Endless Debt.

Chapter 555 Chips
There was a dead silence in the meeting room. Everyone was silent, focusing their eyes on Noren, waiting for his reaction. Noren rested his hands on the meeting table, like a wounded beast, with his eyes downcast.

"why?"

Noren asked in a deep voice, "Over the years, Hert has wiped out demons, brought chaos to the coast of the hulk, stabilized Freeport, and he's still a power bearer...isn't that enough?"

Compared with the various achievements of the former, in Nolen's view, the identity of Hert's power bearer is undoubtedly the most important.

Although the people of Xitao occupy the sea and possess massive wealth, they are far inferior to the Bureau of Order and the King's Secret Sword in terms of alchemy matrix technology. There are very few bases, so in terms of extraordinary power, the people of Xitao can only be counted as the second and third echelons.

Hert's status as a power loser is of great value in itself. If it weren't for what happened the last time he went to sea, Hert might still have hope of being promoted to the base defender.

"The person in power? Compared with the mistakes made by Hert, the person in power is useless." The agent ruthlessly threw a document and slid it in front of Noren's eyes. "Navigator, there is a negligence in your control." .”

"United company... No, the reason why the people of Xitao have been able to develop stably so far is that we are only responsible for transactions and never favor any one party. Hert has violated this principle."

The agent's tone was cold, like a repeating machine.

When they realized that their power was behind the whole era, the people of Xitao made a very smart decision. They changed from pirates to businessmen, opened up sea routes on the sea, and delivered benefits to all parties.

There have been examples of absolute neutrality before, and now that city has been burned to ashes and buried in the great rift of the city of oath, Opus.

The people of Xitao were also worried about whether their neutral self would be attacked, but soon they came up with countermeasures. The directors who held power were scattered on the sea, relying on advanced navigation technology, and covering the ships. Few people can catch up with this group of people of Xitao on the sea, and more importantly, many forces are fighting and fighting on land, and the sea is not yet in their field of vision.

Noren was puzzled, "Violation of...principle?"

"The board's investigation of Hult has been going on for several years. You think he built the Hulk Coast to control the chaos in Freeport. In fact, it is another hotbed that breeds real monsters."

Noren picked up the file and opened it, and shocking words were arranged on it.

"As you can see, we have sufficient evidence to prove that Hert has been linked with the Song Orchestra, and they are using the Hulk Coast as a gathering place to prepare for something."

"No... no one told me this..."

Noren couldn't believe the evidence in front of him. Helt had indeed been hunting demons all these years. Similarly, he was also assisting demons in their actions and providing them with shelter.

As for the Zongge Orchestra, Noren has some knowledge about this force. They are a group that has been active in the Narrow Kingdoms in recent years. The news they learned recently is that the Zongge Orchestra participated in a certain conflict...

A [-]-meter-long thunderbolt streaked across the sea, and the deafening thunder came slowly, and the glass windows and the ground trembled slightly.

"You love Hert too much... Do you feel guilty for him?"

The agent was vaguely aware of that incident, and he whispered, "You should have gone to sea that time."

Noren stood there sluggishly, clenched his fists, his nails sinking into his flesh and blood.

"You can continue to host the banquet. The board of directors also attaches great importance to tonight's transaction negotiations," the agent said, glancing at his watch. "As for Hert, when you walk in here, no, when the banquet begins, the guards They have already started to act.”

Just as the agent said, this is not a discussion, but a notice. Others left the table one after another, and the agent stopped for a moment when he walked to Noren's side.

Noren's voice was full of vicious resentment and hatred, and asked the agent, "In this case, what is the sacrifice of the Motley family?"

The agent didn't speak, he gave up, and no matter what he said now, it would only irritate Noren.

As for the sacrifice mentioned by Noren, it was already decades ago, all the files were sealed up, and most of the people involved had already died.

Noren was referring to an event that never happened, at least according to the records of the people of Xitao.

The agent left without saying a word. He didn't want to have any more conflicts with Noren. After all, Noren is the current navigator and an extremely precious person in power. Len still has hope of being a stopper.

Noren was the only one left in the conference room. He didn't stay silent for too long, but turned cold and strode into the corridor.

Lula had already been waiting for Noren in the corridor. Seeing Noren's face, she knew that the worst might still come.

Nolen immediately asked, "Have you informed the board of directors about Gould?"

"No," Lula shook her head, "This matter is too much..."

"That's good."

Noren interrupted Lula's words, and he accelerated his pace, walked into the elevator, and headed towards the depths of the Paradise.

Lula asked anxiously, "What happened?"

"The board is going to kill Herter, and they've already done it."

Noren remained calm, and continued, "But I believe that Hert will not die so easily."

He knew his younger brother very well. In order to fight against hallucinations, Hert tried etherization very early, trying to get rid of the shackles of mortals, and completely turned his body into pure ether.

Etherification can't reverse congenital defects, but can only slightly curb hallucinations. Although it can't cure this disease, it also endows Huerte with a strong vitality. With the powerful etherification, Noren believes that even the guards With a shot, Hert would not die so easily.

But this is only temporary.

The elevator went down quickly, and Noren gradually became anxious. With a light ding, the elevator door slowly opened, and Noren directly gave orders to the guards at the elevator entrance.

"Block here, no one is allowed to come in."

The guards nodded and continued to convey Noren's order. Soon the entire area was strictly guarded, the watertight doors were sealed tightly, and the guards loaded their bullets, as if a big enemy was about to invade.

Lula demanded, "What are you going to do?"

"Redemption for Hert."

Noren pushed open the door of the ward, and Gould was lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, with shackles on his wrists connected to a square metal box.

Even though Gould was asleep, there was still a coercion from the defenders on him, shaking Noren's mind.

In the class division of sublimation people, the defenders can be regarded as a watershed. After reaching this level, it is considered to have reached the end of the long-term power of sublimation people. Only a very small number of people can complete the "upgrade". And then become honorable ones.

The Glorious One is a terrifying existence capable of turning the tide of battle and destroying a country.

The disaster of the fall of the Holy City terrified countless supernatural forces. They were all afraid of becoming the next to be destroyed, so they went crazy and chased each other for power.

The same is true for the people of Xitao. They are extremely eager for the power of the Glorious One, and have done many crazy things for it.

"Me, Hult, and the Motleys..."

Noren said to himself, "We are all pursuers of power, and we are all victims of power."

Noren has a secret in his heart.

In fact, Noren knows the truth about hallucinations.

That happened many years ago, and I vaguely remember that it was the same as today. It was also a stormy day, and my father collapsed on the hospital bed. He seemed to have foreseen his own death, and relying on his only consciousness, he promised indistinctly. Lun conveyed his last wish.

After the family photo, Noren finds a letter.

My father lost the ability to write a long time ago. This letter must have been written by him in advance. It did not include things that often appear in wills such as property distribution, but it was full of father's apology to the Nolen brothers. .

The father mentioned a certain alchemy experiment, which is said to give people great power, and then... the experiment failed and left his father with terrible sequelae.

Noren still didn't understand what the so-called sequelae were, but he had no chance to ask his father. When Noren saw his father again, Herter had already killed him with a dagger.

Many years later, with the gradual aggravation of hallucinations in his body and the improvement of Noren's status in the people of Xitao, with the awareness of the plight of the people of Xitao, Noren probably guessed what his father had gone through. And we apologized for why.

Due to some kind of alchemy experiment, the blood of the Motley family was distorted, which led to hallucinations.

After Noren became a navigator, he found such a record in a top-secret file, but when he looked through the file again, the relevant information had been deleted.

It's like nothing happened.

Over the years, Noren's hallucinations have become more serious, and his memory has become worse and worse. He can no longer remember exactly what his father said to him that night. As for the letter, Noren also found it. Not anymore.

Evidence of past existence is disappearing bit by bit, until what has happened is gone.

Noren often felt similar panic, and he wondered if his abhorrence of hallucinations had caused him to have such fantasies.

In fact, everything is false.

After lighting a cigarette, Noren leaned against the wall and enjoyed the power of nicotine. He was too lazy to distinguish between right and wrong, pros and cons. He didn't have many wishes, he just hoped that Herter could live well.

Picking up the phone, Noren contacted the operator.

"Help me connect to the Order Bureau."

Noren exhaled a mouthful of thick smoke, and his voice was slightly distorted under the smoke.

"Tell them Nolen Motley wants to make a deal with the Bureau of Order."

Out of the corner of his eye, he fell on Gould, who would be the bargaining chip for Hert to redeem his life.

(End of this chapter)