Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

As Loretta said, they strolled through the streets of Jerkastum.

Every alleyway you pass reveals people beating each other, and shady deals being made. This kind of thing wouldn't happen in a peaceful society, but here it seems to be openly displayed to the public.

I wonder if everyone here has gone mad.

"By the way, is this place already far from your dad's territory?"

"Oh? Are you scared?" Loretta asked with a smile.

"What's there to be afraid of?"

If it weren't for her young age and lack of understanding, Isaac would have already started yelling at her.

"If you're not afraid, keep going. I know the owner of a weapons shop nearby."

Just as Loretta was speaking, a rapidly running figure suddenly bumped into her with a 'thud'.

"Ah! It hurts!"

Loretta was bumped by a girl with tanned skin, and the two of them fell to the ground at the same time.

She slumped to the ground, rubbing her sore bottom.

She glanced at Isaac, who seemed completely unconcerned, and blushed. "Hey! As a gentleman, can't you help a girl up if she falls?"

"Oh, are you alright, miss?"

"I didn't ask you to help up the person who bumped into me!!"

Isaac helped up the girl who had bumped into Loretta.

The girl, who had just gotten up, seemed to immediately regain her senses and shouted at Isaac, "Run! Someone's chasing us!"

"what?"

"quick!!"

At this moment, a fierce-looking thug walked up and shouted at the girl, "You little bitch, you ran pretty fast."

Chapter 497: I am an ordinary citizen

The thug-like man in front of him was furious. He roared at the girl trembling in front of Isaac, "You dare to run away! Do you want to die?!"

"No..." The girl seemed very afraid of the thug, and kept backing away.

Isaac turned to Loretta and asked, "Miss Cristiano, someone is causing trouble on your family's territory. As the next head of the family, shouldn't you step forward and say something?"

"I know without you telling me!"

Loretta stood up angrily, glaring at the thugs before her and snapping, "Who are you! Do you know whose territory this is?"

Isaac nodded in satisfaction.

Not bad, not bad, she has the air of a mafia heiress.

"Huh? Who are you, little girl?" The man looked at Loretta with displeasure, his eyes flashing with a fierce light. "Trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Alas!!"

Startled by his words, Loretta quickly hid behind Isaac.

"What's wrong with you? You're so easily frightened? What happened to the gangster's heiress you were supposed to be?"

"Shut up!"

Loretta called out softly, her face already flushed from her earlier embarrassment.

The thug ignored the two children in front of him, glanced at the girl on the ground, and said, "Alex, come here!"

"No!"

Snapped!

The man slapped the girl across the face, so hard that it caused her nose to bleed.

"Damn it! I went through all the trouble of bringing you here from the East Gate just so you could make money for me!" The man grabbed the girl's hair and shouted loudly, ignoring her screams, "If you don't go out and solicit customers, where will I get the money?"

"Wow, can someone really say something like that so confidently?" Isaac stared speechlessly ahead.

“Scumbags are everywhere, and Yelkastum just happens to be a hotbed of scumbags,” Loretta said.

Forced prostitution was commonplace in the chaotic city of Yelkastum, with many young girls lured from afar and forced into the sex industry. Alex, standing before him, was clearly one of those unfortunate victims.

“You’re including your father in that,” Isaac said, glancing at Loretta who was still behind him. “Could you come out from behind me?”

"do not want!"

The man seemed to really dislike seeing Isaac and Loretta, and arrogantly yelled at them, "Kids, get out of my way while I'm disciplining a woman, or I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Isaac: "..."

Ha ha.

—————————————— Five minutes later

"I...I'm sorry, I was wrong," the man mumbled, kneeling on the ground. "Please forgive me."

lb!

Isaac stomped on his knee and crushed it.

Loretta and the girl named Alex from before both covered their eyes, unable to look at him.

"what!!!!!!"

"Does this little brat not understand the cruelty of this world?" Isaac said calmly. "Yelkastum is not an easy place to live. You might as well keep quiet and live a little longer."

"You...you are a Twilight Race?" the man asked in terror, enduring the excruciating pain.

"I am not, just an ordinary citizen living in Manhattan, New York."

"How is this possible? Your power is clearly..."

pound!!

This blow deformed his arm.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

He clutched his arm, curled up in a ball, the excruciating pain having rendered him incapable of thinking.

How could this twelve-year-old brat be so cruel?!

“Well, Isaac,” Loretta whispered, “that’s good enough.”

Her father, Luca, had previously told her: "Isaac is from a peaceful region, don't take him to places that are too dangerous, he'll be scared."

Who would believe that?! I'm the one who should be scared now!!

Loretta kept thinking about it in her heart.

"Kid... don't get too cocky!" The thug sat up, his eyes filled with venom as he looked at Isaac. "I'm Barry Elbert of the Eastgate Gang. What you're doing is..."

As he spoke, he quickly put his remaining hand inside his clothes to try and pull out the pistol hidden inside.

But after searching around for a while, they found nothing.

"Huh? Where's my gun?!"

"Is this what you're looking for?" Isaac waved a pistol in front of Barrie.

"when……"

"I remember you just wanted that girl next to you to go out and solicit customers to make money for you. Here's a brand new way for you to make money."

With a look of terror in Barry's eyes, he pointed the pistol at Barry's forehead.

"and many more……"

"I'll make a hole in your forehead, and you can use that hole to make money, you little punk."

boom!

After the gunshot, a pool of blood exploded on the wall.

This thug died in a dark alley.

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“No… thank you so much for your help.” The girl from before, Alex, thanked Isaac in a low voice.

Although Isaac saved her, his bloody methods still frightened the girl.

"It's no trouble at all."

In reality, Isaac had no intention of saving her; it was just that thug named Barry who wanted to cause trouble.

I had no choice but to give him a ride.

His body will likely be collected and disposed of soon. It's common for a few people to die in Yerkastum, especially a small-time hoodlum like him. Nobody will care; his death is pointless.

"I never knew you were so amazing," Loretta said, looking at Isaac beside her.

She didn't show any fear; she had seen plenty of dead people before.

“It’s alright… I think it’s getting late, you should go back first,” Isaac suddenly said.

"Huh? Didn't you say you wanted me to take you to the weapons shop?"

“I remember I have some places to go. You go back first. I can manage on my own,” Isaac said. “You don’t need to worry about my safety.”

Loretta thought for a moment and then agreed, "Alright then."

After she left, Alex gritted her teeth as she watched Isaac, then thanked him solemnly before leaving as well. She glanced at Isaac a few more times before departing, as if trying to memorize his face.

Isaac looked around the alley where everyone had left, leaving only a corpse, and said, "Since you're here, come out."

After he shouted those words, two people came out from the back of the alley.

A smiling middle-aged man with beige hair and an eye patch over his left eye, and an Asian man with a serious face holding a Japanese sword.

"Hey kid, I didn't expect you to be able to find us."

Chapter 498: The Convenience Store

“You two have been over there since just now, haven’t you?” Isaac said, looking at the two men.

The two people in front of me looked to be around thirty years old, but their faces were etched with the marks of time.