Chapter 21: Chen Yaozu's True Goal

Actually, Chen Yaozu wanted to say he needed more money, but the foreigner didn't seem to get the reference, so he let it go.

"Ok, how much money do you need?"

Since Ben Grillos had asked, he naturally had the price prepared in his mind; when the other party named his price, he actually felt relief.

Actually, Chen Yaozu was just saying that; he wanted the money, but to him right now, money wasn't actually that important.

"Alright!"

"Whether you give money, how much you give — it's not actually important.

What's important is that Easterner you just detained, Ceng Hongbing — I need you to release him."

Ben Grillos seemed to have anticipated this too; after all, back in the Mess Hall, it was this Wizard who helped that Easterner, giving him the chance to counter-kill so many opponents.

"Ok, I can do that!"

With the terms settled, Chen Yaozu stopped holding back: "You should have only gotten the hospital's checkup report yesterday, only confirmed the tumor on your lung yesterday — but this checkup report is from a physical exam eight weeks ago.

After getting the checkup report, you quickly booked an appointment to test whether the tumor is benign or malignant — but your appointment got scheduled for Wednesday afternoon nine weeks later.

Am I right?"

Divination is first stating things you're certain of, to build credibility; once the other party's doubts are gone, the rest is easy to fabricate.

The Jianghu's thousand gates, Divination — that's how it's done.

No wonder Ceng Hongbing once pondered: Eastern Jianghu scams and charlatan tricks coming to the West have a very high chance of working big here.

One part is that this side has few restrictions on the Faith aspect, it's chaotic, and leads to many people being very ignorant.

Another part is education — many students here, even if they reach 12th Grade, may not know how to read, not understand, not even write a comparatively long sentence.

This is Ordinary People's education — happy growth is primary; whether you actually learn anything in school is secondary.

So many people come out to work, having learned little, seen little, and getting hoodwinked is perfectly normal.

Just one impassioned Speech can hoodwink a lot of people into supporting you.

This is America.

Not to mention, what Chen Yaozu is saying now are all real events he deduced; the moment he spoke, he directly gained Ben Grillos's trust.

"Then what?

Can you tell me — is this tumor malignant or benign?"

Chen Yaozu looked at him with some pity: "Officer, do you think for you right now, there's a difference between malignant and benign?

Even if I told you, you'd still have to wait for the hospital's test; I believe as an officer you definitely wouldn't just take my word unilaterally and skip the test.

Right now, it's been eight weeks since you got the checkup report yesterday, and the appointment to test whether the lump is benign or malignant is booked for nine weeks from now.

Even if you learn from me the tumor is malignant, would the hospital doctors listen to you and operate without the test?"

"Besides, you already have the answer in your heart, don't you? If I didn't know your fate, I wouldn't have had Antonio prepare to open a new Line in advance.

Because..."

Chen Yaozu paused, then slowly spoke: "In the fate I see, you no longer have a future!"

Ben Grillos had already heard the answer from Antonio, yet he came to Chen Yaozu now — wasn't that just holding a fluke hope, wanting a different answer?

But the answer Chen Yaozu gave held no pleasant surprise for him, leaving him a bit dazed. Yet at this moment he still subconsciously murmured: "Mr. Wizard, is there really no other outcome?"

Suddenly, he jolted awake:

"Wait, Mr. Wizard, you definitely left something unsaid, right? If I'm destined to die, why would a person destined to die be certain I'd help you, give you your deserved Reward, based on an answer that helps me not at all?

You definitely have another answer, right?"

Chen Yaozu nodded: "The most accurate answer is, your test appointment is Wednesday afternoon nine weeks later.

But the date to get the test results? How long is that queue? Once you get results and it's confirmed malignant, you book surgery — how long is that queue?

You know too — to get surgery, the queue is very, very long; you might even wait half a year.

By that time, what's now just a small tumor, though malignant, is still curable.

But by nine weeks later, half a year later — will that malignant tumor have spread? If it spreads, can you still wait for your surgery date?

At surgery, the doctors hold medical materials and records from half a year ago or longer — will they be fully prepared to get you off the operating table alive? All this goes without saying; you should have the answer too!

So to avoid all this, your only chance to survive is to pay for a Private Hospital.

This is your only way to live in America!"

Hearing this result, Ben Grillos despaired: "No no no no, this isn't the result I want!

Mr. Wizard, since you know my fate so well, you know I can't possibly pay for private hospital surgery.

Even if I go bankrupt, I can't afford private hospital medical costs.

But I'm certain — since Mr. Wizard sought me out, or rather waited for me to seek you.

Or from the moment you first told Antonio, you've been waiting for me to come.

Since Mr. Wizard waited for me, there must be another way for me to live.

Alright! Mr. Wizard, what do I need to do for you to give me the real answer?"

Ben Grillos didn't know if it was a deathbed Epiphany, but this head of his that hadn't read many books suddenly worked through many joints.

He was very certain the Eastern Wizard before him definitely had a lifeline for him; otherwise the other party wouldn't have deliberately drawn his attention.

"Whatever Reward you need, as long as it's not money, not too much money..."

"Alright!"

Seeing the other party had realized, Chen Yaozu didn't waste words, stating his purpose: "You're Immigration Bureau — give me a way to not be deported."

This was his true goal.

"Someone told me, current America isn't very stable for Illegal Immigrants.

Now Immigration Bureau catches people, they might just directly charter a plane and deport them.

If the blond old man successfully takes power, then Illegal Entry immigrants like us have a seventy to eighty percent chance of being deported — possibly even higher!

"So, I need a way that even if the Big Golden Retriever rises to power, I still won't be deported."

(Chapter End)