Starlight dragged ink to cover the sky, under the scattered lights, many drunks were staggering against the wall, holding wine bottles in their hands, muttering deliriously, Hodge walked along the street back to the small building he had just purchased called the writer, and sure enough, he saw four guards on duty at the door, this scene attracted the attention of many residents on South Street, after all, this kind of place does not even come to patrol a few times on weekdays, but now there are suddenly four soldiers on duty, of course, it is easy to provoke the residents to discuss.

Listening to the people on the street talking about who the new neighbor of the building was, his mood was even worse, especially when his mood had reached a peak of happiness not long ago, and the sudden drop was even more infuriating.

Walking to the door, the four guards glanced at each other, slightly sideways to give up a gap just enough for him to pass through, he walked to the line with the guards, tilted his head to look at them, and said slowly: "I have a good relationship with your captain and vice captain, not to mention that this is an order, I don't want to deliberately embarrass you." ”

"But if I find out you have trespassed into my house one more time—"

The words came to an abrupt halt, and at some point the blank space was more threatening than the whole sentence, and he shook his head, and went into the room, slamming the door shut.

"You have a bad complexion. Daphne, who was sitting by the window, heard the movement outside the door, glanced at the door, and happened to see Hodge's iron face and faint bruises, "Didn't you think about this possibility in the first place?"

Back when Hodge first described her plans to him, she had told him many times that such an idea was too much to take for granted, that witches had been hunted for thousands of years, and that it would be difficult to change the impression by grace alone, even in remote mining towns.

However, Hodge seems to have his own ideas, and after arriving in Blackstone, he quickly took control of the town's criminal forces, maybe his ideas are indeed unrealistic, but Daphne never thought he was a naïve and careless person, he really didn't expect Pollitt to react like this?

"Of course I thought about it, but-"

Hodge paused, unable to continue.

Just what?

Is he still clinging to some unrealistic hopes, expecting the higher to keep his promises to the bottom?

It's ridiculous.

Not long ago, he forced Harlow to recognize his naivety in a condescending manner.

However, it now seems that perhaps he himself is the most naïve of the people.

He thinks that he has recognized the world, but he is still like a child who has not yet grown up, explaining his value with his words and seeking greater benefits with interests, which is an infallible proposition, but he has made the biggest mistake.

The condition for this proposition to be true is that the two parties are in similar status.

He stood in front of Pollit as a negotiator, but ignored that in Pollit's eyes, he was just a small people who were left to his own death, and he did tell his worth, but in exchange for not cooperation, but possession, and Pollit had no need to negotiate with him at all.

Coming to Blackstone Town is actually not a coincidence, in such a closed and chaotic world, it is not easy to attract the attention of powerful enemies such as magicians and imperial armies, not to mention that Blackstone Town is a paradise for criminals, even if the news of hiding witches flows from here, it is mostly turned over as an absurd joke, as the birthplace of their little strength is very suitable.

He tries to catch up with Pollitt and grab the power in his hands step by step, but no matter how great this power is, it is shared from Pollit's hands, and as long as Pollit is still the mayor of the town, he can take back everything he has worked so hard to manage at any time.

If you want to truly have power, you can't be the fulcrum of power, but you need to be the center.

Spiders never make silk in other people's webs, because when the web breaks, their nests disappear.

Now Hodge is like a blind spider, desperate to have his own home, but rashly weaving silk into someone else's web.

How, ridiculous.

Hodge took a deep breath to blow away the anger that had just filled his mind, and gradually calmed down.

What happens when the only web-forming wall is occupied by another spider?

Naturally, it approached quietly, and then—devoured it.

"I figured it out. He calmly looked at Daphne's beautiful pupils.

"What?" Devany could have known that he was already struggling in his heart, only to see that his expression suddenly changed, and he said this sentence inexplicably, which was a little confusing.

"I want people to hear me. ”

There was a cold glint in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice:

"Gotta be, the only voice. ”

......

Chief of Intelligence.

This is the position that Pollitt gave Hodge.

Apparently the fat mayor hadn't forgotten his existence, and it was no wonder that if he had lost value now, he could have left Hodge far away after the merchant murder was over instead of leaving him in Blackstone.

Hodge's value, on the one hand, lies in the witches, and now that the witches have been regulated in Pollit's sight, it is quite easy to borrow the power of the witches, or to attract the mages of the Magic Association to exchange the witches for gold.

On the other hand, it lies in his control over the power of the perpetrators.

Pollitt didn't know that Hodge was now a veritable master of the underground forces, but judging from the information compiled by Rhodes, it was obvious that Hodge had his own intelligence system, so the intelligence director of Blackstone Town, who had been hanging for many years, finally wrote his name.

"Your Excellency. When Herbert heard the news from Hodge, he kept his face sad and said, "The big guys in town are taking advantage of you. ”

"I know. ”

Hodge knew very well that Blackstone Town did not have a full-time member of the intelligence system before or after Pollitt came, and now it seems that Pollitt has given him a decent position, but in fact this position is false, and it has no benefit at all except that it sounds good, but it will make the intelligence force that he has been running for so long to be used by Pollit.

"They wanted to drain me of my value, but at the same time I was branded as the mayor's party, and to outsiders, I was now Pollitt's right hand and hand, just like Rhodes. Hodge chuckled, "With this identity, what I'm doing will be thought by a lot of people to be at the behest of Pollitt, which is a lot of fun, and there's a lot of room for manipulation." ”

"What do you mean, sir?" As his lieutenant and the leash of the "little mice", Herbert should find out what he really means before he can assign the task.

"Pollitt still can't figure out the size of my intelligence force, that's good, divide eighty percent of the little rats, don't get involved in Pollitt's orders, I don't want others to find out my roots. ”

"Understood. ”

"One more thing. Hodge spread out two portraits on the table, one of Pollitt and the other of Rhodes.

"Let the little mice who have been divided find out how far this network has extended with Pollit and Rhodes as the center, and the individual information of everyone in this network, especially Pollit and Rhodes. ”

"I need to know their personalities, their weaknesses, and the secrets they're desperately trying to hide. ”