Chapter 69: The Doughty and Well-Informed Mass of Chaoyun Area
Editor: TheSloth
Black Soul No.18 felt an unprecedented thrill. It also felt strong ill intentions from the club’s head stewardess.
Black Soul No.18 even fell into deep thought, wondering if he had offended Miss You Ye in ways he didn’t realize.
If not… What the hell was this!!
No.18 dared not move. It was the home of the target who needed to be protected.
This was also the new master’s home. However, he had to pretend that he couldn’t see or hear anything.
Just like that, Black Soul No.18 squatted outside the entrance door like a door-god, merely observing the lift going up and down.
“Don’t just stop at the basement floor! Come up quickly!”
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Were there any other black souls nearby?
It did not seem to be so. After a further check, it seemed to have left. As he had just woke up, Luo Qiu gazed at the ceiling in a daze.
Luo Qiu still got up on time despite thinking about this question.
Breakfast had been laid out on the dining table. Ren Ziling had woke up early. At this moment, she was focusing on the morning news while having the bread and milk.
“Early this morning, according to the reports of the Chaoyun masses①, the Chaoyun police have caught a man surnamed Lin on accounts of drug consumption and drug possession in a deluxe apartment at Mashan Road Neighborhoods. The police spokesperson announced that Mr. Lin was the legal representative of some entertainment company and was found with a massive amount of drugs at his home. Mr. Lin has been in a coma due to his drug abuse… This event is under further investigation…”
You Ye said, that it would be unlikely for him to wake up. Even if he woke up, all he could do was move his eyelids and lay in bed…
Tu Jiaqing hoped that Lin Geng would be punished for his crimes.
This was probably the end for him.
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At this time, while Luo Qiu was pouring water, he heard Ren Ziling whisper seriously, “That makes no sense… Why is it again from the Chaoyun Mass? Why do I never get any wind of this? Why is it the Chaoyun Mass that always manages to catch those drug addicts and criminals? And what the hell is with that “man surnamed Lin”? It’s obviously Lin Geng. And it was I who investigate him first!!”
Luo Qiu sat down, showing an innocent expression, “Do you know him?”
Ren Ziling replied absently, “He’s the boss of Heaven’s Shadow, someone that always shows on the headlines.”
She picked up the phone, “Don’t know about Jiaya’s situation… still can’t get through?”
Luo Qiu… changed the subject, “It’s time for work.”
“F*ck! I’ll be late!” Ren Ziling shouted after checking the time, then she hurried to prepare in her disorderly manner just like usual.
“Have you get all you need? I won’t send anything to your office again,” Luo Qiu said unemotionally.
Ren Ziling paused a moment, she walked over to Luo Qiu suddenly before sniffing at his clothes for a second, then put her arm over his shoulder, “Brat, take her back home for dinner when she’s free.”
“…” Luo Qiu showed a blank expression as he didn’t understand her words.
“Yeah, that’s it. Don’t forget it!” Ren Ziling clapped Luo Qiu on his shoulder and pinched his face, “My son is always the most handsome boy!”
“… You are going to be late.”
“!!!”
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Boss Luo skipped classes today. Whether he attended classes or not, as long as he could pass the final exam, then he would get enough credit points.
However, he didn’t head back to the club immediately. Instead, he locked onto You Ye’s location and arrived in a dry room filled with all sorts of instruments and vessels.
It was likely to be a laboratory or a testing site. Several people were dressed in white gowns. They seemed to be fast asleep on the table. Only You Ye was in action.
There was also the slight sound of dripping---from the activated high-pressure liquid chromatograph.
The servant girl wore the same white coat as those guys. Her hair coiled along with a pair of black frame glasses on her face.
When Luo Qiu arrived, You Ye was shaking a test tube in her hand.
“Where is this?”
“I didn’t want to waste a lot of time waiting for the purchased equipment to arrived; therefore, I borrowed this pharmaceutical factory’s laboratory.”
You Ye put the test tube into the holder, standing with putting both hands together.
Though she dressed differed, but still acted as a servant girl.
“What purchase?”
“Well, there is an exclusive laboratory in Russia; nevertheless, it’ll be hard to move it here.” You Ye said.
Luo Qiu was shocked. “What’s this laboratory for?”
You Ye smiled. “An interest of mine. But if Master doesn’t like it, You Ye can seal it.”
Luo Qiu shook his head. “No need.”
It must be for killing time during this long period. Luo Qiu added, “Let me see it later… By the way, is there anything for you to call me here?”
You Ye gestured for Luo Qiu to come to her side. “Master, I did an analysis on the items found in Lin Geng’s home.”
Luo Qiu was astounded. “Those drugs should be heroin or crystal meth, etc.”
You Ye nodded. “Yes, those are what common people can get access to the ‘market’. However, those will leave great damage on people. There is a need to develop some new products that can lower the risk while giving even more pleasant sensations for those few people who can’t resist the euphoria from drugs… Of course, people will have more dependence on new ones.”
Luo Qiu nodded. He felt he had gained more knowledge. He then raised a further question. “You mean, what Lin Geng used is a new drug?”
You Ye said, “I came here to experiment after sending the sisters away last night. Lin Geng has two kinds of drugs. One is for controlling the artists in his company, such as the one Tu Jiaya got addicted to, which is considered a mixed type. It has been synthesized by adding some stimulants and crystal meth through a simple method. A little time is needed before the recipe can be found… But it’s not difficult to achieve it. As to what Lin Geng uses himself, it is probably not an item that can be confected by a common drug dealer.”
“What do you mean?”
“As for the other one, it contains very little methamphetamine, the rest are all unknown substances.” You Ye shook her head, “It’s still in analysis… However, it’s clear that they are not the usual materials for producing drugs. In addition, when it’s injected into the blood vessel, it combines quickly with the blood, and releases a special hormone, which can stimulate the parietal lobe of the brain directly…”
Luo Qiu tried to understand what she was talking about but he failed. Therefore, You Ye stopped talking and gave him a smile. “In general, it’s something that can make people smarter and feel energetic after using it. But seems it’ll erode the mentality of the user as a side effect.”
Was it a drug that made people intelligent?
“What if it is overused?” Luo Qiu asked suddenly.
You Ye pointed at a mouse in a glass box nearby, “I’ve extracted the main part of the drug that was found in Lin Geng’s home and injected it into the mouse several times.”
With this, You Ye took out a tube of blood from a fridge at the side. She opened the box and poured the blood into it.
Nothing happened to the mouse first. However, its eyes soon turned red. Its claws and teeth grew at an alarming rate. Then its whole body instantly pounced on the puddle of blood.
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Chaoyun (朝云)Mass---It comes from a word mentioned in mandarin media’s reports---Chaoyang（朝阳） Mass. There’s a district called Chaoyang District in Beijing. Many artists are always found to be taking drugs in that area. They were finally caught due to tips reported by the residents that live in the Chaoyang District. Therefore, this writer made up a similar name to describe these people who have a strong sense of justice and always fought against corrupt powers.
Chapter 70: Mo Xiaofei
Editor: TheSloth
The laboratory rat suddenly became still after a series of frenzied actions. It then fell over, looking like it won’t survive for long.
You Ye said while pondering, “It can’t bear it and the extent of frenziness is stronger than last time.”
Luo Qiu knitted his brows. “This drug… could make humans go crazy.”
You Ye said, “Yet some other substances in it may restrain this effect. Besides, if one doesn’t use it massively in a long period, this worst situation probably would not happen. This might because the person who produced it considered its real side effect or that the maker added the restraining substances intentionally… Well, of course only the creator knows the real reason.”
Luo Qiu looked at You Ye, “Lin Geng should have fainted. It was different from this, right?”
As for the best way to deal with Lin Geng, Luo Qiu left that task to You Ye---he thought You Ye would do better than him.
As to the reason…
It was obvious. Boss Luo didn’t think he---the new club boss would be any match, compared to the 300-year-experienced Ms Puppet, in both knowledge and the ability to handle problems.
He just stayed there for a while. Once he felt the sisters were almost done with pouring out each others’ feelings to one another, he returned in light of the estimated time, then only listened to how You Ye’s handled Lin Geng.
“Yes, because what he used is just common heroin.” You Ye said. “Considering that there is a small probability of going crazy, we didn’t choose the new products. Besides, we don’t want to get too involved, even though it can’t be considered as trouble. Now, if Lin Geng wakes up, he will just be a vegetable and can’t move, which is the retribution he deserves. In addition, The police have ‘successfully’ found some evidence revealing that certain improper means have been used by the Heaven’s Shadow Entertainment. Reaping what he sowed and losing all his reputation, I think the Tu sisters will be satisfied with this result.”
Luo Qiu nodded, but still felt curious, “Oh by the way, how did you find the difference between these and the common drugs?”
You Ye winked, “We’ve done something similar before and obtained several formulas from some big drug traffickers; therefore, we know quite a lot about the common drugs. I only planned to research this drug because I felt there was a difference. And as to the punishment to Lin Geng, it won’t be changed even if replacing the drugs…Is there anything wrong, master?”
Luo Qiu shook his head, thinking at the same time, “We might come into contact with these people, thus it’s not bad to know and get used to it early.”
He suddenly remembered faintly sensing the aura of a Black Soul this morning so he asked, “By the way, except for No.9, where are the other Black Soul Envoys? I remember that you said they are sent to every corner of the world, so some may not come back so quickly. However, some time have passed, some of them should have been come back already.”
Luo Qiu also remembered that he already said that he wanted to meet all the Black Soul Envoys.
You Ye said, “There are 21 Black Soul Envoys, yet all of them are on vacation except for No.3, No.9, No. 18 and No.77. No.77 is attracting a super high-quality customer with all his strength. No.1 and No.18 are not available at the moment. Nonetheless, if master longs to meet them, I’ll wake up all the others that are all on vacation.”
“on vacation?”
“Yes, Black Soul Envoys are eligible to use their accumulated achievements to ignore their Black Soul Identities and enter society as human beings, enjoying their lives. The length of time depends on their achievements.” You Ye glanced at Luo Qiu, saying, “Their vacations have been approved by the former boss.”
The reason Black Soul Envoys kept seeking out potential customers and fighting for their targets during their whole life was so that they’d be able to achieve freedom after getting enough achievements some day later. However, this goal seemed too much distant and illusionary. Therefore, the vacation system had been created.
Most envoys realized their vacations were a waste of their achievements but still felt gave it up willingly…
The long-term goals seemed impossible to come true but for short-term goals, despite it being only several years or a dozen years… but they would have friends, a spouse, even families, able to enjoy life like common people.
“No need.” Luo Qiu shook his head, “Let’s talk about that after their vacations. Well… seems like a new customer coming.”
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Mo Xiaofei lowered his head while body trembled.
Not far away from the school, there were always some students extorting him for money. Today, the situation was the same.
Besides those familiar faces, another guy came today. He seemed to be in his twenties, wearing a small singlet, with blond hair and a cigarette in his mouth.
In Mo Xiaofei’s eyes, these kind of people were unemployed youths. Or more bluntly, gangsters and street hooligans.
Yet, he dared not to speak out these words.
“Is he the guy?”
Blondie sized Mo Xiaofei up and down.
A student near him who was wearing his school uniform with a national style added right away, “Yes, Brother Quan! This brat is very obedient, without any special background. His mother is an ordinary female worker, and father is a cripple.”
Mo Xiaofei felt agitated and said, “Dare you say that again?!”
However, just after he exploded, the very next second, Mo Xiofei was pushed against the wall by another student. He tried to hit back but was too weak. Then, stomach was struck by a fist by his opponent. It was so painful that he almost retched.
Blondie said, “Seems like he isn’t that obedient.”
The student beside him explained, “It’s not because of that. If we don’t mention his father, he’s always well-behaved… But I like to say that to tease him.”
“Hahaha, you’re too mean, but I like it.” Blondie laughed out loud, grasping Mo Xiaofei’s collar and lifted him up, “You’re Mo Xiaofei right?”
Brother Quan patted Mo Xiaofei’s cheek, giving him a sneer, “I didn’t find you for anything in particular today, except to tell you that this place under my watch. Obediently listen to my words when you see me next time. And I have something for you to do. You’d better be here before 8 this evening.”
“What are you going to do?” Mo Xiaofei was scared.
Brother Quan pinched Mo Xiaofei’s chin, “You don’t have to worry about it now. Anyway, remember, be here on time. And listen, it’s easy for me to ask around for where your live… imagine the consequences.”
With this, Brother Quan let go Mo Xiaofei’s collar and tidied up his own clothes, laughing scornfully. “Now some f*ckin stupid students think that it’ll be useful to tell the school or call the police. But what about the result? We are betting our lives everyday, so what are a few days of jail time? On the other hand, what about you guys? It might be rather unfortunate?”
Mo Xiaofei’s face turned slightly pale due to the threat.
“Be here on time.”
Brother Quan spoke out the words coolly, then left with the wrinkled cigarette.
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