HPDBC Chapter 34: 33: Follow
Chapter 34: 33: Follow
Chapter 34: Chapter 33: Follow
When Lin Rui emerged from the government office’s storeroom, holding a set of armor, he unexpectedly encountered Wang Sen.
Wang Sen’s eyes widened as he looked Lin Rui up and down, dressed in his brocaded garb.
The brocaded clothes, stretched taut by the soft armor underneath, appeared imposing and grand.
“Brother Twelve, how did you become an acting arrest officer?”
Wang Sen, wary of the busy surroundings, refrained from using Lin Rui’s real name, his face filled with disbelief, “I thought we might be in trouble this time.”
Just now, Wang Sen had been ready to fight to the death under Zuihua House. Once the battle began, he planned to catch several constables off guard and then thrust a sword upwards toward the spot where the County Magistrate was standing.
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Instead, Lin Rui had come downstairs unscathed and had even taken on a middle management role in the county government.
“What acting arrest officer? I’m merely a constable acting in that capacity,” Lin Rui said as he tossed a set of armor to Wang Sen, “You arrived just in time. Put this on—The County Magistrate has put me in charge of Hanhua Alley and the seven streets to the east. I asked Officer Zhang for some men, but he said he was short-staffed and could only assign you, Wang Twenty-seven, to me. Also, this inferior soul stone was an advance from the storehouse by the County Magistrate’s orders. You’ll have to pay me back once you’ve made some money.”
The armor Lin Rui displayed was that reserved for a deputy arrest officer within the premises of the government office.
It happened because the County Magistrate had bestowed upon him a set of third-tier battle armor, which made the previous one available for Wang Sen’s use.
Additionally, Lin Rui had also secured a second-tier ‘Demon Steel Shield,’ knowing that Wang Sen specialized in the technique of sword and shield with a focus on defensive counters.
Hanhua Alley had felt deadly and filled with an eerie demonic aura—it was clearly very dangerous.
Although Lin Rui himself was somehow excited and eager about this street of brothels in Yinyue County, he could not ignore the danger to Wang Sen’s life.
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Wang Sen, without any hesitation, crushed the soul stone, his words muffled, “Acting deputy? That’s hardly any different from the real deputy.”
Now, with the chief clerk absent, Officer Zhang was the highest authority in the office, followed by Lin Rui.
The office had previously two deputy arrest officers, both killed by the Blood Blade Ji.
It wasn’t until Wang Sen swallowed the soul stone that he noticed the phrase ‘Hanhua’ in Lin Rui’s words. Instantly, he exclaimed, “Both of us in charge of Hanhua Alley? Just the two of us?”
His astonishment was such that even his voice distorted, drawing sidelong glances from two clerks passing by.
These two were initially stunned, then looked at them with sympathy-filled eyes.
Wang Sen felt a chill down his spine, wondering what the current state of Hanhua Alley was—hadn’t Lin Rui seen it?
All the women had fled; not only them, but the brothel owners and protectors had also clean escaped, leaving it a dead street.
Wang Sen glanced around and then leaned close to Lin Rui, lowering his voice, “Brother Twelve, Sister Feicui’s intention is for us to prioritize safety.”
“I too wish for safety,” Lin Rui clicked his tongue, “But now that I am the acting arrest officer, the district is under my jurisdiction, and the soul stone is consumed, what do you propose we do?”
Wang Sen inwardly disagreed with Lin Rui’s strategy, feeling it was somewhat risky, but he kept his opinion to himself.
Seeing Wang Sen’s expression, Lin Rui knew he was only one step away from successfully convincing him.
He pulled out a stack of wanted notices from his pocket, slapping them in Wang Sen’s arms, “Take another look at the reward amounts on these wanted notices.”
He had obtained these during his frequent visits to the clerk office with Zhang Wen, from the clerk assistant who was in charge of such matters.
The demons and criminals listed in these wanted notices had all committed crimes near Hanhua Alley, and Lin Rui felt a connection with them.
Just then, Lin Rui’s body suddenly stiffened, frozen in place.
He saw her again, that “Blood Blade Lady.”
She was standing on the opposite wall, coldly observing him.
Lin Rui also noticed that the eyes of this red-dressed young girl were different from before; they were a striking red, which looked rather eerie.
“You can’t be serious, I didn’t notice before. Our Silver Moon County is so wealthy? An offering of fifty taels for a second realm demon, and a low-grade spirit stone as well?”
As Wang Sen flipped through the wanted notices in front of him, his eyes gleamed.
Fifty taels of demonic silver, worth sixty thousand yuan in the market, and since they had not signed an exclusive agreement with the company, they only needed to pay 10% tax to the government.
Additionally, there was a low-grade spirit stone; combined, they could trade for a prime-grade meridian.
It was at this moment he realized something was amiss, looking suspiciously at Lin Rui, “Brother, what’s wrong with you?”
Lin Rui felt a dryness in his mouth, wanting to shout that the “Blood Blade Lady” was right here, in the magistrate’s office!
But when he thought that the County Magistrate had not returned, neither the county officer nor the clerk were there, and only a county provost who Tian Chang mentioned didn’t really care about affairs was present, he suppressed the urge.
There wasn’t a single fourth realm expert capable of fighting in the magistrate’s office; what use was there in shouting?
After ten seconds of eye contact between the man and the demon, the red-dressed young girl finally withdrew her gaze, looking away.
“Nothing’s wrong; just remembered something,” Lin Rui took a deep breath, nonchalantly folded the wanted notices handed back to him by Wang Sen, and slipped them into his sleeve.
Internally, however, he felt a chill, puzzled.
What does this Blood Blade Lady want? Why was she looking at him? She surely wasn’t thinking of killing him, was she?
Lin Rui then shook his head, nonchalantly walking toward the entrance of the magistrate’s office.
This Blood Blade Lady was not only a high-tier demon at the early fourth realm, she also possessed an exceptional Escape Skill, able to move in and out of the magistrate’s office at will.
If this woman truly wanted to kill him, fearing wouldn’t help; he could only wait for death.
So he brushed off his fears and carried on!
But the thing that made Lin Rui’s scalp tingle again was that the Blood Blade Lady actually followed, floating behind him like a ghost.