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Chapter 727 Three Cunning Rabbit Cave
"Don't let your guard down. I can already feel the danger approaching step by step. There's a huge net hanging over our heads, covered in bits of flesh and blood." Black Crow's voice was somewhat frightening, with a suffocating quality, as if he could see death walking towards them.

“If the Night Watch ship is not safe, I think you should consider your options as soon as possible.”

"Once you become a night watchman, there is no way to quit. We are all outsiders, outsiders who can't escape this city."

“I mean you can become a different kind of night watchman.” Gao Ming analyzed, combining the information he had recently acquired: “The original night watchmen were captured and brought to this city by the shrine master. The shrine master may have wanted to torture them, or perhaps wanted to obtain something from them. Regardless of the process, one thing is certain: the original night watchmen and the shrine master were enemies. But look at the night watchmen now, they don’t have a trace of the police spirit left. They’re all extorting and demanding bribes, completely assimilated by the darkness of this city.”

“Differentiation is impossible to survive. Night watchmen who adhere to the bottom line have long been purged. The ten night watchmen wearing epaulets now are terrifying guys whose hearts are consumed by dark desires.” Epaulets symbolize power and status among night watchmen, and Black Raven is still far from being a top-tier night watchman.

“You can think more flexibly. The original Night Watchers didn’t set the Night Watch rules to see their successors become like that. So as long as you hold fast to your beliefs as a Night Watcher, you can discard your outward identity at any time.” Gao Ming was like a ruthless boss luring college students: “I’m not asking you to betray the Night Watchers, I’m asking you to become a true Night Watcher.”

Black Crow seemed to understand, but he didn't rush to answer.

"The primary target of the person behind the scenes is definitely those night watchmen with epaulets. Before they notice you, quickly take a group of trustworthy people and go from the light to the dark. Night watchmen are police officers in the dark."

"What you said makes sense."

"Give me an address, I want to give you a gift in person." Gao Ming suggested meeting again, and this time Black Crow did not refuse and gave Gao Ming a location.

After the call ended, Gao Ming sent his three subordinates and the driver back to the Tzu Chi Foundation, while he rode in the car driven by the disfigured female nurse and entered the slum for the second time.

While the outside world was in complete chaos, the slums remained as lifeless as ever, filled with stench and despair.

"I really don't understand how Black Crow could allow you into its lair. That guy must be bewitched." In the driver's seat, the disfigured woman couldn't help but complain, "You're really brave to trust that ruthless bird of disaster."

"We've gone in the same direction."

Looking at Li Sansi's face, the disfigured nurse felt a pang of stomach pain: "Don't talk to me, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist punching you in the face."

"Why?" Gao Ming looked at himself in the rearview mirror. Li Sansi's appearance could be described as neither good-looking nor elegant.

The disfigured woman ignored Gao Ming and put on her headphones.

"It's dangerous for you to drive like that. Why don't you play some music on the loudspeaker so I can listen to it too?"

Gao Ming was also very curious about the disfigured woman. Hei Ya once said that the woman was one of the few people in this malicious city whose heart was full of kindness, and her past must have been complicated.

The vehicle stopped after entering the slum. Many areas lacked roads, requiring drivers to climb through various abandoned buildings. It took a full half hour for the disfigured woman to finally lead Gao Ming to a dilapidated tenement building.

The apartment, which was already in a state of disrepair, had been hollowed out. The ground was covered in black mud, the air was filled with the stench of decay, and the exterior walls were covered in dust and various kinds of garbage.

In other parts of the slums, the dog-men would be leashed, but here they are not much different from normal people. They wear dirty clothes and mechanically practice using various guns and knives. The room next to them is stocked with a large amount of cheap canned food and compressed food. They may not be nutritious, but they are definitely enough to fill their stomachs.

"Did Black Crow do all this?"

“Yes, ever since he met you, he has felt extremely insecure. He squandered his fortune, even sold the old dog's inheritance, and recruited a large number of dog-men.” The disfigured woman drew the curtain on the door frame, making it impossible to see inside the building from the outside. “Don’t worry, these dog-men will never leak any secrets. They are all pitiful people who have nowhere else to turn. They have undergone drug and surgical modifications to erase their malice, and of course, their own thoughts. You can think of them as breathing tools.”

Gao Ming walked up to a dog-man in his early twenties. The man's slightly immature face was covered in mud, and his eyes held no malice or light, only hunger and loyalty.

"If people living in this city lose their inner malice, will they directly lose themselves? Are the seeds of malice intertwined with their consciousness?"

“Only the dog-men’s modifications are like this. The rat-men’s modifications retain their malice. The pig-men’s modifications are the most terrifying. While erasing their self-awareness, they also amplify their inner malice. That’s why pig-men are the most terrifying monsters in the slums. Even the big shots outside rarely keep them.” After giving Gao Ming a brief introduction, the disfigured woman led him underground. Through a dark and narrow passage, they arrived at an underground black medicine workshop: “The medicine-making tools you stole from Old Dog are here. The dog-men’s brains can’t learn how to make medicine. The people operating these instruments are refugees from the slums.”

With her face contorted by scars and her disfigured eyes filled with malice, the woman said, "These guys will do anything for money, so they'll have to stay underground until things stabilize."

After walking past the workers in hazmat suits, Gao Ming arrived at the innermost room. Upon opening the door, he found Black Crow, dressed in a black raincoat, standing inside. He was covered in blood and grime, as if he had just experienced a brutal battle.

“We should try to reduce the frequency of our meetings. My situation isn’t good.” Black Crow waved his hand, and the disfigured woman closed the door and left. “Old Dog’s death has led to me. Owl and Judge, two Night Watch officers with epaulets, are investigating.”

"Are they investigating you, or are they investigating where Old Dog's inheritance went?" Gao Ming immediately hit the nail on the head.

"All of them."

“You can leave your illegal pharmaceutical workshop in the open as a target. The night watchmen will find it sooner or later. Don’t leave the pharmaceutical tools I stole from the Takekawa Pharmaceutical Factory in the slums. Take them around here and then smuggle them out.” Gao Ming’s three henchmen and the driver all saw the equipment enter the slums. It was no longer safe here. “Send them to the restricted area that Shiki was in charge of before he died.”

"The old pharmaceutical factory of Takekawa-sha?"

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows. If all else fails, we can run into the restricted area." After discussing with Black Crow, Gao Ming took out a small knife and a clean medicine bottle. "You've worked hard these past few days. I'm going to give you a little gift to help you evade the natives' detection."

(End of this chapter)