Chapter 529: Mother Zero, resist. Resistance is useless.
"No matter what you say, you can't let Mother Zero run away!"
After a brief chat with Su Mo, Xia Mi brought up business and his tone was unusually firm.
Not to mention the one-sided good relationship between her and Ling, she absolutely cannot ignore Ling's similar state to Su Mo.
"That makes sense."
Su Mo nodded. In this regard, he and Xia Mi were on a united front.
However, some things can't be achieved just by wanting them.
"Before that, Zero's problem must be solved."
After hearing this, Miss Xia Mi thought for two seconds, and then said aggressively.
"I'm going to settle the score with Lu Mingze right now!"
Although I don't know what went wrong, beating Lu Mingze should be able to solve the problem. If not, then beat him twice.
Anyway, she is better than Lu Mingze now.
"It's useless to look for him. The main problem lies with Zero himself."
Su Mo immediately stopped Xia Mi's idea of "a villain succeeds". Lu Mingze has always followed the rules since the alliance was formed. Naturally, they cannot break the rules rashly. Their real enemy is the Black King.
and--
"I asked Lu Mingze, and although the answer he gave was unclear, he didn't mind our interference in Zero's issue."
Recalling his previous conversation with Lu Mingze, Su Mo said this.
As the guardian, Lu Mingze told them that they could do whatever they wanted, which was equivalent to giving them privileges. There was no point in looking for Lu Mingze again.
"Eh? Is that so? Then can't we just lock Mother Zero in the basement?"
After hearing Su Mo's words, Miss Xia Mi's eyes lit up, and the plan she proposed was simple and crude.
"Boom!"
Su Mo hit Xia Mi on the head with a knife.
"Seriously!"
"Oh~ I'm serious!"
Xia Mi covered his head and muttered softly. Seeing that Su Mo obviously disagreed, he had to continue thinking.
If you want to solve Mother Zero's problem, you must first know what problem she has, and obviously she herself is not willing to talk about it.
And there seems to be only one person who can pry open Ling's taciturn mouth.
"Wait...I have an idea!"
Miss Xia Mi had an idea and said excitedly.
"real?"
Su Mo was a little surprised.
"Of course it's true. Didn't I say that I will leave the matter of Ling's mother to me, but I also need your cooperation."
Miss Xia Mi held her head high and patted her chest.
"any solution?"
Su Mo asked curiously.
"You'll find out later."
Xia Mi blinked, gave up, then made a fist with one hand on his chest and cheered himself up.
"Let's go! This time we must completely defeat Mother Zero. Even if we can't get her heart, we still have to get her body!"
"..."
What kind of weird slogan is this?
Su Mo was speechless for a moment.
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After a while, Su Mo and Xia Mi returned to the room in the Black Market Mansion and quickly washed and dried their clothes with Yanling.
When he returned to Su Mo's room, Ling had been sitting at attention on the edge of the bed for several minutes. He quickly stood up after seeing the two of them.
The crumpled sheets on Su Mo's bed had also been tidied up by her. Except for the small butt marks, it was impossible to tell that anyone had been lying here.
"Su Mo..."
Zero raised his head and looked at the man in front of him, his ice-blue eyes seemed to be shrouded in clouds.
"What's up?"
Su Mo asked directly.
With Miss Xia Mi's introduction, he was mentally prepared for what Zero was going to say.
Zero naturally knew why Xia Mi left with Su Mo just now, and she must have explained the situation to him, but she didn't care about this, because what she wanted to do would not change.
"My mission is over, I want to resign and leave."
The second time he said this, Zero's voice was even more trembling than before.
After all, I told Xia Mi about this last time, and this time I told Su Mo.
After hearing Zero's words, the expression on Su Mo's face was extremely calm. He did not reply anything, but directly extended his hand.
"?"
Ling tilted his head, feeling that this posture was inexplicably familiar.
Before he could ask, he saw a rope on Su Mo's hand appearing from empty to solid, which was exactly the same as the dragon-binding rope that Xia Mi had pulled out before.
"...Su Mo, what are you going to do?"
Ling's mouth twitched slightly and he asked speechlessly.
How come this guy is exactly like Xia Mi, who takes out a rope and wants to tie himself up whenever he disagrees?
"I'm thinking of tying you up and putting you in the basement for training...Okay, don't stare at me like that, it's just a joke."
Su Mo clapped his hands and scattered the dragon-binding rope in his hands.
Then, he looked at Zero seriously.
"turn down."
"What?"
Ling was slightly startled.
"I said I rejected your request."
"But this is not a request, this is a notification."
"Then I will reject your notice."
"..."
Ling was speechless. Not to mention that she was not an employee of Su Mo. Even if she was, which black-hearted company could not allow workers to resign?
The scene was at a stalemate for a while, and Ling tried to convince others with reason.
"You can't allow me to leave for the rest of your life, and it may not be a good thing for you if I stay here,"
"No, I can."
"Um?"
"I mean, I can stop you all the time and prevent you from leaving. Even if we don't close the basement, we have a hundred ways to get you back."
Su Mo said the gangster's remarks in the style of Miss Xia Mi naturally, and then added.
"As for the latter point, you can elaborate on it."
"...I told you, can you allow me to leave?"
"cannot!"
"..."
The scene was at a stalemate again, and Zero was suppressed to the point of losing control.
Only then did she realize that under these two people, even leaving was not an easy matter. As Su Mo said, he would never give up on anyone.
After thinking for more than ten seconds, she decided to do what she could do in her plan first.
so--
"Do you still remember the memory card I gave you?"
Zero looked straight at Su Mo.
"Remember."
Su Mo nodded. He specifically checked the audio inside using a computer that was not connected to the Internet, and knew that it was Bondarev's banging sound.
"Watch out for that guy!"
Zero lowered his voice and then added.
"And I!"
Of course, Herzog, who is already dead, does not need to be careful. What needs to be careful is the other person this audio can deal with.
With the strength shown by Lu Mingze, it was extremely difficult to avoid being discovered to this extent. No matter how clear it was, it would be easy to be discovered. Fortunately, with Su Mo's IQ, it was impossible not to understand what she meant.
This was indeed the case. Su Mo quickly realized that the person Ling asked him to be careful about was Lu Mingze, but he did not have any unnecessary suspicion because of this. Instead, he quickly understood the reason why Ling resigned.
Lu Mingze's weakness was so obvious that it was impossible for him to risk his brother. Su Mo would not trust this little devil 100%, but if he really planned to betray the covenant, Zero would not have the chance to tell him.
Therefore, this resignation was probably a misunderstanding, and he probably understood why Lu Mingze asked him to solve it by himself.
"What if I said there's nothing to worry about?"
Su Mo tried to explain the misunderstanding.
However--
"Then you must have been deceived by his appearance!"
Ling said very seriously, his little face was full of seriousness, and his eyes looking at Su Mo were a little anxious, like an old mother seeing a simple child who was deceived by green tea.
It seems that a simple explanation is not effective, and Lu Mingze's personal image management is indeed not good.
"...What if I'm worried?"
"Then let me leave!"
Zero replied firmly that not only her, but Su Mo should be wary of the approach of all strangers. He should not be so defenseless like he was with her. It was too dangerous.
Seeing Zero's firm eyes, Su Mo felt that it was not easy to complete the persuasion.
Persuasion skills are not omnipotent, they are just an added bonus for beings with strong will and strength.
Su Mo and Xia Mi immediately exchanged glances and used snakes to pull the group together to exchange information.
After listening to Su Mo's information, Xia Mi, who had just vowed to boast that he had a solution, was stunned. Even Su Mo's eloquence couldn't convince the current mother Ling? Is it so terrible?
Based on her understanding of herself, even now she may not be able to withstand Su Mo's temptation. She didn't expect that Ling's mother was so strong.
"So, what was the method you just said you had in mind?"
Hearing Su Mo's expectant question in his mind, Xia Mi felt a bit stuck.
The way she thought of was to use Su Mo's eloquence to persuade the other party. If this was not possible, what should she do?
"What's wrong, Xia Mi, can't you do it?"
Seemingly unable to detect her silence, Su Mo asked again in confusion.
"How is that possible? I'm super capable!"
Miss Xia Mi immediately retorted reflexively.
It didn’t matter if Su Mo said no to other places, why should this place suffer? She refused to accept it!
While she was anxiously thinking of a solution, out of the corner of her eye she suddenly noticed Ling who was also in distress. An idea suddenly flashed in Xia Mi's mind and she thought of a solution.
After giving Su Mo a "Don't panic, watch me do it" look, Xia Mi cleared his throat and looked at Ling.
"Ahem! You must have noticed, Mother Ling, that Su Mo and I can't agree to your request. Even if you want to leave, you can't escape from our grasp. With your strength, resistance is useless!"
After making a villainous declaration first, she softened her tone and said again.
"However, we are not such unreasonable people. If Mother Zero insists on doing this, we can understand your thoughts... So, I can give you a chance."
"what chance?"
Ling asked doubtfully.
She sneered at the first half of Xia Mi's words and ignored them.
Based on her understanding of Xia Mi and Su Mo, they are such unreasonable people. Otherwise, they would not have a dragon rope and want to lock themselves in the basement. Would Xia Mi really give him a chance?
"certainly!"
Miss Xia Mi said with her head held high.
"I can give you a chance and lend Su Mo to you tomorrow. If you can successfully convince Su Mo within tomorrow, I will let you leave. Otherwise, you will have no choice but to fall into my clutches!"
She put forward the conditions that she agreed to.
Since Su Mo has difficulty convincing Ling, let Ling convince Su Mo. If she fails, she will have no choice but to stay.
This is an almost guaranteed profit. No matter whether what Ling says makes sense or not, as long as Su Mo doesn't listen, she will never win.
If he were an ordinary person, he would naturally not agree to such an unfair game. The referee and the athletes are all Su Mo, so how can we fight?
But after hearing Xia Mi's words, Zero breathed a sigh of relief.
According to Xia Mi's style, if she doesn't put forward the conditions to take advantage of her, there will be problems, which means that she has no intention of fulfilling the agreement.
But now she just put forward an almost impossible condition, which means that as long as she fulfills this condition, she can no longer stop him.
The only problem is that I don't know how to convince Su Mo.
After glancing at Su Mo, Ling felt a little unsure.
But if you think about it carefully, no matter how nostalgic you are, who would really keep someone who is harmful to them?
Lu Mingze once said that only useful people can survive to the end.
And obviously, she is not a useful person to Su Mo now.
She has taught all her maid skills, and even if Su Mo needs to take care of her, Eri Yi and Nono should be able to take her place.
After losing these advantages, he was left with the identity of a spy sent by his allies with suspected ulterior motives. The stronger the person with this identity, the greater the threat. Su Mo obviously had no reason to leave behind.
As long as these points are pointed out, I believe Su Mo can only agree with his own opinion.
Looking at it this way, the possibility of convincing Su Mo is not small.
With this thought in mind, after thinking about it for a few minutes, Zero nodded directly.
"No problem, give me a day and I can try to convince Su Mo. However, I need Su Mo to confirm this."
Although she was willing to accept the conditions proposed by Xia Mi, she was not willing to believe in Miss Xia Mi's character, and it was not impossible for her to do things that she would later regret.
It would be more reassuring to have Su Mo, who has a better reputation, guarantee it.
"Su Mo, are you willing?"
Miss Xia Mi didn't notice Zero's hidden contempt and looked directly at Su Mo.
"Of course I do. Zero's problem is more important than Levatein. It's okay to wait for her for a week, let alone a day."
After thinking for two seconds, Su Mo said impassionedly.
"Even if it delays the plan, allows Odin to win, and puts us in danger, we won't hesitate!"
PUA! This green tea-like line definitely belongs to PUA!
The translation is - "Mother Zero, you don't want to put us in danger because of your delay, right?"
This level of PUA is actually very easy to crack, as long as the other party doesn't care about your hints, or is thick-skinned.
After all, Su Mo was threatening his own safety, and this kind of rhetoric was of no use to people who didn't care about his safety.
It's a pity that Ling doesn't belong to these two. She is neither thick-skinned enough nor can she worry about Su Mo and Xia Mi's affairs.
At this critical moment, if it really hindered Su Mo, then her original intention of not wanting to implicate Su Mo would be meaningless.
Therefore, even though he knew that Su Mo and Su Mo told her on purpose, Zero could not really ignore this possibility, so he could only change his mind.
"Half a day, half a day is enough!"
This loli, who has a tough mouth and a soft heart, is easy to control as long as she grasps her weak points.
Seeing that Su Mo's move was effective, Miss Xia Mi's eyes lit up and she immediately tried to hit the snake with a stick.
"Mother Zero, half a day is a bit long, why not change it to half an hour! Otherwise, you don't want to see us in danger because we wasted half an hour!"
"..."
Zero was speechless for the third time.
It took half an hour to convince Su Mo, why don’t you go to heaven?
Moreover, in Xia Mi’s style, he actually dared to say that half an hour is important——
"Have you forgotten the time you usually stay in bed? If you care so much about half an hour, I will wake you up at six o'clock tomorrow morning!"
Zero in turn threatens.
She is not a fool and will not be frightened by lies.
Although the situation was urgent now, it was not time to race against time, otherwise she would not have asked to leave at this time.
It's okay to shorten it to half a day, half an hour or something, why not just ask her to surrender.
"Then forget it!"
Miss Xia Mi gave up at the speed of light.
She couldn't get up at six o'clock.
After taking care of Miss Xia Mi, Zero turned to look at Su Mo, wanting to know what he was thinking.
"make a deal!"
Su Mo did not try to push the envelope and reached a consensus immediately.
Half a day is just the right time. When Zero tries to persuade him, her psychological thoughts will inevitably be exposed. Once he understands the key to Zero's psychological problem, his persuasion skills will come in handy.
In this way, both parties reached an agreement, and the results will be available only tomorrow.