Planeswalker My Plane War

356 Coercion 1
The little girl put down the phone in her hand, and let out a long breath.She poked her head slightly out of the window and saw two armed thugs still standing guard at the back door of the building.The other party had already prepared, that is to say, it was impossible to use a tool such as a bed sheet to leave through the window.And the other thugs are searching layer by layer, room by room.They are not fast, or even slow.But it is precisely because it is slow that it is particularly stable.So she gave up ideas such as "hiding in a corner to avoid the other party's search" early on.Every corner of the house where people can hide will not be missed.

She was fairly calm, but Heidi beside her was already trembling with fear.This is also the first time in a long time that two people have encountered such a crisis.

Although the United States is a country that claims to have [-] million guns among the people, news of school shootings, armed robberies, and police and robber shootouts are common, but such cases are really rare.

As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, but in fact, shopping malls are not as good as battlefields, because there are no real swords and guns in the business field.After all, there is a system of "bankruptcy" in most countries.In fact, business wars will not die, at least they will not directly cause human beings to die physically.

"Damn it, we should have brought bodyguards." The little girl murmured softly.They have the best bodyguards, which are the first-class masters provided by the most powerful security company in the United States.But this time they acted in secret.In fact, I didn't expect to face this situation at all.

"I really don't know..." Heidi almost cried.No, it's not close, but the tears have come out.

"Don't cry, do you think they will feel sorry for you when you cry?" the little girl said dismissively. "There's no use for crying but to vent, but what we're missing is time. Figure out what's going on? They don't look like robbers. Call the police again."

More than ten armed mobs, all wearing black hoods and holding automatic weapons.It is reasonable to say that this posture should appear in front of a certain bank, but this time they appeared in front of a hotel.

This is not a high-end eight-star hotel, but an ordinary four-star hotel.According to common sense, even if you encounter a robbery, you will not encounter this kind of lineup.But this kind of unreasonable thing just happened so naturally.More than a dozen masked thugs broke into the hotel lobby from the front, killed the two hotel security guards who were on duty in front, and just rushed in.

Now they are searching layer by layer, room by room.Even the tool room and toilet are no exception.They are very cruel, and the slightest resistance is shoot to kill.I don't know how many guests will be in this four-star hotel, but at least dozens or hundreds.There will probably be a headline on the front page of the newspaper website tomorrow.

"This kind of thing happened for the first time the 'Trade Union' was active..." The little girl said softly. "It should be directed at us!"

A few months ago, they gathered a group of like-minded people online to form a group aimed at safeguarding the rights of women and children and protecting students from school bullying.This is not a legally registered corporate body, it can only be called a gathering of like-minded people, but the content of like-minded people is to pursue justice and fairness-in this country, there are really not many justice and fairness.

This kind of "gathering of fans" is actually very common, such as the fan club of a certain game, or the support club of a certain star.But under normal circumstances, the pursuit of games or stars will have results, but the pursuit of justice and fairness in society will not have any results.This is because the former does not require much strength, while the latter must have strong strength.

Confronting evil and injustice in the real world is absolutely impossible without power.

Because it's not a serious group, it doesn't even have an official name.Everyone vaguely called themselves "union".All members are also ordinary people in the society, and even most of them are women or students themselves.The ability to act is actually very poor, and the economic ability is even weaker.Anyway, if everything develops as normal, the limit they can do is to provide some victims with some public opinion support that only exists on the Internet.The existence of this kind of support means almost nothing, they will soon realize their powerlessness, and then after the whole community understands their powerlessness, the members will have no motivation at all.Eventually it evaporated.

But there was one exception, or two exceptions, the little girl and Heidi.

Although less than a year ago, the two of them were just ordinary high school students (still the worst kind of school), and the other was just a mere elementary school student in a small border town.But now the two are not what they used to be.Especially Heidi, she has been shrouded in an aura called "Wall Street Rising Star", manages an investment company, and is estimated to have billions of dollars in assets.

On Earth in this day and age, money is power!And with power, you can change the things you don't like.

This was the first offline meeting of the "trade union", and the location was chosen as this relatively ordinary four-star hotel.Specifically, the trade union will make final preparations before the trial for the first case they take over, that is, the Kate murder case.

People with a little sense of justice know that this is an extremely unfair thing.A 16-year-old girl named Kate has killed a gangster who tried to rape and murder her in an act of total self-defense.Now she is being charged with first-degree murder.Because that gangster belongs to a gang, and the gang boss wants to avenge his men.

In theory, this is something that can be done simply by paying for a lawyer, but in reality it is more complicated.Because the gang boss is aware of the existence of the "union" and plans to take further action.Right now, he actually didn't do anything, just made a few threatening phone calls, but the morale of the "trade union" has been greatly disintegrated.

Although the method of coercion and temptation is old-fashioned, it is effective for most people. There may be "mighty and unyielding" people, but the number is definitely very small.When faced with a real threat, many people want to give up or even quit.That's why unions need an offline meet-and-greet.Unfortunately, the first meeting of the "Union" was interrupted by a mob before it even started.

"What should we do? Call the police...the phone can't get through..." Heidi tried to call the police again, but of course it failed again. "Will the magician come to rescue us?"

"I don't know." The little girl collected herself. "At the level of magic, teleportation within a plane is not an advanced magic. Brother Zhang Cheng should have mastered it. But I don't know if teleportation is possible on Earth..." she said to herself.

"what are you saying?"

"Nothing." The little girl replied. "Your cell phone is ringing. Is the operator calling back?"

Heidi frantically picked up her mobile phone, her expression froze for a moment.

"Who is it?" the little girl asked.

"It's that guy named Alan." Heidi's face was twitching with tension and anger.When I received this kind of call at this point in time, I knew what was going on without asking.She didn't believe that all this was just a coincidence. "It's the gangster's white gloves!"

"As expected, our life and death are now at stake," the little girl calmed down, while the thugs on the floor below were still searching from room to room.There was a scream accompanied by gunshots, and what happened was self-evident.And the scream obviously came from a woman.She took out a colorful gun from her arms, but unfortunately, this gun is a non-lethal weapon after all, and its range is limited.Still not very useful when actually facing heavily armed thugs. "It's really a chance to bargain!? Listen to what he said!"

"Good morning, Miss Heidi." A relaxed male voice came from the phone. "Hope you're in a good mood right now."

"Thank you for your kindness... If you want to ask me why I am still alive, you can only say that your subordinates are slow. The police still have a chance to arrive."

"Hahaha... First of all, I want to correct two of your mistakes. First, they are not my subordinates. It should be said that they have nothing to do with me. Second, the police may not have a chance to arrive. Half an hour, oh, It is absolutely impossible for the police to arrive within half an hour. As for half an hour later, I think those guys will be able to find you no matter how slow their movements are. By then, whether the police arrived or not arrived, Does it make any difference to you?"

"Those guys have nothing to do with you?"

"Oh, of course." The male voice on the phone was obviously in a good mood. "But I know what's going on with them, or I know who their boss is... If Miss Heidi needs it, I don't mind telling you. Of course, it may take a few minutes."

"Who sent them?"

"Two weeks ago, Miss Heidi, you entered the wheat futures market with a capital of 2000 million knives," the voice said unhurriedly. "It was a rampage. In just three days, you came back with more than [-] million dollars - at least [-] million, possibly more - in loot. Do you know how many people have been shocked by your actions? You are completely unruly! "

"Everything I do is a legal transaction!" Heidi replied. "Trade according to law, pay taxes according to law, and be protected by law."

"And then," the voice didn't seem to hear what Heidi was saying at all. "Others have looked at your past records. In the past three months, you have done things similar to this wheat futures market more than ten times, and each time you have made at least hundreds of millions of dollars... In three months, you have at least Earned 30 billion! Too many people think you shouldn't be in this world at all. You are robbing them. You are taking real money from other people's pockets. You don't think that people all over the world You should be gentle and virtuous, and you can only watch you take away a lot of money that belongs to them, but you can't do anything, don't you dare to do anything?"

"I see, what you did was too explicit." The little girl who was listening at the side sighed and said in a very soft voice. "Heidi, next time we have to be more careful, we have to spread out, we can't come forward by ourselves. Just put on a vest and change the account."

"Didn't you say last time that we need to be so public to hide our real income..."

"Shh...keep listening to him."

"So Miss Heidi, do you understand how today's troubles came about? There is an old saying that any killing based on money and women does not need to be explained." The voice on the other side of the phone was still relaxed and happy.

"Tsk... If that's the case, are you calling to laugh at me? Laughing at me at this time? And... you can call at this time, which means that you are also accomplices!"

"Oh, you misunderstood us with this sentence," Allen said. "Miss Heidi. Last month, one of my guys drove over a girl. Because that girl didn't like him. Young people, just so impulsive. The first police officer who arrived on the scene was a policeman named Li Sheriff. He's a good detective, saw on the spot that it was a murder and not a car accident, and arrested my buddy. However... there was an immediate response from our side. We told the guy Sheriff, we know a lot of big people. These people can guarantee that the guy will not go to jail, and they can also make Sheriff Li lose his job and even lose his ability to gain a foothold in society. Wait until Sheriff Li finds out that what we are talking about is not bluffing, but When it was very likely to become a reality, he immediately wavered. Why? Because he realized that even if he did the right thing, the other party might not be punished as he should, and his own future and life would be lost. In this case, just when he was wavering, our side offered generous conditions. Because Sergeant Li had just married, he was unavoidably struggling financially. So under many inducements...he compromised. He helped the guy re-handle the scene, made false evidence collection, and even taught the other party what to say when taking notes. A murder case turned into a traffic accident in this way."

"What are you trying to tell this story about?"

"I want to tell you that coercion is such an effective method that almost no one can resist it. Not to mention a group of ordinary men and women in your 'union', even the police cannot resist it. Saints can resist temptation, and warriors can To fight against coercion, only when one person possesses these two outstanding qualities at the same time, one in a million, can he resist both at the same time. So how many people can do this? Look, this matter There was absolutely no need for any action from our side. In fact we did almost nothing. Your companions—if you thought they were your companions—simply betrayed you."

"But you guys called at this time."

"Yes, a kind call," said the voice. "Originally, you shouldn't be able to escape this catastrophe, but you see, our boss gave you a chance."

"This opportunity is not free, is it?"

"You guessed right," this time, there was a special taste in that Allen's voice. "Do you know Kufeili?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it at all."

"He's our boss' son," the other said. "A young man full of vitality. He hopes to associate with you on the premise of marriage."

The little girl took out the panel computer with a blank expression, and after a little searching, she found a photo on a certain social platform.It was a rough-looking young black man (at least of black descent), with a bald head, one arm around a young white woman who could only be described as coquettish, and a wine bottle in the other, facing the camera with a drunken expression ——Looking at it like this is disgusting.

(End of this chapter)