Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 19: Leadership is all about pretending to be a boss

  The layout of the village of Montel is different from that of Tangjia Village, with houses not uniformly arranged, like a star plate, with each house dotted on it.

  The team entered the village, and all the villagers ran out. The parents looked at their injured son, the wife stared at her injured husband, and the cries and shouts were endless.

  I found that most of the people in Montel village are blond-haired and blue-eyed whites, and from their appearance, most of them are mixed-blood.

  Somehow, the cacophony of wailing voices gradually turned into a single voice, all accusing Gute.

  Gutu's face was gloomy and silent, standing on the small path of the village.

  "Remove him as team captain!" a furious old woman in her fifties shouted.

  "Abolish, abolish, abolish." Others echoed in response.

  "What are you doing?" The old village chief shouted, shaking his hands: "At first, the young people wanted to take the team to Tangjia Village to grab the Ling mouse, I was not in agreement. It was you who strongly requested it and I agreed. What's going on now? Your son is seriously injured, and Gu Te is gone? This mistake can only be blamed on everyone."

  Not to mention the village chief's dignity is still there, most of the older generation in the village are silent, only some young people are still arguing.

  "Going to Tangjia Village is definitely the right direction, but Gu Tie is stubborn and doesn't listen to everyone's opinions. Now he has put everyone in harm's way. If Tangjia Village sends people over to investigate, who can we rely on?"

  The village elder said: "If the people of Tangjia Village dare to cheat too much, this old bone is not a vegetarian."

  "I strongly suggest abolishing Captain Gutierrez's position!" This group of young people completely disregarded the village chief's loud and boastful words, inciting him to continue.

  "Yes, we don't need this kind of failed captain, what we need is a captain who can lead us to victory."

  From start to finish, Gu Te didn't say a word. At this moment, he raised his head and controlled his emotions with great effort: "Tangjiacun won't send anyone over because they also suffered heavy casualties."

  "That's what you said, who believes it!" The young people said.

  "It's just that one person is taking on an entire village, can't he even be a Soul Master?"

  "Hahaha!" The young people burst out laughing.

  Gut looked at me apologetically, saw my expressionless face, and shouted loudly: "Monkas, who doesn't know about your little tricks? Where's your big brother? Let him come out. This captain, I don't care. As long as he has the ability, give it to him. But," Gut paused, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Don't be rude to a benefactor!"

  I had seen it long ago that there were two factions among the young and strong in Montel village, and none of those who accused Gute were participants in tonight's action.

  I walked up slowly and patted the excited Gute, saying coldly to everyone around: "This time your actions have failed. But has anyone thought about why?"

  My gaze swept over the group of wounded Montel youths, and I said in a low voice: "This time, those who went were all seriously injured. Indeed, there are fewer people, but do you really think you are much worse than the Tangjia villagers? If they hadn't been well-prepared in advance, wouldn't the result be better?"

  These wounded young men were all hot-blooded males, and the more seriously injured they were, the more passionate they became. Upon hearing this, each of them was emotionally stirred.

  I looked at the uninjured villagers of Monter again, sneering: "Seeing your brothers who went to fight for the village's interests get seriously injured, not only did you not comfort and take care of them, but instead you scolded and blamed them, even fighting for power. Hehe, this makes me suspect your intentions. Did their injuries make your strength stronger? I've met Tang Genyou before, his abilities are average, how could he be so certain about your actions tonight? Could it be that someone is secretly informing him? And who would that person be?"

  I smiled sarcastically at the crowd, the implication of my words extremely clear.

  "What the hell are you talking about?" Monkas took a few big strides to get in front of me, he was very tall and large, I wasn't short but he looked down at me.

  "Alright!" Gute softly called out, opening his mouth as if he wanted to say something but didn't.

  I know what he wants to say. In this simple village, when facing external enemies, everyone is very united, even if there are internal conflicts, most of the time it's just a matter of not helping, and it's rare for someone to betray the village.

  But I just wanted to provoke them, so I smiled lightly and took a step back, saying: "What do you want to do?"

  "Shut your stinking mouth! Do you think you're impressive? You single-handedly took down everyone in Tangjia Village? Do you take us for fools?"

  As he spoke, he suddenly burst out laughing and said to Gurt: "Using this to gloss over the mistakes you've made, your lies are too poor."

  Earlier, my fierce performance made those injured villagers of Montel look at me with fear in their eyes, and while they were worried that I would get angry, they all burst into loud curses.

  Mongkas and others were not to be outdone, and the two groups began a mutual cursing match.

  "Enough!" Gurt said with a gloomy face: "Monkas, where's your big brother? Let him come out and talk."

  Meng Ka laughed coldly: "My elder brother has gone to help you clean up, all of you are injured, if the Tang family village people come to kill, everyone will be finished."

  "Hmm, what's next?" Gutierrez said.

  Meng Kasa said with a smile: "My elder brother had expected this, you won't succeed this time. To prevent the villagers of Tangjia Village from counter-killing, he led his brothers to set up traps on the road. Hmm, calculating the time, they should be back soon."

  On our way back we took the main road, so we didn't run into his older brother.

  Guttery let the seriously injured return home to rest first, while the women went ahead to cook and wait for Moncas' older brother Kanori to come back.

  After about half an hour, the group walked down from Gudang Mountain, covered in mud. The leader was a sturdy middle-aged man, probably around thirty years old, with a strong and powerful gait.

  From a distance, Kanori came running over and upon seeing the injured Gut, immediately showed concern. After asking if he was cold or warm enough, it turned out that this group's injuries were relatively minor, with the more serious ones having gone home to rest already.

  "Alas, I told you to be careful and not so impulsive, but you didn't listen. Now look at how many people are hurt, and it's all because we started the trouble. If the villagers from Tangjia Village come over to reason with us, that's fine, but if they use their power to bully us, we'll be in a passive position."

  Meng Kaishan burst out laughing and said: "Big brother, it's nothing, the people of Tangjia Village have all been crippled by this great immortal."

  "Huh?" Kanori looked at me for a moment before turning back to Monkas and asking, "What's going on?"

  After listening to Moncas' explanation, Kanori furrowed his brow and asked me: "May I ask the honorable benefactor's surname and given name?"

  "Alright!" I replied calmly.

  "Was what you just said true?" Kanori asked.

  "Does it really matter?" I smiled and said.

  "Of course it's important." Kanori explained, "If it's true, then you're a great benefactor of our village Montrer. If it's false, well, that's nothing, Gut is also for the sake of the village, although he made mistakes, there's no merit but hard work."

  Experienced people can quickly judge whether a person is lying or being hypocritical based on a brief conversation.

  I used to be good at this, but a long period of seclusion has made my skills in all areas decline. Whether this Canoli is as tolerant and generous as it appears on the surface, I don't have the heart to study. Because whether he is hypocritical or sincere, it has no effect on the outcome of what I do.

  Sometimes, the thoughts of minor characters can be ignored. So, I'm too lazy to analyze what his personality is like.

  So I answered straightforwardly: "It's true!"

  "Is that true?" Kanori smiled thickly, "Little brother, sometimes it's good to go with the flow and not force it."

  I sneered at him and said, "Don't you believe me?"

  Kanori smiled and said, "It's not that I don't believe you, just a reminder. Actually, this is very simple, if you're really that capable. I'll choose two brothers here, and as long as you can hold on for ten minutes, it's fine."

  I suddenly burst out laughing: "Ten minutes?"

  Kanori smiled at me: "What? Is it too long?"

  "Uh-huh," I nodded, "it's grown a bit." Just as Kanori was about to speak up, I added: "Gather ten people and I'll take care of them in three minutes."

  "Huh?" Kanori's composure was gone from his face, he stared at me intensely for a long time, and said in a low voice: "You are... a Soul Reaper?"

  I shook my head and said, "No."

  "Uh..."

  "Don't waste time," I said: "Let the person who called you come out."

  Kanori looked at me cautiously for a long time, then picked out ten people and instructed them: "Be careful!"

  Among these ten people was Monkas from before, and everyone else was also robust and strong, obviously all reliable subordinates of Canoe.

  At this time, the villagers of Montel Village, who had been quiet for a while, rushed out of their houses again. The injured villagers also asked their families to bring them out, except for those who were still unconscious, almost everyone in the village came over.

  I calmly looked at Monkas and others, asking: "Is it okay?"

  "Spare me the nonsense! Let's get on with it!" Moncas said disdainfully.

  Without another unnecessary word, a figure flashed by, and I was like a swimming dragon in the sea of people, weaving through the gaps.

  Bang... Crack!

  In less than three seconds, a sturdy man was knocked down by me.

  Another great Han has fallen.

  Surrounded by a hundred people, it's impossible to be as free as a fish in water no matter how agile you are. But being surrounded by ten people is an entirely different story.

  Mongkas and the others couldn't even touch my hem, I was holding back for three minutes, when these ten people all fell to the ground groaning, less than a minute had passed.

  Most of them are dislocated joints, only Moncas received my special care, and the fibula is definitely finished. Even if you lie in bed for half a month to recover, you'll still be crippled after the injury heals.

  The process was intense, at least that's what the villagers of Montel thought. The result afterwards also left them stunned, everyone saw the injuries of Moncas and others were different.

  It's normal if you think about it carefully. Who made Monkas so arrogant and invincible before? If it were someone else, they would have been crippled by now.

  This is exactly what I wanted. Of course, I won't hold a grudge against Monkas, no matter how arrogant he is, even if he spits on my face, I won't waste my mind to take special care of him.

  I'm doing this to cast a shadow over the hearts of the villagers in Montel, a shadow that tells them: anyone who crosses me will end up like Moncas.

  Everyone in Canoli was stunned, staring blankly and silently for a long time.

  Gutel was also stunned. Previously, he had been severely injured and his mind was not at peace. He hadn't paid much attention to the process of defeating the Tang family villagers.

  The whole village of Montel was stunned. The streets were packed with people, but it was quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

  At this moment, I sprang lightly onto the top of an ox cart and slowly scanned the villagers of Montel before saying in a deep voice: "The feud between your two villages has lasted for over a hundred years. Everyone is tired. My arrival may be the turning point for change. Fate had me stand on Montel's side first, so I will follow fate's choice. Rescuing Gute was just the beginning. Next, I will continue last night's action - where one falls is where one gets back up. This spirit mouse meat, we're going to settle it.

  My idea is simple, it's just taking this opportunity for Montel village to gain the right of speech, or so-called spiritual leader.

  To be a leader, pretending to be strong is necessary.

  Today I have several things I want to say.

  1. Next month, there is a full attendance award for Zong Heng. If I keep 3,000 words per day, the reward is 300 yuan. If I keep 5,000 words per day, the reward is 500 yuan. I plan to go for the 500 yuan one. So, everyone may find that the word count of my book on Zong Heng has not been much in the past two days. Uh, my usual low output hasn't changed much.

  Two days after going out, I came back and clicked on it, and the number increased by several thousand. This really surprised me, but I haven't found the reason yet, and I'm too lazy to look for it. Anyway, as long as friends can see this article, I'm very happy.

  Thirdly, I heard from the editor that a website called Junzitang plagiarized my book and changed the pen name. Here, I'd like to tell all the brothers of Junzitang that if you want to read it, come here to read it.

  Fourthly, I heard that there will be a small push tomorrow, so brothers, please help me vote, let me also have a wonderful time in the voting storm.

  Thank you very much...