Chapter 197 The Net Closes
"Oh, it seems that our distinguished guest has woken up." Scrooge, who was walking behind Li Xue, smiled slightly. He saw Xiao Hui in front of him who had woken up and was trying to sit down and said to Li Xue in front of him, "What do you mean? What? "My lord?"
Obviously, although Scrooge does not know that Li Zheng has no entity, nor does he know that Li Zheng is now the spirit behind Yukino, in the eyes of Scrooge now, Li Xue in front of him can be interpreted as the mastermind of Taiyi. A "false body" or "container" used by Li Zheng when he had something difficult to come to the scene.
Although it seems that there are some parts that are difficult to explain, everyone has his or her own secrets, not to mention Li Zheng, the mastermind of "Tai Yi". Scrooge knows that there are certain things that he should know, and there are certain things that he should know no matter what. It would be dangerous to know his identity.
"No need." Li Xue suppressed the excitement in her heart and forced herself to remain calm in front of Scrooge - there was no other way. It was very important to remain calm and stable in front of such an old fox. "The issues we want to discuss do not need to be avoided." ”
As the "steward" of the entire organization, Scrooge is indeed very loyal, but it can be seen from his ability to quickly give up the dead Da Zi and support Li Zheng that Scrooge's loyalty is towards the entire "Doma" Or the "Taiyi" organization is not targeting Li Zheng or Dazi personally. In front of such a person, Li Zheng can ensure the other person's dedication only by not showing his weaknesses.
Li Xue knew very well that Scrooge had expressed his desire more than once to provide more education to himself, the "successor of Dazi" before taking office. However, Li Zheng was now in a state where he had no choice but to make a move. How could he have time to do so? Learn so much "Emperor Studies"? Let’s rely on the system’s plug-ins to support our commanding power and all that…
"I obey your will." Scrooge bowed slightly - not to Li Xue, of course, but to some "Li Zheng" he imagined who was standing in the distance and controlling everything here, "Then, may I ask? Madam, do you mind?"
This sentence was said to Xiao Hui. Obviously, although Scrooge would respect Li Zheng's request, out of personal prudence, he did not want Xiao Hui to listen to the next conversation. At this time, he wanted to To achieve the goal, one needs to observe Xiaohui's own wishes. If Xiaohui withdraws now, the goal can be achieved.
"I...right here." Xiao Hui said. She had something important to say to Li Zheng, but the half-spirit girl is not that kind of reckless girl. As a half-spirit, she naturally has the abilities of the spirit body. , can sense some of the thoughts of the human being in front of her - although it is very vague, but she knows that the current Scrooge only hopes that she can avoid it out of caution, and does not really want to drive her away, so there is no big deal in staying. question.
What's more, she also hoped that she could meet Li Zheng as soon as possible, even if it was just to watch him talk about work without saying a word.
"Well, it's a pity that this matter is important, but this is a temporary arrangement. There are no service staff to assist the lady." Scrooge slightly saluted like an old gentleman, without any trace of the world's richest man, "José Bank" The man at the helm was as energetic as a kindly elder who mows the garden in his yard on weekends, saying, "Please do as you please."
Xiao Hui hugged a pillow on the sofa nearby. Her body was still a little painful, so she didn't answer - staying with Scrooge brought her an invisible sense of depression. Although it was not big, it was always there. Uninterrupted, I expected that this should be the result of the other party's control.
Although Xiao Hui does not know who Scrooge is - she is not particularly concerned about the economic situation, not to mention that the "richest man in the world" is not Scrooge - but she knows that with his current identity as Li Zheng, she and he The people discussing things together will obviously not be simple.
Li Xue remained aside and did not answer. She also knew that Scrooge was being cautious, which was understandable. But in her eyes, there is basically no need to hide this matter from Xiaohui. She is very confident in Xiaohui's tone. More importantly, she also hopes that she can see the other party as soon as possible after the serious talk.
[Xueno is about to wake up, but luckily this time, she already has the spiritual weapon. 】Li Xue touched a ring on the index finger of her right hand. This was a reward she received after solving Yui Yui's matter. She originally planned to use Judai's holy relic, but the holy relic was lost because of the overlord's. It was suddenly awakened and destroyed, so I had to take the ring used to sign the contract between Yui Yui and "Summoner Aleister" as Yukino's spiritual weapon, [Let's take advantage of the time to say more. 】
After walking to a simple wooden table nearby and sitting down, Li Xue spoke first: "Let's talk about the situation on Hannibal's side first."
"Well, Governor Hannibal of Nevada?" Scrooge gently stroked his ruby scepter and said calmly: "The net is almost closed."
————————Crypto Scout————————
In the gambling city of Las Vegas, inside a seemingly unremarkable casino.
Although this place looks like just a splendid casino on the outside - maybe it can be regarded as splendid on the outside, but in this gambling capital of the world, a casino with this appearance can really only be regarded as the lowest - but there is something else going on inside. .
The top of the casino is indeed in line with the appearance of a casino in the gambling capital of this world. The noisy environment, sexy women, countless money disappearing in the chat and laughter... all of this can even be said to be a bit "model".
But the casino's basement is huge and complex, just like a military base...
No, it was built according to the standards of a military base. For the boss behind this casino, the design drawings and designers of the military base can be easily found - because this casino is the private property of "that gentleman" who has the highest power in this state.
This is Hannibal's private casino.
In this basement, there are no noisy gambling tables or slot machines, just an elegant front desk, and doors and passages leading to various places in this basement.
It doesn't look like a casino at all, but those who know it understand that there are other things behind these doors; at the same time, no matter how much resentment and grievances are accumulated behind each door in this basement, one thing will not change, that is, here, gambling is never done in a normal way.
The results of the war, the international diplomatic situation, the political direction of the government...Every gamble here involves the life and death of at least ten people; and the guests who can enter this basement are all people who have reached the pinnacle of wealth and power.
But today, this casino, which was once prosperous under the halo of the local emperor, welcomed an uninvited guest.
"Is this the place?" In the office of the casino manager, a blonde girl with a crazy look on her face and a strange-shaped sword on her back rushed in with a large group of people, "Very good, search for me."
The people behind the blonde girl started to conduct a carpet search in this office without saying a word - the strange thing is that although this group of people are dressed in uniform and wearing sunglasses, there are men and women, and they obviously don't look like they are here to fight. Several of them are typical "literati" at first glance, and their powerless appearance makes people feel confused: How can such guys have the confidence to conduct a search here? What are the security guards of the casino? Huskies? !
Well, the leading woman is carrying a strange red sword, but what era is this, is this thing still powerful?
"Wait!" The casino manager thought the same thing. He hurried out to block the way: "This is..."
"Bang!" Two certificates fell on the handsome face of the manager. Before he had time to look at them, he was told coldly: "IRS is performing official duties. We suspect that your casino has not paid taxes according to the law. Now we are conducting an audit of your accounts according to the law." (Note 1)