Even though the cell door behind him was open straight, Giulio Gimenez was still lying on the bed, not moving.

He didn't need to move.

Kai Jiu picked up the man, who had lost less than a hundred pounds, with just one hand, and dragged him out of the cell.

It was the first time Gimenez had left the room since he was imprisoned, and the last time he had seen the world outside the cell was four months earlier, in the jungles of South America......

On that day, "Gun Ghost" and Kai Jiu raided their camp, and because "Mao Feng" and Professor Rodrigo, the two members of the tea banquet, went out to "explore the way" together, there was only one capable person left in the camp, and she was naturally not the opponent of Kai Jiu and the Gun Ghost.

As a result, both Mandy and Gimenez were captured by the Cross and imprisoned for more than four months.

Until...... Today.

…………

Whew——

With the sound of the electronic door opening, Kai Jiu walked into a conference room.

He went to the conference table and threw Gimenez onto a chair as if he were throwing a broken pocket.

Gimenez, on the other hand, did not resist from beginning to end, only moaned a little from the pain when he hit the chair.

"What's wrong with him?" Seeing this, Mandi, who was sitting in the position next to him, asked casually.

"Self-inflicted." Kai Jiu replied coldly, and then turned around and left the conference room.

About a minute later, the door to the conference room opened again, and Zilin walked in with a cup of coffee and took brisk steps to the main seat of the conference table and sat down.

After putting down the king-size paper cup in his hand, he glanced at the six people who were already sitting around the conference table, and then said, "In order to save time, whether you have known each other outside before or not, for now, I will introduce the members here one by one today." ”

He paused for a second, then started from his right hand and introduced in a counterclockwise direction: "This is the Nine Prisons...... Oh no...... one of the 'former' deputy wardens of the Nine Prisons, the 'Hive Demon', Carl von Beller. ”

He added an accent to the word "former", because the Nine Prisons no longer existed.

"This is his colleague, the former deputy warden of prison, Chief Sophie Claremont, known as 'Aphrodite.'" Zilin didn't give them a chance to speak, but just introduced them one after another, "The next one is the 'former' tea party member and famous explorer, Professor Rodrigo. ”

At this, he paused and looked at a white man in his forties at the end of the table across from him.

"And then there's this, 'former' Vladimirovich will never fall deputy commander-in-chief of the Predator Alliance, Pavel Zaitsev, at the same time...... He also has another identity, an undercover agent from the Federation, Mahaus Prato, codenamed 'Flying Spoon'. ”

When this sentence came out, except for Zilin and Gimenez, the faces of the entire table changed slightly, after all, the content of these words was a "big material".

Who would have thought that the deputy commander of the Iron Alliance, one of the most powerful resistance groups in the world, would be a federal agent; If what Zilin said is true, then many of the Federation's actions over the years will become scrutiny.

"And then...... It was this ...... "Zilin then counted to the left," as you can see, this slumped in his chair, who looked like he hadn't shaved in months, scrawny, and glazed-eyed...... It is the 'Emperor of South America' who disappeared a few months ago, the son of Giulio Gimenez. ”

As he spoke, Zilin moved his gaze to the beautiful woman on his left, the last person to be introduced: "The last one is Ms. Mandi, who is known as 'Mandala' by the Venerable Master. ”

After Zilin reported all the identities of these six people, he mentioned himself: "And I...... My name is Zilin, and today I will discuss some things with you on behalf of the Reverse Cross. ”

"Before we begin......" Before Zilin's words could be finished, Prato interjected, "I have to ask......" He glanced at Gimenez, "what the hell is wrong with that guy?" And...... Does he really have the ability to know that he's participating in some kind of discussion? ”

"Don't worry, he's sober." Zilin said, took a sip of coffee, and continued unhurriedly, "For the past four months, I have been using a medicine called 'Velvet' for him, the formula of which was bought by the Gimenez family at a high price from a pharmacist in Sakurafu, and its main ingredients are the 'tobacco' grown by the Gimenez family.

"As for its main purpose, it is used to control women who have been captured by the Gimenez family through kidnapping or trafficking and forced to work in a particular profession.

"The girls would be injected with the drug within hours of being caught, and then they would be in a state of limp like Gimenez at this moment; Although the consciousness is still awake, the whole body feels as light as a feather, and the brain cannot effectively drive the body to act.

"You can't do normal activities until the effects of the medicine have passed, such as eating, going to the toilet, and so on.

"However, it won't be long before the 'addiction' comes. At this time, if you don't take the drug again, the unique withdrawal reaction of 'Velvet' will appear - the addict will have the illusion that your body is 'getting heavier', every hair and hair, every drop of blood in your body, every bone in your body...... It's going to turn into a weight that can crush your whole person into meat sauce, pulling you into some kind of non-existent abyss that you can't do about it...... You will be accompanied only by great fear and pain. ”

After hearing this, the sympathy of the other people present for Gimenez disappeared in an instant, and they all showed a little disdain.

"So......" After a few more seconds, Prato continued, "Is this guy 'floating' or 'sinking' now?" ”

"Floating." Zilin replied without thinking, "His cell has a separate oxygen supply system, and the drug is administered through the air at regular intervals every day...... It's all in control. ”

"Then do we have to thank you for not imprisoning us in the same way?" At this time, Mandy asked.

"Don't get me wrong, Lady Mandy." Zilin smiled and replied, "When I say this to you, I am not implying that 'I can do the same to you,' and I am not showing you that this is how we treat the wicked...... I just saw that Kai Jiu had already replied to you just now, 'self-inflicted', and I was afraid that it would cause misunderstanding and suspicion if I couldn't say it clearly, so I explained it to you in detail. ”

"Then why did you torture him alone?" Sophie, who was sitting on the other side of the table, said, "What is the difference between us and him to you?" ”

"That's a good question." "In the first place," replied, "personally, I have no intention of torturing Mr. Gimenez, and I will neither be happy nor satisfied with what he has suffered...... This 'evil' inflicted on others is not a desirable interest, nor is it a service of justice. ”

"Heh......" Hearing this, Sophie smiled, her smile was as charming as ever, even a beauty like Mandy was dwarfed in front of her, "You mean...... It makes no sense to you to torture him, i.e. all the pain he suffers is for ......" she pursed her lips and said in a noncommittal tone, "...... noting？ ”

"Yes, for me, objectively, that's the case, but ......," Zi Lin replied, "...... For you, that makes sense. ”

"Uh......" Professor Rodrigo said, raising his hand as if he were an open-minded student, "I'm sorry, I can't seem to keep up with your train of thought. ”

"Try to think about it, Professor." Zilin took another sip of coffee, moistened his throat, and added, "When the emaciated Mr. Gimenez was thrown into that chair like garbage, when I introduced him to you in a contemptuous and insulting tone...... How you feel; And when I was specific about how I tortured him, when I said what he did in the same way...... How do you feel? ”

Rodrigo's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something, but he couldn't tell the difference.

"Whether it's 'evil' or 'justice' is not the thing itself, but the 'person' perception of it; different individuals will have different understandings and feelings about the same thing, and people's thoughts will be deviated or even completely opposite due to countless factors such as their own cognition, position, and amount of information...... "You just want to tell us this, right?" ”

Smack- Slap-

Zilin slowly applauded Carl: "Very good, Carl, it's not in vain that I often come to chat with you." He did talk to Carl more than once, and instilled a lot of what he learned from Tianyi, "The definition of 'justice' varies according to the individual's thoughts, and only by admitting this can we better do something for this world, right?" ”

"Hmph...... When you say 'talk to us about something', are you referring to this kind of pseudo-philosophical brainwashing? At this point, Prato suddenly asked in a very unceremonious tone.

"I'm just giving you an example, Mr. Prato." When Zilin said this, he pointed to Jimenez, who was slumped in his chair, "If we take everything that happened to Jimenez as a ...... at the junction of Eurasia a while ago."

"The Iron Curtain?" Before Zilin could finish speaking, Prato rushed to say those four words.

"Huh...... It is worthy of a first-hand experience, and the response is fast. Zilin's voice was full of mockery.

"I understand, I understand." Prato shook his head and said in a depressed tone, "Your example is good...... For the world, it is people's perceptions that define the carnage, not what the carnage itself defines; At the end of the day, the truth is meaningless, and the result is meaningful...... The truth is known only to God, and the outcome is determined by man. ”

"Oh~ The brain is not slow." Zilin sneered unrelentingly, "It's a pity that you are loyal and outstanding...... and did not impress your superiors to inform you of your retreat before the bombing; No matter how smart and capable you are...... It's still just an 'outcast'. He chuckled and changed his words, "However, I can understand them, after all, you are already a conspicuous figure like the deputy commander of the Iron Alliance, if you suddenly run away, it may make more rebels high-ranking people notice what is going on and run away; Moreover, considering that there are not many people left in the resistance group after the bombing, how much more value can you, the undercover commander of the light pole, be worth at that time? As the so-called rabbit dies and the dog cooks, the bird hides the bow, ......"

Hearing this, Prato let out a breath from his nose and said in a deep voice: "My relationship with the Federation does not need you to provoke further...... I don't need you to find justification and justification for what they did to me...... Yes, I'm a fast brain, and I usually have a good IQ when I can be an agent, but I know ...... Just because I have a high IQ doesn't mean I can have your kind of 'smartness', if I were smart enough, I wouldn't have gone down this path, and I wouldn't have fallen into your hands after the bombing...... So, don't tell me those big truths, I'm just a layman, I don't want to understand those things; If you want to use me against the Federation, then use it, at least on this point we have the same interests. ”

"Okay, I'm quick, I like it." Zilin said, "I'm still thinking about how to get you if you're stubborn, but I didn't expect you to be very talkative, Mr. Prato." ”

"As you mean...... Sophie added, "if we don't cooperate with you, you'll '' us?" ”

"How is it possible~ 'get' or 'don't get', it depends on the person." Zilin spread out his hands, looked at the other party and said, "Take a step back, for you, sir, as long as you throw a flattering eye and let me 'fall in love' with you, won't it be safe?" ”

Sophie avoided Zilin's eyes and replied in an indifferent tone: "Come on, the first time I saw you, I knew that you were the type who 'can kill your beloved without hesitation in order to achieve your ideals', so I'm afraid of you." ”

"Yes, you can torture a man like that for the sake of giving an example, and I don't think there's anything you can't do, so what can you do if you don't listen to you......," Mandy continued, "but there's one thing I don't quite understand, why did you come to negotiate with us until now?" I've been locked up here for more than four months, but let's be honest...... If you want me to work for you, as long as you quote a price that I can accept, we can negotiate in four minutes. ”

"He's just ......waiting," before Zilin could reply, Carl spoke first, "Wait for the right time." His eyes were lowered, and his demeanor was even colder and gloomy than when he was in the Nine Prisons, "It's better to keep us here before he 'needs us' than if we were out there and causing trouble for them...... Moreover, it also avoids the possibility of us dying on the day of the Iron Curtain. ”

I said...... Are you okay. Although they basically didn't meet because of the shift, after all, they were former colleagues, and Sophie was still a little worried about Carl, "How do you feel that you speak in a weird tone, and you know them very well......"

"It doesn't matter if you know or don't know, understand or don't understand." Carl still looked down at the table, looking autistic, and continued, "There is no 'them' here, only ...... 'us'. ”