Enforcer Manual
Chapter 165: Let’s Count Your Sins_1

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: Let’s Count Your Sins_1

The whispers of Lu Xiang in his ear provided Song Lan with an unbelievably novel experience.

On the journey, he paid no attention to the scenery along the way. Instead, under Lu Xiang’s guidance, he reviewed various types of crimes in both Sector Seventeen and the "outer realm".

In addition to headhunters, there were also smugglers, criminals who were fugitives due to their fear of punishment, fraudulent gangs, and black market traders.

He quickly realized that this bus was filled with people of all sorts, and at least half of them had a criminal record.

The rest were either gold-seekers who still harbored dreams of overnight wealth or unfortunate citizens who had been deceived into the "outer realm".

In the entire bus, it seemed that only the two of them had embarked on this trip for the purpose of tourism.

In order not to ruin the mood of the trip, Lu Xiang tried hard to suppress the thought of immediately ordering the driver to turn around and drive the vehicle back to the Law Enforcement Manor.

The reason Song Lan knew this was because Lu Xiang’s hand, which was holding his arm, was gripping him tighter and tighter, as though she was trying hard to suppress some emotion.

"For now, let’s set work aside."

Having recounted the passengers’ litany of sins, Lu Xiang’s smile changed.

Her mouth was slightly open in a grin, her silver teeth gritted. This smile seemed tinged with a cruel undertone.

Even though most of the passengers were criminals, Song Lan wasn’t scared at all. Instead, he found himself silently rooting for these criminals.

They might never realize that this was the closest they had ever been to being caught.

"Mind your smile."

Song Lan quietly reminded Lu Xiang, who was without a doubt the most terrifying person on that bus. No one could exude such a chilling smile unless they had killed more than ten people.

It was thanks to their disguised appearance before they left that Director Lu dared to step onto the bus. Otherwise, who would dare to get on the bus at all?

Even the driver might have tried to flee.

"No, I need to divert my attention."

Lu Xiang also realized that she was suffering from an occupational hazard. Counting these people’s sins felt like a violation of her conscience and she already longed to go back to work.

"How do we divert our attention?"

"Come."

Lu Xiang lifted her hands to cup Song Lan’s face, tilted her head back, and leaned in for a kiss.

As he savored the soft touch of her lips, Song Lan heard a chorus of obscenities being shouted in the bus.

"Whew, much better."

Lu Xiang completely ignored the surrounding voices. After about thirty seconds, she dragged out her words, and her smile again took on a gentle quality.

"Tsk."

A few onlookers pretended to disdainfully avert their eyes.

As one half of the source of curiosity, Song Lan felt as if he had been taken advantage of. He couldn’t blame his suspicions on his girlfriend’s overactive imagination. Ever since their relationship progressed, Lu Xiang became more adept at using various dating tactics. She completely crossed the line of "shyness", daring to kiss in the French manner even in front of onlookers.

During Lu Xiang’s crash course on crime, the two-hour ride passed very quickly.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Song Lan waited until all the passengers had left the bus before he and Lu Xiang disembarked, one after the other.

Although he had been in 2166 for quite a while, this was the first time he had left Sector Seventeen for the heavily crime-infested "outer realm".

What greeted him was the sand that whipped sharply against his face.

Standing on the bus platform, all that could be seen was a boundless desert.

Bleak.

Just these two words could describe everything he saw.

After a two-hour drive, they had traveled from the year 2166 back to the year 2000. Compared to the worst areas in Sector Seventeen, even the so-called small town nearby, built entirely of simple mud houses by the locals and boasting a building no higher than three stories, was tenfold superior than this place.

"Song Lan, what’s wrong?"

Lu Xiang, on the other hand, wasn’t disappointed by the barren desert. Quite the contrary, she looked forward to this trip.

Because there was a saying in Sector Seventeen,

In the "outer realm", even every grain of sand is saturated with sin.

"It’s nothing,"

Song Lan held his forehead, "Just suddenly feeling homesick."

Yes, he was sorely missing his home’s air conditioner, television, and bed.

Despite having heard about the rampant crime and extreme poverty in the "outer realm", his imagination had conjured a lushly forested, new world waiting for adventurers to explore, not this desert which made him want to find a motel and stay there until the trip ended.

"Isn’t it good to see it for yourself?"

Lu Xiang was carefully observing the small town in the distance. Everything in sight was drastically different from what she was accustomed to. She took note of every detail, as if trying to engrave the whole scene into her mind.

"This place is the first stop of the border trade route, and it can also be seen as the last stop."

Standing at the entrance of the small town, she could vaguely see the outline of Sector Seventeen.

To the traders, this place might be the start of a dangerous journey or the end of their travels. And since the fall of the Chai Ke Group, the number of traders passing through had significantly decreased because without Chai Ke’s deterrent influence, the criminal gangs lurking around here dared to attack the trade convoys more frequently.

"Here, is also the area that we need to defend in the future."

In any case, this small town was currently far from safe.

The rebel army, arms dealers, information brokers, the local criminals, everyone who hovered in the shadows had gathered here. And the trade route that started from this small town was referred to as the "illegal zone" by traders from Sector Seventeen.

To pass through this route, one must maintain good relations with every active force here. Otherwise, a slight misstep could lead to their death somewhere in the desert. Their bodies might be submerged by the wind-blown sand, becoming one of many that disappear without a trace in this world.

"The route of our trip this time... Isn’t it..."

Hearing this, Song Lan suddenly had a foreboding feeling.

"Yes, it is indeed along the trade route, all the way to the Twelfth Nation."

Lu Xiang confirmed his ominous suspicion.

Previously, when she said she would plan the itinerary, Song Lan didn’t question it further. He never thought that their sweet couple’s date would turn into a journey imbued with bitter-sweet nostalgia.

"Don’t look like that. I’ve done my research. The information online says there’s a great inn in the town. The inn also offers a sand bathing service, which is not available in Sector Seventeen."

The trip seemed to have made Lu Xiang much more lively. To back up her words, she showed Song Lan the notes on her phone. Upon seeing the screen filled with densely handwritten text, he realized she had read the information beforehand and noted the unique features of each post station and town.

The only information that wasn’t included was probably if the inn’s owner and their family had a criminal record or not.

It was without a doubt in Lu Xiang’s style.

"Let’s go, it’s like risking one’s life to accompany another."

Song Lan gritted his teeth, speaking up.

After all, he’d never had any experience with a desert. Today, he’d get an eyeful.

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