736: Chapter 628: Simple, Crude but Effective 736: Chapter 628: Simple, Crude but Effective If Li Jinfang said he had already killed the three people who caused Zhou Lizhe’s death, things would become problematic, as Gao Yang would still have to figure out how to establish a new target to attract Li Jinfang’s hatred.
If Li Jinfang said he had not killed them yet, that would also be problematic because finding three people in a strange city is far from simple.
Nevertheless, Gao Yang still hoped Li Jinfang had not succeeded, because focusing all of Li Jinfang’s attention on the direct killers was much easier than transferring his hatred to a contrived target.
After mulling over it for a long time, Gao Yang finally asked the question he cared about, and sure enough, Li Jinfang clenched his fists again and said emphatically, “No!
When the gunshot sounded, I saw her hit the ground.
I panicked then.
The woman who fired the shot meant to hit me, but she missed.”
After a long breath, Li Jinfang whispered, “Those three ran away, and I was in panic.
All I knew was to carry her to the hospital.
When I realized everything was beyond saving, I went back to find those three, but I couldn’t.
Back then, I was too lenient.
I should have just broken their hands and feet right there.”
Alright, there was no need to shift his hatred now, nor let Li Jinfang continue to blame himself.
Leading him to self-blame would have the opposite effect.
This form of psychological guidance is a double-edged sword; mishandle it, and you could cause Li Jinfang to blame himself for a lifetime, creating another kind of psychological trauma that’s even harder to heal.
Next, what needed to be done was to minimize Li Jinfang’s self-blame as much as possible, by hook or by crook, use every method to alleviate his guilt.
Then, the target to attract hatred must be magnified.
The best outcome would be for Li Jinfang to completely forget Zhou Lizhe, but that was impossible, so the next best thing was for Li Jinfang to always remember her without self-blame.
But achieving even that was highly unlikely, so Gao Yang’s goal was to let Li Jinfang self-blame to the greatest extent safely possible, without going so over the top that he couldn’t resume a normal life later.
That would be considered a success.
After silently thanking the instructor who taught him how to guide the psychology of warriors, Gao Yang said softly to Li Jinfang, “Toad, actually, you did nothing wrong, truly.
I initially thought you had made a grave mistake leading to misfortune, but now it seems your choice was not wrong at all.”
Having said this, Gao Yang added with a firm tone, “Think about it, what are we?
We are men, we are merciless mercenaries.
As men, how can we shrink back in such a situation!
Besides, it’s not that you were unable to act at the time.
We can only blame the enemy for being too cunning.
You know what, I’ve checked, those three people have ambushed many using this method.
Your choice was absolutely correct.
It’s just the nature of the battlefield; there’s no reason why we should always win.
The enemy is cunning and formidable, and failure is sometimes inevitable.”
The reasoning was far-fetched, incredibly so, but no matter how implausible, Gao Yang had to stick with it to the end.
In the moment, he couldn’t fabricate a better excuse for Li Jinfang, or he would have made his speech more convincing rather than forcibly linking it to battlefield conditions.
After he finished speaking, Gao Yang covertly made a signal.
It was then known to the others that it was time to forcibly brainwash Li Jinfang.
“Toad, you did nothing wrong.
F**k, we absolutely can’t let those three bastards go.
Even if it means turning Pointe Noire upside down, we need to find them!
Kill them brutally, avenge your girlfriend!
Revenge!” Frey said angrily.
After Frey’s outburst, Glolov also said loudly, “Toad, you truly did nothing wrong; your choice was the right one.
You don’t need to blame yourself.
The only thing you did wrong was not killing those three bastards right away!
What were you doing?
Where did all your combat skills go?
Under those circumstances, you could’ve easily taken them out.
Why didn’t you do it?
Why!”
Confused by Glolov’s stern questioning, Li Jinfang said, “I…
I panicked then.
I only thought of saving her.
I really just knew to get her to the hospital as fast as possible.”
Glolov, who had seen his fair share of action, managed to not only intensify the hatred but also subtly alter the content of Li Jinfang’s self-blame, which was much more effective than Frey’s slogan-chanting.
After Li Jinfang involuntarily offered his explanation, Glolov stood in front of him, grabbed his shoulder harshly, and said sternly, “F**k, you idiot!
Bastard!
You should’ve killed those three who caused her death right then and there!
It wouldn’t have delayed you by more than a few seconds!
But you let them get away, what were you thinking!
Now we still have to find those three, and we must kill them to make up for your mistake, do you understand?!”
Li Jinfang nodded subconsciously, and then Rafael said solemnly, “Lee, you did nothing wrong.
The ones at fault are those three bastards.
As your brother, I have to help you find those three bastards and kill them in the most brutal way.
Lee, you have to make up for the mistake you made and take out those three in revenge for your girlfriend.”
Everyone was telling Li Jinfang the same thing: the ones who were wrong were those who killed Zhou Lizhe, and Li Jinfang’s mistake was that he failed to take out those three at the time.
Taking advantage of Li Jinfang’s muddled mind, they repeatedly drilled the same concept into him, and after a prolonged bombardment, Li Jinfang was finally thoroughly brainwashed.
The effects of brainwashing couldn’t last too long, but as long as Li Jinfang succeeded in his revenge, there should be no problem.
Once the focus of his hatred shifted from himself to someone else, even if he managed to think things through later on, it wouldn’t be too problematic.
As soon as my mind was forcefully wrenched from its blind spot, trying to steer my thoughts back on track wasn’t so easy.
At that time, Li Jinfang, sometimes furious, sometimes sorrowful, started talking more, all of it filled with nostalgia about Zhou Lizhe, occasionally switching to how to seek revenge.
“This time in Pointe Noire, I really thought heaven had opened its eyes and given me a chance to atone for my past mistakes, but instead, it turned out to be an eternal separation.”
“In the hospital, my mind was chaos, all I could think of was to find those three bastards and kill them!
But when I went back, I couldn’t find them anywhere.
I searched all over, asking everyone I met.
Later, an English-speaking person told me the robbers belonged to only one gang.
I paid him some money to take me there, and then I started fighting!
Later, another English-speaker said it wasn’t them, it was someone else.
I took him with me to lead the way.”
“This morning, I took that English-speaking person to find the gang he said killed Lizhe.
I tied him up in the car, got out, and started brawling, only to find the three I was looking for weren’t there.”
“Then, the guy mentioned another place, so we went, but still, the people I was looking for weren’t there.”
“The last time, we went to another place, still didn’t find them, and the guy leading me was even shot dead amid the chaos.
I got splashed with hot oil from a restaurant’s pan on my leg, scalding it.
My leg was so stiff I couldn’t catch a man who was escaping.
Seeing that the ones I was looking for weren’t there, I just stole a car from those guys and drove off, but I was so lightheaded I crashed.
When I came to, I was at Monk Temple, and then I met you all again.”
“I have to find those three, I must find them, I need to avenge her, I must seek revenge.”
Li Jinfang was in a state of pathological excitement as he intermittently conveyed his unsuccessful vengeance saga, causing Gao Yang and the others to gradually understand the situation, which only served to strengthen their resolve to establish Li Jinfang’s enemies as targets.
Seeing the effect was about right and the sky was almost dark, it was time to let Li Jinfang vent his anger.
At this point, Gao finally had some free time to truly deal with the revenge matter.
“Good, you just wait, we’re about to seek revenge now.
We’ll turn heaven and earth upside down to find those three men.
Brothers, get ready, we’re going to avenge Toad now!”
After saying this to Li Jinfang, Gao Yang took his phone and began dialing in front of him.
The first call was to Little Donnie.
When Little Donnie picked up, Gao Yang shouted, “Little Donnie, where are you?
We’re going to avenge Toad, when can the guns be delivered?”
“I’m on a ship right now, they’ll definitely arrive before midnight tonight.
You’ll just need to wait for me on the beach,” Little Donnie responded.
After receiving Little Donnie’s response and making sure Li Jinfang heard it, Gao grabbed Rafael’s phone and, in front of Li Jinfang, made a call to Pascal.
“Hey, friend, are you satisfied with the payment we gave you?”
Pascal was certainly satisfied.
He was now among the higher earners in Pointe Noire, but what he made in a day from Gao and his associates was more than he could earn in a year.
Upon hearing Gao’s words, Pascal sincerely said, “I must say I’m very satisfied, sir.
You’re a very generous man, thank you.
If you need any more help, I’m happy to oblige.”
Gao spoke with gravity, “I do need another favor from you.
Some street robbers definitely have records with the police; I’m sure the station knows who did it.
Can you help me find out?
This information is worth five thousand US dollars.”
Money paves the way, and upon hearing Gao’s request, Pascal immediately replied, “Sir, I’m honored to tell you I’ve actually already started on this task.
A police friend of mine is willing to meet with me after his shift; he didn’t want to tell me the answer over the phone because he prefers to trade in person.
I think he will meet with me soon.
Also, I’ve found a couple of guns, do you still need them?”
Gao Yang smiled with satisfaction.
A nice wad of US dollars certainly made for good results; even an honest person playing the role of an information dealer and arms trader seemed to be doing it right.
And the outcome was that solving the problem was much easier than he had imagined.
(To be continued.
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