The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?

Chapter 1417 - 857: Perfect Dish!

"You and your blade don’t seem very familiar."Niu Ma stomped his hoof on the Horizontal Blade beneath him.

"Haven’t known each other for long, really."

Liu Zheng shrugged.

He’s only been in Metropolis for about ten days, and he’s had "Anger" for even less time.

"Seems like it. Tsk, could this blade be female too?"

Niu Ma pursed his lips.

Weapons above Perfect Quality already possess a hint of Spiritual nature, and having Spiritual nature lays the foundation for "Man and Sword as One."

"Man and Sword as One" doesn’t necessarily raise the lower limit of combat power, but it can push the upper limit very high.

Niu Ma once encountered a Swordsman while delivering takeout. That person’s skill was about the same as Doctor Nile without the Pharaoh King’s Set, but he had reached a high level of "Man and Sword as One" with his own sword.

In a life-or-death moment, the Swordsman’s sword sacrificed itself to deliver a powerful strike, almost turning Niu Ma into both a cow and a horse.

Liu Zheng and "Anger" also had a bit of a "Man and Sword as One" prototype, considering the days spent together, it’s already at a love-at-first-sight level.

After practicing with the blade for half an hour, Liu Zheng became basically familiar with the new skill.

But that’s about it; Niu Ma, after all, isn’t human. To master it further, he’ll need a proper sparring partner.

Shi Yidao is definitely busy, but Doctor Nile and Ma Baoli should be available.

After paying Niu Ma the sparring fee and sitting down to rest for a while, Ace called.

"I talked to the third bureau, they agreed to help but they don’t want money. They’re asking for you to help catch someone."

Ace said.

"Who?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"A male Tiefling who committed multiple home robberies. During the last one, the victim fought back fiercely, and he killed the victim’s entire family—one hundred and three members."

Ace replied.

"That’s indeed brutal. Wait, how many members did you say just now?"

He suddenly realized.

"One hundred and three members. The victim’s family was evolved lemmings, they have a strong reproductive capacity."

Ace replied.

Lemmings are those legends that supposedly commit mass sea-suicide, capable of 7-8 litters a year, up to 12 pups per litter.

Of course, in reality, they don’t truly commit suicide, they just get accidentally drowned during migrations, the mass sea-jumping scene in documentaries is staged through human prompting for filming.

So documentaries may indeed be recording, but just like Liu Zheng often does with his talking tricks, they’re recording only part of the truth.

"... Okay, go on."

Liu Zheng was too exhausted to ridicule further.

"The male lemming victim was a second-class citizen, also a full professor at Metropolitan University and a special consultant for the Biology Administration Bureau. The third bureau is taking this case seriously and dispatched strong forces for arrest, but after employing search methods they found the suspect had fled into the Black Market, leading to a stalemate."

Ace explained.

The Security Department and the Black Market have an understanding; for major cases that make it up to higher authorities or involve multi-departmental joint operations, the Security Department expresses their stance clearly to the Black Market.

If they don’t hand over the suspect, they’re bound for a full siege, outsiders can’t come in, insiders can’t come out.

But this case is somewhat awkward, it has to be handled but issuing an ultimatum seems a bit unnecessary.

Then they bump into Liu Zheng, tasked with retrieving someone, it’s like offering a pillow to someone suffering from insomnia, or a helicopter cup to someone from Britain.

The best outcome would be Liu Zheng and the suspect perishing together, and blowing up the Black Market to smithereens, that would truly be cause for celebration, a triple joy.

"Where exactly in the Black Market? I can’t go searching room by room, can I?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"That, I don’t know. But given that guy’s a Tiefling, there’s a high chance he’ll be at the Demon Casino."

Having said that, Ace gave him a little introduction about the Tiefling race.

Tieflings are a unique type of half-demon; unlike ordinary half-demons, their lineage is very stable, unaffected even after many generations, and their intelligence isn’t much affected by demon blood.

If this Tiefling committing familial extermination wasn’t shaped by personal experience, then he’s probably inherently a bad seed.

"Demon Casino sounds good, I’m really familiar with the owner there."

Liu Zheng seemed pleasantly surprised.

It’s uncanny how people cross paths, having just vented about demons at Ping’an City Gambling House, he’s about to deal with an old acquaintance there.

"Okay, I’ll tell the third bureau you accepted, that way, those Vampires can endure less hardship."

Ace said.

The Vampires naturally wouldn’t admit guilt, and for uncooperative criminals like this, the Security Department has interrogation rooms without surveillance measures—ah, no, interrogation rooms.

"Alright."

Liu Zheng hung up.

"Hey, when does the Black Market open?"

He turned to Niu Ma.

"Tomorrow night, perhaps."

Niu Ma thought for a moment and replied.

"Are you going?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Hell no, all my money was swindled by you."

Niu Ma grumbled.

"Expenses on me."

He said.

"Then I’ll go."

Niu Ma instantly said.

"But you can’t go to those pleasure houses."

Liu Zheng added.

"Why!"

Niu Ma protested.

Going to the Black Market without visiting pleasure houses is like going to the sewer without eating feces.

"You’re preparing for pregnancy, better be cautious. If you catch some disease, wouldn’t it delay the plan?"

Liu Zheng advised.

"Hmph, fine, I won’t go. There’s plenty to spend money on in the Black Market."

Niu Ma pursed his lips.