Chapter 422

Ben Douglas was already sitting in his office when it was still early in the morning. After the beautiful and lovely secretary brought him a cup of coffee with aroma, he left it wisely and left the space alone for the old man. This is Ben's habit. He doesn't like to be disturbed at work. A quiet environment helps him concentrate, especially for the old man at his age. With the growth of age, the loose spirit has become more and more difficult to restrain.

Lao Mai, this is a question that I didn't deliberately avoid. Even if he knows very well that his energy level does not subside due to the aging of his body, but accumulates towards the peak bit by bit. If Ben wants to, he can activate his cells with energy to maintain his appearance and physical fitness in the golden period of his life. Although this will be a great burden on the body, it can be completely affordable in terms of his energy.

Ben didn't do that. He knew that his old opponent oglock was dying now. But if the people below dare to underestimate them, the sad ending has been written in the script of the God of destiny. Like some mutants in the wilderness, they will protect and deceive their opponents through their own camouflage.

Like Ben and oglock, it is also a disguise to some extent to let themselves grow old. People tend to believe their eyes more than intuition, especially young people. They think the world is their own, so they are unwilling to the status quo and even challenge the authority.

On the light screen of this desk, Loki's demon like face was quietly presented. My mind goes back to more than ten years ago, when Ben was young and rocky and the other children were young. After these potential children were discovered by Ben and brought back to asgat from the wilderness, they had to undergo strict training and finally screened out those who could be used. Ben remembers that rocky was the youngest and most vulnerable to bullying.

But every child who bullied rocky seemed to be favored by the God of bad luck. Either he broke his hands and feet in training, or he violated the regulations and was severely punished. Of course, the fact has nothing to do with the God of bad luck. It's just Rocky's revenge. When he saw it that day, he only thought it was a child's toy like a prank. But from now on, I'm afraid rocky had revealed his dark essence at that time.

Loki has been closely monitored by valkiri. Judging from the information of the goddess of war during this period, Loki is still safe. He himself seemed to find that the situation was bad for him. He seldom went to the aristocratic salon on weekdays and always locked himself in that strange house. If his breath had not been in the house, even varkiri could not believe that the brother who did not play cards according to the routine would be so orderly.

At this time, the icon requesting communication flashes on the light screen. Ben clicked on it, so the Secretary appeared on the screen and said, "Mr. Douglas, general kario asked to meet."

"Let him in."

A moment later, the moving door of the elevator opened and Cario came in like a big iron block. The oversized military uniform was still too tight on kario, and the heavy military boots stepped on the floor tiles of the hall. We could almost hear the painful groans of these stone tiles. The general, biting two cigars, sat down on the sofa with a big stab, as Frank as ever.

"Old friend, it's hard for you to get up so early. There must be something important." Ben smiled, took his coffee and sat down opposite Cario, raised his glass and said, "do you want to have a hug?"

"Thanks. It's better to let your golden cat bring me Whitewater than coffee."

"It's not good to drink early in the morning."

"Used to it."

Although he said "bad", Ben still asked the Secretary to bring a strong drink. When the secretary left, Cario did not forget to pinch a handle on his plump hip. The secretary let out a low cry and gave Cario a hard look before he left.

"You're still the same," Ben said with a smile. When he was young, Cario was the most daring. He can have sex with female soldiers in the camp one moment and run to the battlefield with his pants the next.

Cario picked up his glass and said, "wine and women are probably things I can't give up in my life."

"Back to business." Cario said seriously, "I'd rather talk about you. Old man, you let the Council participate in the Quartermaster affairs and voting of the western expedition. It's our military's business. It will only make trouble for those old men to get involved."

"Old friend, you must also understand. Asgat is no longer the small human settlement in the past." Ben took a sip of coffee and said with a faint smile: "look at this city, old friend. It can become as magnificent as it is now, and it is no longer our credit alone. It is inseparable from the assistance of those people in money and materials."

"But the additional armament and personnel investment of the western expedition is very important. Those old men only care about profits, but they don't know military affairs. I'm afraid they'll screw up." Cario said bluntly.

At this point: "I know what you want to say, old friend. You can rest assured that although you need to vote this time. The six members of the aristocracy need to pass it collectively to stabilize our military headquarters, but think about how many aristocrats are willing to invest in the armaments of the western expedition. I heard that Beyonce went hunting with two old men Austin and Charlotte, you know What did they find? "

"What?"

"It's black gold." Ben said faintly: "That's what businessmen care about. It can be imagined that in the near future, planing and helben will focus on black gold. That's what they can see. As for the reclamation of the Western tundra, the investment cycle is long and the return is limited. In this case, will they pass Tyr's proposal?"

"But don't forget that when the three masters leave asgat, according to the regulations, their voting rights will be distributed to the next few confidants. If tyre wins their approval, the proposal may also be passed."

Ben laughed and said, "if so, the three masters can retire. Don't worry, their confidants must have informed their masters before they dare to exercise their voting rights."

"I hope so." kario hummed again, "I think the boy Tyr is dazzled by his war achievements. For this western expedition, he not only requires additional arms investment, but also takes the hammer of destruction. At the moment of the golden Tomahawk western expedition, the hammer of destruction is already the only elite battle group in asgat. If he is transferred, I'm afraid old Ogg won't have any wrong ideas."

Cario explained the contradiction of the proposal of the western expedition. Ben sighed: "Tyr's starting point is good. He also wants to build another kingdom as soon as possible. It's rare for the child to be resourceful and decisive. But he's still young and doesn't understand the truth that haste makes waste. Then again, we were afraid of so many things when we were young, and we didn't let go and work hard."

"So we are all old."

A gentle sigh echoed in the highest power of the city.

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages, just like the two sides of a coin. Asgat's limited freedom condenses the hearts of the city in a large number of cases. At the same time, it also divides the power of the superior.

Asgat's Council is a window for the aristocracy to participate in urban management. Up to now, the Council has a certain right to participate in asgat's policies. However, Ben considered this issue at the beginning of the establishment of the Council, so he made some arrangements in advance. For example, the three family members with voting rights each have two votes on hand 。

The remaining three members have only one vote. If a proposal is to overwhelm the will of the military headquarters, it can only be achieved by the collective approval of the six members. Otherwise, as long as one member abstains or votes against it, the military headquarters will always have the upper hand. Among the six members, the other three do not mention it. The owners of the three giants alone have not reached an agreement on one thing in the past 20 years When consensus is reached.

It is related to the competition between them, which is another brilliant point of Ben. He openly and secretly supports the weaker party to contain the other two families, so that although the Council can participate in decision-making, the final decision-making power is often in Ben's hands.

However, this time is different from the past. When the three masters are hunting outside the city, according to asgat's supplementary instructions on voting regulations, when the master leaves the city, the two votes in his hand are automatically controlled by two designated persons registered.

For example, in the absence of the Helburn family and Austin, one of the two votes fell into the hands of mebros of the ramboston family. Today, mebros is a little distracted. Because his son Charles has disappeared and has lost contact for 24 hours.

According to the housekeeper, his son Charles left after going to a party last night, but he never came home. It's almost impossible that Charles would be kidnapped here in asgatri?

Mebros pinched his eyebrows and thought that Charles himself was also a capable person, and judging from the fact that he disappeared so thoroughly last night, it must be the high-level capable person who took Charles away. But mebros thought about it all the time, the only high-level capable person hostile to the ramboston family was the new noble zero. But zero had left asgat with the three giants to hunt in the wilderness, It is said that he also took away the capable people and troops under his command. Naturally, he could not have done it.

After thinking about it, mebros couldn't figure out who was suspected.

When the door opened, the old housekeeper stumbled in, put a note in his hand on mebros's table and said, "Sir, I have news of the young master."

Mebros quickly took the note and read it: if you don't want your baby son to have something to do, come to warehouse 7, Gem Avenue alone at 12 o'clock tonight.

"Master, and this." the housekeeper took out another box.

Mebros opened the box, but there was a bloody ear inside. There was an ear pin embedded in the ear wheel. The ear pin had the symbol of Lamberton's family. Mebros only felt his eyes black. Who would it be if it wasn't Charles's ear?

"Who sent it?" asked mebros with a gloomy face.

The old housekeeper trembled and said, "just now I heard a knock on the door, so I went to open the door. There was this box outside the door and a note under it. As soon as I saw the news from the young master, I quickly brought it in to you."

"Did you see who put it?"

"No."

Mebros waved wearily and asked the old housekeeper to step back. He only knew that it was not easy, but anyway, Charles was his heir, and mebros would never have an accident with Charles.

Look at the time. It's more than an hour before 12 o'clock. This time is only enough for mebros to rush to Gem Avenue. It seems that the other party has made the right time to send the threat. What he wants is that mebros didn't make a comprehensive arrangement. Everything can only be done according to the other party's wishes.

"Prepare the car." mebros suddenly stood up and found a beautifully decorated revolver under his desk. After loading several bullets, mebros strode out of the study.

At this moment in the middle of the night, Gem Avenue is as silent as a ghost land. This is a warehouse area on the outskirts of asgat. To meblos's surprise, warehouse 7 is still owned by ramboston's family. The other party even chose to meet on his land, which showed that the other party was very confident in his strength, which made mebros dare not act rashly.

When the car stopped in front of warehouse 7, Bernie, the new guard leader, said to mebros, "Sir, I'll go in with you."

Mebros shook his head. If bodon were still there, he wouldn't refuse the proposal. But if the other party can capture Charles quietly, Bernie, who is equivalent to Charles, is not enough. It's better to go in and act according to your own circumstances than to bring Bernie in and annoy the other party.

"You stay outside. If anything happens to me, go to master Austin and tell him about tonight." with that, mebros pushed the door and got off.

He walked to the gate of warehouse 7. The door has long been opened, and inside the door is a dark world. Mebros kept walking until he entered the warehouse and the moving door closed automatically. The next moment, there was a strong light on his head. For a moment, mebros felt very uncomfortable. When he got used to it, mebros saw his son Charles.

The warehouse had been cleared out of a clean and open area. Charles was tied to a chair with blood all over and sat in the direction facing the gate. He looked very excited when he saw mebros, but when his mouth was stuffed with cloth strips, he could only purr.

On Charles's left and right stood a man, one of whom was dressed as a cowboy. Leather jacket, jeans, pointed leather shoes, wearing a cowboy hat to cover the upper half of his face, revealing only a chin full of beard. And a smile on his mouth.

The man held his chest in his hands, giving a feeling that he didn't care about anything. But he gave mebros a very dangerous feeling, as if he would be killed at any time.

As for the other man, mebros knew him. He said in a deep voice, "Braden, why are you? My dear brother!"