Overturned Tower

When he first saw Strangling, he thought he was a completely unreasonable lunatic.

Looking at it now, it is indeed not a normal person.But it's still easy to understand-his behavior turned out to be logical!

"You guessed right."

Unexpectedly, Strangling agreed with Russell's statement: "You see that I am rational because I also chose the 'way of temperance' and the 'way of contemplation' at the same time, so my [anger] will not spread to On myself. Moderated anger, that is the hallmark of our school."

"...is that flame a spell? It's called 'Rage'?"

Speaking of this, Russell jumped up all of a sudden: "Can I learn it too?"

"This is the most basic spell of the Way of Wrath. You have already arrived at the Volcano of Rage, and you will definitely learn it when you leave... But the form of 'rage' between us must be different."

Hang Zhan spoke quickly and persuaded: "You must not slap the 'anger' on yourself. Without the suppression of the way of contemplation and the restraint of the way of temperance, it is neither enemy nor friend, and cannot be restrained.

"You project your anger—and as long as your anger remains unquenched, it won't die."

"From what you mean, it seems that anger has other derivatives?"

Russell asked.

"Of course. But not all derivatives will become useful. The 'anger' of the incompetent will only make them more incompetent. The technique of combining Dao Dao and Dao Dao is the secret passed down among us mages.

"The name of our school is 'The Furnace', which emphasizes harnessing the hammer of pain and the fire of anger to brew great things. The school that is directly hostile to us is 'embers'. The successors of the ember school are the madmen of 'eternal reincarnation' boss."

The white lion said something quickly, as if it would be too late if you missed it: "Do you know the headquarters of the White Lion Group? If you don't know, I'll tell you now - at the end of the 302 road in the F area of ​​the regeneration factory area That's right. Come if you can, let's meet up...I've been there for a few days. If someone stops you, just say 'The Furnace'..."

"Are you leaving?"

Russell guessed why the strangulation had suddenly become so urgent.

Because he also suddenly had a premonition that "the dream is about to wake up".

"You too, bro. You just shot."

Hang Sha showed an extremely scary and kind smile: "As long as you have fought in the dream world, you will be ejected at any time.

"The flow of time here is not linear. If you can't make an appointment to enter the dream world together, you won't know when we meet next time. It's too late to explain now. You come to me tomorrow. I'll tell you the things just now What is it, and the follow-up of the melting pot school..."

Before he finished speaking, his figure suddenly became pale.

And at the moment when he realized that the strangulation was "kicked off the assembly line".

Russell also felt that the world around him suddenly became blurred... as if he was about to wake up, reality and dreams overlapped.

The whole dream world is rejecting him——

It seemed that it was only a moment, and it seemed that there was a period of blank consciousness.

When Russell regained consciousness, he realized that his hands and feet were still tied together.

And in the upper right corner of his perspective, there is a time mark:

【6:15】

"...It's six o'clock."

Russell murmured, taking the bandage off himself.

He looked up out the window.

It was the one he was familiar with... the dull sun, and the gray sky.

Chapter 23 I'm still here to be a PR

After Russell woke up from the dream world, he still had to go to work as usual.

Originally, he wanted to simply ask for a leave of absence, but there was a message from Delphinium that there was a temporary job in the morning.

Of course, it's not the kind of work that requires fighting.It's a job that needs Russell to brush his face.

Logically speaking, Russell's original job should be to conduct a preliminary investigation of "suspected demons".

But the previous attack on the Veil of Ignorance had scared the Underdog and the Delphinium.

In their view, although Russell could be said to have made a great contribution to this incident...but it was still very dangerous.

It would be better to do the opposite—let the inferior one conduct the investigation and carry out the mission, and let Russell serve as the rescue team.Russell's ability and character are not included in the opponent's calculations, so it becomes safer.

But it is impossible for Tianen Group to support idlers.

The premise of high remuneration in the special execution department is to exchange life for money.

But because Russell's uncle is also a director, the board of directors will not force Russell, a newcomer who has just awakened for a month, to perform those tasks that are too dangerous... After all, one month in the industry is still a What about the training period?

So Russell's new job is to replace the inferior to deal with those media reporters——

"The Tianen Group's recent anti-riot operation in the lower city has achieved quite good results."

Russell stood in front of the camera, with a confident smile on his face, uttered a clear voice, and said clearly: "In the past month alone, the company has eliminated eight criminal organizations and arrested 74 people without codes involved. Destroyed three servants The Bing Group has arrested all the relevant personnel who attacked the airboat on the Sogo Island-Xingfu Island line last month, and the specific case is under trial."

As a "hero", his words are inherently convincing-and Russell's acting skills are quite good, his reactions are fast, and he can answer fluently in front of the camera.

The board was delighted with Russell's talent.

Compared with the bad guys who can piss off a lot of people every time they say a word, Russell not only did not cause troubles that required the PR department to eliminate the influence, but also brought him a wave of fans.

"Ultramarine" has become a star in the entire upper city, and has a faint tendency to replace Xiao Liuli.

Russell did not expect that although he was not assigned to the PR department, he was still working as a PR manager...

Different routes lead to the same goal and belong to yes.

And standing next to Russell was Bai Xue, who succeeded Xiao Liuli and became the top reporter.

She nodded seriously: "Thank you very much, Mr. Qunqing for your explanation."

Afterwards, the reporter whose soul relative was a white poodle changed the subject and asked Russell, "But we heard that there were seventeen executive officers who died last month. In this case , and two executive officers were punished for manslaughter. Can you give us the specific details?"

——Because he had to help with public relations, Russell was able to get access to some information that he could not get access to in advance due to his confidentiality level.

For example, except for the seventeen executives who died last month.

Another 31 people were forced to be highly prosthetic due to serious injuries.

The price paid by the executive department was actually far more than what was reported - but these cannot be said.

Generally speaking... the executive department is dedicated to doing dirty work.

But in a general sense, even for uncoded people, executives cannot kill people at will.

They must scan that the other party has been recorded by the camera as a killing act, or kill the person in person, or film them holding a lethal weapon-such as a gun.

Until then, the highest level of weapons executives are allowed to use is stun guns and tranquilizer guns.

In the lower city, this will undoubtedly put them at a natural disadvantage. Even with the cover of the inferior, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen.

Then again, how could someone be an executive officer in such a dangerous job?

The answer is simple.

Because a large part of these "executive officers" are actually prisoners.

Those who are sent messages directly after committing a crime to persuade them to "turn themselves in" will be imprisoned for various jobs until they "pay off their losses."

--Yes.

Prison time is not based on the seriousness of the crimes, but on the damage they cause.

This means that the specific time of detention is also "flexible".

For example, if someone's child is killed, then their parents can ask an accountant to write a very high "loss" under the anger and sadness.This means that there is a high probability that the other party will be imprisoned for a lifetime—even if the losses are accumulated, it is possible to be imprisoned for hundreds of years.

Of course, such strict and vague rules are prepared for "extra grace".

If the opponent does have a skill or excellent physical fitness, he can be replaced with a new type of chip and incorporated into the executive department to serve as "logistics" or "non-staff".This is the only way for those who don't want to go to prison to "temporarily" get out of prison.

The so-called non-staff are cannon fodder.

This chip is different from civilian chips and "crayon" chips. It can "shut down" the brain at any time, that is, brain death.

And the memory of the executive is reviewed every month to prevent possible betrayal by the other party.

Because they are only able to act outside the prison, in fact they are still serving their sentences.Therefore, they have to be detained in the "executive officer's dormitory" and can only be dispatched when there is a mission.

Those in the same building as Russell are actually the "logistics" of the executive department.These people are normal company employees, and their income is certainly not as high as that of hard-working executives.

In other words, for the employees who normally enter the executive department of Tianen Group and serve as executive officers, they do enjoy a high income, and it is also the highest level of income in the entire Happy Island.

——But because there are very few normal people who go to the front-line "executive officer" after being admitted to the executive department, this income actually does not exist.

They are used to make up for the "losses" made by the members of these executive departments in the past, so there is no need to pay salaries at all.

At least their food is free and luxurious - that's the only mercy the company has.After all, any meal may be a severed meal.

In addition to arresting some criminals who have caused huge economic losses and are still active in the upper city; or in public, after the murder occurs, the murderer is airborne and killed immediately after the murder, the main scope of activity of the execution department has always been in the lower city.

However, although the uncoded people in the lower city are all criminals, they are not necessarily murderers.

This means that there are some uncoded people who cannot be killed.A large part of them are psykers, and it is too difficult to capture them alive.

At this time, non-staff personnel have a special purpose.

- That is to let them make up the knife.

Under normal circumstances, the weapons used by the Executive Department before obtaining permission to kill are rubber bullets.

But it is also possible that one of the "non-staff"'s weapons was replaced with live ammunition without being informed.

Through this method, two people can be exchanged at the same time in a "one-to-one" ratio-kill one person and "shut down" one person.

Why there is a "manslaughter executive" is what Russell needs to explain.

"We have to think about executive trauma."

Russell did not answer this question directly, but changed the topic: "Executing heavy and dangerous work for a long time will put too much pressure on the executive's spirit. In addition, as we all know-the lower city has dangerous and vicious Criminals. Anything is possible under their persecution.

"Of course, even so... it is still unreasonable to kill an uncoded person who does not threaten himself, or who has no crime of homicide. We have already punished the relevant executive officers and trained the rest of them. Please rest assured that all executives are within the company's control and would normally not be present in the Uptown area."

This is the best way to deal with it.

Lying was out of the question, and it would slash Russell's own credibility.He will not burn out to this extent for the Tianen Group.

He can only engage in topic induction without lying.

People who are used to the "First Consensus" are afraid of executives who will kill people.

As for the sacrifice of the executive officer, people will not pay much attention to it.

After all, people also know that some of the executive officers are felons... This has never been a secret.

It's just that the executives wear masks, so people pretend not to know.

In their view, whether it is an orthodox executive with a high salary, a felon who is forced to be cannon fodder, or an uncoded person in the lower city, it is best to make a fuss and die together.They have no affection for the company and no mercy for these criminals.

But they will be afraid of them - after all, they really were criminals before.

What if the executive went crazy and took to the streets with a deadly weapon?

People don't know they're all being controlled by the chip, and it doesn't tell people... because it would make people fear the chip.

And conversely, people don't want the executive to lose.After all, the executive is reasonable, but the criminal organization in the downtown area is not.

Therefore, although the executive department is strictly a match between "criminals" and "fugitives", if Russell reports the real battle loss ratio, people will still worry about whether the executive officer can protect them well.

After saying goodbye to Miss Snow White, Russell staggered back to the office with a faint sense of guilt.

The more he delved into this important work, the more he could clearly realize that there really is nothing good in this world.

The company is not a good thing, especially the uncoded.There's a bunch of crap and brutes in the exec too...and the same goes for the media.

Although Russell is not like a bad guy, he makes no secret of cursing people with straight balls.

But he was able to handle this matter well because Miss Snow White had been sending messages to Russell.

She didn't ask topics such as "the injuries of other executive officers", "how the two executive officers will deal with them", "what did the arrested criminal organizations do"-although the topics seemed sharp , but in fact Russell can answer.

So Russell was keenly aware of one thing.

The little Liuli incident, in fact, had completed a higher-level game in the deep water that he couldn't see.

Although I don't know what happened, the traitor who arranged for Xiao Liuli to come in should be dealt with.

The Bai Xue who was replaced was controlled by a faction closer to the Tianen Group.Or simply the head of the Tianen Group.

With her here, there shouldn't be any big news.