146. Sewer Snake (2)
The air in the abandoned factory, the base of the sewer snake, was not very good because it was located near the sewer.
The overall atmosphere in Area X was not good, but it was especially bad here.
“Hey, who are you guys?”
A tight-haired man with only worn-out jeans and bare upper body threatened with an old shotgun.
On the naked torso, phrases such as ＜survive＞ were written. It just didn’t look like it was engraved.
A man pointing his gun at Oliver.
The corpse doll growled at the sight, but Oliver calmed him down quickly and there was no problem.
Joe looked at the situation and took a few steps forward to calm the gangster.
“I didn’t come here to fight. I’m here to see your boss.”
“Why our captain?!”
The tight-haired gang got excited and turned their guns toward Joe.
I don’t know why, but this man’s emotions were unstable. It was similar to the drug dealers I had seen when Joseph was a disciple in the past.
The anxious feelings and the resulting excitement lowered his fears and encouraged aggression.
“I have a story to tell. Because I didn’t come empty handed. do not worry.”
“Fuck your worries! Who cares!! How dare you threaten our sewer snake in this neighborhood! Seed! mind!”
Other gangs around them slowly flocked to the shouts of the excited gang-headed gang.
Six gangs armed with crossbows, harpoons with pipe bombs and cheap pistols posed on top of a container near the warehouse.
Trench clubs and gangs armed with schleilly, blackjack and shotguns gathered near Oliver’s party of eight.
Owen was taken aback and picked up an iron rod, and Sam put his hand on his favorite pistol, but Joe stopped them.
“Ah, I didn’t come here to fight… I’m just here to talk.”
That was then.
“uh? Knuckle Pony Dual Pistol Sam?
The man who looked like the captain of the gatekeepers said with a rough and crude submachine gun in one hand.
“Hey, what’s going on with the yangbans who live outside?”
“Are you still separating the inside and the outside?”
“It’s because the outside and the inside are separated… Are you here to ask?”
Joe didn’t like it, but he didn’t ask.
“Yeah, I didn’t come to ask for that… Can I meet your boss?”
“Well·····. what brings you here?”
“What is the job? I’m here to talk about work. Don’t worry, I didn’t come empty-handed.”
Joe showed me the envelope of money with those words.
“under·····. If you follow me alone, I’ll guide you to the captain. What did you bring?”
said the gang, looking at the party behind Joe.
Oliver asked, taking a step forward.
“Excuse me, can I come in with you?”
“…who are you? It’s the first time I’ve seen him.”
The gang looked at Oliver and asked.
“hello. My name is Dave. The person who works with Mr. Joe. I’m sorry, but can I meet and see the captain with Mr. Cho? I want to hear the story myself.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha····.”
The gang laughed. Then the subordinates laughed along with them.
However, it stopped for a moment, and as the laughter stopped, the gang aimed a gun at Oliver’s forehead.
“A bastard who has never heard of his name dares to meet-”
“-Kyahahaha
The corpse doll-Second, who entered the sniper’s body, made a loud sound and aimed the gun.
Two sword-off shotguns were pointed at the gang of gatekeepers, and with six arms on their back and flanks they raised their guns, aiming at nearby gangs as well as gangs above the container in the distance.
The sound of a gun being loaded.
The numerous arms made his posture awkward, but those who had some experience in violence knew just how accurate this aim was.
At least six or seven of the eight arms could have been hit.
The gang, aimed at two sword-off shotguns, spoke at once.
“Well, let’s have a conversation.”
***
Unintentionally, Oliver and Joe, who persuaded the gang with Second’s appropriate intervention, were able to enter the factory.
For security reasons, all the rest of the staff had to wait outside, but that alone wasn’t too bad.
It is correct to understand this position as well.
“like······.”
Entered through the exterior of a factory filled with cement-filled drums, barbed wire, huge wooden crates, and containers.
There were a lot of people inside the building as well as outside. Roughly, about twenty to thirty?
Although not very wealthy, there were more than Murphy’s Kimbell family.
“Are there quite a lot of people?”
Oliver whispered to Joe. Joe responded kindly, even though it was absurd.
“There are a lot of people here who say that if you feed them and put them to sleep, they will become gangs.”
“Oh, I see····.”
There were actually a lot of gangs in the factory, but the quality didn’t seem that high.
Most of them didn’t eat properly and were skinny. It could be said that he was on a level similar to the gangs he had dealt with when recovering Associate Professor Herbert in the past.
‘Of course, it seems that there are not always such people.’
“Rurrrrrrrrrrrrr…!!”
With the sound of chains creaking, a man who looked a little different from the others jumped out and threatened Oliver and Joe.
Fortunately, there was no problem with the huge chains around the neck and limbs, but it still gave off a threatening atmosphere.
Despite his stooped posture, he was easily over 2 meters tall, and his muscles were quite developed, giving him a sense of intimidation like a beast even though he was a human.
The thing that stood out the most was the protruding forehead, the deformed jaw, and the fangs protruding above them.
He grunted at Oliver, glowing with fear and fear and the rage that ensued.
The gang who was guiding the way calmed his startled heart and shouted.
“Oh, what the fuck! I brought guests. Are you not managing it properly?”
“Oh sorry. sorry·····. Hey, doggy sit down.”
“Karr rumble-!!”
The big-jawed man groaned and threatened the commanding fat gang.
Because of his size, the fat gang flinched in a cold sweat, but that was only for a moment.
Other gangs near him joined in and took down the man with the big jaw.
“Fuck! Bring a pole! rod! Electric shock rods too!!”
“Wait a minute! for a moment! I’ll bring it now!”
“Oh my, be fierce…. I’ve been starving for two days, but I’m feeling good.”
“Okay! As long as the boss succeeds in taming it, no one can attack us in this area anymore!!”
Oliver looked at him and wondered where he had seen a similar person, and then he remembered.
When I first met Joe, he was similar to the big-jaw guy who fought as a team with him.
He was a member of the Fighter Crew and was called a mutant.
As Oliver tried to talk about it, he could see Joe bursting with sadness.
He watched with great discomfort as a man who looked like a large chin was eventually subdued and beaten. As much as I want to dry it if I can.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I will guide you again.”
At the direction of the guide gang, Oliver and Joe walked again.
After walking, we arrived at an office in the factory, which can be reached by stairs, and the gang who guided us said something to the two gatekeepers guarding the entrance.
The two gatekeepers wore masks unlike the other gangs, and their bodies were also extremely muscular.
More than Joe. There was even an artificial odor, such as drugs or procedures.
They were so different from other members of the organization, but they had one thing in common.
It was that the words “survive” were written on body parts such as the chest, head, and forearms.
What the hell does that mean?
Eventually, the conversation ended and the gang came and said,
“The story is over. Now follow these people.”
With those words, one of the masked gatekeepers lifted his head, carrying an ignorant piece of iron on his shoulder, whether it was an ax or a sword. It was to follow.
Tung! Tung! Tung!
I went up the stairs where the sound of metal resounded with every step I took, and went to the office installed on the second floor of the factory.
“Come in.”
As soon as I arrived at the door, I said from beyond the door.
The masked gatekeeper opened the door and shook his head as if to enter.
When Oliver and Joe entered the office, they could see a messy office with an unpleasant odor and a man.
Oily curly hair, a messy, short beard, protruding cheekbones, and deeply wrinkled cheeks.
But the thing that stood out the most were the thick-framed glasses.
The glasses masked the man’s sly but cunning impression by giving him the impression of weakness.
A short but long silence.
Joe sighed and opened his mouth.
“Is that the gail of the sewer snake?”
“exactly. I’m going He will knuckle you when you see his size.”
“·····.”
Joe was a little surprised. There was no appearance of passing the information, but how…
Gyle, captain of the Sewer Serpent, said, pointing to Oliver.
“And the person who handles the invoice doll is that…?”
“Yes, I fold.”
“Great. Really…. It is said that he has a certain level of skill just by handling a mortuary doll. Do you have a last name?”
“It’s Dave.”
“Dave? . . . Oh, the Dave who is making a name for himself in Area T these days?”
“Do you know me?”
“Heh heh-! Living in such a remote place doesn’t mean you can’t even hear it. I don’t. Rather, live upright. If you don’t have the strength, your eyes should be fine. heh heh heh Anyway, nice to meet you. It’s an honor to meet such an accomplished warlock.”
“Isn’t Gail a pretty good warlock too?”
Joe flinched as if he didn’t know.
“Huh. Thank you for the compliment. But, it’s a third of a third class run by a small gang in a dirty neighborhood.”
Oliver patted his face as if pointing to the gatekeeper’s mask.
“Isn’t it pretty sophisticated for something like that?”
At that moment, Gail’s smirk stopped. With him, the cunning atmosphere hidden by the glasses was further pounded.
Apparently, surviving inside Zone X wasn’t pure luck.
“Five····. You have good eyes.”
“I don’t know, but I think so.”
“Huh. That’s what talent is. Those who have it and those who don’t have a completely different value. envious.”
Guyle smiled slyly again, but once the mask was removed, it wasn’t just a smirk.
match-!
Gail clasped her hands.
“Okay then, since I said goodbye enough, shall we talk about work? You said you had something to talk about?”
“Uh, can I buy some customer information?”
With those words, Joe pulled out an envelope of money. It was an envelope with five million dollars in it.
“Looking at the thickness, it seems like 5 million Randa…. That’s a lot of money. In particular, in Zone X… Are you looking for Kell rebels?”
“·····!”
Joe was surprised again.
A man named Guile seemed to know quite a bit, despite his dull and lazy appearance.
But Joe asked without agitation.
“Look what you know. Looks like you’re hiding it.”
“Are you hiding it? All I did was advise him to hide somewhere and run some errands for money.”
“Then, can you tell me where it is?”
“I do not know····. This is not something I can tell you to tell me because trust is life.”
“How much more do you want?”
“You misunderstood what I meant. It’s a credit issue… What do we do with business going forward when rumors are told that we are selling customers?”
It wasn’t wrong, but Joe didn’t just back down, he made an impression and put pressure on Guyle. At the same time, I thought of another way, and Gail opened his mouth as if he had a good idea.
“But there are trade-offs.”
“compromise plan?”
“Yes. Customers paid a lot of money, but the hiding period is longer and I ate a lot, so now it is rather negative. It is said that they will soon meet with a colleague to pay it back, but this is also not certain.”
“Not sure?”
Oliver asked reflexively.
“Yeah, in this kind of business, customers are not normal, so there are a lot of people who steal money. Since we can’t even report it to the police, good gangs like us have no choice but to suffer… By the way, this morning is the payment date, and if you run away before that, then I will pass on the information. Well then, I didn’t betray the customer, and they can get the information they want. Are you okay?”
Joe asked.
“How do you tell us that you are running away?”
“There’s only one way to do that, so don’t worry…”
“…what if they pay?”
“Well, it’s a bit difficult to tell. It’s kind of like selling a paid customer. But don’t worry. It seems like I’m not going to pay it back for some reason.”
“How do you know?”
“I just know.”
Joe stared at Gail and each other, and Joe flicked the money bag and threw it.
Guile tacitly agreed that the contract was concluded by taking the envelope of money.
Oliver didn’t follow Joe out of the office, but stopped and asked Gyle a question.
“Can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“What does it mean to survive? It was engraved on the bodies of the employees here.”
“Oh, it doesn’t matter. It’s just like our doctrine. to survive Is it the desire of a primordial creature? To live in a place like this, you need to believe.”