AWITTGABAGIWOBAFOAP Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Deception

“I thought you were a big, burly man pretending to be a little girl to gain sympathy…”

The invisible gaze probing in the air stiffened, but did not shrink back or retreat.

Yuri looked around and found nothing, withdrawing his suspicious gaze.

“What’s wrong?” The Lower Trash District Official also stood up.

“Nothing,” Yuri said blandly.

The Lower Trash District Official never imagined that Allen would disappear in the Lower Trash District. Who exactly was this *S* who kidnapped Allen?

If not an A-class Mechanical Engineer, how could they be so familiar with mechanical manipulation, and how could they provide a mechanical design blueprint for human prosthetics that would benefit the lower class?

However, the Lower Trash District Official chose to remain silent about all of this.

“I can keep this secret, but I need something in exchange.” The ill-intentioned words made the Lower Trash District Official wary.

Sure enough, Yuri pulled up a set of images from his communicator.

They were of prosthetics and various artificial mechanical organs.

“This kind of thing is very interesting. I want the design drawings,” Yuri naturally knew that the Lower Trash District didn’t have the ability to create them. He wanted to seize this genius Mechanical Engineer to achieve his grand ambitions.

“You’re infringing on the rights of the Mechanical Engineer!” The Lower Trash District Official seemed not to have expected the other party to be so direct.

“I know the situation in the Lower Trash District is special. Using mechanical organs to win over the people’s hearts is a brilliant method,” Yuri stepped forward and patted the Official on the shoulder, saying earnestly, “However, have you ever thought about massively distributing these, increasing the unit price, and spreading them to every corner of the Underground City? Then, the Lower Trash District will no longer be troubled by war, and you will be raking in money.”

“Impossible.”

The refusal was too absolute, and Yuri became curious, “Why?”

“Because that person said that he couldn’t bear to see the people living in misery, and hoped for humanity, freedom above all else, and the soul to live on and on,” The Lower Trash District Official stopped paying attention to the Legion Commander and walked to the window, breathing in the air thick with the scent of gunpowder smoke flowing in the wind. Fate was predetermined.

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Pulan opened her eyes. The vibrations in the bathroom had stopped, but she didn’t waste any time.

She stood up, wiped her face, and rubbed the blood from her eyes before gradually recovering her sight from the blur.

She didn’t know what method Song Ningwan used, but the entire bathroom was unscathed in the collapse.

Pulan inhaled to keep her mind clear, and suddenly pushed open the doorknob.

*Boom—*

A giant stone fell from overhead. Pulan took a step back, her nose brushing against the stone surface, causing it to bleed.

Pulan, a survivor of the disaster, gasped for breath while holding the doorknob, almost being crushed to death.

After the explosion, cracks appeared in the floor, and large areas of the walls collapsed one after another.

Since the bathroom’s defense system was activated, the surrounding collapsed buildings pressed these areas into a small space, creating a peculiar structure.

Extra caution was needed; carelessness could crush Pulan and the others into minced meat.

Pulan regained her spirits and wanted to step out, but felt something strange under her feet.

She looked down and found it was rubble. Relieved, she cautiously stepped over it.

Although it was pitch black all around, Pulan’s spirit was constantly permeating every corner like a tide.

She could quickly determine that the location of the medicine was on the rightmost shelf.

Pulan happily walked over, gently caressing the surface with her hand, touching the hard stone surface, and frowning subconsciously.

The metal cabinet containing the medicine was flattened.

There was no more time to delay.

Pulan retracted her hand and tried to release her spirit sea again, caressing everything around her.

Suddenly, the girl opened her eyes and walked toward the mangled operating table.

“Hello,” Pulan called out. Receiving no response, she had to rely on herself, squatting down and probing into the only gap.

*Ding—*

She pressed a button inside.

After a moment, a small box popped out of the discarded operating table.

Pulan picked it up. Since there was no light, she fumbled around and accidentally pressed the switch.

The box opened, revealing two pills, followed by an old voice.

“Oh, darling, do you want to live? Look at the medicine in front of you. I’m sorry, one is an antidote, and the other is poison.”

“Who are you?” Pulan looked around, planning to stall for time and use her spirit to find the source of the voice.

“Who I am is not important.” The voice continued, “What is important is that I can feel you need this life-saving elixir, but how should you choose between the poison and the antidote?”

“Can you tell me?”

“Of course,” the other party smiled evilly, “No.”

Pulan concentrated, trying to determine the whereabouts of the pretender through clues.

“However,” the other party’s words were interrupted by a suddenly approaching figure, leaving them stunned.

“Found you.” In the darkness, Pulan sensed the peeking from another space.

She quickly found the man who was trapped in the medical room just like her.

The other party was pretending with Pulan through a small hole in the rock.

“You, you child, you deserve to have survived.”

Pulan didn’t want to waste time, “Tell me, what exactly is this medicine?”

“Why should I tell you? Are you seriously injured and want to take a gamble?”

Pulan didn’t speak.

“I told you, that’s the emergency escape life-saving medicine I researched, used to bring people back to life or quickly end their lives.” The other party smiled, “If you don’t believe me, you can try it yourself.”

“You’re also injured, why don’t you use it yourself,” Pulan tried to get more information from the other party.

“Haven’t you heard of respecting the old and loving the young? I wouldn’t stoop to snatchsomething from a child.”

Pulan lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, suddenly turned around and ran into the bathroom, casually taking out a pill and feeding it to Song Ningwan.

Seeing the man in front of her breathing gradually stabilize, Pulan thought that she was right.

“gentlemen.”

Her stomach started churning. She hadn’t eaten food for a long time, so she could only retch.

The taste in Song Ningwan’s mouth was very bitter, instantly warming his gradually cold fists and feet.

“Am I dead?” Song Ningwan couldn’t see his fingers in front of his eyes. He waved his hand and accidentally touched Pulan.

“gentlemen, you’re awake.” The breath that Pulan had been holding in her throat finally fell back into her heart.

Song Ningwan didn’t ask how he woke up. He leaned against the sink to rest for a while. A faint cry came from nowhere, and he looked at Pulan.

Even in the darkness, they were connected.

Pulan used concise language to describe everything that happened after Song Ningwan fainted.

“Real and fake medicine…” Song Ningwan asked curiously, “Aren’t you afraid that you fed me poison?”

“gentlemen should have guessed that the medicine is real. He was just lying to me,” Pulan said, “He started out trying to trick me into giving him the medicine by pretending to be a ghost. If I didn’t give it to him, I would have to gamble. But no matter which one I ate, I wouldn’t die, so I would relax my vigilance. Then he would coax me into giving him the poison to commit suicide. Then, he would have the energy to kill me.”

Seeing Song Ningwan hadn’t spoken for a long time, Pulan realized that her thoughts were very poisonous, and she subconsciously explained.

Song Ningwan happened to speak: “You’re right, that doctor was knocked unconscious by me, otherwise he wouldn’t be trapped here. Give him the medicine, and I will resist if he wants to kill us later.”

“Okay.”

The two huddled together in the darkness, soon walking out of the bathroom and coming to the small hole, sending the pill in.

The sound of fabric rubbing came from the other side. In an instant, the wall collapsed.

In the darkness, the sense of danger materialized. Song Ningwan heard Pulan’s reminder and reached out his arm to block the attack from the air.

“Do you want to die after this place collapses?” Song Ningwan didn’t dare to make large movements and could only parry. It was obvious that the other party’s skills were insufficient, only knowing how to use brute force.

“Careful!” Pulan just finished speaking, and the sharp cone that stopped in front of Song Ningwan’s eyes fell to the ground.

He almost pierced his pupils.

Song Ningwan watched as a faint light illuminated the surroundings, and the three of them appeared in each other’s sight.

The doctor’s white coat was worn by Song Ningwan into a red blood coat, somewhat angry.

“I didn’t expect there to be a child. I thought you were a big, burly man pretending to be a little girl to gain sympathy. I almost threw up.”

Song Ningwan thought about that scene and found it somewhat indescribable.

“Who exactly are you, and why did you knock me unconscious?” The doctor’s face turned cold, and he said sullenly, “And you’re wearing my clothes?! Where are my glasses?”

After all, Song Ningwan was at fault in this matter, and pointed to Pulan: “She’s injured and needs treatment.”

“Hehehe.” The doctor glanced at Song Ningwan, but his eyes were gentle when he looked at Pulan, “Her injuries are not serious. However, shouldn’t you go to the hospital when you’re injured? What are you doing at the City Management Bureau?”

“If nothing unexpected happens, there will no longer be a City Management Bureau in this world.”

Song Ningwan’s words puzzled the doctor, “What do you mean? Do you know what you’re saying? This is Jian…”

“It was done by Bilin · Jian because you abducted his grandson Allen.”

The doctor’s face was pale, and the blood in his body turned ice cold.

“What a joke, those idiots…” Seeing the scene in front of him, the doctor believed what Song Ningwan said.

After hesitating for a while, he couldn’t help but ask: “Everyone is dead?”

“You should know the ruthlessness of the Jian family,” Song Ningwan didn’t joke and didn’t intend to comfort him.

“But we did so much for the Jian family… What underground exploration, human research, it was all the City Management that did the work for him! Why?! Just because they accidentally kidnapped his grandson?!!!” The doctor’s emotions were more agitated. He didn’t care who Song Ningwan was and said it like that, “No, this is absolutely impossible.”

Song Ningwan didn’t understand: “Bilin loves Allen very much, why is it impossible?”

“This matter is definitely not that simple,” The doctor laughed, “You don’t really believe the rumors, do you? Bilin loves Allen? How ridiculous. The so-called love is just turning his own grandson into a thoughtless mascot with drugs. Also, Allen disappeared, and everyone thought it was done by Inlun, but who is behind it… is not certain.”

“What?” A trace of disbelief flashed in Song Ningwan’s eyes. Perhaps, even he didn’t realize that his voice had become trembling: “Turning them into thoughtless… mascots with drugs, what does that mean?”

“That’s right, you haven’t seen Allen, so of course you don’t know.” The doctor laughed and continued.