Boom!
Just as Wu Jian’s head was directly lifted high by this senior manager and placed in front of these middle-level managers, the entire crowd erupted.
“That’s Big Brother Wu Jian’s head! Damn it, how dare you desecrate his body like that? You are also a Blue Star Human; killing him is one thing, but desecrating his body like this will bring retribution!”
“Killing him wasn’t enough for you, and now you even want to insult his corpse? You’re truly something! I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear I will kill you! I will kill your whole family!”
“Big Brother Wu Jian, I will avenge you! Big Brother Wu Jian, boohoo! Big Brother Wu Jian, I will avenge you, rest in peace! Big Brother Wu Jian, I will definitely avenge you!”
Among this group of middle-level managers, angry curses, reprimands, and sounds of painful weeping all emerged.
Everyone was extremely furious, especially those middle-level managers who had a better relationship with Wu Jian. At this moment, their faces were flushed, their eyes bloodshot, and they raised their weapons, wanting to charge forward with the people around them.
They were frantically, crazily determined to avenge Wu Jian, even if it meant sacrificing their own lives. They truly had been provoked.
Especially seeing Wu Jian’s head, still dripping blood as it was held high, made their minds completely explode, their brains blank, covered by rage.
There was nothing like this.
There was no such thing as desecrating someone’s body, directly chopping off their head, and then holding it up to show off to them, as if flaunting power.
This was already a provocation.
“Shut up, you guys! Do you even know what happened? I’m holding up the head of this guy named Wu Jian because I want to tell you that this guy is connected to the remnants of the Diesel Company, and he’s very deeply involved!”
However, this senior manager, holding Wu Jian’s head, suddenly roared loudly. Looking at the middle-level managers, his face was extremely solemn, and he said through gritted teeth, “Don’t you know you’ve all been deceived by this guy? This guy is a remnant of the Diesel Company! He was originally the most important pawn planted by the Diesel Company’s remnants into Deherim! All of you have been deceived by him!”
After he finished speaking, those middle-level managers who were originally furiously charging forward, including the leaders among them, all looked dumbfounded. They instinctively stopped their charge forward, and their angry faces turned somewhat bewildered.
Because what this senior manager said was truly too shocking; it stunned them on the spot. Especially when he used the excuse that Wu Jian was a remnant of the Diesel Company, these middle-level managers looked at Wu Jian’s head, which was already dripping blood and disfigured, and one by one, they stopped.
They really had no choice. They couldn't continue fighting them, especially after these middle-level managers heard that Wu Jian was involved with the remnants of the Diesel Company and was himself an important pawn planted by the Diesel Company’s remnants into Deherim. They trembled even more in their hearts.
Sometimes, they don’t need a real excuse, nor do they need real evidence. Just a simple, even casually fabricated excuse can change their inner thoughts.
This is human nature.
Sometimes they unite for a goal, but also because of a casual remark from someone else, they start to believe it due to various emotions and inner fears. Even if they don’t believe it, they are willing to believe it, forcing themselves to believe it, so that they can survive.
Now, these middle-level managers were already in this state. A large number of them had already wavered because they were not originally acquainted. They were originally neutral, although they were very united, all united around Wu Jian.
But now, not only has Wu Jian himself died, but his five most trusted right-hand men have also died. The remaining trusted individuals, although still able to rally everyone here, the organizational strength now is entirely due to inertia. It cannot be compared to the situation where Wu Jian’s single word could unite them.
Most of the neutral faction are actually fence-sitters. Even these so-called united middle-level managers are fence-sitters. Moreover, they haven't been united for long; they only united recently, and it was due to the oppression of the senior managers.
Now that their leader has died, what more can be said?
“Very good, these fools are finally starting to waver. As expected. These fools are naive fools and cannot truly shake the foundation of us senior managers. Now, with just a small trick, we have completely divided them.” This senior manager, holding Wu Jian’s head, looked at the middle-level managers who had suddenly stopped. They were no longer shouting about fighting and killing, but instead were angrily blaming each other. The smile on his face became increasingly mocking.
But he also understood that he shouldn't relax his guard at this moment. Instead, he pushed aside the senior managers protecting him and came to the very front.
He was also holding Wu Jian’s head, and the blood from Wu Jian’s severed neck even dripped onto his face, but this senior manager didn’t mind it at all. Instead, he loudly said, “It’s true. Everything I said is true. You’ve all been deceived. You don’t know what Wu Jian did. He was secretly plotting with his brothers and negotiating with us, saying he wanted to sacrifice all of you in exchange for joining the ranks of the senior managers. In reality, the people we came to arrest were him and his right-hand men. They are actually part of the remnants of the Diesel Company. Otherwise, think about it carefully, why would he insist on taking the lead to unite all of you and resist us?”
This senior manager directly spoke such words, and they were words that inverted cause and effect. Because these senior managers ostracized these middle-level managers, these middle-level managers united to resist these senior managers.
Furthermore, don't even mention why these middle-level managers secretly submitted their names at that time. It was also because these senior managers had always monopolized the opportunities for middle-level managers to be promoted, giving no chance to others. That's why those ambitious individuals, following Zhang Bo's hint, united and submitted their names, gaining the possibility of moving up.
It was precisely because of these senior managers that these middle-level managers united.
And it also allowed these ostracized middle-level managers to form their current force, which can already contend with the senior managers, and even has the potential to sideline them.
And it has also formed the second powerful force among these senior managers.
Moreover, because their development speed was getting faster and faster, and the number of Spiritual Realm Commanders they possessed was increasing, they had already begun to subtly overshadow the senior managers.
That’s why these senior managers were so furious and ruthless, directly launching a massacre against them. It was for the cruelest kind of political struggle: to directly nip it in the bud, to directly decapitate, precisely because they didn’t want to have any qualms. They just wanted all these middle-level managers to die.
There's only so much cake now, and of course they want to eat the fattest, largest piece. Even if Deherim's cake grows larger in the future, they still want to eat the largest and most. If possible, they want to swallow the entire cake themselves, not giving any to others.
This is the mindset of those in power, this is the greed of those in power.
Even if they have to share the cake with others, it should be shared with their own. Why should it be shared with these middle-level managers who are opposing them? Why should it be shared with these guys who are resisting them? They are all enemies, they are all competitors, they are all potential challengers, and they have even directly formed a challenging relationship.
The cake must be eaten by themselves.
So now this senior manager is confusing cause and effect.
The purpose is to completely divide these middle-level managers, and then allow their subsequent tactics to proceed more effectively.
The goal is to first eliminate the leaders among these middle-level managers, kill all of them, completely dismantle the power of these middle-level managers, and then settle accounts later, secretly eliminating the ordinary middle-level managers one by one. This is to let everyone know that the consequence of challenging them is such a cruel fate.
This was no longer just a simple act of nipping something in the bud; it was an act of establishing authority. If these middle-level managers could not all be eliminated, then the authority of these senior managers would suffer a great impact.
According to Zhou Mo, it was about annihilating these middle-level managers, leaving no one, and striking fear into the hearts of the other Blue Star Humans.
To let them know, to let all Blue Star Humans know, that if they dared to challenge their authority again, they would face the same fate as now: they would be killed, to make them afraid.
Thereby, making them so afraid that they would no longer dare to challenge the authority of these senior managers.
Now is the most crucial stage for establishing authority!
“Why do you say that? Do you have evidence that Big Brother Wu Jian and his associates are involved with the remnants of the Diesel Company? If you don’t, then we still won’t let you off.”
At this moment, among the crowd of middle-level managers, a leader who was close to Wu Jian roared loudly again. Looking at Wu Jian’s distorted head, he truly couldn’t believe that Big Brother Wu Jian, who had always taken such good care of him, was actually a remnant of the Diesel Company.
After all, he had been very close to Wu Jian before and had never discovered such a situation.
“That’s right, give us evidence, give us evidence! We want evidence, we want evidence!”
“Give us evidence, give us evidence, give us evidence now!”
Around them, the middle-level managers also shouted loudly, each one appearing incredibly angry. However, compared to the tense, ready-to-die-for-it attitude they had just moments ago, wanting to attack the senior managers and their lackeys, they were now demanding evidence instead of directly resorting to action.
This indicated that they had all been appeased, or at least they had an excuse in their hearts not to rush forward to their deaths anymore.
“Of course we have evidence, because it is precisely because we have evidence that we came here. Otherwise, why do you think we would come here? Do you really think we dare to fight you? Do you really want to kill all of you middle-level managers? After all, Lord Shen Mu is still the one who calls the shots in Deherim above. Do you think we can really make all the decisions?”
However, this senior manager stepped forward again without any hint of guilt, raising Wu Jian’s head high and loudly declared, “Wu Jian never told you any of this. You’ve all been deceived by Wu Jian. We came here precisely after reporting to Lord Shen Mu. Do you think we really dare to kill a Spiritual Realm Commander who is already on Lord Shen Mu’s list? You overestimate us too much. Do we senior managers even have the authority to execute others? When have you ever seen us directly kill Blue Star Humans? Our rule in Deherim is that Blue Star Humans manage Blue Star Humans. If there’s any wrongdoing, it’s reported to Lord Shen Mu for his decision. Do you think we would conduct a private trial?”
This senior manager spoke with righteous indignation, loudly reprimanding the middle-level managers without a hint of guilt. He knew that at this moment, he shouldn't show any sign of guilt, which was why he could subdue these middle-level managers. As for what evidence or reasons these middle-level managers wanted, he still felt like laughing inside.
Do you need a reason to kill these middle-level managers, these competitors?
In a cruel political struggle, any fabricated reason is enough to kill them all. Dead people cannot speak; dead people cannot demand reasons or evidence.
As for the questions about investment promotion he was asked earlier, he didn’t answer them at all. But precisely because of this lack of guilt, these middle-level managers one by one stopped their shouts.
In their hearts, they couldn't believe it, yet they were forced to believe it.
Wu Jian truly seemed to be a remnant of the Diesel Company.
They had all been deceived. (End of Chapter)