Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 77 Different offensive and defensive forces
"You are now most likely being targeted by [Arakawa Pharmaceutical] and [Gospel Technology]."

pat.

Yuan Qingzhuo placed the empty wine glass on the small wooden table that separated the two of them. He showed his sharp teeth and said, "Why do you say that, Team Leader Baichuan?"

"you do not believe."

Shirakawa Wakaka did not use any question marks.

"If you want people to believe you, you need evidence. If you ask people to believe you without any evidence, you will probably just be used as a tool."

"The Whirlpool Gang and the peripheral organizations of Gospel Technology have signed a mutual assistance agreement. If you kill one of their people, you will naturally be targeted. I think they are worried that no one will use it to establish their authority."

"Then isn't Arakawa Pharmaceutical a partner of Renhe Group?" Yuan Qingzhuo asked back, "Don't treat me like a fool, Team Leader Shirakawa. The billboards on the street all say that [Arakawa Pharmaceutical] is a subordinate organization of [Uesugi Pharmaceutical]."

Arakawa Pharmaceutical is a secondary organization developed by Uesugi Pharmaceutical in the Outer Ring Area. It controls most of the medical and pharmaceutical industries in the eastern and southern parts of the Outer Ring Area, and directly pays part of the profits to Uesugi Pharmaceutical.

This can be regarded as the so-called "second taxation". As for the primary taxation...it is of course handed over to the Corona Group, the only super giant enterprise in the City of Sun.

As for the government?

What? There is still a government in the City of Sun? Who is the mayor called? Forget it! It doesn't matter who is the mayor!
Moreover, Arakawa Pharmaceutical followed the traditions of their pre-World War country and formed a family-owned enterprise with strict hierarchical relationships.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult for outsiders to join Arakawa's company, and its cohesion and efficiency are much higher than other companies.

I think they would intentionally cooperate with the Renhe Group in certain areas. In addition to Shirakawa Wakaka's personal potential, they also took into account the influence of the "same nationality" that has disappeared.

"indeed so."

Shirakawa Wakaha loosened the tie on her chest, revealing her delicate white collarbone, and breathed a sigh of relief: "So I think your information has probably been placed on the table of the chairman of Arakawa Pharmaceutical waiting for review."

"Once that guy sees your information, it won't be a gentle conversation waiting for you, ownerless high-potential triple gene awakener, either, or..."

Yuan Qingzhuo opened another bottle of red wine. With Marina's current physical condition, it wouldn't matter if she drank a hundred bottles of this kind of red wine. He said vaguely while drinking,

"Are you threatening me?"

"This is a friendly reminder, Ms. Marina."

Baichuan Ruoxia took out another cigarette and bit it. She gestured to Yuan Qingzhuo and lit it after seeing the latter wave his hand indifferently.

"If I wanted to threaten you, I would never come to see you alone and sit here talking to you. You should understand this simple truth."

She crossed her legs and sank into the soft sofa. Her originally cold expression relaxed. "Actually, the reason I came to you is very simple. I just want to apologize."

"apologize?"

"Yes, I apologize." Shirakawa Ruoxia smoked half of her cigarette in one gulp. She said with some irritation, "At the beginning, I remember that I was the one who asked the people below to get a piece of new land for construction and development."

"I said if there were people, I would give each of them some money to send them away. I remember... I personally transferred 50,000 yuan."

Baichuan Ruoxia laughed and exhaled smoke: "Guess what? Those greedy and brainless guys squandered the 50,000 yuan in just two days, and then they took a few guns and tried to forcibly rob others of their homes."

"Using force to drive ordinary people away will most likely lead to their death..."

"How can this be possible? This is not possible." Baichuan Ruoxia flicked the unfinished cigarette into the crystal clear ashtray, "So they deserved to be killed. It's my fault for not disciplining them well."

Having said that, Baichuan Ruoxia suddenly stood up, walked to the same side as Yuan Qingzhuo, and knelt down under his astonished gaze.

Kneel on both knees and bow your head to the ground.

Her long black hair spread out on the ground.

"Here, as the leader of the Renhe Group, I apologize to you, Ms. Marina."

Baichuan Ruoxia wanted Yuan Qingzhuo to think that she was apologizing out of "morality" rather than out of her own "fear".

There is an essential difference between the two for smart people, especially for the "Marina" who has a strong sense of justice in front of her. After a long period of communication and testing, Shirakawa Waka has roughly figured out "Marina's" worldview and ideas about doing things.

That's why it took her the time to smoke a cigarette to reluctantly accept that there was such a heaven-defying guy in the current Sun City who was untainted by the mud.

What’s even more outrageous is that the other party actually came from a slum.

It is hard for Shirakawa Wakaka to imagine how strong a willpower is needed to prevent oneself from being subtly distorted by the outside world into what it wants.

Now, the plan changed again from "apologizing directly with myself" to "not letting her see my intention to apologize."

becomes,

——“Explain with reason and move with emotion.”

Such a plan would surely be more effective for Marina than simply attracting benefits to resolve conflicts.

But Shirakawa Wakaka's apology was not entirely false. She admitted that it was indeed her fault.

If she could have foreseen the gang members' behavior from the beginning, she might have been able to establish a good relationship with Marina.

"I can refuse to accept your apology."

After the initial shock of incomprehension, Yuan Qingzhuo regained his composure. He admired the beautiful curve of the girl's back and thought:

——This guy must be up to some ulterior motive.

"Of course you can. What I want to express is - this is my attitude." Baichuan Ruoxia still lowered her head, and her voice came from below, "As for whether to accept it or not, it is not my business, and it is not something I can control."

"manner……"

Yuan Qingzhuo reached out his hand and found the chin that felt so good in his hand among the soft black hair. He pinched it, then lifted it up and asked, "Is your attitude to let the people below come and hunt me down?"

"These are two different things. I can execute those brainless bastards repeatedly after I come back, but you, an outsider, can't do it."

"Since they died in your hands, I must give an explanation, otherwise no one will obey..."

As Shirakawa Wakaka was speaking, she felt a gentle force passing through the fingers pinching her chin and beginning to massage the muscles and bones of her entire face, making her feel exceptionally comfortable.

The corner of her eye twitched slightly.

It was a mistake.

Since "Marina" can make her feel comfortable now, she can naturally make her no longer feel comfortable in an instant.

At a zero-contact distance, even if she used her psychic power it probably wouldn't work. Even if it did work it would only be a 50-50 chance. But this time it wasn't a gamble on the survival of the Renhe group.

It's a gamble with your own life.

Baichuan Ruoxia slowly closed her mouth, then closed her eyes resigned to her fate, and sighed deeply in her heart:

I was really too careless and trusted too much in the judgment made by reason.

To the point that we forget that humans are complex creatures who make different choices as the environment changes, and cannot be summarized by a "character" or a few labels.

I should never let this guy touch my body...

By the time Shirakawa Wakaka realized this, it was too late.

“I see your attitude.”

Yuan Qingzhuo lifted up the beautiful face in front of him with eyes closed and lips pursed, and smiled.

"So, what about your sincerity?"

(End of this chapter)