This Is Called Professionalism

"Ah, this..."

Suddenly, Lu Xin thought Gecko was trying to commit suicide.

He stretched his head out to look and only then realized that just as Gecko was about to fall to the ground, he quickly reached out and grabbed onto the water tower. He precisely gripped a protrusion on the water tower, then spun himself in the air with a strange motion, landing on his feet on the water tower. It was as if he had redirected the downward momentum, and he easily shot outwards.

Under the Crimson Moon, he was like a strange reptile, rapidly and bizarrely crawling towards the factory building.

"We too..."

Lu Xin had just turned to look at his Sister when he saw her staring in the direction Gecko had left, seemingly a little angry.

She suddenly grabbed Lu Xin, and the siblings jumped high. As they fell, they landed precisely on a power line that ran alongside the water tower. Then, using both hands and feet, they moved along the wire, like phantoms, and also rapidly charged towards the factory building.

In the end, Lu Xin entered the factory building only a step behind Gecko.

At this moment, with Zheng Yuanxiong having fainted, the entire factory building was filled with a strange atmosphere.

Although Zheng Yuanxiong had fainted, all the workers were still numbly and mechanically handling the tasks in front of them. The entire factory was filled with a pungent and acrid smell, mixed with a heavy scent of blood, and even urine.

It was because they were too busy to go to the restroom; their physiological needs were handled on the spot.

As for Gecko and Lu Xin, who entered the factory building one after another, they didn't even move the corners of their eyes.

"Using a tranquilizer gun to take down Zheng Yuanxiong was just the first step!"

Tie Cui's voice came through the channel: "Because Zheng Yuanxiong has exhibited a clear mental anomaly and is extremely close to losing control, the effect of this anesthetic, which can make an elephant sleep for three days, is uncertain. He could wake up at any moment. To be safe, we need to put a specially made restraining device on him to prevent him from affecting others again..."

"And what you need to do is..."

While listening to Linda, Lu Xin followed Gecko closely to Zheng Yuanxiong's side.

As Linda uttered the words "keep watch for him," Lu Xin was already standing beside Gecko, vigilantly observing their surroundings.

Gecko's hands and feet were fast and agile. He quickly went to the unconscious Zheng Yuanxiong, immediately flicked his toes to hook Zheng Yuanxiong's neck, and then put the glass helmet with the iron buckle on his head. That wasn't all; he scooped with both hands and took out two pairs of handcuffs and a pair of shackles from beneath his back leather clothing, putting them on Zheng Yuanxiong from front to back.

Looking at Zheng Yuanxiong, who was bound like a mummy, Lu Xin was also quite sure that even if he woke up, there wouldn't be much of a problem.

"Haha, done..."

After finishing these tasks, Gecko sat on the ground with a hint of pride, tilting his head back triumphantly.

"Brother, am I amazing?"

His current appearance truly exuded a bit of wild arrogance.

However, Lu Xin felt that Gecko was qualified to be a little arrogant at this moment. After all, he had watched Gecko handle this pollution incident, and although he had been chattering the whole time, he hadn't wasted a single moment or made a single mistake.

"This is what you call professionalism..."

Lu Xin thought, feeling a faint anticipation for himself to be so professional.

"Well done!"

Linda's voice came through the channel with no emotion, praising him, then said, "Dispatch the support team immediately!"

"The almighty support team..."

Gecko said with a smile, then looked up at Lu Xin and asked, "Brother, want to grab a drink somewhere later?"

Just as Lu Xin was about to agree, his Sister gently tugged at him.

He turned to look and was slightly startled. He saw an office desk nearby.

Under the messy office desk, piled with various documents and receipts, a young girl in a red dress, no older than seven or eight years old, was huddled.

She looked only seven or eight years old, holding a cloth doll in her arms. The doll had a body knitted with thick yarn and two buttons sewn on for eyes. She was wearing a small red dress that looked very clean. Her two dark eyes were timidly staring in the direction of Lu Xin and Gecko, looking a little scared, and perhaps a little confused. She quietly said, "Brother, why aren't you going to work?"

"Who is she?"

A great sense of surprise and slight vigilance arose in Lu Xin's heart.

Currently, in the entire factory, except for Zheng Yuanxiong, everyone was working frantically, working uncontrollably. Even though Zheng Yuanxiong had fainted, they were still repeating their previous instructions. But... why was there still a little girl?

"There's a little girl here too..."

It was at this moment that Gecko also discovered her, his expression extremely strange. He spoke softly into the channel.

"What little girl?"

Linda's voice in the channel deepened slightly.

"Looks about seven or eight years old, wearing a red dress, with two small braids, and... a mole between her eyebrows..."

Gecko described rapidly and in a low voice, simultaneously raising his hand slightly, intending to take a picture of her.

But the little girl under the desk had now slowly crawled out. She was looking at Lu Xin and Gecko in front of her so quietly, tilting her head slightly, and softly saying, "Brother, everyone else is working, why are you..."

"...not working?"

"..."

As her voice rang out, the entire factory suddenly became extraordinarily quiet.

Only the sound of the machines rotating continued.

At that moment, all the busy workers stopped what they were doing and, blankly and in unison, turned their heads to look at Lu Xin and Gecko. It was as if they had only just noticed these two outsiders, or rather, these two people who weren't working.

Then, some expressions gradually twisted, while others became angry, their gazes filled with hatred and a sinister chill...

This eerie shift caused Gecko to falter slightly, his raised hand freezing as he refrained from making any more obvious movements.

"A little girl with a mole between her eyebrows?"

Linda's voice came through the channel. "The records show that Zheng Yuanxiong has a daughter, eight years old."

Her voice paused slightly, seeming to tremble. "But she died a year ago..."

"Her cause of death was... due to Zheng Yuanxiong being too busy with work and neglecting her care, resulting in her being caught in machinery while trying to pick up a yarn toy..."

"...caught in the machinery!"

"..."

The glaring lights, the hollow and monotonous whirring of the machines, the hateful and angry gazes of the surrounding workers.

The little girl's eerie, questioning expression before him.

All of this formed a visually intense and absurd composition.

Gecko's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he whispered, as if afraid of disturbing something, "A secondary source of pollution..."