National Juggernaut

Chapter 503 Muddy Waters

Chapter 503 Muddy Waters

"Friends, can you stop your busy pace and listen to me tell me about my god?"

Just after entering the special zone, before the bus stopped, a group of people hurried up, including even a "missionary" in a white cloak.

He was wearing a strange mask, which was a simple white cloth with strange eye patterns drawn in blood-colored ink. He stood in the middle of the bus and started talking about inexplicable things.

Compared with him, the disabled begging, the little girl selling flowers, and the drug dealer selling prohibited drugs all seemed too normal.

". None of the believers of these four gods act?!"

Zheng Li was dumbfounded. Even though he knew that the unnamed area had always been chaotic, it was still a super unnamed area with no local official jurisdiction. The chaos in it had been expected for a long time, and the believers of the four gods were too exaggerated.

But what shocked him the most was the attitude of other people

The few passengers got off the bus normally, and treated the missionary in the middle who proclaimed his Lord impassionedly, as if he didn't have it. Is this a daily habit?

Regarding expression management, Zheng Li is confident that he will not make mistakes, but in just a moment, he was entangled.

Flower sellers, medicine sellers, art sellers, and faith sellers ignored the others and surrounded him all at once.

Zheng Li murmured inwardly that it was not good. He hadn't done intelligence work for a long time, did he show his secrets? No way, he shouldn't have hesitated the next moment, and he would understand.

"Fuck, I'm too clean."

Looking at the underside of the bus, Zheng Li instantly understood.

The ground cannot be said to be sewage, but it is also full of mud and garbage. The first impression of the lack of order at the official level is that there are not enough diligent cleaning staff.

It was only then that Zheng Li noticed that most of the returning travelers who got off the bus were wearing overshoes and long boots, and the bottom of the shoes was full of mud and stains. Only he was wearing casual soft boots, as clean as if he had just come out of the hotel.

In a sense, this is indeed the result of not carrying out intelligence missions for a long time, and Zheng Li was a little careless.

The gray-black traveler's cloak that was replaced before entering was too clean compared to other fellow travelers. Zheng Li was obviously an outsider.

"Ah."

Zheng Li laughed dumbfounded. It seemed that even though he just came here on a whim to take a look, he was really careless.

Perhaps, it was the influence of his own strength and the combat power in his hands that made him not as cautious as before.

"...I need a guide."

Taking another look at the missionary, Zheng Li made a judgment on this completely different scenery from the outside world.

As for the missionary itself?Zheng Li couldn't even perceive the taste of the Four Gods from him, and the fragile spirit blade had at most two blades, which was at the level of an ordinary citizen.

The pickpockets and beggars around are almost at this level, and those with strength will not be able to get mixed up to this point.

Zheng Li glanced at it, and then easily got out from the crowd, and he was still holding the little flower seller girl in his hand.

"Children, I bought all the flowers, I have a commission"

Ignoring the dagger drawn by the little girl, and not interested in knowing her or his story, Zheng Li just felt that the child should be relatively innocent, with few forces involved, and that he should be able to get the basic information he wanted with a little money.

"Lead the way? Map? It's all right. The map is 50 yuan a piece, but there is no special location, plus 400 yuan for the special location. The tour guide's home, 200 yuan a day for service, and half of it will be given to the boss here on the same day, so it must be the same day. It’s settled, my boss is very powerful.”

"Lie, she doesn't have a gang at all."

Even without Ah Qiong's declaration, Zheng Li also knew that this guy didn't tell the truth, that his trembling arms were too thin, and weak people needed to use lies to protect themselves.

But the other party's performance also made Zheng Li somewhat satisfied. At least it seemed that this was not the first time she had received a tour guide business.

Twenty minutes later, at a small local shop, Zheng Li was eating a late lunch while looking at the tattered "special map".

He was a little dumbfounded. He thought that the other party's special map had something special, but he didn't expect that it was full of drug dealers, contact information and business places of special places.

"Tsk, are they all advertisements for those gray businesses? Just charge me 100 yuan for this?"

The temporary "tour guide" was sitting opposite Zheng Li, and was carefully putting the banknotes into his clothes.

She introduced herself as "Xiaohua". Zheng Li obviously regarded it as a fake name, and didn't bother to argue with her. Even when bargaining for the map, he just snatched the so-called special map worth 400 yuan, and then threw it to the other party for 100 yuan. .

It's not that Zheng Li is saving money or bullying others, but that in this situation, you can't be led by the nose, let alone appear easy to talk and bully. Otherwise, the other party will betray you without hesitation.

Zheng Li deliberately became very rough, but judging from the other party's happy expression, Zheng Li still gave too much.

The young sword master shook his head, he was just a passer-by here, so there was no need to think too much about gains or losses.

He took a look at the scenery outside the window, unexpectedly it was not much different from other areas in Shiqian City, there were restaurants, bathing shops and hotels, but the infrastructure was a bit worse than the worst shack on the Fourth Ring Road .

The pedestrians walking on the road are not the iron men that should exist in the special zone. Zheng Lilai has been here for almost two hours, and he has not seen a single iron man.

"Iron Man? Oh, you are also here to find those steel cans. Then the area on the lower left of the map is the one with the cans. Where can you buy some mechanical parts? Many outsiders are looking for them. You Is that too?"

Zheng Li didn't answer, he just continued to ask.

"Four gods believers? Those missionaries in brightly colored clothes? Most of them are not locals here, they are all good people. As long as you say you believe in his god, he will give you biscuits and clean water. They seem to be very poor. None of them have money. Well, they are all kind uncles."

The little girl lowered her head, her eyes were agile, as if she was thinking about something.

"Xiao Hua" was dressed very simply, with putty and freckles on her face, and as for her appearance, Zheng Li couldn't tell whether she was a boy or a girl.

"You give me 1000 yuan, and I will take you to their headquarters. There are many people here, and many people often travel here and outside. Only children like us know where they gather."

In an instant, he took the initiative to betray this kind uncle.

Zheng Li was also noncommittal. He didn't intend to reveal his actions. In fact, his trip was mostly a whim, following his spiritual intuition, and he didn't have a specific goal.

To strangle those believers of the Four Gods?Not to mention that these shallow believers can't be killed at all, even if they want to kill them, it's not my job.

Although the twelve ministries and commissions nominally have no jurisdiction over the local area, based on Zheng Li's understanding of these powerful institutions, it would be really strange if the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Religious Management do not have permanent staff. Maybe these missionaries are used to lure Bait for big fish. If the administrators of cities are not stupid, they will not really allow lawlessness to exist in their territories.

"Then, according to the original plan, first talk to the local iron man and see if they have any news about the Atel people."

Zheng Li was about to speak, and took out a 10 yuan bill, but happened to touch a photo in the wallet.

He hesitated for a moment, and observed the surrounding situation, but the next moment, his pupils showed surprise.

"Xiaohua, have you seen this Alter man?"

The photo placed on the table is a red and black Atel man, the embassy's fourth-level military attache, Skaya.

"Huh? He"

"Xiaohua" hesitated for a moment, but the second 10 yuan that was thrown in front of her made her nod immediately.

"I've seen him, he was here three days ago."

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"Atel gangster? I think you're kidding me?"

"Really, those monsters are super fierce. They control the local special industries and sell all kinds of weird things, including drugs, beasts, and machines."

From Xiaohua's emotions, Zheng Li could hear anger and unwillingness.

She subconsciously touched her right arm, which was bandaged, as if she had been bullied.

But Zheng Li still doesn't believe in gangs, and always tries to figure out something, but the Atel people really don't know what to do with the gang.

After all, this is an area that is hostile to it. There are not many Aters in this city, but they are more and more huddled together to keep warm. Most of them are engaged in mining business, and those "gang thugs" serve as bodyguards and odd jobs for those ore workers , is more profitable than being a low-level local gangster.

With this little land, how much oil and water can be scooped up?It is still the lowest level of skin and meat, selling business.

Zheng Li tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about the problems involved.

From Xiaohua's mouth, Zheng Li learned that there is a gang called 'Steel Oath' here. Considering the frequency of gangs appearing and disappearing here, this is actually not news.

But the strange thing is that the leader of the gang is a seemingly pure-blood Atel, and he has dozens of Atel thugs under him.

There is only one Atel, which is actually relatively easy to understand. After all, that race has unlucky people who can't get along. Many residents in this area are individuals who cannot survive outside due to various reasons.

Even the Xiaohua in front of him is not simple in Zheng Li's eyes. Her shoulders, forehead under her bangs, and left knee all have psychic reactions. She should not be a normal human being, but may be some kind of unstable hybrid.

Among the passers-by outside, there were also many foreign races and foreign races. Zheng Li also saw a lot of grotesque mixed-race subhumans, but the local owner, Iron Man Zheng Li, had never seen a single one.

But it's understandable for a few Atel people to mix in the society here. After all, there are always unlucky people. Dozens of Atel businessmen who take refuge in the local area will do better.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Even if he is a wanted criminal in his own country, there is no need to mix with third-rate gangs in the unnamed area of ​​​​the hostile race.

These guys really follow the local rules, grabbing land and collecting protection fees for younger brothers, it's a mess of low.

The problem is that this gang has been established for at least ten years and is still doing this kind of thing. It has no plans to become bigger and stronger, but the strength of the thugs is quite strong, and there are at least dozens of gangs that have turned against them.

"Take me to see"

After learning that the person in his photo had communicated with people from the Atel gang three days ago, Zheng Li directly planned to investigate.

But before that, Zheng Li took out an emblem, waved it in front of Xiaohua for a moment, and he got a pale face.

Xiaohua quickly stood up, took out the money she had just earned, and piled it all on the table, even the extra money she earned.

With a sad face, she pushed all the coins over.

"Huh? You don't want to do this business?"

"No, no, my lord, how dare I take your money!"

At this moment, Zheng Li was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect that the "snake head" emblem would be so useful.

"Put it up, it's for you. I won't say it a second time."

Under Zheng Li's order, Xiaohua put away the coins, but her pale face became more serious, she was really scared.

Does the Ministry of Internal Affairs have such a bad reputation?In fact, it is much worse than gangs. At least, gangs usually want to talk about their reputation, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs only wants results, and it doesn't care about reputation at all, especially in illegal areas.

As for why Xiaohua didn't suspect that it was a forged emblem?Pretending to be a spy from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Shiqian City?That event that didn't pay much attention to it would provoke a real killer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who would take the initiative to seek death.

But in fact, this emblem is indeed a fake, and Zheng Li handed in all of Zheng Li's things when he resigned. Zheng Li probably didn't care about it.

And with this little episode, Zheng Li doesn't have to worry that Xiaohua will betray him. Nothing in this photo can be revealed.

"Our 'Solidarity Brotherhood' is for gangster gangs, mainly squatting at stations, hotels and other places, staring at strangers passing by. I am relatively clean and human, and this week I am squatting at the bus stop, see When the red and black stone man comes in by bus, the person who picks up the bus is the iron oath's guild leader 'Big Bear Monster'."

Zheng Li was really eye-opening, it turned out that even the girl who sells flowers has a gang.

"No way, we can't live alone here. We are just some children, and there are a few adults with ID cards who can help us go shopping and seek medical treatment outside when necessary."

Undoubtedly, the sister-in-law Liang in front of her is also a criminal.

Zheng Li didn't ask the nonsense why he didn't go to other urban areas to make a living. If he could go, he would have gone. This place is undoubtedly the deepest filth deposit in the whole city.

These days, all kinds of social resources are limited. Orphanages are limited, and pure-blooded humans will be given priority. Those born in an orphanage like Li Zheng are considered lucky. There are mixed-race and congenitally disabled people every day. Compared with other big cities, Shiqian City is considered a paradise in this respect.

From her words, Zheng Li suspected that not only was she a mixed race, but her "gang" also had many mixed race children, among whom there should be some "inhuman" ones.

Adults can blame themselves for falling into the abyss, and such a young child can only complain about the unfair fate.

Zheng Li sighed helplessly, there are some things that cannot be finished.

"Have you ever killed anyone?"

"no!"

"Have you ever committed a crime?"

"No. Steal money a few times."

It seems that the medal from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is really useful. Zheng Li made sure that the other party did not lie or have negative emotions, so he nodded silently.

"Then, you do your best to help me and let me complete the task smoothly. I'll help you get an account and introduce you to a handy job in Bailu District. The money is not much, at least you can survive."

But since it happened, Zheng Li still wanted to take care of it.

(End of this chapter)