Hearing Karen's change in his name, Du Wei was not too surprised.

Such a situation was expected by him, otherwise he would not have chosen to do it himself.

Because sometimes a proper display of strength can avoid a lot of trouble, for example, it can dispel Winston's small calculations.

Dewey will not forget the fact that John, who helped Winston fight desperately in another timeline, turned his head and was sold to the high table by Winston as a bargaining chip.

Even if Winston gave John a chance to resign himself to his fate, it was not a charity, it was a retreat that Winston left for himself.

John died, so nothing happened.

If John had lived, he would have to remember his kindness for letting him go.

But Du Wei clearly didn't want to put himself in such a situation.

Therefore, Du Wei also needs to make some preparations for this possible event, and showing his strength is one of the preparations.

After all, Du Wei is not alone and the enemy of the whole world like John in the past, but there are many feared strong people standing in the shadows behind Du Wei.

This meant that Winston would be cautious about betraying Dewey.

Because if he can't eradicate Du Wei's forces, then the consequences will be endless.

Anyway, Du Wei's companion completed the decapitation operation of the Divine Consciousness Secret Society with him!

This means that the others also have enough strength to carry out new assassinations.

And old foxes like Winston will naturally clearly understand that unless he has been adrift at sea, he may die at any time when he returns to land.

But how could he not set foot on land?

After all, a rickety ship is not as comfortable as the presidential room of the Continental Hotel, let alone an absolute freedom.

So now after redefining Du Wei's strength through this operation, everyone will re-examine Du Wei.

These changes can be seen in Cullen's attitude towards him, as evidenced by the name of him.

Originally, Cullen's treatment of Dewey was more like a willingness to take care of John's face for the sake of his face.

But now Cullen has respect for Du Wei from the bottom of his heart.

He asked himself that it would be difficult for him to replicate what Du Wei did in his prime, so he was willing to give Du Wei enough respect when the two sides did not tear their faces.

After a brief pleasantries, the two were still sailing on the wide Hudson River on an unremarkable yacht.

However, the yacht drove straight past the luxury cruise ship that had been carrying Winston and continued forward, and soon left the Hudson River to Hoffman Island, an artificial island south of New York.

Originally used in the early 20th century to isolate cholera patients, the artificial island was a quarantine station.

After the epidemic disappeared, it became a breeding ground for birds that were forbidden to humans to land on the island.

But it is clear that this rule is only for ordinary people, and Winston, who has been deeply involved in New York for many years, has already established a secret base on this island.

The previous cruise ships and so on can be said to be just a trick set up by Winston.

He may or may not be on a cruise ship, this is Schrödinger's Winston.

It was because of Winston's caution that he escaped most possible assassinations and managed to survive to this day.

It's just that he now chooses to expose his position on the artificial island, obviously with a certain degree of certainty, and talks with the high table, which is not the situation that Du Wei wants to see.

Soon the yacht was heading to a secluded harbor.

Although this port is extremely secretive, there are many ships here at this time.

It was also clear from the dock that there were two groups of people watching out of each other.

It seems that Du Wei's previous judgment was not wrong, and Winston had already used the news of the imminent demise of the Divine Secret Society to enter into a new round of negotiations with the high table that could not have been opened.

After all, in this era of information interconnection, what happened in Dubai passed

Fiber optic cables travel much faster to New York than airplanes.

Led by Cullen, Dewey met the improved Winston in a cave with modern devices.

It's just that Winston is not alone here at the moment, and there is an Asian figure in a black suit sitting on the sofa opposite him.

The two of them were holding wine glasses at this time, with false smiles on their faces, and they looked like they were talking happily.

But at a glance, Du Wei caught a glimpse of the Asian who looked like Hazelnut Dan wearing a ring with the mark of "Adjudicator" on his finger.

Not a coin, but a ring.

This means that the person who comes is a high-level executive who exists above the adjudicator!

The position of the executive in the high table is the real leader of the high table guard, and he has considerable decision-making power.

And he will appear here, presumably because he has received news from Dubai.

The overall strength of the Divine Will's Secret Society is at the top of the twelve seats at the High Table, but now it has been solved by Winston, which makes the High Table have to consider the possibility of peace talks with Winston.

Because the current losses are far beyond the range they can bear, if they continue, no one knows if they are Winston's next target.

So that's why the executive will show good faith by revoking the bounty and thus go to the island to negotiate.

There is nothing that cannot be discussed, and if there is, then a fight first.

Obviously, the two families who have finished fighting have reached the point of talking.

This scene is so similar to the situation in another timeline where the Adjudicator and Winston settle on the top floor of the Continental Hotel.

It's just that this time it's no longer John, who is alone, but Du Wei, who has elite soldiers under him.

Du Wei fearlessly met the eyes of the two and walked over.

Then he sat down very familiarly, took the whiskey on the table, poured himself a glass of wine, and after drinking it all in one gulp, he pretended to be unaware and said:

"Winston, since that old woman is dead, isn't it time for us to go kill the Executive?"

As soon as these words came out, the executive officer next to him looked at his face as usual, but his eyes when he lowered his eyes and looked at the wine glass welled up with strong killing intent.

Did Winston have already made him his next target?

So is this peace talk a Hongmen banquet?

Is Winston really determined to break with the high table?

It's stupid, what's the use of killing him?

As long as the high table does not fall, people like him will only be recruited by the high table with all kinds of things.

So there's no point in killing him other than to anger the high table.

But Winston did such a stupid thing twice.

In his Continental Hotel, two adjudicators died.

Therefore, it does not seem impossible for Winston to kill himself here.

Realizing this possibility, the Executive immediately used the corner of his eye to observe the positions of the others here, trying to find a way out of it.

As long as he can get out of here, then Winston, who has been exposed, will immediately know what the wrong choice is!

Just as the executive was spinning with various thoughts in his heart, a look of embarrassment flashed on Winston's face.

It was impossible for Du Wei not to see what the current situation was.

So Du Wei would say this absolutely on purpose.

How? Isn't he optimistic about his negotiations with the high table?

Will this use straightforward words to imply that killing the executive is the best choice?

But one thing to say, he had really thought about killing the new clerk who had been sent to the area, the executive.

But that was before the Divine Will's Secret Society went wrong.

Now that the Divine Secret Society is about to fall, he wants to use it as a bargaining chip to seek his own independence rather than continue to fight.

Because continuing to fight would be a loss to the New York area at most for the high table, but for Winston, it would be difficult for him to have a peaceful day in the future, and only death could bring him the last peace.

Therefore, the executive officer in front of him not only will not kill, but will offer it with a good voice.

After all, all the conversations between the two of them had to be relayed by the executive officer to the upper echelons of the high table.

It's just that Du Wei's murderous words suddenly made Winston worry about the executive's thoughts.

Maybe he really should have killed him like Du Wei said?

Anyway, the executive officer is not a position that cannot be replaced, as long as the combat skills are excellent and with a little brain, anyone can sit in this position.

It seems that the death of an executive officer is not out of the question of negotiating only with the top.

But...... Winston shook his head, putting the "unavoidable" option last.

After a short thought, when Winston saw that the atmosphere was full of an imminent explosion, he quickly coughed lightly and began the round:

"What are you talking nonsense about, Du Wei?

Didn't we stop doing this kind of thing a long time ago?

Previously, it was said that the executive was going to be killed, but we suspect that the Divine Secret Society has already replaced the executive at the high table.

But now that I've met the executive himself, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a brain-computer interface in the back of his head, he's a real person.

No matter where the Divine Will's replacement plan goes, at least His Excellency the Executive remains loyal to the High Table.

So he's not our target, we're just targeting the Divine Secret Society who is trying to secretly control the high table!"

Listening to Winston's speech, Du Wei only felt amused in his heart.

After all, it was just a lie he told Cullen.

If the table does investigate thoroughly, then they are bound to find out that it is outright fake news.

At that time, the honeymoon period when Winston and the High Table were restored would instantly turn back into an asura.

However, the executive who did not know the truth frowned, and Winston's lame reason was too hard to believe.

But Winston had given them all the steps, and he had to reluctantly step on them.

"What do you mean? What is an alternative to the Divine Will?

And what is a brain-computer interface? I don't understand.

Sir Winston, I think our time is precious, so let's stop playing pantomimes.

If you still want to do that, then I won't accompany you for now.

I've got a lot of work to do in New York."

Seeing that the executive officer was so frightened by Du Wei's previous words that he wanted to get out immediately, Winston quietly glanced at Du Wei, who was slowly sipping whiskey.

Then he smiled and said to the executive:

"Don't worry, I'll tell you everything, please don't be impatient.

I wonder if you have heard that the Divine Secret Society is secretly developing androids?"

The executive raised his eyebrows, and there was something incredible in his tone:

"Androids? Aren't they working on genetically optimized human cloning?

What do you know?"

Looking at the executive officer's gradually serious look, Winston put down the wine glass in his hand, leaned back to the sofa, and said in a relaxed manner:

"The progress of the project of genetically optimized cloning is obviously not as fast as that of androids.

After all, it is difficult for them to solve the matter of clones inheriting the memories of their original owners.

So in the clone project, they opened up a new branch, which is to create androids with memories.

And it really made them successful.

So over the years, they've slowly begun to replace real people with these androids who retain the memories of their original owners but have hidden thought switches.

This is the alternative plan for the Divine Will.

This is also one of the sincerity of my negotiations."

The executive's brows furrowed more and more, and none of the twelve seats on the high table were eaten

Vegetarian.

If the Divine Secret Society really did such a thing, there was no reason why there was no rumor at all.

Or is it true that what Winston is talking about, and that the Divine Mind Secret Society really does it all without realizing it?

That's why Winston had the idea of killing him?

Really...... It's ridiculous.

The executive wanted to open his mouth to refute the impossibility.

But then he thought about the high-end artificial intelligence project that he had discovered not long ago after the fall of the Kemorra family.

Before the Kemorrah family chose to fall, the plan was also unrevealed.

In the past, the high table also thought that the Kemora family was just doing a more advanced service-oriented artificial intelligence.

Is it possible that the Divine Will's Secret Society actually did the same?

A cold sweat broke out on the back of the executive officer who was thinking about it.

Beneath the skin of his companions, there was actually a sophisticated machine?

It makes people shudder just thinking about it.

After a long time, the executive officer raised his head and looked at the seemingly relaxed Winston opposite with complicated eyes:

"If that's the case, then you've done a great job for the high table.

I think they'll consider letting you fill up the table seats.

It's just that in the end, this matter still has to be agreed by the elders.

But you're going to have to wait a while.

As for the reason, I'm not afraid to tell you that the Elder's side completely cut off contact with our side not long ago.

So I've got to bring the message back first, and you'll have to wait for the things that promised you."

The elder has lost contact?

That's a big deal.

Having lost the intelligence network of the High Table, Winston is clearly insulated from the world's newest surging undercurrent.

But he still pretended that he already knew the news, and said calmly:

"I can wait, then between us...... A temporary truce?"

"A truce for now, but I hope you can make your decision the next time I come.

John, it's non-negotiable."

After speaking, the executive officer stood up and glanced meaningfully at Du Wei, who had suddenly been quiet for a while.

Then he left the place and went on a boat.

After the executive left, Winston dared to leave the back of the couch for no other reason than because his back was also soaked.

It's not easy to deal with the executives.

Seemingly relaxed, he carefully considered every word.

Because he knew exactly how many people in the nearby sea were waiting for the order of the executor.

It's a risky move.

Thankfully, he won.

Winston let out a long breath and pushed aside the brandy in front of him, then looked at Dewey and said:

"What do you think about this?"

"If you look at it with your eyes, I think you're going to die."

Instead of getting angry, Winston pondered the cause of his possible death.

Eventually, he spoke again:

"Is it because of my ambition?"

Du Wei nodded and said solemnly:

"Yes, the cake is so big, everyone wants to take an extra bite.

Your inclusion will only reduce the share of other people, and they don't want to see that.

If it weren't impossible, they would have already had the idea of unifying the high table.

Nowadays, the idea that the dead friends are not dead and the poor is there, and they wish that the fewer people who share the cake with them, the better.

At this time, you who want to squeeze in are undoubtedly the target of everyone.

So they're going to let you kill John first, and then they'll do it to you for giving them false news.

And if you kill John, you will lose the trust of your men, and you will have no one to use in the face of the attack of the high table.

I don't need to say what the final outcome will be

Right?"

Winston sighed, he hadn't thought of such an ending.

It's just that he has been working in the position of hotel manager in the mainland for 30 years, how can he not have the heart to climb up one step further?

This is his best chance, and probably his last, and there's no reason why he shouldn't try.

Although this time it fails, there may never be a chance to make a comeback.

Winston, who had been thinking about it for a long time, wanted to hear Dewey's best solution to the problem at hand.

"What would you do if you were to sit in my place?"

Du Wei smiled and made a motion to wipe his neck with a hand knife.

"Kill the executive here, and then use the convenience of knowing the island to inflict heavy damage on the Praetorian Guard sent to New York by the High Table.

Then integrate the underground forces in New York, and then use this force to coerce the official cooperation to completely control New York.

And then use New York as a base to radiate outward little by little and expand the sphere of influence.

As long as the whole beautiful country is under your control, then the high table? Who's this?"

Listening to Du Wei's wild words, even the corners of Winston's eyes, which were extremely deep, couldn't help twitching.

In ancient times, Du Wei only had two words in mind: "rebellion".

But when you think about it, this method is surprisingly possible.

But he didn't take the first step to kill the executive after all, but let him go.

If things really develop according to what Du Wei said, then his move will be to let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles.

Winston shook his head again:

"Then for some reason the executive has managed to leave alive, how can you remedy it?"

Seeing that Winston gradually entered his own rhythm, the corners of Du Wei's mouth curled slightly and continued:

"It's very simple, five words, start first!

Since they will do it sooner or later, it is just the right time to take the opportunity of this executive dispatch to mark these people one by one through the city Tianyan system.

Do I need to say what to do next?"

(Hazelnut Dan will appear in Fast Chase 4, theoretically I won't know the specific identity until the end of March next year, so I'll arrange the scene by myself here.) ）