Cyberpunk, but urban

It wasn't an explosion, but the sound of something heavy hitting the ground.

"interesting……"

Thinking that since he had heard it, he might as well join in the fun, Ye Lan walked straight out of the mall and headed in the direction where the sound came from.

Soon, he saw several Black Cloud Society gang members lying unconscious at the entrance of an alley.

"Why is it that the Black Cloud Society is asking for a fight again?"

Crouching beside one of them, Ye Lan pulled out his knife.

"Just ordinary team members? It seems their boss is still in there."

Chapter 209. After you get the fabric, it's your turn to go to the library

The Black Cloud Society that Ye Lan discovered was the same Black Cloud Society under Sasashi's command. As for why they fell in this alley, the story begins a little earlier.

Last time, Sayo and her two young men, Gin and Yang, found the three tailors of the Carnegie Mellon Festival in a scavenger's nest in the back alley, and took from them a high-quality fabric called "Novo Fabric" that Thumb had commissioned the Carnegie Mellon Festival to weave.

After giving up the tempting goal of surrounding and killing the Index Finger Messenger, Sayo, the vice-chairman of the Black Cloud Society, led her men to the hotel where the president was staying.

This piece of Novo fabric is really precious, and it is also an important material needed by their superior gang Thumb. Sayo does not intend to let this thing stay in her hands overnight.

But although she had thought that this thing would attract the prying eyes of some people, she had not thought that such a terrible person would take a fancy to the Novo fabric in her hand.

When Ye Lan followed Luna and the others to the lingerie store in the mall, they decided to speed up and chose the road closest to the hotel where the president was. However, they were blocked by the twister named Wolf Hour.

"Ahem..."

"Miss, run away..."

The first two members of the Black Cloud Society who came into contact with the enemy had their spines broken by Tanya at first sight, and fell to the ground, losing almost all ability to move.

Wakato Gin raised his samurai sword, stood in front of Sayo and asked, "Who are you?"

"How are you? How's your business going?"

Tanya ignored Yin's question and greeted Sayo and the others.

Sayo looked at Tanya's head and quietly asked another young man beside him, "Is her head a dog? A black-skinned dog-headed man? Do young people nowadays like this?"

"Vice President, she may be the one recently referred to as 'The Hour of the Wolf'."

"Oh? It's not a dog but a wolf? But it looks like a puppy anyway."

The two chatted in a relaxed manner, commenting on Tanya. At this time, neither Sayo nor Yang took her seriously.

"Think it's funny? Fine, then laugh as much as you can now. There are probably only about a hundred minions in your Black Cloud Society, right?"

Tanya didn't care how offensive their attitude was. It wouldn't be long anyway, and all of these Black Cloud Society minions would be trampled under her feet and sent to the library.

"Hmph, you talk like you can defeat a hundred people alone." Yin waved his hand, and the Black Cloud Society members under Sayoshi surrounded Tanya as ordered, waiting for Vice President Sayoshi's order to come so that they could chop her into pieces with their swords.

"Oh, that's exactly what I meant."

Looking at the rookies surrounding her, Tanya put away the pipe in her mouth and laughed grimly.

"It's time to discipline this unlucky dog."

Sayo said as she gave her men the order to attack. Then, Tanya was drowned by the vast sea of ​​people from the Black Cloud Society.

Our Vice President Sayo looked at this scene with satisfaction, waiting for her men to hack Tanya to death and cut off her dog head and present it to her.

Unfortunately, her fantasy was just a fantasy. Just when she was about to chat with the two young ladies beside her, figures wearing Black Cloud Society uniforms flew up in succession and covered the entire alley in an instant.

"Oh my, you are a bunch of losers. Even if you haven't turned into this state, I can still crush you like bugs."

Tanya kicked a member of the Black Cloud Society who was lying on the ground and unable to move, sending her flying and crashing into the wall of the alley. The violent impact killed the member on the spot, turning her into another decoration embedded in the wall.

"Those who are still alive should kneel before me. Those who are already dead should be left aside."

Tanya scolded the members of the Black Cloud Society and asked those who could still stand to kneel at her feet. This scene had also happened today, except that it was still Sayo and her men who were standing, and the ones kneeling were ordinary residents of the L Nest.

Sayo, who was also kneeling on the ground, asked her, "...What do you want?"

"Oh, there are so many things I want. For example, lots of money. I want to live comfortably in my nest for a while. But before that, I want to play some music."

In their opinion, Tanya's words were no different from the words of a madman. A member of the Black Cloud Society couldn't help but curse, "Crazy, crazy... Shut up your dog mouth..."

But this member certainly never thought about how terrible it would be to anger an urban star.

boom!

"Wow~ How can you kick this dead guy's head so far?"

His head flew towards the wall like a ball, and like the other corpses that Tanya had kicked into the wall before, it was embedded in the wall and turned into a horrible decoration.

Yin looked at the headless body, then turned to Tanya and asked, "What do you want us to do?"

When Ye Lan walked into the depths of the alley along the corpses on the ground, the first words he heard were Tanya's voice asking Sayo and the others for fabrics: "Oh, oh, what do you want from you? Good, you got to the point. First of all, you have fabrics in your hands, right? Hand them over."

"who?!"

Tanya had just finished speaking when Ye Lan's appearance took away all her attention.

Although Ye Lan was wearing an ordinary suit and didn't even have a weapon, he looked no different from the most ordinary office worker in the city.

But in the eyes of someone like Tanya who was twisted by her extreme worship of power, Ye Lan was simply some kind of horrible creature other than human. Even the Blue Echo Algaria could not give her such terrible pressure.

"what you up to……"

It was now Tanya's turn to speak the words that had just been asked by the members of the Black Cloud Society who were kneeling on the ground.

"What do I want to do? To be honest, both of you are acquaintances to me, and I really don't know who I should help."

Ye Lan found a clean step to sit down, leaning against the railing and said to Tanya and Sayo, "My family is shopping in the mall next door now, and the time I can move freely here is only until they call me."

"Ha... I see."

Tanya bowed sincerely to Ye Lan and took out an invitation from her shirt.

"Listen to me, this gentleman doesn't want our affairs to disturb his family... If you don't want me to dig up your bones and pick them out, then sign it and get out of the library!"

Chapter 210. This is the first time so many guests have come together.

"Master Ye Lan, you should still know me, right? We have met once before... Please help us."

As Tanya was making her request to the members of the Black Cloud Society, Sayo suddenly had an idea and begged Ye Lan for help.

"I'm sorry, but I won't help you with this matter." Ye Lan, who was sitting aside and waiting for both parties to take action, said to Sayo, "After all, I also need you to enter the library."

"Varied?!"

Sayo was stunned, she had never thought that Ye Lan, a finishing person who was just passing by, would have the same purpose as Wolf Moment. What benefits could letting them enter the library bring to them?

Although he couldn't understand why Ye Lan did this, due to the situation, Sha Shi seemed unable to do anything more except instructing his men to sign the invitation letter.

"I understand. I'll sign it."

Taking the invitation to the library from Wolf Moment, Sayo took a deep breath: "...Everyone, get ready."

She signed her name with some trembling, and handed the invitation letter to Yang beside her.

Looking at Sayo's performance, Tanya sneered disdainfully: "Hey, you little paws are shaking all the time, what's wrong? Do you have a fever? Or are you dissatisfied with me in some way?"

To this twisted being, being so weak just because of a defeat is simply not worthy of living in this world.

If Ye Lan, a much stronger finisher than her, had not been present, she would have certainly laughed at them some more, and then let them enter the library as cannon fodder to provide nourishment for the library's growth.

"Haha...Ye Lan really does have the feeling of a villain."

It must be said that the appearance of this group of guests from the Black Cloud Club brought Malkuth a very precious opportunity. The experience of Sayo and her group that suddenly appeared on the light screen in the director's office completely diverted Hod's attention, and he no longer asked her what the so-called topic of her lie was.

"After all, the library is always devouring other people's lives, so of course we are the villains."

Hod, who was lying on the ground, had turned herself to face the light curtain. She looked at Ye Lan who appeared in the light curtain and said to Malkuth beside her.

"The library has never consumed anyone's life. Those guests were just sleeping in the books."

With the crisp sound of snapping fingers, Angela returned to her curator's office again. Influenced by Ye Lan, Angela did not ignore Hod's statement as in the original work, but told the two girls in the curator's office the fact that no one had asked before.

"Eh?! The guests are not actually dead? Angela, you really are as kind and good a child as I imagined."

"Whatever you want to think...Also, how long are you going to crawl on the ground?"

After hearing what Hod said, Angela turned her head slightly and diverted Hod's attention with a new topic.

"Angela, you really are kind by nature..."

Silence, silence is Malkuth tonight.

The differences between Hod and Angela tonight, which were caused by Ye Lan's influence and were different from their past, really overwhelmed her.

But Malkuth, who was also untied by Angela at this time, knew one thing, that is, if she didn't want to be found by these two companions, she must not speak at this time. The best way was to play dead and pretend that she didn't exist.

"By the way, Angela, if so many guests come in at the same time, Roland and Angelica won't be able to handle it, right?"

Hod counted the number of Black Cloud Society members that appeared on the screen and asked Angela with some concern.

"Don't underestimate Roland and Angelica. However, we really shouldn't let them handle these guests alone."

When Angela said this, she suddenly turned her attention to Malkuth, who had been silent and pretending to be a stone.

"Malkuth, this time you may have to join the reception. If you have any psychological trauma due to the failure of the last reception, you can tell me."

"... Angela, are you looking down on me?" Malkuth, who had always been strong, could not stand being told such a thing. "Last time, my failure was entirely due to my lack of combat experience. This time, I have more powerful guests' books to use. I'll show you how quickly I can deal with them!"

Just as Malkuth was speaking to Angela with her arms folded across her chest, Hod hugged one of her arms from the side and whispered in her ear, "Malkuth, don't be too stubborn. Remember to rely on the assistant librarian and the Abnormalities. Don't hurt yourself just to prove something."

"Okay, it's time to get Roland and the others to gather together."

Angela interrupted Hod's move to continue instructing Malkuth, and snapped her fingers to pull several designated librarians who were still waiting for them in the restaurant into the director's office.

Netzach glanced at the situation around him and asked Angela in confusion: "A new guest is coming? But why did you teleport us here as well?"

"Netzach, stop talking nonsense. If you only take a look at what's playing on the screen, you'll know why Angela asked us all to come here together."

Yesod rolled his eyes at him and pointed his chin at the dozens of guests on the screen.

After Netzach saw the number of people in the light curtain and they had completely quieted down, Angela said to the designated librarians present: "This is the first time we have received such a large number of guests at the same time. This time we can't leave all the reception work to Angelica and Roland and his wife."

"Um..." Roland, whose name was called, raised his hand and focused everyone's attention: "As for these people, I can handle it by myself."

Angelica pressed his hand down, looked at Angela with a motherly smile and said, "Roland, this is the plan Angela took to prevent us from working too hard. Don't reject her at this time."

"By the way, who is that dog-headed man?" Roland changed the subject and pointed at Tanya and asked Angela.

Although his action was somewhat foolish, Angela was able to answer something: "...She seems to be twisted, but unlike other twisted beings, she is rational enough."

Chapter 211. Are you kidding? Is there another feature waiting for me?

"Wow, can she be considered rational when she looks like that?"

Netzach got himself a can of beer at some point, and while drinking it, he complained to Angela and the others about the Wolf Hour and Tanya's behavior.

"Of course she is rational." Yesod pointed at Tanya who was speaking politely to Ye Lan on the screen and said, "Look at her now. When facing someone stronger than her, she will lower her posture very low."

Yesod turned around and continued to speak to the librarians and Angela: "The people we have seen on the screen so far basically have some connection with the library. I infer that this twister will become a guest of the library sooner or later. Her attitude towards others may become a weakness that we can exploit."

"Yesod, although what you said is not a problem... but it is still a long way to go." Netzach, whose face was flushed from drinking, patted Yesod's shoulder and said to him slowly:

"Let's turn our attention back to the members of the Black Cloud Society. Look, those sheep-like guys have just stood up and are about to show their fangs to us like wolves."

Following Netzach's words, Yesod looked at the light curtain. After moving away from Tanya, the members of the Black Cloud Society who were walking towards the open door of the library, indeed showed even more brutal and ferocious looks under Sayo's command.

"Roland, Angelica. You two will deal with their leader. The rest of you will lead the assistant librarians on each floor to fight against the gang members under Ms. Sayo."

After Angela arranged their various opponents, she sent herself to the entrance of the library, where Sayo and her group were already gossiping.

"Ah... How could this happen?" Yang sighed. Whether it was the unexpected disaster of the Wolf Hour or the inaction of Ye Lan, the closer they wanted to curry favor with, both made him feel quite bad.

Sasashi was even angrier than Yang. She cursed angrily, even with a hint of tears in her voice: "Where on earth did that mad dog come from? How dare this ignorant dog bully us!"

The vice president of the Black Cloud Society had been blessed with smooth sailing since birth, so she had never been humiliated like this. But she couldn't win, and if it weren't for Tanya wanting them to be alive, she wouldn't even have the right to be angry.

"Vice President, please calm down. We will report to Thumb after we finish dealing with the affairs here."

Yin was much calmer and ruthless about this matter. Compared with Miss Sayo and Yang, he had experienced much more bad things and had long been immune to being suddenly forced to do something by some big shot.

"Huh... this is all we can do for now. But Mr. Finisher actually wants us to go to the library. What's so magical about this place?"

Sayo took a deep breath and managed to relax herself. After regaining her sanity, she thought of what Ye Lan had said to them in the alley.

Sayo thought about it and took out the invitation letter from her chest. The invitation letter clearly stated the two prizes: "The Book of the Carnival" and "The Book of the Lobotomy Corporation".

"Although... our current situation is not very good, the books listed in this invitation letter are not worthless." She waved the invitation letter and said to the two young ladies beside her.