Chapter 20: The Busy People of the Night City
His name is Hibetsu Rito, and he is currently in the bathroom cubicle under the pretext of going to the toilet, which is not the headquarters of the Kuriyasu Society, but a place for the detention of traitors, and Tachito has heard about it from other members.
Sitting on the toilet, he calmed himself down, and at the same time opened his mouth and stirred it with his handcuffed locked hands, and finally removed the key hidden behind his gums.
Carefully uncuffing the handcuffs that bound him, he took a little more time so as not to attract the attention of the guy outside the door.
The first step had been completed, but Tachito didn't take the handcuffs off directly, he still pretended to be restrained, and at the same time spilled urine on himself.
Opening the door, the man guarding outside showed a clear expression of disgust, he stared at Liren's crotch and said in a mocking tone
"I really don't know how you joined the Li Nan Club, you can't even go to the toilet, it's too stupid, don't come closer!"
"yes, I'm sorry......"
Liren pretended to fall when he apologized, and the whole person threw himself at the feet of the other party.
"Wow!! It's dirty! Get the hell out of here! ”
When the man wanted to kick Fei Liren, his feet were already locked by the handcuffs, so he was forced to kick his legs and was knocked down by his own strength, and the whole person fell to the ground.
The opponent's head slammed into the ground, and Tachito got up and kicked him in the temple, preventing him from immediately calling out to his companion.
After making sure that the enemy became in a trance, Tachito began to drag him into the compartment again, and tied him to it with his own clothes.
"Idiot, this is what happens to look down on Uncle Ben!"
Tachito kicked again, and retrieved 20,000 yen, a folding dagger, a box of cigarettes, and a lighter from the man who fell to the ground......
"What, this fancy phone."
The other party has two mobile phones in his pocket, which seem to be girls' things.
With that, Liren remembered the two girls who were caught with him, and they also stole Li Nanhui's things?
Without thinking about it carefully, he didn't plan to be a hero to save them, after all, the current Liren himself was difficult to protect, but he didn't care about others.
After pocketing all the valuable things, Liren leaned down at the door and listened to the sound, making sure that no one was slowly walking outside the toilet.
There was only one person with him, and the rest of the guys were playing cards in the hall, and their leader had returned to headquarters, giving Liren enough time to escape.
He sprinted down the passage to a window in front of him, keeping his noise as low as he could to make sure the bastards wouldn't find out.
On the way, Lito remembered his previous experience.
He joins the Kuriyasu Society, and then borrows a loan shark because he owes too much, and when he can't afford to pay it back, he secretly robs the contraband of another organization, and when he intends to sell it to pay off the debt, he is caught by the police, and then he is robbed by the urban legend 'Headless Horseman' in Ikebukuro.
This experience can't help but make Lito very proud, he has always been a small character, and he never thought that he would become the center of events.
Since leaving his hometown and coming to the city, Liren has wanted to do a big career, and although the current situation is far from the ideal situation, he can accept it.
Of course, there is a price to be paid to become the 'center of events', and Lito knows that he is weak, but it is precisely because he is weak that he knows how to protect himself and let himself survive in the chaos.
"No bastard dares to underestimate me right now."
Whispering, Liren lit a cigarette for himself, and the familiar gas entered his lungs, lifting his spirits; Immediately after that, Liren set fire to what could be burned in the house, so that the group of guys could experience their anger.
Looking at the flames that were getting bigger, Tachito opened the window and climbed out, leaving the street behind him as soon as he stepped on the ground.
When he reached the opposite side of the road, he heard a roar, and it seemed that the bastards had finally found themselves running away.
However, by the time they discovered the anomaly, the window that Liren had just run out had already been ignited by flames, and the flickering flames were still spreading to other areas of the house.
Liren thought it would burn, but the real result was that those people used fire extinguishers to extinguish the fire, which was not what Liren imagined.
"Damn bastards......"
Lito continued to run down the street, exhausted from nearly a day without food, but with no intention of meeting the guys again as he would increase the danger of being caught if he stopped.
The smell of smoke filled the air, and Liren ignored the gazes of passers-by and ran towards the alley between the buildings.
Now that he has betrayed the Order, owed a huge amount of money, and stolen goods, he will presumably be handed over as 'goods' and then killed......
You have to leave this city, or you will always be used as prey, this is Liren's decision.
Thinking back to my hometown where I lived in the past, although it was a country where there were no supermarkets, KTVs, and bars, I found that it was actually quite good.
Anyway, it is impossible for Liren to be forgiven by the organization, and he can't afford to pay off his debts, so the only way is to run away.
20,000 yen is not enough to buy a ticket and food, and it is obviously not a smart way to sell mobile phones now, and it is also a waste of time.
Thinking while running, although Liren is not a big man, he has been crawling and rolling until now, knowing how to achieve his goal.
It's ten o'clock in the evening, so just catch the lone guy and rob it.
Men are not targeted, so the only girls left are those who return late.
"This is your punishment."
The more extreme thinking of Liren passed a block, avoiding the high-traffic residential areas and seeing a narrow street with closed doors on both sides.
The street lamps were far apart, and the only pedestrians were the drunkards who had just passed by.
Liren stayed here and waited for his chance, and then a prey appeared in his field of vision.
It's a bespectacled, thickly dressed girl who looks like a student, and it's a perfect target.
Lowering his body and walking over, Lito did not immediately attack, he pulled out his folding dagger and continued to follow the other party, intending to act in a more stealthy position.
After a while, the girl picked up speed, and Tachito, who thought she was being noticed, also ran, and rushed directly from the side to the front of the other party before the other party entered the house.
Liren is not in the habit of killing, except in cases of necessity and great unhappiness.
"Hey, little girl."
"What's wrong......
"Warning, keep quiet, or I won't be as calm as I am now."
Tachito thought he could win, so in the moment of dominance, he approached the girl who had turned around, lowered his voice and continued
"Give all your money."
“……”
"Damn it, speed points!"
Even if there are few people here, it doesn't mean that no one passes by, so Liren got money for speed and pounced directly on the girl in front.
He gripped the dagger in his right hand to intimidate him, but the moment Tachito rushed over, something stopped him.
As if by magic, the girl had an extra knife in her hand at some point, a long katana, as if it had been hidden in her left arm from the beginning.
"You want to tease me?!"
Lito, who thought it was a magic trick, didn't stop, he felt that it was a prop, so he didn't plan to give up.
The distance between the two narrowed, and the range of his dagger attack was obviously not as wide as that of the katana, and with the flash of the sword, Lito let out a miserable scream.
Bang! Liren sat on the ground with his left pocket torn and his mobile phone, cigarette and lighter all falling out.
He covered his abdomen with his hand, which was cut by the blade of a knife, but fortunately the wound was not large.
"Ju, it's real?!"
The injured Lito did not lose his mind, and he began to get up and run, but a wave of vertigo gradually plunged his consciousness into darkness, and his body stopped uncontrollably.
What am I doing? You have to stop...... You can't run away.
This thought arises in the minds of Liren.
"These phones are...... Kasumigaoka-san's? ”
The girl picked up the phone that had fallen on the ground, put away her weapon and looked at the red-eyed man, intending to do something.
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Gu Wu sat on the sofa on the left, and Silla and Celti sat on the sofa on the right, forming an opposing posture while Gu Wu was the first to speak, after all, he was not here to kill time, but to save time.
"I just talked to Mr. Kishitani about you, Miss Selty...... I'm here for one reason, and that's to hire you. ”
"I'm not opposed to Selti accepting commissions, but before that happens, I have to make all the issues clear!"
Silla, who was very concerned about Selty, was naturally relieved, and his expression was much more serious than just now.
In the face of Gu Wu's speech, Celti began to quickly type on his PAD, and then placed the screen in front of Gu Wu.
[You want to give me a commission, I know this, but I don't understand, how did you find here, why did you choose me? 】
Celti is more concerned about Gu Wu's way to find this place, after all, if this place is easy to find, it is equivalent to adding a certain amount of danger, and it can be seen that she is turning a corner and cares about Silla.
This question was something that Gu Wu had anticipated a long time ago, and he didn't choose to hide anything when he was well prepared, but decided to use his killer weapon little by little.
"First of all, to answer the first question, in addition to relying on the information on the Internet, the other way I found this place is the information I have, I have some understanding of the apartment you live in and the surrounding environment; Isn't it obvious why Miss Celti was hired? You are strong and a very good helper. ”
[Gathering information...... Since you're going to hire me, I can either refuse or accept, and before that happens, let's talk about what you can offer. 】
Before Gu Wu could answer, Silla interrupted the conversation between the two of them.
"Wait, wait, I think it's going too fast."
With that, New Lola was close to Celti, and he whispered to Celti before Celti pushed him away.
Soon, still wearing a helmet, Serti began to type the relevant text on the PAD.
[I want to know why you fought Shizuo Heiwajima.] 】
"That's right, that guy Shizuo is indeed a bit violent, but he is essentially a good person and won't beat people up for no reason."
[Did something happen between you?] 】
Silla and Serti said a word, and Gu Wu motioned for them to be quiet.
"Still one by one, until then...... Miss Selty, it's okay for you to take off your helmet, after all, I know who you really are......"
After finishing speaking, Gu Wu began to answer their questions.
"Is it simple enough to say that I had a fight with Shizuo Heiwajima because we were eyeing the same box at the same time, and that box contained what he needed and what I needed, and the original owner of the box was a thief, is that simple enough?"
Gu Wu simplified a lot of content, a little straightforward, but to the point.
[It means that you all want the box, and there is a conflict, right?] 】
"Yes."
[I see. 】
Selti, who expressed her understanding in words, decided to promote the plot, and the Silla beside her also accepted Gu Wu's explanation.
[So what is the content of your commission and the remuneration of the commission?] 】
"The commission is to snatch back my friend from Li Nanhui's hands, and then ......"
[Slow down!!] 】
Bringing the PAD in front of Gu Wu, and at the same time making many exclamations on it, Celti looked very surprised.
[Will you meet with Li Nan? They're my customers. 】
"Don't worry, I'm definitely worth it."
[What kind of remuneration is it?] 】
Seeing that Gu Wu said so surely, not only Selti, but Silla was also very curious.
As an agent and a traverser, Gu Wu has information that people in this world can't imagine.
Their past experiences, their current lives, and their future paths, even if Gu Wu didn't know the details, he knew several important points.
"Miss Celti Strulson, I know you're looking for your head, and I know where it is."
Bang......!
Black gas poured out of Selti's helmet, and Silla on one side frowned, after all, once Selti found her head, she would probably leave Ikebukuro.
[You say...... Know the location of my skull? 】
"That's right, if you don't believe it......"
Gu Wu continued
"I lost my head more than 20 years ago, and because of it, I lost a lot of memories, so I left Ireland and chased after Ikebukuro, Japan. As a result, he met Kishitani Silla and his father on the ferry, got acquainted with him, and lived with Silla ever since. ”
【Why......】
"I have a lot of information, and you know it past and now."
That's the advantage of the traverser!