The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 119 A Bloodbath Triggered by an Egg

Chapter 119: Chapter 119 A Bloodbath Triggered by an Egg

"Lao Deng, you’re not dead yet?"

Liu Zheng’s first words were like music to the ears.

"You rascal, even if you turned to ash, I wouldn’t be dead."

The Fisherman replied with equally refined language.

"Stop bullshitting. If it weren’t for me pulling you out, you’d already be a big pile of shit by now."

He said without any courtesy.

"Hmph. Cough cough cough!"

The Fisherman tried to retort but was interrupted by a round of earth-shattering coughs.

"Dying this time?"

"Die my ass! Don’t think just because you helped me once you can act like this, be careful I turn you into a fish."

The Fisherman said angrily.

"Quit blabbering, and get to the point if you’ve got something to say."

Liu Zheng said.

"Where are the eggs from the sewer?"

The Fisherman asked.

"Someone took them."

He didn’t go into detail, after all, it was an internal affair of the restaurant.

"What?! Official or private?"

The Fisherman was shocked.

"Should be official, I guess?"

He thought for a moment and said.

Bloody Restaurant definitely had official backing, and Si Xue said she was going to talk with City Hall.

"That’s a relief then."

The Fisherman took a breath.

"I called you exactly for that reason, wanted you to hand over the sewer eggs to City Hall."

"Old man, if you want me dead just say so."

Liu Zheng chuckled.

A suspect personally delivering the stolen goods, one had to be brain-dead to do such a thing.

"I’ve got a contact. You could have handed it over to him. But now, there’s no need."

"Tell my daughter not to come to the sewer during this time nor to call me. Wait for my notice."

The Fisherman said.

"We can still go to the sewer?"

He asked in surprise.

He had thought they would be on the sewer’s permanent blacklist.

The remark about the sewer eggs said it all.

"The sewer and normal creatures aren’t the same. But, of course, you have to return its eggs first."

The Fisherman replied.

"Then why didn’t you return it just now?"

"Nonsense, if someone stole your eggs and handed them back to you right then, would you not beat them up?"

The Fisherman said irritably.

"Fair point."

But normally, if someone got their eggs stolen, they’d probably be unable to fight back, right?

"So, we have to let City Hall return it. They’ve got experience handling this sort of thing."

The Fisherman said.

Speaking of which, "Do you have any way to appease the sewer?"

Liu Zheng asked.

Si Xue mentioned that City Hall had agreed, and there would be a reward later.

He figured that if the restaurant could return the eggs themselves, City Hall would surely offer a higher price.

After all, such work was definitely difficult, and City Hall would probably lose a lot of men.

"There is."

The Fisherman confidently stated.

Liu Zheng’s eyes lit up.

"But we have to wait until the eggs are returned."

"Tss."

This old geezer talks as if he’s said something.

"Alright, the sewer is looking this way again, I’m hanging up."

"Oh, and Napoleon hasn’t paid me the final installment. Get it from him and buy the Sea Girl some nice food and drinks to calm her down. The rest is yours."

The Fisherman hung up the phone.

"At least you’ve got some conscience, old man."

Liu Zheng nodded in satisfaction, about to pocket his phone, but it rang again.

"You sure are busy, kid. How many millions are you moving a second?"

Niu Ma joked.

"Hey, not making a dime, this is all loss-making charity work."

He casually replied, glancing at the incoming call display.

A string of gibberish.

"Hm?"

Liu Zheng brought the phone closer to Niu Ma.

"Boss, what’s this about?"

He inquired.

Niu Ma glanced at the phone and frowned as well.

"Don’t know, I’ve never seen this before."

It shook its head.

"So do I answer or not?"

"It’s already calling, you think ignoring it means no trouble?"

"True."

It’s either fortune or disaster that cannot be avoided.

Liu Zheng pressed the answer button.

"Wait a second."

Niu Ma hesitated before saying, and then climbed up from the haystack.

"Get on."

It said.

"Huh?"

"Hurry up, or I’ll beat you up."

Niu Ma puffed its cheeks and glared.

"Okay, okay, I’ll get on."

Liu Zheng walked over to the haystack and lay down mimicking Niu Ma.

An indescribable sense of security enveloped him, like the embrace of a mother he could not remember.

"Go ahead, answer it."

Niu Ma said.

Liu Zheng did as told and pressed the call button.

On the other line, a rustling noise began, along with a fleeting sense of discomfort.

"Hello, who is this?"

He asked.

"Red Ghost."

The husky and deep voice of the Red Ghost sounded.

"Uh, what do you want with me?"

Liu Zheng shifted uncomfortably.

Although the Red Ghost didn’t seem like a bad person and didn’t seem to have as many schemes for him as Ghost Hand did,

the secrets it hid were probably even bigger than those of Ghost Hand, and the less it wanted from him, the less secure he felt.

"The sewer seems pretty angry, do you have any clue?"

The Red Ghost asked.

"Ah, a little bit."

Liu Zheng vaguely responded.

"You actually know? Tell me, what happened?"

The Red Ghost was also surprised.

Most of the time, it stayed in the shelter, having very little contact with the outside world.

This time, the sewer went berserk, causing unrest in the shelter.

It tried to communicate with the sewer before, but now the creature’s consciousness was completely messed up.

With no other choice, the Red Ghost desperately called Liu Zheng.

Unexpectedly, it hit the mark.

"Uh, it’s actually nothing big, I just fished up its... testicles."

Liu Zheng scratched his head awkwardly.

He had not expected fishing to cause such a commotion, with one testicle nearly causing an uproar throughout the entire city.

There was a prolonged silence on both ends of the call.

"I once had a soldier under me who could stir up trouble just like you."

Red Ghost said leisurely.

"And then?"

"Then he couldn’t even become a ghost."

Red Ghost said.

"That means he wasn’t troublesome enough."

Liu Zheng said proudly.

"Perhaps you’re right."

Red Ghost acknowledged his words.

"Hand over the testicles from the sewer to me, and I’ll give you a fair compensation."

It said.

"You’re too late, I’ve already handed them over."

Liu Zheng said helplessly.

If Si Xue hadn’t taken them, he would have been willing to give them to the Red Ghost.

It was definitely more reliable than handing them over to City Hall.

"Who did you give them to?"

"I can’t say, but she should be able to sort this out."

Even if Si Xue didn’t care, City Hall would pressure her to turn them over.

"Tell her, I’ll wait a maximum of 24 hours. If it’s not resolved by then, I will settle everything in my own way,"

Red Ghost said.

"How should I introduce you?"

"Red Ghost."

Red Ghost hung up the call.

"Who was that, acting so high and mighty?"

Niu Ma asked curiously.

He had heard everything since Red Ghost wasn’t speaking softly.

"Red Ghost, do you know it?"

"Don’t know it, what does it look like?"

Liu Zheng described Red Ghost’s appearance.

"Still don’t know. But these types that hide their heads and tails are usually up to no good,"

Niu Ma shook his head.

"I hope you can say the same when you see it."

"Pfft, why would I go to the sewer and see it for no reason? Also, you really need to rein in the succubus scent you’re giving off. Stop flirting with everyone you meet,"

Niu Ma griped.

"It’s not like I want to. What can I do if they seek me out themselves?"

He shrugged his shoulders.

By heaven and earth, aside from French Plane Tree, novelist, Vampire Sister and others, he met everyone else out of compulsion.

It was either be friends or become food.

"Anyway, I’ve warned you, whether you listen or not is up to you. By the way, the effect of that Black Koi thing should have worn off by now, right? You’re on your own for the next deliveries. Go on, get off my bed."

Niu Ma urged him.

"Oh right, the delivery."

Liu Zheng left the pile of grass and hurriedly opened the delivery box.

The contents inside had turned into a lump of black waste.

"Tch."

There really was no loophole for him to exploit.

After thinking it over, he still called Si Xue.

"What is it?"

Si Xue’s tone was a bit impatient.

If you listened closely, you could also hear the noisy electronic synthetic sounds in the background.

"Someone asked me to tell you, if the sewer issue isn’t resolved in 24 hours, they will solve it their own way,"

Liu Zheng said in the most polite way possible.

"Huh? Who? If the name you say doesn’t satisfy me, you’ll be heading to the customer service department to be a cosplayer,"

Si Xue said coldly.

"Red Ghost."

He said, filled with trepidation.

He just hoped the name Red Ghost carried as much weight as he imagined, because being a cosplayer at customer service was worse than becoming an ingredient in the kitchen.

...

"Got it."

Si Xue hung up the call.

"Phew~"

Liu Zheng let out a sigh of relief.

He had dodged another bullet.

But he was even more curious about the identity of the Red Ghost.

Who exactly was this entity that could make even the owner of the Bloody Restaurant uneasy?

And it seemed as if Red Ghost could communicate with the raging sewer, just that it wasn’t easy to do so.

Of course, as curious as he was, he wouldn’t go looking for trouble as long as Red Ghost didn’t seek him out.

The slightest unintended action by these big shots could devastate the life in a river.

He was about to call Nightingale when she called him first.

"Sigh, thankfully, I don’t have to pay for calls."

Liu Zheng sighed.

His phone had been too busy today.

"Who said you don’t have to pay, it’s 200 a month, and it’s deducted from your salary whether you use it or not,"

Niu Ma chimed in.

"Damn!"

That was freaking shady.

Liu Zheng answered the call with grinding teeth.

"How’s the old guy doing?"

It was Sea Girl’s voice on the other end.

"Don’t know, but he’s definitely not dead. He asked me to tell you not to go to the sewer or call him for a while. He’ll let me know when to inform you."

"Doesn’t matter, I wasn’t planning to look for him anyway,"

Sea Girl responded indifferently.

"Right, right."

Liu Zheng responded perfunctorily.

He realized that all these peculiar residents were rather aloof.

No wonder the world was in such a mess because being aloof has gone out of style!

"Do you have any free time coming up?"

After a pause, Sea Girl asked.

"What for?"

She couldn’t possibly have taken a liking to him, could she?

Does the suspension bridge effect work on these non-humans too?

"Accompany me to the Garbage Processing Plant,"

Sea Girl said.

"Sister, aren’t you overestimating me a bit too much?"

Liu Zheng replied sardonically.

With his small stature, delivering orders to a community nearly killed him every time.

The Garbage Processing Plant, a place even Niu Ma would shy away from, would be downright lethal for him.

Liu Zheng was planning to claim the title of Legendary delivery man, but that was after he found the Fire Mage.

And maybe, just maybe, the Fire Mage could help him retrieve the hat directly, so he wouldn’t even have to set foot in the Garbage Processing Plant.

"I can pay you,"

Sea Girl said through clenched teeth.

"It’s not about money. Why don’t you ask Nightingale to go with you?"

Liu Zheng asked.

It would clearly make more sense to have Nightingale go, both in terms of ability and their relationship.

"She’s been taken away by the City Hall people,"

Sea Girl said.

"What?"