Arknights' Lock of Heaven

"I'm not confident I can kill him."

Platinum said without hesitation, "Let's attack together!"

"Or you could report it and ask Xuan Tie to take action."

While maintaining a solemn expression, he was internally screaming wildly!

Yes, yes, yes! That's it! Let's go together and kill him!

Ha, what does it matter to me who gets killed in the end, right?

What was the point of all that painstaking work compiling those surveillance reports?

It's all for this moment!

Upon hearing this, Roy and Monique exchanged a glance, both noticing the other's hesitation.

What Bai Jin said doesn't seem fake.

So……

I definitely can't go!

"We have other tasks to complete, you go on your own!"

207 Maria, who was tricked and crippled

You all want me dead!

Upon hearing this, Platinum's eyes widened as she looked at Roy, who was smiling broadly in front of her.

Then he took a deep breath, picked up the documents, and turned to leave.

Not right.

Something is very wrong!

This was a task jointly assigned by nearly ten business association directors...

Knowing that there was no chance of success for him to carry out the task alone, why did they still insist on entrusting it to him?

Even if they don't care about the life or death of a platinum tool like themselves, what about the orders from the Business Federation?

How could they not care?

Moreover, the overall atmosphere within the Unarmored League has been quite off lately.

Platinum couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she still vaguely sensed something.

The Unarmored Alliance is plotting something.

But he was completely excluded.

This feeling... is quite unpleasant.

These two lapis lazuli... probably already harbored the intention to abandon me.

and so……

The next move will probably be the moment that determines my fate.

……

The Business Federation's assassination order against Xia Yu wasn't just received by Bai Jin.

Another person also obtained this information through their own channels.

Charné.

The spokesperson for the Business Federation got to his current position by promoting Blood Knight.

He had already made preparations regarding Xia Yu's so-called plan, which he had deduced.

For example, lobbying those giant corporations that can change the situation.

Now is the time to execute.

"You said you're a good person, right?"

Dressed in a magnificent suit, he gracefully poured a glass of red wine for the trembling Markowitz.

"Uh......"

Upon hearing this, Markowitz didn't know how to respond.

He was completely baffled as to why he was there.

A spokesperson for the Business Federation... what a prestigious title! Why would they come looking for me?

Have you ever broken the law?

"I ask this with great interest," Charné asked.

“No,” Markowitz replied very cautiously.

Have you done anything wrong?

"No, of course not..."

Markowitz was a little confused.

Even if someone is going to be fired because of a mistake at work, it shouldn't be necessary for such an important person to personally notify them, right?

"In other words, you work diligently to earn a living for yourself and your family, aren't you a good person?"

"Yes, that's right. So, I really am a good person, and there are many good people like that in Kazimierz..."

Although Markowitz didn't know what he was going to say, he could only go along with it.

"Yes, there are many good people. Come on, let's drink to the good people."

Charnée elegantly raised his glass, and Markowitz could only follow suit, raising his glass in a dry, echoing, "Ah, cheers."

"You said, if someone wants to take away a good person's job, to take away a good person's means of livelihood, can that person still be a good person?"

Setting down his glass, Charné looked at Markowitz with interest and asked.

You mean...?

Markowitz had some guesses about his motives.

“Even rural farmers enjoy watching the knightly tournaments of nearby city-states after finishing their farm work,” Charne said casually. “Hundreds of thousands… even millions of Kazimierz people who are involved in the industry live off the knightly tournaments. They are mostly good people, sir.”

"If one day, the equestrian sport disappears... the company disappears overnight."

"Who will provide the knights who wage war with ever-increasing military funding? Who will fight for the economic status of Kazimir to deter foreign aggression?"

Charné looked at the anxious Markowitz and asked, "Sir, are those opponents bad people?"

"This……"

Markowitz lowered his head and remained silent.

What this person said sounds reasonable, but in reality, it's far from that.

Having spent decades navigating the complexities of the Grand Knights' territory, he knew all too well that those so-called corporations... were not as noble as they seemed.

They run businesses, they pay taxes—isn't that just a matter of course?

Did Kazimir, as a nation, fail to protect them?

Why treat the obligations you must fulfill as if they were charity?

On the contrary, the threat to Kazimir now is not the so-called nobles, but these merchants in front of him.

Kazimir was too lenient with them, to the point that they forgot their place and began to ask for more.

Markowitz understands everything.

There's nothing I can do.

After all, he was just a small-time employee.

He didn't know whether the spokesperson in front of him was genuinely stupid or pretending.

I'd guess the latter. After all, someone who's in the spokesperson's position wouldn't be so blind as to miss something so basic.

But what was that saying again?

The ass decides the head.

As the spokesperson for the business federation, he naturally had to speak from the perspective of businesses.

“Okay,” Charne said, suddenly becoming interested in the unassuming employee as he saw Markowitz bow his head in silence.

If it were anyone else, they would already be eagerly agreeing with what they said at this point.

But this person... clearly has his own ideas.

From the reflection on the tabletop, Charné could see the disdain in his eyes as he spoke.

Although it was only for a brief moment, he was certain he hadn't misread it.

This is a clear-headed person.

In Kazimierz today, a truly clear-headed person is a rare sight.