Chapter 425: Showing Loyalty

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Reggie narrowed his eyes and understood why the black man didn't kneel. It wasn't that the black man was some non-human higher species. He was just an ordinary person, but he was not afraid of death, so he insisted on not kneeling.

The main reason why the lower world creatures surrender to the upper world creatures is the fear of death. The aura of the upper world creatures is like a predator staring at its prey. In addition to the choice of escaping, the prey can only surrender to have hope of survival. This is why these people kneeled to Reggie.

However, if you have faced death and are no longer afraid of death, then there is no escape or surrender. Although the prey has been frightened, standing still and staring at the predator is their most powerful performance.

After understanding why the black man could not kneel, Reggie could not help but develop a certain interest in this black brother. Although he could bear not to kneel, there was no killing intent in his eyes, only a spirit of tenacious persistence supporting him.

Reggie could not help but ask curiously: "Why don't you kneel?"

After looking at Reggie for a long time, the black man trembled and answered: "I don't want to kneel, so I don't kneel."

This kind of thing is interesting only when the other party takes the initiative. If you force the other party to kneel, it will be more or less boring, and Reggie will become no different from other robbers. He doesn't want that. He came here just to deal with the problem and carry out the next plan.

Reggie said: "You can not kneel, but you must pay the tax."

The black man said stubbornly: "I won't pay!"

Reggie frowned slightly. Reggie didn't care about the rest. It would be better to tolerate less trouble, or to take the time to deal with the trouble to rest for a while. Why bother to cause trouble?

However, this person blocked Reggie's plan. If he was stubborn, Reggie could only use some rough means. However, Reggie would not kill this person. At most, he would beat him into submission. But there was nothing he could do. Sometimes force was necessary.

Reggie's voice became low and he said, "You can choose not to pay, but you must give me a reason that I can accept. Otherwise, you have to give me everything you have."

The black man said, "The captain of the guard just said that Brother Wolf is dead. We don't need to pay taxes to anyone in the future. If you want me to pay taxes, you can pay them only to Brother Wolf, not to anyone else, unless Brother Wolf appears here in person."

Hearing this, Reggie was also a little surprised. This must have been arranged by the general. He didn't expect that they would keep such a trick to harm him. Reggie couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

If this is the case, it would not work if he took it by force. Now that he took it by force, Reggie would be finished if the black man ran to complain. Reggie didn't have many suspicions on him, but if he did this, the general would not be able to suspect Reggie even if he didn't want to.

After all, you said you didn't kill Wolf Brother, so why are you so eager to replace him as soon as Wolf Brother dies? In other words, now that Wolf Brother is dead, you have replaced him, and you are the one who benefits the most, so your suspicion is even heavier.

At this stage, Reggie can't be exposed so obviously. If he has to confront the general head-on, Reggie can do it. With Xiao Ke and Jike, there is no problem in killing everyone in this safe zone.

But the problem is, if Reggie really does this, is it still a human thing to do? Reggie rejects this approach from the bottom of his heart. Although he is not a good person, he has to do things that are more or less worthy of his conscience.

Besides, the plan he is carrying out now is actually for the survivors of this safe zone. He hopes that they can live a more stable and safe life after he leaves. If Reggie really does this, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?

Thinking of this, Reggie can't help but be discouraged, but this discouragement does not mean that he has given up the plan, but that he has made new plans.

In just a moment, Reggie put away his aura, and everyone in the hall felt relieved. They knew that Reggie was not going to use force, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. They were all scared to death just now, afraid that the head of this black man would suddenly disappear in front of them.

Reggie's aura is actually mysterious. It is not an additional new ability. Simply put, it is Reggie's killing intention.

As a cosmic-level strongman, the reincarnation of the devil, it is not surprising that his killing intention is huge. It's just that when fighting with those strong men before, everyone is almost at the same level, and the feeling is not so obvious, but when used on these weak ordinary people, the intensity is very huge.

The younger brothers felt that Reggie had taken back his killing intention, and they all raised their heads in confusion. Since the captain of the guard has ordered not to collect taxes, what should they do now? Should they return the things they have received? If they don't return them, will those who have been collected be unwilling and secretly run to complain?

It seems that there is only one way to go back.

Reggie casually gave a look, and these younger brothers immediately understood what he meant. They returned the supplies to the survivors, and then Reggie left the hall quietly. Although the direct action method was useless, it did not mean that Reggie had no ideas. This time he was just waiting for an opportunity, which was nothing.

After the brothers got the supplies, they returned to their house. One of them asked carefully: "Brother Reggie, the captain of the guard has ordered that we will not be taxed anymore. What should we do in the future?"

Another person said: "Yes, yes, Brother Reggie, if they don't collect taxes from us and let us go out to search for supplies, then aren't we the same as ordinary survivors?"

Such words all appeared in the house at once. They whispered and chatted, like a group of mosquitoes buzzing.

Reggie was a little impatient and coughed. The room suddenly fell silent. Then Reggie asked, "Will you regret keeping the secret for me? Shouldn't you have reported me at that time? That way, even if you have no tax revenue, you don't have to go out to plunder supplies and die?"

The younger brothers were immediately shocked and said in unison, "Brother Reggie, no, no, how dare we!"

At this time, one person came out and said reluctantly, "Brother Reggie, I am a straightforward person. Since you asked this, I will tell you the truth. If you want to ask us if we regret it, we definitely regret it, but the problem now is that we are tied to the same rope with you. Even if we want to sell you out, we have to consider how many heads we have on our shoulders and whether they are enough to be chopped off. Now that we have sold you out, how can the general let us go?"