Execution

Seeing Su Jie's grotesque and terrifying form with his own eyes, Lu Wenbo finally understood why the Chief of Staff had reported like that before.

The boss of Jieko Company was truly non-human!

"Why aren't you speaking?"

Su Jie jumped down from the Thousand-Hand Centipede's back and walked step by step in front of Lu Wenbo.

"Who... who exactly are you?"

Lu Wenbo's pupils contracted to the size of pinpricks.

Su Jie's existence shattered his worldview. How could such supernatural power exist in the world?

Were the ghosts, gods, and devils from legends real, and had he been lied to and deceived his entire life?

"I'm just an ordinary businessman."

Su Jie walked up to Lu Wenbo, his smile widening.

Lu Wenbo: "..."

"Don't, don't come any closer, I told you not to come closer."

Trembling, he drew a gold-plated pistol from his waist. Lu Wenbo's eyes were filled with fear, his gun pointed at Su Jie, but it offered him no sense of security.

"Tsk tsk, you were the one who asked me to meet, and now you're telling me not to come closer. Are you out of your mind?"

Su Jie grinned. Lu Wenbo's vision blurred, and the golden pistol was suddenly in Su Jie's hand.

"Nice taste. It'll make a good collectible for me."

After playing with it for a moment, Su Jie tossed it into a storage bag.

Lu Wenbo, however, had lost all his courage and slumped to the ground powerlessly, his former imposing warlord demeanor gone.

"I'm from the Wu family, one of the three great families. If you dare to kill me, my family will absolutely not let you go."

Facing such a monstrous being, he could only resort to bringing up his powerful backing, hoping to scare Su Jie away.

In Zen Country, besides the government army, there were numerous warlords. The three great families—the Wu, Bai, and Liu families—controlled a significant portion of Zen Country's economic and political resources. They could secretly manipulate certain political elections and held great influence in Zen Country.

Lu Wenbo was from the Wu family, one of the three great families.

Upon hearing this, Su Jie repeatedly shook his head. "Kill you? No, no, no, you can't die yet."

Lu Wenbo's face lit up, thinking his family had intimidated the other party.

"Let me go quickly, or my family..."

"Killing you now would be too much of a waste. Nothing is more intimidating than an execution carried out on the spot. Many people want to see you brought to justice with their own eyes."

Lu Wenbo's voice abruptly stopped. He finally understood Su Jie's intention—he wanted to make an example of him!

Su Jie squatted down, casually picked up a bayonet, and inserted it into Lu Wenbo's mouth, shredding his tongue to prevent him from speaking nonsense. Then, ignoring his screams, he threw him into the jeep.

Meanwhile, the Thousand-Hand Centipede's pale, corpse-like hands had finished dealing with the last group of fleeing soldiers. Under Su Jie's command, they began digging a mass grave to bury all the bodies.

The subsequent cleanup of the battlefield could be left to the Security Department to collect useful firearms and equipment. The Mande United Army's barracks could serve as the headquarters for the newly established Jieko Security Department.

After handling everything, Su Jie drove the jeep towards Mande City.

Mande City, central plaza.

A large crowd of citizens had gathered here. Jieko Company employees were spreading the news of the Mande United Army's annihilation throughout the city and the capture of Lu Wenbo, announcing that he would be publicly tried and executed.

Such news naturally attracted a crowd of onlookers.

As it reached three o'clock in the afternoon, a squad of Jieko security guards dragged the limp Lu Wenbo to the plaza.

At this moment, the entire plaza erupted.

The Mande City region had suffered under Lu Wenbo for far too long. During his years as a warlord, his oppressive rule and exorbitant taxes had angered heaven and man. Seeing him dragged like a dead dog now naturally brought immense satisfaction and applause.

Nearby the plaza, Su Jie was smiling and patting a middle-aged man's shoulder.

This was An Sangshen, whom he had newly appointed as mayor, the former deputy mayor of Mande City. Su Jie said, "Mayor An, it's your turn to go on stage. You know what you need to say, right?"

"Understood, understood. President Su, please rest assured, I will absolutely follow your instructions."

Mayor An Sangshen nodded and bowed repeatedly to Su Jie, almost as if he were offering his heart to show his loyalty.

This was because An Sangshen clearly knew how he had come to power and understood that as long as Su Jie wished, he could be removed at any time and replaced with another puppet mayor.

"Go ahead."

Su Jie waved his hand. An Sangshen dared not delay, trotting onto the temporarily erected high platform. Upon seeing Lu Wenbo being brought forward, he spoke into the microphone: "I am An Sangshen, the new mayor of Mande City. Everyone, please look. This is Lu Wenbo, who has poisoned the Mande region for many years, also known as General Lu to everyone. I would like to specifically thank Jieko Company for assisting our city government in apprehending him. His so-called Mande United Army has also been completely annihilated. From now on, you will no longer have to pay exorbitant taxes or worry about being oppressed by the Mande United Army..."

An Sangshen spoke eloquently from the platform, eliciting thunderous cheers from the crowd below.

Below the platform, Su Jie walked over slowly and sat down beside Liu Yingying in the front row.

Liu Yingying, as the nominal president of Jieko Company, occupied the best seat, accompanied by a group of specially invited Mande City officials. These officials were mostly those who had no connection or only a shallow connection with Lu Wenbo. Those who were closely colluding with him had already been apprehended and imprisoned by Jieko Company.

Seeing that Su Jie remained silent, Liu Yingying recalled his earlier warning and spoke to the officials beside her.

"Gentlemen, many key positions in Mande City have become vacant. I hope that after you take office, you will not forget what happened today and will not repeat past mistakes. Keep your hands clean, otherwise, you will not want to experience the methods of our Jieko Company."

Liu Yingying's gaze swept over them, and her words caused the officials' foreheads to break out in cold sweat. They repeatedly assured her, "We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare. From now on, we will do whatever Jieko Company asks us to do."

Zen Country was, after all, a nation rife with warlords, and its officials were accustomed to such power shifts. Although Jieko Company was nominally just a company, its ability to unite hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens and annihilate the powerful Mande United Army undoubtedly made it the new overlord of the Mande region. The officials knew very well who they should serve.

"This is good."

Liu Yingying nodded with feigned indifference, though her heart was filled with trepidation.

In the past, she never had the opportunity to converse with high-ranking officials who controlled an entire city. Now, not only could she converse with them, but she could also admonish and reprimand them, which brought an inexplicable sense of satisfaction to Liu Yingying's heart.

And all of this was brought about by Su Jie.

Su Jie had explicitly stated that he wanted her to act as Jieko Company's representative in the Mande region, handling all major and minor affairs there in his absence.

Liu Yingying looked up, her gaze complex as she looked at Su Jie beside her.

She had also been to the Mande United Army's camp before and seen the various traces of battle left behind.

In the blink of an eye, the Mande United Army, with its thousands of soldiers, had suddenly been annihilated and disappeared, with even Lu Wenbo captured alive.

Liu Yingying surmised that Su Jie must secretly possess a military force, otherwise, he couldn't have accomplished this so stealthily.

Shaking her head, Liu Yingying cleared her mind of thoughts and heard An Sangshen finish announcing the various crimes of Lu Wenbo and the Mande United Army.

"...I declare that Lu Wenbo has been found guilty on a total of 21 charges and will be executed."

After An Sangshen finished reading, several Jieko security guards forced the trembling Lu Wenbo to kneel on the ground. One person stood on Lu Wenbo's back, raised a rifle, aimed it at the back of his head, and pulled the trigger.

The Jieko security guard performing the execution was in his early twenties and was Miao Lun, specifically chosen by Su Jie.

Bang!

With the sound of the gunshot, Lu Wenbo fell down, his eyes wide with disbelief. The square erupted in thunderous cheers, celebrating the eradication of the Mande region's biggest tumor.

An Sangshen, holding a microphone, glanced at Su Jie, who was seated in the audience, and addressed the crowd again: "To prevent incidents like Lu Wenbo's from happening again, our city government has signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Jieko Company, supporting Jieko Company in providing commercial cooperation and security guarantees in the Mande region. Now, please welcome the CEO of Jieko Company to the stage to give a speech. Let's give them a warm welcome."

Liu Yingying took a deep breath, feeling a little nervous.

"You're just reading a speech. You're a top student, what are you afraid of in this small situation?"

Su Jie gave Liu Yingying a push. Liu Yingying mustered her courage, walked onto the high platform, picked up the microphone, and said in a clear voice.

"Fellow citizens, I am Liu Yingying, the CEO of Jieko Company. Now that the Mande United Army has been annihilated, we, Jieko Company, solemnly promise that we will never allow any external forces to disrupt the peaceful life of the Mande region and will protect everyone's life and property.

At the same time, Jieko Company will also increase its investment in the Mande region. As long as everyone focuses on raising insects, our Jieko Company's farms will unconditionally purchase them, allowing everyone to get rich by raising insects and live a prosperous life."

"Jieko Company!"

"Jieko Company!"

"Jieko Company!"

The crowd below cheered, their voices rising in unison. Jieko Company, which had eliminated the Mande United Army, was now shining brightly in the eyes of the people.