Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

"You think I want to? I don't know if it's because I'm having a bad day at the bathhouse, but not only did two gods come, but a bunch of VIPs also showed up. Even I had to go myself, let alone you."

"Which side are you going to, Minister?"

he asked.

It's good to rest under a big tree; follow Thirteen Yao, and he'll be the first to step up if anything happens.

"I'm not going anywhere."

Thirteen Orphans said quietly.

Chapter 394 In the Metropolis, This Is No Joke

"That won't do. Without you, Minister, leading me, I'm afraid others will bully me."

Liu Zheng said frankly.

"They bully you? With your abilities, you'd be lucky if you didn't bully them."

Thirteen Orphans was speechless.

“I don’t care. My uncle personally handed me over to you. You can’t just abandon me.”

"You are playing rogue, aren't you?"

Thirteen Yao glared at him, but in the darkness he saw nothing.

"You've gone to so much trouble for me, and you haven't gotten anything in return yet. If I were to die like this, you'd really be at a loss!"

Liu Zheng drawled out his words.

"Besides, those golden dumplings were all born from me. If they knew you didn't care about my life or death, they wouldn't be able to borrow them again~"

he said again.

"You dare threaten me? You really don't think your uncle is your boss, do you?"

"Could you please use the same pronouns for each other?"

He was speechless.

“Working at a bathhouse requires following the rules. If everyone relied on connections like you, how could I be the department head?”

Thirteen Orphans said seriously.

"Understood. Minister, this is the fine I paid."

Liu Zheng pulled out a large wad of banknotes and fumbled to put them into Thirteen Orphans' pocket.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Thirteen Orphans touched the thickness.

“I feel that my performance today was terrible and did not meet the minimum standard of the massage department. To show my sincerity, I voluntarily accept the punishment.”

He spoke with righteous indignation.

"If you haven't reached the minimum standard yet, then Bath Street would have been our massage parlor long ago."

Thirteen Yao's eyes twitched slightly.

“That means I haven’t met your expectations of me yet, and failing to live up to the expectations of an elder is an even greater sin.”

Liu Zheng changed his tune.

"Actually, I don't have any expectations of you, as long as you don't cause me any trouble."

Thirteen Orphans squinted and said.

“I understand that you don’t want to put too much pressure on me, so you’re unwilling to express your true feelings.”

He seemed very understanding.

"That's exactly what I was thinking! Oh well, whatever. I don't know what you're doing at a bathhouse if you're so rich?"

Thirteen Orphans said helplessly.

He's capable, rich, and has connections; I can't afford to mess with him.

The worst part is that he recruited this person through connections himself, which makes things even more damn upsetting.

Alas, lust blinds the mind, lust blinds the mind!

"Just think of me as someone who's here to experience life."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Zheng took out the badge for the family members of the city hall employees and stuffed it into Shisanyao's hand.

"what is this?"

Thirteen Yao pinched it twice and asked.

"If the minister doesn't know, why not let Yoko give it a try?"

"Alright. Come here, Yaoji, come and see what this kid is up to."

Thirteen Yao said with a beaming smile.

"You did it on purpose, right?"

Although she knew Liu Zheng couldn't see, Yaoji still glared at him.

"Hehe, touching it won't make you lose any flesh, I'll just touch it back for you later."

Liu Zheng said.

"Don't even think about it. If you dare touch me, I'll tear your limbs off."

Thirteen Yao made my hair stand on end.

However, after being startled by him, Thirteen Yao's desire to take advantage diminished considerably, and he merely clenched his fists a couple of times.

Yaoji didn't say anything. She was taken advantage of by customers every day, so this was nothing.

"Minister, Yoko has already given you such a great deal, so you have to protect her from now on, right?"

Liu Zheng said.

"What do you mean she got a great deal? I only touched her hand. Besides, she has a good brother-in-law, why would she need me to protect her?"

Thirteen said.

“Yoko and I are one body. If you touch her, you are touching me. You are touching two people at once. Aren’t you taking advantage of me?”

"Besides, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. In the bathhouse business, who can protect you better than Minister Thirteen? Don't you think so?"

He said.

"Disgusting, you've said everything. Yaoji, hurry up and tell me, what did this kid take out this time?"

Thirteen asked.

"Wasn't I touching it? Oh, this is it?!"

Yoko exclaimed in shock.

"What's wrong? Did the badge bite your hand?"

Thirteen Orphans quickly asked.

"Minister, your joke was really bad. Hmm, never mind."

Liu Zheng slapped himself.

The idea of ​​a badge biting your hand is a lame joke in real life, but it's an everyday occurrence in the Metropolis.

"Can you tell me?"

Instead of answering Thirteen Orphans, Yiji asked him first.

"It's okay, just tell me."

Liu Zheng said.

The family badge wouldn't reveal his identity.

"This is a badge for family members of city hall employees."

Yaoji said, biting her lip.

"Another one with connections at the city hall. You're one too, aren't you? What's so surprising?"

Thirteen wondered.

"No, it's my sister. Besides, even my sister doesn't have this badge."

"Only full-time employees who are rated as outstanding employees can receive this badge, and those outstanding employees are either leaders of weak departments or elites of strong departments."

Yaoji shook his head and said.

Even the leaders of the less powerful departments of the city hall are considered important figures by the people of Bath Street.

"Who exactly are you? You weren't sent by the city hall to investigate us, were you?"

Thirteen immediately became alert.

"Minister, have you been watching too many police dramas?"

Liu Zheng countered with a question.

"Hmm, that does seem unlikely. So what exactly are you here for?"

If the city hall wanted to crack down on Bath Street, it wouldn't need to resort to such underhanded tactics; it could simply have the Public Security Bureau and the Market Supervision Bureau conduct a joint enforcement operation.

If the Public Security Bureau seals off all sides of Bath Street, and then the Market Supervision Bureau comes in to inspect food hygiene, prohibited drugs, counterfeit and shoddy products, Bath Street will be severely damaged, if not completely destroyed.

If the Inspector General of Taxation is included, then not only the bathhouse district, but even the gods behind it wouldn't dare to say anything.

The reason why Thirteen Orphans knew this was because he had heard of similar things.

As is well known, the Shiwan Mountains are a poor and remote area, so the municipal government generally doesn't pay much attention to them.

But not managing it much doesn't mean it can't be managed; some people just don't understand this principle.

There once was a newly born demon king who was very powerful. In just a few years, he occupied more than a dozen mountains, and even the barbarians had to avoid his sharp edge.

Just as a person can easily become adrift if they take off too fast, so too can a demon.

After a talent scouting event, this demon king uttered remarks such as the city hall being nothing but a fart, and the market supervision department being even less than a fart.

Then, the mountain where it was located was completely destroyed, and the hilltops it occupied were thoroughly cleaned up.

As for the fines and operating expenses, they were shared by the other factions who had participated in that conference.

Neither the city hall nor the Ten Thousand Mountains publicized this matter, so not many people know about it.

Thirteen Orphans once served a demon king, who only told him after he had been thoroughly satisfied and drunk.

"Does the minister want to know?"

Liu Zheng raised an eyebrow.

"Yes I do."

"Then you'll be boarding our pirate ship."

He said.

"Well, actually, I don't think I really wanted to know that much."

Thirteen immediately said.

"Oh~"

Liu Zheng's last syllable was drawn out.

However, he wasn't really disappointed, because he hadn't really wanted to involve Thirteen Orphans in the first place.

Although Thirteen Orphans is the opposition, the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.

Neutral people like Ba Tiao and Yao Ji helped Liu Zheng save Qing Zi simply because they owed him a favor and felt a sense of shared fate.

Opposition groups like Thirteen Orphans could seize on this point to try and overthrow Granny Tang, which would escalate and complicate the issue.

Liu Zheng was only there to fulfill a commission, not to overthrow the unscrupulous boss.

"Your sarcastic manner is just like your uncle's. Old Qing must have had some bad luck in his past lives to have such a capable nephew like you."