Chapter 24 Black Market
'Grenade, are you there? Talk!'
Xu Jiang thought about the message in his mind and shook the grenade back and forth.
"General, please stop shaking. I am trying hard to stop the firing pin from falling. If you shake it again, I will explode."
When Xu Jiang heard this, his heart trembled. This was in a car! It really exploded and everyone was going to be dead.
He quickly asked Sand Tut for a new safety catch, and put it back in front of everyone's strange looks.
"Huh~~ We're saved. Thank you, General. Just call me Xiaolei." Although Grenade calls himself a junior, his voice sounds like a middle-aged man.
Xu Jiang could imagine a man rubbing his hands, nodding and bowing, with a smile on his face, hiding behind him with a timid expression. As long as he is not allowed to go to the battlefield, he can praise you all day long.
This kind of character appears in a grenade, which is really a headache.
"A grenade that doesn't want to kill you is not a good grenade. How can you go to the battlefield if you are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
As Xu Jiang's number one general, Qianji immediately criticized this timid and cowardly character.
But people also have something to say about grenades!
"Hey~~ I can't help it. As soon as I was born, I was born with the blood of a grenade, and I didn't want to. So, I decided to give up fighting and become a doctor to change my life."
Why don't you write a book? It's really hard for your great ambition.
'As a grenade, if you don't go to the front line to blow yourself up, what do I need from you?'
"Go back to General, I can give you more blood from the rear!"
As he spoke, a burst of white light lit up on the grenade, sweeping across everyone's bodies like ripples. The scratches they had suffered in the battle began to slowly heal.
"Eh? Xu Jiang, do you know how to heal?" Tu Sha was shocked, how could Mr. Lei's new disciple be proficient in so many skills?
"And they are all skills that are not used for the real job." Xiaozhen also expressed his opinion.
I'm not the only one scolding you! Even Xiaozhen, an upright little lolita, complained about it, which proves how outrageous it is for a mechanical system to be able to heal.
But Grenade was not ashamed and retorted: "Going into battle to kill the enemy is a matter for young people. As I get older, I just want to spend the rest of my life quietly. Come on, everyone, I will hold the battle for you from behind."
Why don't we find a river to sink this unattractive thing? Keep him and still occupy his position.
While he was thinking about it, the car stopped. Xu Jiang raised his head and looked out the window. Only then did he realize that they did not seem to have any intention of returning to the base, but instead came to a dilapidated street.
"here it is?"
"Heishui District is the most chaotic place in the entire Yong'an City." Shatu replied with a smile.
It's already two o'clock in the night, but the Blackwater area is still in chaos.
The dim light shines on the messy streets, with garbage strewn on both sides of the streets, and from time to time there are some gang members fighting each other in groups.
While they were parking the car, Xu Jiang had already seen three people lying in a pool of blood. The phrase "poor mountains and harsh waters bring out unruly people" is a perfect way to describe this place.
It was obvious that Ying Xiaoxiao and the others should be familiar with this place. They got out of the car and led Xu Jiang towards the alley.
Although I already have a lot of trust in the people in Group 17, walking down such a dark alley in the middle of the night, I still feel nervous about being killed and sold as pork.
Of course, the tension only lasted for a short while.
After going around two bends and pushing open an iron gate, we arrived at our destination.
Different from the darkness and chaos outside, Xu Jiang felt here as bustling and lively.
The brightly lit long street is lined with the sounds of vendors shouting and selling, and there is a dazzling array of products that are endless as far as the eye can see.
Baozi climbed on Xu Jiang's shoulders and introduced with a smile: "This is the black market. It only opens late at night. How about it? I didn't expect that this Blackwater District has such a prosperous side."
Light and darkness have always coexisted.
Yong'an City has the splendor of prosperity and luxury, but also the filth of chaos and sin.
Similarly, the despised Blackwater District also contains a bustling black market.
"This is the dirtiest trading spot in the entire Yong'an City. Even contraband can be bought here, including human heads."
Sara said, slightly pressing the brim of the cloak.
In this place, almost everyone is masked, no matter their identity or the source of goods, they just want to finalize the deal.
Xu Jiang nodded, thinking that the market had risen, and began to look around curiously.
In the black market, store stalls cover the entire street, and there is a dazzling array of products.
The giant laser cannon is as big as five meters long, and its muzzle is bigger than Xu Jiang's head. If it is fired, there will definitely be no bones left.
From small staffs, daggers, pets, and even some weird organs, everything that can be sold is available here, and it's dazzling to see.
Xu Jiang scanned around and couldn't help but marveled: "This place is really amazing. By the way, are you coming here to buy things?"
"It's not that we want to buy something, we want to buy something for you." Ying Xiaoxiao swung his cloak handsomely and patted the money bag on his waist.
"Tonight is your welcome party. The 120 heterocrystals I just earned will be used to buy you gifts."
These words made Xu Jiang freeze on the spot.
It turns out that this is the ultimate goal of the welcome party!
Use one mission to earn enough remuneration to give Xu Jiang a big gift.
They also used a battle to test each other's character.
After tonight, we are all comrades who have made a fate, and we can trust each other with peace of mind.
Thinking of this, Xu Jiang couldn't help but smile. It seems that joining these seventeen groups is not so bad.
While sighing, he suddenly felt someone tugging at his clothes, and a cold and cute voice came from his ears.
"Xiao Zhen and Xiao You want to eat black market ice cream."
Turning his head, Xiaozhen looked at him with big eyes, looking greedy.
As for the Xiaoyou she was talking about, it was the little pet ghost she was holding, and she was gently tugging at the corner of his clothes.
A cute little loli is pitifully begging you to treat her to ice cream. Do you still need to consider this?
"Of course, no problem, I'll treat you." Xu Jiang's generous words received Xiao Zhen's gratitude and affirmation.
"That's great, thank you brother, you are a living person."
Xu Jiang:???
I take back my lovely comment just now, how could this kid make such a weird judgment?
Please eat ice cream, is it a living person?
So in her eyes, I have always been dead before?
Seeing Xu Jiang's astonished expression, Baozi beside him couldn't laugh or cry. He patted him on the shoulder and explained: "Don't mind it, because this black market only opens late at night. It's not easy to come here."
"so what?"
"So the boss has made a rule. If a new person comes, he will take the next task and use the reward to buy a welcome gift on the black market."
"You mean, the people in front of me..."
"Four dead and two seriously injured, none of them can survive on the black market. I'm glad you survived."
"……Thanks."
Chapter completed!