Chapter 153: First Meeting of Carl
The guard man seemed to be quite familiar with Carl, and he was also quite familiar with this casino, and he kept greeting gamblers along the way, and Carl walked towards Zhang Qi after listening to the man's introduction, with a cigarette in his mouth.
"You're a friend of the machete? I've never heard him talk about you. Karl asked lazily, seemingly unhappy about interrupting his gambling.
"Lord Karl, here's the thing, in fact, I didn't know the machete brothers for long, some time ago, in a gang killing, the machete brothers saved my life, plus we have similar personalities, and slowly became the best brothers, just two days ago, the machete brothers and I were beaten by a group of horses, the machete brothers were stabbed by the group of horses in order to save me, and before he died, he told me that you are the most respected person in his life, I thought you would come to help take revenge, but as a machete brother, his revenge I must avenge with my own hands, So then I tried my best to help the machete avenge, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes, and I killed those who had injured the machete one by one, but when I thought that you were the most respected person for the machete, I came to report to you. ”
From becoming brothers with the machete to fighting together, and then to revenge, Zhang Qi's expression continued to change with the content of his speech, from excitement to sadness, and at the same time, he kept observing the changes in Carl's expression, he was very confident that Carl's mood was fully mobilized by his performance.
In terms of the content of the dialogue, the content in Zhang Qi's words is actually half-true and half-false, the key is that the party is dead, and there is no proof of death at all, even if the insider hears it, he will feel half-convinced, not to mention Carl, who is completely unaware of the direct appearance, and according to the information in Zhang Qi's hands, Carl is the most nervous and affectionate among the plot characters, but he is a complete reckless man, Zhang Qi dared to find him so rashly because of this.
Sure enough, after watching Zhang Qi's "stage performance", Carl was deeply moved by Zhang Qi's "righteousness", and stepped forward to pat Zhang Qi's shoulder: "Brother David, it's a good kill, Brother Machete didn't give you this brother in vain, I'm proud of Carl!" ”
swept away the previous unhappiness, and continued: "You are the brother of the machete, that is also my Carl's brother, this revenge should be avenged by you, brother, I have nothing to say, you have come to the capital of desire, as a brother, I will invite you to have a few drinks!" ”
Carl is a gambler and addicted to alcohol, of course Zhang Qi knows this habit, so Zhang Qi laughed and said: "Brother Carl, look at what you said, this is an outsider, since they are all brothers, don't lose anything of you and mine, otherwise you will treat me David as an outsider, besides, the younger brother I am now the big leader of the Shuangniu Church, although this ability is not as good as the eldest brother, but the money may be more than the eldest brother, and the contribution is that there will be Brother Lao to help in the future, but the little brother will come to pay the money." ”
Zhang Qi's words seem to be very bold, but they actually contain deep meaning, laying the groundwork for asking Carl for help in the future plan, but Carl, a reckless man, understands these things and completely falls into Zhang Qi's trap.
After listening to Zhang Qi's words, Carl laughed heartily: "Okay, okay, let's go!" He walked forward with his arm around Zhang Qi's shoulders.
The world of reincarnation is really peculiar, Carl's appearance is a standard Western man, full of large muscles, like a male protagonist in a Hollywood movie, but the tone of his speech has an authentic Northeast flavor, which makes people feel novel but friendly. Later, I learned from Carl's mouth that his father was a native of the Northeast and met his Western mother when he was nomadic in the grassland, so Carl continued his father's character and mother's appearance since he was a child.
It wasn't until later, in the battle with "Avalanche", that Carl's bold character and rough style of play were appreciated by Rhodes, because Rhodes himself was also this kind of relatively rough person, which was considered to be sympathetic, and later Carl became Rhodes' henchmen, plus Carl's strength, he soon stood out among Rhodes' subordinates and became an important helper of Rhodes.
It stands to reason that with Carl's "good brother", it is the easiest thing to join the villain, and with Zhang Qi's identity and the relationship with the machete, once he joins the villain camp, the belonging point must be extremely high, and the status is definitely not low, but Zhang Qi did not do this, but he did not want to join the villain, but the starting point for joining the villain is too low, although Carl is Rhodes's right-hand man, but compared with Rhodes, it is a whole lot worse, Zhang Qi understands a truth, the level of the starting point determines the level of the future status.
Of course, Carl wouldn't guess Zhang Qi's thoughts, but he just felt that Zhang Qi was a trustworthy person in terms of personality and character, just like a machete, so as soon as the wine was full, he said: "Brother David, since you and I have the same personality, and we talk about brotherly righteousness, why do you still suffer the anger of those hypocrites, why don't you join us, follow the leader of Cardan Qiu, drink wine in a big bowl, and eat meat in large pieces?" Carl did not take the initiative to ask Zhang Qi to join, that is because Zhang Qi's current identity is the big leader of the Shuangniu Church, the Shuangniu Church is one of the four major gangs officially recognized by Midgar, and Midgar is the base of the decent camp, if from this level, Zhang Qi is a person who belongs to the decent camp, so Carl will be so "persuading".
Carl's words are obviously throwing an olive branch to Zhang Qi, this kind of active solicitation of a strong person in the plot is an extremely rare event in the entire reincarnation camp, he has to meet many hidden conditions, one is the considerable degree of identity, and the other is that he has a particularly close relationship with this plot character, obviously, Zhang Qi meets these two points.
At this moment, the system prompted the options in time:
Bite!
The villain faction character Carl has asked you to join the faction, will you join immediately? Note: Being invited to join will add an additional 10 points of faction belonging.
Hey? This hint made Zhang Qi's heart move a little, it turned out that there were such benefits to passively joining, if he hadn't had a plan, maybe he would have been attracted by this condition, but Zhang Qi then decisively chose no.
"Brother Carl, the younger brother wants to fight side by side with you, but the eldest brother, you also know that the younger brother is still followed by a large group of brothers, and I left alone, that is not to abandon this group of brothers who share life and death, maybe it will also affect them, so the younger brother will never do such an unrighteous thing as giving up his brother for his own sake. However, if there is a chance for the younger brother to see the big leader of Cardan Qiu, after getting his approval, the little brother will go back and discuss with the brothers below, willing to David with me, we will follow the big leader of Cardan Qiu together, if you don't want to, the little brother will not force it, so that the little brother can rest assured to follow the big brother, big brother, do you say yes. Zhang Qi said with a smile as he picked up the big bowl in his hand, touched Carl's bowl, and drank it.
Carl was very dissatisfied when he was subjected to Zhang Qino, but the reason for hearing Zhang Qino was for his brother and for the sake of righteousness, which was very in line with his aesthetic vision of the incident, so he was not angry but happy, and secretly praised David in his heart for being a righteous man. "Okay, Brother David, it's really righteous enough, I recognize your brother, do it." Carl waved his hand and drank the wine in the glass directly, and the system sent another prompt, and the personal favorability of the plot character Carl rose to 90. Although Zhang Qi didn't understand what this value meant, at least he gained the first reliance in this camp, and it was okay to say that he was a backer.
The prompt of the system gave Zhang Qi a new idea to solve the problem, and at the same time, there was a new term - the favorability of the plot character, this thing is a new thing, although Zhang Qi doesn't know what it is for, but it must be a good thing to be able to make a system prompt, so, from the first time I wanted to get rewards by joining the forces, to now I can make some articles through the favorability of the plot characters.
But looking back and thinking about it, I can only be full of emotion, if the purpose is to gain favor, then the difficulty is very high, just becoming a leader of a force is not something that ordinary people can do, and the calculation and operation of this can only be experienced by Zhang Qi, the party, and it is necessary to start from the character and psychology of the plot character, this does not have the ability of a psychologist to be an expert, and it is really impossible to grasp the mental state of the plot character, and it is impossible to gain favorability. At the same time, you have to learn to make rational choices, for example, if you directly agreed to Carl's solicitation at that time, you would not be able to get this favorability, and it is precisely because of all these arrangements and calculations that the current situation has been created.
"Brother Karl, on the way here, I heard that the Great Leader of Cardan Qiu usually doesn't see anyone, I don't know what's going on?" Holding a wine glass, Zhang Qi seemed to ask a random question, but in fact, the content of the question already involved the core secrets of the villain camp, and he dared to try to ask by virtue of the fact that he had just obtained a favorability of 90, but once he failed, these favorability points may directly return to zero, and maybe it will arouse the suspicion of the other party.
It turns out that Zhang Qi bet right, this favorability is definitely a useful thing, and it can actually make Carl directly tell the secrets of the villain's camp, "Brother David, it's not that Lord Cardan Qiu is not there, but outsiders like you who have just arrived are not qualified to meet, even if it is me, I may not be qualified to meet the big leader of Cardan Qiu, and the only ones who are really qualified to meet the big leader at will are his brothers Rhodes and Yaz, but these two leaders are not everyone can see them, fortunately, the head of Rhodes is my eldest brother, and I can see them often, If you must meet the Grand Leader of Cardanjou, brother, I will help you ask Brother Rhodes, and you will have to meet the Grand Leader through him. As a nervous plot character, adding Zhang Qi's 90 favorability, Carl agreed almost without thinking about it.
"Well, then it's going to be a hassle for Big Brother Karl." Zhang Qi smiled and toasted a glass of wine.
"David, when you say that, you don't treat me as a brother? Punish wine, you must punish wine, I can take you there tomorrow, but tonight you must not get drunk and not return, come, do it! Carl scolded with a smile, opened his mouth, and drank directly with Zhang Qi.
Language is only a superficial way of communicating between men and men, and the most effective way is through wine.
The next morning, Zhang Qi was awakened by a ray of sunshine, shook his head that was still a little painful, and couldn't help sighing: This Carl can really drink, he has strengthened so much physique through the system and was almost overturned by him, and he is still a little dizzy, it seems that next time it is necessary to get something sobering to take with him, otherwise he will really be a little unbearable to meet a drunkard-level plot character like Carl.
Zhang Qi smiled bitterly in the mirror, then got up to wash and comb, and it happened that Carl walked in at this time.
"Haha, brother, I talked to Brother Rhodes when I went back last night, he heard that the leader of the Double Dragon Church was also coming to join, and he was very happy in his heart, and promised to see you today, if appropriate, he would personally take you to meet the great leader of Cardan Qiu. It's never been a good thing, hahaha. Carl's gong-like laughter even covered his ears when the junior two downstairs listened to it.
"Hehe, then thank you big brother, since the leader of Rhodes has agreed, how can the next newcomer let the leader wait, I'll go over and ask the big brother to lead the way." Zhang Qi said, while picking up a piece of bread on the side, he went out while walking, and said in his heart that Carl's efficiency was really high, and he definitely underestimated his amount of alcohol, he had just woken up, and he would have already done it even with Rhodes, otherwise if Carl poured himself wine last night, I am afraid that he would definitely not be able to get up today, so it seems that this Carl is really a brother to himself, and he is afraid that he will be embarrassed in front of the leader, so he deliberately keeps talking about the character hobbies of Rhodes and Kadanqiu on the road, For the first time, he felt the warmth from the characters in the plot.
As one of the three brothers of the mystery, Rhodes is at the top of the pyramid in the villain camp, and although his brother is easy to find, he is very quiet and looks very deserted.
Compared with other houses, Rhodes' room is naturally larger than theirs, and there are a few guards standing at the door, those guards see that it is Carl who leads, and they don't ask much, they all know Karl and Rhodes's Rhodes, and say directly: "Brother Karl, the leader of Rhodes is inside." Carl also gave his trademark laugh back and strode in. Before the front foot could be implemented, there was a breaking gong sound that was louder than Carl's, but several times more difficult to hear.