Rust Iron Hell, Lower City, District 4
If the District 12 is called Safe Zone, it is just an ordinary old town with an old appearance and a tough local atmosphere.
The fourth district, controlled by the Blood Skull, was a true hell on earth.
Because this place is constantly shrouded in steam clouds, making it difficult for sunlight to reach.
Not to mention the laws of the New Federation that are clearly stated in the open.
Even some of the unique regional rules of the Steam Capital have a hard time taking root in this hell.
Because it is the iconic lawless place of Rust Iron Hell.
Some criminals who committed crimes in the Upper City, or criminals who fled from other places, all gathered quietly in this place without prior arrangement.
This results in a large number of heinous crimes occurring here every day, making it an area that most people would never want to set foot in.
But today, two figures who shouldn't have been there were walking slowly through the streets of the District Four.
" Mr. Shui Mo "
Sensing the strange, wary looks from the residents of District 4 around her, Little Danika immediately felt uncomfortable.
Because these guys' eyes are just too dangerous!
If I had to describe it in words, it would be like a jackal lurking in the shadows.
Once one's own weaknesses and those of Tiandao's will are exposed.
Those who were already hostile to the Upper City would immediately swarm out from the shadows like bloodthirsty monsters, tearing them apart in a frenzy.
Thus, they completely devoured those two guys wearing the Association Star Envoy uniforms.
Although this could cause considerable trouble for the entire District 4.
But it's not them who are breaking the rules right now, it's Tiandao and Little Danika.
Because of the unspoken rules in the lower and Upper City.
People from the Upper City, especially Star Envoy from the Upper City, are not allowed to appear in the Lower City at will.
If such a situation occurs.
That would be seen as a provocation against the Lower City.
Therefore, Tiandao and Little Danika were simply strolling through the streets of the District Four.
However, some people immediately informed the controller of District 4, the gangster Blood Skull.
[ Rust Iron Hell, District 4, Two Tears Ramen Shop ]
"Gentlemen, this is the Rust Iron District specialty you ordered— Spring Ramen."
The ramen chef's hands trembled slightly as he carefully placed the two bowls of noodles in front of Tiandao and Danika.
Unlike ordinary ramen, this one features a light brown, translucent broth and snow-white, chewy noodles.
The soup of the Spring Ramen had a dark yellow hue, like rust.
The noodles were coiled in the bowl like a spiral spring, faintly revealing a metallic sheen.
This raises suspicions about its heavy metal content.
'This ramen is unpalatable; it'll probably end up hospitalizing the newly appointed captain of the Fifth Squad and the little girl next to him.'
" Chen Kong and Vivian had only just dealt with the Blood Skull problem when their Wanted Order were issued. I refuse to believe there's nothing fishy going on."
'I was wondering why only Vivian came down; it seems she was set up, someone wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of her.'
'No wonder Old Jack from Rust Nail Bar said that conscience is worthless in the Rust Iron District. Prisoner Kong got caught Old Kong in all this trouble because of a moment of kindness.'
Tiandao looked at the dense barrage of comments on the Dimensional Screen.
They were gathering the latest 'intelligence' at the same time.
While using the stainless steel chopsticks in his hand, he kept stirring the bowl of special ramen in front of him that was constantly steaming.
The new character ' Shui Mo ' appeared before the Dimensional Audience by taking advantage of the scene where Chen Xing arrives at the Steam Branch.
In addition, at the end of the Season 1, several squad leaders at the Branch level perished in the Ember Base.
As a result, in the minds of today's Dimensional Audience, the so-called Branch- level squad leaders are nothing more than small-time bosses in the early stages.
It has some cards, but not many.
Therefore, he did not pay too much attention to the character of Shui Mo.
And it also benefits from the "censorship privilege" of Tiandao, which grants him the authority to Deletion Privilege.
The conversation between Tiandao and Chen Xing in the villa a week ago has not appeared in the current Season 2 of the anime.
This Dimensional Audience to believe that ' Shui Mo ' is just an ordinary captain of the Fifth Squad.
They did not associate him with the Mysterious Masked Man, nor did they connect him with the word ' Tiandao '.
As the Tiandao continued to stir the noodles in front of him, the ramen that had been completely tangled together finally separated.
However, Tiandao did not rush to start eating.
Instead, they began to analyze the major events that had occurred in the Steam Capital over the past week.
Firstly, within the Gear Church, Saintess Euphemia is unable to gain the approval of 'God'.
This has prevented her from completing the handover ceremony and succeeding the late Bishop Cleve, who was supposed to retire soon, as the new bishop of the current Gear Church.
Secondly, Vivian, the Silver Knight of the original Gear Church, was wanted by the Holy Relic Church and the Star Envoy Association of the Gear Church Steam Capital for allegedly stealing Church.
Under these circumstances, the Rust Nail Bar in District 12, which had once sheltered Vivian, was destroyed by the Holy War Knights of the Church three days ago.
Fortunately, Chen Kong and the others were quite strong, and they managed to fight their way out of the encirclement with the heavily injured Vivian, and then hid somewhere in the Rust Iron Hell.
If the Lower City hadn't always outwardly complied with but inwardly defied the Upper City's orders, Chen Kong and Vivian would probably have already been caught.
Even so, the situation for these two is still not good.
They either need to find a way to escape the Steam Capital.
Alternatively, they could try to clear their names and restore their innocence.
Some people clearly wanted to see Vivian end up in exile.
Therefore, they tightened the passage leading to the Upper City.
On the one hand, they secretly relaxed the conditions for leaving the city.
It was clear they wanted to expel her completely.
Thinking of this, Tiandao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Being the protagonist of a shonen anime is no easy task.
Because the main focus of shonen anime is the protagonist's 'growth' and 'friendship'.
To truly portray 'growth,' the protagonist is destined to endure a great deal of hardship.
This will also cause hardship for those around him.
In other words, Tiandao has chosen a 'popular villain' persona for me.
Therefore, as long as he can be immune to the protagonist's "talk-no-jutsu" attacks and refuse any form of "whitewashing".
Then he can stay at the top of the food chain forever, only eating sugar and never suffering!
After all, there has always been such an unwritten rule in anime series.
That means being whitewashed makes you three times weaker, while being corrupted makes you three times stronger.
After a moment of reflection, Tiandao picked up some spring noodles and put them in his mouth.
In an instant, a strange metallic taste exploded in his mouth.
But when Tiandao caught a glimpse of Little Danika's expectant and curious eyes out of the corner of his eye, he suppressed the urge to frown and continued chewing expressionlessly.
Suffering can only bring joy when shared with others!
This is the way of Tiandao —finding joy in suffering.
Seeing that Tiandao was eating so happily, Little Danika immediately put aside her worries and followed Tiandao's example, grabbing the stainless steel chopsticks that were longer than her forearm.
With great effort, he rolled up a few springy noodles and shoved them into his mouth in one gulp.
But the next second...
"Waaah!"
Feeling the inexplicable bitterness in her mouth, Little Danika felt as if she had been electrocuted, and her whole body instantly began to tremble violently.
Seeing this, the corners of Tiandao's mouth slightly turned up.
That feels good! I've finally managed to share this suffering with everyone!