Chapter 68: Bait, please adjust your attitude
The two walked in the darkness, going deeper and deeper underground.
Rena looked at the tunnel leading deeper underground, realizing that it was not the way out. Her anxiety and fear grew stronger.
She felt as if she was stepping closer to the abyss...
Finally, unable to bear the eerie atmosphere any longer, Rena cautiously asked, "Mr. Su'en, where are we going? Aren't we going back to the surface?"
Seeing her timid and hesitant look, she probably thought that if sothing happened in this environnt, even if she scread her lungs out, no one would know.
"..."
Upon hearing this, Su'en turned his head and glanced at her. After a mont of contemplation, he finally spoke, "Do you think you're safe now?"
"Huh?"
Rena felt a bit guilty under his gaze, as if she could see the word "stupid" written on her forehead.
Su'en thought for a mont and explained, "Explosions can be heard from far away, enough to attract assassins. The distorted monsters are just a ans of murder, but the mastermind behind them... is human. If they find out you're not dead, do you think they won't co looking for you? If you go out now, I guarantee there are assassins waiting for you."
If saving soone was as simple as dealing with a few distorted monsters, he wouldn't have hesitated before.
The mastermind behind it all was what he truly feared.
.......
"Huh? I... I..."
As soon as Rena heard this, her mind seed to be filled with conflicting information, and her speech beca incoherent.
She hadn't had ti to think about it while being chased by monsters all the way. And now, in this unfamiliar environnt, changing clothes under the gaze of a stranger, her mind was still blank.
Listening to his words, she instantly understood.
Now, she finally realized that the man in front of her was indeed as her aunt had described, always possessing an almost inhuman calmness in any situation. (The original words seed to be about betting on a gambling table or sothing, but it doesn't matter.)
Thinking of this, Rena realized that she had asked a really stupid question earlier.
This intelligent gentleman must have guessed her foolish and naive thoughts.
Blushing, she weakly expressed her apologies for her random guesses, "I'm sorry..."
"..."
Su'en didn't pay much attention to her, seemingly indifferent, and continued walking.
To ease the awkward atmosphere, Rena thought for a mont and took the initiative to say, "Mr. Su'en, aren't you curious about why the trial went wrong? And who the mastermind is?"
Su'en frowned slightly, feeling that she was being a bit verbose.
Perhaps it was because the enclosed environnt made this young lady feel uneasy, and she wanted to talk to seek so comfort. But in this situation, was it the ti for idle chatter?
Huh, as expected, won only slow down the speed of drawing guns.
He casually said, "Not curious."
"..."
Rena felt embarrassed for a mont.
Seeing that she still wanted to say sothing, Su'en felt that he should put an end to this aningless conversation.
After thinking for a mont, he said in one breath, "If I'm not mistaken, your father is either critically ill or retiring, and you are the first heir of the conglorate, destined to inherit it. Unfortunately, you also have so greedy uncles and cousins. And... the mastermind behind this attack is most likely a close relative who stands to inherit the conglorate if you die."
Upon hearing this, the shock in Rena's eyes grew stronger, and she couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah... how... how did you know?"
"..."
Su'en's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a bit bored.
It was probably because the entertainnt industry and communication in this world were not developed enough, so the common people couldn't get a taste of the upper class society.
But in Su'en's previous life, these power struggles within wealthy families had been played out countless tis in novels and in reality. The gambling king prolonging his life, the concubines fighting for power; the son of a certain chaebol forcing his father to abdicate and seizing power; the wealthy prince hunting down his bodyguard and lover who had cuckolded him...
Reality was more lodramatic than fiction.
The richer they were, the more ruthless they were towards their own family.
There was nothing new about it.
Su'en felt that he had talked enough and didn't say anything more.
However, the advantage of saying such a long speech was that Rena finally understood and obediently followed behind him, poking her fingers together, silently keeping up.
She felt that this man seed to be able to guess everything.
As calm as a monster.
.......
As the two went deeper and deeper, the foul sll of the sewer beca stronger.
Suddenly, Su'en realized sothing and turned to look at Rena, whose face was flushed from holding her breath. There was a helpless expression in his eyes.
He had been thinking about other things and forgot that this girl was only wearing a thin shirt and didn't even have a gas mask.
But perhaps because she had been repeatedly embarrassed in the conversation just now, Rena didn't feel comfortable asking for anything.
Su'en shook his head slightly and took out clothes, a gun, a dagger, and bullets from his storage ring.
"The bulletproof clothing technology in the outer city is outdated and heavy. Wearing it will greatly affect your agility. It's up to you to choose. If you don't wear bulletproof clothing, there will be no room for error, and you must remain highly vigilant throughout. The underground is very dangerous, and a slight carelessness could be fatal. But if you wear it, you won't be able to escape if you encounter danger..."
Rena took the heavy bulletproof vest, which was dozens of tis heavier than the academy's combat uniform. She was about to put it on, but upon hearing Su'en's analysis, she seed to have thought of sothing and backed off, answering weakly, "I... I think I won't wear it."
Su'en put away the bulletproof vest, then pointed to the firearm hanging at her waist, reminding her, "Try the feel of the firearm first, but don't fire it. The firearms in the outer city are not as good as those in your academy, the recoil will be quite strong. Be ntally prepared in case of any situation. The other one is a rune firearm, which was given to
by Charlie before, it should be handy. But the alchemical bullets are limited, please don't fire at will unless necessary..."
"Oh."
Rena felt that she understood everything, but in front of this man, it seed like she knew nothing.
She was like a puppet being manipulated, whatever Su'en said, she could only say "okay
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