The Man Standing at the Top of the Food Chain

"Damn it! What are you trying to do to us?" In the base of the Phantom Brigade, Leori, who was bound like a tangle of paper, suddenly yelled at Tang Cheng, but after speaking , he seemed to have collapsed again, panting heavily.

"Oh, it seems that you have regained some strength." Tang Cheng looked at him with a smile, "But I advise you to save some strength, after all, you haven't even learned the four lines of reciting, the recovery of strength It’s much slower than Xiaojie and Qiya, if you can’t even walk when exchanging hostages, it should add a lot of unnecessary trouble.”

"You..." Leori seemed to want to scold again, but he finally held back after saying two words. First, his current state is indeed not suitable for scolding. Second, he had to admit that Tang Cheng's words were still There is some truth to this.

"Why do you want to help the Phantom Troupe?" At this moment, Xiaojie asked Tang Cheng with staring eyes.Unlike Leorio, there was no trace of anger or resentment in his eyes, and he asked questions as usual.

Tang Cheng looked at him, stretched out his hand and squeezed his chin and muttered: "Well... There are many reasons for this, mainly because of myself. I have reasons for doing this. In short, you don't need to know about it. Conversely, I also want to ask, will you support Kurapika's revenge on the Phantom Troupe?"

Xiaojie was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "In terms of action, I will help Kurapika, because it is too dangerous for him to deal with the brigade alone. But in terms of thinking, I don't want him to take revenge... Although I have not I haven't met Kurapika, but I know from his tone that he is already very tired, if he continues, he will collapse sooner or later."

"Also, even if Kurapika succeeds in avenging his revenge, he will become the type of person he hates the most...an executioner who doesn't care about life like the Phantom Troupe. I don't want my friend to become a murderer, and I don't want Seeing him being killed by the brigade, so. Regardless of success or failure, Kurapika will have no future of his own."

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Hearing these words, Tang Cheng immediately clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's what you can say, but it's a pity that you can only say these words from the perspective of a bystander. If one day, When you also die because of an important person, and fill your heart with anger and hatred, you will also desperately seek revenge like Kurapika, except for revenge. Whether you are an enemy or a friend, you don’t care... There is no need to refute , because I have already seen that future, and I don't think there is anything wrong with doing so, so contrary to you, I support Kurapika in thinking, he has the right to revenge, but in action , but I don't need to help him."

"But what I'm doing now may be just what you want, so if you really don't want Kurapika to be a murderer, then just listen to me obediently. There's only so much I want to tell you, and it doesn't seem Time to talk more...Curt. Gag them."

As Tang Cheng's voice fell, two pieces of paper flew out of Curt's sleeve, and stuck directly to the mouths of Xiaojie and Leo Li like super glue.

"If you lose the chance to speak, you can recover some of your strength as soon as possible." Tang Cheng smiled slightly.Then he turned his head and looked at the entrance of the base.

The next moment, more than a dozen figures appeared at the entrance.

"Hey! You said that the head of the group was kidnapped. What's going on?" As soon as he came in and saw Tang Cheng, Finks and Wo Jin, who were the hottest in the brigade, yelled at him.

"It's literally." Tang Cheng shrugged, "I have made it clear to you on the phone before that the head of the group and I will face off against the two masters who beat the enemy Hakka on the roof of the cemetery building, because the tenth old man was entrusted by me. Killing Illumi and Little Curt, the captain will no longer be the target of beating the enemy, and the battle will end in the middle of the fight. Then, while we were not paying attention, a chain flew over from nowhere and bound the captain. , I did not catch up with that person, but only captured his two companions."

"That's it?" Fei Tan narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

"Then how complicated do you think it will be?" Tang Cheng asked back.

"I can't guess how complicated it is, but the leader and you are alone, no one can know what happened during the time, except you, and now the leader is missing, how credible is your one-sided statement? How do you let me be sure that you are not lying?" Fei Tan said in a deep voice.

Tang Cheng smiled, "If I tell you a lie, can you tell which part is true and which part is false?"

"You don't need to judge, I'm in charge of the torture, I just need to force you to interrogate me." Fei Tan immediately stretched out his hand, with the killer faintly showing in his eyes.

But before he could make a move, two figures had already stood in front of him... Maqi and Paknotan.

"What do you want to do?" Fei Tan glared at them in a deep voice.

"Of course to stop you." Ma Qi also said with a cold face.

"Stop it? You really have been underestimated." Fei Tan said coldly, and the murderous aura on his body suddenly became stronger.

"Fei Tan!" At this moment, Nobunaga put his hand on his shoulder, looked down at him, "Calm down!"

Several other people in the brigade also hurriedly stood between the three of them.

Then, Nobunaga said: "Regardless of what Tang Cheng said is true or not, it is a fact that the leader is in a situation beyond his control. It is the best proof that he did not meet with us on time, and the most important thing now is not to ask the truth of the incident. , but how to rescue the regiment leader."

"Is it just these two guys?" Feitan looked at Xiaojie and Leorie, and smiled disdainfully, "Who knows if these two guys can replace the leader, it's just his one-sided words after all. Maybe he has been manipulated, or maybe the leader has been killed, then it is easiest to directly ask the other party's identity and kill him."

"It is not confirmed that the leader is dead yet." March said coldly, "Whether the hostage is useful or not is only your opinion."

Tang looked at them arguing as if nothing had happened. Only then did he take out a mobile phone from his pocket and throw it over. "Whether the hostage is useful or not, and whether the leader is dead, you can ask the kidnappers."

Snapped!The phone was picked up by Fei Tan.

Tang Cheng smiled and said, "That's the first number."

Feitan glanced at him, and then dialed the phone, and Kurapika's voice came from inside immediately, "Are Xiaojie and Leorio still alive?"

Fei Tan didn't answer and asked instead: "Where is the head?"

"Alive." After Kurapika finished speaking, a photo of Kuroro being tightly bound by chains came from the opposite side, and from the time point of view, this photo was taken five seconds ago.

Seeing this, everyone in the brigade has basically confirmed the fact that the leader is still alive.

"Where are my companions?" Kurapika asked again afterward.

This time it was Finx who answered the phone, and said very sinisterly: "Sorry, there was a little dispute just now, they broke a few ribs..."

"Then there's no need to talk!" Kurapika cut off the phone immediately.

Finks froze for a moment, then hurriedly called again, "I'm sorry, I lied to you, they are fine."

"I don't want to have a next time. Also, hand over the phone to someone else, I don't want to talk to you again!"

Afterwards, the call was answered by Paknotan, and Finx was knocked to the ground in the back of the head by each of Nobunaga and Maqi, "You idiot!"

At the same time, Paknotan started negotiating with Kurapika, "When will the hostage be exchanged?"

"Tomorrow at eight o'clock in the evening, the location will be explained when the time comes."

"Why tomorrow night? Can't it be now?"

"You don't need to know this. Also, before the hostage exchange, all members of your brigade must stay at the base. I will call Xiaojie every half an hour to ask if one of you is missing, or Xiaojie If there is any accident with Leorio, then your leader will be dead!"

After saying this, the phone was hung up again.

Everyone in the brigade looked at Paknotan, speechless... At this moment, they clearly understood that the initiative was in the opponent's hands.

"Who is the kidnapper?" After a while, the knight asked Tang Cheng.

"I don't know." Tang Cheng spread his hands and said with a smile, "But this kind of kidnapping is nothing more than money and revenge, but if it's for money, the kidnapping of the head of the brigade is obviously a brain problem, so there is only one conclusion gone."

"Then who is this child?" Xiao Di asked, pointing at Curt.

Curt was just admiring that Tang Cheng didn't even blink his eyes when he told a lie. He didn't expect someone to talk about him, and he immediately became nervous... No, it should be said that this is nothing strange, after all, he is a big living person standing here , except the blind cannot see.

"The child who beat up the enemy's Hakka family." Tang Cheng pulled Little Kete and introduced with a smile, "After seeing my heroic performance, this little guy admired me so much, he cried and shouted to join the brigade. So I brought him here... oh yeah, she's a pretty girl."

"Boy!" Curt quickly defended, as for those who admired Tang Cheng's bravery, crying and shouting to join the brigade... Although these words made him sick, but think about it or forget it.

"The one who beat the enemy's Hakka people..." After learning of Curt's identity, everyone in the brigade didn't say anything more. It's not a big deal, after all, the brigade is a group of thieves, not a revenge organization, and revenge for a certain group member depends on the friendship between the two parties.

For a group like the brigade that only meets once in a few years, only those with good relationships will avenge the members.

Especially at this time, there is no need to provoke such a powerful enemy as the enemy for the sake of a person whose appearance is not clear, and the brigade never asks about the background of those who want to join the brigade.

While everyone was waiting, Hisoka quietly pulled out a number behind everyone's back.

Somewhere in Youkexin City, Yilumi replied nonchalantly: "Well, yes, because I have known you for a long time." (To be continued...)