"Wait a minute, she just let you go like that? Why?"

"Of course it's because you're no longer here."

Su Lina said irritably:

“If you listen to me and don’t go to the opera tonight, I might still get some verbal flirting from her, but I definitely won’t be humiliated like that.”

"……Why?"

Jack was even more puzzled.

"Hmph, what else could it be? That scumbag woman is hypocritical."

Su Lina pouted:

"She prides herself on being gentle and chivalrous, and she generally wouldn't force herself on a woman. She prefers women to take the initiative to climb into her bed and beg for her favor... So even if I harshly reject her or even slap her, it's really not a big deal. But you're different, Jack."

"...So that's it."

Jack suddenly understood, and his face turned deathly pale in an instant:

"She prides herself on being gentle and chivalrous, and wouldn't easily lay a hand on a woman, but she wouldn't hesitate to kill me... You were forcibly pushed into her room and humiliated by her tonight, was it really because of me? You were forced to let her do that to protect me... How despicable!"

Jack slammed his fist into the floor, his eyes turning red.

"I should have been the one to risk everything to protect you, but instead you were the one who got humiliated by the woman you hate while trying to protect me. I'm such a... I'm such a coward!"

"Hey……"

Sulina didn't say anything, but simply hugged Jack again to comfort him.

The two remained silent for a while before Su Lina spoke first:

"I won't talk about my business tonight, it's not important... What's important is, how did that scumbag pink-haired guy get the information so quickly? We haven't even made a move yet."

She shouldn't have said anything, because now that she's started, Jack is crying uncontrollably again:

"It's my fault...it's all my fault. I didn't listen to you. I'm so sorry..."

"?"

Su Lina was genuinely annoyed with her boyfriend, but considering that she had no one more reliable than him at the moment, she could only suppress her anger and continue speaking softly:

"What exactly happened? Explain yourself clearly, and I won't blame you."

"...It's all my fault for not being able to resist."

After wallowing in self-pity for a while, Jack finally smiled bitterly and said:

“Didn’t that old dog, the deputy mayor, humiliate you a few days ago? The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, and I couldn’t help but take some men to beat him up. After this happened tonight, I immediately thought that it might be that old dog who leaked the news, so I rushed to his house to find him, only to find out that he went to Locke City yesterday morning and hasn’t come back yet.”

"..."

Sulina was completely speechless at Jack's words.

"sorry!"

Jack knew he had acted impulsively and ruined everything, so he could only keep apologizing.

"Please forgive me, darling? Forgive me... I'll listen to you from now on."

"..."

Su Lina remained silent.

Actually, after her difficult escape from the pink-haired man, Su Lina originally planned to get married to her boyfriend tonight... that way, even if she ended up in the pink-haired man's hands, at least her virginity would have been given to her boyfriend.

But after figuring out the whole story and seeing Jack's current state, Su Lina really couldn't muster any interest at all.

"never mind……"

After a long silence, Sulina forgave Jack first:

"I don't blame you, and I won't blame you... After all, I can only rely on you now."

"I……"

Jack instantly perked up again, a glint of madness flashing in his eyes:

"I understand. I will never mess things up again, my dear... Even if it costs me everything or even my soul, I will protect you and never let that woman bully you again!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean by selling your soul? Stop doing stupid things, okay?"

Sulina slapped Jack on the head:

"If you truly repent, you must obey my every command from now on! You absolutely cannot act impulsively in the slightest! Even if someone flirts with or humiliates me in front of you, you must endure it and even greet them with a smile! Do you understand?"

"Um……"

Jack lowered his head and responded with a muffled sound.

Sulina breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she didn't see that the madness in Jack's eyes hadn't diminished at all; in fact, it had become even more frenzied and determined.

Sulina, who studied at the Federal Noble Women's Academy, was indeed excellent in every way, but she was not a man after all, and did not fully understand men.

She didn't know that there was a kind of humiliation that a man could never endure, nor did she know that there was a kind of hatred that a man would risk everything to avenge.

"That pink-haired scumbag knew we were going against her, but she didn't directly attack your gang or my dance troupe. Instead, she just brought some people to harass me... Hmm, which means Mr. Gate's information is somewhat accurate. That pink-haired scumbag does have to abide by certain rules now."

Sulina, completely oblivious to Jack's hidden emotions, had already begun analyzing the current situation and what to do next:

"In that case, we still have a chance of winning... We don't even need to change the original plan too much, just make some minor adjustments. After all, our goal is simply to drive the movie and the White River Gang out of Champs-Élysées, which is also the result that many people and forces want to see."

"So... we must be patient from now on. No matter how that pink-haired scumbag provokes us, we absolutely cannot attack her directly. Doing so would only fall into her trap."

Taking a deep breath, Sulina once again earnestly instructed Jack:

"Got it? You absolutely mustn't cause any more trouble... Even if that scumbag pink-haired girl does something to me in front of you, you absolutely mustn't do anything about it!"

"……Yes."

Jack replied in a muffled voice, but his eyes, which were lowered, flashed with a fierce light.

Pink-haired girl? I'm going to fucking kill that pink-haired girl!

Chapter 134 Quietly Going to Sea

A few days have passed since the night Amelie rented out the entire theater to watch the cabaret show.

In the past few days, the gang warfare in Champs-Élysées, which had been relatively calm, has reignited.

One of the main characters is the Baihe Gang, while the other is the Shuishen Gang, which occupies the seafood market and almost a third of the port.

Unlike the previous two battles where the Baihe Gang's swift and decisive attacks ended in crushing defeats, this time the two gangs fought a rather lively battle.

The Baihe Gang stopped using military equipment and instead used clubs, machetes, bricks, and Molotov cocktails—the usual weapons for gang warfare—and fought the Shuichan Gang every night.

Each battle involved hundreds of people fighting against hundreds of others, resulting in everyone being bloodied and injured, but no one died. The only consequence was that the revenue of the hospitals in Champs-Élysées doubled.

Also getting along very well with the young men from the Baihe Gang were the beautiful female members of the Chenguang Dance Troupe who loved wearing black veils. Of course, this was a different kind of camaraderie, and it was so intense that it surprised both Emerald and Sulina, leaving Sulina speechless and Emerald delighted.

These beauties in black veils are actually temporary members of the Morning Light Dance Troupe, sent by Old Gete, the vice president of the Arts Association, to support Su Lina. They have all received some military training and are all mages, including four at the Control level.

Their original task was to seduce male members of the Baihe Gang in order to obtain intelligence or assassinate them, which was also what they were best at.

But they didn't expect that many young men in the Baihe gang were equally skilled in this area and full of enthusiasm.

The promised wedding house reward from Amelie was only one aspect; it was meant to motivate the young men of the Baihe Gang. In fact, many of them were already quite interested in the beauties in black veils, since they were undeniably alluring.

Generally speaking, a beautiful female intelligence agent who has received special training should be able to easily win over a young man of the same age in matters of love.

But the young men of the White River Gang are different... Those who can be selected by Badis to go to Champs-Élysées must be full of energy and in good physical condition.

Some time ago, when a certain elven Moonguard visited Locke City, Amelie gathered a group of young men from the White River Gang to serve her, and they were all chosen for their energy and good physique.

Therefore, most of the spirited young men from the White River Gang who had served Miss Moonguard followed Badis on the expedition to Champs-Élysées.

These young men originally had little experience dealing with women. They used to be dominated by the Black Sand Gang and couldn't snatch any prey. Later, the Black Sand Gang was gone, but Yulia came along. If they dared to harass girls on the street, they would be beaten up badly... So most of these young men were still virgins.

Until that day they received a strange mission, which led them to spend several days in a luxurious, dark room with a beautiful elven woman.

Beautiful female intelligence agents who have received special training are usually very skilled and adept at their craft, but they are still far inferior to elves like Miss Yuewei Shuying, who can easily kill 500 people.

In order to complete their young mistress's mission, these young men from the Baihe Gang have honed many skills in pleasing women and using sweet words while serving Miss Yuewei. Coupled with their already strong physiques and roguish charm, they are quite attractive to women.

As a result, several of the black-veiled beauties from the Morning Light Dance Troupe were turned against the White River Gang after being seduced by the young men. They sold out all the information about Su Lina, and some even wanted to switch sides and join the White River Gang to serve Amelie with their new boyfriends.

Of course, a few young men from the Baihe Gang also couldn't resist the temptation of beautiful women and leaked a lot of information about the Baihe Gang in bed.

Both sides were even pretending. The veiled beauties pretended to be conquered by the Baihe gang members, while the Baihe gang members pretended to be seduced by the veiled beauties. The information from both sides was a mix of truth and falsehood, which gave Badis and Sulina a real headache.

Su Lina was secretly relieved. Fortunately, she no longer completely trusted the beauties in black veils after that night. She only told them parts of many of her plans. It didn't matter if they were leaked. In fact, leaking the plans was part of the plan itself.

Badis was truly at her wit's end. She preferred direct confrontation to scheming, so she had to ask Emery for advice... She wanted to launch another swift and decisive attack, using military equipment to destroy both the Seafood Gang and the Morning Light Dance Troupe.

As a result, Amelie not only stopped Batis's plans, but also repeatedly warned Batis not to use military equipment for the time being, and even transferred most of the retired soldiers back to Locke City.

Having no other choice, Badis completely ignored the messy intelligence and relied on her previous experience in Locke City, where she led the White River Gang and the Black Sand Gang to a stalemate, to slowly fight against the Seafood Gang.

The people in the seafood gang are quite interesting too.

It's true that Su Lina is Jack's girlfriend, but the other members of the Morning Light Dance Troupe aren't the girlfriends of the other members of the Seafood Gang. Many of them don't actually want to fight the White River Gang... After all, the White River Gang was too ferocious when they fought the Workers' Association and the 74 Gang. They're not even on the same level as ordinary gangs.

So apart from Jack himself and a few of his die-hard fans, most of the seafood gang members chose to go through the motions without putting in any real effort. Many even contacted the White River gang privately, saying they were forced to do it too and asking if they could all put on an act together.

That's why the battles between the White River Gang and the Aquatic Products Gang raged every night, yet not a single person was killed; at most, they'd lose an arm or a leg... Such injuries were nothing to the magical medical technology of the Allen Federation. With enough money, they could be healed in a day, or at most, discharged in half a month if treated more cheaply and slowly.

As for Jack himself, he was quite ruthless. On the first night, he almost killed a member of the White River Gang on the spot... As a result, he was immediately beaten up by Badis. If it weren't for Sulina's secret magical assistance, he would most likely have died on the first night.

For the next few nights, Jack didn't show up again. Instead, his loyal followers led the slackers in fighting with the White River Gang, making Champs-Élysées lively every night. Some daring tourists even brought their own drinks and snacks to watch from a distance, treating it like some kind of tourist attraction performance.

So where is Jack now?

After being beaten half to death by Badis that night, he was first taken to the hospital by his girlfriend for a day of treatment. After recovering, he left under the pretext of "I want to be alone".

Su Lina was worried about hurting Jack's pride, and she was also preoccupied with the mess between the black-veiled beauties and the young men of the Baihe Gang, so she didn't stop Jack. She just arranged a date for some big operations and then let Jack go and have some peace and quiet.

Of course, Sulina had also considered whether Jack might do something foolish, so she followed him for a while after he left. Only when she saw Jack sailing out to sea alone at a port did she feel relieved and continue with her own plans.

As the leader of the seafood gang, Jack was quite skilled at sailing. In the past, when he was in a bad mood, he liked to take a small boat and drift in the coastal waters for a few days to adjust. Su Lina had accompanied him a few times, so she assumed it would be the same this time and didn't pay much attention.

However, Jack's trip this time was not as simple as just taking a break.

His backer, Mr. Haigs, had been a benefactor to him, and Mr. Haigs absolutely did not want to go against Emerald. Jack's decision to lead the Seafood Gang to force a war against the White River Gang was a betrayal of Mr. Haigs.

To resolve this, Old Gates of the Arts Association gave Jack a large sum of money, which Jack was to give to Mr. Haigs as a way of repaying a debt of gratitude.

Jack told Sulina that he had already given the money to Mr. Haigs, but he hadn't.

He was originally going to give it to her, until that night when he witnessed a pink-haired girl push his white moonlight into the room, making all sorts of ambiguous sounds, and finally humiliating him in a way that no man could accept.

From that moment on, Jack lost all reason. No matter what Su Lina said, he had already decided to fight that scumbag fanboy to the death.

Jack's initial plan was to use the money he was going to give to Mr. Haggs to hire a skilled assassin to kill Emerald.

That sum of money was not small; it was enough to hire some very skilled assassins, and indeed, several skilled assassins expressed interest in this business.

However, upon learning that the assassination target was the eldest daughter of the Merson family, all the assassins refused the job without hesitation and avoided Jack like the plague... In fact, if it weren't for the unwritten rule that they couldn't attack their employers, the assassins would have preferred to kill Jack first.

Jack was resentful and helpless. Having struggled at the bottom all his life, he only now realized how big the gap was between himself and the real top figures in the Federation.

Jack's repeated failures to hire assassins, coupled with the near-death experience at the hands of Batiste, left him feeling utterly humiliated and drove him to the brink of madness.

After setting sail alone, Jack didn't linger in the coastal waters but headed straight for an island he remembered.

The journey was not smooth; they encountered a small storm and two monster attacks, almost resulting in the ship being destroyed and everyone dying... Fortunately, Jack was indeed experienced in sailing and managed to survive and successfully reach their destination.

The island is located about 600 kilometers from the federal coast. From a distance, you can see that the port is quite lively and several large ships are docked there.

But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that those large ships are not ordinary merchant ships or passenger ships, but combat vessels that have undergone various modifications... They certainly cannot compare to regular warships, but their firepower is much stronger than that of ordinary armed merchant ships, and they all fly the skull and crossbones flag at their bows.

This is a pirate island, a place where many pirate groups rest or trade. The island also hides a lot of treasures that the pirates have stolen. The island's mastermind is said to be a fusion-stage mage, so no pirate group dares to cause trouble on the island, thus maintaining a certain level of order.

Jack's rickety little boat had barely approached Pirate Island when two more small boats came speeding by, each carrying two or three people armed with bows and crossbows.

“I am a guest of the witch doctor Zubaman! I have his token!”

Before the others could ask any questions, Jack shouted loudly and pulled out a soap-sized stone with strange runes engraved on its surface.

The people on the small boat remained silent, instead steer it closer to Jack. One of them jumped onto Jack's boat, took the stone with the strange runes, examined it, and then nodded, saying in a hoarse voice:

"It is indeed the witch doctor's token... Then you should know the rules of the island?"

"I know, I know... of course I know."

Jack nodded repeatedly, and at the same time took out a few small pieces of magic crystal, each about the size of a front tooth, and stuffed them into the hand of the pirate on his ship:

"Just a little something to show my appreciation, let's treat the brothers to a drink and maybe have some girls."

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