Enforcer Carmen

The flashlight fell to the ground, flooding the sewer with light. Blood ran across the floor, and the air reeked of urine. Yu Yuan frowned slightly, his gaze hostile.

A Kukri was pressed across the newcomer's throat.

He was a bald man in an enforcer's uniform, with only a few sparse hairs on his entire head. His severed right hand had left him drenched in sweat, his face deathly pale.

Yet even under the threat of death, he still forced out a strained smile.

"You..." Just as he began to speak, Yu Yuan kicked him in the face. Blood, broken teeth, and saliva spilled from his mouth, and intense resentment flashed through his eyes.

But he quickly concealed it and spat out the blood in his mouth.

The bald man knew that no matter who this person was, the fact that Yu Yuan had not killed him immediately meant he still had a chance to live.

Yu Yuan stepped on the man's severed arm, and the Kukri sliced open the skin of his neck. He asked in a low voice, "I ask, you answer. Understand?"

Without waiting for an answer, he asked his first question.

"Where is the Black Shield Police Department's stronghold?"

The bald man was covered in sweat, barely managing to curl his lips into a smile.

"Heh... If I answer, will you let me go?"

"No! But I can let you die more quickly." Yu Yuan told him honestly, then swung the Kukri at the bald man's left hand again.

"Ah... my hand..." The bald man's eyes bulged instantly, blood vessels spreading across his eyeballs. The calmness in his gaze toward Yu Yuan was gone.

Yu Yuan stared deeply into the bald man's eyes and asked again, one word at a time:

"Now, tell me. Where is the Black Shield Police Department's stronghold?" The Kukri was raised once more.

"I'll talk, I'll talk. It's... it's... Ah... my foot, my foot, no..." The bald man screamed again.

This time, the Kukri struck his left ankle. His foot and lower leg were left connected by only a strip of flesh. Blood splashed across Yu Yuan's face, making him look incomparably ferocious.

"Devil... You're a devil... You devil..."

A smile tugged at Yu Yuan's lips. "Stalling for time counts as refusal too."

"Last chance... I ask, you answer... Where is the Black Shield Police Department's stronghold?" This time, the Kukri was aimed at the bald man's right ankle.

Having witnessed Yu Yuan's ruthlessness, the bald man no longer dared entertain any other thoughts. He did not even dare reveal the resentment that had briefly crossed his mind.

This was a demon.

"District One..." the bald man hurriedly said. "East City Police Headquarters in District One—that's our headquarters..."

"Where is Marauder Prison's stronghold?" Yu Yuan continued without hesitation.

"It's... it's... Soren Prison outside the eastern suburbs..."

"Which forces in Green Forest City pose the greatest threat?" Before the bald man could finish, Yu Yuan had already asked the next question. From excessive blood loss, the bald man was nearly unconscious.

"It's... it's..." Before he could finish, Yu Yuan suddenly looked up, adopting a listening posture.

It was the sound of cars. The Black Shield Police Department had arrived.

Yu Yuan knew it was time to leave.

The Kukri came down. The bald man's body twitched once, then went still.

Yu Yuan quickly stuffed the bald man's belongings into his backpack, stripped off his equipment, and dashed toward his Hideout without lingering.

Not long afterward.

Five or six wasteland vehicles illuminated the battlefield on Waterfront Street as brightly as day. Black Shield Police Department personnel were already clearing the scene.

Carmen, dressed in an enforcer's uniform, pushed open the car door with a cigarette hanging from his lips and stepped onto the smoke-filled battlefield.

Feeling the moisture in the air and the increasingly fierce wind, Carmen frowned slightly.

"Is there going to be a heavy rain?"

The moment a marauder saw him get out, he immediately ran over.

"Boss, the danger hasn't been fully eliminated. What if those brats from Marauder Prison still have an ambush waiting..."

Before he could finish, Carmen cut him off with a wave of his hand.

"Cut the crap. Report the situation!"

"Yes. We've taken the high ground. The attacked unit was the Fries Enforcement Team. They were basically wiped out, but we still haven't found Enforcer Fries, or... his body."

Carmen's expression tightened. "Fries?" After a moment's thought, he shook his head.

"That guy Fries is extremely cautious. If he encountered danger, he would definitely run or hide himself at the first opportunity. He wouldn't take risks."

"Boss, Enforcer Fries is Commander Lawrence's younger brother. If something really happened this time..." The marauder looked worried and was about to say more when footsteps behind him interrupted him.

Carmen noticed the arrivals as well and waved his hand.

"That's enough. This isn't something you should worry about. Tell everyone to search. Dead or alive, I want him found."

"Yes!" The marauder immediately left.

Two men, likewise dressed in enforcer uniforms, came before Carmen.

Enforcer Gero looked over the battlefield, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Carmen, it was Fries?"

Carmen nodded faintly. "Yes. We still haven't found any trace of him... Let's hope nothing happened."

Enforcer Soda, standing nearby, immediately showed his displeasure.

"Then what are we waiting for? Fries is Commander Lawrence's younger brother. Everyone, go search... Move, move, move!" The marauders who had arrived with Soda and Gero immediately joined the search.

Soda nodded in satisfaction. "Carmen, isn't your nose the sharpest? Hurry up and sniff him out!"

Carmen ignored him completely, and Soda immediately became annoyed.

"Carmen, don't be so ungrateful when someone's offering to help! Of the three of us, you were the closest to this place. If Fries can't be found, let's see how you explain it to Commander Lawrence." As he spoke, a gloating expression appeared on his face, and he spat viciously onto the ground.

Gero immediately laughed and tried to smooth things over. "Enough, enough. Don't start this now. If we can't find Fries, all three of us will be in trouble. Hurry up and look for him! Otherwise, we really won't be able to explain ourselves!"

Very soon, someone reported that Fries's body had been found, and the three of them hurried over.

But when they entered the sewer and saw Fries's miserable state, all three fell silent.

Carmen inspected Fries's wounds, especially the fatal wound on his neck. His eyes narrowed.

Gero's voice came from behind him. "Now this is troublesome. Carmen, your investigative ability is the strongest. Why don't you check it out?"

"Alright."

Carmen summoned the person who had discovered Fries's body for questioning. The discoverer was from Gero's enforcement team.

"How did you find this place?"

"Enforcer Carmen, I noticed a manhole cover had been blown away by a self-destruct slave, exposing the sewer beneath it. I guessed Enforcer Fries might have fallen in, and then I found his body here. After that, you all came down."

"Did you find anything else?"

"Twenty meters from here, we also found six bodies. They were all members of the Fries Enforcement Team. All their equipment and supplies were gone, but they died from gunshots and explosions, not blade wounds."

Carmen then examined the six bodies. Following the ladder out of the sewer, he arrived at Golden Orchid Avenue and inspected the marks on the ground.

As he looked at the bloody trails left by dragged corpses, the basic outline of the incident emerged in his mind.

The first person he thought of was the mysterious man who had killed those three drifters at the East City Water Affairs Center yesterday.

"This person..." A trace of surprise and curiosity flashed through Carmen's eyes.

"He's got some nerve!"