CH 60

The turmoil in his mind did not make Zhang Cheng lose his sense of proportion at this critical moment. He quickly calmed down, yawned slowly, and then raised his hand to rub the corners of his eyes, making it appear like he just woke up.

“Mr. Orfield, you’re really slow in getting here. You can’t be immersed in this gentle township and forget the guy who failed the mission, right?”

As if he didn’t see Bisnar Orfield’s dark face like a burnt pot bottom at all, Zhang Cheng leaned back on the sofa very lazily and spoke carelessly.

After glancing at Bisnar Orfield, who looked as normal as ever, Zhang Cheng raised his eyelids and quickly changed his tone after feeling that he couldn’t swindle any news from this guy. Instead, he began to complain angrily: “Never mind, let’s not talk about this. Did you ask me why I failed the mission?”

“You didn’t watch that mermaid’s live broadcast today, did you? That guy’s physical condition is completely different from other mermaids, and Clarice also attached great importance to him. I was found out by him in just a few seconds, and the patrol teams downstairs came over immediately, like they could smell it.”

Speaking of which, Zhang Cheng spat fiercely on the seemingly expensive carpet. He didn’t know whether he was spitting on Bisnar Orfield or on Ji Mingjiang, who had directly shattered and reorganized his worldview last night.

Looking at the increasingly ugly expression of Bisnar Orfield, Zhang Cheng raised his arms like a rascal and rolled up his sleeves. He specially wore short sleeves today, and if it weren’t for the beastman’s good physique, he could have frozen to death in this cold weather.

“Did you see it? This is what happened last night when I was running away and got swept by that damn mermaid tail. Then I was shot with laser guns by those patrol guards who were eager to protect their master.”

At that time, the tyrant Clarice didn’t even have a shred of mercy. He was acting, but that man and fish didn’t feel sorry for him at all. The laser gun directly pierced his arm!

Just one night had passed, and without being able to use the healing pods for the sake of authenticity, even with his strong recovery ability, he still had to wear a bandage on his arm now. If he moved too much, the wound from last night would burst open again.

Like now.

A patch of red slowly oozes from the snow-white bandage, and the smell of blood floats in the air. Zhang Cheng is still trying to use this penetrating injury to get some medical expenses from Bisnar Orfield, but as the bloody spot gradually spread, Zhang Cheng stopped talking and looked at it somewhat wearily.

After his voice disappeared in the reception room, where only the two of them were, the heavy breathing that belonged to Bisnar Orfield became particularly obvious.

At the same time, what he noticed was the overflowing mental power around Bisnar Orfield and his unnaturally enlarged and loose pupils.

“Are you alright?”

Looking at the man sitting across from him, whose situation was clearly not right, Zhang Cheng cautiously stood up under the other party’s gaze, took a few steps back, and asked.

“I’m fine.” It was only through Zhang Cheng’s reaction that Bisnar Orfield realized that he was out of sorts. After he took a deep breath, his expression became quite normal, but the overflowing mental power was still at large.

Bisnar didn’t take his current abnormality to heart. It may be that the things he had to deal with during this period were too exhausting, and his manic period is indeed approaching. He tried to calm himself down before looking at Zhang Cheng, whose gauze had been dyed red. His voice was indifferent and arrogant: “Don’t talk nonsense. What happened to the mermaid last night shouldn’t be the reason for your mistake. I’ll pay you for your medical bills. And you’ve got to monitor that mermaid live broadcast for me.”

“In a few days, I will give you another chance. The next action must only succeed and not fail.” Speaking of this, Bisnar Orfield’s face was a little ruthless: “If you can’t bring him here alive, kill him directly in the palace. His death should be as cruel as possible, and preferably for our majesty to see. For the first criteria, I’ll give you an additional 5 million star coins to your account when you come back, and the second will only be 3 million. Do you understand?”

Without missing the flash of greed in Zhang Cheng’s eyes, Bisnar paused and then slowly added, “Of course, if you can’t complete this kind of task, you don’t have to come to me anymore.”

Hearing his request, Zhang Cheng secretly gritted his teeth.

Son of a b*tch. Don’t mention who killed who; it’s strange if Clarice allowed this to happen a second time. As for killing Ji Mingjiang in the palace, even if he really succeeded, he could only die in Clarice’s hands.

When talking about the latter request, he didn’t even mention the words “wait for his return”, probably because he didn’t plan to pay the money at all.

Bisnar Orfield’s emotions were too complicated at the moment. Meanwhile, Zhang Cheng, who had good mental strength, already had countless villains in his mind at this time; some were sneering wildly, some were looking at Bisnar and spitting, and some of them had conjured up an equivalent scaled-down version of Bisnar Orfield’s villain in their hands, and they were beating him up madly.

However, even though his mind was already so lively that he could set up a stage to sing, Zhang Cheng’s face remained unchanged.

After pretentiously shrinking his shoulders, his triangular eyes were quenched with sinister venom, and the tone of his voice was specially stretched and twisted into a bizarre accent.

“Of course, don’t worry. I won’t mess around when money is involved.”

After getting his assurance, Bisnar Orfield nodded in satisfaction. Without bothering to look at Zhang Cheng again, he opened the door of the reception room and walked out.

After waiting in place for a while, the heavy door was once again pushed open, and the butler from earlier appeared in the doorway with an attitude that was no different from when he was brought here: “There are many places in the mansion that you can’t walk around freely. In order to prevent you from going the wrong way due to your lack of understanding, I shall escort you out.”

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng’s eyes flashed an indiscernible dark light. He put down the sleeves that had been rolled up to his shoulders just now and followed the footsteps of the old housekeeper.

On the way, while looking at one of the servants walking past the two of them with lowered heads and hurried footsteps, Zhang Cheng asked in a seemingly curious manner: “Did Mr. Orfield find someone he likes? Why was he in such a hurry today and didn’t even chat with me?”

The old butler named Lichma Orfield turned his head and took a deep look at Zhang Cheng. In the end, he didn’t notice anything in his eyes, so he turned his gaze back to the corridor ahead and said with a hint of warning, “It’s better to put away the curiosity that shouldn’t be there. It’s not our turn to inquire about the master’s private affairs.”

“…”

The corner of Zhang Cheng’s mouth twitched violently. The Orfield family, which has a clear hierarchy, is even stricter than his mother’s palace.

When Clarice decides to raid this family one day, he won’t be surprised if some imperial robes are found.

After being sent out of the gate of Orfield Mansion, Zhang Cheng walked along the fence for a while and looked back. The gardeners in the flower garden were still diligently pruning the flower branches, and the rich fragrance of flowers could be smelled even from standing outside the fence. The white and golden fountain was spotless under the sunlight, and the high spray reflected rainbows. In the gazebo, which was simple in shape but very precious in materials, there were members of the Orfield family leisurely picking up the teacups and gently sipping them…

It fits his stereotype of aristocrats. Zhang Cheng withdrew his eyes and thought blankly.

After walking out of the reception room first and leaving Zhang Cheng there alone, Bisnar Orfield hesitated for a moment after closing the door, turned slightly on his toes, and walked to the room specially prepared for the primary beastman.

He asked the primary beastman who was sleeping inside to do some simple spiritual counseling for himself and returned to the basement after suppressing the restless spiritual sea.

The mermaid, half sprawled on the edge of the pool, didn’t move a muscle when he heard the movement of the door opening and the sound of footsteps. Bisnar Orfield didn’t care either. His task of brainwashing Kiro and destroying his personality has been accomplished today. Too much is as bad as too little. He didn’t plan to do it again.

He came back just to turn on the system for feeding the liquid medicine in the basement pool, and by the way…

Bending down to press the button, Bisnar didn’t rush to stand up but crouched down next to the mermaid, looked at the other’s face buried by the hair, and said regretfully: “Last time I promised you I’d send you a new roommate, but unfortunately, neither he nor his master were very cooperative.”

“But it doesn’t matter.” Seeing the mermaid’s tail twitch suddenly and his body relax, he changed the topic, and the strong malice in his tone almost overflowed: “I still have a lot of time and opportunities, so you’ll probably get to meet him in a few days. Of course ……”

“In addition to being here, there’s a chance you’ll see him on the news—if he really appears here, it must be done by someone I sent as a last resort. I hope you will not be too disappointed when the time comes. ”

When he was done, looking at Kiro, who hadn’t moved much, Bisnar sighed pretentiously and walked out of the basement door with a shake of his head.

After the annoying voice in his ears finally disappeared, Kiro moved his head and his somewhat stiff neck, and his hair, which looked more like withered grass due to malnutrition, swayed with his movements.

If Bisnar Orfield came back suddenly, he would see a scene that might cause his blood pressure to soar and his spiritual sea to directly riot.

After layers of hair were lifted by the mermaid’s hand, a plump and round back of the head was revealed, rather than the lifeless face that Bisner thought was covered by hair.

After painstakingly ruffling his hair with his clasped hands, Kiro breathed a sigh of relief as he felt his neck was no longer so pricked. His nose caught the scent of medicine that suddenly appeared in the air. He retreated his body as much as possible to allow more parts to come into contact with the medicine.

Feeling the tingling pain in his body, Kiro’s expression didn’t change. After he didn’t see any new mermaids being brought in last night, he was completely relieved. Leiden would never lose his vigilance when he became emperor. It’s not so difficult to succeed after failing the first time.

He even wanted to laugh when he thought of Bisnar Orfield’s confident words just now.

Putting aside Bisnar’s contempt for Leiden, how much time can he afford to waste?

What kind of interstellar joke was this? Did he really think he was a total loser?

He had taken a lot of psychology courses back in the day, so he knew very well that the purpose of Bisnar Orfield’s frequent visits to him recently was nothing more than trying to brainwash him or something.

But …… how can brainwashing on a verbal level be as effective as brainwashing on a truly spiritual level?

Feeling gratitude toward himself, Kiro slightly raised the corners of his lips.

…Foolish little thing; this trick cannot wash his brain clean.