The man guarding seemed to be quite familiar with Carl, and he was also familiar with the casino. He kept greeting gamblers along the way. After listening to the man's introduction, Carl walked towards Zhang Qi with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Are you a friend of Machete? Why have I never heard him talk about you?" Carl asked lazily, seeming a little unhappy about interrupting his gambling.
"Sir Carl, the thing is like this. In fact, Brother Machete and I have not known each other for long. Some time ago, Brother Machete saved my life during a gang fight. In addition, our personalities are similar, so we gradually became the best friends. Ok brother, just two days ago, Brother Machete and I were surrounded by a group of horse boys. Brother Machete was stabbed and seriously injured by the group of horse boys in order to save me. Before he died, he told me that you were the most respected person in his life. I originally wanted you to help avenge him, but as a brother of Machete, I must avenge him with my own hands, so I tried my best to avenge Machete. Finally, Emperor Tian paid off, and I killed him one by one. I killed those who had injured Machete, but I thought that you were the person Machete respected the most, so I came here to report his death to you."
From becoming brothers with the machete, to fighting together, and then to revenge, Zhang Qi's expression continued to change according to the content of his speech, from excitement to sad interpretation, and at the same time, he kept observing Carl His expression changed, he was very confident, and Karl's mood was fully aroused by his performance.
Judging from the content of the conversation, Zhang Qi's words are actually half-truths and half-falsities. The key is that the person involved is dead, and there is no proof. Even insiders will feel dubious when they hear it, not to mention the fact that they are completely unaware of the truth. Karl, and according to the information Zhang Qi has in hand, Karl is the most arrogant and loyal among the plot characters, but he is also a complete reckless man. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Qi dared to approach him so rashly. .
Sure enough, after watching Zhang Qi's "stage performance", Carl was deeply moved by Zhang Qi's "loyalty". He stepped forward and patted Zhang Qi on the shoulder: "Brother David, you killed well. Brother Machete didn't." I, Karl, admire your loyalty as a brother for nothing!"
Sweeping away his previous unhappiness, he continued: "You are Machete's brother, that is, my Karl's brother. You should avenge this revenge for me. Brother, I have nothing to say. Now that you have come to Desire, Dude, as a brother, I’ll treat you to a few drinks!”
Carl was fond of gambling and drinking, and of course Zhang Qi knew this habit, so Zhang Qi laughed and said: "Brother Carl, what you said is out of context. Since we are all brothers, don't lose anything that is yours or mine, otherwise it will be You treat me, David, as an outsider. Besides, little brother, I am now the leader of the Shuangniu Church. Although my skills are not as good as yours, I may have more money than you. I will have Brother Lao to help me in the future, but It’s up to my younger brother to provide the money.”
Zhang Qi's words seemed very bold, but in fact they contained deep meaning, paving the way for asking Karl for help in future plans. But Karl, a reckless man, didn't understand this and fell completely into Zhang Qi's trap.
After listening to Zhang Qi's words, Karl laughed boldly: "Okay, okay, let's go!" while holding Zhang Qi's shoulders and walking forward.
The world of reincarnation is really strange. Karl's appearance is that of a standard Western man, with big muscles all over his body, just like the male protagonist in a Hollywood movie, but his tone of voice has an authentic Northeastern flavor, which makes people feel... It's novel yet friendly. Later, I learned from Karl that his father was a native of the Northeast and met his Western mother when he was nomadic on the grasslands, so Karl inherited his father's character and mother's appearance since he was a child.
Until later, in the battle with "Avalanche", Carl's bold character and rough fighting style were appreciated by Ross, because Ross himself was also such a relatively rough person, and they sympathized with each other. Later, Carl became Ross With the help of Carl's close men and his strong strength, he quickly stood out among Rhodes' men and became an important helper of Rhodes.
Logically speaking, with Karl as a "good brother", joining the villain is the easiest thing. Moreover, with Zhang Qi's identity and relationship with the machete, once he joins the villain camp, his belonging point must be extremely high, and his status will definitely not be low, but Zhang Qi did not do this. It was because he did not want to join the villain, but the starting point for joining the villain was too low. Although Carl was Ross's right-hand man, he was far behind compared with Ross. Zhang Qi understood one thing. The level of starting point determines the level of future status.
Of course Karl would not guess what Zhang Qi was thinking, but he just felt that Zhang Qi was a trustworthy person in terms of character and character, just like a machete, so as soon as the wine was filled, he said: "David Brother, since you and I have similar personalities and brotherly loyalty, why should we suffer the anger of those hypocrites? Why not join us, follow the leader of Cardanqiu, drink from a big bowl, and eat a big piece of meat. Wouldn't it be more delicious?" Karl didn't. The initiative asked Zhang Qi to join because Zhang Qi’s current identity is the leader of the Shuangniu Church. The Shuangniu Church is one of the four officially recognized gangs in Midgar, and Midgar is the base of the decent camp. From this perspective, Zhang Qi belongs to the decent camp, so that's why Karl "persuaded" like this.
Karl's words are obviously an olive branch to Zhang Qi. This kind of active recruitment by a strong plot player is an extremely rare event in the entire reincarnation camp. He has to meet many hidden conditions, firstly, his identity is considerable, and secondly, he is related to this person. The characters in the plot have a particularly close relationship. Obviously, Zhang Qi meets these two points.
At this moment, the system promptly sent prompt options:
Ding!
The plot character Carl in the villain camp has made a request to you to join the camp. Would you like to join immediately? Note: Being invited to join will increase the sense of belonging to the camp by an additional 10 points.
Huh? This reminder made Zhang Qi's heart flutter a little. It turns out that passively joining has such benefits. If he didn't have a plan, he might be attracted by this condition, but Zhang Qi then decisively chose not to .
"Brother Carl, I have been dreaming of fighting side by side with you, but as you know, brother, I am still following a large group of brothers. If I leave alone, I am not abandoning these brothers who share life and death. I will never do such an unloyalty thing as abandoning my brothers for my own sake. However, if I have the opportunity to meet the leader of Kadanqiu and get his approval, I will go back and fight with him. The brothers below discussed that if David and I are willing, we can follow the leader of Kadanqiu together. If you don’t want to, the younger brother will not force it. In this way, the younger brother can follow the older brother with confidence. Brother, don’t you think so?" Zhang Qi. While smiling, he picked up the big bowl in his hand, touched Karl's bowl, and drank it in one gulp.
Carl was very dissatisfied when he was treated by Zhang Qifu, but when he heard that Zhang Qifu's reason was for his brothers and loyalty, this was very consistent with his aesthetic vision of the incident, so he was not angry but happy, and secretly praised in his heart David is really a loyal man. "Okay, Brother David, you are really loyal. I recognize you as a brother. Let's do it." Karl waved his hand and drank the wine directly, and the system sent another prompt, the plot character Karl is good to you personally. The sensitivity rises to 90. Although Zhang Qi doesn't understand what this value represents, at least he has gained his first support in this camp, which can be said to be a backer.
The system prompts gave Zhang Qi new ideas for solving problems, and also gave Zhang Qi a new term - plot character favorability. This thing is a new thing. Although Zhang Qi doesn't know what its use is, the one who can give out system prompts must be someone. Good thing, so since I first wanted to get rewards by joining forces, now I can do something about it through the favorability of plot characters.
But when I look back and think about it carefully, I can only feel a lot of emotion. If the purpose is to gain favor, then the difficulty is very high. Just becoming the leader of a force is not something ordinary people can do. Only the person involved in the calculation and operation, Zhang Qi, can understand the pain involved, and it must also start from the character and psychology of the plot characters. Without the expert level ability of a psychologist, it is really impossible to grasp the psychological state of the plot characters, and it is impossible to grasp the psychological state of the plot characters. It is impossible to gain favorability. At the same time, we must learn to make rational choices. For example, if we directly agreed to Karl's solicitation at that time, we would not be able to obtain this favorability. It is precisely because of all these arrangements and calculations that we have the current situation.
"Brother Carl, I heard on the way here that Chief Kadanqiu usually doesn't see anyone. I wonder what's going on?" Zhang Qi asked a seemingly random question while holding a wine glass, but in fact the content of the question has already been touched upon. When it came to the core secrets of the villain camp, he only dared to ask because he had just obtained a favorability score of 90. However, if he failed, these favorability scores might directly return to zero, and it might even arouse the other party's suspicion.
Facts have proved that Zhang Qi was right in his bet. This favorability is definitely a useful thing. It actually allowed Karl to directly tell the secrets of the villain camp, "Brother David, it's not that Lord Kadanqiu is not here, but those of you who have just arrived." Outsiders are not qualified to see him. Even I am not necessarily qualified to see the leader of Kadanju. The only people who are truly qualified to see the leader at will are his brothers Ross and Yaz, but these two leaders are not Everyone can see him. Fortunately, Chief Rhodes is my eldest brother and I can see him often. If you, brother, must see Chief Kadanju, I will help you ask Brother Rhodes. You have to pass Only then can he meet the big leader." As a very nervous plot character, and with Zhang Qi's 90 favorability rating, Karl agreed almost without thinking.
"Well, I'll bother you, Brother Carl." Zhang Qi smiled and toasted with a glass of wine.
"David, when you say that, you are out of touch. Do you not regard me as a brother? You must drink as a punishment. I can take you there tomorrow, but you must not come back without getting drunk tonight. Come on, do it. !" Karl laughed and cursed, opened his mouth, and started drinking with Zhang Qi.
Language is only a very superficial way to communicate between men, and the most effective way is wine.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Qi was awakened by a ray of sunshine. He shook his head, which was still a little swollen and aching, and couldn't help but sigh to himself: This Karl is really good at drinking. He had strengthened his physique so much through the system that he almost knocked him over. , I'm still a little dizzy now. It seems that I need to bring something to sober up with me next time, otherwise it will be really hard for me to meet an alcoholic plot character like Karl again.
Zhang Qi smiled bitterly in the mirror, then got up to wash up, and Karl 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. He was also very happy and promised to meet you today. If appropriate, he would take you there personally. Go see Chief Kadanqiu. This is a good thing that has never happened before, hahaha." Karl laughed like a broken gong, and even the waiter downstairs covered his ears.
"Haha, thank you so much, brother. Since leader Rhodes has agreed, how can we make the leader wait for the next newcomer? I'll go there right now and ask brother to lead the way." Zhang Qi said while picking up the man next to him. He gnawed a piece of bread and walked out the door. He thought to himself that Karl's work efficiency was really high, and he definitely underestimated his drinking capacity. He had just woken up, and he had already beaten Ross. Otherwise, if Karl forced himself to drink last night, I'm afraid he would never be able to get up today. From this point of view, Karl really regarded himself as a brother, and he was also afraid that he would embarrass himself in front of the leader, so he deliberately kept talking about it on the road. These characters and hobbies of Ross and Kadanqiu made him feel the warmth from the characters in the plot for the first time.
As one of the three mysterious brothers, Ross is at the top of the pyramid in the villain camp. Although his younger brother is easy to find, he is very quiet and looks very deserted.
Compared with other houses, Ross's room was naturally larger than theirs, and there were several guards standing at the door. The guards saw that they were led by Karl and didn't ask much. They all knew about Karl and Ross. Ross said directly: "Hello, Brother Carl, Chief Ross is inside." Carl also responded with a trademark laugh and strode in. Before the front foot could be put in place, there was a breaking sound from inside that was louder but several times more unpleasant than Carl's.
