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Chapter 134 The 'Protagonist' Falls into a Predicament Again [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets]

Rusty Iron Hell, Lower City, District 4

If the 12th district is called a safe zone, it is just an ordinary old town with an old appearance and a tough local atmosphere.

The fourth district, controlled by the Blood Skull, was a true hell on earth.

Because this place is constantly shrouded in steam clouds, making it difficult for sunlight to reach.

Not to mention the laws of the new federal government that are clearly stated in the open.

Even some of the unique regional rules of the steam city have a hard time taking root in this hell.

Because it is the iconic lawless place of Rusty Iron Hell.

Some criminals who committed crimes in the upper district, or criminals who fled from other places, all gathered quietly in this place without prior arrangement.

This results in a large number of heinous crimes occurring here every day, making it an area that most people would never want to set foot in.

But today, two figures who shouldn't have been there were walking slowly through the streets of the fourth district.

"Mr. Ink Painting"

Sensing the strange, wary looks from the residents of District 4 around her, little Danica immediately felt uncomfortable.

Because these guys' eyes are just too dangerous!
If I had to describe it in words, it would be like a jackal lurking in the shadows.

Once one's own weaknesses and those of Heaven's will are exposed.

Those who were already hostile to the upper city would immediately swarm out from the shadows like bloodthirsty monsters, tearing them apart in a frenzy.

Thus, they completely devoured those two guys wearing the Association's Star Envoy uniforms.

Although this could cause considerable trouble for the entire District 4.

But it's not them who are breaking the rules right now, it's Tiandao and Danica.

Because of the unspoken rules in the lower and upper cities.

People from the Upper City, especially Star Envoys from the Upper City, are not allowed to appear in the Lower City at will.

If such a situation occurs.

That would be seen as a provocation against the lower city.

Therefore, Tendou and Danica were simply strolling through the streets of the Fourth District.

However, some people immediately informed the controller of District 4, the gangster Blood Skull.

[Rusty Iron Hell, District 4, Inside the Two Cries Ramen Shop]

"Gentlemen, this is the Rusty Iron District specialty you ordered—spring noodles."

The ramen chef's hands trembled slightly as he carefully placed the two bowls of noodles in front of Tendou and Danica.

Unlike ordinary ramen, this one features a light brown, translucent broth and snow-white, chewy noodles.

The soup of the spring ramen had a dark yellow hue, like rust.

The noodles were coiled in the bowl like a spiral spring, faintly revealing a metallic sheen.

This raises suspicions about its heavy metal content.

'This ramen is unpalatable; it'll probably end up hospitalizing the newly appointed captain of the Fifth Division and the little girl next to him.'

"Chen Kong and Vivian had only just dealt with the Blood Skull problem when their arrest warrants were issued. I refuse to believe there's nothing fishy going on."

'I was wondering why only Vivian came down; it seems she was set up, someone wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of her.'

'No wonder Old Jack from Rusty Nail Bar said that conscience is worthless in the Rusty District. Prisoner Kong got caught up in all this trouble because of a moment of kindness.'

Tiandao looked at the dense barrage of comments on the dimensional screen.

They were gathering the latest 'intelligence' at the same time.

While using the stainless steel chopsticks in his hand, he kept stirring the bowl of special ramen in front of him that was constantly steaming.

The new character 'Shuimo' appeared before the audience by taking advantage of the scene where Dust Star arrives at the Steam Branch.

In addition, at the end of the first season, several squad leaders at the branch level perished in the Ember Base.

As a result, in the minds of today's anime and manga viewers, the so-called branch-level squad leaders are nothing more than small-time bosses in the early stages.

It has some cards, but not many.

Therefore, I didn't pay too much attention to the character Shuimo. And I also benefited from Tiandao's 'censorship privilege' on the anime.

The conversation between Tendou and Chenxing in the villa a week ago has not appeared in the current second season of the anime.

This has led viewers to believe that 'Shui Mo' is just an ordinary captain of the Fifth Division.

They did not associate him with the mysterious masked man, nor did they connect him with the word 'Heaven's Way'.

As the Heavenly Dao continued to stir the noodles in front of him, the ramen that had been completely tangled together finally separated.

However, Heaven did not rush to start eating.

Instead, they began to analyze the major events that had occurred in the Steam City over the past week.

Firstly, within the Church of the Gear, Saint Euphemia is unable to gain the approval of 'God'.

This has prevented her from completing the handover ceremony and succeeding the late Bishop Clementi, who was supposed to retire soon, as the new bishop of the current Gear Church.

Secondly, Vivian, the Silver Knight of the original Gear Church, was wanted by the Gear Church and the Star Envoy Association of the Steam City for allegedly stealing church relics.

Under these circumstances, the Rusty Nail Bar in District 12, which had once sheltered Vivian, was destroyed by the Holy Knights of the Church three days ago.

Fortunately, Chen Kong and the others were quite strong, and they managed to fight their way out of the encirclement with the heavily injured Vivian, and then hid somewhere in the Rusty Iron Hell.

If the lower city hadn't always outwardly complied with but inwardly defied the upper city's orders, Chen Kong and Vivian would probably have already been caught.

Even so, the situation for these two is still not good.

They either need to find a way to escape the steam city.

Alternatively, they could try to clear their names and restore their innocence.

Some people clearly wanted to see Vivian end up in exile.

Therefore, they tightened the passage leading to the upper city.

On the one hand, they secretly relaxed the conditions for leaving the city.

It was clear they wanted to expel her completely.

Thinking of this, Tiandao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Being the protagonist of a shonen anime is no easy task.

Because the main focus of shonen anime is the protagonist's 'growth' and 'friendship'.

To truly portray 'growth,' the protagonist is destined to endure a great deal of hardship.

This will also cause hardship for those around him.

In other words, Heaven has chosen a 'popular villain' persona for me.

Therefore, as long as he can be immune to the protagonist's "talk-no-jutsu" attacks and refuse any form of "whitewashing".

Then he can stay at the top of the food chain forever, only eating sugar and never suffering!

After all, there has always been such an unwritten rule in anime series.

That means turning white makes you three times weaker, while turning evil makes you three times stronger.

After a moment of reflection, Tiandao picked up some spring noodles and put them in his mouth.

In an instant, a strange metallic taste exploded in his mouth.

But when he caught a glimpse of Danica's expectant and curious eyes out of the corner of his eye, he suppressed the urge to frown and continued chewing expressionlessly.

Suffering can only bring joy when shared with others!

And this is the way of Heaven—finding joy in suffering.

Seeing that Tiandao was eating so happily, little Danica immediately put aside her worries and followed Tiandao's example, grabbing the stainless steel chopsticks that were longer than her forearm.

With great effort, he rolled up a few springy noodles and shoved them into his mouth in one gulp.

But the next second.
"Woo!"

Feeling the inexplicable bitterness in her mouth, little Danica felt as if she had been electrocuted, and her whole body instantly began to tremble violently.

Seeing this, the corners of Tiandao's mouth slightly turned up.

That feels good! I've finally managed to share this suffering with everyone!

(End of this chapter)