Chapter 112

As time goes by

If this trend continues, the contradictions will likely intensify.

Until, a full-blown conflict erupted.

Of course, those in power wouldn't care about any of this.

After all, in their eyes, it was nothing more than obedient Rat and disobedient Rat tearing each other apart in the sewer.

However, as mentioned before, there will always be people who care, right?

Zuo Jian certainly didn't like gangsters, nor did he like those hot-blooded young people.

So, it's called... the Glasgow Gang, right?

However, although he disliked it, he had no right to criticize it.

He disliked it simply because he didn't want to see these young people suffer injury or even death because of their passion.

He didn't offer any criticism, because he knew that what was more valuable to them was their spirit of uniting together and fighting against powerful enemies.

However, this is merely a matter of "disliking" it.

After all, it's just that I "don't like" it.

As for the people on the other side...

They navigated through layers of areas, and with Vina leading the way, they quickly found the scene of the conflict.

It seems that Vina is exceptionally knowledgeable about both the situation on the streets of Londinium and the Glasgow Gang.

"Hey, Zuo Jian."

Laurentina blinked, then turned her back to Vina and spoke to Zuo Jian.

"Don't we need to change our appearance? You should be very cautious in this situation..."

"Need not."

However, the other person simply shook their head, then glanced at the clashing crowd in the narrow street.

In an instant, Laurentina suddenly understood something.

There's definitely no need for a face transplant.

After all, the dead don't seek revenge.

"Later, Laurentina, hold back a bit. Just give them a token rebuke. I'll handle the rest."

"... Don't push yourself too hard."

Zuo Jian looked up and saw the Glasgow Gang, whose clothing style was clearly similar—all streetwear—and the layers of guys surrounding them, each with their own unique tattoos.

Many people came from different gangs...

However, it's clear that this isn't the whole story.

I've been human for far too long these past few weeks.

Four limbs, two eyes.

To the point that I almost forgot the fact that I'm now a monster.

What's more, he's a monster who likes to meddle in other people's business.

Monsters have their own way of solving problems.

He didn't understand Victoria's intricacies.

They also don't understand the various "rules" of the underworld and the legitimate world.

All he knew was that scum must die.

As for... the darkness will never disappear, and the insects can never be completely eradicated.

"Is that so? Then let me see if the pests are truly impossible to eradicate, or... if the person in charge is simply being lazy and leaving behind insect eggs."

A ferocious smile crept across Zuo Jian's lips as he prepared to begin eliminating the pests.

"Vina?! What brings you here?"

Hannah (Indra) touched the wound on her cheek from the sneak attack, then glanced at Vina who rushed in.

"You... can't fight, can you?"

The former's keen observation allowed him to see almost immediately that the other party couldn't even grip the hammer properly.

"Hannah... we'll talk about the rest later. I brought some help; they can assist you."

"Help... that uncle and that woman?"

Hannah turned her head and looked at Zuo Jian and Laurentina, who had suddenly appeared between the two groups of people.

"Laurentina, don't kill them, or rather, don't let them die here."

Zuo Jian stood with his hands in his pockets, watching the wary crowd before him.

"Knew."

Although it is quite difficult to avoid killing someone whose fighting style can almost be described as brutal.

But after all, it was Zuo Jian's request.

She raised her hand and, without a trace, used her blood to recreate the "Meat Saw" that Zuo Jian had once shown her, except that it had no blade.

This is less likely to kill someone directly than Circular Saw.

However, she couldn't guarantee whether the Bones would break.

Meanwhile, on the Zuo Jian side, in almost a few breaths, a tall figure rushed to the former with almost silent steps, gripped the dagger in his backhand, and thrust it straight at the throat!

However, the next moment, the opponent simply turned to the side, casually dodging his attack.

Then, Zuo Jian raised his hand, and his palm swung towards him as if it had transformed into a long sword!

Upon seeing this, the latter quickly adjusted his position and retreated!

He paused, glancing at the small bloodstains on his shoulder, a result of slowing down by a few steps.

However, a wound of this magnitude is not enough...

"The first one." But Zuo Jian glanced at the other person's wound and quietly counted.

"?"

After the count ended, before the other party could react, Zuo Jian's figure suddenly turned into a blur and kicked him directly in the chest with tremendous force, sending him flying into the crowd.

At the same time, he silently noted down the gang affiliation of the other person's tattoos, Zuo Jian turned and scanned the other people in the crowd.

The guys here alone are simply not enough.

What he wanted was to kick the pests and their nests away.

So...

Soon, his gaze settled on another tattoo bearing the name of a different gang.

The guy with the tattoo.

He told Laurentina not to kill anyone.

It wasn't a saintly compassion.

It was simply because he didn't want to get Laurentina's hands dirty.

And even more so, it requires... relying on these people to return to their respective gang lairs after the group disbands—bringing their bodies, which have already been infected by them, with them.

Since Victoria doesn't want to get involved.

Let him use this "clumsy" method to manage it.

This is merely... his specialty... group pest control.

The infected guys only need to return to their own gangs, and what awaits them... will be a scene from hell.

However, since they have already committed those despicable acts...

They must have already prepared themselves for hell.

Zuo Jian simply... helped those scumbags out.

"Zuo Jian, Shark, I'm back! The market is really open, but it was hard to find. But I still managed to buy some groceries..."

Skadi opened the door, somewhat excited, carrying a basket of groceries, only to be met with an empty room and the occasional rumbling of her stomach...

"Well?"

I really need to take the day off today.

As mentioned, I'm a freshman, and I was dragged by my advisor to work as a safety officer or some other part-time committee member that I don't really understand but seems to be required.

I spent the whole day at school running around doing this and that... Sigh... Sometimes complaining about these things is useless.

In short, I still have to go and collect the orientation information of the few people who haven't returned to school (referring to almost half of the students) tonight, and I also have to help the library distribute this semester's textbooks. I really don't have time to write.

This is truly the second time I've taken leave this month, and there won't be any midnight updates or anything like that.

It's okay, the first few days of the new semester are usually busy, I'll make up for it tomorrow. And if time allows, I'll try to get back to double updates.

Good night

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Chapter 68: Victoria and the Infection (Part 1)

"Vina ...* Victoria's curse*, where did you find those two thugs? This is too..."

Hannah and the other members of the Glasgow Gang gripped their weapons, looking somewhat bewildered at their companions.

They had even prepared themselves for defeat.

However, just now, Vina brought two thugs... strictly speaking, one.

The middle-aged man, whose face was obscured due to his rapid movements, seemed to be merely mingling in the crowd, occasionally striking, scratching his opponents before knocking them unconscious and tossing them aside.

Her effortless demeanor even reminded her of the masters in the martial arts films she had seen from the Flame Kingdom.

As for the other one... that's the truly outrageous one.

Since one of the two seemed to rarely make a move, almost like he was slacking off, the woman wielding the weapon that looked like a folding saw appeared to be a monster!

The gangsters who had been so aggressive just moments before looked like sheep lined up in front of her.

And she was the ferocious beast that pounced upon it.

Hannah even noticed the weapon in the other person's hand that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

It's still unsharpened?!

Damn it.

It was probably thanks to that uniquely shaped weapon that it had no blade that each swing sent the powerless gang members flying, just like hitting a baseball.

If it's a bladed weapon... this time the entire street will probably be smeared red with gushing blood.

The last enemy dragged his unconscious accomplice out of the street in a disheveled state. Laurentina unfolded the Meat Saw, slung it over her shoulder, put one hand on her hip, and watched as the last enemy, filled with fear, scrambled away.

What she left the Glasgow Gang was a silhouette that resembled that of a war god.

"Wait... where did Mr. Zuo Jian go?"

Just then, Vina, who was standing nearby, suddenly asked in confusion.

Zuo Jian... that man's name?

Hannah was taken aback, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Yes.

Just as their attention was completely drawn to Laurentina wielding exaggeratedly designed weapons and displaying an almost purely violent fighting style, the man vanished without a trace?!

Wait, how did you do that?!