Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

Yuan Bao'er asked.

"The losses are considerable. One of the old guys died and two were injured. Four of the younger ones died and more than a dozen were injured."

Uncle Liu said.

"What? Who died?"

Yuan Bao'er frowned deeply.

Ordinary employees can be replaced if they die, but these old guys are one less if they die.

The old guys at the bathhouse were all from Yuan Bao'er's father and even grandfather's staff. Putting aside feelings, their strength and loyalty were beyond question.

Even if they couldn't continue working at the bathhouse, as long as Yuan Bao'er could give them a job, they would follow her, becoming almost like her retainers.

"Sixth Master Pao is dead."

Uncle Liu said.

"what?!"

Yuan Bao'er instantly lost her composure.

Pao Liu was her grandfather's old subordinate, even more senior than Uncle Liu, and had truly watched her grow up.

When Yuan Bao'er's parents were busy with their careers, Pao Liu took care of her for a while.

Of all the old folks, besides Uncle Liu, she was closest to Pao Liu.

"Uncle Liu, Master Pao Liu is so old, why are you still taking him along?"

Yuan Bao'er subconsciously rebuked him.

“He insisted on going himself, saying that he had been getting paid for nothing at the bathhouse for so many years, and now that Xiaobao'er had been wronged, how could he, as an elder, not go and get revenge for him?”

"Moreover, if it weren't for Master Pao Liu blocking Ibaraki-dōji's sneak attack, our losses would have been even greater."

Uncle Liu replied calmly.

"What? Ibaraki-dōji is here too?"

Yuan Bao'er exclaimed in shock.

"It was in Shuten Goro's group the whole time, but it suddenly attacked after we gained the upper hand. Fortunately, Master Pao Liu blocked its sneak attack, and the Nile doctor transformed into a golden-winged roc and overpowered it, which helped us stabilize the situation."

Uncle Liu said.

"How are things on the other side?"

Yuan Bao'er asked.

"Except for Ibaraki-dōji and Shuten-dōji, everyone else was killed by us. Ibaraki-dōji had an arm pecked off by the Nile Doctor, and Shuten-dōji was bitten by the Snake Master."

Uncle Liu said.

Snake Master San is a member of the group left behind by Yuan Bao'er's father. He belongs to the White-browed Viper species of the Snake-People clan and is highly venomous.

If Shuten Goro were bitten by it, he would be badly injured, if not killed.

"Ooeyama, you just wait!"

Yuan Bao'er said bitterly.

Although she had cut off the hand of the second leader of Mount Ooe and seriously injured Shuten-dōji's fifth son, she still felt that she had suffered a great loss.

Someone who was driven from the city to that barbaric land of the Ten Thousand Mountains dares to take advantage of her?

"Do you know who's behind this?"

Yuan Bao'er asked.

"We didn't catch anyone alive, but there's one person inside who looks familiar to Sixth Master Pao, like he's seen him at the bathhouse in Heian-kyo."

Sixth Master Pao was good-tempered and loved to wander around. Since Yuan Bao'er hadn't assigned him any work, he often strolled around the bathhouse street.

Heian-kyo Bathhouse was another large bathhouse under the control of Granny Yu.

"Grandma Tang, I swear I'll never forgive you!"

Chapter 374 As everyone knows, videos cannot be photoshopped.

"You little rascal, I've never worked this hard for an ox or a horse."

Upon meeting Dr. Nile, the other party couldn't help but complain.

His originally ivory-colored bandages were now covered in scorch marks.

"Is there a fire-breathing monster on the other side?"

Liu Zheng raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean 'opposite'? This was burned by the Winged Dragon of Ra's flames."

"Dr. Nile said irritably."

"Aren't you the priest of Ra? Even your own people get burned?"

"The sun is always something to be admired from afar, not to be profaned, cough cough, not to be approached. Especially not a sun spirit like the Winged Dragon of Ra, which is born for battle."

"That's what the Nile doctor said."

"You were just trying to say 'lewd play,' weren't you?"

Liu Zheng squinted and said.

He felt that this scholar seemed to have a somewhat eclectic range of knowledge.

"I didn't say anything, so shut up, you little brat."

The Nile doctor glared at him.

"Okay, I must have misheard."

Liu Zheng shrugged.

"However, the GaGaShuang Bathhouse does have some merit."

The Nile doctor paused before speaking.

They are now in another room, while Yuan Bao'er and the others are having a private conversation in the boss's office.

"How to say?"

"Even if I hadn't intervened in that battle, the people from GaGaShuang Bathhouse would have won, at most suffering greater losses. Especially that guy who used insects, his strength is almost on par with mine."

"That's what the Nile doctor said."

"Using insects? What kind of insects?"

Liu Zheng paused for a moment and asked.

"It's an insect, the kind with teeth that can make noise and fly."

The Nile doctor gestured.

"That's called a cricket. You're supposed to be a great scholar, how come you don't even know that?"

He rolled his eyes and then asked.

"Is the one using the cricket injured?"

"He suffered minor injuries; he shouldn't die."

"That's what the Nile doctor said."

He shouldn't die.

Liu Zheng twitched the corner of his mouth.

The races and abilities of the people in Metropolis are incredibly diverse; some can even become dead after they die. So he couldn't understand what the standard was for the Nile Doctor's inability to die.

"What? You have a connection with him?"

The Nile doctor glanced at him.

"He works at the sauna, and he was quite considerate of me when I was doing the challenge. He also helped me with this."

Liu Zheng showed him the murderous markings on the tentacles.

"No wonder Niu Ma said you're a succubus; you've already hooked up with someone in such a short time."

The Nile doctor's brow twitched.

He became even more determined not to let Sesha and Liu Zheng meet. How could his silly daughter possibly resist such a guy who appealed to all ages and genders?

She'd probably be pregnant in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

"Doctor, can't you use some nicer words?"

Liu Zheng said with dissatisfaction.

"Heh, have you forgotten how I got that elegy for you? For someone like you who's always so lenient, the fact that I haven't killed you is already a sign of good relations."

The Nile doctor sneered.

"What can I do? Someone as insignificant as me, if people are willing to associate with me, I can't just turn them away, can I?"

He looked aggrieved.

"A nobody, hehehehe."

The Nile doctor's laughter became even more mocking, it was unclear whether he was mocking Liu Zheng or himself.

Do ordinary people have such connections, from the city hall to the sewers, from inside the city to outside the city?

If he had such connections everywhere, there wouldn't be only Sesha left of his tribe.

"Ahem, um, could you please go and check on him for me, doctor?"

Liu Zheng said shamelessly.

"Bring it here."

The Nile doctor wanted to refuse, but he still extended his bandaged hand.

"What to take?"

"Don't play dumb, it's the consultation fee."

The Nile doctor rolled his eyes at him.

"oh oh."

Liu Zheng took out a thick wad of banknotes and placed it in the Nile doctor's hand.

He could tell that the Nile doctor was in a bad mood, so he applied more pressure than usual.

"Humph."

The Nile doctor didn't count, just stuffed it into his pocket and left the room.

“These old Dengs are all difficult to please.”

Liu Zheng shook his head, leaned back on the sofa, and fell asleep.

After being back for so long and having just eaten a lot, he was indeed feeling a bit sleepy.

He took a short nap and was then awakened by the Nile doctor who had returned.

"Wake up, the people at GaGaShuang Bathhouse have made arrangements to call you over."

"Oh, okay. Doctor, has the cricket grandpa's injury healed?"

Liu Zheng wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and asked.

He dreamed that Guo Kou Tangzi made him hundreds of servings of super nourishing soup, which he then concentrated into an oral liquid and put in his pocket.

When he fights, he drinks and slashes at people at the same time. His blood and flesh never stop growing.

"How could I not cure him? That kid said, don't think that just because I treated his injuries you won't have to marry into his family. The consultation fee won't count as a dowry."

The Nile doctor looked at Liu Zheng with a ghostly gaze.

He couldn't understand how this guy could have progressed to the point of marriage or even becoming a son-in-law with a stranger while he was just taking a sauna.

This isn't even a succubus anymore; even a succubus goddess wouldn't be this outrageous, right?