The dozen or so people below were all stunned.
Everyone asked the strategist, "Strategist, what... what does CEO Lu mean by this?"
The strategist shook his head. "I don't know. CEO Lu explicitly called out that we don't understand the situation and told us not to interfere. We... can only obey orders."
A Hu rubbed his chin. "I have an idea, though I don't know if it's right!"
Fu Bo quickly said, "Say it!"
A Hu pointed at the three people below.
"They're competing to see who's more ruthless!"
Everyone said, "More ruthless?"
"That's right!" A Hu said. "I've heard of a custom among the underworld where they settle things through a civilized contest. One side sets the terms, and the other side has to follow. Whoever can't keep up loses and has to accept punishment. For example, if one side chops off a finger, the other side has to chop off a finger too. If one side cuts off a piece of flesh, the other side has to cut a piece from their own body as well, until one side admits defeat and begs for mercy."
A Hu nodded. "Who do you think is more ruthless?"
Fu Bo scratched his head. "They all seem pretty ruthless to me! Smack, smack—they're hitting themselves like it isn't even their own faces."
Jiang Xiaohou stood on the roof and looked back at A Da. "What's going on?"
"From what I can tell, the Three Stars Alignment formation must have gone haywire and caused their injuries to transfer between them. Earlier, those two rats attacked CEO Lu, and Long Aotian nearly died."
"Huh!?" Jiang Xiaohou could not believe it. "How is that possible?"
"That's the only explanation I can observe. Otherwise... the three of them are all idiots."
Jiang Xiaohou looked at the