NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

Judging from the equipment of these soldiers, they were probably from the central government, so he decided to play along for now.

The soldier captain opened his mouth slightly, unsure of what to say, and remained silent for a long time.

After all, it's not certain that the person in front of you is one of your own.

"It seems things aren't going very smoothly." Seeing this, Li Zuoyi took out his phone and pretended to type, "I will report back truthfully."

"Wait a minute!" the captain hurriedly raised his hand.

Regardless, the captain decided to try and fool them for now, just in case they were telling the truth.

He quickly said, "Please give us a little more time. We already know the identity of the person we need to arrest."

Li Zuo put down his phone and looked up at the soldier captain: "It's still not done, isn't it? Answer me, how long have you been on this mission?"

The captain hesitated before saying, "Quickly, it's been almost six and a half hours."

Li Zuoyi had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Subtracting the two hours he drove there and the four hours he spent on the ground, the time difference between that and the transfer of the 300 million from Ethel's account was only about half an hour.

These soldiers must have been sent by the underground bank.

The fact that they could mobilize the central government's troops meant that the people behind the underground banks were indeed high-ranking officials in the central government.

Li Zuoyi stared at him coldly: "Six and a half hours have passed, and you only now find out who it is? In that time, the three hundred million would have been gone long ago."

"I'm so sorry..." the captain bowed, his posture extremely humble. "We'll go track down that person right away. If you have time, could you come and help us? Please! Otherwise, Mr. Maud will..."

After testing the waters and finding no unusual reaction from the other party, Li Zuoyi was probably right.

"No, I have other things to do."

Li Zuoyi refused outright.

He passed through the metal door and stepped onto the actual outer edge area, where he finally got a good look at the two corpses.

The woman is kneeling in worship, while the man is kneeling behind her.

In the woman's arms, Li Zuoyi saw a small hand covered in blood reach out from her arm.

Li Zuoyi looked at the corpse and asked, "What happened here?"

"They deceived us, deliberately led us in the wrong direction, and caused us to lose sight of our objective," the captain spat and said viciously.

"So you cornered them here and executed them," Li Zuoyi said.

"Yes."

Meanwhile, behind the window of an abandoned shed near the C1 gate, a long-haired woman in a yellow dress with peony patterns and her henchman were secretly observing the movements around the gate.

"Boss, that man is in cahoots with the central government. Look at that captain, he's practically a dog," the henchman said disdainfully from the window.

“It doesn’t matter who that man is…” the woman clenched her fist in resentment and said with deep regret, “If I had come sooner, their whole family wouldn’t have died.”

"Boss, don't talk nonsense. You were fighting another group of them at that time. How could you possibly get here?!" the henchman advised.

"I am Peony, the president of the Peony Society!" Peony closed her eyes, her clenched fist trembling uncontrollably: "It is my duty to protect the weak, not to mention that the Zeen family died while covering for us. Those guys, I will kill them with my own hands!"

"Shh—you're being too loud!" the younger brother quickly put a finger to his lips and whispered.

"Do you want to be discovered?! Now is not the time to expose yourself! If gunfire starts, their teammates will definitely come to their aid! Or do you think you can take them all down in one shot?"

"I can't do it."

"so……"

“I know! I know… at least collect the bodies of the Zain family first.”

Peony looked towards the gate again, where the corpses of the Zeen family of three lay, the pool of blood spreading beneath them a horrifying sight that made her heart clench once more.

"That's why we're waiting here, boss. Please don't speak so loudly anymore," the younger brother pleaded in a low voice.

Peony knew she was prone to impulsiveness: "I'm sorry..."

"Boss, boss! The situation over there seems to have changed again!" the henchman said, pointing towards the gate.

"What?!" Peony immediately poked her head out and looked at the gate.

'Click'

It was the sound of the bolt being pulled back.

The captain raised his gun and aimed it at the man, while the soldiers behind him also raised their guns and approached the man.

Li Zuo looked at the captain, touched his chin, and tried to struggle again, "Are you out of your mind?"

“There is no such thing as Mr. Maud.”

"Is that so?" Li Zuo nodded, then said with a sudden realization, "So that's how it is."

"I will take you back, and your life or death will be decided by others."

The captain, clutching the walkie-talkie on his collar, said, "We encountered an outsider at the C1 gate, suspected to be an investigator from the central government. I'll take him back... Damn it, no signal again."

While the soldiers' captain was speaking, Li Zuoyi surveyed his surroundings.

There are now more than a dozen guns aimed at him. If he dares to make any rash moves, he will be riddled with bullets in the next second.

This is not a good sign.

If it's a surprise attack like the execution of Ethel, then there's still a chance.

The confined terrain and the ability to strike first give him a huge advantage.

But now the terrain is open, and the enemy is a well-trained army; they can't be fooled so easily.

Is there no other way? Should I go back with him first, and then try to escape, or...?

Li Zuoyi saw the piled-up corpses again, observed them carefully for a second or two, and decided to take a risk.

He suddenly said to the captain, "I will handle this, but I may need your help."

Faced with the man suddenly rambling incoherently, the soldier captain's finger tightened on the trigger. "What are you saying?!"

"You don't need to do anything. Just grab someone's leg and then bite them," Li Zuoyi said with a smile to the captain.

"What are you talking about?!" The soldier captain stared intently at the man and shouted.

Is this man insane? He's started talking nonsense.

Li Zuoyi pointed at the soldier captain in front of him: "I'm talking to a corpse."

"A corpse? You mean I'm a corpse?" the soldier captain said through gritted teeth. "Have you been reading too many comics?"

Li Zuoyi said, "I'll count to three."

"Three, two..."

"Tell me what you're doing?!"

The soldier captain decided to pull the trigger, but the countdown had just ended.

"one."

"Ahhhh!!!!"

A scream came from behind the captain. He turned around involuntarily and saw a child covered in blood, his eyes bloodshot, grabbing a soldier's arm and biting his hand desperately.

"They're the children of those two lowly people! They weren't dead after all..."

"Of course he's not dead, his fingers are still trembling."

The captain of the soldiers heard the man's voice and thought something was wrong. He was about to turn his head when he found himself flying, with the world spinning rapidly.

During this process, he also saw his companion's head fly high into the air, and the glint of a knife flashing across their necks.

Finally, he landed and saw his own body lying on the ground.

So fast...

He could no longer think.

In the abandoned shack,

The younger brother, who had witnessed everything, gripped the windowsill excitedly and stammered, "That, that swordsmanship! He's a real swordsman, a swordsman! Look, look, did you see that, Boss?!"

“That swordsmanship was amazing, so powerful… No, compared to that,” Peony’s eyes welled up with tears, and she sniffled, “the children of the Zeen family are still alive!”

After saying that, she jumped out of the window and ran out.

"Big sister!"

The eldest sister rushed out, and the younger brother had no choice but to follow her.

Chapter Thirty: This is the Dirty Adult World

Having confirmed that all were dead, Li Zuo brandished his sword to wipe away the blood, then sheathed the sword again.

Li Zuoyi walked to the child's side and squatted down.

Judging from his build, he looks to be only six or seven years old, and his condition is similar to that of Li Zuoyi back then.

His parents died when he was young, and he lived alone until he grew up to become a mercenary.

But Li Zuoyi at least still has some memories of his past life, while this child doesn't seem to...

“Ahhh!!!”

The child was still lying on the corpse, his mouth still tightly biting the corpse's hand, like a vicious dog.

“He is dead,” Li Zuoyi said.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!"

The child seemed not to hear him at all; instead, he sounded even more strained.

"Hmm, can't you hear anything...?" Li Zuo raised his hand and slapped the child on the head, saying sternly:

"Stop it!"

At this point, you have to take drastic measures, and they are effective.

The pain brought the child back to his senses, and he slowly released his mouth, revealing a ring of bright red blood around his lips.

The child slowly climbed off the corpse, and suddenly saw the corpse's empty neck. He screamed and frantically crawled backward.

The child bumped into Li Zuoyi, turned around, and Li Zuoyi raised his chin and asked:

"name."

"..." The child's face was ashen, and he looked so haggard that he was about to die at any moment.

“Name—” Li Zuoyi raised his hand.

“Xia…”

So it was a girl… Li Zuo nodded and asked Thea, “Do you have any other relatives?”

Thea slowly turned her head to look at her dead parents in front of the metal gate. A look of grief gradually appeared on her face, and her eyes were already filled with tears. She shook her head painfully.

'Snapped'

Li Zuoyi walked around to her front and patted her on the face:

"Don't cry. Crying in front of the enemy is useless, unless that person is someone you trust. From today onwards, you are all alone. The only person you can trust is yourself, and the only person you can rely on is yourself. All you have to do is fight to survive, even if it means doing anything. Do you understand?"

Thea looked at the older brother in front of her and nodded subconsciously.

"This is advice from someone who has been through it, a senior in this field."

Li Zuoyi took a tactical dagger from the corpse's trouser leg and two energy bars from his pocket, saying to Thea:

"stand up."

Thea obediently stood up and took a dagger and two energy bars from him.

Li Zuoyi looked her up and down. Thea was a little disheveled, her clothes were worn and stained with blood, but otherwise she seemed fine.

"Hmm, looks like you're not injured. You should leave now, I have other things to do."

He couldn't save every child like that; he could only tell them that to survive in such a place, they had to do whatever it took.

"Where should I go?" Thea looked up blankly at the older brother who had stood up.