"It is you."
The rooftop of the Tariq National Hotel is an apron for landing units. Because a female flying legion called the Valkyrie uses this apron, it was called "Jiji Ping" by Zhou Li.
Because no one could understand Zhou Li's bad homophone, Zhou Li, who chose to admire the moon at Tingji Ping at that time, left angrily and called everyone unreasonable. Then he went to the kitchen and ate all the limited cakes, which became a legend.
What a piece of shit.
When he thought that his original tall image was completely destroyed in Tiya's eyes, Zhou Li hated Aiwei and Lin Zi with itching teeth. But the current situation was more serious. He suppressed the urge to go back and beat Ivy again, and smiled at Luo Ka beside him:
"What? Are you going to help your father as a lobbyist?"
"of course not."
Luo Ka, who was wearing a black uniform and wearing a birdcage and bird feather badge on his chest, smiled and shook his head. At this time, he no longer looked like the carefree and carefree traveler he had been before. He was meticulous and every move was in line with etiquette. Standing on the rooftop towering into the clouds, Luo Ka slightly greeted Zhou Li.
"Deputy Director of Imperial Intelligence, Lorca, greetings."
Luo Ka had a little bit of bad taste. He also wanted to see if he could make Zhou Li look surprised by pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
However, he was disappointed to find that instead of showing any surprise or confusion, Zhou Li looked at him with a half-smile expression on his face, as if he had expected all this.
What a joke, I knew the news about you becoming the urban soldier king earlier than your father.
"Nice to see you again, but this time, Mr. Deputy Director."
Zhou Li shook hands with Luo Ka. This time, Zhou Li found that Luo Ka's hands that took off his gloves were covered with calluses, especially at the tiger's mouth and index finger. This proved that he was not an ordinary traveler at all. Although Luo Ka also commanded the Drizzle Legion in previous performances, his operations were full of loopholes. Now it seems that this kid may have more than one hidden secret.
"I'm here on behalf of Tariq."
Straight to the point, after the pleasantries, Luo Ka's expression became serious, "I want to communicate with you."
"Say it."
Zhou Li sat on a chair nearby, while Luo Ka stood upright in front of him. Neither Luo Ka nor Zhou Li thought there was anything wrong with this. After all, one of them represented Tariq and the other represented Twelve Hours. Both of them could tell which one was more important.
"I want to know the truth."
Looking at Zhou Li, Luo Ka said this.
When Tia heard this, she who had just raised her nose and glared at her brother was stunned. After a while, she realized what she was doing and asked quickly: "Lorca, is this what you want to ask?"
Zhou Li glanced at Tiya with praise. This silly girl was like Yu Qian next to Guo Degang, always saying what Zhou Li wanted to say.
"No, this is not my will."
Luo Ka shook his head, and then said in a deep voice: "This is what father meant."
"Father…"
Tia was stunned. What she didn't understand was why her father suddenly decided to listen to the truth. She knew that once Zhou Li told the truth, even if it was false and forged by Zhou Li, Tariq would be in turmoil. …
Seemingly seeing his sister's doubts, or perhaps to reassure Zhou Li, Luo Ka explained: "Father has always been hesitant. What he hesitated about was not just the grudge between the Lord Brave and Yin Jue. He hesitated. , is Tarik’s stability.”
"Repeatedly seeking stability turns out to be unstable."
Lorca lowered his eyes slightly and gave the answer, "Father and I both understand that after this battle has entered a heated stage, seeking stability means giving in, and giving in means suffering damage. If Tarik continues to want to sit on the sidelines, Sooner or later, we will pay a heavy price for our current pursuit of stability."
"and…"
Looking at Zhou Li, Luo Ka had a specious smile on his face, "I believe Mr. Zhou Li has no ill intentions towards Tariq, right?"
"You and your father are both smart people, which is why I enjoy communicating with you."
Zhou Li smiled, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and praised: "Compared to your father, your methods and vision are still too young, but you are far-sighted and radical enough. Your father does not dare to gamble because he is afraid of losing. You think you must Bet, because if you don’t bet, you have already lost. So, you came to me.”
"You bet that I won't hurt Tariq, and I won't put you father and son on the fire. You bet that I understand the role and status of the Commercial Church for Tariq, and I won't rashly start a full-scale war."
Zhou Li fell silent after saying this. He looked at Tia and Luo Ka with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. For a long time, while Luo Ka was waiting, Zhou Li gave the answer.
"Lorca, you won the bet."
These words became the most beautiful words Luo Ka had heard in recent days. Zhou Li stood up, and the cold wind that was not gentle blew his clothes, but he could not feel the slightest bit of coldness. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the tall tower that represented the Commercial Church.
"Do you know what was Yin Jue's only mistake from beginning to end?"
Zhou Li's words made Luo Ka startled, and he began to think about where Yin Jue went wrong.
Did you guess Zhou Li's strength wrongly?
No, from beginning to end, Yin Jue gave Zhou Li the greatest respect as his opponent. Every time I took a shot, every time I tried my best, there was never any slight.
Is it possible that Yin Jue’s own strength is wrong?
This is even more impossible. The power of the Business Church has a specialized department that has gathered countless experts and wise men from all over the world to analyze together. It can be said that Yin Jue can even display the financial reports of a Business Church in a remote town in detail. . Therefore, the four words "overestimating one's abilities" will not appear in Yinjue at all.
So, what exactly is it?
Luo Ka's brain began to work rapidly. He began to think about every encounter between Zhou Li and Yin Jue and guess its meaning. After what seemed like a long time, but only a few minutes, Lorca slowly raised his head, and a terrifying yet funny guess appeared in his mind.
And when he saw Zhou Li's smiling eyes, Luo Ka understood everything.
"Yin Jue has never made any wrong analysis of you from the beginning to the end. Your strength, power, attack direction, and even many of your intentions are all controlled by Yin Jue. However, Yin Jue made only one miscalculation."
Perhaps he was observing all this from a traveler's perspective, or perhaps Yin Jue was confused by Zhou Li's special features. Therefore, Yin Jue did not find a fundamental, most fundamental mistake. …
Zhou Li never thought about going into full-scale war with him.
In every trial and even every confrontation, Zhou Li controlled the "speed" to a perfect borderline. This borderline is called the Twelve Quarters.
From the beginning to the end, Yin Jue relied on his agents and his private soldiers, and never really mobilized the military power of the Twelve Hours or the Commercial Church. It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't.
Even if Yin Jue discovered that what Zhou Li wanted to investigate was the foundation of the Commercial Church, and even if Yin Jue knew that Zhou Li wanted to fight against the gods from the bottom of his heart, he could only rely on his own strength to fight against Zhou Li. The reason is also very simple, that is, Zhou Li has never made a single move against the "Business Church".
Twelve moments, in the final analysis, exist because gods cultivate faith in the world and help brave men defeat disasters. Therefore, unless Zhou Li unilaterally declares a confrontation with the Commercial Church, one of the twelve quarters, Yin Jue cannot fight against Zhou Li no matter what. Even if he had a clear suspicion and a lot of evidence, he couldn't use the power of the Commercial Church to attack Zhou Li.
At the same time, Yin Jue did not dare to use the power of the Commercial Church. He was afraid of being investigated, afraid that other gods would send investigators of twelve quarters to clean up the underground black market. As the favorite of the God of Commerce, he knew that even among the twelve righteous gods, there were different voices. Whether it is the God of Literature who is close to humans and even chooses to disappear for the sake of humans, or the Goddess of Life who has an extremely bad attitude towards humans and wishes to completely destroy humans, they all represent the disunity between the twelve moments.
Perhaps because of the nature of a businessman, as the god of businessmen, the God of Commerce is a maverick who sits on the fence. He has connections with any chamber of commerce, even the most unpopular madman - the Church of War and the Church of Commerce, and has many transactions. But Yin Jue knows that at best, this is called having both sides, but at worst, this is called being a two-sided man.
When the two armies fight, the neutral country will be killed first.
Once the God of Commerce's experiment in the underground black market is discovered by Twelve Hours, the Church of Commerce will definitely face a huge blow. He was not sure whether the gods who were bound to destroy humans and the gods who were close to humans would help him. He even said whether he would come forward to attack himself.
Therefore, Yin Jue used his own strength to fight against Zhou Li from beginning to end. But even though Yin Jue has tens of millions of dollars in wealth, facing Zhou Li, there is a threshold that he cannot cross no matter what.
identity.
The Pope of Twelve Hours always restrains him and prevents him from suffocating or expelling the brave man. Because of Zhou Li's previous actions and his great achievements in other areas, Yinjue determined that Zhou Li wanted to serve as a messenger of justice and fight to the death against the Commercial Church, the Master of Evil who conducts human experiments. Therefore, when Yinjue was threatened by Zhou Li as a twelve-moment warrior, he chose death.
In fact, Zhou Li had no intention of forcing Yin Jue to death at the beginning. He never thought that Yin Jue would even choose to give up his wealth and reputation and become a half-broken god to fight against him. He originally only thought that Yinjue would use the power of the Commercial Church in desperate situations, or that he would be pinched by him and be forced to pay more.
And now, Yin Jue is dead. In a sense, he was scared to death by Zhou Li. …
Zhou Li had never been prepared to go to war with the Commercial Church. He knew that his current self could not compare with the twelve moments of god-given power, let alone face a righteous god. He dared to kill the God of You before because he was truly ready for everything at that time. The combination of all the factors including Old Man Muqi, the Kalis tribe, and a country that had been forbearing for hundreds of years, managed to kill the God of Death, who had the fewest believers among the Twelve Moments.
The number of believers in the Commercial Church is beyond the reach of a hundred gods of death. Therefore, Zhou Li was not prepared to break up with the Commercial Church from the beginning to the end. Yin Jue's death was unexpected, but it was also his gain.
"I would like to ask, what is your real purpose?"
Heaving a long sigh of relief, Luo Ka, who was shocked by Zhou Li's premeditation, calmed down and asked calmly: "Your Excellency the Brave, you fought against Yin Jue, punished evil and promoted good, and you shined in the martial arts meeting. I want to ask, What exactly are you going to do?”
"Simple."
Zhou Li laughed, then turned sideways and pointed his finger in another direction.
west.
"You are still a little worse than your father."
Looking at the shocked Luo Ka, Zhou Li's smile became brighter and brighter, "Do you still remember that banquet?"
"banquet?"
Luo Ka was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Are you talking about that thank you banquet?"
"Yes, it's the thank you banquet after the airport time."
Zhou Li picked up the wine glass and smiled meaningfully as if he was talking to Helinen at that time. "Do you think, when your father and I were talking about the West, why did I say "Yinjue" by the way?"
At this time, Luo Ka's mind was like a lightning strike. He suddenly thought that his father had said something inadvertently when talking to Evan and others.
"A knife, a blade that is not bound by the word Tariq, can cut out malignant tumors."
Now, looking at Zhou Li with a smile on his face, Luo Ka felt a chill in his heart for no reason. Only then did he realize that his father might be old, but he was still the feared King Tariq back then.
Wisdom is just one of his weapons. And disguise is his weapon to defeat his enemies.
"Maybe your father really hesitated."
Putting down the wine glass, Zhou Li looked at Luo Ka and the astonished Tiya, and said in a deep voice: "He hesitated whether my knife would cut Tarik's non-necrotic tissue. He was also afraid of me. It’s not sharp enough, I’m afraid I’ll fall to twelve quarters.”
"But don't forget that it was your father who single-handedly quelled all the rebellions and made there no more wars in Tarik."
There is a sharp color in his eyes, and his high spirits seem to be hard to describe the wantonness of the young man. Zhou Li looked at the two of them, and a confident and steady smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Your father and I have never paid attention to a commercial church from the beginning to the end."
The soldiers of the Commercial Church guarded the entrance to the underground black market with tense nerves, waiting for Zhou Li's attack. Behind them were the elite troops who used to monitor Tariq's western border. What they wanted to do was give Zhou Li a big gift after he entered the underground black market.
Everyone from the top ten chambers of commerce has been mobilized, and they will launch a moderate attack on Zhou Li today. This will piss him off and make him invade the underground black market. Then, he will be controlled and pay the price.
Graceful businessmen dressed in silk silk gathered together to worship Yin Jue's sculpture. They chanted silently in unison, tomorrow, the brave man will pay a heavy price for what he did to Yin Jue.
"Both of you."
On the rooftop, Zhou Li looked at the two brothers and sisters who had been shocked by the sudden fact, with a dazzling light in his eyes. His hand pointed to the west, his tone was calm, but it contained a fiery aura.
"The storm and drizzle are waiting for a bright thunder that will awaken the world."
"Now that the dark clouds have condensed and the gold and silver have lost their luster, it's time for our thunder to explode."
It was already midnight, and the two armies of Storm and Drizzle stood in the darkness. In front of them was the wilderness called the West, blocked by high walls and beyond the reach of silver and gold.
Wearing heavy armor, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, the Guardian Shield checked the bullets in the gun chamber. Putting on the armor, all the knights only see the heroic female knight who is waiting for the hero's orders.
Hidden in the darkness, the edge of the sword does not show its edge, and the grenade storage at the waist shines with a faint light. The silver gun in Torea's hand glowed coldly. She stared at the west beyond the high wall, with no emotion in her eyes.
They are waiting.
Wait for the moment when this boundless darkness is illuminated by lightning.
