South Federal, outside the Victor Hotel.
In the evening, the silver-white moonlight shone faintly into the night sky, but it was easily covered by the still brightly lit city itself. If you don't observe carefully, you won't be able to notice that the moon is already high in the sky.
In the dark alley directly opposite the hotel, three figures slowly emerged.
Standing at the front was a man with an Eastern Federation face. His appearance was so ordinary that if he were lost in the crowd, it would be impossible to find him again. It would be difficult for anyone to think that he was the current head of the Investigation Department, Shadow.
Following closely behind him was a young man wearing glasses and well-dressed. He was young Nie Chengyu, a member of the neo-liberal faction. His family was not inferior to the Nie family of the Shu family.
But unlike most other young members of the family, Nie Chengyu's own name is quite famous in the federation, because he can almost be said to have become a member of the parliament on his own merits. His achievements are not comparable to those of other politicians without background. It is definitely guaranteed that they will rise to the top, at most they will reach this position a few years later than him.
Although he did get help from his family, and Nie Chengyu would not have grown up to what he is today if he had not been born in such a family, but there are not many young people from other families who can do what he does.
You must know that although some of those young people are not enterprising, there are also many outstanding ones. After all, they are born to enjoy almost the best education and training resources in the world. As long as they have some talent, they can become talents.
And in this case, it is impossible for them to miss any genius.
Nie Chengyu is a genius in the "political world", and here he is also representing politicians without abilities to co-lead this negotiation with Shadow, the Minister of Investigation. The two of them are the leaders and decision-makers of this negotiation.
In fact, although they all have the right to make decisions, the decision of Nie Chengyu, who still represents the politician in this negotiation, needs to be more representative of the will of the federation itself, and Shadow's status is closer to that of an expert.
The third "guest" was a Western Federation man in a brown suit. He looked to be in his thirties. Unlike Shadow and Nie Chengyu, he was not a member of the Federation at all, but the well-known wild ability user "Six Eyes".
As a well-known wild fifth-level ability user, Liuyan often cooperates with various organizations, because he is an extremely rare top tracker in the world, and he is also the only one among them who is willing to sell his skills for profit.
This time he was hired by the Federation to try to locate Marne in the Victor Hotel, and start tracking his location directly after he left.
"The target should be waiting for us inside." Shadow said, "Do you have anything else to prepare?"
Liu Yan said nothing, maintaining the taciturn look of a professional.
Nie Chengyu said:
"Your Majesty Shadow, do you think we can seize this opportunity to arrest the target directly?"
As a politician, Nie Chengyu especially hoped that they could take the opportunity to catch Ma En. This dangerous ability user had just killed his "kind" some time ago, and was also related to Shen Xiao, whom they were most worried about.
It would be better to kill those with abilities who have the guts to kill politicians, not just because they have to kill chickens to scare other people with abilities.
It's even more because these people with abilities, no matter how strong or weak they are, are like farmed tigers that have accidentally eaten human flesh. If Ma En is allowed to continue to live, he will think that politicians can also become his prey.
This is a wrong idea and must be eradicated in time, otherwise this idea will continue to grow and spread, sneak into the minds of other people with abilities before they notice, and take root, becoming a weed that can never be pulled out.
"I will do my best." Shadow replied, "But although Mr. Liuyan and I are both extremely powerful and professional ability users in our own fields, the Victor Hotel itself cannot be underestimated.
“And Ma En has shown a strong hiding ability, so I don’t think we can trace his hiding place through this negotiation itself, at least the possibility is not high.
"However, I don't think we necessarily need to consider this."
Nie Chengyu showed a studious expression and humbly asked for advice:
"How to say?"
Shadow said:
"I think we don't need to track him at all. We can subdue him as long as we use the chips in our hands well. It may be hard for you to imagine, but in fact, I think Ma En may be particularly concerned about You Yue's life and death.
"Maybe even give in to it."
Nie Chengyu showed an understanding look, nodded slightly and responded:
"I see, it's actually understandable. After all, Ma En was born in an orphanage and only lived for a short twenty years. He is easily affected by these emotions."
The look on his face when he said this was like how mature he was.
After hearing this, Liu Yan finally couldn't help but interjected:
"Or maybe these so-called civilians in your eyes, the love they feel may be far warmer than that between you cold-blooded lizards, so they care about their families more than you do."
"No, my family loves each other very much. My parents know very well that love is the best way to educate." Nie Chengyu offered a different opinion with a smile, but he did not completely deny Liu Yan, "But what you said makes sense. I used to I haven’t thought about it from this perspective.”
Liu Yan curled his lips and muttered in an inaudible tone:
"Silly, you said that the love of you politicians is only for 'education'."
In fact, Nie Chengyu, who heard clearly what Liu Yan said, still had a faint smile on his face, as if he didn't hear it at all. He turned to look at the shadow standing in front of him.
"So you think we can just make Ma En surrender." He asked curiously, "But I imagine that an experienced high-level ability user like him wouldn't just surrender like this.
"Although the time before the negotiation is very tight, I have also studied this Ma En carefully. He seems to be quite capable. If he is not going astray, he is really suitable to work for our federation.
"It's a pity that now we can only become our prisoners. Otherwise, we may lose our lives."
When he said this, there was really a bit of regret in his tone, as if he felt sorry for Ma En's fate, but even if he didn't express it specifically, Shadow could still detect the feeling in this "regret". The arrogance buried deep in the bones.
You can reach your current position at such a young age, how can you not be a little arrogant?
And being able to restrain himself from showing this side just proves that Nie Chengyu actually knows his own problems deep down in his heart, but he is just not perfect yet, otherwise he will be ridiculed like other politicians.
As long as people have their own flaws, it is good that Nie Chengyu can do what he is now at the age of twenty-two. When he reaches his age, he will naturally be much calmer, and his career will become smoother by then.
Even in Shadow's eyes, Nie Chengyu's achievements in his own field were not much worse than the dangerous ability user they were about to meet, and Nie Chengyu's life was better than him.
Although they are both leaders on their own paths in life, Nie Chengyu walked on the path that would not collapse, while Ma En took the wrong path as he said, which also paved the way for his tragic fate.
Thinking of this, Shadow felt a bit more sincere regret than Nie Chengyu. After all, at that time, he really admired this young person with potential.
Ma En has a bright future in whatever he does, but he has to collude with Shen Xiao.
Shadow sighed slightly in his heart, and then began to answer Nie Chengyu's doubts:
"Yes, ordinary ability users may not be as easy to deal with as you said, and those particularly fanatical followers of Shenxiao may sacrifice everything for their ideals, but Ma En is not that kind of person.
"Although he doesn't reveal his thoughts easily, which is difficult for ordinary people to see through, I am a Level V telepath after all. I can directly 'read minds' without using my abilities for a long time.
“So I could see that Man was the kind of guy who would give in for his family.
"And isn't he showing up now?"
After hearing this, Nie Chengyu nodded heavily:
"I understand, then I just need to keep tearing off his pretense and rhetoric, and push him towards the final bottom line that I know very well, right?"
He had 100% trust in Shadow's words. After all, Shadow's identity in this negotiation was that of an anomaly expert. If even the expert's words were doubtful, then why would they bring him here?
Shadow replied:
"Yes, just pay attention to this. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Nie Chengyu shook his head slightly:
"No, if I have any questions then, just remind me directly in your mind."
Shadow nodded:
"Then let's go."
The shadow instantly engulfed the entire alley, and when Nie Chengyu reacted, the world in his eyes was filled with soft orange light, and then he realized where he was in a daze.
They were standing in the corridor of the hotel, and directly in front of them was the room claimed in Ma En's message.
Shadow raised his hand and knocked on the door:
"Marne?"
"I'm here, the door is unlocked." A relaxed young male voice came from inside.
Although they haven't seen Ma En's face yet, both Shadow and Nie Chengyu felt that Ma En was pretending to be relaxed. After all, he couldn't really be comfortable at this time, and Ma En was not someone who showed his emotions easily.
Even though he was almost dying of nervousness now, he might still be able to entertain them with a calm smile.
Click.
Shadow raised his hand and turned the handle to push the door open.
The scene inside the house was not particularly surprising. It was an ordinary-looking living room, but Ma En seemed to have slightly adjusted the position of the furniture, placing the table across the center and leaving a few chairs for them.
What surprised them was the young girl next to Ma En.
The three of them walked to the seats opposite Ma En's table and sat down in silence.
Ma En did not start talking about business, but looked at the shadow directly opposite him and asked:
"Where's the stuff?"
Until this question is answered, any negotiation is meaningless.
The shadow raised his right hand slightly, and the black shadow flowing out of the sleeve began to erode the surrounding space, and then slowly and loomingly emerged in it the tumbling contract.
Ma En stretched out his hand:
"I want to inspect the goods first."
Shadow replied:
"We can make sure this is genuine through other deeds."
After hearing this, Ma En did not continue, but looked at the girl beside him.
She looked at the contract and said:
"It's the real thing."
Shadow took the contract back.
After confirming that this was a genuine product, Ma En slowly showed a warm smile, then stood up directly and began to greet the guests in front of him:
"Would you like something to drink? The hotel provides it. You don't have to worry about me poisoning you."
The other two people didn't make any movement, but Nie Chengyu said:
"Is there any coffee?"
After hearing this, Ma En stood up and slowly made him a cup of coffee and poured himself a cup of pure water before returning to his seat and sitting down:
"It's not often that I get the chance to prepare the drinks myself."
Shadow looked at him and said:
"I never knew you had this side."
Ma En said truthfully:
"After all, I am begging you this time, and I did do something wrong.
"Lowering your stance a little wouldn't be a bad thing."
Nie Chengyu showed approval:
“Yes, I knew you were a smart person when I looked at your profile.
"If there were any benefits to lowering my head, I would have buried my head in the ground a long time ago. But unfortunately, lowering my head won't make my career smoother, and I'm afraid it won't give you any advantages in the negotiations.
"The coffee is okay, by the way."
Seeing how soft he was, Ma En also started to get tough:
"Excuse me, this is You Yue, the girl who was not killed when she was twelve years old, and the poor person who corresponds to the soul of the contract in your hands. I guess you haven't met her yet, right?"
You Yue said with a cold face:
"You can call me Long Qin."
Nie Chengyu said with a smile:
"Nice to meet you. I sincerely hope that a beautiful girl like you can live for a few more years."
While speaking, he also glanced at Ma En, with an expression that seemed to say that how long you live depends entirely on your brother.
Ma En took a sip of water, and then said calmly:
"Now that we have reached this point, let me say it bluntly. I don't want You Yue to die, but there is absolutely no way I will give in because of her. This is actually not my own opinion.
"This is You Yue's decision."
You Yue looked at them and said calmly:
"That's right, I don't care what you want to do, I won't let you threaten your brother with my life. Since it's a flaw left by me, at worst, I can take responsibility for it with my life."
These words briefly shocked Nie Chengyu. At this moment, he really felt that Ma En could not give in.
"This is the truth." Even Shadow looked at You Yue and said, but then he turned to look at Ma En, "Why don't you learn from your honest sister and stop telling lies."
Ma En looked at him nonchalantly and said:
"Believe it or not."
Shadow laughed:
"Lying in front of me is not a wise move. You can control your emotions very well, but in the end you are not a professional top actor and cannot really perfectly present their thoughts.
"You Yue is telling the truth. She is indeed willing to die for you, which is your luck. But you lied. You are not willing to sacrifice her, which is also her luck.
"But it's a pity, because it's unfortunate for you."
Update early today~
