Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

"Phew, I'll lie down for a bit."

He bent his hooves and lay down on the ground like an ox or a horse.

After a series of battles and the unleashing of several powerful moves, he was indeed quite tired.

As soon as Liu Zheng closed his eyes, he felt something rubbing against him.

He opened his eyes and found Wanzi holding his hoof and leaning against his chest.

"hey-hey."

Noticing Liu Zheng's gaze, she smiled shyly, but her hands showed no sign of letting go.

"What's the point of leaning against something with such prickly fur?"

Liu Zheng shook his head and closed his eyes again.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he was awakened by the sound of footsteps.

Liu Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, but there was nothing in front of him, because the other party was still far away.

"Someone's coming. You should hide over there."

He said to Wanzi.

"Ok."

Wan Zi immediately got up, ran behind a pillar, and hid himself.

Obedient, bold, proactive, shrewd yet not annoying, no wonder she survived in the bathhouse.

Perhaps even without his help, Wanzi could have made a name for himself in the bathhouse.

As Liu Zheng was lost in thought, footsteps approached.

"You're getting more and more impressive, kid. You actually dared to have someone notify me to come see you. If you can't give me a good reason this time, I'll show you what the minister's authority is all about."

The Thirteen Orphans hadn't even arrived yet, but their voices came through first.

"Shh!"

Then, the door was suddenly pulled open.

"People are equal, but you are small."

The sound of Thirteen Orphans abruptly stopped.

Black flames erupted from his entire body, and his hair, which had been tied in a bun, broke free, each strand standing upright like a steel needle.

His muscles bulged, and his eyes turned bloodshot, making him look like a demon.

"Who is your Excellency?"

Thirteen asked in a deep voice.

His feet were positioned one in front of the other, with one palm on his chest and the other on his waist, already in a fighting stance.

"Minister, don't you recognize me? I'm your most loyal subordinate, Renhe."

Liu Zheng said with a smile.

"I don't recall having a subordinate like you. With your abilities, you're probably too good for a ministerial post."

Thirteen Orphans sneered.

The Southern Dipper Dark Demon Fist he cultivated was most adept at concealing and detecting auras, and the opponent's aura was even stronger than that of his terrifying senior uncle.

Such a powerful figure would be a hero even in the remote mountains, let alone in a place like Bath Street.

"Once a minister, always a minister. Rest assured, I will never forget your kindness to me."

Liu Zheng said.

"Let's skip it. I can't sleep peacefully if someone like you is on my mind."

Thirteen Orphans replied without any politeness.

"I have come with the utmost sincerity, so why are you being so cold and sarcastic, Minister?"

he said helplessly.

"Sincere? I treated you like a son, but you've been hiding your true intentions, doing all sorts of things, and fooling me like I'm an idiot."

"Stop with the sarcastic remarks. If I could beat you, I would have killed you right now."

Thirteen Orphans could no longer contain his anger.

He wasn't afraid of Liu Zheng turning on him; after all, they were in a bathhouse, and if he couldn't beat him, he could always run away.

"I had no choice; I didn't mean to deceive you, Minister. Besides, Minister, didn't you really notice?"

Liu Zheng said meaningfully.

"Hmph, so what if I figured it out? You've put things out in the open now, so I can only deal with this business as it is."

Without surveillance, Thirteen Orphans spoke without restraint.

"Then let's put it more clearly."

"What do you want to say?"

Thirteen Orphans glanced at the messy room, his guard rising even higher.

Judging from this situation, this kid's way of serving this distinguished guest, Kunguna, is probably not very polite.

"I heard that you, Minister, do not approve of Granny Tang as a boss?"

Liu Zheng went straight to the point.

"So what if it is? Even if I'm really annoyed by that old hag, that's an internal matter for our bathhouse, and it's not your place to make a fuss about it."

"First of all, I am not an outsider. I am an employee of the massage department, code name Renhe."

"Secondly, I am not making a fuss over this issue; I am genuinely concerned about the life and death of the bathhouse."

He stated them one by one.

"Ah."

Thirteen Orphans pursed his lips, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

However, since he did not object, it meant that he wanted to continue listening.

"I have something to say, Minister, please listen carefully."

Liu Zheng used his butcher knife to fan himself with a feather fan and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Chapter 408 I'll invite you to eat at the Bloody Restaurant

“When the Hundred Ghosts Parade was first established, everything was in need of development.”

"Countless predecessors and ancestors have worked hard and overcome many obstacles to create this great family business, so that we unsophisticated country folk can have a place to live."

"Now that the bathhouse street has been built for a long time, it has become the premier leisure and entertainment destination outside the city, while the status of the Hundred Ghosts Parade has declined instead of rising."

"If we cannot unite as one and make progress, we will be ineffective."

"We cannot repel the enemy in the wilderness, and we must crush them in service."

“If this continues, not only will we have to give up our leading position in the bathhouse district, but we employees will also have nowhere to go.”

Liu Zheng said earnestly.

"That's just alarmist talk. Do you think the Hundred Ghosts Guild became the leading bathhouse in the area by doing business?"

Thirteen Yao scoffed at his explanation.

"The Hyakki Gyokai (Hyakki Gyokai) came first, and then the Bathhouse Street. The Eight Directions Gods have a contract with the Hyakki Gyokai, and their protection of the Bathhouse Street is merely an extension of the Hyakki Gyokai's protection."

"And serving those distinguished guests can only be done by the Hundred Ghosts Parade. Other bathhouses simply don't have the capability, and those distinguished guests simply won't go there."

Thirteen revealed the secrets of Bath Street.

"Then I must ask the minister, which came first, the bathhouse street or the eight gods?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Naturally, the eight directions of gods existed first."

Thirteen Orphans said without hesitation.

"As long as the gods of the eight directions still exist, even if there is no Hundred Ghosts Parade, there will be Thousand Ghosts Parade and Ten Thousand Ghosts Parade."

As the saying goes, one should be mindful of potential dangers even in times of peace; how can any dynasty last forever?

"Even if the contract is unbreakable, has the minister considered what would happen to the Hundred Ghosts if the Eight Gods were defeated by other pantheons?"

he asked.

"You might as well just say the city hall came to raid my house."

Thirteen rolled her eyes.

"That's not impossible."

Liu Zheng then presented proof of his status as a family member of a city hall employee.

"Do you know how many municipal council connections are behind the various bathhouses on Bath Street? You think you can get the municipal council to raid your property just because of that?"

Thirteen Orphans scoffed.

"Are there enough councilors?"

he asked.

"Member?"

Thirteen Orphans' eyes narrowed.

"Hmph, that's not enough. There's more than one councilor behind the Hundred Ghosts Parade alone."

“Not long ago, a friend of mine murdered a member of parliament. In less than a week, I will exonerate him and let him walk openly on the streets.”

Liu Zheng said calmly.

"Impossible! What kind of status does a congressman have? People who commit such serious crimes are lucky if they aren't executed along with their entire families. How could they possibly escape punishment?"

Thirteen Orphans simply didn't believe it.

“You know too little about the Metropolis, and you know too little about me, Minister.”

His face wore a confident smile.

"When you have the chance to go to the city, I'll treat you to a meal at the Bloody Restaurant, and we can chat while we eat."

"Bloody Restaurant."

Thirteen Orphans' expression was solemn.

Anyone who knows the horrors of Bloody Restaurant will fear this name.

But at the same time, they are also deeply curious.

Just how delicious must the food at Bloody Restaurant be to live up to its reputation and status?

"What exactly do you mean by all this, and what does it have to do with the survival of the bathhouse?"

Thirteen Orphans got back to the main topic.

"Does the minister know that Granny Tang has detained the bathhouse staff and is constantly extorting ransom from her family?"

Liu Zheng briefly recounted Jingzi's situation.

"So that's why you infiltrated here."

Thirteen Orphans suddenly realized what was happening and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that we're afraid of the enemy having ulterior motives, but that we're afraid of not even knowing what those ulterior motives are.

Now that he knew what Liu Zheng wanted to do, he felt a little relieved.

"Don't put it so harshly, I genuinely want to work at the bathhouse."

Liu Zheng chuckled.

"hehe."