Children are often asked a question when they are young... Do you like your father or your mother more?
This is a very difficult question no matter how you answer it. Under normal circumstances, children will say "like them all", but there are always people who want their children to make a choice, and Hai Yunlan was asked this question when she was a child.
"You must choose one, and that is dad."
Hai Yunlan's father... is an extremely upright man, a so-called "good man".
However, being a "good person" is not that easy. Especially in Black Pine Town.
People in Black Pine Town teach their children to be cautious, not to offend others easily, and not to reveal their names to strangers.
Under normal circumstances, parents will give their children nicknames, and then call their children by their nicknames in public. However, household registration must have a real name. Anyone who dares not to register will be severely punished. In black
In Songzhen, illegal households without registered names are not allowed to exist.
The school educates children: Don’t bear grudges against others, and don’t seek revenge. Because in Black Pine Town, even a tiny amount of hatred may lead to horrific consequences.
Everyone has the ability to easily send the people around them to the underworld, so no one dares to offend others easily, and everyone is afraid of being hated by others.
But...the Faceless Club is an exception.
They are equipped with sophisticated weapons and uniform masks, which can not only hide their faces, but can even change their voices. This special mask seems to be warm in winter and cool in summer, and is of excellent quality. It is difficult for ordinary people to take off the mask easily.
And the most terrifying thing is that the Faceless Society can obviously easily obtain the household registration information of the townspeople. As long as they see your appearance, they can quickly find out your name.
The original threat of death, which was equal to everyone, was broken when the Faceless Society was born.
When the Faceless Society was first born, they were not actually so evil. They unified all the local gangs, and although they collected protection fees, they did maintain basic security and order.
It was impossible for the regional councilors to wear masks to hide their identities, so they were willing to act as a protective umbrella for the Wu Mian Hui who quickly unified the gangs and established a new order, providing them with the household registration information of the townspeople. There were rumors at the time that the leader of the Wu Mian Hui was a regional councilman.
Two corners.
Collusion between officials and gangsters is actually not a rare thing in this Southeast Asian country, but the situation of face-to-face meetings is more special.
The public security system and the Faceless Society, black and white, have established a tacit balance and order. Ordinary townspeople have no choice but to pay two taxes, one to the government and one to the Faceless Society.
but……
Although the Faceless Society has so-called rules and regulations, and internal members often do not know each other's identities, after all, it is impossible to really enforce the rules and prohibitions without offending the townspeople. When the townspeople become accustomed to taming them, the power of the Faceless Society gradually begins.
Expansion.
DiLevito is already a highly corrupt country. As long as the government and the Faceless Society follow the principle of non-aggression, on this basis, no matter what the Faceless Society does, the government will not pursue it. Most of the regional councilors know the identity of the leader of the Faceless Society.
But as long as the Faceless Society does not harm his own interests and gives him a timely confession, why should he offend the Faceless Society?
Therefore, in this Black Pine Town, there are two taboos that are absolutely not allowed to be violated: First, no one can disobey the Faceless Society or use force against the Faceless Society. Second, no one can investigate the identity of the members of the Faceless Society. Violating any of these,
Then he will be judged as a sinner, and not only will he be paraded through the streets, but he will also be cursed in the end, with black spots appearing on his body, and he will die from the curse.
Hai Yunlan's father violated Article 1.
Because the Faceless Society has become extremely arrogant, not to mention loan sharking, opening casinos, human trafficking, forcing girls into prostitution, and smuggling arms and drugs. They can now kill people at will in broad daylight.
No one dared to resist.
Because your identity information can be found out by the Faceless Society at any time, and then as a sinner, you will be cursed and turned into a black skeleton.
As long as those who die are not family members, everyone can only grit their teeth and endure it.
My father once said to his uncle: "Will our children be able to grow up in Black Pine Town in the future? If anyone dares to immigrate and escape from Black Reef Island, he will immediately become a black skeleton!"
"We have no choice." The uncle shook his head and persuaded his father: "Brother-in-law, we can only endure it. Those who dared to secretly resist the Faceless Society in the past will soon have traitors inside. Because no one knows whether the people around them are members of the Faceless Society.
.Furthermore, in order to consume the back spirits of non-internal personnel, the Faceless Society often forces passers-by to use their own back spirits to curse the sinners they have condemned. Then, the process of these people's curses will be recorded on video..."
"Record a video?" My father was surprised at the time, "Will I use the video to threaten the other party later?"
"Yes. If it is known that he has no spirit behind him and still works as a lackey for the Faceless Society, people's hatred for the Faceless Society will immediately be vented on this person. Under such circumstances, they will obey the words of the Faceless Society even more."
At that time, Hai Yunlan was watching secretly outside the door. She saw her father rushing to her uncle and asked: "Brother! Have you ever been forced by the Faceless Society?"
"yes……"
Perhaps unable to bear the guilt of his conscience and his belief in his brother-in-law's character, the uncle fell to his knees on the ground and cried bitterly: "I was just passing by at that time, and they were taking turns...a woman. The woman had almost fainted, and when they saw
I looked angry and suddenly rushed up to me, forcing me to curse the woman and turn her into a black skeleton..."
"You, you did that?"
"They just took a picture of me with their mobile phone and immediately said my name. Then, they told me the name and appearance of the woman, and said, if I don't do it, let me..."
Hai Yunlan could hardly believe her ears when she heard these words.
"Why? Why do they..."
"They need to consume as much as possible the souls behind the townspeople who are not Faceless. My angry expression shows that I have a sense of justice, and I am the person they regard most as a thorn in their flesh."
The uncle continued: "Ever since I was little, I have had this female ghost behind me. She would ask me for names at a fixed time every day. I have never said anyone's name..."
"Did you really say that then?"
"That woman's name is Suping Menglu... I will never forget her name. That night, she turned into a black skeleton lying on the ground in a comatose state..."
"At that moment, I felt that the female ghost was far less scary than these humans!"