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[Wen Duo: Have you forgotten?]
[Paso: Kid, did you record a video at the grip workshop? Without evidence, even the association can't do anything to us, the clients.]
[Wen Duo: What I mean is, as I said before, there are people behind that smile. It seems you need to relearn how to remember that.]
Du Jue silently took off the bandage on his face and stuffed it into his pocket. He never expected that his first request, which he had taken the initiative to make, would result in him being tricked. This guy really has no sense of his own position.
call!
A puff of smoke escaped, and the smiling mask coalesced onto Du Jue's face.
69
Chapter 69 Accident.
"Wen Duo, are you alright? I received a message that the commission was revoked. Let me see, it's the one about helping the neighbors keep watch and drive away the smiling faces."
"It's a lot of money, but the difficulty level is way too high. Have you been scammed?"
"Don't worry, Sister Olga, I know what I'm doing. It was just a mistake by the client. It will be resolved soon. This is a case I took on outside."
"It's alright. Taking on your own work is a basic skill for a wrapper. Just be careful not to take any jobs from Lane 23 lately."
Du Jue would leave behind a trail of white smoke as he walked, which immediately attracted the attention of the neighbors. They found it strange that only one of the smiling men had returned, but they still repeated the same trick.
Unfortunately, his index finger talent could only command himself; otherwise, a gust of wind would have blown the smell away.
"I know, the chefs over there are having a lively meeting."
"That's part of the reason, but I want to say that a new urban star has recently emerged in that area, called Lead Grey Symphony. Information about it is extremely scarce and it's incredibly dangerous. You're just unlucky enough to run into it."
These words stunned Du Jue. He dodged an incoming stink bomb, knowing that what was coming was finally here. He hoped that no powerful figure was investigating him.
“I understand, but you’re being too nervous. Even if I go to Lane 23, how could a big shot like City Star possibly pay attention to a nobody like me?”
"You can't think like that, Xiao Wen. There are always more surprises than expected here."
After hanging up the call, Du Jue completely agreed with Olga's last statement, except that now it was him who brought the unexpected to others.
At this moment, all the people wearing armbands and masks were leaning on the railings, staring at Du Jue below with suspicion and uncertainty. They really couldn't understand what he was trying to do.
"Paso, what's wrong with this guy? Could it be that the guy who cleaned up the mess did this?"
Wearing a red hat, Paso suppressed his urge to vomit and looked down, then waved his hand and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"How could one person scare us? If we can't even handle a kid, then we might as well disband our neighborhood watch!"
"Listen up, everyone! As long as we take this guy down, Smiling Face will definitely not come back here. He'll only suffer if he does!"
Some people inside responded enthusiastically, seemingly emboldened by the unexpected courage and confidence that the smiling face had given them.
The next moment, a crescent-shaped plume of smoke shot into the sky.
Bang!
The second-floor corridor was instantly blasted apart, and many people holding stink bombs were immediately thrown around, their faces contorted in pain as the extremely foul-smelling contaminants exploded, causing them to vomit in agony.
Upon seeing this, Paso immediately turned red in the face and started shouting loudly.
"Stop throwing grenades, get the crossbows and kill this guy!"
"Once we deal with the smiling guy, we'll establish our reputation, and then no matter which gang here collects money, they'll have to go through us!"
The gruff voice immediately put everyone on high alert.
Swish!
Without daring to retaliate, the smoke from the boning knife instantly severed the incoming arrow, and he looked up to lock onto the red-hatted figure.
Smoke intensification.
He took a deep breath, and the heavy white smoke flowed down to his legs. With just a leap, he created spiderweb-like cracks in the ground.
Boom!
Seeing the white mask hurtling towards him, Paso quickly took a few steps back, then crouched down and shouted.
"It's now!"
A spiked ball shattered the windowpane, flew over Paso's head and outwards, while Paso had already grabbed the long knife from the ground.
Although this is the same old trick, this time he will strike the opponent on the head the moment they climb back up, gain a lot of reputation, and use the money saved by withdrawing the commission to strengthen himself, thus reaching the expected pinnacle of life.
"Wow ah ah!"
Paso felt as if his chest had been pierced, and an unbearable pain spread throughout his body. When he came to his senses, all he could see was a blur of white smoke.
The exaggeratedly fatal wound left him unable to utter any sound or leave any last words; his mind was filled with disbelief.
Do not mercilessly and slowly pull the boning knife out of Paso's chest.
He spared the man's life during the previous attack. Even a fool would know that he was Wen Duo's informant, but the way he acted just now clearly meant to kill him. It was simply incomprehensible.
"Paso, Paso is dead!"
"I told you that's enough, why did you have to provoke that smiling face!"
Most of the neighborhood watchmen fled immediately after their leader's death, but those who remained, filled with hatred, still rushed forward in droves.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. Boss Paso has already checked. The smoke from their workshop's weapons isn't unlimited!"
Du Jue tilted his head to look at the man with the pompadour yelling at the entrance of the building, then raised his hand and slashed with a knife. The smoke greatly expanded his attack range.
The smoke instantly pierced through the head of the aircraft, causing the others to waver and flee once again.
"Where would you like a hole made? I can grant you this small wish."
The remaining men rushed forward with gritted teeth, and the door to the room beside Du Jue was kicked open. Inside, a woman holding a large crossbow pulled the trigger at him with red eyes.
Blood pump!
The powerful physical activity immediately and completely blocked out the smoke, making it impossible for bystanders to see the human figure. In an instant, white smoke filled the entire corridor, making the place completely silent.
afterwards.
Du rubbed the blood off his hands with his white shirt, then nodded to the trembling men beside him who had just hung the corpses from the streetlights.
"Thanks, this is the reward. Also, please pass on a message to the neighbors: these corpses can be taken down after hanging for three days."
"And remember to settle all the commissions they previously entrusted to the person who finished things up, otherwise you might earn money but not live to spend it."
Smelling the stench on himself, Du Jue decided to go home, take a shower, and take a picture to report back to Lao Wang, thus concluding the job was done.
Only after seeing that Du Jue had completely left did the men quickly leave the scene with the money.
Only after repeatedly using shower gel to completely get rid of the annoying odor did Pianjiang remove his nasal plug.
The communicator rang.
"Have you heard anything from your side yet?! I've already spoken with the molar department."
"They were responsible for rescuing the person and handing them over to me, but that didn't include the subsequent protection work, and it would cost extra! The representative said that the commission was quite difficult and required cooperation with other agencies."
"What do you mean?"
Du Jue thought it was the smiling Old Wang calling, but it turned out he didn't have enough money. He didn't have much cash on hand either, and he couldn't very well issue an order to pick up money all over the back alleys.
That would take forever!
Upon realizing this, Du Jue immediately covered the communicator and turned to ask Pianjiang.
"Are there still any regeneration potions left?"
"The remaining portion, when diluted, can be used to make about twenty injections for whole-body treatment. If it's just used to replenish pneumatic syringes, it can last for a long time."
"Excellent! Let's get twelve of them out first!"
"They also refilled the pneumatic injector for me; this time I don't need to add endorphins."
"Okay, brother."
Overjoyed, Du immediately instructed Park to add the regeneration injection to the commission fee, determined to cause a huge disturbance at the exhibition hall this time, the more people the better.
"You really did hide something when you seized the Axe Gang's spoils, but I'm afraid I'll have to pay back this debt for a long time."
"It doesn't matter, saving lives is the most important thing."
If we don't ruin Wim's crazy exhibition, we're afraid she'll go on another rampage and try to kidnap Olivia. Then we'll have to be on guard against thieves every day.
There was a long silence on the other end of the communicator.
"Actually, I know that promises mean nothing in the city, but this is all I can give you right now. Thank you for helping me so much. You can come to me for anything in the future."
"However, I still hope you can contact my gang as soon as possible, because I might die unexpectedly at any time, and you would be at a huge loss then."
70
Chapter 70 The Parade.
Du Jue ate a few sandwiches haphazardly, threw the remaining crumbs into his bowl, and got up, intending to ask Xiao Mian if he was going to take action against the exhibition hall.
Grabbing the new coat that Pianjiang had prepared, he blocked Olga's communication.
"Wen Duo, your commission has just been settled. You're surprisingly capable. Your abilities shouldn't be limited to a seventh-tier finisher; it's a waste of your talent."
"Come to the bar next to the office today, tell them my name and come to the private room. I need to discuss something with you, so don't be absent."
Du Jue immediately realized that this might be a commission from Park Hui. This guy had borrowed money from all over the place to raise the commission fee, and he was probably already a debt king.
He had just sent a message to Lao Wang and stepped outside when he saw Ai leaning against the door frame. She nodded at him, and her prosthetic body underwent a very noticeable change.
"Hey, where have you been making your fortune lately? Why didn't you take us with you?"
"Don't give me any nonsense like 'only you can do this,' or 'I'm worried about us getting hurt.'"
With his thick breastplate, Huiyilun raised his workshop arm blade with fluorescent patterns and quickly replied.
“That’s right, senior. If it’s about Olivia, we can help too. We recently paid for an upgrade package.”
“We’ve extorted everyone in the neighborhood, and the two caregivers have taken care of L Company’s donation. Now there’s nothing left to do.”
However, the woman who came down from upstairs retorted unhappily.
"So you two are leaving me to deal with those kids all by myself? Luckily I'm fully cybernetically enhanced, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep at all."
Du Jue looked at Ai with surprise, never expecting that this guy would care about something like Olivia that couldn't make money. It seemed that Du Jue had been judging Ai by his own petty standards.
Then, Du Jue walked over and patted her on the shoulder.
"Then wait for my news, we're about to pull off a big heist."
"Wuhu! I'm going to prepare body bags!"
Roadside restaurant.
Avoid looking at the boss backstage, head bowed in nervousness, and the three smiling faces sitting around the table.
"You guys actually eat at a small restaurant like this?"
"Brother, you've misunderstood. It's because he has an invitation to that exhibition hall. I just wanted to ask him about the inside."
Du Jue pulled out a chair and sat down, only to find that there were no bowls or chopsticks on the table, just a familiar invitation. It seemed they were indeed interested in this.
"So you have a plan?"
These words caused Mei and Jin to exchange a glance and then burst into laughter, while Old Wang next to them leaned back in his chair and shook his head with interest.
They were noticeably more relaxed around Du Jue, who probably thought it was because he had previously pledged his allegiance to the gang through neighborhood watch.
But Du Jue found their unusual attitude baffling; what was so funny about that?
“We at Xiaomian don’t really like planning. Haven’t you noticed that these past two days when we went out to buy goods, I just randomly picked a suitable place? Have you ever seen us with any kind of itinerary or schedule?”
“I do recall what The Smiling Faces originally looked like. Back then, it was just a neighborhood watch organization that put on masks and held a parade to celebrate driving away the gang.”
"After that, it became a tradition, and we would come here once a year to pray for the happiness of our neighbors. Thinking about it now, it still makes me quite happy."
Surprisingly, the Laughing Gang's predecessor was actually quite upright.
Seemingly sensing the disapproving look in his eyes, Old Wang continued speaking without any hesitation.
"Later, some companies took a liking to this thing and used it for promotional activities and celebrations. In short, it became a mess, and everyone's lives went downhill again because of those vampires and new gangs."
"After all, we can drive out gangs from outside, but how can we drive out gangs that grow from within? That's impossible."