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    "Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! I've had enough. My family is also a little noble after all, and I don't owe you any money. Why do I have to work for you and be your follower!" A head of bright silver hair  The petite girl suddenly stopped and squatted on the ground with her arms around her head, shaking her head and saying madly.

    "You have to ask someone who wants to put his daughter next to His Highness the Prince, fly up a branch and turn into a phoenix." Lao Cai, who was wearing gorgeous royal clothes, threw a nut into his mouth and asked Mary.  He raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "Besides, your crouching and guarding action is not standard. It's not cute enoughah? That's not right. Didn't you already say this once in the previous chapter?"

    "You have the nerve to say that!" Mary controlled her hero, and unceremoniously drew out her sword as if to strike at Lao Cai: "I just go to Beiyue College to hang out, I never thought about it.  Really use this thing to fight, you bastard!"

    "Ahem, let me correct you. It's not a fight, it's a killing." Lao Cai said while assembling the sniper rifle in his hand: "You think I am willing to take you with me? I will be standing guard here for a while. This is not what you should follow.  Place, got it? By the way, call Tom and buy me a pizza."

    Mary nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at rice, but looking at Lao Cai wearing the equipment of an ordinary person, she still wondered: "Are you just going to rush in like this?"

    "You don't have to worry about it." Lao Cai put the assembled sniper rifle on his back, took a black automatic rifle in one hand and a dagger in the other, and hid from them with his waist down.  He rushed out from the back of the hill, his destination being the low and dilapidated houses in the slum area below.

    The dignified and noble prince, of course he did not come to such a place for a private visit to experience the suffering of the people. In fact, one painful afternoon, when the prince was leisurely cracking melon seeds and watching anime as usual, his deputy Ma  Kusi finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "If you really have nothing to do, can't Your Highness help us share the work pressure and do what we should do as members of the Sword of Damocles organization?"

    As someone who is closely connected with the emperor, Marcus¡¯s words can also be understood as the emperor¡¯s opinion. The old man really hates the behavior of absenteeism and slacking off.  Therefore, even if there are a thousand reluctant Lao Cai, he has no choice but to come. Otherwise, once his laziness exceeds His Majesty's bottom line, he will still be his valued son this month.  Next month may be the second prince after Clovis to die due to inexplicable reasons and no one will care about him.

    Mission goal: deal with an imperial fugitive. This guy has been on the run for half a year after he knew he committed a felony. The empire's regular law enforcement team has never been able to arrest him. I wonder if this guy has watched too many movies this time.  With the half-hearted idea that the most dangerous place is the safest, he actually ran back to New Wales. Lao Cai's mission was to tell him - you are thinking too much.

    His body rolled close to the ground and he came to the shadow on the back of the house. Lao Cai stuck his head out and took a look at the town. At key points in the town, there was a man who was dressed in ordinary clothes but with a different look on his body.  Ordinary people, these were the fugitive's former loyal subordinates.

    Many people think that the Empire is completely indifferent to the affairs of District 11.  The reality is that most disposals are not made public.  For example, an important large-scale base in central Honshu Island was accidentally destroyed half a year ago. That incident was considered to be the beginning of a series of bad news in Area 11. The empire not only lost an extremely important base, but also a large amount of imperial power.  All the costly androids suffered heavy losses in that Destroyer.

    The two main people responsible for the incident, Gawain, who lost consecutive battles at the hands of an unknown person and lost the face of the knights, have been dealt with internally by the Knights of the Round Table, while the other main criminal, the imperial officer who managed the base, was negligent.  He was on alert and approved Gawain's unreasonable request, which ultimately led to the unsuspecting base being raided and destroyed by the enemy.  Naturally, it is hard to escape the blame.

    This officer who was supposed to have a promising future in charge of that important base of the Empire at that time was named Vern.  At that time, he was lucky enough to escape death and fled back to the empire, but this was not something to be thankful for. Being targeted by an organization like the Sword of Damocles was definitely an experience worse than death. Lao Cai's experience this time  The task is to make him pay for the mistakes he made.

    "Hey" A small hand pulled Lao Cai from behind, and he turned around.  Mary's hero appeared before his eyes.

    "WellI'm scared, I'd better stay with you to feel safer" Sister Mary lowered her head and clasped her fingers.  He said pitifully.

    "Lao Cai feels like he is laughing or crying, girl.  If you're scared, can't you just cut off the hero's embodiment and go offline to sleep?  You don¡¯t think you will really die when the hero dies, right?

    When Mary encounters a scary situation, she will transform into a godDue to Randai's attributes, Lao Cai was too lazy to say anything. He said that it was really troublesome to lead this follower, so he simply gave up his original action plan and walked out without hesitation.

    "Brush¡ª" Lao Cai was like a leopard pounced on his prey. He walked out of the corner and immediately stared at one of Fern's subordinates standing not far ahead. The sharp edge of the dagger was pressed against his throat and backward.  Pulling him away, Fern's subordinate turned pale with fright. In order to prevent his throat from being bled, he could only let his body follow Lao Cai's retreat until he retreated to the corner where he was.  Lift the ****, aim the handle at the guy's head and knock him out.

    "You can't even subdue an ordinary person, can you? Watch him." Lao Cai casually threw the bodies of Fern's men in the direction of the frightened Mary, and walked out again.

    "Who!?" At this time, someone had noticed his actions, and several people immediately took out their guns and pointed them here. Without saying a word, Lao Cai shot one of them twice.

    "Hey, come on, buddy." Before the opponent's gun came over, Lao Cai had already rolled away from his previous position. He took off the sniper rifle from his back and instantly aimed at a hidden sentry position hidden on the roof in front of him. The bullet penetrated  He hit the iron chimney and shot the guy in the head who thought he was hiding perfectly.

    "Boom!" The sudden burst of soil and gravel engulfed Lao Cai's area, and more than half of a nearby house collapsed. However, Lao Cai, who was alert in advance before the dangerous attack, hid somewhere.  .

    A hero appeared at the end of the street. The longbow in his hand was drawn all over his body and he was searching for the enemy's position. The arrow was wrapped in a ball of beating flames.  He was actually able to mobilize virtual heroes to protect himself here. It seemed that Fern still had some energy in his hands, which surprised even Lao Cai.

    "Whoosh!" Lao Cai suddenly rushed out from behind a pile of rubble and ran towards a house across the street. The hero did not hesitate.  He immediately locked onto his figure and shot the arrow.

    "Boom!" The entire house turned into flying rubble. Not only that, the ground hit by the arrow turned into a large pit five or six meters in diameter.  This kind of power requires at least 4000 combat power for the archer hero who is not as destructive as the mage.

    Mary was sweating for Lao Cai, who was just an ordinary person. The firearm in his hand was no threat to the virtual hero. She tightened her grip on the Western sword in her hand and was hesitating whether to go out and help him.  Seeing Lao Cai's already somewhat embarrassed figure exposed on the street again.

    Almost instantly.  The hero positioned his bow and arrow to lock Lao Cai's position, and was about to shoot when a black figure suddenly appeared behind him and cut off his head with a knife.

    "Yeah!" Lao Cai and the master of fate at the end of the street stretched out their hands to make a V-sign in unison. The remaining Fern subordinates looked at the virtual terminal next to this guy's ear in stunned silence.  Then he looked at the master of fate on the other side. Are you joking or just kidding?

    While dealing with fast-paced battles, you can control virtual heroes to attack at the same time. This dual-tasking technology will probably be met with ridicule by anyone who has a little research on virtual control technology.  But for a weirdo like Lao Cai, well, this is nothing compared to passing notes to girls while playing game consoles in the classroom of Beiyue College Huh?  Did I miss something?

    After finishing the remaining few Fern subordinates neatly and neatly, Lao Cai returned to Mary and woke up the Fern subordinate who was knocked unconscious by him at first.

    Seeing this guy slowly opening his eyelids.  Before he could speak, Lao Cai said like he was pouring beans: "Take me to Fern. You can refuse but you will definitely regret it. You can commit suicide but I promise it will not succeed. If you say you don't know, I will ask you."  Does your family know that if you want to deliberately lead me into an ambush, you can try it, I just like challenges."

    This unfortunate kid opened his mouth, what else do you want me to say?  In the end, he obediently took Lao Cai to the basement of a house in the corner of the town.  Fern sat with his back to them in the dark, damp little room.

    "Has the day finally come?" After half a year on the run, Fern looked haggard. He once had outstanding abilities.  Just a look at the back of the high-spirited imperial official who has risen through the ranks will never remind anyone of his status as a soldier, but rather someone who collects rags and sets up a street stall.

    "I'm surprised you didn't run away. Are there any trump cards you haven't brought out yet? Come on, let me show you." Lao Cai leaned against the door frame and looked at him with a joking look on his face.  At this moment, Fern, who had been desperate, finally turned around. His whole body was trembling. This resolute middle-aged soldier was actually crying!  Crying like a little kid.

    "Enough! I've had enough! I just want to go home one last time, and finallyOne look at my son, one last bite of my wife's creamy pastry and then I turn myself in!  Why are you still forcing me like this!  ?  "

    Lao Cai¡¯s expression did not change at all, and he looked at Fern¡¯s tearful performance with cold eyes. Of course, he actually didn¡¯t know whether it was an act or a true expression of true feelings, but does it matter?  He only knew that if he really cooperated and shed two tears, the other party would probably take out a knife and ask him to meet the cake seller in the next second. His job meant that he could not bring emotions into it.

    "You are the prince, right? I beg you." Fern knelt down on the cold cement floor of the basement, kowtowing as if pounding garlic, and wanted to come over and hug Lao Cai's legs, but Lao Cai was indifferent.  He kicked the opponent away, and he couldn't confirm whether the other party had bombs strapped all over his body and was rushing towards him to die with him.

    Fern, a middle-aged man whose whole face was soaked with tears, still knelt in front of Lao Cai, crying: "I really beg you, Your Highness, let me see my wife and children again, let me give you  You can be a cow or a horse"

    "I'm sorry." Lao Cai shook his head: "The task I received is to make you disappear from the world. Right here, you can't leave this room. Let's talk about everything else."

    When he heard that the last hope was cut off, Fern collapsed and collapsed on the ground. After a while, he roared like crazy: "I hate! I hate! Why is the world like this!  ? Why is he so ruthless? Why not give people a little hope!? Can¡¯t those who have made mistakes be given a chance to make amends? I can take down a larger innovation alliance base than that! I can kill ten times more  The enemy avenges the brothers who died that day! Why don¡¯t you give me this chance!?¡±

    "Who do you think would believe that a person who has already made a mistake will be able to make up for it? The chance of making a bigger mistake is greater, right?" Lao Cai curled his lips and said the rules of the empire: "It is to make meritorious service for a crime.  Really? There have been a few people in history who did this, but those leaders just pretended to be generous to win over people, and in the end, didn¡¯t they use the poor people who made mistakes as cannon fodder? You should praise us  A wise and mighty emperor. He will not commit such deception."

    "Haha, I hope to be deceived like this once." Fern suddenly smiled faintly, and then his face turned pale.  When Lao Cai went over to look, he found that he had stopped breathing.

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    "You really can endure that cold and ruthless look. In fact, you really hate yourself like that, right?" On the way back, Mary, who had finally recovered from what happened just now, asked Lao Cai.

    Lao Cai walked in front without looking back at Mary.  He said calmly: "Yes, so what?"

    "Well, I really admire you." Mary, still feeling uncomfortable about Fern's tragic ending just now, lowered her head and said, "Do you know why I went to Beiyue College to study abroad? I have never been a strong person since I was a child.  I seem so out of place in this harsh country. My father always said that a weak loser like me is only qualified to live in a hypocritical country like the Revolutionary League. Oh, I think he is right."

    "That's right." Lao Cai responded and stopped talking. Mary could feel that he was not in a good mood at this time.

    There was no words all the way. When we returned to the base of Sword of Damocles, Marcus was already waiting at the door to greet us.

    "The efficiency is twice as fast as our best agent. His Highness's ability is really amazing." As an old nobleman, Marcus gave Lao Cai a set of etiquette that was solemn but not procrastinating.  action.  He stepped aside and bent slightly, stretching his arm in the direction of the door.

    Lao Cai did not return the gift.  Walked straight into the base.

    As soon as he returned to the base, or rather to his doghouse-like seat, Lao Cai's gloomy face instantly returned to his usual look, as if all the pressure on him had left him and he was attached to him again.  That cynical evil smile.

    Sure enough, nothing is as relaxing as being an otaku.  Lao Cai sighed in his heart, and his stomach suddenly growled after working all afternoon.

    "Tom? Is the pizza I asked you to buy for His Highness ready?"

    "Coming, coming!" A young man with slightly curly brown hair ran all the way to Lao Cai.  With a flattering smile: "Your Highness, it's still hot. You must be hungry just after completing your mission, right? Eat it while it's hot."

    White steam was coming out of the pizza box before it was opened. It had obviously been made less than ten minutes ago.  If you had ordered takeout directly, it would have been a little cold when it arrived. Tom must have been waiting at the street corner to watch Lao Cai come back before he hurried to take off his clothes.Bought in a store.

    Lao Cai nodded approvingly at this smart boy. Tom, a young man, was not very capable among members of the Sword of Damocles department. When Lao Cai first took charge here, no one could get used to his laid-back attitude.  Tom was the only one who gathered around him as soon as he came up. He always complied with his wishes no matter how much fun he wanted, and he soon became his confidant.

    Tom's family conditions are very poor. His father died early, his mother has been suffering from illness, and he has a younger brother who needs to go to school and be supported. The burden of the whole family falls on him alone, and his abilities are not outstanding, so he  He can only use these little tricks, and Lao Cai is willing to give him some benefits from time to time.

    "Come, sister, serve His Highness his meal." He frivolously hooked his fingers at Mary, and Lao Cai, who was already moving his index finger, couldn't wait to enjoy his dinner. However, when he opened the box, the expression on his face froze.

    "Um, why is there lettuce on top? Your Highness doesn't like eating lettuce very much." Lao Cai put down the knife and fork in his hand and subconsciously tilted his head back when he saw the green leaves on the pizza.

    "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I will pay attention next time. How about I run over and buy you another one right away?" Tom scratched his head in shame. A person like him who specializes in flattering people can't even figure out his master's preferences.  This is indeed a taboo.

    "Forget it, I'm so hungry, let's just eat." Lao Cai waved his hand indifferently, picked up the knife and fork and was about to start, when a big hand suddenly pressed down the lid of the pizza box in front of him.

    Marcus threw the pizza into the trash can with a cold face, and then pointed at Tom: "You don't need to come to work tomorrow, logistics, prepare dinner for His Highness."

    Tom was instantly frightened. He had spent a lot of effort to get this easy and high-paying job. If he lost this job, his family would be ruined.

    "Hey, it's not like that." Lao Cai frowned slightly and pleaded with Marcus: "It's just a small matter, forget it."

    Marcus turned around, bent down slightly towards Lao Cai, looked at Lao Cai's toes and said in a neither humble nor condescending tone: "Your Highness, please understand that the empire will never hire people who can't do their job well. Obviously, this  The person failed to do his job, he was not good enough, and we should immediately replace him with someone better and better."

    Lao Cai¡¯s face turned bitter: ¡°He will correct himself next time.¡±

    "Your Highness, do you think a person who has made a mistake once will be able to make up for it? I think the chance of him making a mistake again is higher."

    Lao Cai froze on the spot and didn't say anything until Marcus kicked Tom out.

    But Marcus was not ready to let him go just like that. He came back to him and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. When you went to the Reform Alliance to perform a mission, you were corrupted by the hypocritical Reform Alliance members. Such  You can't get better"

    Lao Cai didn¡¯t even listen to what he said next. He just retracted his hands into his sleeves and clenched his fists.  Corrupted by hypocrisy?  It seems so. He suddenly understood that the human heart is actually a very fragile thing. It will hurt a lot if it is hurt even a little bit. And human beings are also dangerous things. They are like porcupines, all over their bodies.  They are full of spikes, and the closer they are to each other, the more they will hurt each other.  Such a fragile creature cannot survive in such a dangerous group.

    In the past, he always talked about hypocrisy all day long like his emperor father, but now, his mind has changed.  This world needs hypocrisy!  Fragile creatures like humans need a shell of hypocrisy to protect them!  The person who ruthlessly breaks this shell, what he does is just to make people hurt more.

    It¡¯s time to change. This Sword of Damocles should not only hang over the heads of the people of this country, but also over the heads of its rulers, and even over the entire world!  You can't live up to the opportunity that someone worked so hard to create for him, right?  To be continued.  .

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