Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

"Yuan Bao'er, what brings you here?"

Zhen Xinzhai turned around and was shocked when he saw who it was.

"What, are you surprised that I'm still alive?"

The woman, whose body was wrapped in black bandages and whose face was the only part of her body visible, sneered.

She was none other than Yuan Bao'er, the owner of the Gaga Shuang Bathhouse.

"How could that be? I just heard you were sick and hospitalized, and I was just about to go see you. I didn't expect you to recover and be discharged so quickly."

Zhen Xinzhai rolled her eyes and said.

"He's really shameless."

Liu Zheng couldn't help but sigh.

If he didn't know what had happened, he would have even thought that they had wronged Zhen Xinzhai.

"This guy has always been like this. He's not good at anything else, but he's good at fooling his wife. Otherwise, the boss wouldn't have waited until now to decide to divorce him."

The fourth brother spat on the ground.

"Was I sick? I was about to be beaten to death. You asked me to go to the city, and you came to the bathhouse to find me? Zhen Xinzhai, I wasn't stupid before, I was just thinking about living with you, so I was confused for a while."

"We're getting a divorce now, and you still want to try and fool me with your sweet talk that even dogs wouldn't listen to? You're dreaming!"

"Get out of the bath right now, or I'll have security carry you out."

Yuan Bao'er scolded.

"What are you doing? I also own a stake in this bathhouse. What right do you have to kick me out?"

Seeing that the pretense had been broken, Zhen Xinzhai stopped pretending and spoke directly.

“We’re not divorced yet, and the shares of the bathhouse haven’t been divided. Right now, I’m the only owner of this bathhouse. Fourth brother, what are you standing there for? Get these bastards out of here.”

"If they insist on staying, then we'll send them all to the boiler room as fuel!"

Yuan Bao'er shouted.

"Alright, brothers, come out and see the guests off."

The fourth brother said with a broad smile.

At his command, the greeters, receptionists, bath attendants, technicians, and other staff rushed out in a swarm, eyeing Zhen Xinzhai and his group with predatory intent.

Liu Zheng even saw two familiar faces inside, and the two old men nodded to him.

The staff of Ga Ga Shuang Bathhouse, which had only managed to gain a foothold in Bathhouse Street after a battle with Grandma Tang, were certainly not the type to swallow their pride.

The reason we needed him to step in was because Zhen Xinzhai was practically a boss, which made us a little hesitant.

Now that the real boss is back, there are naturally no taboos.

"Sake, Prince Shuten-dōji, what do we do now?"

Zhen Xin asked, her neck hunched.

"You're useless. You can't even do this."

The boy in the red dress glared at him fiercely.

If this guy dared to take action himself, how could Yuan Bao'er have held on until someone came to rescue her?

Or if he could show even a little bit of the aura of a boss, how could a slippery guy like the fourth brother dare to stop him?

"go!"

Sensing the imposing presence of the bathhouse staff, the young man in the red dress suddenly waved his hand and led his men toward the gate.

Yuan Bao'er was surrounded by security personnel, coldly watching them.

"If we launch a surprise attack now..."

An idea flashed through the mind of the boy in the red dress.

The other party's injuries were not faked; even a hospital couldn't fully heal them in such a short time. If he had just touched Yuan Bao'er, he probably could have killed her.

Just as he had this thought, a gaze shot over from the group of security guards.

The boy in the red dress looked over and saw that the person was a mummy wearing an eagle-shaped golden crown.

At this moment, the mummy was stroking the beak of the eagle-shaped golden crown with his hand, and the eagle's eyes gradually shimmered with golden-red light as he moved, as if it had come to life.

Sensing the ancient and intense aura within the golden-red light, the boy in the red dress quickly averted his gaze.

This aura is precisely the nemesis of these demons and ghosts.

"Walk."

He shouted again.

This time he didn't stop and walked straight out of the hall.

"Why didn't you keep them here?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"It won't be that easy for him to stay. This must be General Manager Liu, right? Why don't we go back to the office and talk more?"

Yuan Bao'er shook her head and looked at him as she spoke.

"Okay, but..."

He looked at his skirt with a troubled expression; beneath it lay a deep abyss that absolutely could not be seen by anyone.

"It's alright, Mr. Liu. Take your clothes off. I'll handle the rest."

The fourth brother said considerately.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Manager Si."

Liu Zheng said, moved.

"What's the trouble? It's just a matter of lifting a finger. Also, if you think highly of me, Mr. Liu, just call me Lao Si. Calling me Manager Si sounds too formal."

The fourth brother strikes the snake with a stick.

"Then why do you still call me General Manager Liu?"

He asked rhetorically.

"Zheng, Brother Zheng?"

The fourth brother hesitated for a moment before calling out.

"Great. Go to the city whenever you have time, and I'll arrange everything for you."

Liu Zheng patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay, then I definitely have to go. I've never seen the dazzling world of the city before."

The fourth brother laughed.

What he said was half true and half false.

He has definitely been to the city and had some fun, but each time it was basically for business trips or social engagements, so he really didn't have time to relax and explore.

After all, anyone from outside the city who is even slightly well-informed knows that while the living environment inside the city isn't as blatantly dog-eat-dog as outside, it's still fraught with danger.

Moreover, you can hide from danger outside the city, but there are many dangers inside the city that you can't hide from.

You could easily end up on a wanted list by the Public Security Bureau just for spitting on the ground.

This meeting with Liu Zheng was quite an opportunity.

His extensive network of connections in the bathhouse district has finally been able to expand into the city!

Thinking of this, the fourth brother was filled with excitement and pounced on Liu Zheng's lingerie like a hungry tiger, his mouth only millimeters away from the raised turd—no, the mound.

"Alright, go do what you're supposed to do. Hey you, bring me the tools, I want to clean it myself. All of you turn your backs, no peeking. Anyone who peeks, I'll make them stand guard in the boiler room all night."

The fourth brother said seriously.

"Uh"

The bathhouse staff looked at each other, but finally managed to suppress their smiles under the old man's intimidating presence and returned to their posts.

"Cough cough cough cough."

As soon as she entered the office, Yuan Bao'er began to cough violently, coughing up a bunch of dehydrated internal organ fragments.

"what happened?"

Liu Zheng frowned.

"We were originally going to send her to the hospital, but Ms. Yuan was worried about the bathhouse and insisted on coming back directly. I had no choice but to use Anubis's magic to keep her active for the time being."

"That's what the Nile doctor said."

Ra is the supreme god of the Nile pantheon, and as His priest, the Nile doctor naturally also possesses some of the divine arts of other gods in the pantheon.

Anubis is the god of death in the Nile pantheon and the inventor of the mummy reincarnation ritual.

"Are there any side effects?"

Liu Zheng asked the key question.

"Of course there is. Such forbidden techniques naturally come at a price. Even if she goes back to the hospital and recovers, her body will gradually lose its vitality unless she receives the baptism of Ra's radiance regularly or finds a divine object that can bring the dead back to life."

"That's what the Nile doctor said."

"But it's worth it."

Yuan Bao'er sat in her boss's chair, her tone firm.

I don't know how long I'll have to stay at the hospital, and by the time I get out, the weather at the bathhouse might have changed drastically.

The GaGaShuang Bathhouse is the culmination of her hard work, and she absolutely cannot let Zhen Xinzhai and the people behind him succeed.

"President Yuan is indeed a formidable figure, worthy of being someone who has managed to carve out a large territory in Bath Street."

Liu Zheng said admiringly.

"Mr. Liu, you're just trying to humiliate me. If I were really some kind of strong person, would I have been betrayed by my own husband? If you hadn't sent people to rescue me, I would be a corpse by now."

Yuan Bao'er sighed.

Given Zhen Xin's narrow-minded nature, she would definitely scatter even the spirit.

Even the wisest person can make a mistake. No one can stay on guard all the time, or they would have gone mad long ago.

Liu Zheng said.

Any being with a mind close to that of a human cannot maintain a high level of mental tension, otherwise that tension will eventually snap.

The reason he was able to endure it for so long was because he knew he would eventually return to reality.

Even if you're immediately thrown into the next instance, you can still rest for a few days in between.

Even if things don't go well, the next instance will be easier than Metropolis.

That's the logic.

Yuan Bao'er shook her head and didn't say anything more.

Since she is not easily persuaded, she is also not easily comforted.

Ultimately, Yuan Bao'er will have to process this experience on her own.

Alternatively, she could have someone close to her to comfort her.

"Has Mr. Yuan guessed who's behind Zhen Xinzhai?"

Liu Zheng changed the subject.

"Who else could it be but the group of people from Bath Street?"

Yuan Bao'er sneered.

Zhen Xinzhai only knows how to ask for money; he doesn't know as much about the bathhouse as the regular customers do.

The fact that the other party made such meticulous arrangements this time, and knew her travel habits and security forces so well, could only be done by people from the bathhouse area.

As for who is the most suspicious, it is of course Grandma Tang, the head of the bathhouse street.

"So, what are your plans for the next step, Mr. Yuan?"