongdong glared at Dorn angrily: "What the hell?!"

"Don't move!" The sentry captain stopped the Dong Dong who was about to move, pointed the gun at Su Mo's head, and said coldly, "Put down our personnel."

Sumer glanced sideways at Dorn.

This guy is quite clever.

No news has come back yet, and the Winter Mountain Checkpoint does not know the status of TL730.

In a real confrontation, the Iron-Blooded Sentinels would definitely trust "their own people" more than they, the two foreign mercenaries.

If a conflict broke out between the two sides, that would be even better. The two of them would be killed on the spot without any evidence.

If Donn himself goes back and confuses right and wrong, he might be regarded as a hero who "would rather die than surrender". Then he will be promoted in place without changing jobs.

Seeing that Su Mo didn't respond, the sentry captain's tone became more severe: "Put down our personnel!"

Su Mo nodded, put down Dorn and Dongdong, raised his hands to show that he had no ill intentions, and also signaled to Dongdong not to be impulsive.

Dorn was carried to a safe position by several sentries. He looked at Su Mo with a vicious look in his eyes.

When the sentry came to handcuff him, Su Mo suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I have something to give you."

The sentry captain asked warily: "What?"

Su Mo: "I'm going to put my hand into my arms now and slowly pinch it out with two fingers. If you feel something is abnormal, you can stop me with words."

These words were very polite. The sentry captain nodded, but he did not relax his vigilance and stared at Su Mo's every move.

Under the gaze of the sentries, Su Mo slowly reached into his arms and took out the multi-function communicator equipped before the operation.

"This thing has a recording function. I just had an interesting conversation with Dorn. You guys, take it back and listen to it yourself." Su Mo handed over the communicator and looked at Dorn with a mocking look.

It means: Sample, fight with me?

When Donne came back to his senses, the hope in his eyes completely disappeared, and his eyes were slack and paralyzed.

The sentry captain took the communicator and handed it to his men: "Bring it to the commander."

An hour later, Su Mo came out of the interrogation room and was greeted personally by the checkpoint commander of the Winter Mountains.

This was a middle-aged man with half-white hair. He gave Sumer a symbolic salute and said, "I have listened to the recording. Combined with Dorn's confession, the situation of TL730 has been basically revealed. Thank you for capturing the traitor alive for the Iron-Blooded Alliance. And brought back valuable information.”

Su Mo asked calmly: "Where is my companion?"

"Boss, I'm here." Dong Dong came over from the corner.

Her injuries have been treated by doctors, and her mental state looks much better than before.

Su Mo felt relieved and asked the commander: "How is the situation of your other exploration teams?"

The commander shook his head: "We have lost contact with a large area. You are the first exploration team to return to the checkpoint in the Winter Mountains safely."

Su Mo: "It's inappropriate to say it's safe. The Thunder mercenaries who were traveling with me are all dead."

Commander: "I'm sorry."

Su Mo: "Don't just talk about it. It's really a pity. Then send a team to TL730 to recover their bodies. Don't let them lie there forever."

Commander: "Yes."

Su Mo: "Is there anything else? If not, please send a car to take us back to Crescent City, and then report the situation to the middleman and ask him to settle my payment."

Commander: "Don't you want to stay for a few more days? You can rest here for a while."

Su Mo has the Hidden Moon Arm Blade found in TL730 inside his body. It was brought out illegally and cannot be seen with the naked eye, nor can it be detected by conventional security inspection equipment. It must be identified with professional prosthetic detection equipment.

But now, the iron-blooded people are all focused on the attack of the Black Domain Group, and they have never considered using a prosthetic detection device on a blood code bearer.

This was a good time to escape. Su Mo didn't want to stay for a second in case something happened.

Su Mo replied: "No, I still prefer the bed at home. Please help me arrange it."

The commander did not hesitate too much and directly arranged a special car to take the two people back to Crescent City.

The journey was long, and Dongdong fell asleep deeply on the road, while Su Mo habitually stayed alert and was awake the whole time.

It wasn't until the rusty walls of Crescent City appeared at the end of the horizon, and all kinds of familiar scenery jumped into his eyes, that his nerves slowly relaxed.

After passing the rusty wall checkpoint, Su Mo returned home with Dongdong.

It was noon now, and KK was making lunch in an apron. He heard a knock on the door and ran over to open the door: "Brother and Dongdong are back?"

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a dirty Su Mo and Dong Dong who was missing an arm. KK was so frightened that he lost his voice: "Oh my god! What are you doing?! Future! Future, come here quickly!" "

Future yawned and walked out of the kitchen: "Come on, come on, don't scream, what's all the fuss about."

She looked at Su Mo and Dongdong and was shocked: "Oh my God! What are you doing?"

Su Mo didn't know where to start: "Well, it's a long story. I'm going to take a shower and change clothes first. In the future, you can help Dongdong check her body. Tie Xue helped her take care of it initially, but I'm not worried. You Check again."

Dongdong and Future went to the basement.

After taking a shower, Su Mo walked into the basement and asked, "How was it?"

Future: "Everything is fine. The handling methods are very professional and there are no problems."

Dongdong lay on the medical bed, looked at the broken arm and sighed: "Hey, it's only been a few days since it was installed, and it turned into a one-armed man again. It's really depressing."

Su Mo smiled and said: "If you don't leave the old one, and don't bring the new one, there will be a better replacement for you soon."

Not long after he finished speaking, the cell phone rang.

Su Mo opened the screen and saw the contact, and smiled slightly: "Here it comes."

He coughed lightly, picked up the phone, and said in a deliberately sinister tone: "Hey, isn't this the famous old D!"

"I'm so happy to see your call! When I was beaten by the beast in TL730, I thought I would never see you again~"

On the other end of the phone, Dres put away his usual exaggerated manner and said apologetically: "Lao Su, I'm so sorry. I really didn't expect things to turn out like this."

"I originally thought it was just an ordinary exploration operation. At most, I would deal with the wild beasts in the Borderlands. Who knew the Black Domain Group would get involved?"

Su Mo stopped trying to tease him and got back to business: "So what's the next step?"

Derleth quickly replied: "Your entrustment fee will be settled normally, and the iron-blooded people also asked me to convey my gratitude to you."

Su Mo said unhappily: "Don't talk about these useless things. Thank you for being able to eat. Let them give you some real benefits."

Dres: "Well, they should prepare a bonus for you, about 50,000 monthly coins."

Su Mo was furious: "50,000? How about sending a beggar away?! Even if I help the countess fight, the price is more than 50,000!"

Derleth consoled her nicely: "Lao Su, don't get excited. Large companies like this have procedures for handling matters. They have approved so much of the budget in the early stage, and there's nothing they can do about it."

"This 50,000 yuan was paid personally by the project leader. No matter how small the money is, it is still money, right? And you should be happy, because you owe me a huge favor!"

Su Mo: "Oh? What should I say?"

Derleth: "You don't know that when the exploration team lost all contact, Iron Blood directly sent people to my house to cause trouble!"

"They thought I was cooperating with others to trick the Iron Blood! I really can't explain why, and there's no place to cry."

"It's okay now. If you capture the traitor alive and bring back the information, the iron-blooded people will no longer cause trouble for me. My reputation will also be preserved. I won't die socially in the mercenary world. I can continue to be my middleman. This is all thanks to You~"

This is not an exaggeration by Dres, it is indeed a fact.

In the mercenary world, the existence of "middlemen" is very special.

In theory, as long as the price is negotiated, mercenaries can directly connect with the employer for tasks without the need for a middleman.

However, there are huge risks in direct docking missions.

Because of the information channels available to mercenaries, it is difficult to tell whether the employer is reliable.

The reverse is also true for employers.

In an era when the mercenary industry was just emerging and the role of a middleman had not yet appeared, chaos abounded, such as employers not paying afterward, mercenaries running away immediately after taking the deposit, defrauding each other, and raising prices at low prices.

The existence of middlemen is to prevent these chaos. They rely on their own reputation to recruit good mercenaries to employers and introduce good employers to mercenaries.

Reputation is the most valuable asset of a middleman.

During this commission, all other exploration teams were wiped out and no information was sent back.

If the TL730 exploration team is also destroyed, without the valuable information sent back by Su Mo, the Iron-Blooded Alliance may really mistakenly think that Dres is up to something.

By then, let alone establishing a foothold in the mercenary world, if the explanation is not clear, Iron Blood may directly evaporate Dres.

So it is no exaggeration to say that Sumer saved Dres this time.

Su Mo said lazily, deliberately looking careless: "Old D, are your favors so useful?"

Derleth said seriously: "Of course! It's a must! Haven't you heard that sentence - in Crescent City, the happiest thing is to let Old D owe you a favor, because he will help you with anything. "

"Seriously, Lao Su, if you ever need help in the future, just call me directly. As long as it's within my ability, I will do my best to help you."

This was what Su Mo was waiting for, and his tone became more relaxed: "Okay, let the unpleasant things go. I don't need your help at the moment, but there will definitely be help in the future. Just don't forget your promise. "

Derleth's mood also became happy: "Aha! I just said that Old Su is a generous person! Don't worry, I will never break my promise."

Su Mo: "By the way, don't forget to take care of Sun Min's funeral. After all, they died for Iron-blooded people, so don't let Iron-blooded people take care of the matter. At least the body must be sent back to the family for burial."

Dres looked a little confused: "Huh? Sun Min? Which Sun Min?"

Su Mo said helplessly: "The people from the Thunder Mercenary Group who are going with me this time are the only ones."

Only then did Derleth remember and said casually: "Oh oh oh, they. I don't have any responsibility for the funeral. The body recovery, pensions, etc., Iron Blood will be responsible for handling them. There are standard procedures for this, so you can Leave it alone."

Su Mo couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

A few days ago, everyone was drinking together, talking and laughing.

Turn around and completely forget about the person.

This is Dres. His credibility and reputation are true, but he is a different person.

Dres, who was born on the street, and Odiana, who was born in a famous family, can be said to be two extremes.

O'Diana's attitude towards a person is completely reflected in her words and deeds.

She will act very cold towards people she doesn't value, and won't want to say more to you.

You send a message of hundreds or thousands of words, and she will reply to you with a "hmm" or "oh" every few hours.

For people who value him, like Su Mo, he responds to any information instantly, pays attention to the current situation at any time, and often actively imparts experience and suggestions.

It's really easy to tell what position you hold in the Countess' heart at a glance. She won't act with you, and she doesn't even bother to act.

Dres, on the other hand, is always smiling and ingratiating, and is nice to everyone on the surface.

But you have no idea what he thinks of you in his heart.

Do you think he treats you like a brother by taking the initiative to invite you to drink, with such enthusiasm on his face, and talking like an old man?

That's just his professional habit, and it's the same for everyone.

When useful, you are a good brother.

You're dead and useless. Sorry, we don't know each other well.

Su Mo has no doubt that if he died in TL730 this time, if someone asked, Dres would also say "Su Mo? Which Sumo?"

For this kind of person, the best way is to have faith and be on guard.

Putting aside the layer of duplicity, Dres is indeed an excellent middleman with excellent business skills.

As long as there is mutual benefit, it is okay for everyone to call each other brothers and sisters, and just keep in touch as necessary. There is no need to be immoral.

But never get close to such people.

Sincerity and sincerity should be left to people like O'Diana.