New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 182 Light and Electricity

The first thing Lei Ye originally wanted to do was to sell fried rice with Grady in front of the Explorer's Guild, so that she could recall the feeling of getting rich through hard work. However, after a walk around Hillius, he found that Mr. Ohno's reputation was now so good that he would be recognized almost everywhere he went, and he could no longer continue to do this kind of work.

So I didn't know what to do for a moment, and I kept turning around and subconsciously came to Round Corner Street.

The business had not yet started at this time. Lei Ye glanced at the Sekobosi Miaomiao House from afar. He wanted to say hello, but hesitated for a moment and did not go over.

The archives of the past were like dreams that had never happened to other people. The touching moments would only remain in Lei Ye's heart. He subconsciously touched his heart, and its beating quickened.

It's so empty. Even if you meet an old friend, she won't understand your thoughts. She will still look at you nervously like she did at the beginning, wondering if you are the destined one and if you are here to steal her wine.

Come to think of it, it is actually Grety's fear of such things that controls him so tightly. Good things and bad things are both important memories, and he doesn't want nothing to have happened.

"Is this the red-light district of Hillius?" Grady could tell what this place was for at a glance.

"Well, why do you look so surprised? Don't tell me you haven't seen such a place before."

"It's not that I haven't seen it before, but I've never seen it so clean and beautiful," Grady stared at the street in a daze. "When I first started saving money, I was just a small vendor, selling all kinds of odds and ends. Not far away was the red-light district, a dark alley that exuded a bad smell. The bad smell was not because the people who lived there would pour dirty water on the street every morning, but because every once in a while, a little prostitute would die in her own home, and their rotting bodies would not be discovered until the clients came to their homes."

"I can only do business there because no one manages it and no rent is collected. When I look at the red-light district, I often wonder if I will be as miserable if I can't make any money one day. If someone asks me for protection money and I can't pay it, will I be arrested too? So I work very hard every day."

"But in fact, no one cared about me. You don't know that I was quite ugly when I was a child, and I had a lot of scars. I was the most inconspicuous country girl. It was not until I became rich that I became beautiful little by little. Money can support you." She sighed, "But if I had seen streets like this at that time, I might not be so scared and would not work so hard. Maybe things would be different."

Grady secretly observed Lei Ye.

She noticed that the other person's eyes had softened a little, but this softening did not make Gretty happy.

"You're right," Lei Ye nodded without noticing Grady's gaze, "but this place can't be considered the red-light district of Hillius in the strict sense. This is just where the succubi live, and the services they provide are not strictly speaking that kind of service. I've experienced it, and the dolphins are very enjoyable."

Grady ignored the dolphin and frowned, "Succubus Street? Do human cities allow demons to enter openly? They even named a street after succubus?"

It seems that Grady knows nothing about Hillius.

"Let's go, I'll show you the real red light district."

There is a real red-light district in Hillius, but although Lei Ye knows the place, he has never been there. At most, he just took a look from a distance.

In the Explorers Guild, he had learned more or less about these people from word of mouth among the explorers.

The red-light district is a little far from Round Corner Street, on a relatively hidden and remote street. Grady stood in front of the street and was a little surprised. She thought Lei Ye wanted to let her see that the red-light district here was just as dirty and messy, but it turned out that she just moved from one beautiful street to another.

In addition, unlike the closed doors on Round Corner Street, the doors here were half-open. There were even a few girls lying on the lounge chairs at the door to bask in the sun, looking relaxed and comfortable.

All this was so different from what Grady had imagined, and she was shocked.

Lei Ye walked over to the nearest lady and greeted her.

"Hello beautiful lady, what do you do for a living?"

The lady glanced at Lei Ye, turned her back and ignored him.

She was stunned and realized it belatedly. She sat up, then picked up the newspaper at hand, looked at the portrait and then at Lei Ye. After repeated comparisons, her eyes lit up.

"Is that you, Mr. Ohno?"

It felt strange to be recognized in a place like this.

"It's me, it's me. Let me put it another way. Why do you do this job?"

"Nonsense, it's great," the lady ran away, shouting as she ran, "Come out and see, Mr. Ohno is here at the red-light district."

Lei Ye watched more ladies come out of the hut, and hurriedly pulled Grady and ran away.

At this time, Grady was still in a daze on the answer. She heard it clearly, but she didn't understand what "爽" meant.

"I heard about these people in the red-light district from the explorers. Later, I called this place the Porn Monster PTSD Rehabilitation Center. The lady just now is healthy and strong. She doesn't look like a prostitute, right? She looks like an explorer. Look over there."

As Lei Ye ran, he pointed to the underground maze that could be seen from the entire Hillius.

"That is the most famous underground maze in the area. It has many notorious traps and monsters. It is hard to guard against. In fact, even Buyadi has been caught by accident. These local explorers suffer from it every year."

"trap.?"

Lei Ye gave a brief explanation, using the example of poisonous earthworms. For example, if an explorer suddenly falls into a pit and is not in danger of life but cannot escape, the poisonous earthworms are actually already underground, injecting toxins that block her perception while attacking her lower body. If she is not able to escape within an hour, the sequelae will follow the victim for the rest of her life.

In fact, such traps are only effective when you first see them. Once an explorer has seen them once with a team, it will be difficult for him to fall into them.

So there are only three types of people who get infected.

One is the young and inexperienced person who has no idea of ​​the world.

The second group is professional underground maze explorers. Because they spend too much time in the maze, despite their rich work experience, they are the easiest and most likely to be trapped.

The third is to jump in actively and feel refreshed.

The underground maze contains not only poisonous earthworms, but also many related traps, all of which leave indelible sequelae to the victims. The red-light district is prepared for these people to solve the sequelae on a regular basis. If they feel that they are about to get sick, they will come to the red-light district to rest for a few days.

After hearing this, Grady's face turned red, as if she was about to emit steam. After a long time, she asked in a trembling voice.

"So chaotic?!"

You're still winning.

"In a sense, they are patients, and their illnesses are terminal and there is no way to cure them. The one you just saw might be one of them with a good attitude and is very accepting of his current life. Most people are actually suffering, but there will be effective medicines in the future. Do you think I studied the Thunder series just for my own pleasure?"

Grady was slightly dazed, she hadn't really expected this.

She turned her head and stared at Lei Ye's face, wanting to see if Lei Ye was serious about what he said.

Although he didn't look at himself, there was indeed a certain madness on that face, as if he was proud of what he was doing.

All right. Lost, totally lost.

As a businessman, Grady was actually secretly competing with Lei Ye, wanting to see who could make more money between them.

But Grady was only happy because she made money, but she never felt happy about making money. She suddenly envied Lei Ye, who radiated light and heat like the sun, and could also dispel the haze around him. She also envied the people living in this city. If she grew up in this city, then Grady might be completely different now.

There must be a lot of haze hidden in every corner of my heart.

But there may be a lot more abstractions in every corner of my mind. This city is really abstract enough. Forget it, don't think about it.

"Well, then... what about normal prostitutes? Where do they work? This can't be considered a real red-light district." Grady changed the subject incoherently.

"There are no prostitutes in Hillius. This industry has been ruined by succubi. But the most important reason is that anyone who can work normally in Hillius will not end up like that."

Upon hearing this, Greti was confused again. It was hard for her to believe that Lei Ye would say such childish words, as if he naively believed that in this world, as long as one worked hard, there would be rewards.

She had thought so too when she was still working as a hawker. She earned very little money but at least she could save it up bit by bit. After working for 500 years, she would have the chance to go home. However, she was targeted by the locals and all the money she had saved for several years was taken away.

So when Grady, who had saved up money for the second time, heard about an opportunity to make a lot of money, she immediately took the money and went to a big casino. She didn't know if she would collapse if she was robbed a few more times.

Wait, that's a bit off topic. Everything that was hindering her at that time seemed to not exist in this city, so the complaints she made were not valid in this city.

She scratched her head, at a loss.

"But some people can't work normally, and their only chance of being saved is to be saved by others."

"Their right to choose is not in their own hands, but in the hands of others. Here, the so-called others are me."

slums.

It can be seen that the people living here are very poor, but even though they are dressed very simply, they look quite energetic.

Looking through the open windows of some houses, Grady even discovered that the people in this poor place could still afford magic props. There were magic lamps hanging in their homes and magic stoves in the corners.

Although it looks like a very low-cost gadget, how much money can these people spend on magic tools? The price of these gadgets is imaginable. Are there really engineers stupid enough to spend the effort to mass-produce these things?
Just when she thought of this, she subconsciously looked at Lei Ye again, and then she realized something but remained silent.

Looking forward, not far in the direction of travel, is an orphanage.

Grady realized something and casually removed the dark horror style pendant on her dress that the Dark Emperor used to show off.

Lei Ye looked at her movements, opened his mouth subconsciously, and was a little dazed.

"what happened?"

".Nothing." He shook his head and looked away.

Then he reached out his hand and stopped Grady.

I will go back after tonight, so I won't go in. Just take a look from a distance here. Otherwise, if I always bring girls in, it will be suspected that I am using my merits to improve other people's favorability.

"The orphanage is great." Grady whispered.

"Yeah," Lei Ye nodded, "I didn't have much money before, so I could only support it like this, but I will become richer and richer in the future, and this place will become better and better."

"I also have an orphanage." Grady's voice was even lower, indicating that she was not actually a black-hearted businessman and was doing good things.

"Your place is not an orphanage, it's a bunny girl training base. I will train the children here. When they grow up, they will become truly not cheap people. The people who can fill this slum are not me, but them."

Grady was silent.

Lei Ye was right. The children in her orphanage were all her reserve employees, and almost all of them grew up with ever-increasing debts.

She also always felt that she was doing a good thing because these people were treated well compared to herself.

But now thinking about it, she was just a miserable guy who couldn't bear to see others having such an easy life. She admitted the dark part of her heart, slowly squatted down, and sighed deeply.

So this is ah.

Along the way, she had so many speculations and calculations about Lei Ye, but they were no match for Lei Ye's brightness and openness. If she had known that Lei Ye was like this, wouldn't she have shown her openness at the beginning?

But that was impossible, her heart had too many flaws. No matter what Lei Ye did, she couldn't help but think about what this person's purpose was, how much he could gain from doing this, and whether he was plotting against her. She was actually trying to prove that Lei Ye also had a dark side in his heart. It was not until the last day that she proved that this person was the ray of light that she had longed for from the past to the present.

If you give her a little more time, give her a little more time.
Grady gritted her teeth a little, but her anger gradually subsided.

I can’t keep it anymore, I really can’t keep it anymore.

Letting go of this light and letting it light up the world is what Grety should really do if he doesn't want there to be more Gretys in the world.

"I am an orphan too. I should have registered with you earlier." After letting go, Grady was no longer anxious about Lei Ye's departure. She squatted aside and teased him in a low voice.

When she raised her eyes, Gretty once again saw the same tenderness in Lei Ye's eyes.

She hated such softness.

Now she knew that Lei Ye's heart was actually for the weak, and his gentleness at this moment was compassion for her miserable past. If she had shown him her past earlier, maybe he would have looked at her a few more times.

But Grady didn't want to go against Lei Ye as a weakling.

She has also experienced a lot, and has done bad things and wrong things before she grew up to this point. She has an independent and complete personality. She shares the past with Lei Ye, but she is just sharing the past, not trying to get Lei Ye to look back at her. The past is dark, but the future is pink and golden. This save file belongs to Grety. She has fought with Lei Ye on an equal footing, in business, emotions, and in bed, but she lost two out of three games, that's all.

But now that she has accepted the ending, Grady wants to take this opportunity to verify whether the strange feeling she had in the morning is real.

She suddenly grabbed Lei Ye's arm and asked in a low voice.

"Can you use this thing and that thing again?"

What's this and that? It was said so obscurely that Lei Ye couldn't understand.

But when he saw that Grady was pointing at the collar around his neck, he suddenly realized what was going on and was shocked at the same time.

"So suddenly? Are you sure?"

“Well, I want to try whether that strange feeling is just accidental or a cause aaaaaaaah!”

Lei Ye directly generates electricity.

Grady went completely crazy.

She began to tremble violently, just as she had in the morning.

But his expression was no longer like the morning when he looked in pain followed by confusion. He was still in pain, but he was smiling in surprise as if he had discovered something.

Lei Ye was stunned and quickly stopped. He obviously chose to use this method to control Greti because she was a sadist. On the one hand, he really wanted to let her go, and on the other hand, he wanted her to feel the same way about being often humiliated. But looking at Greti, who was curled up on the ground and covering her neck, it seemed that she was enjoying the suffocating feeling of a python's entanglement and the stimulation of the electric leakage of the Fiji Cup.

(End of this chapter)