[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu":3,"chapter-you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-209":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Told to Play a Warlord, You Say You Don't Eat Beef?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2204038,3829,"Chapter 209","you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-209",209,"\u003Cp>As he speaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The expression on Will’s face becomes increasingly heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He seems to be increasingly shaken by Su Chen’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The look on his face becomes a bit more exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It is clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Chen’s words have once again shaken Will’s convictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whether to continue serving as a criminal consultant for the police under immense psychological pressure and a constantly negative mental state.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Or, as Su Chen said, make the right choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For the sake of his own mental state, and to stop torturing himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But as the scene shifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To everyone’s surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There is no difficult investigation process!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That angel-maker.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Finally unable to bear the torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Chooses to turn himself into an angel and ends his own life in a barn.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This also shocks all the viewers!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The moment Will arrives at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He identifies the identity of this corpse!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This should be the last one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jack asks from the side:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is it the maker?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"He turned himself into an angel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will looks up at the high-hanging, bloody, mangled corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Not God, not anyone else, he wanted to die himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"His own choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is the only decision he could make.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>During the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will’s expression is also somewhat touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As if remembering Hannibal’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The angel-maker made his choice....\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What about him....\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Should he continue to painfully persist on this path, or find complete liberation?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I don't know how much longer I can help you, Jack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Struggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will says it out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Jack replies without hesitation:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You’ve already caught three people; the last three, all caught by you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"But I didn't catch this one; the angel-maker just surrendered himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I’ve gotten used to my wife not talking to me; I can also get used to you not talking to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It’s becoming harder and harder for me to see clearly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will speaks with some pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But Jack’s emotions are clearly rising too:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"No one asked you to shoulder all this alone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"But I am alone! You know what these things mean! I can see, but my own thinking is disappearing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong with this case?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It’s not this one! It’s all the cases! Or the next one! I can't imagine what situation I’ll encounter next!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Finally, Will shouts in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Assisting the police in solving cases has seriously affected his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"These things are harmful to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Go back to teaching! When a case happens and you don't stop it, your lectures will become boring too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jack is silent for a few seconds, drops a sentence, and leaves the barn.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Leaving Will standing there, thinking about whether to stay or go.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And all the viewers, seeing Will so shaken at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Are even more amazed that Hannibal’s subtle indoctrination has been so successful!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It can be said that Will’s intention to give up is very obvious!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under Hannibal’s instigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will has a sense of wanting to have a complete showdown with Jack!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【It feels like they are really going to break up??】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【This Jack is really something; it’s obvious Will doesn't want to continue this job anymore!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Is this moral kidnapping....】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Too realistic..】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Actually, everyone knows what a huge psychological pressure it is for Will to continue solving cases,】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【In fact, Hannibal wasn't wrong either!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Indeed... for Will, perhaps giving up is the right choice!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【But having a psychiatrist constantly influencing his thoughts subtly... it’s truly terrifying!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With the occurrence of a new case.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>All the viewers also know Will’s choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At least for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He hasn't given up on striving in this profession.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In front of a mental hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will and Jack get out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jack explains:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"There are unconfirmed rumors that the Chesapeake Ripper has been arrested.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Unconfirmed? Do you want me to confirm it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Receiving an affirmative reply, Will can't help but look up at the mental hospital building, feeling a chill in his heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I always get nervous coming to places like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Afraid they won't let me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Following their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The scene also moves inside the mental hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Will’s words clearly point to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>His long-standing psychological problems have been troubling him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It could even be said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They make him feel like he is a mental patient himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To the point that he becomes highly nervous just coming to a mental hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the Chesapeake Ripper mentioned by Jack also attracts the attention of countless viewers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This name is not appearing for the first time in previous cases!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This Ripper...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous serial killer that the FBI values immensely!!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Danger level maxed out! Cruelty level maxed out!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, his anti-investigation capabilities are also maxed out!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He has always been a key target for the FBI!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Will and Jack’s arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Is to confirm whether this Ripper is truly detained in the mental hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The director of the mental hospital leads the way while explaining the situation:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"At the time, Gideon was handcuffed; he hid the tines of a fork in his palm and used it to pick the lock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Now he has been controlled in his cell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The victim’s organs were removed, disemboweled; these are all consistent with the Chesapeake Ripper’s modus operandi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the director’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He is even somewhat certain that the controlled mental patient, Gideon, is the legendary Ripper!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And after stepping into the crime scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The bloody and cruel modus operandi.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Also makes all the viewers hold their breath!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This scene, which is said to be consistent with the Ripper’s modus operandi.... is indeed very shocking!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No wonder he is a killer the FBI values so much!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Such a killing method.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Is simply too heinous! Too cruel!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And after seeing the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will immediately enters his own world!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Using his empathy ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He simulates the killer’s process of committing the crime step by step!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After coming back to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>His state is visibly much worse! His emotions fluctuate greatly!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"As far as we know, the Ripper hasn't committed a crime in over two years, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"That’s correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"When was Gideon admitted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"About two years ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the question and answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The suspicion surrounding this mental patient, Gideon, suddenly increases.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The information matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The interval between crimes matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The modus operandi also matches!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When Will meets this mental patient suspected of being the Ripper.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Doubts begin to pop up one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will stares directly at the somewhat vulgar middle-aged man in the cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although he has the fierce look of a murderer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He seems to be a far cry from the Ripper image all the viewers imagined—a high-IQ, anti-investigation-conscious killer!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In order not to waste time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will gets straight to the point:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Are you really the Chesapeake Ripper?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I don't like being called the Chesapeake Ripper at all; it would be better to have a title that sounds cool!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"So before this, you never admitted to committing those Ripper murders?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I just wanted to watch you guys work in vain for two whole years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The middle-aged man laughs with some sarcasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But Will refutes him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"To be able to wait for us to investigate for two years, you must be very patient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>His words point directly to the man’s restless behavior in the cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It is clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This suspect does not seem like the patient type.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A new month!! A new year!! Asking you brothers for some monthly ticket support!! Thank you all!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A new month!! A new year!! Asking you brothers for some monthly ticket support!! Thank you all!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A new month!! A new year!! Asking you brothers for some monthly ticket support!! Thank you all!!!\u003C\u002Fp>",1272,"2026-06-17T06:33:33.872Z","2026-06-17T09:01:43.081Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","98f0aecffd897ee6c326fb3c73804103850b0cb5e575e54a7e2756a02bdd6a74","you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-210","you-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-chapter-208",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-play-a-warlord-why-are-you-refu-cover.jpg"]