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Chapter 92 New Side Quest (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In the underground alley, Wayne sat on a slightly worn chair, looking at the girl wrapped in a blanket, shivering in front of him.

The girl looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, with red curly hair and a typical Latin American mixed-race appearance.

She had many bruises on her body and obvious wounds around her eyes, clearly indicating that she had suffered severe violence.

Isabella, holding a dagger, was softly comforting the girl.

There was still blood on the dagger that hadn't completely dried.

"Sir, since receiving your blessing and experiencing last night's revenge, I feel my soul has been cleansed and reborn—" Isabella turned to Wayne and said, her eyes lowered.

"But—I want to ask for your forgiveness first—" Her face showed guilt, like a little girl who had done something wrong.

Wayne said gently, "Tell me, my child, what happened?"

Isabella bit her lip and said, "My father and I were previously imprisoned in Jose's gang's cell. I saw with my own eyes that there were several other people imprisoned there—"

After receiving your salvation, I realized I can't be so selfish and only think of myself. I should save others as well and let them into your arms.

"So this morning my father and I went back to the house Jose helped. We just wanted to check things out, but after hearing the noise coming from inside, I couldn't help myself—"

As she spoke, a fanaticism appeared on the girl's face, her eyes were filled with excitement, and she widened her eyes as she recalled, "I thought of your teachings, I thought of the punishment you gave those sinners last night, I thought of everything you said, so I quietly went in—and killed them all."

Jose sighed and explained, "Sir, when we sneaked in, we heard two bastards inside preparing to rape a girl. They beat her up and locked her to the wall—Isabella couldn't take it anymore, rushed in and gave one of the bastards a knife, and I cut down the other one."

Then, provoked, Isabella stabbed both thugs more than a dozen times. The two rescued the trapped girl and, under the cover of night, hurriedly returned to the underground alley, wanting to wait for Wayne's decision.

After doing all this, the father and daughter suddenly realized that they had originally gone to gather information, but had ended up causing such a commotion. They wondered if Wayne would blame them for it.

Isabella looked ashamed and lowered her head, saying, "I'm sorry, sir, my recklessness has caused you trouble—"

Sensing the girl's somewhat manic state, Wayne understood that the trauma she had suffered was too profound, causing her to become somewhat distorted.

The two men she killed may very well have raped her.

Wayne's expression was solemn as he said in a deep voice, "My child, you did the right thing. Those villains deserve to be punished, but your life and your father's life are mine. Don't act rashly next time—"

Appropriate affirmation is acceptable, but encouragement should not be encouraged.

Otherwise, given the girl's current mental state, she might just take on the entire MS-13 by herself tomorrow.

Wayne then asked Jose, who was standing nearby, "Are there only two people there?"

José nodded and said, "Before I killed the last man, he begged me for mercy and told me that the rest of the people had gone to a ship to escort cargo, and the girl we rescued was one of the cargoes."

"Noang was supposed to deliver it himself today, but after he left with his men, he didn't come back. Those two bastards who stayed behind just wanted to have some fun on their own."

As he spoke, José looked up at Noon, who was kneeling on the ground not far away.

There's no going back.

He continued, "Sir, please rest assured, the house where the gang is located is in the neighborhood they control. Normally, no police go there, and ordinary people don't dare to approach it. Even if those two people are in bad shape, no one might notice."

Wayne nodded; he wasn't worried about that at all.

The police would love for all of these gangs to be wiped out.

When different gangs fight, Seattle police usually wait a while after receiving a call for help, until both sides have finished fighting, before they come to collect the bodies and clean up the area.

They were overjoyed that something could automatically reduce the crime rate.

Not to mention that these Latin American gang members are often illegal immigrants, and even if a body is found, their identities cannot be traced.

Every year, countless undocumented immigrants go missing or die violently in the United States; most of these cases remain unsolved.

Nobody's checking.

However, the gangster's dying words caught Wayne's attention.

He had previously received a call from another Jose, the leader of the Jose gang, through Noon's phone.

The other party said that his sentence had been reduced and he had been transferred from Monroe Correctional Center to King County Detention Center. He would be released next month and that some women would be sold to "mines".

The girl who was rescued by Isabella and the others is very likely also related to this.

Wayne immediately asked, "Did they say where the girls are?"

Isabella shook her head, then gently patted the back of the girl wrapped in a blanket, her eyes glazed over, and asked, "Helena, Helena, what—what do you know? Can you tell me?"

Upon hearing Isabella's words, Helena suddenly let out a piercing scream, frantically shouting, "Spare me! Please, spare me! Don't eat me! Don't eat me!"

She clutched herself tightly to the blanket, desperately shrinking under it, her eyes filled with terror and despair. She mumbled and screamed, "They eat people—they eat people—ah, save me! God! The devil—the devil!"

Judging from her appearance, she has completely lost her mind and is unable to communicate normally.

Isabella's eyes instantly reddened. She hugged Helena tightly and whispered soothingly, "Don't be afraid, Helena, it's me, it's Isabella—"

Wayne sighed, stepped forward, and placed his palm on Helena's head, instantly releasing the purifying light unique to the Bronze Lord.

The other person's body was clearly also affected by the enhancer, but like Isabella, it was probably injected by force.

Under the purification of the light, Helena's trembling subsided considerably, and her initial fear and anxiety gradually subsided.

Wayne then activated the [Basic Witch Doctor] skill, and the scorching energy in his palm surged into Helena's body.

Although the girl was covered in wounds, they were mainly superficial injuries and she did not have any serious trauma or illness.

What was truly damaged was her mental state.

Wayne had never attempted to use the [Basic Witch Doctor] skill for mental healing before, so he carefully guided the energy to envelop Helena's brain and channeled it within his own consciousness.

"Don't eat me—don't eat me—" Helena muttered unconsciously. As the energy of the [Basic Witch Doctor] surged, her self-talk gradually changed: "Save me—they—they are demons—go—ah—I—where am I?"

The last sentence had become a question, and Helena's eyes, which were originally full of fear and despair, were replaced by blankness.

She regained consciousness after a period of extreme mental breakdown.

Isabella quickly cupped Helena's face in her hands and said, "Helena, darling, it's me. You bandaged my wounds when I was beaten, remember?"

Helena's eyes cleared, and she suddenly remembered many things, murmuring, "Isabella? I—you saved me? You killed those two bastards?"

Isabella cheered and pulled Helena into her arms: "It's wonderful, Helena, my dear! You're awake—Father and I saw you being violated by those two scoundrels—you are truly saved now! I've brought you before the saints; you will have boundless glory!"

saint?

Helena was stunned.

She just felt a light appear in her mind, a gentle yet firm force that reassured her, soothed her inner fear, and freed her from terror and anxiety.

She turned her head sharply and immediately saw a man with black hair, black eyes, and a gentle face.

The feeling she got from the other person was exactly the same as the light in her mind.

It puts your mind at ease.

She vaguely felt that the other person looked familiar, but couldn't quite place where she had seen them before.

But it must be a beautiful place, a beautiful memory.

But in the next instant, more memories flooded her mind. Helena suddenly remembered something, threw herself at Wayne, and pleaded, "Sir, they—those bastards took all the girls away—they eat people! Please, please save those poor girls!"

Wayne's expression was gentle, but his gaze was firm. He looked at Helena and said, "Helena, good girl, tell me what happened."

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Helena took a deep breath and said, "I just smuggled myself here from my hometown in Mexico a few days ago, and was immediately taken control of by the smuggler—he didn't deliver on the job he promised me, but instead made me—made me sell my body—that's how I met Isabella—"

"Just two days ago, Noon suddenly brought his men and put us all on a ship, saying that there were important guests to receive—"

"The guest must be an important person. I see that Noang is very respectful. Let that congressman go first."

"All the girls were called before that gentleman for him to choose from. He seemed to really like Tatiana. The rest of us were sent away, leaving Tatiana to be happy with him—"

"I was seasick and had a fever—I got up at night to look for a vomit bucket on the ship—and unexpectedly found one in the galley."

At this point, Helena's tears streamed down her face as she trembled and said, "My God—I saw Tatiana in the oven—"

[You have initiated the side quest: The Cannibals. You seem to have lifted a corner of the corrupt veil of the Dark Court, witnessing a shocking, inhuman spectacle. Rescue the captives, and you will receive a reward.]

[Experience points +1]