Master Changsheng

Chapter 117, Section 115: 99% [Please Subscribe and Vote]

"mix?"

"No...no...I meant it's been a long time since I've seen you, sir..."

An Kai grinned maliciously, gripping the fat man's neck and tightening his grip: "You fatso, you're living the high life, aren't you!"

The detector merchant, nicknamed Fatty Andoan, was being choked by Ankai, his face flushed red, stammering and unable to speak.

He never expected that, even after arriving in the inner city of Chaos City, he would still encounter an "old friend" from the past...

Especially since he had already advanced to the second tier, he was still completely helpless against this "first-tier old friend".

Suddenly, Andorn remembered the few negative reviews he had received from Hanks when he was selling detectors outside Chaos City…

"Could it all be because of this guy?!"

Looking at Ankai's grinning face, Andoen felt as if he had returned to the outer city of Chaos City in a dream.

In the outer city, as a renowned first-level eighth-grade detector merchant, who would dare to give him a bad look?

Everything changed for him only after he met that old geezer Hanks and that guy Ankai.

Firstly, these two never pay for what they buy, claiming it's a "borrowing," but without a repayment deadline...

Another one is Hanks. Even though his detector was working perfectly, he repeatedly used the excuse that his detector was faulty to blackmail, extort, and beat him up!

Clearly… that old geezer Hanks didn’t spend any money.

As for Ankai, it's relatively simple.

Andoen clearly remembered the first time he met this seemingly kind-looking guy; before he could even speak, he was given a sound beating.

Only after beating him up did I learn that he had also come to borrow the detector.

He was several times more ruthless than Hanks.

"It's just a detector, why are you making such a fuss!" Andoun complained to Ankai, on the verge of tears, after being beaten up.

Even now, Andor can still clearly remember how that bastard looked back then, his nonchalant tone, ignoring his words, and flippantly saying, "Just doing it on the spur of the moment."

It was that experience of lying in bed for a month to recover that made Andaoen often think of Ankai's words.

I have nightmares from time to time, and I'm often startled awake by that familiar voice.

Andaoen racked his brains but never expected that he would actually run into this guy again!

Although the man had an old, white-haired face and looked nine-tenths like Hanks, when he heard that familiar voice, Andoron instantly knew who it was.

So many years have passed, yet the experience that Andoen has never forgotten resurfaces before her eyes...

"Not going to say anything, huh?"

"Fine! You fatso, I'll see just how stubborn you are!"

Ankai gripped the detector merchant Andoun's neck and began to slowly increase the pressure.

The fat man, Andoen, who was a head taller than him, looked like a little chick in his hands.

Held above Ankai's head with one hand, Andoen's two thick, fleshy hands thrashed wildly in front of him, trying to pry open Ankai's steel-like arm...

The detector merchant, Andor, was dangling in the air, trying to touch the ground, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach it.

"Ahem... Sir, could you perhaps ease off a little?"

At this moment, Merken, who was behind Ankai, saw that Andoun was about to die. Following Ankai's gesture, he stepped forward and said some nice words.

Ankai glanced back at Malken expressionlessly, then blinked his right eye quickly, indicating that Malken had done a good job.

Then he released his grip: "You have one minute to give me the information that will make me spare your life."

When they met again, An Kai wasn't prepared to kill the fat man.

Based on what the fat man said when he treated them as other people, An Kai felt that the fat man possessed other secrets.

Furthermore, in this city where one can feel satisfied and excited by eating a piece of moldy, blackened, brick-hard bread, the fact that this fat man, Andoun, can eat fresh roasted meat further demonstrates that this fat man is no ordinary person.

In addition, An Kai was also quite interested in the body attribute detector that the fat man mentioned.

With those boxes of magic stones, Ankai decided to give the fat man, Andoen, a chance.

That's why he and Malken used a simple good cop/bad cop tactic to intimidate each other.

This wasn't Ankai's perverse sense of humor, but rather Ankai knew that this fat man, Andoun, had been struggling in Chaos City for many years, and neither soft nor hard words would work on him.

Only a real threat of death can make this fat man obedient.

These are some tips and tricks that An Kai has summarized for interacting with people and dealing with others in Chaos City...

It worked exceptionally well, especially on the detector merchant Andorn.

After all, he did that before…

boom!

Ankai suddenly released his grip, and Andoun fell to the ground.

Andaoen cautiously looked up at Ankai, who was eating his grilled meat...

"Friendly reminder, you have 49 seconds left."

"48 seconds..."

An Kai ate his barbecue with a warm smile on his face, while the [Brute Force Staff] quietly appeared beside him...

As a detector merchant, Andoen was someone who dealt with equipment, and he immediately recognized that the [Brute Force Staff] on Ankai's feet was no ordinary item.

If someone were hit on the head with a stick, they would die, they definitely would die...

Andoun was prepared to reveal everything she knew, partly because she was afraid of dying…

Secondly, it's because this damned old friend of his actually has a fifth-tier professional as his henchman!

With a gulp, Andoen swallowed hard. As Ankai gave him "30 seconds" to recall his last words, Andoen spoke.

He started with a bombshell: "I know the deepest secrets of this city, and why the people here are suffering so much!"

An Kai, who was eating barbecue, had a sudden realization. He quietly sat up straight and then concealed himself, guarding the fifth-tier assassin, Malken, who was standing nearby.

A hazy, gray aura emanated from him, enveloping the entire bounty tower.

"Go on."

Seeing Ankai's interested expression, the detector merchant Andoun breathed a sigh of relief and began to recount how he had gradually come into contact with the deepest secrets of Chaos City after arriving in the inner city...

...

Deep within the inner city of Chaos City.

Inside the pitch-black castle.

The figure in the long robe sneered: "Ha! You dare not come looking for me?"

"The area of ​​the bounty post? Without my orders, would that fat man dare to tell a single truth?"

"Ugh... How boring! How boring!"

...

An hour later.

After saying his last sentence, the detector merchant Andoun scoffed, "Ha! She thinks that by controlling my family, I'll obediently submit."

Little did they know, that family was just a facade I hired; I wouldn't care if they all died!

"Besides, the reason I didn't dare say this before is because although that guy was in seclusion, she still had many third and fourth-tier professionals under her command who could easily crush me."

"Things are different now. Putting aside your great bravery, sir, just that lady alone... humph! I'm not afraid of her threats!"

With a sycophantic attitude, Andoun betrayed the professional who thought he wouldn't dare to speak without a second thought.

Just as Ankai had thought.

Andon doesn't care about threats or anything like that.

Even if you threaten him with his father, he won't care.

People like Andoun only care about themselves; no matter how important the world is, their own life is the most important thing.

Therefore, faced with the real threat of death to Ankai, Andoen completely betrayed the hidden fifth-tier professional who thought he had his weakness in his hands.

"Fatty, when did I ever say I would protect you?"

Ankai held the roasted meat in his left hand and the [Brute Force Staff] in his other hand, gently swinging it back and forth.

He looked at Andoun with disdain, as if he were ready to kill him...

"Uh... sir..."

"If you don't protect me... I'll definitely get killed by that madman..."

Andoun looked at Ankai with a pained expression, trying to squeeze out a few tears to show his pitifulness...

"What do I care if you live or die?"

"What kind of behavior of mine made you mistakenly believe that I would protect you?"

An Kai remained unmoved, acting as if he were a company leader, looking disdainfully at his subordinates who had poured their hearts out for the company, and uttering words that chilled their hearts.

"But...but...sir..." Andoun wanted to say that he had already poured his heart out to Ankai, and under the threat of death, he had truly repeated everything he knew verbatim...

Logically speaking, shouldn't Ankai accept him after he offered himself up as a pledge of loyalty?

Andoen suddenly felt suffocated. His long-term comfortable life in the inner city of Chaos City had made him forget the cold-bloodedness of the desert people.

Instantly, the obese detector merchant, Andorn, like a wronged baby, burst into tears…

Ankai remained unmoved despite witnessing all of this.

He was thinking about other things.

"Sir, what he said is true. Based on my experience and careful observation, the fat man was not lying when he was telling the story."

Just then, he heard Malken's whisper in his ear, and Ankai nodded.

He now has two choices.

One option is to take what they've gained here and leave.

There were 953 low-grade magic stones in total, which wasn't a particularly large gain.

And scattered all over the ground were various detectors, the value of which is unknown.

An Kai always felt that this way of leaving was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

They gave up protecting the good family, and as a result, they didn't even get 1000 low-grade magic stones.

Converted to skill points, that's only 953.

That is, it can increase the spell level by one.

An Kai was somewhat unwilling.

As for the second option...

He then put away his loot and had the fat man in front of him lead him to the place where the mysterious person was in seclusion.

Through the account of the fat man Andoun, and the confirmation from the fifth-tier [Assassin] Malken, Ankai basically confirmed that the mysterious professional was experiencing his most important moment.

The first step to advancing to the fifth tier: Spirit Empowerment!

Ankai and Malken didn't know the specifics of how it would be done.

But Malken and Fat Andor confirmed one thing.

That is, professionals who are imbued with spirits cannot leave their imbued location.

In An Kai's eyes, this advancement mode of spirit empowerment was like a life-or-death retreat.

It's either success or failure.

During this period, it must not be disturbed by external factors.

The reason this mysterious powerful figure is connected to Andoun, a second-tier ant detector merchant, is because the mysterious professional's method of imbuing beings with spirits requires precisely the right emotions…

They use a host of negative emotions, such as resentment, sorrow, and hatred, to complete their spiritual ascension.

Although Andoun's strength was weak, his research on "detectors" made him the foremost expert in the desert.

At the request of the mysterious powerful figure, a simple "emotion detector" was created, which can detect the joys and sorrows of those around them.

The powerful figure, on the other hand, could use the results from the detector to instruct his subordinates to find ways to squeeze out negative emotions from those who possessed positive ones.

This is to enable the formation to function and ultimately meet his requirements for spiritual advancement.

This is why the inner city of Chaos City is now filled with the miserable lives of many residents.

It's no exaggeration to say that the tragic fate of these residents was partly due to the fat man, Andor.

Under his advice, the exploitation of the city's residents gradually reached its peak...

Andon himself, however, can use this ability to live a comfortable life here with his second-tier strength.

Furthermore, they can occasionally use the pretext of "researching the emotion detector" to demand resources from that mysterious powerful figure.

Recently, however, Ando has noticeably slowed down his research on the "emotion detector" and instead increased his demands for resources.

As he said, the new type of "attribute detector" was one reason, but more importantly, it was because Andoren was afraid.

He knew perfectly well that once the mysterious expert emerged from seclusion, the first person he would kill would undoubtedly be him, his "helper"...

It's because he knows too much.

Therefore, lowering the requirements of the "emotion detector" is to protect oneself, while increasing the demand for resources is for the purpose of running away later.

Coincidentally, Ankai suddenly arrived at the scene while Andoun was discussing his escape plans.

Upon learning that Ankai had a fifth-tier professional by his side, Andoun immediately made a secret decision: he would cling tightly to this "old friend's" coattails...

Ankai's second idea was also very simple.

He planned to have the fat man lead him to the secluded retreat of a mysterious expert, sabotage the retreat, and then have Malken help him escape.

They left the fat man, Andoen, behind as an outlet for the mysterious powerhouse's frustration after his spirit was destroyed.

The resources have not changed much.

However, being able to disrupt the enemy's destined spirit enhancement advancement is the greatest gain for Ankai.

After thinking it over, he quietly asked Malken behind him, "How confident are you in our ability to escape?"

Holding the enhanced [Concealment Dagger], Malken pondered for a few seconds before cautiously saying, "Ninety-nine percent, I guess!"

Are you sure?

An Kai, still somewhat uneasy, continued to ask.

Malken blushed. Ankai was being too disrespectful to him, a fifth-tier assassin. Running away was one of his specialties.

They are even more skilled at assassination, since the first lesson any professional assassin learns is: "How to escape."

"I'm sure!" Malken raised his voice slightly to show that he had enough confidence.

I'll trust you one more time.

An Kai muttered something, then stood up and went to the side of the fat man, An Daoen, who was wiping away tears and trembling.

"I'll give you a chance to live."

"Uh...sir, didn't I just win a chance to live...?"

"That was just now, this is now. Now I'm giving you a second chance to live..."

Fat An Daoen fell silent, thinking it was a real shame that An Kai didn't go into business.

Helpless, he could only wipe away his fake tears and listen attentively to An Kai's second chance to live.

The detector dealer, Andoun, had no choice. He didn't want to be threatened like this, but the black stick touching his scalp, with its icy cold touch, made him feel like a dead corpse...

(End of this chapter)