Tap … Tap … Tap …
As Liu Xiaojiang listened to Su Cheng's passionate words, he leaned back in his seat and tapped his fingers on the table.
He did not feel the slightest bit of excitement because of these words. After thinking for a while, he raised his eyes and looked at Su Cheng opposite him.
"Mr. Su, in the end, you still think that I'm not easy to control. That's why you have this meeting today …"
"However, since I'm here, it means that I'm willing to compromise on certain things. You don't have to use these words to find excuses for the higher-ups …"
"So, just get to the point. What makes you and the higher-ups think that I'm a qualified tool that can be controlled and used?"
"Xiao Jiang, you're going overboard with your words." Su Cheng shook his head and sighed.
"The higher-ups have never regarded anyone as a tool. Not only the company's senior directors, but even the most basic employees in the company are all living comrades with their own thoughts …"
"But as long as they dare to become an unstable factor and destroy the normal life of ordinary people, you will mercilessly erase these fresh lives," Liu Xiaojiang said.
"Mutants have individual abilities that far surpass ordinary people. Even those congenital mutants have strength that ordinary people can't compare to even though they haven't done anything. To the vast majority of ordinary people in the world, this is undoubtedly a kind of innate injustice."
"However, the number of mutants is too small. The strength they possess is also not as overwhelming as the number of ordinary people …"
"Moreover, with the acceleration of development in the past hundred years, an external force called 'science' has emerged. It has completely eliminated the possibility of mutants posing a fatal threat to ordinary people."
"Mr. Su, this world has always been dominated by ordinary people. Even in ancient times … even in the chaotic times many years ago, this fact has never changed. On the contrary, there have been histories of ordinary people wantonly slaughtering mutants."
"Mutants are a ticking time bomb in ordinary people's society. Their existence is a kind of unstable factor in society …"
"Now, the higher-ups, perhaps out of humanitarian considerations, or perhaps because of other reasons, don't want to exterminate the mutants. They just want to centralize the management and control of the mutants … I think this is very good."
"After all, even the leaders of society, the ordinary people who are the 'main body' of the world, have to live under relatively reasonable rules. Mutants … shouldn't think that they are nobler than ordinary people."
Hearing this..,
Su Cheng looked at Liu Xiaojiang in surprise and said, "Is this your opinion of mutants?"
Seeing this..,
Liu Xiaojiang slowly frowned again. "Mr. Su, I don't believe that Chairman Zhao didn't mention this matter to you, and I don't think that you would agree to let me join an organization that can also be considered the root of chaos without knowing my attitude …"
"Since we met just now, are you deliberately mocking me, a person who is willing to be a tool, with your so-called admiration and surprise?"
"No, no, no …" Su Cheng quickly shook his head and explained.
"After all, hearsay is hearsay. After all, Zhao Fangxu is not you. This is the first time I've talked to you face to face. At least, based on my years of experience in judging people … I'm very willing to believe you."
"What else do you want to know from me?" Liu Xiaojiang was still frowning. Su Cheng couldn't understand him at all. Did he believe him or not?
"Purpose …" Su Cheng lowered his head slightly and pondered for a moment. In the end, he looked at Liu Xiaojiang with a serious expression and said,
"Xiao Jiang, I know that this may involve your privacy, or perhaps you don't want others to know your purpose, but with the current situation in the mutant circle, the higher-ups will obviously think that they should find out what your purpose is."
At this point, he shook his head helplessly and said,
"To be honest, based on my trust in Chairman Zhao, I didn't want to come this time, but Xiaofei's level isn't high enough, and it's hard to guarantee that her position won't be criticized …"
"The descendant of the founding fathers …" Liu Xiaojiang turned to look at Ren Fei and said, "Can't this identity make the higher-ups trust her?"
"Because we have to talk about democracy …" Su Cheng smiled and shook his head.
"But these things have nothing to do with the mutant circle, and it's not something you should care about. As long as you can meet the bottom line of the higher-ups who sent me here this time …"
"I want you and the company to trust me." Liu Xiaojiang didn't wait for Su Cheng to finish speaking and said calmly.
"Mr. Su, in fact, as you said, my power is enough to make the higher-ups feel that I'm also an unstable factor, because you can't use any means within the circle to effectively prevent me from doing anything that might happen in the future."
"After all, even the top expert in the circle is my Senior Uncle in terms of seniority. No one can guarantee that the old Celestial Master won't be so ruthless if I do something reckless …"
"I'm probably just a layman who pursues nothing more than living a carefree life. But because of my unknown origin, I also have power that ordinary mutants can't reach …"
"Now that a special person like me has appeared in the open, even if I said that I would not care about anything else, which qualified leader would be reassured and allow a person like me, who might be more like a ticking time bomb than a superhuman, to live freely in the society of ordinary people?"
"Besides, I don't look like an old practitioner who can hide from the world, and I don't think that staying away from the mundane world and deceiving myself is the same as living a carefree life in the true sense …"
"It's that simple?" Su Cheng was really stunned this time. He didn't expect that what Liu Xiaojiang was pursuing was only the trust of the higher-ups and the company. He just wanted to live a more carefree life in the mundane world in the future.
"What else?" Liu Xiaojiang slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
"Mr. Su, I'm very curious now. How do you and the higher-ups see me? What do you think my purpose is? Do you think that I want to subvert the whole world and take everything away from you ordinary people?"
"…" The corners of Su Cheng's mouth twitched a few times, then he recovered the smile on his face and said,
"The higher-ups aren't that exaggerated. They just feel that you're too strange. You don't act like a saint at all, but your ultimate goal is almost the same as a saint …"
"Oh?" Liu Xiaojiang asked curiously.
"If that's the case, didn't I arouse the suspicion of the higher-ups when I tried my best to find the secret of the past and even wanted to obtain the Eight Strange Skills?"
"Not really," Su Cheng said indifferently.
"It's just one of the Eight Wonder Skills. No matter how strong they are, they can't really defy the Heavens. Back in the day, Zhang Huaiyi single-handedly killed so many famous people in the circle. It's clear that the Eight Wonder Skills aren't that powerful …."
"But you're different. Putting your personal strength aside, your thoughts, your methods, and your willingness to pay the price for certain goals … are likely to cause a conflict of 'ideologies' to some extent."
"After all, no matter how strong you are, you can't be stronger than an intercontinental missile. At most, you'll pay a relatively heavy price."
"But …"
"You're gone, but your thoughts are still there. Those who were influenced by you are also very likely to pass down your thoughts. If a similar school of thought to the All-Nature emerges in the end, then … I'm afraid it will only be more troublesome than the current All-Nature."
"That's why we want to know what your goal is. We want to confirm if the thoughts and ideologies you insist on are what you said yourself …"
"A battle of ideologies is far more terrifying than a battle of actions. Or perhaps it is because of different ideologies that there is a possibility of war between two parties with different ideologies. Besides, this kind of war caused by ideologies is far more serious than disputes and conflicts caused by 'resources' and other issues."
"After all, with different ideologies, there is a possibility of conflict on anything. Once a real war is triggered … it will definitely be a bitter struggle to the death."
Whoa …
Ordinary people were indeed ordinary people. Even if they knew a lot of inside information through the company, they didn't notice the uniqueness of the Eight Strange Skills.
These things that could be said to be the limit of Inhumans could really do a lot of things. Even if Liu Xiaojiang could ignore their threats, he would never underestimate these relatively unique and extraordinary means.
Besides …
No matter how strong they are, they can't be stronger than an intercontinental missile?
Haha …
Liu Xiaojiang was originally quite afraid of these technological weapons, but after a long period of contact with the company and the higher-ups, he had reached the bottom line of the company's bottom line.
He believed that they wouldn't be willing to bear the heavy price of being bombed by missiles and other weapons just because of some kind of non-fatal threat.
The most important thing about those overly powerful scientific weapons was a deterrent!
Liu Xiaojiang wouldn't destroy everything. Even if his existence was unreasonable, it wouldn't make the higher-ups have the extreme idea of 'either death or serious injury'.
More or less, it would depend on the situation and what exactly he had done …
"So?" Liu Xiaojiang didn't know these things, so he didn't intend to deny the other party's words. Instead, he looked at Su Cheng calmly and asked:
"Today, I'm just here to talk. Will you and the higher-ups believe that my real purpose is to gain the trust of the company and the higher-ups so that I can live a more carefree life in the future?"
"Hey …" Su Cheng's eyes flashed with a hint of pride. Although the other party concealed it very well, Liu Xiaojiang was still keenly aware of it.
"If it's just talking, of course we won't easily choose to believe it. At least … you have to prove it with your own actions."
Sure enough …
Liu Xiaojiang had already guessed that the higher-ups would send people over, and they already had the backing of Shōichi Tenshi Province. Naturally, it was impossible that they just wanted to meet and chat with him.
They were all adults. Who would easily believe each other's words without looking at what the other party had done?
What was the use of meeting and chatting?
"Haven't I done enough? Forget it …" After all, Liu Xiaojiang was living under someone else's roof. Since he wanted to gain the other party's trust, he was in an extremely passive position from the beginning.
"Mr. Su, then let's talk about it. What do the higher-ups want me to do? This time, can I prove that I'm a qualified tool that can be used and controlled?"
"Uh …" Seeing this, Su Cheng also smiled apologetically and said:
"Little Jiang, don't make it sound so bad. What do you mean by qualified tools that can be used and controlled? We're all comrades, all comrades … If you want to talk about it, aren't I also here to work for you?"
"Hmph …" Liu Xiaojiang put his hands behind his head and leaned back on the chair.
"Mr. Su, since you know that I used to be a temporary worker in the company, then you should understand what I mean. But it doesn't matter now. Now, let's talk about business … I'm listening."
"The higher-ups sent me here. The bottom line is that they want to know your purpose, and then use one thing to confirm its authenticity …" Su Cheng put away the smile on his face and pointed a finger at Liu Xiaojiang with a serious expression, not caring whether Liu Xiaojiang saw it or not.
"Since you also stand on the side of the general public and think that the existence of Mutants is a ticking time bomb in society, and also considered the similar nature of the Dan Devour and the Eight Strange Skills in the Tang Sect, you even used the identity of the Quan Si to do the evil deed of cutting off the inheritance of Mutants …"
"Then …"
At this point, a smile appeared on Su Cheng's face again. He even narrowed his eyes in an extremely amiable manner and said:
"We can't just let the Mutants on our side gradually weaken because of things like cutting off the inheritance. At the very least, we have to let the 'other Mutants' who may be enemies in the future experience the same situation as us … or even worse."
"After all, the affairs of the Mutants can only be handled by the Mutants. This is also a recognized fact in the international community. The name of the Quan Si may not be well-known abroad, but as long as they have the intention to inquire, they should be able to find out. The Quan Si … is an organization that stops at nothing and does all kinds of evil."
"Xiao Jiang, although I didn't make it too clear, you should be able to understand what I mean, right?"
Hearing this,
Liu Xiaojiang put down his hands with interest. He looked up at the smiling Su Cheng and said:
"The goal …"
"All …" Su Cheng smiled without changing his expression.
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