Haidu: Top of the Tower

Chapter 23 My Name
The Tower camp failed at the start and leaked the king's message, but got nothing.

The Jita players who had been careless before became vigilant.No one expected that in previous years, the game could be finished once after negotiating and negotiating, but now it has only started 3 minutes, and some people have already seen blood.

After a brief discussion, a defense line of five people was quickly drawn up at the entrance of the stone corridor, and each of them happened to be equipped with a mechanism.The other five people took on a more important and dangerous task: they found a way to enter the outer tower and find the opposing king.

In addition to the real king Siddhoo, the last four men and women pretended to be kings and were also responsible for being "protected" in the rear for the purpose of confusing the public—or rather, this was the excuse Milady told them.

The real reason is that these four belong to the Han Xing and Changge families. When competing with their own families, it is really worrying, so it is better to find an excuse to stay away from them.They knew it well and were willing to avoid suspicion, so they became the most leisurely people in the game.

Probably because both sides considered that the opposite side had put up defenses, and neither of them wanted to be caught first. It took a long time after the start of the game, everything was stretched in the air, and there was not even a single movement that disturbed the spider's thread.

Ever since the players from the outer tower left, the patriarch's face was very ugly during the session.

"The kid from the Gaota family," he said in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible when he was talking to the other patriarchs, "he must have made a promise. The Gaota family has several routes, and the profits are quite good..."

At that time, Milady was only a few steps away from them, she listened to the general idea with her ears up, and couldn't help thinking, no wonder.

Just now the outer tower players worked so hard, as if everyone shared the fate with Luo Geng, it turned out that it was because Luo Geng made a promise with the Gaota family's business... One side was driven by huge profits, and the other side thought it was a discussion That's fine, no wonder I suffered a loss when I first came up.

However, Luo Geng made a mistake.

Luo should not spend money to buy his camp's victory, he should spend money to buy the enemy camp's defeat.

The trial match is too much involved, and the patriarchs of the own tower camp are naturally unwilling to take risks with their wealth and power to make money for the people on the opposite side; especially after being suddenly attacked, the offended patriarchs are angry in their hearts, and they are even less willing to take risks. cooperated.

If he bribed the patriarchs of the Tower camp and made them willingly give up this round, what else could Milady do now?Of course, she must also admit that it is more difficult to buy the Jita patriarch.

If Milady's words hadn't just been said, the Jita patriarchs lacked fighting spirit and were persecuted like this, and they might have admitted it. Luo Geng apologized to them afterwards, and it would always be salvageable; but he must have never thought that Mi Now Laidi has also given Patriarch Jita a reason to try her best to win the game-even if this reason is not [-]% reliable, it is enough for her to use her hands and feet.

"It's not an option to be so stiff," said the paunchy Mengsheng patriarch who spoke first.He is in charge of defense, which is a bit uneasy. "Who is confident in his skills, go to inquire about the situation?"

"But," the Quicksand patriarch said with a frown, "if you are caught, you will leak the news again..."

"Before we act," suggested Milady, "we should prepare a strategy."

Although several patriarchs are much higher in age, wealth and status than her, sometimes things in the world are so strange: if you don't feel that you are inferior to others, and you behave accordingly, then the other party will also unconsciously treat you as a person. You are treated like an equal.

What's more, Milady represents far more than "equality", she represents a force that impacts the old order.

When the several patriarchs treated her, they might be wary or appeasement, but they were not contemptuous at all.

"What can you do?" the patriarch asked during the session.

"I thought about it just now." Milady looked around, pointed to the mechanism at the feet of a female contestant, and said, "This is one of the variant mechanisms of the 'Wall Climbing Tiger', which can help people climb walls. With it, we can With the first method of combat."

Next, she picked out the second mechanism: "The stalemate between the two sides will not last forever. There will always be one side that will send the death squad first. Luo Geng's side has a greater advantage, and the possibility of attacking first is higher. When they send people , we can use it.”

"But it's just a telescopic arm mechanism," the male contestant holding it grumbled. "It's used for lifting heavy objects on construction sites. And this one has been remodeled and shrunk. Look, now its' A hand' is just a ring, what kind of combat power can it have?"

"You will know in a while." Milady smiled and said, "One more thing, we'd better be able to deduce what kind of reminder was written on the note they snatched away."

She tentatively asked the staff just now, but as expected, the staff refused to say anything.

"Why?" asked the meeting younger brother.His skills are far better than his mind, although his thinking is a step slower, he put in a lot of effort to defend the note just now.

"Think about it for yourself," the head of the family during the meeting reprimanded, "Exercise your thinking ability."

"How do you plan to deduce it?" Xiyado asked suddenly.He kept talking very little, and was like a shadow in the corner most of the time, sometimes even Milady almost forgot his existence.But as soon as he opened his mouth, it made people feel as if the road ahead was suddenly covered by thick fog while sailing, which always made people faintly startled.

"Leave it to me," said Milady, keeping her countenance calm.

Taking advantage of the stalemate between the two sides, she briefly and quickly explained several ideas to everyone, and obtained the consent of several patriarchs—it has to be said that their efficiency is not low. In just a few minutes, not only did they explain the battle plan It's clear, and the tactical position has been assigned.

But the outer tower camp moves faster.

When everyone's attention was still focused on the battle plan, no one paid attention to the subtle rustling sound on the stone corridor.Even the defenders who looked at the stone corridor from time to time while listening to the battle plan, didn't notice that there was a thin brown-skinned contestant, with his waist bent and legs bent, and he groped into the entrance of the hall lightly. .

His body is so flexible that when he walks, he is like a shadow lying on the ground; if a girl hadn't just squatted down to tie her shoelaces, met him between the forest-like legs, and screamed, I'm afraid she would have been The tower camp will be robbed of a feather by him without knowing it.

"Catch him," Mengsheng patriarch shouted angrily, "How dare you sneak attack!"

Seeing that the action was exposed, the brown skin was very happy, and immediately gave up the sneak attack attempt, turned around and rushed into the stone corridor again - but the younger brother of Huiqi's family beat him one step, blocked the entrance of the stone corridor with his back, and blocked his way .

"Leave the feathers!"

Someone opened his hand and grabbed the brown-skinned contestant's back, but he was as flexible as if his joints were oiled and could twist freely, he twisted his waist obliquely, and slipped out from the side.

The Jita player was attracted by him, and everyone in the hall was shouting and cursing, chasing and intercepting, but the brown-skinned player dodged left and right, and he was really slippery——Milady to that The brown-skinned contestant didn't even look at it, but grabbed the girl holding the wall crawler and ordered, "Go up!"

"Now?"

The female contestant's eyes met Milady's, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and immediately opened the wall-climbing tiger according to the battle plan.It took only a few seconds for the vine knots of the climbing tiger's branches to spread all over a large wall; the girl was like a monkey, stepping on the "leaves", and could climb on the wall and move around at will.

The younger brother of the session family stretched out his arms and firmly blocked the entrance of the stone corridor. The brown-skinned contestant wanted to rush out several times, but he had to give up because of this obstacle, and was soon forced into the hall again.

"With me stuck here, you definitely won't be able to escape—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Milady's whistle; when he raised his head, he just caught up with her two words that landed loudly: "Come here!"

"But," the younger brother of the Huiji family looked puzzled, but still took a few steps in her direction, "No one will block the stone corridor as soon as I leave..."

In the eyes of others, this moment seems to be just a chaotic chaos.

But in Milady's eyes, everything is a clear vein, undulation and rhythm; she only needs to adjust and manipulate a little, and the band will play the next note she wants to hear.

For example, when the younger brother of Huiji's family came towards her, the girl who operated the wall crawler had already followed her instructions and just "walked" to the wall above the entrance of the stone corridor.

The younger brother of the Huiji family didn't realize at all that as soon as his footsteps left the entrance of the stone corridor, the feathers on his back missed a hand protruding from the stone corridor behind him by an inch.

Milady held out her hand like a conductor, and stopped him: "Stop."

The younger brother of the meeting period stopped in a daze but obediently.

It will take at least 40 seconds for the players from the outer tower to come from the corridor; what's more, it will take longer if the players deliberately take their steps lightly.

Seeing that he was about to successfully grab the feather, the feather took three or four steps forward, and stopped just one arm away—whether it was the temptation of the feather or the time limit of the corridor, it meant that That person can only make one choice.

Hiding in the corridor, the contestant from the outer tower quietly walked into the hall under the cover of his brother's back, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the quivering feather in front of him.

At the same time, a hand quietly stretched out from the air above his head.

The words of the people of Chang'an, "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind" is very vivid; it's just that it misses a little bit, and when the mantis reacts, it will utter an exclamation-"What, what is it? Who?"

His exclamation attracted the attention of the entire Hall of Ji Tower; when the outer tower player finally reacted, he touched his neck with his backhand, and before he could make a sound, the staff made a judgment: "The feather has been taken away!" , you are caught, please come to me!"

"What, what's going on, who..." The contestant turned around in a circle before remembering to look up.

The girl who was stepping on the wall-climbing tiger grabbed the mechanism with one hand, waving her long feathers with the other, and smiled at him in mid-air: "Thank you for your patronage."

"The offensive is not over yet," Milady yelled loudly, "Everyone is in position, they must have another move!"

The brown-skinned player was just a bait, his agility and quickness were just right for disrupting his tower's defenses——this, Milady realized the moment she saw him.

The outer tower thought they were in chaos, and wanted to take the opportunity to take away the feathers of the players blocking the door. Milady also used the meeting younger brother as a bait, and instead caught the next outer tower player who came to attack.However, the Outer Tower took the risk of letting two players charge, and their offensive would certainly not be so simple.

As if to confirm her thoughts, when the Jita players were still busy sorting out the situation and coming and going, a short whistle sounded from the stone corridor.

Milady's heart tightened, the opponent's next attack had arrived; moreover, this attack far exceeded her expectations.

Accompanied by the whistling sound, a black shadow shot out from the stone corridor, like an octopus stretching its feet in mid-air, and like a big flower suddenly blooming, it happened to surround the head of the Mengsheng patriarch not far from the door.

"how--"

He just uttered two words before the black figure bit his shoulder and back.Now Milady could see clearly, it turned out to be a "spider" made of slender metal claws, with a rope stretched behind it; its claws dug deep into the clothes of Patriarch Mengsheng, and grabbed him .

"Back to—"

The patriarch Mengsheng didn't say the word "thing" at all, and it turned into an exclamation of "ah".When he was suddenly pulled down and dragged all the way backward, his face turned pale, and he couldn't stop shouting, "Hold me quickly! Quick!"

Several members of the Mengsheng clan panicked and grabbed him one after another, but the speed at which the mechanism dragged people was no match for their two legs, and they all rushed to nothing; the leader of the Mengsheng clan was dragged blindly and hit him After stepping down the wall, he was dragged into the stone corridor. The screams had already turned into screams and cursing, which made the stone corridor buzzing.

"They made a foul," a Mengsheng tribe hurriedly shouted, "Physical conflict is not allowed—"

The mechanism was provided by the trial competition, so this is definitely not a physical conflict.

Milady didn't even need to listen to the staff's judgment, she grabbed the "extended arm" mechanism, and rushed to the door at the same time that the Mengsheng patriarch was dragged into the stone corridor.

When she glanced into the stone corridor, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief: her luck was not bad, the person who shot the metal claws and grabbed the head of the Mengsheng clan was standing far away in the stone corridor at the moment, it was Li Wei—for sure It was because the organ rope was not long enough that he risked standing in the stone corridor to arrest people.

It was a blessing; if the rope was long enough and Li Wei didn't have to enter the corridor, she would have nothing to do but watch Patriarch Mengsheng being dragged away.

At this time, Li Wei opened a bow-like mechanism between his arms, and the rope spit out was constantly winding back, dragging the Mengsheng patriarch who was scolding all the way closer and closer.

"Follow me!" Milady roared back, before she had time to see if the people behind her were following, she rushed into the corridor.

As long as he can stand still in the next few seconds, he will suffer the same loss twice.

With a smile in her heart, she stretched her arms to the ground, and the mechanism immediately came alive. The long metal arms quickly spread out one by one, passed through the corridor in a blink of an eye, and hit Li Wei's calf straight - when he was startled, lowered his head When he was pulling his head, the collar opened its mouth and bit his ankle, and closed it with a "click".

Just at this time, hurried footsteps sounded from behind Milady; she immediately turned her head and shouted: "Everyone, hold the mechanism, he is powerful, don't let him drag the mechanism away!"

The contestants who rushed over hurriedly put their weight on the mechanism; at the same time, the feathers of the Mengsheng patriarch were ripped off by Li Wei as if venting his anger.

One of the staff, who was sucking his stomach and clinging to the wall of the corridor, suddenly shouted: "The feather was taken, you were caught by the outer tower!"

However, Li Wei won the victory, but couldn't go back.One of his legs was lifted up high by the outstretched arm, and he tried hard a few times. Although the Jita players in the distance were dragged and slid out several steps by him, he was still far away from the base camp.

Soon, another announcement sounded: "Contestant Li Wei's stay has exceeded the time limit!"

Milady immediately ordered: "Close the mechanism and go back quickly."

If they don't go back, they will also time out.

Unexpectedly, when they turned around, they ran into the brown-skinned player head-on—what was even more surprising was that after he had stirred up the Jita camp by himself, the feathers on the back of his neck were still there.

One was eager to go home, the other was eager to get away, neither wanted to have a conflict in the corridor. As a result, they held each other's feathers with their hands while brushing past each other.

Only then did both parties find time to ask questions that should be asked and statements that should be made.

"We can only get one real answer," Milady had unknowingly assumed the responsibility of commanding, and said to the crowd, "so it must be able to exclude the most people."

That way it's pretty obvious what to ask.

The question Milady posed was, "Is the king male?"

Glancing at the staff, the outer tower player reluctantly replied: "...No."

All the players in Jita suddenly burst into cheers—they eliminated eight people in one go!

"The answer is true," the staff member nodded, re-tied the feathers on his back collar, and said to Milady and the others in a circle: "Please make room. Anyone whose feathers have been plucked People, according to the rules, you have to go back to your base camp first. Otherwise, wouldn't it be unfair for you to block him in the same place and arrest him?"

The younger brother of the conference family let out a regretful "ah".

"Contestant Li Wei still owes you a truthful statement because he stayed in the corridor for overtime." The staff member said, beckoning Li Wei to enter the camp of Ji Tower - when the latter walked in, he had a gloomy face, and he seemed to be confused. refused to look at Milady. "Please make your statement, remember, it must be about the king."

There was a sneer on Li Wei's lips. "Well, listen carefully. Our king doesn't like sour."

Even the staff were taken aback.

"Isn't this nonsense," the patriarch said angrily, "who cares what their king likes to eat?"

"But it's indeed information related to the king, so it's qualified." The staff member said, "I'm going to confirm the authenticity..."

"No need, it must be true." Milady was unwilling to waste time, and explained to everyone: "Their strategy is probably to use real information to make useless statements and exploit loopholes in the rules."

She told the staff: "Please let our patriarch Mengsheng come back."

The staff glanced at Li Wei, then at Milady, as if they were waiting for nothing, then nodded: "I'll bring him back right away. Player Li Wei, are you leaving now?"

Milady raised one eyebrow slightly.What's the meaning?Is it okay if Li Wei doesn't leave?The one whose feathers were plucked just now was escorted away without being asked this way.

"Of course," Li Wei said with a sullen face.

Milady frowned, raised her foot and followed.The staff member glanced at her and said nothing.

When approaching the entrance of the stone corridor, she stopped.

"I was born in Gaota's family, but it doesn't mean that I should be loyal to Tea Rose. It doesn't mean that we are the resources he can consume." She stared at Li Wei who passed by, and said, "Tell Luo Geng, get ready Leave the patriarch's mansion."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and went back to the hall.

When the patriarch Mengsheng came back, his feathers were installed, but he was in a mess and embarrassment, his body was covered with dust, and there was a red spot on his forehead.

When several Dreamborn people gathered around, Xiyado approached Milady lightly.

"You suggest letting the patriarch defend, hoping that they will be caught."

This was indeed one of her expectations: After all, the patriarch who was arrested was tantamount to being offended by Luo Geng.

But Milady said: "You misunderstood me. I thought Luo would not do anything to them because of the patriarch's face. You should teach him a lesson."

Xiyado didn't seem to hear it, and his face didn't move at all. "I do not like you."

"I know."

"Don't you wonder why?"

Milady was very cooperative: "Why?"

Siyado finally turned away those iron-gray eyes.They look so empty, like a gray mist floating in nothingness, making one worry that one's own soul will fall into it.

"There are many ways a man can avenge his mother."

He spoke slowly, as if unconsciously, and the very word made Milady stiffen. "Appeal to Commander Haidu, seek justice from the newspaper, even seek an opportunity to assassinate... I think it's normal. But, it's very interesting, you chose a path of revenge full of ambition. This makes me very uncomfortable. like."

Milady had regained her composure by this time.

She raised her chin slightly and straightened her back.

The sky light fell on her shoulders, and the illuminated dust floated under her feet. She stretched out a hand, opened it in the air, and held it weakly.

An invisible scepter.

"Then you'd better get used to it as soon as possible." She smiled and said, "Because I want to change everything that Tea Rose has into my name."

(End of this chapter)