Chapter 57: What does your arrest of Lu Xun have to do with me, Zhou Shuren?

Chapter 57: What does your arrest of Lu Xun have to do with me, Zhou Shuren?

Chapter 57: What does your arrest of Lu Xun have to do with me, Zhou Shuren?
As Russell signed his name, the echo of the contract being reached was heard in the void.

At this moment, a low whisper that was blown away by the wind sounded in Russell's ears: "This is my last ripple."

"What's that sound?" Just as Russell was stunned, Gu Wu's voice brought him back to his senses.

"He who knows the times is a hero. Congratulations, Mr. Luo." Seeing Russell sign his name to conclude the contract, Gu Wu showed a satisfied smile on his face, "You made the right choice."

At this moment, no matter how angry Russell was, the fact that he was on board a pirate ship was irrefutable.

Even though he didn't feel anything was wrong with him.

"The contract has already told you what you can say and what you cannot say. You can think about it carefully." As if seeing through Russell's inner emotions, Gu Wu said to him with an inexplicable smile on his face.

Russell recalled his empty head and couldn't help being a little dazed: "What's going on? Is he bluffing me?"

Gu Wu just thought that Russell was carefully checking the contents and didn't take it seriously.

Just as Russell was racking his brains to find out what Gu Wu had said, he remembered the whispering that he had just thought was an auditory hallucination.

“It’s really here”

Russell found the contents of the contract in the original owner's memory.

But the problem is that the original owner had never come into contact with the Begging Spirit Society, and he had never seen similar content in his memory before.

Then this content will only appear after Russell signs the contract today.

"Maybe." Russell silently pondered a possibility in his heart.

Since the official language of the Ming Dynasty was traditional Chinese, Russell followed the local customs and also used traditional Chinese. He subconsciously signed his name in traditional Chinese just now.

But the problem is that he has always been Russell and not Russell.

Now all he could think of was that the contract judged that the original owner had reached a deal with the Qiling Society.

But the original owners are dead.

How can a dead person fulfill a contract?

He is now completely stuck with a bug.

Thinking of this, Russell's heart couldn't help but beat wildly: "Is that you, Russell?"

No wonder my mental talent is so terrifying, two people are definitely stronger than one.

However, with the signing of this contract, even if Russell did not feel any decline in his mental strength at this time, he knew that he would be alone from now on.

As if seeing through Luo Su's inner emotions, Gu Wu smiled at him and said, "Of course, there are also some gifts for Luo in the club."

As he spoke, Gu Wu took out a piece of material from his arms.

Adhering to the principle of using the big stick and sweet dates, the Qiling Society will definitely give him some benefits.

Bronze level [Individual Combat Armor] (purple).

Russell reached out and took the materials. He didn't feel any psychological burden.

The contract did indeed state that the Spirit Begging Society would provide him with financial support.

As for whether it is more or less.
It all depends on the other person's mood.

But think about it, it can be regarded as taking advantage of the Qiling Association, so Russell would not mind even if the other party gave him Black Iron grade materials.

But bronze purple is really stingy.
Just as Luo Supan was thinking about the use of this material, Gu Wu shouted loudly: "The matter is resolved, you can come down now."

"Da da da"

The crisp sound of leather shoes stepping on the stairs was heard.

Russell turned his head and the person in front of him made his pupils shrink instantly.

"President Ma"

Russell uttered these words with difficulty.

That’s right, the person who came was Ma Liang, the president of the Ning’an District Card Artists Association in Shanghai.

Russell knew that there was a traitor in the association, and he had some guesses.

But he didn't guess that the level of the mole could be so high.

You should know that above the president of the district association are some directors of the Shanghai Card Engineers Association headquarters, and then the president of the association is Yan Wenlai.

At this moment, he finally understood why the people from the Qiling Society could enter his home so easily. With the talents they had shown, it was impossible for Bai Yueming and Yan Wenlai not to have someone secretly protect them.

But the problem is that they can't do this kind of thing in person, and in the end sending a gold-level card maker is the best they can do.

Besides, the Card Artists Association doesn’t like to have confidants.

Then this matter needs someone to arrange it.

Russell's residence at this time was in Ning'an District.

This matter naturally fell on Ma Liang's head.

Moreover, even if it wasn't Ma Liang who did it, with the number of gold-level members in the association being neither too many nor too few, he could guess who would be responsible for this matter, and the final result would just be that he would have to spend more time talking.

After all, Ma Liang was a high-ranking official, and no one could have imagined that he would join the Qiling Society.

No wonder after the incident in the Qianzu secret realm at the beginning, the Qiling Society was able to find Du Heng so quickly, and Du Heng and Jiguantou were able to find his home so accurately.

The [Qianzu] secret realm is within the Ning'an District, and the person in charge who reported first must be Ma Liang.

Ma Liang must also know that the deaths of Du Heng and Jiguantou were entirely caused by Russell and had nothing to do with Jiang Wang.

Ma Liang was also not aware of the fact that Russell’s resume was later tampered with, because Ma Liang had been paying attention to him before he first showed any talent!
Ma Liang had a strange smile on his face at this time, and said, "Nice to meet you again, classmate Luo."

"It's worth my effort to temporarily transfer Old Ji away."

When Ma Liang first met Russell, he just thought he was a young man with some talent.

Until Cockscomb died at Russell's hands.

Combined with Russell's performance in the joint entrance examination of four schools, Ma Liang was sure that Russell was a rare genius.

At this time, he began to observe Russell carefully, but he was not very eager to recruit Russell into the Begging Society.

Until this point, no one in the Qiling Society knew there was such a person as Russell.

Then, just before the Elite Cup was about to be held, after Russell got the information about the Elite Cup from Brother Hu, Ma Liang discovered that Russell's resume had been tampered with, and the next day Shanghai No. 1 Middle School hurriedly registered for the Elite Cup as a group.

In addition, when Gu Wu went to clean up the idlers in society, he observed Brother Hu's abnormality. The Qi Ling Society then confirmed that the association had already noticed the conspiracy of the Talent Cup.

So he took advantage of the situation and directly launched a planned stop-loss.

Those who plan big things keep them secret in their hearts and carry them out in action. Things are accomplished through secrecy and ruined through disclosure.

As expected, the fewer people who know about a conspiracy, the better. The essence of the conspiracy is to take advantage of the unequal information gap between the two parties to profit for one's own benefit.

Just like Russell now, the Qi Ling Society does not know that Russell is not controlled by the contract, which also gives him the opportunity to fleece the Qi Ling Society.

"President Ma, I didn't expect it to be you." Russell suppressed the turmoil in his heart and said with a wry smile on his face.

Just as Ma Liang was about to say something, Gu Wu's voice rang out among the three of them: "Forget about the small talk, Russell. Ma Liang will be your superior from now on."

"He'll come to you if there's anything."

Ma Liang showed a noncommittal expression when he heard this: "Please give me more guidance in the future, Mr. Luo."

Russell nodded helplessly, but he was secretly thinking: "Should I find a chance to report this to Master Bai and the others?"

"No, if the truth comes out, I'm afraid there will be no place for me in Shanghai."

"And how can I explain that I am not controlled by the Spirit Begging Society?"

"Let's talk about it before we run away."

"Let's see if we can get some benefits during this period."

That’s right, Russell had already made up his mind after the incident of the Talent Cup that he would not return to Shanghai after the Jiangxi Province Unified Examination. Anyway, he was ready to choose Nanjing University.

From what he had learned these days, the Qi Ling Society's hands were not yet strong enough to reach the mainland.

However, he did not expect that Ma Liang was actually the traitor, which made the guards arranged for him by the association completely useless.

As for self-defense tools
As a bronze-level player, Russell can only use bronze-level items.

Even if the association gave him props, it would be of no use facing Gu Wu, whose level he didn't know.

Even if the broken props would let the association know that something had happened to Russell, by the time they arrived, Russell's body would probably have been cold.

(End of this chapter)