Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

"Uh, I don't know if I did anything wrong. Please enlighten me, Mr. Liu."

The deputy director said cautiously.

He's all smiles when a bunch of his leaders die, but he'll start crying when all his leaders are dead.

The group will definitely think there's a big problem with the company and will bring in a new leadership team for a major overhaul. Even if he manages to keep his position, he'll be sidelined for life.

“Wang Manni is your person, and she is also my person. Since you don’t want to have direct contact with me, then this middleman is indispensable.”

"If she has any problems at work, you can reprimand or punish her, that's fine. But what do you mean by throwing her out to others? Is this a slap in your face or a slap in my face?"

"Or do you think we have no room for cooperation anymore and want to cut ties with me in this way?"

Liu Zheng asked directly.

"How could that be, Mr. Liu? You must have misunderstood."

The deputy director quickly replied.

How could he possibly feel there was no room for cooperation? On the contrary, he felt there was a great chance for the two of them to work together in the future.

Putting everything else aside, it would be great if they could just come and bomb the building once in a while.

"I also think there must be some misunderstanding here. Why don't you trouble the deputy director to withdraw it?"

Liu Zheng suddenly smiled and said.

"Ah, what does 'withdraw' mean?"

The deputy director was taken aback.

“Bringing the people back will naturally clear up the misunderstanding.”

He explained.

"Oh, I see. Mr. Liu, you have a very interesting way of speaking."

The deputy director suddenly realized.

"However, this is something I really can't handle."

"reason."

"Manager Ma, who organized this team-building activity, is the son of a director."

The deputy director hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"He's just the director's son, only half a rank higher than you. Is it really necessary to be this afraid?"

Liu Zheng said bluntly.

“It’s different. I’m just the director of a subsidiary, while his father is the director of the group, and also the director of the human resources department.”

The deputy director smiled wryly.

In theory, a subsidiary is an independent operating entity, and the parent company does not have direct authority over the personnel of the subsidiary.

However, the inability to deal with it directly does not mean that indirect intervention is impossible.

It's complicated to explain in detail, but in any case, the director of the group's human resources department is someone you can't easily offend.

"Your son is in his second year of high school, right?"

Liu Zheng suddenly asked.

"What does Mr. Liu mean?"

The deputy director's tone turned cold.

"It's nothing. I'm currently at the home of a professor from the First Municipal University, and he has promised to grant me one request."

"Sigh, you know, the children of all my friends aren't even old enough to think about their studies yet. Tell me, who am I supposed to give this enormous wealth to?"

He drawled out his words.

"A professor at the First Municipal University!"

The deputy director was no longer sleepy.

The First Municipal University is the best university in the metropolitan area, and the First Municipal University High School is the best high school in the metropolitan area.

As long as you can get into the No. 1 High School Affiliated to the city, going to university is almost a certainty.

Being able to go to university means that his son can at least take over his job in the future, and his social class will not decline.

“Mr. Liu, besides that Manager Ma, many other people are also involved in this matter. If I take direct action, things will get out of control. At that time, not only will Manny be suppressed, but I may also be ostracized.”

After thinking for a moment, the deputy director said.

"Then let me handle it. You just need to make sure you can protect her."

Liu Zheng said.

"All I can guarantee is that I will do my best."

The deputy director said cautiously.

"It's not just about trying my best, it's about being certain. If I promise someone something, I will do it even if it kills me. If someone promises me something and can't do it, I will make them die."

he said coldly.

"If you can't do that, then let's part ways amicably. From now on, you go your way to hell, and I'll go my way through the sewers."

"Of course, if I visit your company again and accidentally hurt you, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

Liu Zheng's sharp gaze seemed to pierce through the phone screen, striking the deputy director's heart.

"Daddy~ who are you talking to on the phone?"

Suddenly, a soft, charming female voice came from the other end of the phone, along with the sound of clothes rubbing together.

"Shut up!"

The deputy director shouted.

"Stop messing around with your woman, I don't have time to wait."

Liu Zheng said.

"Okay. Go back to your room."

The deputy director lowered the insect-like limb that he had raised.

"Have you made up your mind, Deputy Director?"

"I've thought it through. Don't worry, as long as she doesn't want it to happen again, this kind of thing won't happen again."

The deputy director said bluntly.

“Very well. Then please have the deputy director order some takeout near the club and then wait to watch the show.”

Liu Zheng said.

"This"

The deputy director was somewhat reluctant.

Although ordering takeout won't cripple him, it will still take him a long time to recover.

"She is mine, but she is also yours."

"Ok."

The deputy director reluctantly agreed.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Liu Zheng hung up the phone and said to the miniature man.

"It's okay. Your conversation was quite interesting. This is the first time I've ever heard of a delivery driver who proactively asks others to order takeout."

The miniature man waved his hand and said.

"Have you had many interactions with food delivery drivers before?"

he asked in surprise.

How unlucky must that miniature person be?

"No, not at all. Even if the leader of Tindalos came, he couldn't withstand the Bloody Restaurant repeatedly charging the cashier."

“I have a friend who used to study bloody restaurants. And the delivery drivers of bloody restaurants were the focus and breakthrough point of his research.”

“I had a very good relationship with it. When it was alive, it told me a lot about the Bloody Restaurant.”

The miniature man shook his head.

"There are even brave souls researching our restaurant."

Liu Zheng was filled with respect.

While others would avoid the Bloody Restaurant like the plague, this Miniature Man is actually studying it. It's like an old man drinking poison; he's tired of living.

Oh, it was before he died, then it's alright.

“Research should have no forbidden zones. Even knowledge that is taboo by the city hall will always be explored by people who are in shackles.”

The miniature man shook his head.

"When you say 'wearing shackles,' you don't mean it in the literal sense, do you?"

Liu Zheng squinted and said.

"Of course, I did try to persuade him, but scholars who become professors are often die-hards, so we parted on bad terms."

"Later, we learned that it had committed suicide after being shot more than 800 times in the back, and all the research data was burned."

"That's what the miniature man said."

"Shot over 800 times in the back, wouldn't he be as round as a honeycomb briquette?"

He clicked his tongue in amazement.

"My friend only sees flesh."

"That's what the miniature man explained."

The commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas states: "The 'Seeing Flesh' is a mass of flesh, shaped like a cow's liver, with two eyes. It can be eaten without end, and it will regenerate as before."

The "Illustrated Commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas" also says: "It is a mass of flesh with eyes, but no intestines or stomach; it is quite similar to the puffball; its wonder lies in its inexhaustibility, and it eats people's bland food."

It means that "eye meat" is a liver-like piece of meat with two eyes on it. It grows back as soon as you cut off a piece, so you can never finish it, but it doesn't taste very good.

"That was indeed quite difficult to kill, no wonder it took more than eight hundred shots."

"It's so persistent, could it have escaped from the restaurant?"

Liu Zheng had a flash of inspiration.

"I don't know that; it has never told me about its previous energy levels. But now that you mention it, it's quite possible."

The miniature man seemed to be deep in thought.

"So it didn't leave anything behind?"

He became interested.

"You can still trust the professional competence of the relevant departments on this point."

The miniature man gave a cold laugh.

Although he also held a part-time position at the city hall, his primary identity was that of a scholar, and he was certainly dissatisfied with the many restrictions imposed on his academic research by the city hall.

"However, it did mention that it specifically found a tomb in the cemetery for vacation, and perhaps something was left there."

The miniature man thought for a moment and then said.

"They found a tomb to use for vacation, it seems so."

The places where the flesh appears seem to be burial grounds, such as Mount Di where Emperor Yao and Emperor Ku were buried, Mount Tang where Yu Yan and King Wen were buried, Mount Wuyu where Zhuanxu was buried, and the wilderness of Cangwu where Shun and Shu Jun were buried.

Speaking of which, the tomb keeper actually sent him to rob a tomb; I wonder if he can find the one that the fleshy creature uses for a vacation.

"Do you have anything that carries its scent?"

Liu Zheng suddenly had an idea.

"Aren't you one of the restaurant's employees? Why are you interested in its research findings?"