Gotham, a city of miracles, had so many criminals that even Superman would feel his scalp tingle. After the city's crimes failed, Superman sighed helplessly.
"How did Batman do it?"
Li Ke wanted to ask. How did Bruce Wayne manage to deal with the criminals for an entire night and finish investigating his target? His plan to investigate the warehouses of the merchants last night and release the slaves was a complete failure. Because just dealing with the murder cases he encountered along the way had already taken up most of his time. When the first ray of sunlight shone on him, he only had time to let go of the collar of a ruffian who tried to kidnap a widow's daughter. The ruffian's body fell from the roof.
As for investigating the warehouses? Don't be silly. Destroying warehouses and dens in the middle of the night and destroying warehouses and dens in broad daylight were two completely different concepts. He had lost the best opportunity today, so he could only wait until nightfall.
"Thirty-two murders, thirteen burglaries, and some crimes stopped because they saw me. And these are just the incidents I encountered after walking four blocks … Is there really nothing wrong with this city?"
Li Ke was holding a glass of milk in the room he booked. His face was slightly dazed and confused. He silently looked at Sarah, who was eating a fried egg with relish, and asked his question. After Sarah put another piece of fried egg into her mouth, she raised her head slightly and thought for a moment. Then, with a calm expression, she said something that made Li Ke even more speechless.
"That's all? Looks like Zu An's security has improved recently. "
After saying that, she nodded and raised her wine glass.
"Cheers to Zu An's security."
Li Ke almost crushed the glass of milk in his hand. He rubbed his temples and shook his head as he looked at Sarah, who finished a large glass of whiskey early in the morning.
"With such a high crime rate and death rate, how does this city continue to operate?!"
Although there were people dying every night in Noxus, Li Ke had never seen it with his own eyes. Last night, however, had taught him a solid lesson. In the two cities that were known as the most civilized and advanced cities in the world, evil and chaos were completely pervasive. Even when a family was sleeping at night, gang members and robbers could break into their house and rob them of their belongings. Even their wives and daughters were taken away. Li Ke had also seen it happen last night.
"There's a lot of people, right? The Ionians hiding from the war and the Zu An citizens who want to become Pi City's citizens. You've taught me this before. As long as there's a sliver of hope, people will ignore the hardships and continue to work hard."
Sarah, who didn't seem to be worried about the people beside her, even wanted to laugh. She waved the fork in her hand.
"They fit your description perfectly. Becoming the target of Pi City's citizens made them endure everything. They thought that if they worked hard, they would be able to leave this place. That's why they could endure it."
Li Ke nodded. He had taught Sarah this in his free time, so there was no way he didn't understand this point. However, there was something else he didn't understand.
"I know, but what I'm puzzled about is that if this city has always been like this, why would there be people who stood up to …"
However, when he was halfway through the riddle, he remembered the Gray Lady who had 'visited' them on their first night in the city. If the other party was indeed a special agent who protected the rights and authority of Skin City's upper echelons, then it was only natural that he would act against those who stood up for Zu An and tried to bring order to the city.
The only difference was whether she used white gloves or other methods.
"Baron Alchemy will make a move. They will divide the city, just like the gangs in Birgivot. They plan their territories like rats and when those who want to unify the city appear, they will work together to eliminate them."
Sarah held a glass of wine in her hand and told him the information again.
"In other words, the city is rotten from top to bottom."
Li Ke took a deep breath. He knew that this was the worst case scenario. However, when he saw Sarah's relaxed expression, he sensed that something was wrong.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Sarah pursed her lips.
"Because it's common sense! You know so much, but you don't even know this. I really don't know. I thought you were going to attack those alchemy gangs last night! You even became a street vigilante! "
She didn't expect Li Ke to not know about the Baron Alchemy. Based on Li Ke's background, it was inconceivable that Noxus people didn't know about the Baron Alchemy. Who in the world didn't know that the Noxus people loved to work with the Baron Alchemy? After all, the Baron Alchemy offered a low price and could sell them a lot of things that Pi City wouldn't sell to them. Furthermore, the Baron Alchemy's explosives and poisons were the best products that they exported to Noxus.
"I really didn't know about this."
Li Ke really didn't know. In fact, he didn't know much about Pi City. Even though Pi City had always been the Noxus people's ally and weapons supplier, he didn't know much about them. But after thinking about it, he understood. In his memory, the Noxus people had always looked down on Pi City. It wasn't because their military strength was less than 1% of Noxus', but because of the city they were in.
"Those arrogant Pi City people always think that they can control everything, that they are the center of the world. What they don't know is that they are sitting on top of a barrel of explosives that can be ignited at any moment. More importantly, the fuse for this barrel of explosives is still in our hands."
Memories of the past surfaced abruptly, the general's words sobering Li Ke up. After pondering for a moment, he understood why he knew so little about Pi City. Noxus had always been the lifeline of Pi City. According to Noxus' creed, as long as they could make their creed known to the Zu 'an people who were disappointed in Pi City, all they had to do was send an army to the border and find someone to lead the way or obtain a map of Pi City.
As for the rest, the Zu 'ans, who yearned for equality in Noxus, would do what they had to do for them.
Under such circumstances, why would they spend so much effort to understand this merchant's city?
There was no reason.
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