Chapter 42 Electrokinesis <TOC> Chapter 44 Big Thief in the City
Translator: SumTLMan
In the eastern district of the city of Avonigarda, at Third Street on Fifth Avenue, lies the most chaotic place in the entire city.
Various energetic crime organizations still flourish despite the post-apocalypse, and have even partially taken over the position of the ruling powers due to the city’s declining ability to govern.
Under this dangerous balance, the third street presents a distorted prosperity. At night, countless colorful lights shining and adorn the dim streets with a red and green glow.
The air is filled with the scent of hormones, and the decadence temporarily allows people to forget one’s presence in the wasteland.
Looking around, everywhere are women with revealing clothing beckoning customers. Some large bars even have over a hundred people queuing at the entrance, with the women dressed in a flamboyant manner, exposing large pieces of skin even in the cold windy nights.
In a place where the neon lights don’t reach, a skinny child was kicked out and fell into a ditch.
The stinky sewage soaked her tattered clothes as she was shaking from the cold.
In Avonigarda City, there is a job suitable for children.
To prevent people from stealing electricity by tapping into the cables, the cables of Avonigarda City are buried deep underground.
Due to the lack of reasonable planning and supervision, the underground cable tunnels of Avonigarda City have become a labyrinth after decades of continuous renovations. No one can make sense of the complicated lines. And once a cable failure causes a blackout, adults cannot enter the narrow cable wells and tunnels for maintenance.
This creates a space for profit. There are electricians who train child laborers to repair the broken cables by entering the cable wells and tunnels.
These children, after working a whole day, can earn ten or so copper Pasuo. This is a lot of money, enough for them to eat. Therefore, many families from the slums send their children to the hands of the electricians.
Many people on the street don’t know that under their feet may be a child who died of suffocation or electrocution in the cable tunnel.
“Please, give me the money promised to my brother. My mother is seriously ill and needs this money.”
The child shivers and begs while pleading.
Due to her mother’s serious illness, her brother has been secretly working, and after descending into the cable well, he was unable to climb back up.
“Retrieve your brother’s body and then talk, with his body is down there, what if the rats have gnawed through the cables?”
The security guard in the bar was a burly person from Xingdu, his chest was bulging with muscle that was stretched by his tank top, and his arms were tattooed with ferocious mutated creatures.
He said coldly with a smirk.
The child gagged and stood up from the ditch, looked at the dark and deep cable well, and shuddered as she prepared to climb down.
A warm big hand covered her head, and a rolling heat took away the cold from her body.
“No need to go down.”
Li Mu tilted his head and looked at the security guard in front of him.
“You’re going to deduct so few copper Pasuo?”
“Don’t mind other people’s business, Xian, this is the territory of Nomu.”
Li Mu walked forward and stretched out his hand, grabbing the security guard’s shoulder.
“You want electricity, I’ll give it to you right now.”
In the dim back alley, the pale blue arc suddenly lit up. The security guard convulsed violently, his eyes rolled white, and he fell to the ground.
Li Mu took out his wallet, counted the money inside, popped out a silver Taka, and dropped it into the child’s palm.
“Hurry up and go.”
Shee stuffed his wallet into her pocket and said.
“Tha… thank you, big brother!”
Li Mu pushed open the door of the back alley and walked in.
Li Mei stepped on the security guard on the ground.
“Do we kill him?”
“Your killing intent is a bit heavy.”
Li Mu rubbed his arm, the feeling of using Electrokinesis was strange, as if his own energy was transformed into electrical potential by psychic energy, as long as he touched the other person, he could inject high-voltage electricity into their body.
“Killing the other person as soon as you meet them is not good, we still need to trade with Nomu.”
He said as he dragged the security guard to the ditch, hid him, and then tidied up the suit he had bought, and walked into the bar.
After the power was restored, the bar’s dance floor regained its liveliness. The light bulbs were shining, and countless figures were wildly dancing inside. On the stage, a Xia person dressed in a glittering dance costume was singing melodiously.
“Who are you?”
A security guard noticed the two people who entered from the back door, put his hand into his clothes, and gripped the handle of the gun inside.
“Don’t worry, we are here to do business, and we want to buy a batch of weapons from Mr. Nomu.”
Li Mu opened his arms, indicating that he had no malicious intent.
The security guard withdrew his hand from the gun handle.
“People from Raginbeard?”
“No, just a small band of marauders, but we are willing to pay a high price. We heard that other marauders have come to Mr. Nomu to get their goods.”
Li Mu shook his hand and said.
The security guard’s face showed a look of suspicion, but he did not have the authority to refuse the business that came to his door, and he said after a nod.
“Come on, I’ll take you to see Mr. Nomu.”
He led the two people, passing through the twisted crowd, and arrived at the booth area.
Mr. Nomu is a gloomy Xingdu person, with thin lips, no eyebrows, and an aquiline nose. Sitting next to him was a giant over two meters tall, with a bushy beard, scars on his face, and skin that appeared to be cast from brass.
“Mr. Nomu, they want the goods in our hands.”
After the security guard whispered a few words in Mr. Nomu’s ear, he turned and left.
Mr. Nomu first looked at Li Mu, then looked at Li Mei who was also wearing a suit.
“How much do you want?”
“As much as you have, if there are heavy weapons, then it couldn’t be better.”
Li Mu said.
Namu looked at Li Mu with a doubtful gaze.
“Let’s go take a look at the goods underground.”
The basement of the bar was Namu’s manufacturing workshop, warehouse, and reception room. Over a dozen girls and children were working on the workbench, assembling guns.
They dismantle usable parts from broken firearms and assemble them into new rifles. Several armed security guards are monitoring them.
“We don’t want this second-hand goods.”
Li Mu said.
“Relax, my friend, they are all brand new, brand new goods from the military supply warehouse of the subordinate infantry division.”
Namu laughed and patted Li Mu’s shoulder.
A group of people arrived in a luxurious reception room.
“Bang!”
A loud noise, the heavy metal door of the reception room was closed.
“Now, my friend, tell me how much money you brought, there is no goods without a deposit.”
Namu rubbed his chin, recklessly observing Li Mei.
His tall bodyguard was already standing behind the two of them. Several others have also surrounded the two men.
Chapter 42 Electrokinesis <TOC> Chapter 44 Big Thief in the City