Chapter 384 Unruly
Brooke looked embarrassed when he heard Nestor's request.

"We are only in an advantageous position now, but we have not really won. It is not the time to promote the Charter Movement yet."

"We should follow the agreement and do what you are supposed to do first. When the new nobles realize your power, the power you need will naturally come to you."

Nestor's face was tense, and did not relax because of Brooke's answer. He continued:

"Sir Brooke, since you mentioned the agreement, I need to repeat the agreement for you."

"I represent the Bright Light and the Charter Movement, and I will work with you to build momentum and help you gain the right to regulate industry. You recognize the Charter Movement and delegate some of the regulatory power to the trade unions."

"But the fact is, we have done enough. We have launched many large-scale labor movements. Henry even died in the Great Stink Incident in order to reach an agreement. And you, I haven't seen any contribution so far."

In Stirland, the group of workers is particularly large, although they do not have any power now. Some of them are even illegal laborers and do not have the most basic human rights as human beings.

But their huge group represents equally huge potential.

The Lumina and the trio who founded the newspaper are the soul of the Charter Movement, and naturally all parties will not ignore this force.

Since the Ming Deng Bao trio lacks their own foundation, they have to rely on the power of outsiders to achieve their demands in the cracks of multiple games.

Henry is the most extreme. In order to achieve his goal, he only cares about his ability and not the other party's purpose, so he became involved with the Steam Parliament.

Nestor is also a fighter, but he is not as radical as Henry. He believes that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. In order to fight against Prime Minister Roone and the liberals, he chooses to cooperate with the land nobles.

After he reached an agreement with the land nobles, he originally planned to recruit Henry to join, but through the extraordinary people on the land nobles' side, he discovered that Henry seemed to have extraordinary people cooperating with him.

Nestor was worried that Henry would cooperate with dangerous elements, such as the Church of Tranquility, extreme followers of the Holy Bishop, and even foreign forces such as Fran, so he paid special attention to Henry's actions.

Seeing that Henry had only been doing minor things and was far from doing anything out of the ordinary, he did not confront him and stop him.

Who knew that the person Henry was working with was even more dangerous than he imagined, and he caused such a big mess.

Nestor foresaw Henry's abnormality but failed to stop it in time. As a result of Henry's death, Nestor felt that he was largely responsible and must do something for Henry's death.

What he wants to do is not revenge, but to inherit Henry's ambition and achieve their common goal.

Brooke saw that Nestor was prepared. He shook his head slightly, took out his pipe from his pocket, and said slowly:
“It’s not that we didn’t give, but that we didn’t have the ability to give.”

“It’s frustrating to say, but we have to admit that as Her Majesty Olivia takes the industry to another level, our legislative power is losing its effect.”

Nestor said calmly:

"But as far as I know, in order to ease the general strike, Prime Minister Gladwell proposed to further optimize the factory laws, but the Conservative Party and the House of Lords have been unwilling to agree."

Brooke did not show any embarrassment on his face, and said as a matter of course:
"Workers are short-sighted, and you know this better than us. If the situation eases, they will give up resistance and even be grateful to Grad."

Nestor nodded and said, "So this time, I am also prepared to be short-sighted."

Brooke looked a little disappointed. He said:
"I thought we had a cooperative relationship based on mutual trust, but I didn't expect that you would make such a choice at the most critical moment."

Facing Brooke's pressure, Nestor did not back down and said:

"Sir Brooke, so what is your answer?"

Brooke was silent for a moment and said:

"As you wish, I will push for the passage of the Charter as soon as possible."

Nestor stood up and bowed slightly to Brooke, "Thank you."

After Nestor left, Brooke took out a cigar and slowly lit it. When the top of the cigar was completely burned, he took two puffs and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

Brook's expression was hidden in the smoke, and he said slowly:
"Disobedient tools should be replaced in time."

If Nestor had made this request before the Great Stink, he might have felt embarrassed.

But now, the situation is set and those guys have become irrelevant.

They were clearly just a group of unpresentable guys, yet they dared to threaten him. It seemed that he had been too polite to them before, causing them to lose track of his identity.

The smoke slowly dissipated, and a smile suddenly appeared on Brook's gloomy face.

Forget it. Anyway, they had no intention of fulfilling any promises from the beginning.

Nestor came out of the manor and said to the coachman who was waiting for him, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

A driver who was not good-looking, thin, and had a typical face of a low-level worker said:
"It's okay. Protecting and recording your journey is what I should do."

Nestor understood what the man meant and said, "Don't worry, I will confess today's incident to Sir Sean when I return."

Sitting in the carriage, Nestor showed a relieved smile on his face.

On the surface, it might seem unwise to threaten conservatives at this point in time, but in reality, this was his only chance.

Threats as a means of attack usually have to be able to bring real crisis to the other party.

He was not capable of this in the past. Although the pen in his hand could enable him to mobilize thousands of workers, it could not save his life when facing the extraordinary people.

The situation is different now. Taking advantage of the Great Stink Incident, while Sir Sean is investigating the forces behind Henry, he is worried about his and Connor's safety, so he has equipped them with extraordinary people as bodyguards.

The coachman who was driving him was the bodyguard arranged for him by Sir Sean himself.

Although there is only one extraordinary bodyguard, he represents the entire Secret Security Department.

He believed that as long as they had reason, conservatives would not dare to take action against this extraordinary force that wielded enormous power and was currently in the ascendant.

As for whether, after threatening the Conservatives, the Chief Justice would start a reckoning with him and Tomorrow Times and withdraw the agreement when he becomes prime minister, he is not worried.

When he wanted to meet Sir Sean this morning, he "happened" to learn that Sir Sean had visited Home Secretary Anderson, and heard that the two had a good personal relationship.

He knew very well what this signal meant.

Her Majesty Olivia and Sir Sean would never hand over the position of Prime Minister to that group of corrupt land nobles.

He did not try to get rid of the extraordinary bodyguard, but instead asked the other party to drive him to see Brook, which was a response to this signal.

The land nobles were not careful in their work and left many handles on him. For example, the malaria that ravaged Grimland was caused by the land nobles.

As long as this information is handed over to Sir Sean, it will be a pipe dream for the Chief Justice to take office again.

This enabled him not only to ensure that they would not be liquidated, but also to ensure the success of the Charter movement.

While Nestor was thinking about how to expose the Conservative Party's crimes to Sir Sean and make the Chief Justice lose support, a player took aim at the carriage from a big tree not far from the carriage.

The players are one hundred meters away from the carriage. In an ordinary copy, this distance is no different from face-to-face confrontation for the top three hundred players on the battle power list.

But right now, the steam rules of the copy plane are rampant. Not to mention perception, as long as there is no root power in the body, even energy is difficult to release outside the body.

Even for Jian Xing and Leng Shan, their attacks could hardly penetrate a hundred meters and hurt people.

The reason why the player in the tree dared to take action was simple. His entire right arm was now glowing with metallic luster, turning into a huge gun.

His player name is Gun God, and his ability is simple, which is to transform various parts of his body into guns.

He ranks 289th on the battle power list. In terms of absolute strength, he is not as good as Booker and White Horse. He is definitely at the bottom of the players ranked in the Steam Phantom dungeon this time.

But in the Steam rules, he is not affected by the rules at all, and he is confident that he can compete with any player except the top ranked players.

The reason is simple, because he can use magic-breaking bullets that other players cannot use.

He grabbed the "material" provided by Brooke, a secret policeman who was in a coma, pried open his mouth, and stuffed dozens of magic-destroying bullets into his mouth.

Then he poked his left hand into the "material's" chest, and his left hand devoured the "material" frantically. The flesh and blood of the "material" entered his left hand, and turned into a basketball-sized tumor that moved under his skin, and finally filled into the big gun in his right arm.

This is his job transfer skill, "Flesh and Blood Bullet".

The flesh and blood of a superhuman being can be turned into projectiles, which not only enhances the power of the bullets, but also adds some of the original characteristics of the superhuman flesh and blood to the attack.

The moment the bullets were loaded, he pulled the trigger directly. There was no sound when the gun that his right arm turned into fired. He dubbed:
"boom!"

The flesh and blood bullet as big as a basketball flew across a hundred meters towards Nestor's carriage. The driver who drove Nestor was Ma Jia, who sneaked into the Gnar Chemical Plant that day. Although he could not sense the presence of the gunman, he was aware of it immediately when the flesh and blood bullet flew within 20 meters of him.

If it were other skills, he would have a hard time dealing with them, but he could intercept flesh and blood skills with his eyes closed.

In the wilderness, when it comes to using flesh-and-blood skills, even ranked players have no chance of success.

Today he will let the other party see the value of the "Flesh and Blood Invader".

He loosened his left hand that was controlling the carriage, and as he controlled it, it stretched out into a soft whip and lashed towards the flesh and blood bullet.

The moment his left hand touched the flesh and blood bullet, it turned into a ball of flesh pulp, completely wrapping the flesh and blood bullet.

When the flesh and blood bullet was five meters away from the carriage, 90% of the flesh and blood that made up the bullet had been corroded, leaving only a small core.

Just when Ma Jia thought it was stable, the last small core exploded like a grenade, but what splashed out were not fragments, but activated magic-destroying bullets.

not good!

By the time Ma Jia reacted, the bullet was less than two meters away from him. The flying speed and explosion speed of the flesh and blood bullet combined, and in just a blink of an eye, he and the entire carriage were shot into a sieve by dozens of magic-breaking bullets.

A dozen fully armed soldiers slowly approached from both sides. After a close inspection, they said to the Gun God who was walking behind them:

"They're dead."

The Gun God nodded and waved his hand to dismiss him, saying, "I'll leave the cleaning up to you guys."

As a player with mechanical abilities, he really likes the Steam Phantom copy, especially now that the steam rules are strong.

With the steam rule in place, his sneak attack was not only covert, but he also didn't have to worry about the attacked person being able to pass on the on-site intelligence to his companions by any means.

In the past, when he was attacking dungeons, he always acted as a firepower player. Unexpectedly, one day he would be able to awaken his assassin talent.

He put his hands in his pockets, separated from the soldiers who were handling the scene, lit a cigarette, and walked towards the city.

He didn't notice at all that in the mist condensed by his favorite steam rule, a tall figure shrouded in a black robe had locked onto his figure.

A large cloud of fog poured out from under the black robe, and the thick fog enveloped an area of ​​one kilometer around it.

Not long after, faint screams were heard from inside.

That afternoon, the wreckage of the carriage was found on the south bank of the Hills River. The horse, carriage, driver and passenger Nestor were all shot to pieces.

Judging from the traces at the scene, a group of cruel criminals fired hundreds of shots at the carriage.

According to the ballistic analysis of the vast majority of bullets, the firearms involved were the models commonly used by Gaelic gangs.

This is easy to understand. The trigger of the general strike was the Sloan Textile Mill incident, and one of the angriest groups in the general strike was the textile workers.

Because of the report in the Bright Light, many factories in the South Shore Textile District were closed down, causing huge losses. It was normal for some individuals to feel resentful and hire assassins from the Gaelic gang.

The next day, Connor held a funeral for Nestor.

Wu Changzhen and I, Ma Jiaben, both attended the funeral. We looked at Nestor's tombstone with solemn expressions, and no one knew what we were thinking.

After the funeral, Connor did not return to the Bright Light newspaper office, but said he wanted to be alone and went to the bar he often visited.

He ordered three drinks at the bar, but soon felt it was too noisy and went home alone.

He closed the door gently and did not light the oil lamp because he saw a dark figure sitting on the sofa in the living room.

He gritted his teeth and almost growled, asking, "Who did it?"

A lazy voice came out from the black shadow, "If nothing unexpected happens, it's the conservatives."

"Nestor's body was found on the south bank of the Hills River, but according to our people, he was heading to the West End when he was last seen."

"Whenever he went to the West End, he would go to a remote estate that was one of Justice Gascon's properties, and I guess he was no exception this time."

Connor took a few deep breaths, trying to calm the anger in his chest, and asked:
"Do you know what the reason is?"

The shadow said, "Nestor went with the extraordinary people from the Secret Security Department. You might as well ask Sir Sean or Peace directly instead of asking me."

Connor said: "No matter what the reason is, no matter who stops me, I will make those people pay the price."

The black shadow sighed and said:

"Her Majesty is not going to stop you. She asked me to help convey her condolences to Nestor, and to remind you that if you want revenge, Nestor's house should have what you want."

“Thank you.” Connor said, and suddenly he felt a flash in front of his eyes. When he looked again, the shadow on the sofa had disappeared.

He lit the oil lamp and walked towards the living room, only to find that the shadow had left.

Twenty meters away from Connor's house, Wu Changzhenwo, Shenzhitong and Ma Jia were lurking in the distance, watching Connor's house.

Not long after Connor returned home, the three saw a dark shadow jumping out of Connor's window.

God's Tongue frowned and said, "It was so fast that I couldn't even see the man's appearance clearly."

Ma Jia shook his head and said, "I didn't see it clearly either."

Although Wu Chang didn't see clearly who the black shadow was, he saw the root power surrounding the black shadow.

"The one who came out of Connor's house was Phantom. Why would he have anything to do with Connor?"

Phantom is a ranked player. Although Wu Chang is not afraid of him, he will not ignore the information about him.

According to his previous understanding, on the day of the supernatural gathering, after he left, Phantom got in touch with the Chairman of the Trade Committee.

The Chairman of the Trade Commission is a core figure of the Liberal Party and a staunch supporter of Glad. Does this mean that the force behind Connor is the Liberal Party?

This is not right. Connor was only a conservative in the Charter Movement, not a capitulationist. He should not have secretly contacted the Liberal Party without telling Henry and Nestor.

It's quite interesting. After Nestor's matter is resolved, I will ask Connor what's going on.

Wu Chang turned his thoughts back and asked, "Have they all confessed?"

Ma Jia nodded. He looked at God's Tongue with a little caution and said, "No one can resist the truth serum of God's Tongue."

Wu Chang continued: "It is definitely a conservative, right?"

Ma Jia continued to nod.

As soon as Nestor's clone died, Ma Jia immediately told Wu Chang about the situation. Wu Chang immediately arranged for people to guard around Nestor's house and catch those who were preparing to set fire.

After drinking the truth serum, they confessed everything clearly, and the masterminds behind the scenes were Brooke and Chief Justice Gascon.

They thought that with the steam rules as a cover, they could kill people and silence them perfectly, but they didn't expect that the extraordinary guard who escorted Nestor that day was Ma Jia who liked to use a parasitic body.

According to Ma Jia, the person who took action was a player, but the opponent was able to drive the magic-breaking bullets in a special way. With the support of the Steam rules, the player could not resist the magic-breaking bullets at all.

The opponent's moves were hard to defend against. Fortunately, it was Ma Jia who followed Nestor that day. If it was anyone else, except for the Divine Tongue and the Wave of Murderous Intent, no one else would have been spared.

The reason why they didn't tell Connor directly was just to test Connor's background, not that they really didn't know.

He had no problem with the Conservatives killing Nestor, but to attack his own people was a slap in his face.

The force he formed as a player was all following the rules. However, a group of indigenous nobles from another dimension did not follow the rules and tried to kill people to silence them, which was against Tiangang.

Since you like to play, then play bigger.

Wu Chang said:

"Tell Shadow and the others to record all the high-ranking land nobles who support Gascon and keep track of their locations in real time."

"Once Connor has finished publishing the report and lowered their support rate, we will find an auspicious day to send them off together."

(End of this chapter)

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