My Pokémon Player

Chapter 335: Do we need a reason to save people?

The reason why Connor wanted to reform was because he was dissatisfied with the current situation of the Guardians.

He didn't want to see the guards groveling in front of the businessmen again, nor did he want to experience the humiliation of being beaten to the door of his house again.

That's why he eagerly wanted to improve the strength of the Guards through reforms.

But as Harson said, his reforms are bound to harm the interests of most people.

Businessmen are all pursuing profits, which is destined to make his reforms not smooth sailing. After all, the real owners of Guanhai City are these businessmen.

Unless Guanhai City changes its owner!

Then his reforms will not be hindered. Without the interest network built around businessmen, the Guards will definitely be able to regain their glory.

Moreover, the new lord should not be as weak as the current merchants, and he does not have to worry about Guanhai City being occupied and destroyed again.

Hiss~ Why are you getting more and more excited the more you think about it!

Connor took a breath and quickly dismissed the thoughts in his mind.

He looked at Halson with surprised eyes: "I thought my reforms were radical enough, but I didn't expect your ideas to be more radical than mine."

Halson scratched his head in embarrassment: "Hey, I just said it casually."

"Don't talk nonsense like this. If others hear it, you may not even be able to save your life, let alone stay in the escort team!"

Connor reminded Halson with a serious face.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on, but do you think my suggestion just now is reasonable? Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing there in shock."

Halson winked at Connor playfully.

Connor glared at Halson angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't have such thoughts. The president is not kind to us. If I betray him, wouldn't I be just like that old bastard Mello?"

"Really? What if Guanhai City is defeated and the president surrenders? Will you be loyal to the new master?"

Halson asked curiously.

"It depends on what kind of person the new master is. If he is the kind of noble who has nothing to do, I would rather leave the guard and become a mercenary."

"But having said that, a wine bag and rice bag cannot be the master of Guanhai City. The one who can be the new master is most likely someone like Baron Lane. What are you thinking about every day?"

"How could Guanhai City be defeated? You really think that our guards are just freeloaders. Your thoughts are a bit dangerous!"

Connor looked at Halson with an unkind expression, and he was almost led astray by this kid.

"I'm just making an assumption. You've always said that the strength of our guard has dropped significantly. If we don't reform, it will be too late. If a noble attacks, we may not be able to defend it."

Halson said with a smile.

"No matter how the strength of our escort team declines, ordinary nobles cannot provoke them. As for the big nobles, they all have enemies of comparable strength to deal with, and they will not cause trouble to us for the time being."

"Besides, isn't there Baron Ryan who is acting as a barrier for us? He is not that easy to deal with."

Connor didn't want Harson to be too pessimistic, so he comforted him with a few words.

"Didn't you say that Baron Lane's power is expanding rapidly and he is also a powerful enemy that cannot be ignored?"

Halson continued to ask.

"Baron Ryan does have great potential, but after all he is not a great nobleman and his background is slightly inferior. If he wants to compete with our Guanhai City, it will take at least a few more years of development."

"The problem is that other nobles will not be so kind. If they give him time to develop, they will most likely take action against him. In other words, for a long time to come, his enemy will not be us, but the north. those nobles.”

"That's why the two presidents decided to cooperate with him. With him on the north side, we don't have to worry about other nobles coming and can develop with peace of mind."

Connor explained in one sentence the important reason why the Chamber of Commerce and Lane cooperated.

"I see. No wonder the two presidents treat Baron Lane with great courtesy. They want to use him as a barrier to Guanhai City."

Halson suddenly realized.

Connor shook his head: "That's not entirely the reason. The elf ball and those two magical potions are also important factors."

"Of course, there is also the most important strength. If Yinghuo Town was still as weak as before, it would have been annexed by Iron Thorn Town, which we support, and there would be no chance of being a barrier."

"In the final analysis, in this chaotic era, only strength is fundamental. Whoever is strong has mastered the truth."

"So even if Director Gavin doesn't tell me about the establishment of a new team, I will accept those dozen or so potential Warcraft users. The temporary lag is nothing, the long-term strength is what I really want. !”

Halson nodded with deep understanding: "You are right, as long as you train this team, they will definitely become your help in competing for the captaincy and reform in the future."

Then he said with a worried look: "The Yaojin Chamber of Commerce won't let you hold this team in your hands, right?"

"Of course not. Director Locke also knows the potential of these Warcraft users. He will definitely add sand to the new team."

"But it doesn't matter. Since they want to set the new team as an example for the escort team, they will not let some related parties join in. As long as the newly joined guards have no interests, I will have the confidence to control them."

Connor said confidently.

"Well, before the new team is established, what are you going to do with these Warcraft users? You can't let them stay at the headquarters all the time."

Halson turned his head and looked in the direction of the cafeteria. There were no idlers in the escort team. If these monsters were to do nothing all day long, they would definitely attract criticism from other guards.

"They can't do escort work. I plan to let them patrol with the militia first and observe their abilities and character."

Connor knew that these Warcraft envoys had been living in Firefly Town for a while and were not yet worthy of complete trust.

In addition, Director Gavin also told him to test it first, so he decided to let these Warcraft users do patrol work.

You may encounter anything while patrolling, so it’s a good time to check it out.

As the saying goes: If you want to know whether the mud donkey can evolve into a heavy mud draft horse, you have to pull it out for a ride.

He wanted to see if these Warcraft envoys had any dazzling potential.

"The patrol must have a general range. Where do you want them to patrol?" Halson then asked.

Connor thought for a while, then answered:

"Well, how about the area near the Colosseum? There are both civilian Warcraft users and nobles there. You can test their adaptability and attitude towards the nobles."

"Colosseum? That place is not very clean." Halson frowned, obviously knowing some inside information about the Colosseum.

"Yes, I have reported it to the president a long time ago, but he has always been vague. Perhaps the pressure brought by the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce is too great, making him unwilling to take this risk."

Connor also hated the Colosseum, but he also understood that the Colosseum was one of the important sources of income for the Chamber of Commerce, and with his current status and voice, he simply could not get involved.

Only when he takes the position of captain can he change everything.

"Aren't you afraid that they will be disappointed in our Chamber of Commerce?"

Halson looked at Connor and saw him saying with a heavy expression:

"No matter how disappointed they are, only by seeing the dark side can they strengthen their determination to reform!"

"I have decided to let them patrol near the Colosseum!"

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"What is the Colosseum? Is it a place where monsters fight?"

At the same time, Chen Yan and Watson also talked about the Colosseum.

"It's not just the battle between Warcraft. There are also battles between Warcraft and Warcraft in the Colosseum, as well as fights between humans and Warcraft."

"And unlike ordinary battle performances, there is blood in the Colosseum. In most cases, the battle will only end if one party dies."

Watson gave a brief explanation of the Colosseum.

"Is it similar to the Colosseum in ancient Rome? Sure enough, no matter where in the world, there will be people who like to watch this kind of bloody 'performance'"

Chen Yan muttered softly.

"What did you say?" Watson didn't hear what Chen Yan said clearly.

"Nothing, why do you think those people were taken to the Colosseum?"

Chen Yan changed the topic and said that he had already told Watson and others the general situation before.

As a result, as soon as Watson heard about the Colosseum, he was sure that Grandpa Judy and the others were taken to the Colosseum by the guards, and he must have some inside knowledge.

Upon hearing Chen Yan's inquiry, Watson first glanced at Judy, as well as Mark and Hart standing aside, with a troubled expression.

Then he sighed and slowly explained:

"Actually, most people in the guard team know about this. Some guards will arrest poor people who come to the business district on various charges and sell them to the Colosseum in exchange for money."

"That's why I'm sure that the poor people you are looking for must have been sold to the Colosseum by the guards."

As soon as Watson finished speaking, before Chen Yan could speak, he heard Hart shouting in an angry tone:

"Why don't we know about this kind of thing? Aren't we also guards of the escort team? Why do you sell people from the slums to the Colosseum? They haven't broken the law. Do the people in the slums deserve to die?!"

Hart is no longer a newcomer. He certainly knows where the Colosseum is. Almost no human beings who perform in it make it out alive.

Generally speaking, only criminals with unforgivable crimes, or those who have no choice but to sell themselves to the Colosseum to make money, will perform so-called animal fighting performances.

But those poor people were different. They clearly did not break the law and did not want to exchange their lives for money. The guards forcibly took them to the Colosseum.

The most important thing is that they didn't get a single copper coin for selling themselves, and all the money went to the guards. It was simply unconscionable!

Watson listened to Hart's question and lowered his head in silence.

Mark on the side said coldly: "Let me answer for Captain Watson. They are just deliberately concealing it. Don't forget our origins. They know that we can't be complicit with them, so they try every means to hide this matter." thing."

"Most of the escorts are people from the business district. They control various information channels. It is easy to hide this matter. No wonder we have never received the task of patrolling near the Colosseum. It turns out that we are afraid of We found something dirty inside!”

Both Mark and Hart were born in the slums. People in the slums have one characteristic. No matter how fiercely they fight in the slums, they will try their best to support each other after leaving the slums.

Because they know that no one in Guanhai City will look down upon them except the people in the slums. They can only survive outside by hugging together for warmth.

Now they hear that poor people with the same background as themselves are being trafficked wantonly by their colleagues, how can they not feel angry?

Mark and Hart inevitably felt a sense of sadness in their hearts.

They couldn't help but wonder if they were not so lucky to become a guard, would they also end up like this?

If their descendants did not become guards, would they also be sold to the Colosseum to fight monsters?

The more they thought about it, the sadder they felt, and their hatred for the guards grew.

Facing the cold eyes of Hart and Mark, Watson smiled bitterly and said:

"You are right, they are indeed deliberately hiding it from you guards who come from the slums, and they also hide it from guards like me who are not involved. I only recently discovered this through my team members."

"As soon as I found out about this, I reported it to Captain Hart, but he said he couldn't do anything about it because there were too many interests involved."

"I can't do anything about things that he can't intervene in. I can only force the team members not to participate in it. This also led to the failure of the last escort mission. Some team members even threw dirty water on me."

"I wanted to argue with reason, but after seeing that they chose to slander me for their own interests, I gave up the argument and left the guard team in despair."

After hearing Watson's explanation, Mark fell into confusion again.

Even if they followed Hart's brother's plan and let Boss Barry become the team leader, what would happen? Even Captain Watson and Captain Hart couldn't change the status quo, not to mention the guards who came from the slums.

At that time, they can only watch the people in the slums being sold to the Colosseum. What is the point of their efforts?

It seems that no matter what they do, they can't change other people's views on the slums.

Their wish is simple, just to be treated as normal people, but why is this wish so difficult to achieve?

Just as Mark became more and more pessimistic, Chen Yan spoke.

"It's easy to do if we know the place. Let's go to the Colosseum to get some information first, and then find a way to rescue those people."

Watson and Mark heard this and showed surprised expressions.

"Your action is to rescue those poor people in the Colosseum? No wonder you are enemies with the guards."

Although Watson was a little surprised, he quickly accepted it. Who let Chen Yan and others be knights who abide by the spirit of chivalry in his heart? It's normal to do such a thing.

Instead, Mark exclaimed in disbelief:

"Are you crazy? The guards will not let you go!"

"So what? I've wanted to meet this bunch of scum for a long time."

Xu Ruofeng said, rubbing his hands.

"But why are you doing this?"

Mark asked with a puzzled look on his face. These people are obviously nobles, why do they have to save the poor?

"Do you need a reason to save people?"

Chen Yan asked back.

Mark was stunned when he heard it. Yes, when did you need a reason to save people, not to mention that the people you saved were from their slums.

It seems that he was still influenced by those businessmen and started to think about benefits when he encountered things.

Little did he know that there are many things in this world that cannot be measured by benefits.

Thinking of this, Mark said firmly: