He had spoken with great satisfaction; he had come prepared.
And he was certain that, in the end, I could only compromise with him.
He had long since laid an ambush in this courtyard. The men under his command all carried firearms; they had even deployed sniper rifles, with at least two snipers trained on me.
"Looks like I have no choice, then?" I laughed at myself.
The smile on his face widened. "Working with us may not be the best choice, but it is certainly not a bad one. Besides, once you obtain that list, you will be a hero of Great Xia. Then you will have an explanation for Great Xia and the one behind you, won't you?" I said nothing, merely watching him quietly.
His expressions were remarkably varied. It would have been a waste if someone like him had not gone into acting.
But the smile on his face quickly vanished. Ying Gou had somehow appeared behind him and subdued him, moving swiftly as he dragged him in front of me as a shield.
It all happened in the blink of an eye. Aside from Ying Gou and me, who had already coordinated beforehand, Mattia and his men had no time to react.
"Looks like your men aren't much after all. Where are the snipers? Tell them to shoot!" I said with a smile.
His face darkened to the extreme. "Mr. Jiang, if you think capturing me will force them to submit, then you are gravely mistaken. I am merely a minor figure. Trying to use me to threaten the entire Holy See is nothing but a fool's dream."
I did not know who was currently in charge of the Holy See, but from what Jacob had said, Mattia should have been a key figure. After