Ark, they don't revolve around you

The flashlight was shattered, and of course it was the only source of light. In the darkness, Lappland frowned, not feeling the pain of cutting meat.

Only a deep voice flowed behind her: "Did you call me here just to kill me?"

Lappland turned around and swung his sword, but still only hit the air.

But the voice did not disappear. Like a magician's strange trick, the speakers burst out in unison: "Lappland, you can't do it. You can't kill me."

Lappland finally noticed.

Drone.

The sound just now came from a drone. From a certain moment, hundreds of drones were activated in this abandoned building.

These drones obey the same command and are formed into a dense array through nerve signal control!

"Lappland, I am very angry and furious. You have disrupted my plans."

"Sometimes, I wonder if I'm too nice to you? Is it because of my tolerance that you think I'm a good-tempered person..."

Hundreds of such whispers echoed, and hundreds of deep roars flowed from different directions: "Tell me, Lapland, what the hell did I do wrong to make you want to kill me?!"

Laplande smiled.

Of course she understood the man's anger. This man... the Doctor, had come to Syracuse at her invitation.

When victory was just one step away, the plan was ruined by myself. If it were anyone else, they would surely be very annoyed, right?

Lappland not only disrupted the doctor's plan, but also wanted to kill him. It sounded like a joke that was not funny at all!

But what of it? This is Syracuse!

Laplande's chest heaved. "Look, you and Texas have such a good relationship. With you around, she won't discover her true nature. I really can't stand it, so you have to die!"

She laughed when she said this: "But you are indeed a doctor. It's not that easy to kill you."

"If you don't listen to me, can't you be more sane?" His voice became more severe. "I have to teach you a lesson, Lappland."

The drone was spinning buzzingly. Knowing his own weaknesses and defects, this man had never thought of fighting head-on from the beginning, but chose to fly the drone instead.

However, Lappland couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Is there really anyone who can operate so many machines at the same time?

The honeycomb-like vision, the divided thoughts, and the unexpected accidents. Even with the assistance of AI, how can human consciousness control this complex machinery!

Zhuang Ning answered Lapland's doubts with practical actions - he controlled these drones as if extending his fingers!

Rapid-fire guns were everywhere, and the muzzles of guns equipped with Originium circuits emitted a torrent of lasers and bullets.

Lappland dodged sideways, and a huge amount of explosives fell to the ground, with flames and smoke billowing.

Blood dripped from his forehead, but Lapland felt no pain.

Dragging the sword, she seemed to whisper, "So strong."

"This is our Doctor. I have said that Syracuse is a jungle of steel, where the strong oppress the weak. And there is no doubt that you are the strong one!"

"Then you should obey me. I am only one step away. Volsiny will be the key to Rhodes' infiltration of Syracuse. Why would you betray me?!"

"Betrayal? Never. From the moment I called you to Syracuse, I wanted to kill you."

"Only for Texas?" the drone buzzed. "Do you think Texas can't face itself because of me?"

"Do you think that by killing me, Texas can completely become the Syracuse you want?"

"No... isn't that right, Lapland?"

The sinister voice flowed like a snake, "Are you just making excuses for your confusion?"

"How can you be a madman? Don't pretend in front of me. You are just a fool, a hound who wants to struggle but can't find the direction."

"Let me be frank. Syracuse means nothing to me, and neither do you. Stop forcing me. Do you think I won't dare to kill you?"

The voice was almost distorted, whispering and roaring with the most resentful voice, "Should good people be used as guns? Should good people be used by you and killed by you? Lapland, my dear mad dog, back off and stop obstructing me."

Lappland shook his head.

She ran as fast as she could and answered Zhuang Ning with practical actions.

The voice came, followed by a cold whisper: "Well, if you want to die, I will give you a quick death."

The drone swarm changed its posture and opened fire at full power.

It is not uncommon to see magicians using drones as weapons, but Zhuang Ning is not a magician. His drones are all specially made by the Rhode Island Engineering Department. He rushed here in a hurry, so the quality of the drones he brought out is average.

But Lapland is the pride of Syracuse. Among her peers... no, looking around Syracuse, there are only a handful of people she can defeat!

But in front of the drone, Lapland was completely defeated. The hunt she had originally planned was completely turned upside down, and she became the hunted!

Only by becoming an enemy of the Doctor can you truly realize what a terrifying enemy he is. Your tactics, your thinking, your habits are no different from being transparent in the eyes of that evil spirit.

Therefore, even though these drones were as fragile as paper, Lapland could not hit them. However, the light aircraft used for detection could firmly lock Lapland's position and provide guidance for the interfering rapid-fire guns and huge-equivalent bombs.

Zhuang Ning really likes this kind of tactics. He uses absolute firepower to disrupt the opponent's thinking, consume his will, and defeat the strong with the weak... No, he uses quantity to suppress quality. Any rotten things have value in his hands!

So Lapland got more wounds on her body, she stumbled, trying to get into the narrow passage, only to see more swarms of bees!

"Give up, Lapland."

"You never had a chance to defeat me from the beginning. Stop testing my patience. There have been too many people doing that lately."

"I am kind to you and gentle to you, but don't take my patience for granted."

"Doctor, are you still telling me this now? You are such a gentle person, but your gentleness is of no use to me."

Lappland roared, she looked casual on weekdays, but she was a scary wolf!

When the iron gate of the rooftop was cut by the light of the Originium technique, the rain hit the wound and dyed it red.

Zhuang Ning looked at her coldly.

A larger fleet of machines was waiting for Lapland. The small space was a burden to the girl's magic, but Zhuang Ning was also restricted.

However, once you reach the rooftop.

In this open view, Lapland will face the most perfect tactically command!

"Lappland, do you know how many people want to kill me?"

It was no longer a mechanical and cold voice, but a stammering of suppressed anger.

"Do you know how many people want my head? Do you know that in Kazdel, in Columbia, and even in Longmen, the reward for my head is quite considerable?"

"But so far no one has been able to succeed. Why? Are they weak?"

Zhuang Ning took a step forward with his hands in his pockets. He didn't even have any hatred towards the girl who risked her life to rush to the rooftop just to kill him. He just felt bored and sad.

"Because they are incompetent, they are weak, they are good for nothing, and in my eyes, there is no difference between you and them..."

"You are also a weak person, Lappland. I am willing to give you my sympathy. Why don't you accept it?"

"Texas, Texas... You can only use these four words to confuse yourself, ha, ha ha..."

The drones gathered into a strange shape. The man in black turned all his darkness into tangible malice, "Stop barking in front of me."

At that moment, dense light burst out from the drone, and Lappland had no time to dodge and was hit by all of it.

——Lapland opened her eyes in a trance.

It was that dream again. In the past two years, she had forgotten how many times she had had a similar dream.

The despair in the dream, facing the doctor was like facing an unclimbable mountain.

The higher you climb, the less you can see the end. You can only glimpse his kindly hidden terror from a corner.

Lappland fumbled, no blood was drawn, but the phantom pain was still there.

If Zhuang Ning had not chosen to hold back at the last moment, would he have really died there?

"Are you having a nightmare?" A low voice came from beside me.

She turned her head and saw Texas in a blood-red dress. The girl had a letter in her hand. Although it was unbelievable, even after returning to Syracuse from Longmen, Texas still adhered to her virtues as a Penguin Logistics employee.

Lapland shrugged and smiled, took the letter and said, "It's not a nightmare, it's a sweet dream, it's a pity that I woke up too early..."

She looked at it carefully, her eyes fixed on it, and she took out her lighter.

A column of blue flame shot out and ignited the letter. Looking at the smoke rising, Lappland smiled more and more proudly.

Then she took out the two knives and began to sharpen them.

"Are you going to kill someone again?"

"Correct."

"Who are you killing for?"

Lapland turned his eyes back, with a hint of helplessness and pride in his smile: "Someone we all missed."

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The latch of the gate swung aside, and when Alberto Saluzzo entered he saw that he was the last to arrive.

"You're late." said one, his eyes as dark as fire.

Alberto pretended to ignore it, but walked to the only empty seat.

After the once powerful Bellone disappeared and Lady Sicily disappeared, Saluzzo became the most powerful in the family.

That position also represented the tacit approval of all the family members, and Alberto Saluzzo was the head of the Mafia.

The room was very dark, modeled after the ancient Senate. There was a silver bell in front of each person, which needed to be rung when speaking.

The first silver bell rang: "Even if Lady Sicily is not dead, she is no longer able to control her power."

"Some people thought so before." The slightly more flamboyant man rang the bell, "For example, Texas, but they were destroyed."

"Texas was destroyed ten years ago. Are we still dwelling on the past? No, absolutely not!" The old man could not suppress his excitement and joy. "This is an opportunity given to us by God."

The room became noisy. Although the people present had different powers in terms of size, they did belong to the "Twelve Families", which meant that they were the actual rulers of this country.

Unlike other countries, in Syracuse, the superficial government is just a tablecloth that can be changed at will. The families that control buildings, agriculture, water sources, hospitals... and almost all resources are the real masters of Syracuse!

However, for the past sixty years, almost everyone has lived in the shadow of Madame Sicily. Now that they are finally freed from fear, how can they not be excited?

At this moment, Alberto stood up.

He didn't even ring the bell. He looked down at them, holding an orange in his hand. The flesh inside the orange was bright red like blood. "Everyone, I have a question."

"Mr. Saluzzo, what's your question?"

"Yesterday, there was a public case in Volsini where a murderer stabbed someone with a crossbow in broad daylight. I want to know which family did this."

After a moment of silence, a man stood up and said, "It's me. I will never tolerate traitors. I need to execute traitors openly."

"Oh...it's you." Alberto seemed to stretch out his hand.

It seems like there is an afterimage, or like an illusion.

In just a blink of an eye, a bloody heart was held in his palm. No one could see clearly how Alberto Saluzzo acted. This cruel man liked to dig out other people's hearts to show his majesty.

The heart in his hand was still gushing with blood, and Alberto crushed it.

He watched the leader of that family fall and said softly, "The Doctor is back. You shouldn't provoke him."

With just this sentence, the rest of the people stopped complaining about Alberto's actions and instead their faces stiffened.

It was as if I saw a familiar demon, and I couldn't stop trembling and feeling fear.

"The Doctor...is he really back?"

"Yes, he must have his own ideas about Syracuse. Rumor has it that he originally wanted Texas to stay in Volsini, but the woman refused him."

The sounds echoed one after another.

Alberto Saluzzo looked at them one by one and saw anger, anxiety, and more...fear in their eyes!

No one will forget the battle of the command tower two years ago.

Even with all the strength of the twelve families, they still failed to conquer the city after five days. Finally, the wolf lord named Zaro became angry and summoned his own wolf pack to slaughter the entire Volsini, but he was still defeated.

Who could not be terrified of a man like that?

"We must unite and never allow another Sicilian lady to appear." Alberto glanced at everyone, his gloves still stained with blood. "No one is allowed to withdraw until we have completely dealt with that doctor."