Volume 3, Chapter 52 – Welcome, the Sound of Explosions

The light spilling out from this window was completely different from the other rooms.

Elsewhere, it was only the somewhat glaring light of incandescent bulbs, but here it was the glow of colored lights.

This place had to be anything but ordinary!

Anran quietly stood up.

Showing only her eyes, she peered through the hazy frosted glass and saw three silhouettes inside the room.

One of the figures stood in the middle of the room, swaying constantly, while the other two appeared to be seated.

Very soon, Anran heard them talking.

“How is it? Not bad, right?”

The moment she heard that voice, Anran instantly tightened her grip on the gun in her hand.

Little Gold Tooth.

She still remembered that voice.

He was one of those two shadows.

At the same time, the other man also spoke. “She really is top-grade. But if we’re being honest, my cousin is even more exciting.”

Lennard!

It’s you!

Anran listened as they abruptly veered into filthy topics.

The moment she thought of the two of Little Gold Tooth’s lackeys in the next room crossing bayonets, Anran was rendered speechless.

Little Gold Tooth’s restaurant really was a den of filth.

If she blew up a place like this, the air in the entire old city district would become much fresher.

Anran took out the other self-destruct robot and was just about to set its route when the topic inside suddenly shifted a little.

“Will your cousin really agree to this?” Little Gold Tooth asked.

Lennard gave a greasy chuckle. “She’ll agree whether she wants to or not. Her parents still have an outstanding debt waiting for me to help repay. If it weren’t so urgent this time, I’d be a little reluctant to hand her over to Boss Jin.”

“Haha. Interesting. I’d really like to know who exactly your cousin’s parents owe money to.”

“People they don’t know, people they don’t know,” Lennard repeated in a hurry.

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Little Gold Tooth paused for a moment. “Don’t worry. Since I’ve taken your offering, I’ll definitely handle what I promised you. When the time comes and you rise in rank, just don’t abandon us brothers.”

“Of course. I only have what I have today thanks to Boss Jin. Haha.” Lennard took a drink. “I heard Boss Jin recently got hold of a batch of weapons. I wonder where Boss Jin got them. Your strength must have risen again for sure. I’m guessing no underground force in all of Twinmoon City would dare provoke Boss Jin now, right?”

Lennard had meant it as flattery, but Little Gold Tooth’s expression changed abruptly.

He had gotten that batch of weapons from Morningstar. If Lennard knew about it, did that mean he also knew about his connection to Morningstar?

Countless thoughts flashed through Little Gold Tooth’s mind in an instant.

What was Lennard trying to say with that?

Was he subtly indicating that he knew about Little Gold Tooth’s relationship with Morningstar, and warning him?

Or was it really just a casual question?

No matter what, once that information leaked out, it would be a risk.

Even though Morningstar Resistance currently had the upper hand, the Empire’s puppet government was still very stable.

Why not just find an opportunity to kill Lennard? The guy was very shrewd. Once he rose high enough, he would definitely start demanding more.

Of course, Little Gold Tooth would not do it himself.

If it was going to be done, he would have Morningstar’s people do it.

“I just had someone get a few pieces of retired gear out of the military. Nothing worth putting on display.” Little Gold Tooth gave a dry laugh, but his tone had unconsciously turned a little cold.

And slightly drunk Lennard did not hear it.

“Boss Jin really is capable of anything, haha.”

“Not at all, not at all.” Little Gold Tooth narrowed his eyes.

Anran narrowed hers as well.

The figure on the right looked dispirited. That had to be the drunk Lennard.

She crouched down and set the self-destruct robot.

After she pressed the switch, the self-destruct robot disguised as a robot vacuum cleaner slowly made its way toward the corner of the wall.

The other self-destruct robot also swaggered off toward the restaurant’s main hall.

After doing all that, Anran raised her assault rifle. The center of the scope settled perfectly on the middle of the shadow on the left.

Little Gold Tooth, lifting his wineglass, let his gaze drift and suddenly landed on the window.

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He abruptly noticed an extra shadow on the glass.

His heart jolted, and Little Gold Tooth instinctively ducked.

At the same time, the bullet shattered the frosted glass and flew past, grazing Little Gold Tooth’s shoulder.

“-36”

As the damage number floated up, Anran immediately realized she had missed the vital shot.

But she quickly steadied herself, adjusted her aim, and fired at Lennard, who had still not reacted.

“-116”

“Ah!”

A shrill scream instantly split the night sky.

Anran’s face darkened as she looked at the scantily dressed woman standing in the middle of the room.

“Men! We’re under attack!” Little Gold Tooth shouted after recovering himself a little, clutching his wounded shoulder.

He had no firearm on him. Knowing he was no match, he bent low and ran for the door the moment he finished shouting.

She absolutely could not let him escape!

Anran pulled out a High-Energy Explosive and threw it straight inside.

Boom!

After the blast rang out, sticky liquid splattered everywhere, and while still in midair it rapidly ignited.

It was like a mage had suddenly cast a dozen little fireball spells at once.

Little Gold Tooth’s room was full of flammable objects. The moment the fireballs hit the ground, the whole place immediately turned into a sea of flames.

“And that still didn’t kill you. Should I call you lucky, or what?”

Anran vaulted in directly through the window.

That High-Energy Explosive had only killed the woman and dealt less than 100 damage to Little Gold Tooth.

As for Lennard, in an explosion like that, he had only lost 179 HP.

Anran went around the burning flames and walked up to Lennard.

She raised her gun and fired one shot straight into his chest.

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“Bang!”

“Urgh…”

“-217.”

“To me, you’re just an annoying mosquito. Once I catch the chance, one light slap and you’re dead.”

Without even sparing Lennard a glance, Anran chased after Little Gold Tooth.

The game’s kill notification had already sounded.

Lennard = 300 EXP.

He really was weak.

Wrapped in the cloak of power, but in the face of overwhelming strength he was like a naked little brat, utterly incapable of resisting.

…

Clutching his wound, Little Gold Tooth ran like the wind. He circled past the rear corridor and charged toward the main hall with all his strength.

His men were there, a full twenty or thirty of them. As long as he joined up with them, the person chasing him from behind would surely die.

Little Gold Tooth seethed with hatred. He had never expected someone to dare break into his headquarters and try to assassinate him.

Who was it?

He had far too many enemies. No matter how Little Gold Tooth guessed, he could not identify a target. Anran’s name did not even cross his mind.

…

“Wait! Did you guys hear someone shouting just now?” In the main hall, where the drinking contest was still in full swing, one lackey suddenly put down his cup and frowned.

“What shouting could there be?”

“It sounded kind of like Boss yelling…”

“Boom!”

The sudden sound made everyone in the hall freeze.

“This is bad. Something happened. Grab your weapons!”

Someone immediately reacted, rushed to the rack by the hall, and grabbed a gun.

The others followed suit and hurriedly armed themselves too.

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But right then, a crisp buzzing sound rang out in their ears again.

“What the hell is that… Huh? A robot vacuum cleaner? Who brought that in here?”

The lackey standing near the entrance blanked for a moment.

He had just turned around, about to ask about it.

In his blind spot, the bomb hidden inside the self-destruct robot began to activate.

“Sss—”

“Boom—”

First, the four sides of the robot vacuum cleaner shot outward like flying blades, slicing into the people standing in front of it. Immediately afterward, violently expanding air and scorching burning liquid turned the main hall into a sea of flames once more.

The people in the hall never even had time to react. They were blasted down one after another like stalks of rice being cut.

“Aaaahhh—”

“My hand!”

And at the exact moment the self-destruct robot exploded, the door from the hall to the back was suddenly shoved open.

Little Gold Tooth’s anxious face appeared. “Brothers, grab—”

He had barely gotten out the word before a huge figure came flying over and smashed Little Gold Tooth straight to the ground.

“My eyes! Aaaah, my eyes!”

Little Gold Tooth hit the floor hard. He was already dizzy from the fall, and with the fat man on top of him flailing around like mad, he immediately felt he was about to be crushed to death.

The wound on his shoulder worsened several times over.

“Sorry about this.”

Desperation filling his heart, Little Gold Tooth drove a punch straight into the fat man’s temple.

The fat man gave a grunt and went limp. Little Gold Tooth immediately seized the chance to crawl back to his feet.

He rushed into the main hall and instantly felt as if he had entered hell.

What the hell is going on? Where are my men?

Little Gold Tooth was thrown into confusion. At that moment, he heard the buzzing sound again.