Chapter 300 - Golden Tooth (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Meng Chao’s gaze was clear as he stared into Lu Siya’s eyes.

Lu Siya had to squash her anger.

Naturally, she could not summon even a single elite fighter.

“So, you’re the one who deceived me first, right?” Meng Chao said cordially. “When I asked you on the phone as to whether you can get reinforcements, you told me that you will get a squad of elites from the abnormal beast research department to ensure that everything proceeds safely.”

“But…” Lu Siya took a moment to take hold of her anger before she said, “We could capture Small Insect on our own. Why did you let someone else snatch the credit?! We had actually captured him!”

“But at what price?” Meng Chao retorted. “If Shen Yupeng hadn’t brought his secret police officers and adjudicators, how many innocent citizens would have been injured by these biochemical pets that Small Insect enraged?

“Also, you can see that we’re surrounded by illegal buildings. They easily catch fires and collapse. How could you ensure that the biochemical pets wouldn’t create any tragedies?

“Perhaps to you, the deaths of dozens or even a hundred innocent citizens is a price you can accept as long as you can capture a crucial suspect. It reminds me of how you led the mine exploration team into an unidentified lake with a Lion Dragon Fish in it just to get the first mining rights for the Red Radiance Jade mine. In the end, your entire team was almost wiped out.

“But no matter what, those mine explorers had signed a contract with you, so they knew full well the dangers of coming with you.

“But the citizens here live here because they’re poor, were born here, or have other reasons. They should not become the ‘price’ you have to pay.

“I know that you have a lot of money and connections that allow you to use extraordinary methods to handle things. I believe that even if a tragedy really happened here, you would be able to give compensation fees that are high enough to satisfy the victims’ families. You would also be able to handle the forces of power in Golden Tooth Lair. Then, you would be a step ahead of the secret police and beautifully handle a case that is connected to many major parties. In the end, everybody would be satisfied.

“But the dead can’t talk, and they can’t express their anger or happiness.

“I’m sorry, but this just isn’t the way I do things. I can’t let a tragedy happen right in front of my eyes. If you really created one, I’m afraid there’s no way we would be able to work together again in the future. You might even become my eternal enemy.

“That is why I had to go to Shen Yupeng and… make some preparations beforehand.”

Lu Siya stared at Meng Chao for a long time before she sucked in a deep breath. “So, Shen Yupeng knew about our findings before we even entered Golden Tooth Lair?”

“Correct. He brought a well-trained squad of secret police officers and adjudicators through another entrance,” Meng Chao said. “When we were investigating Jin Yongqiang’s social network and locked down on Small Insect, he conducted a search for information and organized it.

“He also contacted Black Bone and Golden Tooth to have them work with us. Otherwise, how would it have been possible for us to leave Black Bone Colosseum so easily after the ruckus we caused there?”

Lu Siya fell silent. Then, she said, “So, right from the beginning, you didn’t trust me.”

Meng Chao scratched his head. “But you never showed me any reason to trust you! Did you actually think that a male university student like me, who is passionate and has no experience in society, would be utterly bewitched after seeing a fair-skinned, busty, long-legged, rich, mysterious woman like you who is older than me by a few years and gives off the charm of a mature woman? Did you think that I would become stupid and worship your high heels without any conditions?”

Lu Siya glared at Meng Chao fiercely and gritted her teeth before she hissed, “Since you think that I think self-righteous, ambitious, and will do anything to achieve my goals, why did you work with me and even treat me as your friend?”

“The law doesn’t say that I can’t become friends and work together with a woman who is self-righteous, ambitious, and will do anything to achieve her goals!” Meng Chao said matter-of-factly.

Lu Siya was so angry that she was rendered speechless.

She was about to fly off into a rage, but Shen Yupeng suddenly stopped moving ahead of them.

They had arrived at an incredibly narrow and dark alley.

There were few windows on the sides of the buildings, and they were painted black, which was a seldom seen color on the outer walls of buildings. It felt like it was an alley stuck between two cliffs.

Meng Chao raised his head and sensed an incredibly domineering presence behind a window at the seventh or eighth floor.

He was momentarily dazed. He felt like he was meeting a lion who was so old that its fur had fallen off, but its claws were still sharp and looked brand new. It led its pride, and they stood at the sides of the cliffs while staring coldly at the prey beneath them.

“Ms. Jin, I’ve found the person. Thankfully, we didn’t cause too much trouble. May we leave now?” Shen Yupeng asked while looking up.

Meng Chao felt his heart freeze.

The person who was watching them from above was the leader of the largest gang in Golden Tooth Lair—Golden Tooth.

He was a living legend. He had an exciting life full of colorful experiences during the half a century Dragon City struggled in the Other World.