Life Dungeon Game

My hero is their enemy. From Vincent's perspective, the miners' mutual aid society really is a group of desperados.

Vincent's attention was drawn to the miners' mutual aid society, and Fifth Sister secured a crucial period of time for Nell.

Nell himself was unaware that his fifth sister was risking her life to buy him time, but he still followed Jon's advice and contacted the FBI.

In the fifth sister's mind, the initial goal was probably to guide her younger brother to the FBI.

After all, the FBI is the best person to handle this matter.

However, neither the siblings anticipated that the FBI in Rock City had also been infiltrated by the mining conglomerate.

Looking back now, the forces that infiltrated the FBI should be the mayor's forces, not Vincent's.

The turning point came when Nell handed over a copy of the storage chip to the FBI, and the mining conglomerate's attitude towards Nell (Ho) changed from arrest and interrogation to hunting him down.

It's likely that the FBI sent the video to the mayor, and the mayor, together with Vincent, used the power of the entire mining consortium to block the video's dissemination through various channels. Only then did they have the confidence to ignore the storage chip in He's possession and pursue He.

Perhaps this incident also gave the mayor an excuse to persuade internal forces to remove Vincent.

But Vincent shouldn't have been so careless and had no vigilance at all.

Well, the two of them blocked the channels for the video's dissemination, which may have given Vincent the illusion that they were temporary allies in this matter, and that any conflicts should be resolved after the matter was over.

After all, if Vincent were to go all out and release the video, the mayor would face a huge scandal and his authority would plummet.

But the most dangerous time is often when a person holds a sharp knife and can pose a huge threat.

The mayor did not tolerate the threat, so he devised a plan to use the miners' mutual aid society's attack to kill Vincent's main force, and then have the ambushing city defense troops deal with the miners' mutual aid society, killing two birds with one stone.

Nine Seraphim-type mechs arrived at that time. Not counting He Ao, the Miners' Mutual Aid Association only had one C-level Hell Apostle, Fourth Brother.

Even if Fourth Brother is a genius pilot, he's not worth being surrounded by nine Seraphim mechs.

What's more, there's also a C-rank 'Hunter' named Rolank mixed in.

Although this guy was so weak that he didn't last a single move against He Ao, he was still an undisputed C-level player.

Even if Vincent had concealed his C-level strength, he would have been doomed under such an attack.

So even without Heo, Vincent would have been dead in last night's 'attack'.

The miners' mutual aid society 'killed' Vincent, and the city defense forces 'annihilated' the miners' mutual aid society; this was a predetermined outcome.

The mayor may have already prepared a speech to 'commemorate' Vincent. This speech was arranged too quickly and too timely, less than ten hours after last night's battle.

Perhaps it was also part of his plan to use last night's attack on the miners' mutual aid society and the death of Vincent to hype up the threat posed by the miners' mutual aid society, thereby gaining a legitimate reason to purge the miners.

Three birds with one stone.

Step by step, with each step linked to the next.

He just didn't expect that not only Vincent died last night, but also the city defense army's nine Seraphim and C-class Rolank were destroyed last night.

He's appearance disrupted his plans, allowing the miners' mutual aid team, who were supposed to die, to survive.

Even so, his third step plan continued as usual. He even astutely seized on the point of Rurank's death and attempted to mobilize the city's defense forces more aggressively.

Through these events, He Ao began to try to deduce the mayor's personality.

Rigorous, cold-blooded, bloodthirsty, with an extremely strong desire for control, skilled in planning, and not...

They can be thrown off balance by sudden setbacks, and even turn disadvantages into advantages.

Most importantly, all the arrangements he made were 'upright and honest,' seemingly genuinely for the greater good.

Even if he gets rid of Vincent, he will still use the miners' mutual aid society to make them take the blame.

He recalled Nell's memories. Although Nell didn't care much about politics, the mayoral election in Rock City was, after all, the biggest event in the city.

Neil also had a vague impression of the current mayor of Rock City. This mayor had a very good 'reputation' in Rock City, and most of his supporters elected him because they believed he was a 'just' person.

Of course, the creation of this 'righteous persona' is also related to the large-scale advertising campaigns launched by the mining conglomerate.

During the election, even the fourth brother, who was completely uninterested in politics, would casually mention this 'righteous mayoral candidate' to Neil when buying him study guides.

It wasn't that he suddenly became interested in the mayoral election; rather, when he was scrolling through short videos of the blonde, wavy-haired woman on his fitness tracker, ads for this candidate would frequently pop up, and after seeing them so often, he naturally remembered her.

Although the mayor is elected by the people, conglomerates decide which candidate appears before the voters.

However, the more this mayor cultivates this virtuous and upright persona, the greater the impact on him will be once the video of him orchestrating the massacre of miners is exposed.

In fact, it is not easy to establish such a 'righteous persona' in elections, as it is easy to find fault with someone and ruin that persona.

What's more, it's the current mayor, who has absolutely nothing to do with justice, who's putting on this persona. He Ao feels that this guy might do anything except things related to justice.

From this action, He Ao saw confidence in the mayor, the kind of confidence and arrogance that comes from controlling everything and fooling everyone.

He's thoughts returned to the core question: Could this mayor be the culprit behind the "frequent deaths in Rock City" mentioned by the system?

A brief silence fell over the surroundings as He Ao pondered, and so did the old foreman.

Ivo...

Seeing that everyone around him was thinking, Ivo began to pretend to be thinking as well.

"Everyone,"

A gentle female voice came through.

He looked up and saw a young woman with brown wavy hair cascading over her shoulders, a gentle smile, and dressed in a simple black and white maid outfit and black stockings.

Black stockings are usually slimming, but on this maid's legs, they accentuated a different kind of voluptuousness.

Even her simple maid outfit couldn't hide her curvaceous figure.

He glanced at his fourth brother and saw that Ivo was trying to look away, but his gaze would always return to the maid.

Especially on those long, voluptuous thighs encased in black stockings.

Fourth Brother has never been able to resist black stockings.

"Lady Ilya invites you all to come over."

The maid seemed oblivious to Ivo's gaze and spoke slowly and gently.

Did she specify who those people were?

He asked softly.

'Gentlemen' is a very broad noun.

Judging from Ilia's conversation with Heo last night, it seems that she

She had no contact with anyone else in the miners' mutual aid society; she only communicated with the old foreman.

However, the use of the word "everyone" in Ilya's invitation is significant, suggesting that the wealthy patron behind the Miners' Mutual Aid Association seems to be preparing to meet with other members of the association.

"Ms. Elijah simply said that the old foreman would decide on the candidate."

The maid pointed to the seats in the church, "I'll wait in those seats. Once the candidates are confirmed, I'll take you to see Lady Ilya."

As everyone watched the maid leave, He Ao turned his gaze to the old foreman standing to the side.

This is an important meeting, and also an opportunity.

In He Ao's analysis, he didn't actually mention an important question: how did the mayor 'know' about the miners' mutual aid association's plan?

If the miners' mutual aid association's confidentiality mechanism isn't extremely weak, then there's only one other possibility: there's a mole within the association.

Based on He Ao's conversation with the old foreman, the old foreman is not stupid. He must have made many secret arrangements to maintain the miners' mutual aid association under the mayor's pressure and to keep it from being discovered and raided.

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that there is a mole within the mutual aid society, and a high-ranking one at that, someone who knows the core plans.

The problem now is that, after this incident, the attack team from last night returned safely and deduced the possibility that the mayor had used someone else to do his dirty work.

Those who are smart enough have probably already guessed the existence of the mole, and the mole must also know that his presence has been exposed.

Therefore, any meeting held now will alert the mole, causing them to take drastic actions and triggering unpredictable consequences.

Ilya's desire to meet with the core members of the miners' mutual aid society provided a convenient excuse to convene a meeting with everyone.

Find out who the mole is through this 'meeting with Ilya'.

When He Ao looked at the old foreman, the old foreman also looked at him.

Clearly, the old foreman had also thought of this.

However, there is another possibility: the mole is smart enough to have already fled overnight.

This is also why the old foreman didn't call a meeting last night. First, some key figures were still receiving treatment in the team. Second, calling a meeting suddenly last night would easily alert the mole and cause them to flee.

When He Ao arrived, he had already learned from the pharmacist that the old foreman had completely covered up the news of the team's return last night, without leaking a single word.

He waited for the core members of the mutual aid society to arrive at the church in the morning as usual to continue the meeting.

However, it's also possible that the mole learned about last night's battle from the city defense forces and simply ran away.

However, the possibility of this is very low. The more well the mole is hidden, the more complicated the way they communicate with the mayor. Last night was so chaotic that it would be difficult to pass on intelligence in a timely manner.

Along the way, He Ao was not only looking for the old foreman, but also observing the environment around the church. At that time, he discovered that the church was surrounded by sentry posts, and everyone could enter but not leave.

Clearly, these people were all assigned by the old foreman.

If the mole comes to the church for a meeting, he will definitely be surrounded and trapped like a turtle in a jar.

Even so, the old foreman still needed one.

A more legitimate reason to summon those he suspects are the mole is that the mole's identity is uncertain, and alerting him could easily lead to the mole taking hostages or attacking innocent people around them.

Of course, once this mole gets to the church, it's almost impossible for him to escape.

His only way out is if he is really smart and careful enough to pull off one heist and run away without thinking about anything else, whether he is discovered or not.

However, since the other party has already infiltrated the core of the miners' mutual aid association, the mayor has probably promised him high benefits in order to win him over, and these things are not so easy to give up.

Everyone knew that running away immediately would ensure survival, but how could they bear to part with their gold and silver treasures?

Let's take a gamble. If the old foreman doesn't discover the mole, he can continue to make money.

He could almost picture the mole's thoughts, so he guessed that the mole was probably at the church now. If the mole were truly smart and careful, he would never join a crazy organization like the Miners' Mutual Aid Society, which was driven by hatred and openly challenged large corporations.

However, he didn't need to be involved in catching the mole. He wasn't even considered a member of the miners' mutual aid association yet; catching the mole was the old foreman's responsibility.

After exchanging a glance with He Ao, the old foreman went to gather the people.

Among these people, there must be a mole he suspects.

He Ao shook his head, not wanting to think about these things, but instead returning his thoughts to the mayor, since completing the main mission was the most important thing.