Life Dungeon Game

Not a single drop of water splashed.

He reached out and paused the television, took two wine glasses from the wine cabinet, held one in one hand and a decanter in the other, and looked at He Ao, "Sit down and have a drink?"

As he spoke, he walked towards the sofa.

"Are there any drinks?"

He Ao remained calm as he led his granddaughter to the sofa and casually replied.

"There is milk."

The man placed the decanter and wine glasses on the table in front of the sofa and slowly raised his hand.

A robot walked out from the dim light, carrying a carton of milk, and stopped behind the man.

By the time the robot arrived, He and Ao had already reached the sofa.

"Thanks,"

The man took the milk, gently tore off a corner of the carton with his fingers along the edge, then sat down on the sofa, smiling as he placed the opened carton on the table and pushed it toward Jiaxi, saying, "Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol, so please make do with this milk for now."

He Ao glanced at the carton of milk.

That's fresh milk from the Kegete Group, unlike the 'milk' usually sold in the market that's made from synthetic milk powder, and it's very expensive.

"It seems you don't quite approve of Mayor Krot's actions?"

He Ao calmly sat down on the sofa, and Jiaxi sat down next to him as well.

"No, I like him very much,"

The man smiled and shook his head.

"He made my life much better than before. During his eight years in power, I lived a fairly good life."

"He did a lot of things to 'increase revenue and reduce expenditure,' such as raising taxes on basic consumer goods in order to increase government revenue,"

He picked up the decanter, poured himself a glass of wine, and then poured one into He Ao's glass as well. "But who buys the most basic consumer goods? No matter how big a rich person's ass is, can he use more than twenty rolls of toilet paper when he takes a dump?"

"So most of these taxes ultimately end up on the poor. These tax increases are okay for those who can barely make ends meet, just make things a little harder. But for those who couldn't survive to begin with, they are the last stone that breaks the bridge."

"In the end, they had no choice but to come to me, and when they came to me, these people had to pay me protection money and provide me with value."

At this point, the man chuckled, "That's why I like him quite a bit."

He Ao looked up at the man.

Sito, who has lived in St. John's for decades, knows very well what kind of person this mayor is.

In fact, while increasing taxes on basic consumer goods, Krot also did something else: under the guise of encouraging economic development, he implemented tax incentives for large corporations in St. John's City.

Of course, few people notice this because there is almost no media coverage of this tax incentive.

If Sito hadn't possessed strong research skills and hadn't specifically checked the Saint John city government's website after realizing something was amiss with Krot's tax increase on basic consumer goods, he wouldn't have discovered this tax incentive.

"The old gentleman seemed to be a very righteous person,"

The man smiled and looked at He Ao. "So, who exactly did you come here for today?"

"

I think you already know the answer in your heart.

He looked at him calmly.

"The Pollution Cleanup Division is dealing with their internal strife; the FBI in St. John's is a clay idol,"

The man picked up his wine glass, took a sip of red wine, and said, "You came here for the Evolutionary Path? But those people are all bad seeds like me; they don't have a sense of justice like you, sir."

He paused slightly at this point, then added, "It seems I've been 'betrayed'."

Let's talk about the origins of evolution.

He Ao slammed his cane on the ground, his face fixed on the man. "You should be happy to share their intelligence with me."

The situation was actually quite simple. While investigating the Night Hawk case, Ishia obtained information on two missing persons cases: one was a missing person case on St. John's Ninth Street, and the other was a missing person case in the Green Olive Street area.

It has been confirmed that Victor is lying in ambush on St. John's Ninth Street; it's a trap.

But isn't the Green Olive Street neighborhood a 'trap'?

However, St. John's Ninth Street was a case of the mastermind doing the dirty work himself, while Green Olive Street was a case of using someone else to do the dirty work.

The 'knife' borrowed by the mastermind is none other than the Scorpion Gang leader standing in front of He Ao at this moment.

In fact, He Ao had considered this possibility before he even arrived in this neighborhood.

After all, the disappearances in the Green Olive neighborhood were too obvious, too conspicuous, and somewhat abnormal.

The flaws deliberately revealed by Witt show that the person behind the scenes was fully capable of selectively exposing the disappearances in order to guide the investigators' thinking in the direction they needed.

Furthermore, there was actually another point of suspicion in the process of He Ao's arrival.

That is, the entire Poison Scorpion Gang did not make any preparations for his possible arrival and was caught off guard.

Ishia has actually been attacked by two waves of C-rank attacks so far, and she is still unharmed despite both attacks.

At this point, the mastermind behind it all would easily be able to tell that Ishia's strength was not right.

Therefore, when the mastermind attacked Ishia in the afternoon, the mastermind also sent armed drones to assist.

This type of drone equipped with an image transmission system can both launch attacks and serve as a 'sentinel'.

The mastermind behind this was actually using this drone to see, during the attack on Ishia, whether Ishia's abilities had suddenly increased or she had found an accomplice.

Of course, during the afternoon battle, He Ao deliberately avoided the drone's camera and was not exposed to the drone's view.

However, through this drone attack, the mastermind can at least confirm that Ishia is still a D-rank and has not obtained the super power to kill C-ranks at will.

The most likely reason why Ishia was able to turn the tables is that she found a powerful C-rank 'companion' by her side.

Although the person behind the scenes may not know He Ao yet, he should be able to tell that He Ao exists.

Having reached this point and confirmed that Ishia has a powerful companion, if the Scorpion Gang is affiliated with the mastermind, the mastermind would definitely order the Scorpion Gang to strengthen their defenses in order to prevent the loss of strength.

This is one of the reasons why He Ao chose to teach Jiaxi's boxing style at the street entrance for a period of time; he was using this time to observe the Scorpion Gang's vigilance.

They wait for the right opportunity to act.

The final result was that the Scorpion Gang seemed to have taken no precautions.

At that time, He Ao realized that the Scorpion Gang had not received any 'notification'.

His arrival here to find the Scorpion Gang was actually part of the mastermind's plan.

However, this does not actually affect He Ao's actions, because regardless of whether the Poison Scorpion Gang belongs to the mastermind or is just a borrowed 'knife', one thing is undeniable: the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang is very likely to have a deep relationship with the mastermind and know a lot of relevant information.

He Ao came here to request some information. Since he already had the information, it didn't really matter whether it came from the mastermind's subordinates or from the mastermind's 'enemy'.

Furthermore, He Ao also helped Jiaxi gain a lot of practical experience during this process.

However, given that the Scorpion Gang leader is not under the control of the mastermind and has even been tricked by him, it will be easier for He Ao to obtain intelligence.

Since they've resorted to using a borrowed knife to kill, the mastermind and the leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang probably don't have a good relationship.

The leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang naturally had a tendency to 'share' intelligence with He Ao to jointly deal with the enemy.

Where should we begin?

The leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang pondered for a moment. He had no intention of hiding anything, after all, the mastermind's plan to kill with a borrowed knife was very successful, except that it was all his people who died.

He smiled and said,

"Let's start from when this organization first contacted me."

"About ten years ago, when my territory wasn't as big as it is now, a person with the account name 'Cut Shadow Man' contacted me. His first words were simple: 'Do you crave power?'"

"At the time, I didn't believe this eccentric guy, but later he assigned me a few missions, all of them simple killings,"

The leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang took another sip of red wine, seemingly lost in a brief recollection. "After I had killed enough people, he told me about the existence of the Pollution Monster. At the same time, he claimed to me that the Pollution Monster was not just a monster; its power could be used by humans, and that would be the next step in human evolution."

"Is this the origin of the name 'Evolution'?"

He asked in a low voice.

The term "follower of evolution" literally means "one who follows evolution."

"Yes,"

The leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang nodded, an unnatural, twisted smile appearing on his face. "Later, under his guidance, I gradually found the corrupted monsters and began to carefully raise them."

"However, the first one I raised was discovered by the Pollution Cleanup Department not long after, and I was almost found out by the clues."

"Later, I got smarter and started hiding them while raising them. As I raised them, my understanding of these monsters deepened..."

He paused here, as if someone lost in a drunken dream was slightly waking up, and looked at He Ao before continuing,

“I should be the first person ‘Shadowcutter’ to ‘develop’ in St. John’s City. Unfortunately, I did not eventually join their organization. I am different from them in pursuing so-called ‘purification’. I simply enjoy the ultimate pleasure of gaining power.”

"So you later had a conflict with that 'shadow cutter'?"

He Ao asked calmly, "To compete for resources?"

The mastermind behind bringing in He Ao, 'Isia's helper,' was perhaps also thinking of using He Ao to weaken the Scorpion Gang's power.

“Sir, your sense of smell is very keen,”

The leader of the Poison Scorpion Gang laughed, "After all, there are only so many resources in this city, and I have the best one. In this neighborhood, people die every moment, and no one ever cares how they die or whether they become food for monsters."

"If we're just talking about feeding the polluted monsters, there are few places more suitable than this area. Even the Pollution Cleanup Division doesn't investigate this place very thoroughly."

"Evolution has come from those bad species, who also like this place and are trying every means to take this area from me."

His tone was calm with a hint of pride, like a rancher smugly claiming to have secured the best 'farm'.

He Ao looked up at him, then glanced at the silent hallway outside the door behind him.

"Those who have died are actually cared about."

The person hiding on the 20th floor knew very well that the person who was taken to the middle room on the 35th floor never came out again.

They actually knew very well what was happening in the building, but there was nothing they could do.

We can only 'watch'.

Hiding in the cramped, dark house, I watched all of this.

I'm having some writer's block, more later