My American magical life
Chapter 104 - 104 28 Using the fundamental laws of the universe as the foundation deception as the path and breaking through the kidnapper's Ren and Du meridians!

104: Chapter 28: Using the fundamental laws of the universe as the foundation, deception as the path, and breaking through the kidnapper’s Ren and Du meridians!

104: Chapter 28: Using the fundamental laws of the universe as the foundation, deception as the path, and breaking through the kidnapper’s Ren and Du meridians!

Cheng Daqi’s words were lethal, because sincerity is a guaranteed killer.

He spoke the truth, and that truth was both cruel and genuine.

With the boost from his system skill Rhetoric LV2, Cheng Daqi’s simple words carried powerful persuasion.

Just like when he was ambushed by an ABC journalist for an interview, Cheng Daqi’s sincere words were broadcast live, reaching the TVs of millions of households.

“You are merely America’s oxen and horses…”

“The Draculas are the actual shareholders…”

“The sole value of the oxen and horses…”

This statement resonated so well with America’s narrative that countless viewers in front of their TVs were rendered speechless.

Cheng Daqi didn’t articulate what the sole value of the oxen and horses was, but that omission actually improved the dissemination of his message.

A statement needs to hit the listener’s G-spot for them to understand and agree.

Description just requires the right amount of withholding, leading to different interpretations by different people.

Under the unintentional gaps left by Cheng Daqi, American viewers automatically filled in their own answers, and under the influence of the system skill, they were utterly convinced of these answers.

What the specific answers were didn’t matter anymore; after all, nobody believed that oxen and horses could be of any good use.

It was precisely because he understood Cheng Daqi’s words that Father Andrei felt a sense of powerlessness.

“We’ve done so much, kidnapped so many people, even snatched the youngest son of the Dracula Family; is it all really of no use?”

The mentality of the lead kidnapper began to shift toward despair.

Despair for the unattainable ideals, and for the brutal reality of America as described by Cheng Daqi.

“You have worked hard, your kidnapping is professional, the police can’t do anything about you, but you have put your effort in the wrong direction.

It’s like a car bound for Antarctica driving at high speed but on a road heading north.”

Cheng Daqi whispered into Father Andrei’s ear.

“The police’s recent assault already proved my boss’s judgment correct.

If the police attack, aren’t they worried about driving you into desperation, leading you to kill Dracula’s son?”

Upon hearing this, Father Andrei also thought of the police’s puzzling attitude.

They had made demands during the live broadcast, but the police seemed to have no intention of negotiating with them.

“Why?

If young Dracula dies…

Yes, you said it, our approach is indeed wrong; it’s been wrong from the start!”

Agitated, Andrei stood up from his chair and began to pace restlessly.

He realized that he might have led his comrades into an abyss.

Cheng Daqi looked at the kidnapper leader with bright eyes, confidently saying,

“I have a way to help you.”

“Now, let me give you a bit of empowerment.”

His goal was to buy time, because as long as enough time was dragged out, a change was bound to occur.

As an underlying, objective law of the universe, the law of entropy increase states that in any closed and isolated system, the degree of disorder and the nature of non-regular motion will continuously increase over time without outside interference.

(For a general understanding, the law of entropy increase means: In an isolated system, the progression towards increasing entropy is spontaneous and irreversible.

When entropy reaches its maximum, the system becomes highly chaotic and eventually collapses.)

The kidnapping case is a special closed model, with the kidnapper’s booby traps, the thick walls of the library, the weapons of the criminals, and the threat to the hostages’ safety—all factors that make the Red Street Library a particular closed system.

This closed smaller system was maintaining a delicate and fragile balance, gambling with the police.

But such gambling is very risky, as the American police have far more forces or resources at their disposition than the kidnappers do.

As long as enough time passes, Cheng Daqi was sure that the dawn of hope will arrive!

This hope might stem from the collapse within the ranks of the criminals or possibly from the influence of the police.

Cheng Daqi wasn’t God; he couldn’t predict these.

But he could make sure to drag out the time long enough.

“What can you do?

How can you help us?”

Thor heard Cheng Daqi’s words, and he asked with a serious tone.

“I’ve told you the reason I’m helping—you; my boss doesn’t want to die with you, so he told me the method.

I can help you truly threaten Dracula, rather than foolishly dying for nothing!”

“Turn off the live broadcast cameras now, don’t record anymore!”

Hearing Cheng Daqi’s words, Thor realized they needed to switch off the prying lenses of the journalists.

He brandished his rifle, threatening the journalists not to record the conversation between Cheng Daqi and Andrei.

Andrei had calmed down from his agitated state; Cheng Daqi’s arrival initially hit him hard, but it quickly gave him a glimpse of hope.

“Wasn’t it you who said it?

You said our thinking was wrong, that a child is not as important as the overall interest of the Dracula Group, and that Dracula would not give in, right?”

“Your thinking was wrong, but you haven’t reached a dead end yet.

My boss, Mr.

Ye’er Gubai, is a business tycoon with great wisdom.

He has tailor-made a plan for you that can help you achieve your goal of bringing down Dracula.”

So said a certain Bruce, who preferred to remain anonymous as Cheng Daqi.

Cheng Daqi knew jack about bringing down Dracula!

He was just bluffing, and it was a clear, undisguised bluff at that!

A business tycoon Ye’er Gubai?

Fake!

Just a refugee who fled to the United States.

Bringing down Dracula?

Impossible!

It was merely to cater to the kidnappers’ strongest desires.

The core element of a good solution must be about showing the client the expectation of fulfilling their needs!

As for how to do it?

Heh, pay up first, and once the money comes, I’ll teach you.

In the business model adapted to kidnapping, Cheng Daqi’s solution was to bluff, and the price the kidnappers paid for this plan was time.

Despite the bluff, given that Andrei was already on edge, now he was even more anchored to the expectation of failure planted by Cheng Daqi.

Cheng Daqi’s tactics were transparently simple, and yet, Andrei actually believed them.

Desire, oh desire!

As long as humans remain trapped in their frail bodies, they will never escape the chains called desire!

He was a righteous religious zealot who yearned to mourn for those who had perished, but he chose the wrong path, one that was bound to fail.

The police’s reckless assault and the harsh reality spoken by Cheng Daqi had pushed Andrei into despair.

But the glimmer of hope depicted by Cheng Daqi was so dazzling; driven by his desire, the priest willingly stepped into the web of lies spun by Cheng Daqi.

“So, what payment would we need to make?”

If it had been an ordinary kidnapper, probably by now they would be directly asking what the plan specifically was.

Andrei was a religious zealot, and he actually started to discuss the payment with Cheng Daqi.

Cheng Daqi was never just for show; he took less than a second to think.

“The only way for you not to fail is…”

Cheng Daqi and Andrei exchanged a few words, but this combat priest seemed to get angry at Cheng Daqi’s suggestion.

“How could we possibly fail, get back on the ground!”

Thor looked confusedly at his leader, unclear as to why Andrei’s attitude shifted so rapidly.

“He said our…”

“No, we should try his suggestion, Dracula…”

“He’s just a swindler, Dracula would never do that to his own son…”

“Bang!”

Amidst the heated argument with his comrades, the gun went off by accident!

“Ah, I…

I…”

Cheng Daqi lay on the ground, with Nina right beside him.

A 7.62 caliber bullet entered Nina’s buttock and exited through her shoulder with precision.

The path through her body was too long, depleting most of the bullet’s kinetic energy.

But the shooting distance was so close that the bloodied bullet still managed to hit the library’s wall, causing a ricochet.

The existence of the wall deflected the bullet at an angle, causing it to rebound onto Cheng Daqi’s head.

‘Ding!’

Watching the bullet spin on the ground, Cheng Daqi ignored the screams around him.

All he wanted now was to wipe the blood from his forehead, blood that the bullet brought.

But as he raised his hand halfway, he stopped.

It turned out his hand was already covered in blood, streaming from Nina’s shattered body.

“Chan, what’s wrong?” Sani’s fearful scream awakened him.

Black Sani pulled Cheng Daqi up from the ground first, then carefully wiped the blood off his hands with a tissue.

“Thank goodness you’re alright, Chan.

Thank goodness!”