Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 472, Section 471: Debtors and Debtors
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward after these words were spoken.

Talos Lee was unaware of Feng Xiuhu's background, but judging from his manner of speaking and Wu Bianluo's respectful attitude, he seemed to be someone of considerable importance.

Talos Li then turned to look at Wu Bianluo—wanting to see how he would respond.

Coincidentally, Wu Bianlu was also looking at him.

Talos Lee paused for a moment, but a look of wariness immediately flashed in his eyes.

Wu Bianlu nodded slightly to him, then shook his head helplessly and replied to Feng Xiuhu, "Master Ma is joking. I came here to control the floods. The flood is passing by now, and we may need Bishop Talos's help. We should all work together, so how could we turn against each other?"

clap clap.

Feng Xiuhu clapped his hands: "Water control is great! I love watching big scenes. Let's not get in anyone's way. You, the water control expert and the mute Jin, each do your own thing."

Wu Bianluo's expression remained unchanged: "I'll say it again, I have no objection."

His attitude was clear: he would not take sides and would not offend either side.

Talos Lee was waiting for Feng Xiuhu to ask him something, but unexpectedly Feng Xiuhu didn't want to pay any attention to him at all and turned around to talk to the mute blond man.

"Did you hear that? Wu Gaogong agreed."

Wu Bianluo was taken aback: "What did I agree to?"

Dumb Jin didn't care about anything else—the situation was unclear, and if he didn't act now, he might really miss his chance.

puff!

Dumb Jin pulled out his knife and decisively stabbed it into Abbot's stomach, pulling it down—blood spurted from the white belly, leaving a bloody gash!
Talos Lee's expression changed, and he transformed into a shadow and darted out quickly. As the shadow slipped past Feng Xiuhu, it suddenly found itself unable to advance an inch.

Talos Lee looked back—his shadow was stretched very long, with one end pinned down by Feng Xiuhu.

Talos Lee was horrified: "Who are you?!"

Feng Xiuhu bent down, grabbed the shadow, and pulled it. Talos Lee sprang back like a highly elastic rubber band.

Unable to break free, Talos Lee tried to revert to his original form, but Feng Xiuhu quickly rolled him into a ball and bounced him on the ground like a ball.

Seeing this, Wu Bianluo couldn't bear it any longer and advised, "Master Ma..."

Feng Xiuhu looked up at him: "You want to play too?"

Without waiting for Wu Bianluo's response, Feng Xiuhu slapped the ball away.

Wu Bianluo instinctively took it.

He glanced down at the ball, then looked back at Feng Xiuhu: "..."

Feng Xiuhu half-squatted down and got into position: "Don't just stand there, pass the ball!"

Wu Bianluo: "..."

He put the ball back on the ground, letting the shadow slowly unfold.

Feng Xiuhu frowned, somewhat displeased.

Wu Bianlu sighed and pointed behind Feng Xiuhu: "Does Master Ma know Abbott's identity?"

Feng Xiuhu crossed his arms and sneered, "I don't know. I only saw a debt collector. As the saying goes, 'If you borrow and repay, it's easy to borrow again.' If someone owes a debt and doesn't pay it back, then someone will naturally come to collect it. That's fair."

Wu Bianluo bowed to Feng Xiuhu and said, "The debtors and those who are collecting debts have nothing to do with me. Whether Abbott lives or dies today has nothing to do with me. But considering my shallow friendship with Master Ma, I should say a few more words so that Master Ma will know what is important."

Feng Xiuhu nodded: "Then you can speak."

Then he turned back to the mute Jin and said, "You go about your business."

Abbott's intestines were spilling out onto the floor, but apart from Talos Lee, no one on the field seemed to be in a hurry.

Wu Bianluo said, "Abbot comes from the Heretoz Empire. Although he is not a member of the royal family, his status is more special than that of royalty—all his businesses in Xuan Kingdom do not belong to him, but to the Church of War." "Including this bridge construction in Tianpuchuan."

“Master Ma may not know this, but the bridge construction project is not limited to Tianpu River. There are also bridge construction plans for Heishui River and Anlong River. In total, there are three bridges across the rivers, all of which are undertaken by Abbot.”

“Abbott’s death today has offended not only the War Church, but will also likely enrage the President – ​​the Sanchuan Bridge has become a matter of national importance, and Master Ma must carefully consider this.”

Shunzi spat on the ground: "Pah! It's just a dead foreign devil. I don't believe we can't repair this bridge without him."

That's not necessarily true. Feng Xiuhu realized what Wu Bianluo meant.

The decision on whether or not to build the bridge does not rest with the President—Xuan Kingdom lacks the capability to construct a bridge across the river. If the War Church retaliates by abandoning bridge construction because of Abbott's death, it would indeed be a loss for Xuan Kingdom.

At this moment, Talos Lee finally recovered and got up from the ground: "Make him stop!"

Feng Xiuhu glanced back, spread his hands, and said, "Forget it, I don't think it's too late—if all else fails, I'll have the Grand Duke negotiate with the Church of War."

Wu Bianluo almost laughed out of anger—who do you think you are? You think you can get the Duke of Da Guo to listen to you just because you asked him to negotiate?
But it was indeed too late.

Abbott lay there with his belly exposed, his stomach filled with rainwater, his internal organs floating in blood, and he looked like he was about to breathe his last.

The mute Jin gripped the knife with both hands, raised it high, and plunged it in for the final blow.

A sharp knife pierced his beating heart, and the spurting blood splattered all over his face, only to be quickly washed away by the rain.

The mute Jin knelt on the ground, panting. After a long while, he slowly stood up, held Abbott's heart high, and shouted to the people, "You all saw it clearly! I killed Abbott!"

Feng Xiuhu said to Shunzi, "He's quite pleased with himself."

Suddenly, Jin, the mute, made a move.

He first kicked the corpse down into the river, then turned to look at Feng Xiuhu.

His gaze startled Feng Xiuhu.

Dumb Jin stood in the rain, bowing respectfully to Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi from afar, and then stepped back.

Shunzi's expression changed drastically: "Oh no! He's going to jump into the river!"

Shunzi charged forward, but Feng Xiuhu was even faster, disappearing in an instant like a shadow.

With his feet sinking into the ground, Dumb Jin fell backward.

As he heard Da Chuan's angry roar, a look of relief appeared on his face.

Suddenly a dark figure jumped down.

Before the mute Jin could see clearly, he suddenly found himself back on the shore.

Feng Xiuhu kicked him in the buttocks from behind, making the mute Jin stumble.

"Is this revenge? Anyone who didn't know better would think you and Abbott committed suicide together."

Dumb Jin looked completely bewildered—he hadn't died, but now he didn't know how to end things.

Shunzi ran over and slapped the mute Jin on the back of the head: "Why are you trying to kill yourself?"

Wu Bianluo and Talos Lee also arrived at this time.

Wu Bianluo gave the mute Jin a deep look, said nothing more, and led the chief priest toward the water.

Talos Lee looked at Feng Xiuhu with some apprehension and said in a deep voice, "No matter who you are, I must take this person with me."

"Hey!"

Feng Xiuhu raised his hand to slap him, but Talos Lee quickly took a step back.

(End of this chapter)