Corvo looked at the person in front of him, and did not answer Lao Wang's words, his body tightened from the standing posture just now, I don't know if it was out of vigilance or for some reason, he took a half step back slightly, and the whale oil privateers behind him immediately held their knife handles, and the originally warm conversation suddenly became cloudy.

"Although you are already familiar with each other, out of politeness, I would like to introduce you, this is Mark Mason, the chief charismatic warrior of the Holy Scouts, and he and I will provide you with all the assistance in this assassination of Gambor. Seeing that the situation on the scene was complicated and delicate, Takenaka knew that Corvo was still worried about Lao Wang's recent mysterious performance, so he preemptively opened his mouth and changed the direction of the wind before the atmosphere on the field was completely stiff.

Corvo had already put on a metal skull mask for his actions, and his current tone matched this mask very well, and he said coldly without the slightest emotion: "Honestly, Mr. Francis, the tip I received also shows that my dear 'Stone' is now your subordinate, what I don't understand is why you are in front of me with a controversial figure at this critical moment in the assassination of Gambor, and you said that you also want to participate in our operation?"

"Don't be so anxious about Lord Corvo, the street is not a place to talk, you better come in first, we children who grew up in the wine-making area must not understand any manners. Instead of confronting Corvo with a sharp question, Takenaka dodged Corvo and the whale oil privateers into the whisky distillery.

Corvo wanted to walk away, but now the plan to assassinate Gambol was still up to the Chinese family, so he had to signal the whale oil privateers to follow him into the factory.

"Captain. Lao Wang's lips squirmed a few times, and he called Corvo again: "Do you really not want to call me a stone?"

The first step to gaining Corvo's trust, the emotional card.

This former protector is a very emotional person, whether it is his feelings for the queen, or his attitude when dealing with the problem of chaos, it shows that he is a man who values love and justice, if he is a skilled politician with weak feelings, it is estimated that he will not be in prison and end up so miserable.

This kind of emotionally heavy people often hate betrayal the most, and unfortunately, Lao Wang is probably on the verge of betrayal in Corvo's heart, so he first uses the emotional card to stabilize Corvo's emotions, so that he is not so anxious to cover the coffin of Lao Wang, and then continue to pull up the image of Lao Wang.

"Don't call me Captain, Mr. Mason, I'll think it's a mockery of me. Corvo replied as he walked, his voice with a little anger, and the flashing red lenses stared at Lao Wang, which made people feel uncomfortable, in fact, this is a good signal, indicating that Corvo still has emotional fluctuations towards Lao Wang, if he really dies, it is really bad.

Everyone stood in the bottling square of the whisky distillery, Lao Wang looked like he wanted to talk, but he didn't know if out of guilt or what, he just didn't speak, Corvo wanted to ask too much, and because of the situation on the scene and the cruel words he just made, he couldn't speak, so he and the muddy bamboo stick appeared again.

"Dear Lord Corvo, I know you have too many questions on your mind right now, but I remind you to pay attention to your pocket watch, there is not much time left for us to infiltrate Dunwall, as long as you believe that we are now an unbreakable alliance, I believe the rest can be solved through communication. Takenaka looked at Corvo with a sincere look in his eyes, and then he walked over to the scaffold used to lift the barrels, and his hand was clasped into the scaffolding column, and he moved covertly.

"Click... Boom" A puff of smoke rose from the square brick floor in the center of the filling square, and began to descend slowly, finally revealing a secluded hole, Takezhong stood in front of the hole, stretched out his right hand and made a gesture to invite in.

Corvo saw that the other party had opened the entrance to the secret passage, and he was indeed full of sincerity, but Mason and Franz asked to participate in the operation, which had to attract attention.

"You are worthy of respect for the sincerity with which you spoke, but I would also like to tell you, Monsieur Francis, that the restoration of royal glory is a dangerous path, and we will not allow any slip-ups. Corvo said lightly, not interested in the open entrance to the secret passage at all.

Takenaka's stupid retraction was too embarrassing for Corvo's disappreciation, and in order to alleviate the embarrassment, he reached out and touched his nose, pretending to cough.

When Lao Wang heard the cough, he seemed to have finally mustered up his courage, and said to Corvo: "Captain, my loyalty to you has never changed, you see, this is what I did. ”

Wang Mancang said, untied a cloth bag from his waist, respectfully placed it on the ground in front of Corvo, and ripped open the mouth of the bag, meaning to let Corvo see it clearly.

Corvo and the whale oil privateers gathered up to take a closer look, and all of them looked surprised, puzzled, and even angry, and they saw a gray-haired human head, the old loach Fisher, one of the best sailors of the Loyalist.

"Mason, are you crazy, is this what you call loyalty, slaughtering your brother in the same trench?!" Corvo's voice became a little trembling with anger, not to mention the whale oil privateers, who were more concerned with the old loaches, and some even had a friendship with the same ship, when they saw Corvo angry, they all touched their hands to the hilt of the sword at their waists.

"Calm down, Lord Corvo, please calm down, Mason is a man who can't speak, you know that, can you take a look at this first?"

The second step is to throw out sincerity and do a good job of foreshadowing.

What Takenaka shows Corvo is a transparent ball that looks like a crystal in texture, not unlike the kind of tool used by witches to tell fortunes.

In the past, Corvo would have scoffed at this kind of thing, but now it's different, and Corvo is also the one who has experienced the appearance of the Outsider.

He knew that there were still unexpected magical powers in this world, especially Francis's various behaviors, which showed that he was different from normal humans, so after the other party took out the crystal ball, Corvo still took it in hesitation.

The crystal ball flickered, projecting a dynamic set of images onto the ground near Corvo, the autumn night falling early, allowing Corvo and the whale oil privateers to see what was going on.

Corvo and the whale oil privateers looked at the moving picture on the ground, and their faces were shocked! The old loach Fisher shown in the moving picture was a completely different person, holding a double dagger in his hand and killing the old king.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would have believed that Fisher, the old sailor who usually delivers and picks up people, has such a great skill?

Everyone clearly remembered that Fisher's original task today was to transport them to the wine-making area, but the old guy said that he was very tired from continuous missions, so he arranged for a fresh-faced sailor to transport Corvo and his party.

However, the fact that Fisher appears in the winemaking area and fights with the charismatic warriors of the Holy Scouts only shows that the old loach is lying.

Things are beyond everyone's expectations, at this time, in retrospect, Lao Wang's previous absurd remarks seem to have some credibility, Takenaka wants this effect, now I dare not say that Corvo and the whale oil privateers have believed Lao Wang, you can guess from their expressions, these people have begun to favor Lao Wang's side.

"I killed Fisher, in fact, he was an undercover agent for the Wine Gang to the Loyalist, and was responsible for passing the information he gathered to the Wine Gang, who in turn provided it to the High Overseer. Lao Wang continued to throw a bombshell, taking advantage of the other party's thinking to give fierce information, not allowing the other party to have time to analyze slowly.

"You said he was in charge of passing the information on to the High Overseer, so wouldn't our assassination plan be completely revealed?" Corvo snapped up when he heard Wang talk about espionage.

At this juncture, it would be bad to tell them that Gambol already knew their plans.

"Lord Corvo, so lucky people are always favored by God, when Big Mouth and Fisher came in to deliver the news of the assassination, Bloor was fighting back against our Holy Scouts, and there was no time to meet Fisher, and after that, Mason killed him again when he went to the whiskey distillery, so so so your secret is fine so far. Takenaka smiled and said, "Look, do you owe us another big favor to the Holy Scouts?"

It's not that Corvo doesn't want to verify the authenticity of Takenaka's words, the current form is like this, so he can only groan, can he just say Why should I believe you?

"Maybe you don't believe us, but if we have the intention to harm you, why don't we just do it, or leak the news to the city police team when you come to ask for our help?" Takenaka was like a roundworm in people's hearts, and directly pinched Corvo's worst worries and said, "Besides, we have destroyed the Wine Gang, and the Supreme Overseer has become a fire and water, why should we help them fight against you?"

Takenaka's words are reasonable, constantly impacting Corvo's inherent thinking.

Lao Wang joined at this time, his expression was entangled and painful, and he said loudly to Corvo: "Captain, believe us, I told you the truth..."

"Shut up Mark, do you still want your strength to stay in you?" Takenaka heard Lao Wang's words, and immediately raised his eyebrows and shouted.

Lao Wang was stopped by him, and his voice was silent, but his face still looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and his eyes looked at Corvo, as if he had a lot to express.

"Lord Corvo, with all due respect, interrupted your conversation, but there are some things that Mark knows that I really can't tell you, and if you continue to be unsure, we'll close the secret passage, but I don't know if Princess Emily has that much patience. Takenaka seemed to be annoyed by Lao Wang's sudden behavior, and his tone suddenly became a little unfriendly.

Corvo looked at Takenaka through his mask and asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Tell us why you have to come along." ”

Bamboo Center Zhongdading, finally to this sentence!

All the design is for Corvo's question, which is ridiculous to say, and the reason for such effort is just for Corvo to bring them.

From the moment he opened the door, Takenaka let Corvo know that Lao Wang was already a member of the Holy Scouts, and this psychological gap was bound to cause Corvo's mood to be excited, and his evaluation of Lao Wang would continue to decline.

Later, in line with the various performances of the old king, first throwing Fisher's head, and then being stopped by Takenaka when he wanted to speak, this would give Corvo a very clear idea: "There is some inside story about the Holy Scouts, Mark is willing to tell me, but Francis is not." ”

Looking at Lao Wang's appearance of being completely controlled by Takenaka or struggling to give him more information, invisibly, Lao Wang's image has been raised again here in Corvo.

There must have been a reason for Mark's joining, as evidenced by the fact that he wanted to say something to himself but was stopped by Francis.

At this point, Corvo will be relatively relieved that Lao Wang will be relatively relieved, and it will not be a big problem for him to follow him into Dunwall City to assassinate Gambor.

For the rest, Corvo has never been completely relieved of one point, that is, the Holy Scouts are only unilaterally willing to provide a lot of help to themselves, but they never ask for anything in return, which is very unreasonable for the two forces that have just established a cooperative relationship, the Holy Scouts are only called the Holy Scouts, and they are not open-minded, and it is unrealistic for them to give completely without asking for anything in return.

Corvo needs a reason, a reason for a Scout to ask for, so that he can be truly down-to-earth, and people are like that, and the bondage brought by the exchange of interests can make him trust Franz even more.

This is also what Takenaka wants, the little guy never thought that Corvo would fully trust Lao Wang and treat him as a brother of life and death again, and that level of trust would take a lot of time to re-establish, but now they don't.

He doesn't need to trust life and death, all he wants is a little bit of trust, as long as Corvo's feelings for Lao Wang are loosened and they are allowed to follow into Dunwall City and assassinate Gambol together.

What needs to be done next is Corvo's trust, or peace of mind, in the Holy Scouts.

After a series of foreshadowing, Corvo did ask about the purpose of the Holy Scouts.

On the surface, it is impossible for Takenaka to say that their goal in Dunwall City is also to assassinate Gambor, so they must concoct a plausible reason to make their actions seem more believable.

"Lord Corvo, take a step to speak. Takenaka hesitated for a moment, and finally beckoned to Corvo from a secluded corner on the edge of the aisle plaza.

Corvo was no longer suspicious by this time, he knew what Francis was going to say, so he walked quickly to Takenaka's side and listened to it.

"I need to get a magic item in Gambor's secret room, this is very useful for me to study magical powers, please don't mind, Mark told me, you also know about the mysterious world, so I'll just say it. Takenaka lowered his voice and continued, "Gambol's secret room key has never been on him, and my current strength is not strong enough to kill Gambol alone, so I need your help me." ”

"Why don't you describe the appearance and let me bring it back for you?" Corvo asked again.

"If you don't know the power of magic, I can trust you, but for now, I'd better go myself. Takenaka smiled slyly.

The third step is to come up with a suitable reason for the exchange of interests.

"Let's go. Corvo stood up and said, the voice behind the skull mask no longer hesitating.