Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

After Tina’s operation, Leona returned home and thought for a long time. Through collecting various intelligence information, she finally deduced this shocking guess.

She was deeply shocked.

If her guess was true, Tina was really crazy. Not to mention anything else, if they really defeated the elves and protected Goethe, how could she fulfill her original promise?

To be able to defeat the elves, or rather, force them to retreat, they had to gather a relatively thick force that was related to many interests and form a complicated interest network. Only then could the elves be afraid.

Since this power could scare and even repel the elves, when they discovered that all of this was Tina’s method, the entire Goethe would have to face the monstrous anger of these people being fooled.

It might be even worse than the outcome of the elves’ invasion.

After Leona made this guess, she did not sleep well for a few days and nights. Just thinking about it made her break out in cold sweat.

However, she had already told this huge lie. Even if she wanted to help, what could she do? Not to mention a small heir like her, even if the Vidal family, who was quite powerful and famous in the west of the Empire, suppressed all their strength, it was probably not worth mentioning in front of Tina’s snowball that would definitely grow larger and larger.

She did not know what she could do.

She could only do her best—for example, Kang De, the man Tina could not forget. She hoped that he could rush to the princess’s side as soon as possible, even if it was only to accompany her.

Therefore, she tried her best to describe the seriousness of the problem to Kang De.

She explained to Kang De the method Tina had used, the core nature of the terrifying scam, and the danger of doing so—in fact, she was very worried that Kang De did not understand.

After all, it had taken a long time for a business genius like her to deduce Tina’s crazy plan. It had to be said that if the consequences were not so serious, Leona would even cheer. This was simply an unheard and unprecedented crazy trick. Tina was really too evil.

Unfortunately, he had really gone too far this time and even disregarded everything.

“In short, you might not understand, but this is essentially a form of deception. The so-called interest and return…”

Leona explained patiently, but she did not notice Kang De’s strange expression.

“The so-called interest and return are actually dues paid by the members who joined later, right?”

Kang De’s tone was a little subtle, “Is Tina encouraging those nobles and businessmen to persuade their relatives and friends to participate in the investment? For every person they pull in, they can get a certain amount of rewards?”

Leona’s expression became extremely interesting.

—This was impossible!

She felt that her worldview was about to explode—impossible! She was a business genius and many people praised her! I thought for a long time before I figured it out. How did this person understand so easily?!

Moreover, he even drew inferences and said what she had not said!

Leona looked at Kang De in a daze.

As if he was a university student who had run to a remote mountain village to teach, when he stepped into the village, he saw an old man with white hair and beard squatting on the ground in ragged clothes. He used a wooden stick to complete the final proof of Goldbach’s conjecture.

She stammered, “How… how did you know?”

Kang De sighed, “I told her these methods. At that time, we only chatted casually and found some random topics…”

“…”

“…”

The girl’s expression exploded even more and she even began to doubt her life.

She, Leona, was fair, rich, and beautiful. She was a business genius, smart, beautiful, and famous.

He, Kang De, was a Cathayan barbarian. He was fierce and rough, his words were unpleasant, and he did not know how to be flirtatious. He only knew how to slash people.

However…

Why, why, why!

Leona had suffered one huge blow after another today. After seeing Kang De, she discovered that this Cathayan with a good impression was actually an unromantic and rough guy. Her impression of him instantly fell to the freezing point, but then, she suffered an unprecedented huge blow.

To be crushed in a professional field…

The shocking operation that she had thought about for a long time was actually casually told to Tina by this Cathayan. Such a cruel fact simply made Leona want to curse.

However, in the next moment, Leona calmed down.

Now was not the time to talk about this.

Or rather, this news was good news.

If Tina’s plan came from Kang De’s casual words…

She suddenly stood up and stepped in front of Kang De, pressing his shoulders with both hands. “You must have a way! Tina is playing with fire! Regardless of whether we win this war, Tedrell and even Goethe won’t have a good ending. You have to think of a way to stop all of this. Do you have a way?!”

After understanding Tina’s plan and plan, Leona wanted to help her good friend, but after thinking for a long time, she could not think of anything she could do… All of this was beyond her ability.

She was helpless and even in pain, so much so that she was at a loss.

Now, she finally saw hope.

She said, “Therefore, we have to rush to Tina’s side immediately… No, it’s not us, it’s you. If you have a way to leave the city, go quickly…”

At this point, the girl shut her mouth.

She looked at Kang De’s face and said in a trembling voice, “You must have a way, right?”

Kang De had actually fallen into a huge daze and shock.

Although he had previously guessed that Tina wanted to make big news, he did not expect that it was actually a Ponzi scheme and that she had even mastered some other tricks… Moreover, the scale of the move, the determination, and the methods were simply shocking and extremely worrying.

Tina was in a worse state than he had imagined.

Kang De glanced at Leona.

The concern and worry on the girl’s face did not seem to be fake. Her credibility had already increased to 80%.

She sounded anxious. “Hurry up and tell me…”

Kang De sighed. “A scam is a scam. There’s always the risk of being exposed. If you want to ensure your safety, there are only three paths to take.”

“The first thing is to perpetuate this scam… It’s actually very difficult because Tina set an end to this scam. That’s Goethe winning and the elves retreating. Then, we have to excavate that non-existent ruin.”

“The second…”

Kang De slowly said, “Before the scam reaches the end, or before it reaches the end, think of a way to set up a shocking situation and make the fake thing real so that everyone will be happy…”

Leona said unhappily, “What you’re saying is the same as not saying anything. Who can fake an ancient ruin and even make everyone profitable?”

I might be able to… but only perhaps.

The girl asked again, “What’s the third way?”

“The third way…”

Kang De said slowly, “If you don’t want to be discovered and exposed, it’s fine to kill all the victims in the scam in advance…”

Leona said angrily, “This is even more unreliable than the previous method! With this ability, are we still afraid that they’ll pursue the matter in the future? Then we might as well chase away the elves ourselves. Who can do this?”

I might be able to… and it seems to be simpler than the second one.

However, it was only a possibility.

Kang De pursed his lips and said nothing.

Leona sat back in her seat, discouraged.

“In short…”

She said to Kang De, “Since you’re the one who suggested the method, you should be very knowledgeable about these scams. You have to see Tina immediately. The reason why she went crazy is most likely because she lost you. Seeing that you’re safe and sound, she definitely won’t be so extreme. The two of you have to think of a solution…”

“Tell me, do you want to think of a way to leave the city yourself, or do you want to go find Nick to let you in?”

Kang De thought for a moment and slowly said, “We can’t let others know about such a huge matter, not even if Nick is an official of Goethe… It’s too turbulent and there’s a risk of news leaking. If we’re only honest about our identities, Nick will most likely not let us go. Since I’m the Prince Consort of Goethe, I should fight for the country. He wants to gather all his strength to deal with the elves now. With my battle results, I’ll definitely be noticed by him.”

Leona said softly, “So, you want to leave the city on your own? That’s good…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kang De said, “No, if I leave on my own, what will you do?”

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