RPAGF Chapter 363 Bad debts
Chapter 363 Bad debts
"Ji Zhao?" François was stunned for a moment, "But hasn't she already..."
"Sometimes, what you are like is not that important." Zhao Ruoming said cunningly, "What's important is what your enemies think of you. This is called strategic intimidation and deception."
Although Ji Zhao had lost his mind, his influence was still there. As an Earthling, Francois understood the importance of this kind of "accumulated influence". He said with great interest, "Tell me about it."
Zhao Ruoming suddenly brought up something seemingly unrelated: "When we were kids, there was a line in cartoons we watched. What did it say? - 'You have to use magic to defeat magic.' That's a good line. I stole it."
Zhao Ruoming and Francois lowered their heads and checked it carefully. Francois asked suspiciously, "Would Di Wanshu believe it? Isn't he a minister? What hasn't he seen? Are you sure that this nonsense you made up... 'Soul Blade' won't be exposed?"
"Of course I have a way to make him believe it."
Zhao Ruoming took out a dagger and handed it to Francois. "This is a fake one that Duan Hongji bought from a second-hand antique dealer. Take a look at the blade."
Francois took the golden dagger and looked at the rough gemstone on it. His eyes twitched: "This kind of thing... anyone with a little bit of intelligence would not believe that it is a 'Soul Blade', right?"
"But Di Wanshu will." Zhao Ruoming said firmly.
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"I see."
Di Wanshu gently stroked the place where he had just been stabbed by Francois. It was as smooth as before, without any scar.
"No wonder I couldn't find any clues no matter how I examined the dagger." Di Wanshu sighed softly, "I thought you used some new technology to process the dagger and hide its special features."
Being too clever by half is what people like Di Wanshu are like.
If Zhao Ruoming made the dagger high-end and classy, with all kinds of luxurious technology stacked on it, and it flashed with cold light when it was pulled out, Di Wanshu would see at a glance that the dagger was just a flashy showpiece.
But Zhao Ruoming casually threw out an ordinary, rich gold, second-hand dagger, concealed the information of this dagger, and gave it the name of Ji Zhao...
Di Wanshu will really believe it!
What? My naked eyes can't detect anything wrong with this dagger? That must be my problem, not the dagger's!
The cunning Zhao Ruoming used high-tech means that even I was not aware of to process the dagger, which was even enough to deceive the eyes of me, the 24k Minister!
In short, Zhao Ruoming's plan was roughly like this.
Phase 1: Find Ji Zhao and pretend to communicate with him. Then spread the word of the "Soul Blade" and declare to the public that "only the soul can kill the soul" and "this dagger is enough to wipe out all souls". - Mainly for Di Wanshu to hear.
Di Wanshu had spies everywhere, watching Ji Zhao all the time. The "communication" between Zhao Ruoming and Ji Zhao would definitely reach Di Wanshu's ears.
Zhao Ruoming's credibility with Di Wanshu is negative, but Ji Zhao's credibility with Di Wanshu is quite good. In particular, Ji Zhao's determination to kill Di Wanshu is absolutely unquestionable. This adds infinite credibility to the so-called magic weapon "Soul-infused Dagger".
The second stage: Find Di Hantian and promise him "I will help you overthrow Di Wanshu". Then, hold an auction through Di Hantian, put the "Soul Blade" in the auction, and put a piece of amber in it to cover it up.
Everything about Di Hantian is one-way transparent to Di Wanshu. Whenever his nephew farts, his uncle Di Wanshu will be the first to hear the sound.
It's just an auction, who can't hold it? Why did Zhao Ruoming have to find Di Hantian to cooperate with instead of just any businessman? Or was he saying this specifically for Di Wanshu to hear.
When Di Wanshu heard this, he was surprised. Zhao Ruoming had just discussed with Ji Zhao about the "dagger that kills the soul", and now he wanted to overthrow me together with my nephew. He had no idea who this dagger was prepared for!
Phase 3: Return Ji Zhao to the Dark Blood Feast.
Di Wanshu took a look and said: Even Ji Zhao has been paid back? This is a huge investment! It seems that they must get rid of me at this auction.
Stage 62: After boarding the ship, extract Ji Zhao's soul from his body. At the same time, will no longer repair Ji Zhao's body.
Di Wanshu looked at it and thought: Ji Zhao's soul is gone? It's stable, it seems that the dagger is ready. Zhao Ruoming is planning to come at me.
Stage 5: Bidding with Feng Liuxue at the auction, causing a conflict. Find a reason to injure Feng Liuxue, and let Francois go to Di Wanshu for help.
By the fifth stage, the plan had two branches.
planA: If Di Wanshu agrees to help Feng Liuxue with Francois, but the condition is that the latter uses the dagger to kill Zhao Ruoming——
This was the most ideal and smoothest state, and Di Wanshu believed Zhao Ruoming's trick. Zhao Ruoming just took advantage of the situation and performed a double act with Francois, and in front of Feng Liuxue, put the big hat of the immortal pig on Di Wanshu.
planB: If Di Wanshu did not take any action and watched Feng Liuxue die, or if he did not believe in the nonsense of "Soul Blade" at all -
In that case, he could only activate the guaranteed solution and lure over Huangfu Jin, who firmly believed that "Di Wanshu wanted to steal Feng Xiaobao's brain", and instigate and guide the other party, instigating Huangfu Jin to shoot everyone at the Dark Blood Banquet.
This was the worst plan. In order to allow Huangfu Jin's team to have enough strength to fight against these male and female protagonists, Zhao Ruoming did not hesitate to let Francois shoot himself, leading to a purge of Haicheng, and letting Uncle Hat remove the minions of these male and female protagonists at the Dark Blood Banquet.
(——To prevent Huangfu Jin from bringing dozens of thugs onto the yacht and being wiped out by the male and female protagonists' "death squads", "house slaves" and "killer troops" within two minutes.)
In this way, the death or injury of dozens of male and female protagonists will inevitably alarm the Wanxiang Universe. With so many male and female protagonists dead, the Wanxiang Universe will no longer be able to smooth things over, and will definitely hold the person accountable to the end.
Although the Vientiane Universe is huge, its essence is still a makeshift team. All makeshift teams in this world are essentially the same, and the Vientiane Universe is no different from the Earth.
Zhao Ruoming, a temporary worker outside the official staff, was blamed for the deaths of 20 or 30 male and female protagonists. This was not good enough. Even a mentally retarded person like Xiaolu would not believe it. Therefore, Ji Zhao's "immortal pig" must be thoroughly investigated - as long as it is thoroughly investigated, Di Wanshu's tricks will not be covered up.
In order to settle personal grudges, Ji Zhao was thrown into the wrong world. In order to compete with Zhao Ruoming, he came up with the trick of making an immortal pig, which eventually led to the deaths of twenty or thirty male and female protagonists!
If Zhao Ruoming is the number one detonator, then Di Wanshu can be the number two fuse. A pair of male and female protagonists are enough to send Zhao Ruoming to the gallows; Di Wanshu, the minister, has a more valuable life, so more than 30 of them should be enough for him to go on his way, right?
The most feared thing about bad debts is investigation. To put it bluntly, plan B is to make things bigger, increase sunk costs, and force Wanxiang Universe to investigate.
Plan B is undoubtedly a very violent and mutually destructive method. Not to mention the dozens of lives of the male and female protagonists (these people have participated in human experiments and are not good people anyway), more importantly, it is not easy to instigate and mislead Huangfu Jin, and Zhao Ruoming cannot do it without leaving any traces. By then, Zhao Ruoming will probably die with Di Wanshu.
François was firmly against this plan B. Even 424, the Grandet-like system, advised him to "just make do with it, don't be so extreme." Only 203 remained silent, ready to perish with Zhao Ruoming.
Fortunately, Zhao Ruoming overestimated Di Wanshu's patience. When the other party saw that there was indeed a dagger among the auction items, and looked at the almost remaining progress of Zhao Ruoming's task, he could no longer sit still.
Before Zhao Ruoming and François could even start, Di Wanshu showed up first!
Unable to sit still, Di Wanshu found François and took the initiative to tell him his inference of "Zhao Ruoming's plan", and threatened him to betray Zhao Ruoming by using going home as bait.
This is really like a pillow sent to someone when they are sleepy. After playing the role of Di Wanshu, François immediately exchanged glances with Zhao Ruoming and informed the other party: Di Wanshu is delivered to your door!