Quadruple split.

Chapter 2422: Human Change
"In that case, we will have no choice but to take back this mercy."

Ai Fanye, the spokesman for the Kevos family, calmly finished his explanation, then closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and lazily raised his right hand.

Cole, who was standing behind her, sighed helplessly in his heart, then stretched out his hands and pinched the shoulders of the lady... or girl, who was the youngest but had the most influence at the table, with just the right amount of force, giving her a more imposing aura that was perhaps unnecessary.

In fact, if you look at it from an objective point of view, both Ai Vanye and Cole Shuren are just slightly older children who have just reached adulthood. You have to know that less than a year ago, they were just students of the Pato Military Academy, and even as students they were far from being outstanding.

As for Cole, although he has good results in all aspects, he is far inferior to his friend Dave. Although he is also expected by the people around him, the limit of those expectations is that he can only be a captain in the Pato City Guard with a salary enough to support his wife and three or four children.

Dave, who is much stronger than him, is recognized to have the opportunity to pass the assessment of the Knights of Justice and even become a high-level paladin of the same rank as Izou Jielet.

As for Rada, who was not as strong as Cole but had a generous personality among the three boys, he thought at the time that he could just be an ordinary guard with his strength, and it would be even better if he could marry the girl he loved.

In the girl group, Rona Yuehui is the undisputed star among her peers. Although not as dazzling as Dave, she is also a promising talent being trained by the academy. The vice president of Pato Military Academy once revealed in a casual chat that he plans to send Rona to the Mage Guild in the capital of the Violet Empire for an internship after her foundation is more solid, so that this smart girl born in a small town can step onto a broader stage that matches her strength!
Ai Fanye was relatively ordinary. At that time, she had almost no advantages except that she was extremely introverted and studied very hard. Even her pretty face that Rada dreamed about every day was not as beautiful and dazzling as Rona's. She could be said to be a very ordinary student.

However, Xiao Ai, who is very self-aware, has never minded it. She has mentioned to her good friend Rona more than once that her dream is to work in the small church in the city after graduating from college. Although most of the believers in Pato love the God of Justice and Courage, and there are less than three people in the Sun Cult, she still wants to pray for people in that small church, listen to anyone's troubles, and provide them with any help she can.

However, everything changes as a vicious conspiracy unfolds and a crazy passerby arrives.

Radha is dead.

Rona died too.

Dave, who was at the center of the conspiracy and had already fallen into the cult, also died.

The survivors, Ai Vanye and Cole Shulen, followed that madman, lunatic or some other complicated thing and allowed him to completely rewrite their lives.

The four words "things are different and people have changed" are fully reflected in these two people.

Counting from the time when the boy and girl almost collapsed after the drastic changes in Pato City, in just less than a year, they seemed to have been pulled into another world.

A world that they could never even dream of in the past.

The young man who was once considered successful as long as he could become a guard captain, and who was neither high nor low, had just led his men to complete a textbook "murder and arson" in the Free City, a "devil's den" in the eyes of countless people, an hour ago, and escaped unscathed after it was all over.

The girl who had originally dreamed of having a corner in that small church, cleaning the pulpit every day, occasionally helping people to confess, and teaching children to read and write for free, was now sitting among a few people who could raze the entire city of Pato to the ground with just a thought, with her eyes lazily closed. The reason why she could enjoy this moment of peace was that the people around her needed some time to figure out her thoughts and then make speeches or decisions that met her expectations.

If you think about it carefully, Xiao Ai used the word "we" in most of her descriptions just now. Although the "we" she mentioned can be directly understood as one of the members of the street committee, the Kevos family, and the forces behind it, it can also be understood as the entire Bella Street Street Committee.

The former is a literal meaning and does not leave much room for interpretation, but if it is understood from the latter perspective, then the voice represented by Xiao Ai, the least experienced voice in the committee, can be described as deafening.

In fact, the current situation is more inclined to the latter interpretation.

The reason is very simple, that is to say, getting rid of the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group] was only the unilateral idea of ​​the Kevos family from the beginning to the end, and the result of this matter was that the latter won the cooperation of all parties and implemented their will to the end, that is - No. 2 Bella Street turned into a sea of ​​fire after being slaughtered.

So, can such a person who can carry out his will to the end just by speaking out be regarded as someone who can control the entire Bella Street Committee? Can he be regarded as the person who makes the decision in the committee?
The answer is certainly yes.

Rather, unlike the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group] and [Blue Scripture], which are both new forces on Bella Street, the reason why the Kevos family was able to join the committee so smoothly is simply based on its control over the entire street committee.

After all, from the very beginning, the Fire Claw Territory spies who had received orders to fully cooperate with Mo Tan's will, Alma Heike, the founder of [Roman Abyss], were their own people, and the creator of [Blue Codex], Hermes, whose real identity was a special cyber police, had also established a solid mutually beneficial relationship with Mo Tan.

So, let’s look back at today’s drama.

Is the point really that [Fire Demon] is unruly?
Is the point really to use [Fire Demon] to establish authority?

Is the point really that the existence of the [Fire Demon] itself is a hidden danger?
Stop it, those are just excuses and pretexts. Even if there is some truth in them, the value of that truth is probably not as expensive as a bottle of strawberry soda.

That's right, from the very beginning, Xiao Ai chose to wipe out the [Fire Demon] for only one reason, and that was to completely control the decision-making power of the [Bella Street Sub-district Committee].

As mentioned before, according to the rules of the Bella Street Sub-district Committee, resolutions to add new members require the approval of all members to be passed, and in normal circumstances except for internal fights like today, the minority generally obeys the majority.

This way, the problem becomes much simpler.

As the agent of [Joker] in the Free City, Xiao Ai currently controls the three tickets of [Kavos Family], [Roman Abyss] and [Blue Scripture], but she can only influence [Black Curtain], [Imelda Chamber of Commerce] and [Fire Demon Mercenary Group].

In other words, in the worst case scenario, the layout and plan of the Bella Street Street Committee based on the Harlequin Card would fail due to a tie. Although the probability of this happening is very small, Xiao Ai still doesn't want this to happen.

Therefore, without any trouble for Mr. Trouble, Xiao Ai conducted a very comprehensive research and investigation during the previous period, and finally came to the conclusion that "then we should eliminate the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group]".

Among them, although the information given by Boss Jun Wu from the perspective of an alien was very important, the final choice of [Fire Demon] as the target was entirely the conclusion Xiao Ai came to after comprehensive consideration.

In fact, Xiao Ai's original plan did not involve super high-level cadres like the Ace of Hearts. After all, she knew very well that the Harlequin was an organization without strict hierarchical relationships and its form was similar to a "net". She also knew that even if the Witch was willing to cooperate with her, this favor would have to be attributed to the gentleman. Therefore, unless there were special circumstances, she would not seek cooperation from senior cadres according to her own will.

As the world changes, the butcher knife [Witch] was mentioned by Mr. Xiao Ai when she needed to kill a chicken, saying that if it was not too much trouble, it would be great if he could use the Ace of Hearts who was working as a summer intern. In this way, although Xiao Ai did not comment on the description of "use", she still met Mr. Xiao Ai's request without hesitation and pulled the Ace of Hearts into this plan that should have been a complete success.

Then, the remnants of the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group] stationed at No. 2 Bella Street were swatted to death like a fly, but for the sake of Ms. Ace of Hearts' feelings, Xiao Ai still made a special trip and personally told Theresa when issuing the commission that although the other party would be "killed", because they were from another world, their death was not complete. Strictly speaking, they were not actually dead.

And the facts have proved that although Theresa Tarosa is a top student at the [Dannu Military Academy] and more than half of her classmates hope to develop into professional commanders, she obviously does not have the full ability to disregard life, which is a necessary trait for a general. So after hearing that the other party is from another world, she can be said to have breathed a sigh of relief and accepted the commission without hesitation.

At this point, the number of members of the Bella Street Sub-district Committee was reduced from six to five, and three of them could be directly and absolutely influenced by Xiao Ai.

So from a certain perspective, there is nothing wrong with comparing Xiao Ai to the person in charge of the Bella Street Sub-district Committee, and she also implicitly released a bit of the aura of a leader during this impromptu meeting.

There is only one purpose, which is to test the [Imelda Chamber of Commerce] and [Black Curtain] and understand their attitudes in the process.

"I think Ms. Vanye has exactly the right idea."

Father Lorenzo stroked his beard, then put his trembling hands behind his back and said seriously, "Old Lorenzo believes that this is actually a kind of care for the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group]. After all, judging from the results of today's test, even if we do nothing, No. 2 Bella Street is doomed to be doomed in the future. So, as Ms. Vanye said, the Kevos family is already kind enough."

President Imelda, who had already determined that there was a giant behind the [Kevos Family], also nodded and agreed, "Since everyone has been getting along well over the past period of time, I can provide some compensation to the [Fire Demon Mercenary Group], provided that they don't continue to pester about this matter."

This is a naked statement. Compared with Lorenzo who did not say anything definite after all, what Grandma Imelda said can be said to have actually supported the Keyvos family. After all, the pension itself is not important. What is really important is the prerequisite that the Imelda Chamber of Commerce is willing to provide the pension.

The warning to the [Fire Demon] not to continue to pester them was equivalent to cleaning up the mess for the Kevos family.

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"I do not mind."

Hermes shrugged and gave Xiao Ai a warning glance: "As long as the fire doesn't burn me, or... make me feel that the fire will burn me."

Alma, who has the most gray business, smiled and said leisurely, "It won't burn me anyway."

"Very good, then finally..."

Xiao Ai opened her eyes, gently patted the back of Cole's hand on her shoulder to stop the massage, and said softly, "No. 2 Bella Street will be idle soon. Who is interested?"

"Not interested in."

Hermes was the first to wave his hand, and added sarcastically, "If you want me, just say so."

"I have enough real estate already."

Imelda smiled and shook her head, saying, "I'm old now, and I can't worry about that much anymore."

Alma licked her lips and said half-jokingly, "I would like to open a new store for the sisters I just rescued, but I don't know how long the fire will last. If it lasts too long, the girls' throats will be damaged by so much carbon ash, and their screams will not sound good."

Xiao Ai smiled and said softly, "I took a look on the way here, and it looks like it will take quite a while to burn."

"let it go."

Alma raised her eyebrows and said in a disdainful tone, "I'm not in a hurry to open the store anyway."

Father Lorenzo spread his hands and said innocently, "We don't have money, we can't afford it."

"In that case, our Kevos family just happens to be in need of a cold storage recently, so we might as well choose location No. 2."

Xiao Ai looked around at everyone and gave them a sweet smile: "Of course, we won't let you do this for nothing."

No one spoke, apparently accepting the girl's proposal.

"Well, let's stop here for today. We'll get together again when we have time."

Xiao Ai stood up first and said with a smile: "I hope the atmosphere next time will be better than it is now."

Then everyone stood up and said goodbye and greeted each other.

then……

"Cole."

Just as Hermes, Alma, Imelda and Lorenzo walked to the door and had not yet stepped onto the stairs, the girl said to the boy behind her in a voice that was not deliberately lowered -

"Let someone put out the fire."

Chapter 2413: The End