Chapter 84, Is this the CPU?
Gu Hang's attitude was very sincere when he spoke, as if he was not talking to a prisoner.
However, what he said was so cold.
More importantly, Bradford believed every word Gu Hang said.
He was deeply aware that the governor did not bother to deceive him.
His head was spinning rapidly, and the pressure of death was forcing him.
"You can't keep me waiting too long. The night is very long, but I have more things to do, and I don't have time to waste on you."
Gu Hang's words sounded again, an out-and-out reminder.
Bradford had never felt that his head had turned so fast in his life. His thoughts were not yet complete, and his thinking was not yet exhaustive, but he could only speak immediately: "I did it as a member of the Alliance Council. In the past four years, I have become familiar with many businessmen in Fuxing City and even outside Fuxing City. I know a lot of information!”
"Very good, this is one." Gu Hang said, "But it's not enough. Your will is not strong enough to withstand the torture. In the end, you will say anything. The public trial and execution meeting is still some time away, which is enough for us to learn from your mouth. I can pry out everything you want to know without hindering your execution in the end, so that you can make the best use of yourself.”
The words spoken by the Governor with a smile made Bradford tremble all over. Make the best use of people...is that what it means? Is it really ‘useful’?
Sometimes he really preferred that the Governor not be so honest. He was not used to having such candid conversations and felt very scared.
But he could only bite the bullet and give another reason: "After the big purge...it is difficult to guarantee the quality of the administrative staff you promoted, and it will be very difficult for them to carry out their work. I can get to where I am now from scratch, and I am very capable." Yes, I will be loyal to you and do everything you want to do without any regrets!”
"A valuable proposal, but leaving an old congressman behind will make the deterrence of the purge and the public trial to expose crimes flawed. Your personal ability is not enough to make up for the loss."
After a pause, Gu Hang continued: "Braford, your performance makes me a little disappointed. I thought you were a smart man and would understand that intelligence and service cannot buy your life, but You still raised those two reasons, which makes me question whether it is worthwhile for me to spend time listening to your reasons. My time is running out, and yours is running out.”
As he communicated with Gu Hang, Bradford felt the fear and despair accumulating in his heart getting deeper and deeper. The Governor's words and attitude seemed like a pair of big hands grasping his heart, and they kept tightening during the conversation.
He felt like he was almost out of breath, and his mind was about to be defeated by the horrific death.
But at this time, he was finally able to risk everything.
Gu Hang was always very candid. He spoke about the purge and subsequent plans without any reservations. And you may need to speak frankly about everything you think.
"I am a channel merchant, and my roots are not just in Fuxing City, but all over the place. I have acquaintances in many city-states in the eastern provinces, each with a scale of more than 200,000 people; the manor owners in the Qinggu area in the south, We have a good relationship with me. If that guy Wohan wants to engage in grain trade, he also needs to communicate with the manor owners through me; the Oasis Kingdom in the western wilderness and the Blackbird Heavy Industry Group further west are all built with great pains by me. The trade route is one of the few heavy industrial cores in the entire Raging Owl Star..."
"My connections, the trade routes I have established, and the many people deployed along this route are my greatest wealth. But it is invisible and will disappear with my death. Even if I want to hand it over to You, if I die, can't hand it over. You can use torture to make me reveal all the contacts, contact information, and even the other person's personality and experience, but their trust in me is not yours. Anyone can replace me. If I die, they will be like raindrops falling into the sea, and they will never be able to find me." "You will worry that if I don't die, the public trial will be flawed, but I am willing to be you. There are many things that you don't even need to make up and list, and I know a lot of them are true."
"Being a liaison officer, a diplomat, a trade representative, an intelligence officer... these are the irreplaceable values of my life. But you must still have doubts. I have so many connections in the outside world. Once I am free, it will be easy to escape. For this reason, I am willing to move all my family members outside to live in Fuxing City; I am willing to take your most loyal guards with me when I am outside, who can monitor and execute me at any time; or if you have any periodic attacks I am also willing to accept poison and antidote.”
"Of course, all this may not be stable. I may cruelly abandon my family, my loyal guards may be murdered by me outside, and the poison may find an antidote outside... But this is the risk."
At this point, Bradford gritted his teeth and said something that he thought was too bold in retrospect: "You were testing whether I was smart enough and frank enough, and I gave the answer; now it's up to you. Well, Lord Governor, are you courageous enough to take the risk?”
"Are you confident that the great cause you will do in the future will make me sincerely admire you from the bottom of my heart and refuse to defect?"
"Hahahaha!"
Gu Hang laughed and patted Bradford on the shoulder, not dissatisfied with the even slightly provocative words at the end: "Now I feel that you are indeed a smart person. It is obvious that I have great confidence in me. That's it." Do as you say, I hope you won’t disappoint me, and I hope you can see the day when great things come true and become one of them, instead of falling in the middle.”
Bradford knew he had passed.
But surprisingly, he didn't feel much joy in his heart.
His mood at the moment was very strange.
The joy of surviving the disaster? Of course there is, but there is also some special emotion towards Gu Hang.
It was mixed with a little hatred, a lot of fear, a little admiration, a little respect... and a little hope that he couldn't even detect.
He remembered Gu Hang's declaration on the first day after he came to the surface.
He said that he wanted to rebuild the entire wasteland world so that everyone who surrendered to him could live a good life.
This Governor Gu seems to be different from every previous Governor.
When I first heard his declaration, he sounded broad-minded and cliche, but upon closer inspection, is he really capable of doing it?
If he does it, will his future prospects be worse than before as an alliance member and channel businessman?
Thinking of this, Bradford suddenly reacted: Huh? Am I being CPU-hacked?
(End of chapter)