The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 12 - Kidnapped

When Egbert finished dealing with the swindling owner of the grocery store and walked to the wall of the alley, not only did he not see the figure he wanted to see, but he also saw a notebook on the ground with its pages flipped by the wind, and a battered piggy bank lying askew.

Something had happened…

Due to many days of tracking and guarding, and the fact that nothing unusual had ever happened before, although Egbert had never become complacent, he truly hadn’t considered that an unexpected incident would occur precisely during the first time he chose to let Su Li out of his sight during his commute.

A storm brewed in Egbert’s sky-blue eyes. The elements in the air vibrated with an invisible force, constantly resonating. The scene of Su Li being taken away with a bloodstained knife pressed against his back and a hand over his mouth was revealed to him through forbidden magic…

Inside the small building, a porcelain vase that Egbert had told Cyril earlier would explode if anything went wrong suddenly shattered while Cyril was preparing dinner ingredients.

The Son of Light would never choose to seek help from Cyril, who couldn’t even be called an elementalist yet, when facing a crisis. Moreover, given Egbert’s strength, he had the ability to escape from anyone he might encounter in Sadina City. The current situation, with the vase shattering to send a signal, could only mean one thing…

Su Li was in trouble.

And Egbert couldn’t guarantee that he could resolve the dangerous situation on his own.

This vase had only been made by Egbert and given to Cyril yesterday.

Cyril, who usually stayed at home practicing martial arts and preparing food, immediately ran towards the Mercenary Alliance at top speed.

Upon receiving this news, Euphia also relayed it to her father as quickly as possible, and as a result, the Guild Master also sent a message to Dean Asa.

As for Su Li, the current kidnapping victim…

To say he was panicked would be an overstatement. The fact that he wasn’t immediately killed on the spot proved that there was still room for negotiation.

Su Li was more curious about who his kidnappers were. Was it the Lion’s Club, which was currently in a back-and-forth struggle with Euphia and the others, or was it simply an unexpected incident?

The person carrying Su Li like a dead pig had been running in one direction without hesitation since the moment they had seized him. They also hadn’t made any cannon fodder-like declarations along the way, which prevented Su Li from gathering information to judge the situation.

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He simply started munching on the bread he had clutched to his chest, even after dropping his notebook and the piggy bank, determined to spit in his captor’s face when they landed to avenge his bruised and aching stomach.

As for why he didn’t use the bread that had nearly chipped his tooth to whack his kidnapper’s head...

Su Li didn’t have any intention of dying on the spot just yet.

He sighed deeply, looking at the unfamiliar streets that had taken him far from his familiar surroundings. He could only hope that his still-growing body wouldn’t miss out on today’s essential dinner.

When he was finally thrown to the ground, Su Li looked at the bread he had been gnawing on for so long, which had barely been dented. He calmly tossed aside this “weapon” and sincerely asked his kidnapper, “Could I have a cup of boiled water? Not raw water, please. I’ll get diarrhea.”

Kidnapper: ???

“You’re making requests now?”

The kidnapper looked very young. Su Li, who had become familiar with judging people’s ages in this world, estimated that this person was probably just in his early twenties.

“Well, if the end result is going to be death anyway, we might as well make the process more comfortable. And if it’s not even going to lead to death, then we should definitely make it even more comfortable,” Su Li shrugged.

He was already deeply impressed by the fact that he could be exhausted carrying fifty pounds of water, while people in this world could easily kick down buildings like gorillas. At this point, he not only had no intention of escaping but had directly resigned himself to his fate.

But resignation didn’t mean he had to accept mockery. When the kidnapper said, “I didn’t expect a useless person like you, without even a bit of elemental affinity, to be so carefree,” Su Li wasn’t happy.

“Kidnapping is one thing, but why insult me?”

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Su Li was displeased.

“Tell me, what’s your reason for kidnapping me?” He had an expression that said, ‘I’m giving you face by letting you voluntarily explain your reasons.’

The kidnapper’s face immediately showed confusion.

“Do you want to die, you little waste?”

“No, I just want to know if you’re after money or my body. If it’s my body… assaulting a minor is punishable by death! If it’s money…”

Su Li’s face showed an expression of ‘we can negotiate,’ but in the next second, he said directly, “I have no money to give, only my life.”

This time, the kidnapper was speechless and left the room.

Su Li thought he could retrieve his weapon (the bread) to arm himself, but then he saw the person come back with a cup of boiled water, mumbling, “Here’s your water.”

Then, he started rambling, spilling everything like a loose cannon.

“Our boss said that recently, because the Lion’s Club has been evenly matched with Euphia and her group, they’ve been fighting back and forth. The situation can’t expand or tilt in either direction, so we can only look for opportunities to break the current environment.”

“Then, we targeted you.”

The kidnapper then began a one-sided personal attack. “Although you’re useless, and normal people wouldn’t care about a waste like you, you’ve had contact with Euphia and represent a part of her face. If we frame the Lion’s Club for your kidnapping, Euphia, having lost face, definitely won’t let the situation remain evenly matched anymore.”

“The more fiercely they fight, the easier it is for small organizations like us to fish in troubled waters. It would be best if they both end up badly hurt. That way, when nobles issue tasks, they might consider small organizations like ours.”

Su Li finished his water, soothing his throat that had been scratched raw by the bread. Hearing the kidnapper’s words, he found it somewhat hard to respond.

“Let me ask you, have you considered that if they can fight evenly, it proves that they’re all intelligent people?”

“A one-sided balance of power doesn’t necessarily mean the battle situation will remain evenly matched.”

Even in a situation where basic damage is the same, mutual normal attacks still involve a basic critical hit rate.

“Only when wisdom is maintained at an equal level will forces remain relatively balanced.”

Su Li declared. “You said it yourself, since I represent Euphia’s face, if she loses face, she’ll definitely confront them directly, right? Once she asks, and if the other side denies it, you’re finished.”

“How…how can that be? Isn’t it normal for Euphia to question them, and when the Lion’s Club denies it, they start fighting immediately?”

“Although… you might want to drain the water from your brain. You know I’m useless. In a situation where Euphia can’t care too much about a useless person, do you think she’d be willing to let her confidants risk their lives against the other side?”

Moreover, in a situation where everyone outside thinks Euphia doesn’t care about him, how mentally disturbed would the Lion’s Club have to be to target an unrelated person?

The kidnapper’s face immediately fell. “You’re right, she wouldn’t. After all, you’re just useless.”

Su Li: …

Tch, these constant personal attacks…

“So, what you should be thinking about now is whether the person who ordered you to kidnap me has some deeper meaning behind it.”

“How do you know someone else ordered me to kidnap you?”

Su Li gave him a look as if he were looking at an idiot, and the kidnapper scratched his head and chuckled foolishly.

After a while, he seriously asked Su Li. “What do you mean by deeper meaning?”

“For example, does that person have some grudge against you? Regardless of whether the Lion’s Club ends up fighting with Euphia and her group, once the truth is investigated, you’ll definitely be the first cannon fodder sent to the guillotine.”

“If you ask me, that person’s desire for your death far outweighs their lack of consideration for the intelligence of Euphia and the Lion’s Club’s leader.”

Su Li’s experience as a game planner, where he not only planned events but also outsourced storyline planning during busy periods, now became his survival skill. He had wracked his brains creating stories back then, and now it was paying off.

Su Li even put on a “I’m doing this for your own good” expression.

“I can see that you were able to quickly kidnap me from that alley to here, which shows that your strength must be quite high. You also said that your organization can only fish in troubled waters, and other members probably aren’t very strong. So, if you, as one of the stronger members, suddenly die, won’t the others who were below you be able to rise up in the organization?”

The more Su Li spoke, the more sense it made to the kidnapper.

Whether it was because he thought the kidnapped Su Li was clever, or because the kidnapper’s mind was truly a vast ocean, he directly asked Su Li, “So what do you think I should do?”

“Think about it. When the Lion’s Club discovers they’ve been framed and plans to come with Euphia to join forces and wipe out your organization, you’ll have already dealt with those who tried to set you up, completely got them under control, and are planning to actively surrender with your people. In this situation, you’ll have the initiative to decide whether to defect to the Lion’s Club or to Euphia’s group.”

Su Li clapped his hands together forcefully, interrupting the kidnapper’s furrowed brow and deep thoughts. Su Li then told the kidnapper in a confident tone, “Following my suggestion is your only chance of survival, unless you want to die.”

As for the result…

He believed it, he really believed it!

However, when the kidnapper was about to carry Su Li off to deal with his own people, Su Li proactively said, “I’m the one who gave you a chance to survive. Is this how you repay someone who saved your life?”

After Su Li once again refused to be carried princess-style, he finally got to enjoy the treatment of being piggybacked by the kidnapper.

But what they never expected was that Su Li’s story, which he had made up on the fly to ensure his own safety by stalling for time, turned out to be eerily accurate. When the kidnapper carried him to their organization’s base, there were actually people inside laughing and saying, “As long as Mark dies, everything will develop as I imagined.”

The kidnapper, who was Mark, pressed his lips into a tight line. There were still people in the base saying, “Mark, Mark, it sounds just like a dog’s name. He should die obediently like a dog, according to my plan.”