Chapter 22: Handsome Jack

Su Jing's knowledge of "Handsome Jack" comes from the in-game audio recordings, a brutal, ferocious, selfish, and ruthless man who always wears a mask on his face and has all the best qualities of a villain. He murdered the previous president of Hyperion and replaced him, a villain living under a mask, who took power by lying and violence, and for a time controlled the entire planet Pandora. Under his leadership, Hyperion acquired the mysteries of the element of Eridium by any means necessary, and gained a rapid increase in strength in just a few years.

Su Jing knew that he had been pursuing the mystery of the "Vault" on the planet Pandora, and that he had obtained the key to the Vault. But...... If you want to open that key and summon the "Samurai", the ultimate planet-destroying weapon of the ancient race, you must either wait for the opportunity to open it once every two hundred years, or use the "Witch" to artificially charge the key and ripen the rebirth of the "Samurai".

In the original plot, Jack's daughter "Angel" is a witch who locks his daughter in a secret castle, uses her as a charger for the key, and eventually has to make the angel choose the path of self-termination.

Angels have accompanied players since the first generation of Borderlands, serving as guides and guides. Even in the second part, Jack revealed to the player that all of this was done under his instructions, it still couldn't change Su Jing's love for this character. As for Jack, who imprisoned the angel, a scumbag who treated his daughter so cruelly, Su Jing thought that as long as he had the opportunity, he should be shot in the head mercilessly.

It's a pity that it is Su Jing who is being held at the head now. And it was the handsome Jack who was holding the gun - Su Jing wasn't sure if it was him, or a clone.

"Mr. Jack - I think I can explain both of these things." Su Jing slowed down his tone.

If Handsome Jack is asking himself these two questions, then it is certain that this person who does not know the truth about the adventurer of the Dao Dao thinks of himself as a witch. And the most striking feature of witches in the game, in addition to the magic patterns on their bodies, is that they are all women.

The gun pointed at the door of the head and pushed forward, motioning for him to continue.

"On the question of the tattoo – I didn't think it looked good, so I removed it with a laser...... Of course, I can make it manifest if I need to. ”

"Answer the first question."

Su Jing sighed secretly, and then said the answer.

"Uh...... I've been transgender. ”

The man with the gun was silent.

Su Jing also remained silent, and prayed in his heart that the other party would believe this nonsense.

One hand turned Su Jing's face over, and the masked man looked at it carefully, then moved the gun away.

"Okay...... The...... Tell me your name. ”

"Su Jing, Dear Mr. Jack."

"Well, you're very polite. I like polite people, I can see that you are not one of those barbarians who sleep in your own, and I can see that you are a person who knows the times. I like people who are knowledgeable about current affairs. So, I'm sure you'd be happy to work for me, huh? The handsome Jack in the mask stood in front of Su Jing, and the pistol in his hand did not remove the muzzle from him for a moment, and all the equipment on Su Jing's body was removed.

"Uh...... Yes, Mr. Jack. Su Jing twisted his fingers, wondering if a flaming hand knife could cut Jack's neck now, but now, he seemed to be locked in a hospital room, and he didn't believe that Jack would be defenseless.

"Good. But you answered so simply that it made me feel very insecure, so I want you to wear this so that our cooperation can be a little easier and more enjoyable. ”

Jack took out a collar, pointed a gun at Su Jing with one hand, and inserted the collar into Su Jing's neck through the gap with the other hand.

Su Jing could see at a glance that this was the control collar that Jack used to control Lilith in the game plot, and the one hanging on the blood wing was probably a similar product.

As soon as he put on the collar, Su Jing felt a thin needle pierce the back of his neck, even deep into his spine, and then an electric current flashed in his brain, and the demon hunting insect chirped sharply in his mind. Su Jing could feel that an electromagnetic wave was changing his mind and memory, forcibly hypnotizing him to obey the masked evil man in front of him. He groaned as he held his head, the demon hunter in his brain fighting against the radio waves, a confrontation that would tear his brain to shreds.

"Hmm...... Can the rejection of the mind control collar be so severe? Handsome Jack narrowed his eyes under the mask and tugged at the bolt.

After a long time, Su Jing slowly stood up from the ground and stood in front of the handsome Jack with a helpless face.

"Nice, perfect. Now, I'm going to give you a test of the last day...... Bring people in! ”

The door to the ward slid open silently, and a reluctant Gage walked in. The Mechomancer has now had all her weapons confiscated, including her left arm removed, and she wears the same collar around her neck. Gage, who is usually in good spirits, is now missing an arm and looks particularly ...... Weak.

Jack flexibly turned the pistol he was holding around and handed it to Su Jing's hand.

"Kill her. Right now. ”

Su Jing was silent for a while, looked at Gai Qi, the eyes of the two people met at this moment, and Su Jing understood the meaning in Gai Qi's eyes:

Kill me, or we'll all have to die here.

But he knew that at the bottom of the girl's eyes was the desire to survive, the desire for life, and she just continued to stubbornly not want to owe herself favors, and she didn't want to drag herself down.

Su Jing raised the gun, aimed it at Gage's head, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Click.

The pistol is empty.

"Haha......ha You passed the test. You're all going to be my friends, so how could I really let you kill each other? Well, that's all for today. The two of you can talk about the old days first, but ...... Don't leave this room, do you hear me? Don't, leave, this, the room. ”

Handsome Jack took the pistol back from Su Jing's hand and swaggered out of the door, the room was unlocked, obviously he did not have the slightest doubt about the execution of the order.

The room suddenly became silent.

Suddenly, Gage threw herself into Su Jing's arms, Su Jing's body was a little stiff, and she just gently stroked the girl's back, like stroking a kitten. He could feel the girl's tense back muscles loosen and soften in his arms.

"You're doing the right thing." Gage whispered in his arms, "We are now controlled by his collar, and our minds are free—except when we hear his commands." As soon as we hear his voiceprints, the collar will force us to obey...... I know you don't want to do this. ”

Su Jing lowered her head and whispered in her ear, "I swear." Someday, I'll blow his head to the ground with my own hands. ”

"Did I bother you?"

Tina stood in the doorway, also wearing a collar around her neck, looking impatient.

Su Jing and Gai Qi jumped back at the same time, their faces a little embarrassed.

Tina shrugged her shoulders, jumped into the treatment chamber where Su Jing was lying before, closed the hatch with a kick, and said, "I'm going to sleep for a while, you continue." ”

Su Jing didn't tell the whole truth, and when the needle of the collar pierced into his spine, the demon hunting insect was fighting against the radio waves, buying him a few seconds of precious time. At the risk of nerve damage in his spines and paralysis of his lower body, he forcibly burned the needle in the muscle layer with the energy of the flames, and the needle was still stuck in his neck, but it could no longer transmit radio waves.

And when Jack gave him the pistol, he used the perspective function of the Demon Hunting Worm to confirm that the magazine was empty, and there was not a single bullet, so he didn't shoot Jack, but pulled the trigger on Gage.

Regarding the fact that he knew in advance that there were no bullets in the pistol, he could actually say it to Gage, but he was in a bad mood and didn't want to explain it at all. When he explained, it felt like a cover for his actions, which made him disgusted with himself.

He closed his eyes and connected to Serena in his mind.

【…… Our satellites are temporarily disabled. What happened before? 】

Serena's tone sounded unpleasant as well.

"Me, Gage, and Tina, the three of us have been captured by Hyperion."

[Hyperion has returned to Pandora?!] Wait a minute...... I'm going to call Mr. Ivan. 】

Since Su Jing didn't have a friend of Ivan Vanke, the next communication was relayed by Serena.

[Su Jing, do you know where you are now? 】

“…… I don't know what to do. We were kept in a sealed medical cabin. I don't even know if I'm on Pandora. If I had a precise timer, I could also figure out what altitude I was at from the acceleration of gravity...... If gravity here is not artificial. ”

【…… You should still be on the planet Pandora. If a spaceship takes off or lands, it won't be able to escape our surveillance...... We knew that Hyperion still had remnants of power operating on Pandora, but we didn't expect them to be able to control some of the moons...... Do you know what Jack is for? 】

"Because I have some of the power to control the elements, he seems to think of me as a witch...... He must be trying to recharge the Vault Key through me, turn on the Samurai, and fight back against Pandora. ”

【…… Su Jing. Are you wearing that mind-control collar right now? 】

"Yes. But I used my power to avoid the collar, but Gage and Tina were controlled. I want to know how to touch this collar from the outside. ”

[Be careful, Su Jing. Even if you're immune to its brainwashing effects, it can still be controlled to explode, and your life is still in Jack's hands. If you have basic mechanical tools, then I can guide you to remove the collar remotely...... Wait, this is Mr. Ivan's instructions. Su Jing, we have a new task for you. Lurk around Jack, find out what he's up to, and then, if possible, sabotage it. 】

"I got it. Miss Serena. Can I request one thing? ”

"Say it. 】

"If that day comes, I hope ...... Able to slaughter him with his own hands. ”

【……………… It's good. Mr. Ivan promised you. 】

Handsome Jack ...... Su Jing silently recited the name in his mind.

This was the first time he had met someone who could really be called "evil".

In all the twenty years of his life, he had never hated a man so much.