Chapter 23 - Gray King

"OK, OK, you guys hurry up and go away, don't hinder us from recruiting!" Someone pushed him a hand.

Delman angrily plucked his hand away and stiffened.

"What, are you still not convinced?" "Their team level is too low, and the captain's system panel level is not enough, so they didn't receive the system prompt message, right?" "Is it hard to say that you want to recruit Thorne too? With this weak team of yours?" "Hmph, recruiting him? Let me tell you an unfortunate news!" Old Black could not swallow this anger, and immediately said, "This kid Thorne was originally from our team, that is, he was raised by us, you recruit him, it is just recruiting a trash that our team does not want!" He originally thought that by saying this, he would hit the other side, but who knows, after saying this, the contempt in the captains' eyes became even heavier.

"So you guys are the ones who kicked him out of the team?" "Hahahaha, we have you guys to thank for that!" "This team is all idiots, right? How dare they kick out a god of wealth instead of offering it properly?" "Well, if they don't make a fool of themselves, where do we stand a chance?" "Ha, that's right, in that case, we really have to thank them!" The effect backfired, and Old Black was shaking with anger, but he couldn't take it, and said loudly and angrily, "You guys are the idiots, right? Recruiting him? He's a wolf!" "Old Black, why are you talking about this?" Delman stopped him, "Let them recruit this wolf!" He said it loudly on purpose, just to piss these people off, to let them know that the man they tried so hard to recruit was just a wolf pretending to be a good guy! He really couldn't swallow this anger! The scene was quiet for a while, and just when he thought these people were intimidated, suddenly, the captains broke out into a deafening laughter.

"Hahahahaha!" Delman and the others knew it was naked ridicule, but looked at each other and wondered what was so funny about them.

Xingge glanced at him, saw his puzzled expression, shook his head and said: "Ignorance is not funny, what is funny is that you don't even know why you are being ridiculed.

""Yes, ignorance is not funny, ignorance and fearlessness is ridiculous!" Crowe held back his laughter, went up and patted Delman on the shoulder and said, "Alas, my friend, for your face, don't say it, really don't say it!" "You guys, you just regret it!" Delman angrily took a step back and turned to go back inside.

"Wait a minute!" Thorne suddenly spoke.

Delman and the others stopped to listen to what he had to say.

"If you want to leave, you can, but - first test Hodel!" "Hmph, Mr. Impostor, you still want to throw dirt on him?" Delman gritted his teeth, "I'm sorry to tell you that we've checked him out, and he's good!" "What?" Thorne was stunned by the words, "You're not lying?" Delman "hum", without looking back into the house, went to talk to Leon.

Hodel is not an impostor? Then why did he do that before? Why? Thorne felt that there were too many doubts, perhaps Delman just could not swallow the anger, deliberately arguing temper it.

"Whatever them, say ours, how about it, which team are you joining?" "I ..." "Our apocalypse squad is very, very powerful-" "Alas, enough is enough, know that you are the first in the South District, but we Killing Angels in the West District is also one of the top existence!" Just when the crowd was arguing, a voice suddenly came.

"Thorne, I sincerely invite you, to join my team!" "Which unlucky one, to rob someone again-" Crowe turned his head to look, when he saw the face of the visitor, his face changed, and the latter half of the sentence swallowed back into his stomach.

The man was 5'8", physically strong, with a bearded face, but extraordinarily manly, with a blood red scar from above his right eye all the way to his chin.

Just see him wearing a black trench coat, the trench coat, very familiar, but Thorne momentarily can not remember to see who wore.

Only to hear him tremble, "Ash, Ash King?!" "Ash King?!" Hearing this name, all the captains got chills at their backs and couldn't help but take a step back.

"Grey King?" Thorne heard this name for the first time, and then looked at the captains' expressions, all of which were stony-faced, and became even more curious.

"The Grey King, the strongest player!" Crowe whispered beside him, "Highest individual points, highest squad points, highest number of individual monster kills, deservedly the number one powerhouse in Lyken City!" "Moreover, he also has an achievement that no one else can match!" Stargher added, "He is the first person to kill a tyrant with a dagger in the entire Lyken City! See the trench coat he's wearing? That's what the tyrant who was killed had on! That's terrible about this man!" "That's not the scariest thing, he - raises wolves!" "Raising wolves?" Thorne was stunned.

"That's right, raising wolves!" Crowe swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty, "He raised an impostor in his squad, and whenever another team dares to get in his way or disadvantage his squad, he will let this impostor go and exterminate the other team! As you probably know, the missions in this world are random, mostly based on the area you're in and the current contingencies you encounter, so he can always have his own impostors out to exterminate other squads! At least three squads have been exterminated by him, and in doing so, he himself will not be punished at all, and the impostors are happy to be his henchmen, it's too scary!" Hearing this, Thorne felt that his three views had really been refreshed! Raising a wolf like a dog, how scary was this man? The Gray King slowly walked towards Thorne, and the captains who had gathered around him without any hesitation immediately consciously retreated to the side, and could only stare blankly, not even daring to say a word.

The Grey King came in front of Thorne, looked down at him, saw Thorne looking at himself without fear, his eyes full of confidence and calmness, nodded his head and said in a voice like a bassoon: "Very well, join us, the Grey King squad welcomes you!" "I must first go back to complete this task, two lives are at stake, to be precise, the two heroines!" Thorne could not make an immediate decision and wanted to delay, after all, a strong man who dared to raise impostors in the team and openly exterminate other squads was both dangerous and mysterious.

"How long will it take?" "About half an hour.

"Thorne deliberately put in a little more time.

"Is there a danger?" "There is, and it's not small.

"The other side had a dozen heavily armed men," Thorne said honestly.

""Okay, I'll help you.

"The Gray King said without any hesitation.

After saying this, regardless of whether he agreed or not, he just turned his head to the captains who were watching on the sidelines and said, "Gather your teams and follow me!" All the captains immediately pulled out their walkie-talkies: "Apocalypse squad, this is Crowe, all the team members who are not carrying out the mission, all lean towards me, coordinates have been sent!" "Thor squad, idle personnel urgently close to me!" "Chicken squad, idle personnel close to me!" ... "Thorne, now you go ahead, we will help you secretly.

"The Grey King promised, "But remember, after that you have to join our Grey Shadow team!" "Sure!" Thorne didn't care what squad he joined, as long as he could kill impostors and advance the mission so more people could leave safely anyway.

Besides, although he has some views on the practice of raising wolves, he currently has no second choice.

Obviously, it would be very unwise to fight against the powerful Grey Shadow team.

It is better to join the team first, really do not like it, the big deal is to withdraw from the team.

"Then I'll go first!" Thorne immediately returned to the auto body shop.

"Leon, we have to go first! I have to get the survivors to the subway station in a hurry.

"Thorne said apologetically, "Also, Claire was at the subway station.

""Who is Claire?"" Lyon asked.

Thorne was secretly surprised: "What, you don't know her? Claire Redfield, Chris's sister!" Lyon shook his head.

"I've never met her, Chris I did see in the police files, he was in the Special Tactics and Support Squad, he was a great SWAT officer.

"Thorne now can not explain more, this world is similar to a sandbox game, a variety of tasks cross, so that the original clear plot becomes exceptionally complex, so even if the male and female protagonists do not know each other, he will not be too strange.

"Those who are going to the subway station, follow me, we will leave immediately!" Thorne gathered the survivors from before and prepared to leave.

Kadam came up with Bock, the redhead.

"We'll go with you too!" "Are you guys sure?" Thorne was slightly surprised, their mission should have been completed, and they actually wanted to come together.

"It is safest for me to go with you for now.

"I'm sorry," laughs Kadam.

"I believe you're good, I'm going with you!" Polk said affirmatively, while glancing at Delman and the others with disdain.

The redhead also nodded affirmatively.

"Okay, let's go.

""Wait a minute," Leon suddenly stopped them, "my friend, before you go, please give me the memory card!" "You know about the memory card?" Thorne said curiously.

"We're here for the memory cards.

"Leon said quickly," that there is Embraer caused biochemical disaster, and even experimental biochemical weapons of important data, I was entrusted to get it! Polk and the others are the ones I asked to help get the card, and then I received his urgent request for help, which is why I brought Liu and the others to come.

"Thorne nodded, finally sorting out what was going on here.

"But this thing is also very important to me, it is related to the life and death of the two girls.

"Lyon frowned slightly.

Obviously, even if the evidence is important, sacrificing two people does not make up his mind for him.

"Tell you what," Thorne suddenly had a great idea, "if you really want evidence of Embraer's crimes that badly, come with us to the subway station, I guarantee you that you'll find more evidence there! However, it may face a big fight, because there is now the territory of Embraer.

""It seems I have no other choice.

"Lyon did not hesitate for long, and Delman and the others had no choice but to join him, although it was clear from their expressions that they were extremely reluctant.

The crowd left the auto body shop, Thorne came to the Gray King and said, "We're leaving, if you want me to join your team, these few friends of mine you have to stay together, they are my life and death comrades, they are all excellent fighters!" "Yes!" The Gray King agreed without hesitation.

The other squads were waiting for their players to assemble, and the captains nodded to Thorne in greeting.

Thorne led a quick advance towards the subway station, now with Lyon and the others, there were 12 people.

He was almost certain that Nikolai would not let Shirley go and that there would be a big fight, but thankfully there was now a strong squad for backup, it just took time for them to assemble before they could come over to help.

"Claire, can you hear me?" Thorne called as he turned on the intercom.

"I'm listening.

""I found the memory card and will be back soon! How are you and Shirley?" "We're okay, listen, be safe -" "Good, now that you're done with the mission, get back here, we're leaving soon!" Nikolai's voice suddenly interjected, blocking out Claire.

"Just wait, I'm coming.

"Thorne put down his walkie-talkie with displeasure.

"So your real name is Thorne.

"Kadam walked alongside him, talking as he went.

"I'm sorry I hid my identity.

""Don't be ridiculous, in this case, it would be foolish not to hide your identity, okay?" Polk came up and expressed his understanding.

"To be honest, it's easier to hide your identity if you're solo, but the missions are harder and there will be far fewer items in the system! A group is more convenient, but there is the danger of impostors lurking around, both have their pros and cons.

""That's exactly what happened, but I was really forced to do it alone.

"Thorne said glancing toward Delman and the others, "I was wrongfully taken off the team.

""Don't take it to heart, this kind of thing is too normal, it's better to leave the team than to die at the hands of your teammates.

"I'm sorry," Polk said.

"That's for sure!" Thorne laughed.

"Wow, I'm kind of excited to see Claire and Shirley soon!" The corners of Kadam's mouth rose, he is a hardcore fan of Resident Evil, from the original first generation to catch up with the latest reset version.

"By the way, Leon, when you get to the subway station later, just say you are a resident and want to leave, I'll handle the rest.

"Leon gave a "hmm" and asked, "Thorne, are you really not with Embraer?" "No, you can think of me as someone who is temporarily using the identity of Embraer to protect himself.

"I'm sorry," Thorne said sincerely.

"I believe you, after all, so many people think you are trustworthy.

"Leon has a great sense of justice and he doesn't care who the other person is as long as they are not a bad person.

The crowd talked briefly and soon arrived at the entrance of the subway station.

The Embraer personnel immediately signaled them to stop.

"I'm Thorne, I've come to deliver what Nikolai needs.

""Who are they?"" The other side pointed to a stick of people behind them.

"Saved survivors.

"I'm sorry," Thorne said perfunctorily.

They have talked and everyone else is pretending to be a survivor, obfuscating and secretly helping.

"Turn in your weapons, and then you can go down.

"The others did not resist, and the guns and weapons were all given to each other.

The crowd followed Thorne down the stairs, and a medical officer came over to pick up the injured man and do emergency treatment.

[Rescue Survivor Mission Completed, Earn 4000 bonus points! You have currently earned 16,300 points and can upgrade your panel to level 4 for more material redemption! Note: Level 4 panels can be redeemed for check and kill props and adrenal injections! These two items can only be redeemed in designated safe zones! "Very good!" Nikolai's voice suddenly came, only to see him appear in front with several loaded men, "Now give me the memory card!" Thorne removed the memory card, waved it in front of him, and said, "Where are Claire and Shirley?" "They're already on the train.

"I'm sorry," Nikolai said with an expressionless face.

"Claire?" Thorne took out his walkie-talkie and summoned, "Claire, can you hear me?" There was a murmur on the intercom, no response whatsoever.

"How do you explain this?" Thorne questioned, "What did you do with them?" "Maybe they forgot to take the walkie-talkie when they left.

"Nikolai said without changing his face, "Give me the memory card!" "Do you know what's on it?" Thorne asked.

"As I said, that's some company data that must be recovered!" "There's evidence of Embraer's testing of bioweapons in here! I think, it should be more important than those two girls, you let them both out, see them, and I'll give you the stuff right away!" Leon kept his eyes on Nikolai, and from his eyes, he could see that he was extremely dissatisfied with this white-haired guy, and using women and children as bargaining chips had touched his bottom line.

"You should know that you are in no position to bargain on my turf!" With a wave of Nicolas' hand, seven or eight armed men emerged from around them, surrounding them and closing in with guns raised.

"Memory card! Or none of you will leave alive today!" "I'll stay, let them go, they're all survivors, they have nothing to do with this!" "Oh, no, let them go, won't you have no worries?" Nikolai smiled slyly, "You were able to get out of that place surrounded by corpses and save so many people, you're not easy, I have to let you wear those bags!" "Okay, the memory card is for you!" "Give it to me quickly!" "You come and get it!" "What?" "Come and get it, the card is right here, what, you don't dare?" Thorne deliberately provoked him, "Looks like you, the leader, don't have much ability!" Although Nikolai was the observer of Embraer, with the highest disposal authority on the spot, and could directly call these armed men, but he was overbearing, his men did not treat him well, and he always called manpower for no reason to complete his own tasks, which had long made everyone extremely unhappy.

At this statement, everyone else stared directly at Nikolai to see what he was going to do.

In full view of the crowd, Nikolai had to step forward, step closer and reach for it.

Just as he was about to touch the memory card, Thorne suddenly storms up! With the fastest speed he could manage, he twisted Nikolai's arm backwards, grabbing the gun and subduing him at the same time.

There was the sound of gunfire all around.

"Sir!" "Let him go!" "You all knew about Nikolai's agreement with me before, right?" Thorne pointed his gun at the guy's head and shouted, "I brought the stuff as he asked, but where is the person he promised to protect? I know you were hired by Embraer, but as mercenaries, do you only look at money? If this guy cheats us today, he will cheat you tomorrow! Are you really willing to do such a thing against your conscience? And to two girls?" Although mercenaries are paid to do things, there is no absolute loyalty, but also adhere to some basic principles, do not kill the old, weak, women and children, do not kill people who have nothing to do with the matter is also their moral bottom line.