Ark, they don't revolve around you

Zhuang Ning wanted to say more, but was blasted out by the words "we are not on the same path together".

"Fellow travelers?"

"You will keep fighting, but I... I am tired of it." Texas made his tone more indifferent, but lowered his head and dared not look at him, "I have become accustomed to the tranquility of Penguin Logistics."

Therefore, the commission of Syracuse ends here, and I will not follow you anymore...

Zhuang Ning stood up quietly, swallowed what he was about to say, and sneered.

"So, you think I like chaos?"

"So, you think I'm taking advantage of you?"

"So... you think, I don't like peace either?!"

His voice became higher and higher, but at the end, he revealed a hint of confusion.

He picked up his luggage, without even opening his umbrella, and stepped into the rain, but he did not even turn his head back and asked coldly:

"Are you really used to what you call peace now, Texas?"

His figure that day overlapped with Zhuang Ning's figure now. At this moment, the doctor was not wet by the rain, which made her feel even more unfamiliar.

"I……"

Maybe Texas can finally answer.

She was indeed not as accustomed to peace as she thought.

Zhuang Ning took off his mask and a kind smile appeared on his face, as warm as a spring breeze.

"You don't have to tell me." He murmured, "You should just ask yourself."

He kept his intentions hidden.

Leonardo... Zhuang Ning will replace him one day, Texas is a more suitable candidate - whether she thinks so or not.

Don't you think politics is dirty?

However, you have been drawn into the vortex.

You thought you could get away with it, but that's not the way it should be.

Someday.

One day, you will replace Lady Sicily and become the godmother of Syracuse. Not only the Volsini, but all of Syracuse must submit to the name of Texas.

——And this is definitely not what you think.

Until then, you should enjoy the peace and quiet.

Zhuang Ning said quietly, as if he was looking at his best relative:

"After all, this peace won't last long."

Texas shuddered.

Through the mirror, she saw Zhuang Ning's eyes, which reminded her of a wolf.

She had an illusion that the Zhuang Ning she knew had changed.

No.

It's not that he has changed, but that he seems to have died...

Her hand couldn't help but touch the scabbard. There was a drop of blood on the scabbard, which he left to protect herself.

The drop of blood has dried up.

Chapter 13 Texas, can you do it?

Zhuang Ning did feel that he had changed.

But if someone told him that the former doctor was dead, Zhuang Ning would put the gun to the other person's head without hesitation.

This is also the reason why he doesn't like it when each operator sees him, as if he has become a different person.

Looking back on the past struggles against lies, stupidity and cowardice, it was absurd, ridiculous and not worth mentioning.

If he wants to reflect, he will look for the reasons in himself.

The main reason must be his indecision. It took him four years to create the antidote, which resulted in him losing his advantage as a time traveler and having foresight.

Think about what you have gained in the past four years?

Made many political allies and accumulated connections?

That may be possible, but these allies are two-faced and cannot be trusted.

A typical example is Longmen. Wei Yanwu used Rhodes Island as bait to mislead the Integration Movement and did not care about the casualties of Rhodes Island, which explains a lot.

In addition to Longmen, there are also the Lateran Cardinal Papal Hall, the Iberian Inquisition, Victoria's Duke's Eyeliner, Rhine Life, Black Steel...

These allies increased Rhodes Island's prestige to a certain extent on a normal day, but when it came to a critical moment, they would betray Rhodes Island without even blinking an eye.

How ridiculous...

He committed the most stupid political immaturity, and Rhode Island repeatedly dealt with various behemoths but lacked a core trump card.

So after learning from his mistakes, in addition to studying oripathy over the past six months, Zhuang Ning also began to consider how to complete the tasks of the three major templates of the system.

Let's focus on the countries of Terra first. This may seem tricky, but after four years, he is no longer a political novice who has just traveled through time and space, and can see Rhodes Island's greatest advantage.

——No stance.

If you don't have a stance, you won't be considered as one of our own, and you won't feel any psychological burden when others betray you.

But in other words, one can also flexibly choose one's position and do something "righteous".

For example, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.

However, the best point of intervention is actually those operators who have left.

Such as Vina.

The Londinium incident was Joninus' biggest mistake. He should not have rashly exiled Teresis and the nobles who supported him.

They are still useful. If the Victorian nobles controlled by Tracys stay, they will undoubtedly be the most threatening force to Vina.

At that time, for political reasons, Vina had to get closer to Rhodes Island, so that Zhuang Ning would have more room to operate, place his confidants, control the parliament... and even, if possible, establish a constitution to deprive Vina of her real power!

But he didn't do anything.

It's not that I can't think of it, but the other person is Vina after all. That girl is so close to you, how could you bear to treat her like this?

……Ah.

It's ridiculous.

Why couldn't she bear it? Was she really fit to be a king? What kind of education did the beast master give her?

Zhuang Ning lowered his eyebrows and sneered unconsciously.

I mock my past self for being so naive and thinking that I could win someone over with emotion.

But looking through history, I feel that those who can use emotions to bind people have all died. Fu Jian was such a good king, he was extremely benevolent and righteous, and he didn't even kill people who rebelled. In the end, he was still deserted by his friends and relatives. Before his death, he could only shout to the betrayers, "The Five Barbarians are in order, and there is no Qiang name!"

is that useful?

He was strangled to death, and then his coffin was opened and his corpse was whipped. Now the grave is deserted. When I asked the locals, they only knew that a defeated king was buried here.

Why can we rely on trusting others?

Fortunately, it is not too late and Zhuang Ning still has the strength to make amends.

Someone once said that chaos is a ladder. When a deer is lost in troubled times, people all over the world have an excuse to chase it together.

Vina had just ascended the throne and her foundation was still shallow. The legitimacy of her ascension to the throne and the prestige she had accumulated all came relatively from Rhodes Island.

As for Kazdel, Theresa's prestige is too high, so it is not easy to take action against him.

Theresa...

She is a good person, but good people...are not suitable to be kings.

If one only knows how to follow the king's way but loses coordination, he will be considered weak.

Maybe one day, Zhuang Ning will overthrow her team and cultivate new confidants.

But the method must be more subtle, and we must not learn from Tracys. Kazdel cannot bear a new war.

If you want to do this, you might want to use Lateran.

Ratlan and Kazdel are natural enemies, and they are not happy to see Kazdel unified.

At this time, some special characters can be used, such as Mostima who has fallen and lost his empathy, the martyr Andorn, and...

For example - Arturo, whom he had let go.

Although it may have been an unintentional act at the time, looking at it this way, it might have been a brilliant move.

In addition, there is Ursus, the country with the most serious mineral sickness.

The integration movement four years ago still makes people feel frightened. The collapse of a city has exposed all the problems.

But just half a year ago, Zhuang Ning personally released the culprit, Tallulah, back to the tundra.

One day, the fire will reach Saint Stein, and he is looking forward to what will happen.

If possible, he hoped that Rhodes Island would fire the first artillery fire at Fort Saint.

As for driving Texas.

As a doctor, he knew very well that the girl did not want to go too deep into Syracuse - there used to be many such people in Rhodes Island, with natural political cleanliness, who were untainted by the mud and pure but not evil.

What a person who is untainted by mud...

But if you hold power, you are doomed to be unclean, otherwise why would Lady Sicily kill all her political enemies?

In this respect, Texas would never make a good ruler.

She had a lot of blood on her hands, but she was reluctant to kill.

That doesn't matter, because there is room for intervention, but the timing is not right yet, and the powder keg of Syracuse has not exploded yet.

The glimpses of each country are connected in Zhuang Ning's mind.