The Emperor's Teeth!

Zhou Yun, wearing Ragg's ugly face, walked through the stronghold.

This stronghold had once belonged to the local gang that had occupied the area.

Relying on the wealth they had amassed over more than a decade, they had built it into a spacious three-story building. In the underhive, it could be considered the height of luxury.

But now, the stronghold had been occupied by the Ark Gang.

"To your left, the third person. That burly-faced man is watching you."

"The one leaning against the wall behind you is watching you too."

"And the second person on your right as well."

At the corner of Zhou Yun's vision, the winged figure within the white light spoke softly.

He lightly fluttered his wings, and several strands of white light visible only to Zhou Yun flowed out, marking the three people secretly observing him.

Zhou Yun casually glanced at the three of them.

He found that they were not only watching him, but also watching everyone coming and going.

After seemingly confirming that there was nothing suspicious about Zhou Yun, they shifted their gazes away.

"They're surprisingly cautious." Zhou Yun frowned.

Who were they on guard against? What were they on guard against?

Zhou Yun shook his head, took out the voiceprint candy from his robe pocket, and popped it into his mouth.

The candy melted as soon as it entered his mouth. A faint sweetness lingered in Zhou Yun's mouth before flowing down his throat.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Zhou Yun discreetly coughed twice, his voice now just as deep and sleazy as Ragg's.

He glanced at the main entrance of the stronghold and headed toward it.

"Stop!"

Before he could enter, two Ark Gang members guarding the entrance stopped him.

"It's me, Ragg, brothers."

Zhou Yun had taken Ragg's voiceprint candy beforehand, and his voice was exactly the same as that old man's.

"Did you forget? I was the one who led the brothers last night."

The two guards remained expressionless as they scrutinized Zhou Yun's head, seemingly trying to spot some sign of deception.

After examining him and finding nothing wrong, the two guards nodded and motioned for Zhou Yun to enter.

But Zhou Yun was in no hurry. Instead, he took two Lho-sticks from his pocket and stuffed them into the guards' hands.

"Brothers, to be honest, the Cult Leader gave me a task this morning. She asked me to find someone."

Zhou Yun chuckled and spoke through Ragg's ugly face with a frown.

"I couldn't find him. He ran off beforehand."

The two guards frowned and looked at the Lho-sticks in their hands.

"Could you two tell me what kind of mood the Cult Leader is in?"

Zhou Yun said with a grin.

"If she's in a bad mood, I need to prepare myself for a scolding."

The two guards exchanged glances.

"The Cult Leader is troubled over that Eager Thief. You're probably in for a scolding," said the guard on the right, shaking his head.

"That little thief has been moving between several districts and has long been wanted by our Ark Gang, but we still haven't caught her," the guard on the left added.

"Eager Thief." Zhou Yun stroked his chin and nodded lightly. "Thanks, brothers. I'll buy you both drinks later."

With that, Zhou Yun stepped through the entrance and entered the stronghold.

After only a few steps, he stopped. As if he had suddenly remembered something, he turned toward the two guards. "Brothers, I forgot to ask."

"Where is the Cult Leader now? The third floor?"

"Second-floor meeting room. She's discussing the Eager Thief with the gang."

Zhou Yun nodded with a faint smile, turned around, and headed toward the second-floor meeting room.

"Bastard."

Inside the second-floor meeting room of the Ark Gang stronghold,

a hooded woman could not help cursing as she looked at the records of thefts in this district.

That little thief who used a flame cutter had actually drifted into this district too.

What a small world.

Though she cursed aloud, Lena knew that the Eager Thief was not truly a bad person by hive standards.

Although that little thief stole often, she had more principles than the vast majority of thieves.

Most of the time, she only stole money from relatively wealthy households or gang members' families. If she accidentally broke into an ordinary hive worker's home, she would sometimes even leave money to repair the door and an apology letter.

But Lena simply felt furious and irritated whenever she thought of that person.

Whenever she remembered it, she would clench her fists, flush bright red, and finally be unable to stop herself from cursing, "Bastard."

As the bishop of the Ark Gang,

when she had first founded the Ark Gang a few years ago, that bastard had raided her private stash.

Lena still remembered how she had felt when she woke up in the morning and saw the door drilled through by a flame cutter and her vault completely empty.

There had not been much money inside, but it was the little bit of personal savings Lena had painstakingly put aside.

And that bastard had stolen every last bit of it!!!

Afterward, that bastard would occasionally visit Ark Gang members' homes, leaving behind vicious holes with a thermal cutter and making off with all the money in the house.

Several times, Lena had nearly caught her, but the thief seemed to possess some kind of foresight as well, slipping away from Lena's fingertips every single time.

"This time, I'll definitely catch that bastard."

Lena said through gritted teeth.

She looked at the several minor leaders under her command in the meeting room and said,

"Arrange patrols tonight! Every street must be patrolled at least three times!"

"I, Lena, swear to the Emperor that I'll catch that bastard!"

As she spoke, Lena viciously swung her fists at the air several times.

The minor leaders nodded repeatedly, promising that they would definitely catch that damned Eager Thief.

Lena let out a long breath, as though she wanted to expel the anger built up in her chest.

She shook her head, which was aching faintly from rage, pushed open the meeting room door, and walked out.

Then she saw an old face so ugly it could shock heaven and make ghosts weep planted right outside the door.

"The Emperor's teeth!" Lena jumped in fright and nearly hurled a Psykana cannon shell at him.

But then she recognized the owner of that ugly face as Ragg, a member of the local gang who had surrendered last night.

"Ragg? What are you doing standing here?"

Lena patted her chest and let out a breath.

She watched the Ragg before her warily.

Had this guy been crouching outside the door all along, eavesdropping on the meeting?

Still, there had been nothing important in what she had just said.

Lena frowned and looked Ragg over from head to toe.

She confirmed that although he was exceptionally ugly, he showed no signs of mutation and still seemed to be a pure human.

"You..."

Lena paused, then asked,

"Did you find the person I told you to find?"

Ragg chuckled and scratched his head. "Sorry, Cult Leader. He seemed to have run away ahead of time."

"Ran? Why would he run?" Lena froze for a moment and looked at Ragg strangely.

Suddenly, a warning rose in Lena's psykana senses, and her entire body jolted.

"Something's wrong!"

The Ark Gang Cult Leader before Zhou Yun, wearing a broad hood that concealed her face, suddenly raised her voice and shouted,

"You're not Ragg!!! Who are you?!"

I've been discovered! The thought rose in Zhou Yun's mind.

Without hesitation, his fingertips pulled the stopper from the gourd at his waist.

Yesterday, my Tyrant was nearly smashed to pieces after my friend's Terminator Squad ganged up on it with a charging power fist. Then, during my melee phase, all six of my attacks were saved by his Terminator Captain. This sucks.