Watching Feng Xue fall into the long exam, Jessica's heart began to beat violently. Time passed by, and just when she was ready to give up this idea, Feng Xue seemed to have finally made a decision. Choosing to raise his head in general, looked directly at Jessica and said:
"Can."
Although it was just a concise word, Jessica immediately became excited, her face was full of excitement, but then she heard the other party spit out another word——
"Bart (but)..."
Hearing that there was a twist, Jessica couldn't help but swallowed slightly, and then heard the other party continue:
"Although I can only provide you with one layer of protection, you still have to make ten covenants... Of course, I will also train you in the future so that you can master as many skills as possible."
"I do!"
Jessica spoke loudly without even thinking about it, which surprised Feng Xue. Now he suddenly began to wonder if there was something wrong with this woman's brain.
However, considering sustainable development, he still followed his original thoughts and began to explain:
"Don't be anxious. I'll explain to you the actual constraints of the ten covenants first. You can make a decision after listening."
"Okay, you tell me." After Jessica said this, she thought about it and turned off the recorder, then looked at Feng Xue expectantly.
Feng Xue picked up the porcelain cup and took a sip of water before explaining:
"The essence of the Ten Covenants is to restrain the executioners and prevent them from using their power for anything other than maintaining morality and justice. It not only restricts the executioners' behavior, but also formulates a set of task procedures for the executioners."
Listening to Feng Xue's words, Jessica looked at the ten covenants written on the notepad and said thoughtfully:
"Accept the commission, conduct the investigation, and act alone...that is to say, the entire process must be completed by one person independently? And since the executioner has to hide his identity, how can he accept the commission?"
"Because this commission is not for someone to come to your door, but for you to find it yourself." Feng Xue showed a smile and said:
"Investigate injustice, find victims or relatives, obtain a commission from them, and then confirm the authenticity of the commission before taking action. This is to avoid indiscriminate and wrongful killing, and also to ensure that the executioner will not fall into the hands of certain beings. knife.
"Similarly, the same is true for acting alone. After all, humans have desires. The executioner is theoretically not allowed to do anything extra than the task. But if you bring a younger brother, you kill people in front and the younger brother collects the loot behind you. , doesn’t it bypass the restriction?
"But from this perspective, you should understand that this independent action is only for 'execution of tasks'. Searching for entrustments and investigating entrustments can be performed by others, but you must make the final confirmation to ensure the entrustment. Real. In fact, when the Libra organization was prosperous, it had an intelligence network all over the world to collect information."
Hearing this, Jessica immediately thought of her tabloid. Don't underestimate the gossip newspapers. The paparazzi they raise can collect celebrities' privacy under the protection of various bodyguards, agents, security guards and consortium guards. For those cases where the information is not so tightly blocked, it is naturally easy to catch them.
She doesn't even need to spend much effort. As long as she issues an order to transform the newspaper as chairman and then announces an increase in reporters' salaries, the newspaper will immediately become her personal intelligence network.
Seeing Jessica's expression of surprise, Feng Xue knew that her hint was in place, so she continued:
"Executioners are a very dangerous profession. Although these provisions limit the abuse of power, they also put shackles on the executioners. Even in the era of underdeveloped technology a hundred years ago, there were many who had seven kinds of protection. An example of losing your life after failing the mission, and all you can get from me is a strong body and some skills. Even so, do you want to join?"
Jessica didn't care at all about Feng Xue's warning. As an "adventurer" who dared to do anaerobic mountaineering, skydiving without parachute, and even went into the rainforest to survive with only a knife, this kind of sacrifice for justice The act of gambling on life makes her feel far more stimulating and excited than those gambling sports that just challenge herself.
Compared to the danger of her life, which is not worth mentioning, she is more concerned about another issue——
"Does this hidden identity mean giving up your current identity and becoming someone who 'doesn't exist'?"
This problem is not because Jessica is imaginative, but because she heard some rumors from her peers during her adventure, such as "the top killers are all 'invisible people' without real household registration. Even if they are discovered We took fingerprints, DNA samples and even took photos, but we couldn't find any trace at all."
Now that I think about it, are these non-existent killers also the legacy of the Libra organization?
However, Feng Xue decisively denied her statement:
"It doesn't need to be like this. Hiding your identity means hiding your identity as an 'executor'. In addition, you can be a rich man, a newspaper reporter, a noodle shop owner, a store cashier, etc. These identities do not need to be hidden, or Speaking of their existence is itself part of hiding your identity as an executioner."
"That's no problem." Jessica said as if she was relieved, but Feng Xue still said with a serious expression:
"Are you sure? As long as you sign this contract, even if the enemy who killed your father is in front of you, you can't do it without the client's entrustment. No killing is allowed except for entrustment. This is the bottom line that must be observed."
"But I can beat him, right? I can also entrust you to help, right?" Jessica's mind was spinning quickly, but she found a trace of gloom on Feng Xue's face.
The mild joy of discovering the loophole instantly cooled down. At this moment, Jessica seemed to feel a feeling of being on the verge of death——
She had only felt that feeling when she was skydiving without an umbrella. Although it only passed by briefly, she roughly understood that it might be the legendary "murderous aura".
For a time, Jessica thought a lot, and she even felt that she had guessed some of the truth about the demise of the "Libra" organization - there were loopholes in the covenant, and people naturally like to exploit loopholes. When the executioner no longer abides by the covenant, but constantly Looking for loopholes to make profits for herself, Jessica, who has read countless legendary stories, has no difficulty in imagining what will happen next.
But at this moment, she could only remain nervously silent, hoping that the other party would not be angered by her cleverness.
However, this tense atmosphere went away as quickly as it came. Feng Xue seemed to adjust her mood quickly and sighed:
"Yes, there are loopholes in the covenant, but I still hope that you can regard it as a kind of self-restraint similar to conscience, rather than a shackles imposed on you. Otherwise, as your mentor, I can only make you disappear... …If you are sure you want to sign this contract.”
Under the previous death-like pressure, Jessica temporarily gave up the idea of pursuing excitement and began to chew on the meaning of Feng Xue's words, and then nodded lightly and said:
"I understand, but I still want to be the executioner."
ps1: I really didn’t expect someone to ask this question: “It only explains bartering but not easy things.” It’s the same thing. You can say “Here are three yuan” when you buy groceries. You can also say “Here are three yuan” when you go to the tea master. "Bring me five hundred", "Bring me one hour"! Isn't this a vague requirement? When the tea master hears this request, he will naturally give you a set meal based on his own pricing.
ps2: Don’t use the logic of real items to think about fantasy objects. I have said many times about the characteristics of fantasy objects - "The setting is too great, and the special attack is on the sun." The setting of the coin is "transaction", so it can only pass Ownership rights are obtained through transactions. In the eyes of most people, plundering is not considered a transaction, so ownership rights cannot be obtained.
But there is an exception, that is, if you have elements such as [plunder] and [stealing] or tags such as [robber] and [thief], and for example, Lao Li's weird story about [gazi stealing a dog], you can pass the "unusual" "Transaction" means to obtain ownership rights, because elements such as "Stealing" and "Plundering" have special attacks on elements such as "Precious", "Valuable", and "Currency".
ps3: The fact that a coin cannot be used does not mean that its power disappears. When the person with ownership rights dies, the coin just loses its absolute effectiveness of "requiring the other party to do something", but its hidden value is still there.
Of course, there are many "adjustments (Yu-Gi-Oh term)" here, such as leaving a will (accomplishing something to get coins, etc.) to change ownership after death, but these all require a little bit of exploration, after all, this is It's not something that can be discovered in a short time.
(End of chapter)
