New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 169: Twisted Heart
He threw the stocking back to Grady.

"Recall your own character, Grady! Don't let your little head control your big head. Wear it yourself!"

Lei Ye pushed open the door and the night wind blew in his face, waking him up quickly.

It's so scary. It's much scarier than any trap of throwing oneself into someone's arms. How could there be such a horrifying stocking trap in the world?

Fortunately, Lei Ye has grown a lot and is not invincible. He looked up and saw two small cars rumbling towards him.

That was Surt riding on the will-o'-the-wisp, and Yuna who came with him. These two were the only two demons Lei Ye could think of who were reliable in combat and could easily enter and exit human cities. The most important thing was that one would listen to his arrangements because of Buyadi, and the other would listen to his arrangements because of Angeli, which was the power of connections.

However, the imaginary enemy who summoned them to face him now put on his socks, trotted out of the room, and strode on the street holding his hand. It felt really strange. Lei Ye sent them a message, asking them to wait in the local guild for a while and have some dinner first.

He followed Grati down the Via Bologna.

There are very few nights that are so dark. Whether in Hillius or the Demon King's City, a large number of magic lamps will light up at night to illuminate the streets. However, in Bologna, there are only pinpoints of light. Only after leaving the avenue in front of the guild did I realize that the alleys were so dim.

Walking on the path in the dark night with a beautiful girl, especially the girl who wanted to treat him to dumplings not long ago, made Lei Ye feel a little bit romantic.

He had never experienced anything like this in the other world, and could only watch with envy as the young figures in the dim alleys nibbled at each other.

The only path that once made Lei Ye's heart flutter was a small alley near the Shenyang Railway Station. An old lady with shifty eyes waved at him and asked him if he wanted to stay in a hotel. The service was very good, and Lei Ye was so scared that he ran away with his suitcase.

Unexpectedly, he has become a hot commodity nowadays, and the only woman willing to make friends with him in the alley is no longer just his aunt.

Grady walked slowly, as if she was also enjoying a leisurely night walk, or as if she had something on her mind but didn't know where to start.

She first grabbed Lei Ye's hand, then grabbed his forearm, and finally she was in a position that was almost like she was holding Lei Ye's arm.

Seeing her subconsciously getting closer and closer, Lei Ye knew very well that this meant that her favorability towards him was indeed that high. He only needed a breakthrough in a key event to officially enter the love branch, like a key option in a galgame.

Such a high level of favorability is now reflected in Grady's changes. She no longer hides her special attributes from Lei Ye.

I know that you seven deadly sins all have unique skills.

"The local law enforcement department doesn't even know how to install some street lights. It's so dark now, the crime rate will be very high." Lei Ye complained in a low voice.

There was still a long way to go, so he thought about saying something to start the conversation.

"The law enforcement department won't take care of these things. In the two days since you came to see me, someone from the law enforcement department came to see me once. Those people were weird, and they looked like they were drugged. I don't think they are reliable people." Grady replied.

"Law Enforcement Department? Why are they looking for you?" Lei Ye frowned. He has never had a good impression of the Law Enforcement Department. "And you actually know the word '呑了'? Man, you scare me. I need you to explain to me. You'd better not have done anything that completely breaks my bottom line."

"The people from the law enforcement department came to me to investigate the management rights. I guess it was Morton's doing. He was unwilling to let me take back such a large industry, so he went to find the law enforcement officer. However, after I showed him my ID, the law enforcement officer went back. He didn't even have this thing," Grady replied. "Also, you are a little too nervous. Don't think that I can do anything bad. I just have seen a lot."

"There's another strange thing," Grady said with a puzzled look, speaking slowly, "When renovating the casino, I found a relatively large basement with traces of people practicing there recently. It's hard to tell if they were humans or something else just by looking at those traces. It's like several human-sized Titans wreaked havoc there, so I've been renting bodyguards for self-defense recently. To be honest, I'm a little scared."

Lei Ye's heart moved, and he remembered that he had heard someone say before that the Four Knights of Boqi were four knights activated in Bologna. Maybe they had been hiding in a place like this in the past few decades.

"Don't worry, it's okay." He patted Grady's shoulder.

If it really is those four people, they have already been killed by Buyadi, so there is no need to worry.

"But bodyguards? What bodyguards? Why didn't I see any?"

Just as he finished speaking, a few butterflies floated down lightly in the darkness. After landing on Lei Ye's hands, Lei Ye saw that they were the monsters he called human-faced demon spiders. Facing Lei Ye's uncomfortable gaze, that beautiful human face could actually show a charming smile.

This beautiful two-dimensional face is really creepy under the night sky.

What was even more horrifying was that their long, thin legs were stained with blood. Lei Ye tentatively pinched their long legs, and when he found that they did not resist, he rubbed them a little, and the blood was actually bright red and warm.

"This"

"After all, we look like a combination of a weak man and a weak woman. It's inevitable that we'll be targeted if we walk on this path at night. I don't want us to be disturbed, so I solved it in advance. Don't worry, I didn't use too much force. I just scared them a little and made them bleed a little."

The human-faced demon spider on the arm waved its long legs, as if waving to Lei Ye, and its face also became a little arrogant, which was somewhat similar to Grady.

Lei Ye couldn't help but look at Grady again. She looked quite reserved and serious when she was walking outside. It was hard to imagine that she was the same person who went crazy in the day-rental hotel just now.

This is the benefit of being able to rewind infinitely. The number of people a person can interact with in the real timeline is always limited. You can only interact deeply enough with a limited number of people to see their unknown side. And now Lei Ye has unlocked another side of Grety, the little S of the Dark Emperor.

"I still can't figure it out. Why do you have such a sexual fetish? How could anyone be willing to be eaten? Besides, is this sadomasochism cultivated or was it stimulated by me? If it's the latter, then I'm really guilty," Lei Ye couldn't help asking again.

"Do you think most people think it's normal that you like feet? Ask Sixperth, does she think it's normal? Think about yourself first before you talk about me, okay?" Grady pouted. "Besides, this s is actually related to what I used to fantasize about. I started from scratch and I was fighting hard with others for that little profit in such a bad environment. The pressure was huge, okay? Every night I fantasized about how I would trample on those who stepped on me after I became big and strong, how I would make them cry and spit out the money they had squeezed from me, and when I collected all the money in this city, I would turn them all into slaves and whip whomever I wanted with a whip."

".You are truly a gorgeous flower blooming in this extremely dangerous place." Lei Ye sighed softly.

"It means I'm tenacious." Grady tilted her neck slightly. "It means that travelers have shit and peed on your head, and you are well-nourished," Lei Ye complained, "So what happened later? When you became rich, did you go and bully those people?"

"No, after I became rich, I was surrounded by nice people. They were willing to tell me anything. I found out that my parents had returned to Jiaotu, so I spent a lot of money to rent a tractor-trailer and went back to Jiaotu. It's not fun to spend money to torture others because it costs money. The reason I wanted to ravage them was because I felt sad when being bullied, so I secretly got angry. I thought I wouldn't be sad if I went home. I still want to go back to my family. This time I have money, so they don't have to sell me."

There was no expression on Greti's face when she said this, but Lei Ye had a vision of the skinny girl in a black dress sitting on the dragon cart. She had finally fought her way out of this cannibalistic city, and she couldn't hide her excitement about leaving this city where she had no relatives and going to find her parents who had sold her in this city.

It turned out that she didn't hate her parents at that time, probably because she thought her parents were in some trouble at that time. However, Lei Ye didn't want to think about the ending of the story, because he saw that Greti now had so much hatred for the concept of "parents". He didn't know what she went through after returning to the scorched earth with so much difficulty that she became "greedy".

She also seems to be very persistent about the concept of 'family'.

Otherwise, it is suitable for live broadcast.

Lei Ye ended the topic with silence and looked around. They had arrived at the poorest area nearby. Many houses had been abandoned, and only a few lights were on, less than a handful.

The man they were looking for lived here.

The amount the man owed the big casino was only a small gold coin, which was enough to show that he was insignificant to the big casino and it didn't even lend him money.

"It's not bad. I'd rather lose everything than ruin my family. Seeing where he lives, I can't expect him to pay me back. Forget it!"

".I knew you would do this, that's why I said that. If you run your business the way you do, you will make money very slowly."

Grady smiled, then his expression became slightly serious. "But I want to tell you, he is not one of those who simply lost everything. He is one of those who was very lucky, and he is relatively smart."

"What do you mean?"

"The information on your list is incomplete. The finance department has more complete records. He came to the casino a few years ago and won ten big gold coins. Then he stopped. The casino wanted to reap the last wave, but he resisted the urge to make ten times the profit and stopped."

"Oh, that's awesome." Lei Ye exclaimed.

He also thought that in the face of this kind of routine, it would be enough to stop before the other party reaps the profits. It's like some scammers will let you make a little money first, then you can make a few hundred yuan and then block him. Wouldn't that be great? Who knows how many electric batons the other party will have to endure.

"And then?" he asked immediately.

"Then he spent a few years very carefree with the money. His current wife was also begged for with the money. But not long ago, he went to the big casino again. People who win money in the casino for the first time are very pitiful. The values ​​they have accumulated over decades will be destroyed in an instant. They don't think that big gold coins are valuable money even though they don't have a single big silver coin in their pockets. Then these people will become very scary. They will have a mysterious self-confidence, believing that sooner or later they will become rich and return as kings just like they did in the beginning."

Lei Ye was silent, thinking to himself, you know all this? It turns out that people who run casinos understand gamblers best.

Greti stopped moving and stood with Lei Ye in front of a lighted window.

Arrived.

Lei Ye remained silent, listening to the faint crying sounds coming from inside with Grady.

It was like watching a not-so-interesting shadow play. On the old and dim window paper, there was a beast-like man, a woman who looked like she had been drinking, sitting on the bed with her body curled up, and a little thing in the woman's arms, which was probably their child.

The man was drunk and talked about his past, saying how cool and glorious he used to be, repeating it over and over again.

Lei Ye slowly turned his head, wondering why Grady reached out to touch his butt in this situation.

".What are you doing."

The woman who was twisting her body slightly actually looked very excited.

".What are you doing!"

"Don't you think it's interesting? He has fallen into the swamp. You know the swamp? You can't move around after falling in. If no one rescues you, you have to move very carefully and cautiously little by little to have a chance to climb out. But the more you struggle in panic, the deeper you will sink. Look at him. He can't save himself. Next time he comes to the casino, he will lose his wife and children to me. Thinking about this scumbag getting himself into trouble bit by bit, I'm so excited that I'm about to pee!"

Realizing that she had said something strange, Grady raised her hand to cover her mouth, but Lei Ye could still see the red of her excitement that could not be concealed by the night through the gaps between her knuckles.

"How perverted are you to use this as a side dish, Miss Grady? What is this? Do you enjoy using other people's suffering for fun?"

"Yeah. You can think of me as a pervert, but at least I'm happy in my heart and won't hurt innocent people. As long as I'm here, the big casino will never ask for debts from people other than gamblers. After the gambler dies, I will even give some money to his family members, so that their lives won't be too difficult."

"I am different from you in this regard. I always feel that what you want to create is too beautiful, but this will only make me unhappy. Those who live a better life for no reason will not always be grateful to you, just like the man you tried to help in the big casino during the day. Not only is he not grateful to you, he even complains that you give too little. I just want to make these people bleed, and I will feel very happy. I just don’t want the people I help to suffer the same hardships I have suffered. If that happens, I will be sad, but I also don’t want them to be saved without suffering any hardships. If that happens, I will be even more sad."

"So you opened the casino for your own XP?" Lei Ye was horrified because Gretty was still touching his butt, moving away and then coming closer, even patting it gently, like a male classmate in high school. "Gretty, you are going too far..."

"No," Grady shook her head, "Of course making money is the most important thing. That's another story. If you want to hear it, can I tell you more?"

"By the way, do you want to do something interesting with me?" Grady glanced at the figure in the window with a ruddy face, and suddenly stretched out her hand to hold Lei Ye's waist and gently pushed forward, "The night is still long, let's watch, do, and talk."

(End of this chapter)