Chu Muyun's eyes narrowed slightly,
"...Is it about to begin?"
"Aurora City has begun making preparations." Bai Ye gently pulled down the brim of his baseball cap, hiding half of his face in shadow. "Although the vast majority haven't realized it yet, the undercurrents have already begun to surge."
Chu Muyun glanced at this seemingly sleeping city and remained silent for a moment,
"It's coming faster than imagined... Should we bring 【Six of Hearts】 in first?"
"No need."
"It will be very dangerous outside, his strength is still too weak."
"Rank doesn't represent everything. That kid is very interesting, not that easy to die..." The corners of Bai Ye's mouth curled up slightly. "I'm actually very curious, without our help, in what way will he... enter Aurora City."
Chu Muyun glanced at Bai Ye, who clearly wanted to watch a good show. "Acting like this makes us seem very cold-blooded internally, very disunited."
"..."
"Relax, that kid is very smart. Maybe he can even bring a little 'Dusk Shock' to Aurora City... I have high hopes for him."
"Then do as you please." Chu Muyun calmly turned and walked back into the room,
"Anyway, when the time comes and the Red King places the blame, you take the fall."
Bai Ye: ...
Seeing Chu Muyun coldly return to the room, leaving him all alone on the eaves, Bai Ye sighed helplessly.
He casually grabbed at the void, and a bottle of red wine stolen from who knows where, along with a goblet, appeared in his palm.
The rose-red wine rolled into the cup, emitting a faint fragrance under the moon. Bai Ye pinched the goblet with one hand and clinked it from afar towards the sky full of auroras,
"A toast to death."
He tilted his head back and drank the rose-red in the cup in one gulp.
...
Early the next morning.
Chen Ling changed into his Law Enforcer Black and Red Uniform, briefly tidied his attire, and pushed the door to leave.
Since the appointment for Enforcer hadn't come down for a day, he was still a District Three Law Enforcer, and daily patrols were essential. As for the fear the other Frost Street residents had towards him... Chen Ling thought about it for a whole night and felt it was actually not bad this way.
To be honest, Chen Ling didn't care how others viewed him. After all, his becoming a Law Enforcer was only to hide his identity well. There was no need to go to great lengths to display friendliness to these residents.
Now that everyone on Frost Street feared him, it also saved a lot of trouble. Just as Han Meng said, Law Enforcers needed to have prestige.
Chen Ling had just walked onto the street. Those few Frost Street residents returning from the vegetable market turned pale the moment they saw the black and red figure appear. They grabbed their vegetables, turned around, and ran!
In the blink of an eye, on the massive Frost Street, only Chen Ling was left alone again.
Chen Ling: "..."
Okay, this seemed to be more than just "prestige" now.
Chen Ling just pretended not to see it and continued patrolling along Frost Street. Wherever he went, not only did all pedestrians detour, but those bosses who had been staring blankly in this direction closed their shop doors in terror the moment they saw the black and red figure, their speed incredibly fast!
There were even a few bosses who tremblingly reached their hands out from the gap under the rolling shutter doors, took out a red Plastic Bag from inside, and carefully placed it at the door...
A gust of cold wind swept across the empty street. Chen Ling looked at the tightly shut shop doors on both sides and the messy red Plastic Bags at the doors, falling into deep thought...
He walked up to one of the shops, bent down, and opened the red Plastic Bag. A bloody stench assaulted his face.
Inside were all bloody chicken hearts, pig hearts, and cow hearts.
These were the "tributes" given to Chen Ling by the bosses of Frost Street.
The corners of Chen Ling's mouth twitched slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he still picked up these Plastic Bags one by one and continued forward...
Chen Ling felt that if he didn't pick them up, these bosses would only panic more. Being scared away from Frost Street was a small matter, but if someone was truly forced to dig out human hearts for him, then things would be troublesome.
Following Chen Ling leaving with both hands full of Plastic Bags, tens of seconds later, a corner of the shop's rolling shutter door finally opened.
"Did he leave?"
"Left... Took those hearts away too."
"Phew... It's good that he accepted them. Since he accepted them, he probably won't make things difficult for us anymore."
"Fuck!! Who exactly was it last night that said he was dead?? I was almost scared to death!"
"I went to confirm again today. They said everyone who entered the Ancient Vault of the Military Path died, and he was the only one who came out alive..."
"Ah? He killed all the others?!"
"I don't know..."
"What did I say? He is a monster!!"
"...You guys don't think he'll undergo Advancement to become an Enforcer, right?"
"??? He's a Law Enforcer now and has already made the entire Frost Street restless. If he becomes an Enforcer, how chaotic will District Three be then?"
"I'm just afraid that by then, he won't be satisfied with animal hearts anymore... With just a little trick, he could kill people for their hearts, right?"
"He absolutely must not become an Enforcer..."
The bosses reopened for business, looking in the direction that figure had left, praying in their hearts at the same time...
Meanwhile, at the corner of the street, three Law Enforcers walked out slowly. They looked at the crowd not far away who still had lingering fear on their faces, their brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
"Is that the monster Law Enforcer you guys were talking about?"
"Yes, I heard he uses human hearts to intimidate the residents of Frost Street. His reputation has already spread to our side."
"Human hearts? Is it true?"
"It must be fake. It's said he handed out over a dozen at the time, where would he go to kill so many people... Moreover, he's just a rookie, probably playing tricks to extort money."
"What's inside those bags?"
"Probably protection fees collected? Tsk tsk tsk, such a large bag, how much money must be inside?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, a rookie, extorting far more ruthlessly than us..."
"Hmph, playing the devil."
The three stared straight in the direction Chen Ling left. Thinking of the several full bags of things he was carrying just now, they only felt something scratching at their hearts...
"Brother Guo, what do we do next?" A Law Enforcer's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. "Should we find a place to teach him a lesson?"
The man called Brother Guo narrowed his eyes slightly. After a moment, he sneered and spoke,
"Just teaching him a lesson is letting him off too easily... Xiao Zuo, you go to the headquarters and tell them..."
Brother Guo gave a few consecutive instructions. Xiao Zuo's eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't help clapping his hands in praise. "This method is brilliant!"
"Brother Guo, will doing this work? Who among the District Three Law Enforcers hasn't scraped some grease? Isn't it a bit bad to mess with him so openly?" Another Law Enforcer hesitated.
"Does he call this scraping some grease? Look at those few bags, what the few of us scraped combined can't even compare."
Brother Guo seemed to have thought of something and sneered:
"The Commander-in-Chief Han Meng is the most upright person. Letting him see the grease this kid has scraped... I don't believe this kid can continue being a Law Enforcer!"