Pirates' Max Level System

However, when Qin Luo was about to take a step back to avoid the person who bumped into him, a voice made him freeze.

When the person who bumped into Qin Luo approached him, he said in a very low voice that only the two of them could hear: "Someone is looking for you, Mr. Luo."

The man brushed past Qin Luo and stumbled forward. In the crowd, such an accident was just a small episode and did not attract anyone's attention... Little did they know that in Qin Luo's hand, a crumpled piece of paper was quietly held in his palm.

This note was exactly what the man had stuffed into Qin Luo's hand when he passed by him just now.

The content on the note was very simple, just three words: "See you at the bookstore."

"A bookstore? Then I really need to go see an old friend."

Qin Luo didn't know many people in South Hill Raff, and among them, only one was related to the bookstore.

The already desolate old street became even less popular because of the tragedy that happened in the old bookstore on the street. The last time Qin Luo came, there were still some shops, but now they are basically empty.

It hasn’t been that long, just a few days before and after the Maritime Festival.

Under the dim lights, the entire street was shrouded in the night, unusually quiet. On the second floor of the bookstore, Derek had been waiting for a long time.

As for where the key came from, haha, you know nothing about the rich. A certain poor fish who had to go back to inherit a multi-millionaire fortune bought the entire bookstore after the owner got into trouble.

"Why hasn't he come yet?" Derek muttered to himself when a hand appeared silently behind him. Derek's vision went dark and he passed out.

As if he knew Derek would faint, the 1.7-meter-wide hand grabbed Derek's collar, preventing him from falling to the ground. Derek's bodyguards were downstairs, and making a noise would be bad news.

Ten or twenty minutes later, Derek heard someone calling him and woke up slowly.

"Drek. Derek." Qin Luo shook Derek who had fallen asleep on the table. A minute ago, Qin Luo opened the door of the bookstore and was taken to the second floor by Derek's bodyguard, only to find that Derek had fallen asleep on the table.

"Oh, is that Luo? I thought you weren't coming. Did I fall asleep while waiting?" Derek yawned and said sleepily.

"No, this is not the time to talk about this. Luo, you are in danger. I will arrange for you to leave South Hill Raff tonight." Derek came to his senses and took Qin Luo's hand and said.

Chapter 575: The Right Fence-Sitter

No time to explain, get in the car.

After Derek said a few words to him, he pulled Qin Luo and walked downstairs.

Qin Luo didn't need to pretend to be confused at this moment. Derek's reaction was too extreme.

However, it is impossible to let Derek set the pace like this. The next moment is the praise moment designed by Qin Luo.

Shaking off the other party, Qin Luo took a step back and said to Derek: "You should at least tell me the reason, otherwise just say that I am in danger, and I can't believe you."

"Oh, sorry." Realizing that his behavior was inappropriate, Derek sat down quietly to organize his thoughts.

Having dreamed of becoming a writer, Derek quickly sorted out his confused thoughts.

Derek told Qin Luo that the Alfred family, the store manager's family, was not attacked by anyone, but was arrested by the authorities. He couldn't say the reason, but everyone associated with the family would be implicated. Luo and Vio, who had been close to the store manager recently, were also on the arrest list.

Derek hadn't seen Qin Luo for a while and thought that Qin Luo had left South Hill Raff, but today he saw Qin Luo in his villa area and was immediately shocked.

Derek, who regarded Qin Luo as a good friend, made a decision at that time. No matter what Qin Luo's purpose was in South Hill Raff, he would arrange for him to leave South Hill Raff tonight.

To this end, Derek first asked someone to send a note to Qin Luo, and then he escaped from the party and came here to wait for Qin Luo.

Derek's words were full of literary romance. If Qin Luo had not been prepared in advance, he would not have believed even a single punctuation mark in Derek's words.

Yes, Qin Luo had made preparations before meeting Derek. It was Qin Luo who had knocked Derek unconscious. A simple, painless illusion could make an ordinary person like Derek reveal all his feelings to you. Compared to using his brain to figure out Derek's purpose in looking for him, illusions were indeed simpler and more brutal.

What Derek said now was similar to what Qin Luo had learned through illusion, which also meant that Derek had no intention of deceiving Qin Luo.

"The reason you are not in a position to tell me is probably because it is related to the mysterious family." Qin Luo suddenly said.

"Believe me...how did you know?" Derek, who was trying to persuade Qin Luo, paused and looked at Qin Luo in surprise.

"You see, I'm not completely ignorant of these things."

Derek fell silent, realizing he hadn't really seen his friend clearly.

"But you can rest assured, I have no ill will towards you or your family. At least I saved you once." Qin Luo continued.

The memory of that day flashed through Derek's mind like a slideshow: Qin Luo's sudden stop and the killer's strange behavior of knocking him unconscious. Everything could be explained, if Qin Luo was indeed a master.

Derek nodded at Qin Luo to show that he agreed with Qin Luo's statement.

"Huh." Qin Luo whistled, and the pressure in his heart disappeared. Qin Luo was afraid that Derek would scream for his bodyguard, and then the conversation would be impossible to continue.

And after Derek nodded, there was no need to worry about this.

"I heard from you before that although the Chamber of Commerce's attitude towards the mysterious family is rather subtle, it is at least biased towards that family. Why did it suddenly change?"

This was also what Qin Luo had always been confused about. What about the promised repayment? What about the promised facilitation towards the Guardian family? Which family's method of protection was to exterminate others? But Derek didn't seem to be lying.

"Because the balance has been disrupted. The group that wanted to attack that family secretly accumulated enough strength and bypassed the Chamber of Commerce to attack the family directly. They asked the Chamber of Commerce to start suppressing all entities related to that family in exchange for a share of the spoils of victory. Such an inducement is impossible for the Chamber of Commerce to refuse."

Unexpectedly, this was the truth of the whole matter. Even without the Chamber of Commerce taking action, the alliance of several families was enough to make the Doomsday Sect, the newspaper and the Guardian Family run around in circles.

"I'm curious, which camp do you and your father belong to? Do you advocate protecting that family?"

Derek shook his head.

"So that's the one who advocates taking action against that family?"

Derek also shook his head.

That's very obvious. If it's neither of these two camps, then the camp that Derek and his father belong to is the centrists, also commonly known as fence-sitters and opportunists.

Just sit on the fence. Sometimes, sitting on the fence is the best choice.

"Derek, I want to meet your father. I have a big deal to discuss with him. Don't be so quick to refuse. Don't you want to know who I am? Luo is just a pseudonym."

Qin Luo's face gradually returned to its original appearance, and at the same time he reached into his arms and took out the out-of-print wanted poster that he had prepared long ago.

"My full name is Qin Luo. I think you should have heard of it." Qin Luo handed over the out-of-print wanted poster. The numbers on it made him understand. The boy said, "Even if you haven't heard of my name, at least you can understand what the numbers on it mean."

To get ahead in the pirate world, unless you're a civil servant, you need a beautiful "ID card." A wanted poster is just that, with a beautiful or fierce photo and countless zeros after the first number.

Without these two things, you are not competitive as a pirate. Without this bounty, how can you say you are one of the Four Emperors? Without this number, how can you have the courage to compete with others for the title of Pirate King?

The number on Qin Luo's wanted poster just reached this threshold.

"Qin Luo, what do you want to do by looking for my father?" Derek was not a fool, he just couldn't accept it. His former friend suddenly turned into a big shot who could cause an earthquake in the South China Sea with just a stomp of his foot.

"Didn't I say it was a big deal?"

Derek was already shaken. Qin Luo put his mouth close to Derek's ear and whispered a few words.

"What you said is true!"

After seeing Qin Luo nod, Derek continued: "I will take you to see my father now."

Qin Luo got in Derek's car and drove all the way. When they arrived, the party at Derek's house had not yet ended.

In the private reception room, Derek's father met Qin Luo for the second time.

"Are you serious, Lord Qin Luo? After all, we are just..." After knowing Qin Luo's identity and being told the purpose of Qin Luo's visit, Derek's father was in a state of being stunned by luck.

"Just a fence-sitter? That's not a problem. In some cases, being a fence-sitter is the best choice."

Chapter 576 I need a "enough"

Fence-sitters, often nicknamed "fence-sitters," are those who lean toward either side. They lack independent opinions and aspirations, are untrustworthy, and are often cowardly and incompetent representatives. Their greatest passion is to live a life of idleness and adapt to changing circumstances.

Qin Luo thought this was the common view of fence-sitters.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with it. It is quite appropriate.

Of course, Qin Luo would not say this out loud. He would be cautious about slapping someone in the face.

But being a good fence-sitter has its advantages.

These people often have a strong desire to survive and a keen sense of smell. Fence-sitters who fail to do these two things will simply be treated as a bonus and easily dealt with by the victors.

Derek's father was like this. Tonight's banquet was a discussion among a group of fence-sitters headed by Derek's father about whether they should all turn to the faction that advocated against the Guardian family (hereinafter referred to as the radical faction, and the opposing faction as the moderate faction).

This banquet was no secret in the city, and those who attended were all fence-sitters. They sensed that the radicals, who had already taken over the Guardian Family, held an offer that the Chamber of Commerce could not refuse, and the Chamber of Commerce was likely to completely side with the radicals.

What they are discussing now is how to show their sincerity to the radicals.

Qin Luo's arrival changed a lot of things.

After learning about Qin Luo's identity and purpose, Derek's father knelt down to Qin Luo without frowning.

My dear, if you tell me to go west, I will never go east. That's probably the situation.

Another successful fence-sitter must have enough power in his hands, only in this way can he wait for the right price. Drake's family obviously meets this condition.

Qin Luo said to Derek's father: "There are too many families at the top of the Chamber of Commerce. I think a family that unifies the entire Chamber of Commerce will be more conducive to its development."

At that moment, many thoughts flashed through Derek's father's mind, including Qin Luo's strength and reputation, as well as the success or failure of the matter.

Derek's father agreed without hesitation, even though he thought Qin Luo wanted to rule South Hill Raff, and Derek's family would become his biggest minions.

"No, no, no, I won't show up in South Hill Raff openly. What I need is an obedient and capable person to help me manage South Hill Raff. Do you understand?"

The Drake family ruled South Hilllaf, and at the same time the Drake family became a hound in Qin Luo's hands.

For Derek's father, this was an unexpected surprise.

"Master Qin Luo, let me go out and call my old friends in. I promise that they know the current situation as well as I do." Derek's father said to Qin Luo respectfully.

At this time, Qin Luo was sitting leisurely on the sofa, sipping wine and looking at the father and son in front of him at will.

When Derek and his father decided to follow Qin Luo, they kept standing in front of Qin Luo and talking, looking like his subordinates. It must be said that this made Qin Luo feel a lot happier.

Qin Luo stopped Derek's father's behavior.

"There is only one family that rules South Hilllaf." The calm voice reached the ears of the father and son, stirring up a storm in their hearts.

Translating Qin Luo's words, it means "I only want one dog."

This meant that this time, the Deleke family would be the only one to take on all the families that managed the Chamber of Commerce. Even families within the same faction would only become enemies of the Deleke family, or stepping stones for the Deleke family.

Are you afraid? Or perhaps you feel guilty?

No, the faces of Drake and his son were full of excitement.

If you can be the sole ruler of Nanshirlaf, who would still consider you a brother?

As for Qin Luo, the emperor knows him well.

This was something Qin Luo had not expected. Looking at the gentle and refined Derek, he was also trying his best to hide his inner joy like the ambitious man.

It is true that no one knows a son better than his father. Derek's father probably knew long ago that his son would not be able to become a writer. His path was originally in the dangerous political field, but he was just a little immature now.

In order not to arouse suspicion, after discussing the specific action plan, Drake and his son left the private reception room together and returned to the banquet, where they drank and chatted with other fence-sitting families.

Such scenes will soon become history, and there is an unknown brilliance in the eyes of the father and son.

The original plan of the fence-sitters will proceed as normal, and all of Qin Luo's arrangements are based on the original plan.

At ten o'clock in the evening, letters of invitation signed by members of the fence-sitting families were sent out.

Ten o'clock is the time agreed upon by the fence-sitters and the radicals. At this time, all the patrol members in the city are changing shifts. The waiters who set out from the Drake family will take advantage of this most chaotic time to deliver the sincerity and message of the fence-sitters to the radical families.

If nothing unexpected happens, a grand banquet will be held in the Drake family's mansion at this time tomorrow night to celebrate the victory of the fence-sitters and radicals.

However, what the other families didn't know was that when these waiters were seen off at the front door, a group of people also filed out from an old house abandoned by a declining family behind the Drake family.

These people were dressed the same as the waiters. After leaving, they successfully blended in with the many waiters. The only difference was that the envelopes in their hands were delivered to the moderate families.

At the same time, Derek's father has quietly contacted the army under his control and all the forces hidden outside.

In order to send this group of messengers, Drake's family even mobilized a major backup of the family, the old villa that was bought and connected to the Drake family mansion through an underground passage.

What Qin Luo has to do is very simple. He just needs to catch all the families that come to the banquet. That's all.

"Ping ping ping." A waiter knocked on the gate of a seaside villa located on the edge of South Hillraf Harbor.

This villa was built on a cliff by the sea. The waves constantly hit the rocks and cliffs, making a rustling sound, so loud that even the sound of knocking on the door was drowned out.

As the largest and most successful fence-sitter in South Hilllove, Derek's father naturally knew who the leader of the radical faction was and where his mansion was.

"Don't knock, it's too noisy." A sudden voice came from behind the waiter, frightening him. He had never expected the other party to appear behind him.

"Who are you? If you can't give me a satisfactory reason, then you'll be fed to sharks." An old man holding a dim light said to the waiter.

Although he was a little scared, the waiter knew that the old man in front of him should be the subordinate of the owner of the villa.

Chapter 577: Sea Base