Chapter 331 Hot Potato

Taking the initiative to hand over his handle to these nobles is the only way Mark can think of to keep them alive.

There is no way, although Captain Watson seems very hesitant and doesn't know how to deal with them.

But the other nobles will not give Watson too much time to think. If Watson can't think of a suitable way, then these nobles will definitely propose to kill them to silence them.

After all, in the eyes of the nobles, killing a few civilian monster masters is normal, not to mention that it was Mark who followed them and offended them first.

At that time, as long as the veteran Captain Watson helps to destroy the bodies and wipe out the traces, even if the directors notice something, they will not trouble these nobles.

On the one hand, it is because there is no evidence, and on the other hand, the directors are in the wrong. Who asked them to send people to follow the nobles? Isn't this a lack of trust in allies?

Therefore, silencing himself and Hart is undoubtedly the simplest and most effective method, and Captain Watson will not fail to think of this.

He is hesitating now, it is nothing more than a guilty conscience, but Mark can't rely on the conscience of others for his life and death.

Although Captain Watson has always had a good reputation, Mark still wants to take the initiative in his own hands when it comes to his own life.

Now he has said everything he can say, and it depends on how these nobles deal with them.

To be honest, it feels bad to put your fate in the hands of others, which makes Mark further recognize Hart's brother's plan.

If their status in the Chamber of Commerce can be higher, perhaps they don't have to fall into such a dangerous situation.

Just like Captain Watson, even if the directors don't like him, they will be concerned about the impact and will not really kill him unless the directors have evidence that can really convict Watson.

Hiss~ Thinking about it this way, it seems that the captain can't control his own destiny.

What about the captain? Or the captain? Can these guards from the slums really rise to such a high position?

The more Mark thought about it, the more confused he felt, which made Hart beside him anxious.

At this time, you can still be distracted?

Hart secretly poked Mark with his arm, and Mark recovered from the pain.

Forget it, don't think about these things, let's get through today's level first.

Mark looked up at the noble who was leading the group, and saw him waved to Watson, and then walked aside to discuss.

"Is that guard Mark telling the truth?"

Chen Yan asked straight to the point.

"It should be the truth. Although I don't know much about them, I also know that guards from slums will be easily excluded by other guards if they don't stick together."

"I guess they also want to transfer teams to stick together, so they took on this tracking mission."

Watson answered truthfully.

"Are there factions in your guard team?"

Chen Yan continued to inquire about intelligence.

Watson shook his head and said, "There are factions, but it has nothing to do with whether they are from the slums or not. These guards from the slums are not enough to be called factions. At most, they are the party that is excluded and despised."

"The real factions are the Blue Sea Faction, the Shining Gold Faction and the Neutral Faction. There are only these three factions in the guard team. I don't need to explain the first two factions. You can know the forces behind them by the names."

"As for the Neutral Faction, they say they are neutral, but in fact, they are backed by other large and small chambers of commerce. They have always been fence-sitters, leaning towards whichever side is stronger."

"My 13th team and Mark's 19th team belong to the Blue Sea Faction, and the 18th team is inclined to the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce."

"This guard Mark is from the slums, and his friends are from other factions. His life in the team must be difficult. No wonder he tried every means to transfer to another team."

Watson casually talked about the inside story of the guard team. Since he agreed to join Firefly Town, the intelligence of the guard team is no longer a secret, so he naturally said as much as he could.

"I see, it seems that what he said is quite credible." Chen Yan said, touching his chin.

"In fact, I think he was right in one sentence. Whether we trust him or not, as long as we let them participate in the next action, he can only stand on the same front with us, and the guards will never allow anyone to betray."

Watson used the trick that Chen Yan used on him on Mark.

Not to mention, this trick is really useful.

"Okay, then I will trust them once, if they have any abnormal behavior during the action."

"I will get rid of them myself!"

Watson promised with a serious expression. Don't look at his hesitation before, that's because he thinks Mark and the other two are not guilty of death, and they will not pose too much threat to their actions.

But as long as Mark and the other two dare to betray them during the action, there is no need for these two people to live.

Watson will not be indecisive on key matters, and he will not really think that he can become a team leader because of his uncle's relationship. Well, it is indeed because of his uncle's relationship.

But Watson himself is also very hardworking. His top position is all earned by himself. Otherwise, he would not be entrusted with the important task of escorting supplies to Tieji Town with the two directors.

"Very good. By the way, I am a little curious. How many teams are there in your escort team?"

After finally getting a chance to get intelligence, Chen Yan wanted to tell Watson all the information he had.

"There are a total of 20 teams in the escort team, and each team has 30 to 40 guards."

"In other words, Guanhai City has at least more than 600 guards?"

Chen Yan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. This number was more than their players. No wonder Lord Ryan was pretending to be friendly with Guanhai City.

"There are more than this number. There are also many peripheral members. Although they have not officially joined the guard team and are still in the probation period, they are also magic beast users and will obey the orders of the guard team."

Hearing Watson say this, Chen Yan was a little confused:

"Since your guard team has so many guards, why do you still need to recruit people?"

"Oh? The directors have started to recruit talents for the guard team?" Watson asked back.

"Yes, they recruited a group of magic beast users who fled from the north from Yinghuo Town."

Chen Yan did not tell Watson about the undercover plan. Before Watson got Lord Ryan's approval, he could not completely regard the other party as his own.

"It seems that the directors have noticed the hidden dangers of the guard team, but it's a pity that it's too late."

Watson sighed and said.

"What do you mean by this?" Chen Yan asked with a puzzled look.

Watson saw this and directly told Chen Yan about the dirty things that happened within the Guard.

After listening to Watson's story, Chen Yan suddenly realized that the Guard only looked strong on the surface, but was actually a paper tiger.

The Guard had long been in a mess due to gang formation, mutual intrigue, corruption and bribery, and its combat effectiveness had dropped significantly.

No wonder the directors were so anxious to recruit monster masters of unknown origin.

"In fact, I have no right to despise them, because I am the same as them, and I am the beneficiary. If it were not for my uncle, I would not be qualified to be a team leader with my strength at that time."

"But I just can't stand these behaviors, so I will work hard to improve my strength and constantly accept escort missions, just to prove that even without my uncle, I can still be a good captain."

"Unfortunately, I did not win their respect by doing this, but only disdain. They think I am just doing superficial work."

"It was not until I was kicked out of the guard that I realized that the guard was rotten to the core, and what I did was an alien in their eyes."

Watson took the opportunity to express his inner dissatisfaction and anger.

"Knight Tom, do you think I am looking for trouble?"

Watson asked Chen Yan with a wry smile.

Chen Yan did think Watson was too hypocritical. Since you can't stand these behaviors, why did you accept your uncle's help in the first place?

To put it nicely, this is called an idealist, to put it bluntly, it is to want to be a whore and want to build a memorial archway.

But this kind of person is quite suitable to be a knight, so let Lord Ryan slowly change him.

"No, it's not you who is wrong, but this world. Ahem, it's the guards. You just don't want to go along with them. It's normal to behave like this."

Chen Yan certainly couldn't say what was in his mind, so he said some nice words to comfort Watson.

"Really?"

"Of course not. By the way, what criteria do you use to divide the teams in your guards?"

Chen Yan changed the subject.

"Strength. Every month, each team can challenge the top-ranked team to a duel. Unless there is an urgent task, the top-ranked team cannot refuse."

"If they win the duel, their rankings will be swapped. If they lose the duel, the bottom-ranked team needs to allocate some resources to the team they challenge. This is the rule set when the guards were first established, and no one dares to change it." Watson replied.

"If I'm not mistaken, the top-ranked team will get more resources than the bottom-ranked team, right?"

Chen Yan continued to ask.

"Yes."

"Then this rule is quite reasonable."

"Reasonable? All rules have loopholes. The battle between teams is not an individual battle, but a group battle. Therefore, many guards with connections will be arranged to the top-ranked teams to enjoy benefits."

Watson smiled disdainfully and continued:

"For example, my thirteenth team, in fact, my strength is in the forefront among the team leaders, but the team can't even rank in the top ten, because there are too many people with connections in the team."

"And those guards who came from the slums, their strength is not weak, but they can only be arranged to the lower-ranked teams. If you want to improve the team's ranking, you must drag the people with connections in the team forward."

"After finally rushing to the front, they will arrange a few more people with connections for the team. In short, except for the face of the first team as a guard team, no one dares to put people in it. Other teams cannot avoid the existence of people with connections, and there are only more or less differences."

After listening to Watson's explanation, Chen Yan couldn't help but marvel. This game is quite bold. Is it reflecting reality here?

Sure enough, even in the Pokémon world, the human society still exists.

"Then which team do you think the group of monster masters recruited by the directors will be assigned to?"

Chen Yan asked indirectly. He had agreed with Yu Ye Kuang Dao to cooperate with him, so he naturally wanted to help him get some information.

"I don't know about this either. They are talents recruited by the directors themselves. I guess those people in the guard team don't dare to have any tricks."

"But I guess few teams want them. They are going to compete again soon. They don't want to put a few more relatives in the team, or relatives with the directors as the backing." Watson analyzed.

"Is that so?"

Chen Yan frowned when he heard this, and he was a little worried about Yu Ye Kuang Dao and others, and he didn't know whether their undercover mission would go smoothly.

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"Brother Dao, our undercover mission went so smoothly this time. When these people heard that we were recruited into the team by the director himself, they were very polite to us."

A newbie said happily to Yuye Kuangdao.

After they were taken to the Guards headquarters by the merchant, they met their future boss, the Captain of the Guards.

Originally, the captain was very impatient with their arrival, but the merchant whispered a few words to the captain, who immediately greeted them with a smile and thoughtfully arranged for them to rest and have a meal.

Now they are enjoying the delicious food in the restaurant. They have to admit that the food of this escort is really good. It seems that their future life will not be as difficult as imagined.

"Success? Ha, it would be great if it goes well."

Yuye Kuangdao shook his head, obviously not agreeing with Mengxin's statement.

"Ah? Didn't it go well? But even the captain was very polite to us."

Mengxin said with confusion on his face.

"That's the problem. Although we didn't hear what the merchant said to the captain, we can guess that he was emphasizing that we were recruited by the directors. That's why the captain was so polite to us. He won't do it again in the future. They will cause trouble for us and even open the door to convenience for us.”

Yuye Kuangdao said in a deep voice.

"Yeah, isn't this great?" The newbies were still full of questions.

"Okay? What would you do if the company where you work suddenly hired some colleagues sent from above? What would the company leaders do?"

Yuye Kuangdao asked back.

"this"

There are also social beasts among Mengxin, and of course they can understand the meaning of Yuye Kuangdao.

People like this who are related to the above are the most troublesome existence. Whether they are close or distant, they are not suitable.

"The captain is not being polite to us, he is afraid that we hot potatoes will burn his hands. He should be worried about how to arrange us at this time."

Yuye Kuangdao said while holding his chin.

"Then what should we do now? Can't we join the escort?"

Mengxin asked eagerly, this is related to their future development.

"Are you smart? Don't forget who recruited us. No matter how difficult it is, the captain will let me join the guard. Just wait, there will be news soon."

Yuye Kuangdao is not worried that they will not be able to join the escort team. Although the director's banner has brought them some trouble, it has more benefits.

He was only worried that the captain would assign them to the idle department, and then it would be difficult to complete the undercover mission.

"I hope that the name of the director will give us some power to join the combat team, so that I can have the opportunity to create enough 'surprises' for them."

Yuye Kuangdao murmured to himself, his eyes full of ambition.