Lazily yours

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Chapter 257: Manifest

"It is important." But so was Shen Qui. "But we needed to stabilize this city first." She and the others got inside the car with Gu Cheng on the driver's seat.

"Miss Xi, this City had always been like this before I was even born. While my family doesn't live in the slums, most of my friends do. In fact, when my mother kicked me out for stabbing someone, a friend of mine offered his home to me. That home was located in the slums of Mr. Olfan's Territory. The poverty and crimes were too much even for me. I ended up leaving because I couldn't stomach it."

Gu Cheng immediately snorted when he heard Ma Ping's words. "Is there really something you couldn't stomach?"

"You haven't been there. You spent your time staying in libraries so you haven't seen the whole world outside! Hmph! One time, I saw an old woman who was stabbed because she refused to give the thugs the two cents that she found in the garbage. I was about to stop them when my friend stopped me and told me that involving myself would involve him and his whole family too."

Ma Ping let out a sigh while shaking his head. At that time, he really wanted to help but he was also concern about his friend's family. "In the end, I have to leave. I can't keep on watching stuff like that happened in front of me all the time." His words were followed by silence as the car slowed before finally stopping in front of a woman wearing a cap, a black guitar bag was hanging on the woman's shoulders. 

Junqi quickly entered the car and smiled at everyone.

"Junqi, your sniping skills are becoming better and better. One of these days, you will surely surpass me."

"You don't have sniping skills." Gu Cheng was quick to protect his woman from Ma Ping's teasing.

"And you don't have balls! What kind of man doesn't even know how to hit a target?" Ma Ping snorted in response.

However, Lyca continued ignoring the two. She looked out of the car before closing her eyes. Until now, she couldn't forget about that necklace that the man in pink was wearing. A part of her was telling her that this was all a coincidence while a part of her was telling her to do some research about that matter. Moreover, there was also the case of her grandfather's poisoning. Until now, the old man was still in a coma, his body was basically dead, only his brain is awake because of the current technology. That poison shouldn't be in this world. Or at least, no one in this world was able to concoct the same poison yet. However, humans evolve. No one really knows if someone would be able to make that poison by accident.

Lyca already tried to ask Yi'an to inquire and get a list of people who had the type of poison and venom that they use to concoct the poison for her grandfather. But they weren't able to track that person down.

"Where are we going next, Miss Xi? Are we going to kick some ass this time?" Ma Ping interrupted Lyca's stupor. She eyed him before nodding. "Yes. We're going to the base of the Tower of No Return." Ronan informed her that Q Tower or Tower of No Return is located in one of the most productive areas in Kong City.

This was located near the port and it was also where the ambush happened. Lyca soon shook the thoughts of the necklace and the poison as she thought about the current location of Shen Qui's territory. Kong City is north of Long City and south of Phor City— A city where is in the Navut Region. Of course, that was where the Capital City of Xu was located. Moreover, the Navut region is the biggest region of the five regions in this country. 

Meaning, Shen Qui's territory is strategically placed in the middle of two thriving cities. This was only one of the reasons why many people wanted this territory. The second reason is that it had a port and is only separated by a few miles from the rich Yayla City.