novelden Chapter 107 Cooperation
Chapter 107 Cooperation
"Cooperation? No need." Bai Zhi put away the knife coldly and walked straight forward, brushing past Jane's shoulder.
"Don't be so quick to refuse." Ms. Jane stood still, but her nimble tail wrapped around the straps of Bai Zhi's scabbard, pulling him back. "That 'big boss' isn't going to run away anytime soon. Why don't you listen to my plan first? I won't charge you any money."
"..." Bai Zhi tilted his head slightly, his eyes fixed on the slender tail on the harness, which was dangling with a sharp arrow at the end. He inadvertently imagined it was a venomous snake spitting its venom at him.
He's clearly a Rat Xi person...
"Tell me, how do you want to cooperate?"
"That's right! Young people shouldn't be impulsive." Ms. Jian retracted her tail and happily turned around to pat Bai Zhi's shoulder. However, as soon as she stretched out her hand, Bai Zhi retreated three meters away.
Jane: "...Am I some kind of snake, scorpion, or beast? You're so afraid of me. How can we talk if you're standing so far away?"
“The most profound lesson I learned today is not to trust others easily.
So don't touch me until I completely trust you.
You just stand there and say, I have good hearing, I can hear it."
"It's not wise to show suspicion so obviously. It will sow the seeds of conflict right from the start of the cooperation." Jane spread her hands helplessly and said, "Okay. How about the first step in building trust by exchanging names? My name is..."
"The name is just a nickname, it's not important at all.
We are just taking what we need from each other. Talking about trust is ridiculous.
"Let's get straight to the point. If you keep rambling on about meaningless topics, I'll start to suspect you're just someone they sent to stall for time." Not wanting to have any unnecessary connections with anyone, Bai Zhi interrupted Jane's self-introduction.
"...Then what should I call you? Do you actually like me calling you "little, um, person"? "Jane saw the subtext behind Bai Zhi's cold and rejecting behavior, but pretended not to know and continued to test his bottom line.
After all, what Jane wants is not a one-time partnership.
By stopping Bai Zhi here, she could not only ensure that the mission would not run into any complications, but also use this as a starting point to gain Bai Zhi's trust. Only then could she better understand and guide this child who was clearly incompatible with the "night" but was determined to wallow in this muddy water.
As a master of criminal psychology who watches over the night and fights crime, Jane has seen too many destructive forces caused by the destruction of originally kind hearts.
Especially for someone like Bai Zhi who possesses powerful strength, if there is no one to guide him, the consequences of his downfall will be so tragic that it is unimaginable.
This is true for both others and the child himself.
Jane didn't believe that Bai Zhi would definitely fall.
There are people who can walk in the darkness and still maintain their bottom line. Jane herself is such a person.
But it is obvious that it can grow under the sun, but it can only struggle and be broken, allowing itself to be stained with blood and then pieced together again, which is often regrettable.
And Bai Zhi didn't have no choice but to turn back, so Jian approached him, wanting to get to know him better and try to get him back on track.
Even under life-threatening circumstances, he could maintain restraint against his enemies. Such a gentle child was simply not suited to the Dark Night. Forcing him to stay here would only cause him more pain.
Jane looked at Bai Zhi's cold and sharp expression in the night, and his eyes as dull as dried blood.
I thought of the first time we met, when he had an innocent look on his face and said irritating words, but there was a glimmer of the morning sun in his eyes. He seemed cold, but every move of his was full of tenderness.
He became more and more determined to bring Bai Zhi back on the right track.
"...I told you, don't waste my time anymore." When Bai Zhi heard the title "little benefactor", his cold expression almost broke.
The psychological trauma that Anton and the others inflicted on Bai Yu will probably never heal in this lifetime. (ー_ー)
"You're really impatient." Seeing the man, whose spines were now sticking out like a hedgehog because of what happened during the day, Jian could only give up for the time being. "Then let's talk about how you originally planned to deal with that "big boss"?
It's not as simple as just wanting to beat him up and then get his money back, right?!
By the way, how did your conflict arise?
I clearly heard you were hired by a "big boss" for a high price. Someone capable of running a big business wouldn't seem so shortsighted as to offend a master over a small commission, right?!
After all, being able to hire so many extra small gangs doesn't seem like they are short of money.
Would you mind telling me about it and satisfying my curiosity?"
"It's not inconvenient at all. It's just that the 'big business' you mentioned is indeed huge and needs to be kept confidential."
That's why he just wanted to silence me. And the people who keep the most secrets in this world are the dead." Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel murderous when he thought of the "big boss"'s fickle and hypocritical face. "I don't know where he heard about me, but he hired a group of minions to wait in the cave where I often go. He asked me to help lead the search for a hiding place for the "family legacy."
I was tired of being blocked, so I took the commission because the reward was quite generous and the matter was not complicated.
As a result, when I led my men to find the so-called "legacy", I discovered that it was a military weapons depot swallowed by a void.
They wanted to take the military equipment away and resell it to the rebels before the military had a chance to take it back.
So from the very beginning, the "big boss" had no intention of leaving the guide alive.
They chose me, a relatively unknown "newcomer", simply because they saw that I had decent skills and was a loner without any companions.
It’s a pity that he didn’t expect that with the little money he spent, he could hire someone like me who is “great value for money”.
I never thought the small gang I hired as laborers would be so vulnerable."
"Well, the plot development is pretty much what I expected." Jane crossed her arms, tapped her arm and said thoughtfully, "So how do you want to deal with this?
It wouldn't be difficult if he just took back his own salary and taught the "big boss" a lesson.
But if you know the key to their business, this "big boss" will not let you go.
Moreover, this business involving the military is probably not the business of the "big boss" who stands in the open.
After all, it's hard for me to believe that a man who doesn't even have trusted subordinates and can only employ thugs from small-time gangs is capable of obtaining the location of the military's weapons depot.
Simply getting rid of this "big boss" will probably only lead to more trouble."
"...So your target is the person behind him, right?" Bai Zhi keenly noticed Ms. Jane's target, and immediately understood why she was stopping him from taking action.
"You stopped me because you were afraid that my actions would alert the enemy. If you remove this obvious clue, the big fish behind this line will escape." Bai Zhi sneered and said, "It's my fault that I'm shortsighted and underestimated you.
I was wondering how, with your skills, you could be mixed up with a bunch of rabble.
Are you from the military?"
"Don't say that. If this gets out, how can I survive in the underworld?" Jian laughed without further explanation. "I'm just a street thug who's unwilling to be mediocre and wants to find a big gang to join and make a name for myself.
It was just bad luck. The last boss I met was too stupid, and this time I was deceived by the so-called high salary, so I was just an unlucky guy who worked in vain.
As for why I care about the big business you mentioned, it is of course to give myself some chips to "change jobs".
Anyway, this kind of news is of no use to a lone ranger like you.
Or... " Jane said as she walked to Bai Zhi, stroked his shoulders with her fingers, and moved closer to his face. She stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear: "You are lying to me.
It is actually you who really wants to find out the "big fish" behind the scenes and then hand everything over to the military.
Soldier."
Small Theater
Bai Yu, who still couldn’t remember who Jane was, but felt that she looked familiar, said: I guess you are from the military!
There are only a few camps appearing in the PV. After excluding [Baizhi Heavy Industry], [Cunning Rabbit House] and [Victoria], the military has the least people!
Jane Du: Keep guessing, little brother~ (smile)