Ark, they don't revolve around you

Faced with such a traitor, the twelve families put aside their differences and united to face the outside world. Although Lady Sicily did not take action, she also treated those who shook the order with a cold eye.

That was perhaps the bloodiest scene in Syracuse in nearly sixty years.

Bellone and Zhuang Ning were alone guarding the command tower, while the soldiers from the twelve families came like a torrent.

All the most elite exterminators were dispatched, including even Bernardo Bellone's own subordinates.

Fortunately, Bernardo is not alone, at least he has the Doctor, Texas, and a group of followers.

Under an absolute disadvantage, they fought hard and successfully provoked rifts between the families, breaking them down one by one.

So much so that now, that period of history has become a past that every family head is reluctant to talk about. When mentioning Volsini, they will think of the traitor Bernardo, and they will curse and fear Zhuang Ning, and feel wary in their hearts.

In the final analysis, the reason why Volsini was free from interference from the family was not because of the approval of Lady Sicily, but because the ruler of Volsini shook the big tree called Syracuse with his insignificant body!

Lavinia would never forget the sight of herself entering the conning tower.

Bernardo Bellone, whom he had scolded, closed his eyes forever. He was seriously injured, but his expression was so arrogant, like an emperor.

Zhuang Ning was alone in the command room, which was filled with corpses. He was the only living person left.

His two hands were almost pierced, and his coat was torn, revealing his bloody self.

Every breath sounded like a wild animal's panting, but in fact, those eyes were so calm.

He did not take this experience of defeating the strong with the weak to heart, and no one cheered for him.

On the contrary, everyone who came with Lavinia was terrified by this horrible monster and took a step forward when they saw him get up from his crooked chair.

Even though they knew that this was just an outsider, unarmed and battered, everyone was still trembling with fear.

Zhuang Ning also saw Lavinia and chose to walk past her in silence.

From the beginning to the end, he only felt exhausted from the bottom of his heart and could not feel any joy.

The people of Volsiny would cry out for the salvation that Texas brought, but they knew nothing of the name of Jonin - the man who hid behind the scenes and pulled the strings.

Zhuang Ning received no honor or applause, only malice and fear from his enemies.

Just like a monarch sitting high in the royal court, his back gives people a similar feeling of loneliness.

"Doctor," Lavinia said.

She knew she was wrong and wanted to apologize.

However, the man was too lazy to even listen, and did not stop, leaving only a tired voice: "The old man asked me to pass on a message to you."

"Lavinia, the vow is fulfilled."

oath.

That oath was what Bernardo had promised: no one in this city would be able to break the law, not even the head of a family.

Lavinia couldn't hold back her tears, and spoke hoarsely, wanting to at least say thank you.

But Zhuang Ning walked very fast.

This person, who was called an ambitious person, denounced as a hypocrite, and strongly denied by her, ended up being alone.

She chased after Zhuang Ning, but Zhuang Ning shook her hand off and looked at Bernardo's body in silence.

"A hero is someone who lives for his ideals and dies for his ideals, right?"

That was the last thing Lavinia heard. "But I am only a dirty, ambitious man, Lavinia, and my duty is to manipulate others into dying for me."

He suddenly laughed, let out a breath, and looked at the aircraft that came down to greet him.

He finally said, "Lavinia, perhaps you are right."

"I... am indeed not someone like you."

"Law, morality, nothing else matters, only victory. Only victory is the sweetest fruit." Zhuang Ning boarded the aircraft, "I'm going to find Texas."

"You've cursed me before, but I'm willing to believe her."

"I think I can still trust her. I can... still make Volsini a better place, right?"

His laughter echoed in the sky, arrogant and proud, and then gradually disappeared.

It’s as if after going through untold hardships, I was finally freed from the shackles and saw something better.

Lavinia was left alone, feeling as if she had fallen into an icy cave, wondering what a stupid thing she had done.

That cold gaze still remained in her consciousness.

She had wronged the doctor, but Zhuang Ning seemed to hear some truth in her words.

In the past two years, she had regretted it a lot, especially after meeting Texas and knowing that she refused to become Zhuang Ning's agent in Volsini.

In contrast, Zhuang Ning learned a lot from this city. In Volsiny, he was betrayed and ridiculed again and again, and was despised, slandered, feared and insulted.

In Syracuse, walking in the misty rain, Bernardo Bellone, who chose to trust, died a martyr.

Lapland Saluzzo, this crazy wolf wanted to kill him because of an inexplicable obsession, even though they used to be in a superior-subordinate relationship and cooperated well with each other.

Even though Zhuang Ning had been trying to get closer to her and get to know her, he still did it without hesitation.

So Zhuang Ning chose to tame the mad wolf with violence.

Lavinia Falcone, defender of the law, denigrates Jonning as a conspirator, a manipulator, and a toymaker.

She denounced her own sins with awe-inspiring majesty.

Zhuang Ning trampled on the law that she valued and treated it as waste.

As for Texas, this was the reason why Zhuang Ning came to Syracuse. They once leaned on each other. She said that she wanted to be Zhuang Ning's sword and shield, but in the end she chose to leave.

The reason was tiredness, and he also said that they were not on the same path, which shattered all the hard work that Zhuang Ning had made.

To this girl, Zhuang Ning wants to use reality to tell her that she can't escape.

Memories dissipate quietly like mist.

Feeling emotional from the recollection, Zhuang Ning still shook his head: "We didn't kill enough people back then."

"I shouldn't look at this city with normal eyes."

"Wolves are ungrateful and will only obey the strong. If wolves think this way, they will also transfer their own thoughts to others."

"Fortunately, it's not too difficult to tame wolves into dogs. All you have to do is break their spines."

He looked at the judge and grinned: "As for the law, it is just a piece of waste paper, because the law must be used by me."

He deliberately killed someone in order to announce to the whole of Volsinia his lightning-like return.

Next, he will continue to kill people, eliminate one stronghold after another, and make a big fuss to slap the faces of the twelve families.

What he had to do was simple.

It was too troublesome to deal with them one by one, so Zhuang Ning just wanted to gather all the people from the twelve families together and deal with them all at once.

Saluzzo, Rossetti, Sicily...what's the difference?

If it were two years ago, would I still be used like a weapon?

This time he really didn't want to waste too much time, so he decided to make a prompt decision once all the family members showed up.

——That’s what Zhuang Ning thought.

But there was a slight discrepancy between what he expected and, as expected, something unexpected happened.

……

……

Alberto couldn't understand.

He really didn't understand what the doctor was trying to do, but he was overwhelmed.

In recent days, news has been pouring in from all directions.

The Volsinian stronghold was uprooted, but that was all.

The key point is that the doctor was bold enough to travel to other cities using a flying vehicle.

Although it is called a journey, each time it inevitably results in the loss of many lives, including those of many family leaders and carefully cultivated direct descendants. It is heartbreaking to see each death of such a person.

But the more this happened, the more Alberto dared not to take action. Instead, he hid away like a coward.

But just because he is willing to hide doesn't mean other families are willing.

Families have their own traditions, and sitting down to discuss is a common practice. The topic discussed this time is naturally how to deal with it.

"What are we talking about? This is no longer a minor incident. Why should we tolerate an outsider doing whatever he wants in our territory?" an old man said hoarsely, "In my opinion, we should mobilize some Originium explosives and blow him to death."

"Do you think we don't want to? We've bombed it no less than ten times!" Someone from one family looked pained, "You bastards, you know my family is the closest to Volsini, so you run to our place!"

"You are not fucking wolves, you are worse than dogs! You said you would fight Zhuang Ning together, but you only used me as a meat shield!"

"All my people are gone, so I'm not a fucking head of the family. Whoever wants this seat can take it!" The man threw his hat hard and said hatefully.

Alberto was stunned: "Why is he going crazy here?"

Someone nearby said awkwardly, "Sir Alberto, you know, the doctor has been in Syracuse for a month. He used a week to wipe out all the strongholds of the families buried in Volsini, and then he began to invade the territories of other families..."

Alberto was getting more and more impatient: "I'm asking what's wrong with him?"

"Sir, it was you who suggested setting up the base in his city." The man said in a low voice, but he was not without annoyance. "Seeing this, Zhuang Ning has been running to his place every now and then in the past period of time."

"Last time, the Doc went to the casino and gambled away all his money, then he refused to pay his bill, so the Doc burned down his house."

"Technically speaking, everything in that city is his property. He must be... hurt."

Alberto sneered: "Those without a plan, even Saluzzo's territory has problems, when have I ever wavered?"

He rang the bell, signaling everyone to be quiet, then cleared his throat and said hoarsely: "Everyone, I know you are very dissatisfied."

"I am also dissatisfied, but we can't just look at the surface. The Doctor is weak and alone. Even if he has Texas, how can he dare to openly offend the twelve families?!"

"There must be a conspiracy behind this!"

A certain irritable man roared, "Conspiracy? So what if there is a conspiracy? I've been enduring it for a month!"

"One month? You have to endure it for a whole year!" Alberto sneered, "Now I want everyone to think about why the doctor, who is so weak in Syracuse, dares to offend all of us at the same time!"

This is why he called everyone here.

Alberto thought hard but couldn't understand Zhuang Ning's thoughts.