Chapter 1061 - A Different Perspective (1/2)
”Would this kid be kind enough to specially buy a copy of the newspapers for us to read?” The martyred spirits did not believe it. But with the newspaper placed in front of them, Ren Xiaosu's innocent smile made him look like a good person.
It had been a long time since they had properly read a newspaper. The proficiency in dividing up their reading as though they were fighting a battle could finally take a step back today.
Thinking of this, the martyred spirits were actually a little touched.
But before they could start reading, they heard Ren Xiaosu kneel and point at the newspaper on the ground. ”Look at this article from Hope Media. The guardian angel of Luoyang City in the report refers to me. That battle was really earth-shattering. It was like the entire city was filled with enemies…
”And look at this one. It reports that I led the 6th Combat Brigade of the Northwest Army in battle against the northern barbarians at Mt. Zuoyun. That battle was also very tough. We used 6,000 people to hold back 72,000 of the enemy's troops. Of course, my wise leadership definitely can't be discounted in that…
”Now, take a look at this interrogation report. It mentions how I avenged someone and upheld justice for them…”
As the martyred spirits read on, they realized that something was off. The news articles were not from today at all. Instead, they had been compiled from many different days of newspapers and put into one copy.
And the common point linking these news articles was that they were all praising Ren Xiaosu!
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, ”Everyone, read up on these newspapers, and you'll understand how reliable I am. Y'all should've also heard of Hope Media before. They're very fair and their reporting can't be wrong. If you follow a wise and mighty commander of the Northwest like me, I guarantee that I'll bring y'all to a place outside the Northwest to wipe out the Magi!”
The martyred spirits nearly vomited when they heard that. ”You're not even the Northwest's commander yet. And even if you were, you can forget about trying to dupe us into becoming your private army!”
”Kid, how shameless and narcissistic are you to compile all these news articles praising you?”
”Just give up already!”
”Hurry up and hand over today's newspaper!”
Ren Xiaosu sighed. Why were these spirits so difficult to convince?
Honestly speaking, he was really tempted by the sight of all these martyred spirits. There were simply too many of them. If he had them in his Martyr's Palace, what could possibly stop him?
What was the point of waiting for the Magi to attack Fortress 178? He would probably be able to flatten them all by himself!
What did it mean to have over 200,000 mobile machine gunners that could not be taken down? Not even a god would be a match for him, to say nothing of a sorcerer.
But in the face of this group of martyred spirits, Ren Xiaosu's charm was indeed not enough to convince them.
If it were the soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade, they would probably have already followed Ren Xiaosu. But the key point was that these spirits had never fought alongside Ren Xiaosu before, so there was no foundation for them to trust him.
”Forget it, I can't force y'all.” Ren Xiaosu sighed and said, ”Do y'all want to read today's newspaper?”
The martyred spirits hooted, ”Kid, cut the crap and hand over the newspaper.”
”Alright.” With that, Ren Xiaosu took out today's newspaper and tore it in half. He took one half with him and left the other half for them to read.
He had torn the newspaper horizontally, so the martyred spirits could only read half of every news article.
”You asshole, get back here!”
”Fuck!”
”How did our Northwest Army get involved with such an asshole…”
As it was still daytime, it was not convenient for Ren Xiaosu to stay too long at the memorial square. After all, it would be quite strange if the residents saw him talking to himself down here.