I'm the King of Wage Earners in Lobotomy City

Is opening a store in the city really that dangerous?

Du Jue lifted his coat and suddenly discovered that a matte black belt had been added to his waist, with two throwing grenades strapped to either side.

However, the four escape bombs did not bring Du Jue any sense of security, because he remembered something important while he was fooling Finn.

According to the game's storyline, Lobotomy Corporation is carrying out Project Seed of Light, which has different endings!

Regardless of whether the ending is good or bad, the Seed of Light could lead to the Pianist Incident, in which nearly 80% of the people in Alley 9 died, and a large number of twisted monsters emerged in the city!

For the weak and vulnerable Dujue, this is the end of the world, comparable to the sword of Damocles falling at any moment!

One must enter Lobotomy Corporation before it fires the Seed of Light in order to acquire the talent to adapt to the distortion.

"W-What's going on?!"

Du Jue's worried thoughts were interrupted by a cry of surprise. A group of burly men with bare upper bodies and various black tattoos on their skin were standing in front of the Brotherhood's stronghold.

They are carrying out a violent demolition; doors and windows have been brutally destroyed.

This is a gang, a bunch of scoundrels!

To prevent people from recognizing this brutal gang instantly.

In cities, the responsibility of maintaining public order is undertaken by various associations, one of which is responsible for rating incidents.

The Brotherhood of Steel is just a low-level urban legend, while the Stray Dogs is a third-level urban legend.

Even more terrifying is that the stray dog ​​belongs to Thumb—one of the five fingers at the top of the gang, known as the Star of the City!

"You bastards, what have you done to my family?!"

He started the chainsaw and walked out under Du's incredulous gaze.

If you're going to die, don't drag me down with you.

The tattered steel body of the steel-clad man rushed out, followed by a muscular man who wore a thick steel chain around his neck as a necklace.

"Du-Du Jue, Hui Si Lun, run! These lunatics actually launched a surprise attack on the gang!"

Sister, if you really want me to leave, then don't call my name!

Jingmei tugged at the iron chain around her chest, shaking off the pieces of flesh and metal stuck in it.

"Tch, what kind of crappy brotherhood is this? We gave you three seconds and you still weren't leaving? Then you can all die!"

Du Jue looked at the half-surrounded members of the "stray dog" gang, his shirt already soaked with cold sweat.

There wasn't even time to open the door in three seconds!

6 perished together

"Don't come any closer, or I'll take you all down with me!"

As the encirclement tightened, Du Jue, his face contorted with rage, pulled a flashbang from his waist, immediately halting the fleeing men.

Before he could catch his breath, mocking laughter erupted.

"You think you can take us all down with just a grenade?"

"Kid, do you think this is a rat pit?"

Ignoring the sweat streaming into his eyes, Du Jue stared nervously at Jing Mei, the leader of the stray dogs. The mere sight of Jing Mei's mocking expression distorted the tattoo on his neck.

It is clear that they are not bluffing.

There are too many ways to become stronger in the city, including enhanced tattoos, nanotechnology, prosthetics, and exoskeletons.

Someone like Jingmei, with her full-body enhanced tattoos, could easily crush a low-quality prosthetic body with a single stomp; a grenade might not even be able to kill her.

"Damn it, even a piece of trash like you dares to provoke a stray dog!"

"You bastard, you bastard, you bastard! Who gave you permission to negotiate with me?!"

Jingmei was so angry that her veins bulged. She grabbed the banknotes her underlings had confiscated and slammed them against the wall behind her, instantly breaking down the barrier between the inside and outside of the house.

"Me - my money."

Seeing Du Jue reach out with heartache towards the flying shreds of banknotes, I felt inexplicably angry.

Du Jue felt only anger rising within him, which instead caused him to abandon his fear under the threat of death.

"What, if you've got the guts, come and blow them up with me. You make it sound so easy, but you're probably terrified inside, otherwise why would you be holding them hostage!"

"And you idiot, forget about your pittance, you're risking your life?!"

Jingmei, who kicked the security door to pieces, laughed in anger, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Du Jue.

Even his underlings held their breath at this moment. When their boss got angry, he would kill even the association's henchmen. He was practically lawless.

"You don't even deserve to be my hostage!"

Bang!

Jingmei's kick was as fast as lightning, and Ai and Ai were immediately sent flying and crashed into the wall across the street, scattering a large number of prosthetic parts along the way.

Hui wanted to step back to check on his colleagues, but he was worried about Du Jue.

"Money - money".

Even with only his right leg remaining, the electronic sound continued as before, only stopping when the cursing ceased.

Jingmei approached slowly, like a lion suppressing its rage. Though her face was expressionless, she made Du Jue feel breathless.

"I've heard of the infamous 'stray dog'. How about we make a bet? None of the four of us will die; instead, we'll escape right in front of you."

"Hey, you three idiots, take me with you when I yell 'Run,' understand?"

He nodded hesitantly, but the two iron men behind him thought Du Jue had gone mad.

Can't you see that their fleshy legs are more useful than iron ones?

puff!

Du Jue staggered back three steps, spitting out a mouthful of blood. The excruciating pain made his stomach churn violently. He glanced down and saw a mechanical trophy covered in sensor interfaces had attacked him.

"Hmm - it looks like a toy."

Jingmei remained in the throwing posture, and became even angrier upon hearing Du Jue's words.

"You piece of trash dare to bet with me? Fine! I'll bet all of your lives!"

"If you win, I'll let you go."

Avoid slowly retreating.

"What, you're not going to use your grenade to take me down with you? Pull the pin!"

After retreating to the side of Ai and Ai, Ai quickly subdued the two.

Jingmei casually drew her underling's longsword.

"You spineless scum, just watch, I'll pin it to your hand the moment you throw it!"

Seeing everyone staring intently at you, you realize the opportunity has arrived.

Click.

Do not detonate the flashbang and make a throwing motion.

Jingmei narrowed her eyes, while the others hoped that their leader could vent his anger on Du Jue.

Almost the next moment, the long knife pierced through the flashbang and the flesh and bone of the hand, tearing and excruciating pain crashing into the brain.

"run!"

hum!

Before Jingmei could even smile smugly, blinding light instantly enveloped the entire street, and the loud noise caused a brief tinnitus.

Everyone's head is buzzing, and they can't even think straight.

Even if it is completely eliminated, the same applies.

To avoid suspicion, he even believed he had thrown a grenade, and at that moment, tears streamed down his face, and he couldn't even hear anything.

Fortunately, the metallic feel told him he was moving away from danger.

Just as he threw the object, he whispered to the other three to switch their prosthetic eyes to thermal imaging mode so they could escape immediately.

This is why Du Jue insisted on provoking Jing Mei to force her to release the person.

Without these three cybernetic bodies that are immune to flashbangs, even those who are not immune to flashbangs will not be able to escape.

Can you hear me?

"Oh no...it seems we have no choice but to...take this as an emergency measure."

The flashbang exploded right next to Du Jue's face, causing him immense damage. It took him a long time to barely open his bloodshot eyes, but he still couldn't hear clearly.

Oh no, could it be that he's gone deaf?

Click.

Accompanied by a crisp mechanical sound, Dujue suddenly felt the world become clear.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me now?"

"Stop yelling like that, I'm going deaf!"

Du Jue felt a sharp pain in her ears and pushed away the steel body she was hugging.

My vision was completely blurred; I could only vaguely make out three tattered humanoid figures in front of me.

Upon reaching out and touching it, Du Jue immediately felt an implant in his right ear. His cyborg-like work ethic immediately allowed him to recognize it as a low-quality hearing sensor.

"Thank you so much, Du Jue. I just checked, and those people didn't catch up."

The syringe bracelet on the wrist was removed.

Du Jue looked closely and realized that he and Ai each had only one leg left, and they were standing with their arms around each other.

Bang!

To the three's surprise, the recovered Du Jue immediately stood up and delivered a flying kick to Du Jue.

Is money more important than life?!

"Nonsense, if you didn't have money, you wouldn't be able to hear me now."

"Isn't all this because you were so indecisive? You didn't even know to run away when you saw that kind of gang!"

"I—I was just waiting for you to bring the money back, trying to stall for time. Who knew he would suddenly attack? Besides, what's there to rob us of?"

dong dong dong.

The blue-haired hedgehog tapped the modified recliner, then put his hands in the pockets of his white lab coat.

Do not assume that the person is a prosthetic doctor just by looking at the anti-static gloves on his hands.

"Alright, my ears are fixed, now it's time to pay."

"My prosthetic technology is unparalleled, but unfortunately the three associations don't recognize its value and refuse to certify my workshop."

"By the way, when exactly is that kid you mentioned coming? The sooner he harvests organs, the sooner I can put him into the database for matching. If the deal goes through, you'll definitely get your cut."

"We'll remove them without anyone noticing during the initial modifications. Since you're all fully prosthetic, losing a few organs beforehand won't be a big deal."

"I've honed this technique to perfection on the garbage collector, but unfortunately, his organs are too diseased to be usable."

Hey!

Even a fool could tell this was about him; that bastard has probably done a lot of things like murdering people by taking their kidneys.

The three iron men gestured for the hedgehog to stop talking, but this only made him boast about his modification skills.

"Doctor, is it safe here?"

Du Jue was finally able to regain clear vision and reached under his coat to touch his belt.

"Of course, it has soundproof cotton and bulletproof plates, otherwise the rats would have found it and stolen it all."

"Okay, open your mouth."

"what?!"

Du Jue shoved the stun grenade directly into his mouth, then angrily pushed forward, pressing down on his chin, even breaking a few of his teeth.