Reunion has come to the rescue! / The patient is critically ill and needs surgery.
Many members of the Reunion Movement gathered around a railing, whispering to each other, accompanied by a mournful cry.
As for the people who had originally gathered there, they were all frightened away when they saw the two Infected corpses hanging in the air, fearing that the Originium Dust falling from the corpses would infect them as well.
"Make way, make way! Boss Luo Chen is here." Don Xiao Wu shouted, and the Reunion Movement members who were watching automatically made way.
Luo Chen frowned and saw two naked female corpses bound together.
One looked no more than fourteen years old, and the other looked around thirty.
Their faces were contorted, their bodies covered in wounds, and their deaths were exceptionally gruesome.
On his completely naked body, there was a line of foreign language carved out with hot iron.
Luo Chen, being practically illiterate, obviously didn't recognize it.
Nine translated it for him:
"Get out, Infected! You are the root of all evil."
"This is Sicilian; the person must know Syracuse."
As expected of a genuine former elite of the Lungmen Guard Department, Jiu had already begun analyzing the deceased's condition while Luo Chen was still pondering that line of text:
"The two victims had their mouths half-open, their tongues were gone, and their eye sockets were empty of Originium crystals, indicating that their eyes had been gouged out before they died."
"All punishments are carried out while the victim is still alive, because destroying the body of a deceased Infected could lead to the spread of Originium Dust, which could then infect the perpetrator."
"The other party has a deep understanding of the Infected's body; this isn't their first time doing something like this. They must be a skilled Infected killer."
"Boss, we didn't see them when we were having lunch, but we found these two bodies hanging here right after we finished eating."
"Both of these people are Infected from Chernobog. Some of our Reunion Movement members are relatives of them."
Little Wang pointed to an Ursus man slumped on the ground next to him. The man looked very young, but his face was ashen, and he had lost all his energy.
"Those two people are his sister and mother. The day before yesterday, you asked all the family members to move to the nearby sewers, but they disappeared this morning when they went out to fetch water."
"They disappeared this morning, why didn't you tell me?"
Luo Chen frowned in displeasure. He remembered that in order to prevent the gangs from retaliating, he had everyone report any unusual activity at any time.
However, he only found out that two people were missing from the family group chat, and their bodies weren't even delivered until noon.
It seems that simply enacting laws is not enough; the internal rules and regulations of the Reunion Movement also need to be finalized and implemented immediately.
We must find a few obedient people to supervise the Reunion Movement 24 hours a day in my place.
Little Wang lowered his head in shame. "Everyone thought they were just lost and didn't want to cause you any trouble."
"Luo Chen, come here for a second." Jiu pulled Luo Chen's arm and walked a few meters away from the crowd before whispering:
"Luo Chen, this is definitely retaliation against us, and it's deliberately inciting conflict between the Infected and ordinary people."
"I've just heard quite a few members say that no matter how much they do for ordinary people, they can't understand how Infected feel."
"This is going to be very bad."
Although I knew that the words carved on the corpse were done with ulterior motives.
But Jiu, being an Infected herself, understood very well how devastating such provocation was for Infected.
Even after the perpetrator is identified, people will still harbor resentment towards them.
However, this ambiguous modus operandi has led to widespread resentment towards a particular group.
Not to mention, the perpetrator behind this murder killed and tortured their own family and friends.
This method is so heinous that it would be more painful for them than to kill someone outright.
If this matter is not handled properly, and it leads to feelings of rejection towards ordinary people within the Reunion Movement, then the harmonious environment of mutual help and support created over the past few days will be completely destroyed.
If their current leader Luo Chen, weren't a healthy person, they would probably already be cursing all healthy people.
Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Reunion Rescue Arrives!
Seeing the bewildered crowd, Luo Chen spoke first, asking:
"Don't you feel that you've sacrificed so much for healthy people, only to be persecuted by them in return?"
The group exchanged glances, some shaking their heads slightly, seemingly trying to deny the existence of this feeling.
Seeing this, Luo Chen chuckled and continued:
"Stop pretending, I know what you're thinking. Actually, it's only natural for you to have these thoughts."
"After all, we don't even know who the killer is right now; all we know is that the person who wrote these words was filled with hatred for the Infected."
"It's normal for people to have this kind of logic, but don't forget."
"In our Reunion Movement family, everyone and everything is fair."
"We must be realistic in our actions. Whoever commits a crime will be punished. This kind of intentional harm is the greatest provocation against fairness and justice."
"Any criminal will be punished, and all those involved in this crime will be hung here."
"To be honest, I feel sorry for the guys who did such evil things, because they don't know the majesty of the law or the terror of justice, which is why they can be so unscrupulous."
"They are so pitiful that I couldn't help but want to help them."
"I know you may think my ideas are naive, but in order to save these lost sheep, we must take action and use concrete measures to help them realize the majesty of the law."
"Let's use inhumane rescue methods, whether it's electrotherapy, traditional bloodletting, or some kind of proctology surgery—no matter how difficult it is, we must get their misguided lives back on track."
"Family members, we are about to do something incredibly great. In our actions, everyone, whether Infected or ordinary, man or woman, whoever defies the law, will receive free assistance."
Upon hearing Luo Chen's rescue theory, the Reunion Movement members, who had previously felt immense resentment towards the murderer, suddenly felt a sense of relief.
No wonder they were capable of doing something so outrageous.
It turns out those people were sick!
Although they did not have Oripathy, they suffered from an even more terrifying disease.
That's what's called a serious illness—a lack of legal knowledge.
They are so pitiful, so pitiful it's heartbreaking.
These patients must be treated with ruthless measures.
Seeing that the resentment towards the healthy individuals on everyone's faces had successfully disappeared, Luo Chen nodded affirmatively.
"Put the bodies of these two victims down first, then put them in a sealed bag to prevent the Originium Dust from leaking out."
"Then hang up that guy who didn't report his family member going missing in time. This is the consequence of not following my orders promptly. He's one of the accomplices. Let him reflect on his actions up there."
"As for the rest of you, go and change into your equipment immediately."
"It's time to show those slum bumpkins what real armed conflict is."
Little Wang and the others nodded and hurriedly put on their equipment.
Jiu looked at the slowly lowered corpse with a complicated expression.
"Luo Chen, we still don't know who did it. Who should we seek revenge on?"
Luo Chen snorted coldly upon hearing this, then grinned maliciously:
"Revenge is a bad word. We are here to save more innocent people. I would call this operation 'Reunion Rescue'."
"Besides, gathering evidence is the responsibility of the Lungmen Guard Department; all we need to do to rescue people is a list."
"How many gangs have we offended in the past few days?"
Looking at Luo Chen's smile, Jiu knew that someone was about to suffer.
According to Jiu's observation of Luo Chen, when he is gloomy and looks unhappy, it means that everything is going well, everyone is living in peace and contentment, and no one is causing trouble.
The more ferocious and lewd Luo Chen's smile, the more it means that someone has done something heinous.
Luo Chen was about to do something even more heinous to torment that guy.
What a strange person. I wonder where the Lungmen Guard Department found him.
"Seven. We can go to the gang on Luo Bay Street first and ask them what's going on. They also act as intelligence brokers there, so maybe they know who did what happened this morning."
"Okay, I'm going to open the garment factory today."
Lungmen Outer District, Street B17-3.
Its current name Luo Bay Street.
The headquarters of the Luo Bay Street gang is a bar, a favorite haunt of the slum nouveau riche and the largest R18 venue in the District 17.
In the center of the dance floor, beautiful women from various ethnic groups were performing adult acts, while men were reveling and women were screaming below—it was a scene that would not pass censorship.
Pete, the boss of Luo Bay Street, stood on the second floor, his eyes fixed on the customers entering the store, analyzing how much money he could squeeze out of them.
Having run a prostitution business for over a decade, he now has no interest in even the most beautiful women; the only thing that can stir his emotions is Lungmen Dollar.
And a huge amount of Lungmen Dollar.
He'd even sell his own ditch for Lungmen Dollar, provided someone could afford the price he wanted.
After observing for a moment and finding no nouveau riche worth killing, he turned to look at his adopted son, Bruce.
This young man named Bruce was someone he had recently promoted. In order to redeem his sister and mother, who had been sold by his father at exorbitant interest rates, Bruce had swindled an unsuspecting man out of 100,000 Lungmen Dollar in his shop.
He spotted this promising young man on the second floor and immediately took a liking to him, adopting him as his godson.
"Have any members of the Reunion Movement come asking for intelligence?"
"Father...not yet," Bruce replied respectfully.
As Pete's adopted son, he certainly knew who was sending the bodies to the Reunion Movement.
However, as qualified information brokers, their next task is to figure out how to extract more Lungmen Dollar from the Reunion Movement.
"How much do you think this intelligence is worth?"
"I've heard that the Reunion Movement is growing rapidly recently, collecting tens of thousands of yuan in protection money every day. This has helped Reunion Movement's authority, and I think we can easily ask for one million Lungmen Dollar."
"One million? That's too conservative. It should be at least ten million Lungmen Dollar." Pete shook his head with a smile. He knew that the Reunion Movement had just bought a batch of equipment, and the equipment alone cost two million.
Furthermore, the other party ordered a thousand sets of knight's armor. What does this indicate?
This suggests that the Reunion Movement has powerful backers.
Furthermore, since there are many Ursus people within the Reunion Movement, they are very likely supported by high- Ursus nobles.
As for the purpose of the Reunion Movement, they don't need to care; all they need to know is that the nobles of Ursus are very wealthy.
"Ten million? The Reunion Movement is that rich?" Bruce was full of surprise, but he quickly realized that his intelligence channels were definitely far inferior to his adoptive father's.
"They will." Pete smiled knowingly.
Just as the two were estimating how many gold coins the Reunion Movement could generate,
The bar's door was suddenly slammed down with tremendous force, revealing a red-haired woman standing behind it, slowly retracting her raised foot.
Before Pete could even ask her what she was there for,
A group of Reunion Movement members dressed in white athletic armor charged in, wielding sledgehammers, steel rods, and shields.
"The Reunion Rescue has arrived!"
Chapter Ninety-Nine: The patient's condition has become critical, requiring surgery.
The hundred or so members of the Reunion Movement may not be considered highly trained, but they have mastered the essence of fast, accurate, and ruthless fighting.
They wore white athletic armor and masks with smiling faces painted on their faces, revealing only their compassionate eyes, exuding an eerie and terrifying aura.
Their actions were swift and powerful; before the gang members in the bar could react, steel bars and sledgehammers struck them without hesitation.
They didn't care whether the people present were customers or thugs; they would just hit them down with a stick as soon as they saw them.