Luo Zhen didn't hate Crownslayer at all. She was beautiful and had red hair like Lemu. Although her bad breath was a little to complain about, in reality, it was understandable, and she also loved children. Even though she was quite ruthless and wanted to stab him in the back as soon as they met, considering she was a member of the Integration Movement, it wasn't too strange that she was cold-blooded and ruthless in some situations. After all, this wasn't a peaceful world. Every minute and every second in this world, an Infected dies tragically in time. Oppression and violence are what cause resistance to arise along with unreasonable discrimination. Luo Zhen didn't think that a resistance organization like the Integration Movement was wrong at all. It would be better to say that in these harsh environments, even if there was no Integration Movement, there would still be chaotic organizations popping up everywhere where the Infected were oppressed. Luo Zhen had no intention of being a part of those stories.
He could see the gentleness and cuteness under Crownslayer's fierce mask. All that was because she was no threat to him at all. Even if she held a knife to his throat in an alley, it was no different from scratching him, because anyway, she couldn't hurt him even if she tried her best. That's why Luo Zhen could handle the other party with ease and treated them neutrally with the most appropriate attitude. And when the labels of terrorist and extremist organization were removed, her colleagues and she were all young people no different from everyone Luo Zhen had met. They had their own lives and ideals, even though they had all experienced sad tragedies before. But they were able to stand up and resist instead of giving up on it, which was very admirable. The point is, their arbitrary use of violence might be a wrong way of thinking. But that wasn't something an outsider like him could advise on.
Luo Zhen was just an ordinary person who had nothing to do and read the news every day. He didn't know what was happening in the city of Chernobog, where the Integration Movement was currently causing trouble, or about the entire Ursus Empire, he wasn't interested in it either. Luo Zhen didn't see himself as a god who could change anything. Even when he was in Laterano, he was like a kind saint who never went astray, and there were many people who respected him as if he were the son of God. So, after talking and coming to an understanding with Lady Crownslayer, Luo Zhen didn't go home immediately. He had sent a message to Exusiai that he would be home this evening, but in the end, it had to be postponed for a few hours.
After looking at the time on his phone, which had just turned to zero, he stretched and got up from the abandoned sofa in front of a house. He knocked on the louvered door of the shop next door, which should have been empty. Luo Zhen said, "Mr. Lin, I've come to visit." Without waiting for the person inside to answer, Luo Zhen walked straight in.
Not long after, Luo Zhen arrived in front of an ordinary building in the slum district. There were tens of thousands of old-style apartments like this in the slums, lined up in rows like mahjong tiles. Outsiders would get lost in a few minutes if they came here. Because the people who lived here were not ordinary people. In a room that wasn't very luxurious, there was an old man with a rat's head sitting on the sofa.
Just like Wei Yenwu, the leader of Lungmen, this old man in front of him had very clear animal characteristics. His head and limbs looked like a rat's, which proved that his ancestors' blood was very strong. Luo Zhen lowered his head seriously: "I'm sorry to have disturbed your sleep, Mr. Lin, and thank you for being willing to see me." "It's fine, it's fine, but Ah Zhen..." The old rat with white eyebrows and a white beard looked kind, shaking his head sadly: "I understand that you've been doing much better financially in the past few years. Penguin Logistics seems to be a very promising business. Your life has improved a lot, and you seem to get along well with the women at the police station. You come to the slums very often, but you've never once come to my house as a guest. Is it that hard to see this old man as your real uncle? But here you are, still calling me Mr. Lin. You should call me Uncle—no! Call me Godfather Lin, that's right!"
Luo Zhen laughed and said excitedly, "Uncle Lin! You've seen that Syracuse movie, haven't you? In that case, you have to call me Boss Luo too!" The old rat laughed immediately: "Yes, yes, I saw that movie with my daughter. The gangsters in Syracuse are really interesting!" Old Man Lin, known as [Rat King], [Grey Forest], and other incomprehensible titles, but all of them combined to be the true king of the Lungmen slums, the old man in front of him. The ruler of Lungmen in the light is Wei Yenwu, but the ruler of the dark side is this gray Rat King.
As a trading city where the capital has great power, Lungmen doesn't want a place like the slums in its territory. Those who cannot survive in Lungmen must be eliminated, and directly expelling them from Lungmen is the most effective way, but it is also a very cold-blooded act. The reason why the developed urban area can still maintain the existence of these crowded slums is all thanks to the generosity of this Rat King. Luo Zhen didn't know what kind of agreement Old Man Wei and Old Man Lin had reached, and their relationship was still a mystery. But overall, they still maintained this delicate balance to ensure that the peace of Lungmen would not be disturbed. Perhaps because the slums are the entire outskirts of Lungmen, if a threat arises, the existence of the slums will help reduce the damage to the city itself. But those things had nothing to do with Luo Zhen.
For Luo Zhen, Old Man Lin was a kind grandpa who treated him very well. When he first arrived in Lungmen, it was thanks to his help that Luo Zhen was able to get on his feet in the slums. For Luo Zhen, he was one of the greatest benefactors in his life. Therefore, Luo Zhen always respected this old man with 12 points and said a few words, while taking advantage of the topic to ask about various things: "How is Miss Zexia doing? I heard she's managing several shops now, and it seems she's doing well."
The rat's face of Old Man Lin had a few deep wrinkles: "Miss? What Miss, you smelly kid! Her name is Xiao Zexia! It's not like you've fallen for that little yellow-furred cat and forgotten her, have you? She's the one from the guard office who's been in the rumors, right? Ah... poor little Zexia. She'll have to try harder if she wants to win against her best friend." Luo Zhen held his teacup with difficulty: "...You're exaggerating, Uncle Lin." Zexia is the beloved daughter of Old Man Lin, and her full name is Lin Zexia. However, the [little yellow-furred cat] that Old Man Lin mentioned probably meant Shi Huayra. Lin Zexia and Shi Huayra are childhood best friends of the same age, and they were in the same class before high school. Although their relationship is quite distant now, it seems they still contact each other sometimes.
One is the eldest daughter of a great capitalist, and the other is the daughter of the Rat King who guards the Dragon's Gate. No matter how you look at it, it should be a relationship that could never get along... but Lin Zexia and Shi Huayra have been best friends since they were young. They both lived together and wore the same stockings. The relationship could be said to be as close as blood-related siblings. Of course, these gossip stories were not told by Luo Zhen, but by Old Man Lin who had told him for fun while they were talking over tea. Luo Zhen was a good friend of Shi Huayra, and of course, she probably saw Lin Zexia as a good friend of hers as well... but he wasn't sure if she would be willing to tell Luo Zhen about this if he asked her directly. Right now, it seemed that girl was not at home, and it wasn't strange that a girl of this age would not try to get close to her own father. But Luo Zhen, who was following the topic of conversation and trying to pay attention to it, Old Man Lin didn't care about it at all.
He drank the hot tea and tapped his paw-like hands on the table a few times: "I'll tell you straight, Ah Zhen. My daughter Zexia is still very young. Even though she tries to act like an adult by trying to handle everything all day by herself, her life experience is still too little. Sigh... unlike me, when I was her age, I was old enough to have children... that's why, Ah Zhen, when are you going to have a child with Zexia to give me a grandchild?" "H-have a child!!" Luo Zhen accidentally knocked over his teacup on the table. His mouth was stiff, but his body was even stiffer.
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