Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers
Chapter 442

Baku, submission or death?

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[District News Section] Quality: Bronze Danger level: Medium Marauder Prison had reached a pivotal moment. Blackfire, an Executive of the Mechanical Vanguard Society, had been restrained and imprisoned by Baku. He realized escape was impossible, and even death was a luxury beyond his reach. After Baku subjected him to prolonged mental torture interspersed with favors, Blackfire developed a psychological dependence on Baku and began obeying him blindly. He began willingly offering Baku help and services, seeing Baku as his everything. He provided Baku with extensive intelligence and information about the Mechanical Vanguard Society. But Marauder Prison also faced a new crisis: survival. They were running low on Survival Supplies. Baku knew that the Underground Area of the Black Shield Police Department held a large stockpile of Survival Supplies. He decided to use the intelligence on the Mechanical Vanguard Society, along with Blackfire himself, as his ticket into the Aurora Animal Assistance Society. Baku knew this decision was dangerous. But he had no choice. He could only gamble on finding a way to survive. He did not care who he worked for. He only wanted to stay alive.

"Was this... Stockholm syndrome?"

Yu Yuan was somewhat surprised as he read the news.

He had long suspected that Marauder Prison had some means of controlling its slaves. After all, their special unit—the Slave Suicide Squad—

Had left quite a deep impression on him.

Even now, he vividly remembered their frenzied expressions and utter fearlessness in the face of death.

Ever since then, Marauder Prison had been synonymous with [Danger] in Yu Yuan's mind.

Only after he learned about the Aurora Animal Assistance Society's various operations had Marauder Prison's threat level steadily declined.

Now it seemed that Marauder Prison's slave suicide squad was Baku's handiwork.

After thinking for a while, Yu

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