Chapter 175: Boss's Information

Jianna, the "flamboyant woman" with black shadows painted around her eyes, a black mole in the middle of her nose, and her brownish-yellow hair simply coiled up, walked out from the shadows of the balcony.

She asked with a curious face:

"How did you find me? How did you know it was me?"

As an "Assassin," she could hide her body with the help of darkness and shadows. She had used it several times in the past without being discovered. This was the first time she had been detected in advance.

Lu Mian scoffed:

"Next time you want to assassinate someone, definitely remember not to wear perfume."

After reminding Jianna, to cover up his extraordinary sense of smell, he pointed to the door of room 207 and said half-jokingly:

"I thought you would open the door and come in yourself, but you were actually so polite to wait on the balcony. That's not like you."

"Fuck, I've always been very polite!" Jianna was quite angry at being slandered.

After a pause, she muttered:

"You are cold and insidious, cunning and treacherous. Maybe you buried some traps in the room, just waiting for someone to enter."

Saying this, Jianna glanced at Lu Mian and said indignantly:

"I figured out why you could guess I was an 'Assassin'!

"You first made an association from the perfect infiltration route I gave you, and then deliberately bluffed me. Fuck, if I had been calmer at the time, you would definitely have said 'Haha, just kidding'."

"Miss Jianna, your reflex arc is a bit long," Lu Mian laughed.

"What Miss, Miss—you're not a polite person either. Just call me Jianna directly," Jianna controlled her urge to curse and asked curiously, "What is a reflex arc?"

She felt it wasn't a good word, but she didn't know why it was bad.

Miss, have you finished your compulsory education? Lu Mian muttered to himself, opening the door while explaining casually, "To give an example, if you, Franca, Baron Brignais, and 'Hammer' Ait all heard a joke I told at the same time, Franca and Baron Brignais would laugh out loud, while you would find me a day later and say 'Haha, that's so funny'."

"Fuck! You bastard!" Jianna finally confirmed she had just been mocked.

She followed Lu Mian into room 207 and asked doubtfully:

"Then what about 'Hammer' Ait? Why didn't he laugh?"

Lu Mian turned his head and looked at her with a serious expression:

"Dead people don't laugh."

Jianna was stunned for a moment, then laughed, laughing a little uncontrollably.

"You, haha, you guy, haha, really have a sense of humor..." she said intermittently while laughing.

Lu Mian lit the calcium carbide lamp in the room, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked:

"What are you doing at the 'Golden Chicken Hotel'?"

"I'm here to get my gun back!" Jianna closed the door behind her, pulled over the old-fashioned chair, placed it in front of herself, and sat on it, resting her elbows on the backrest.

Her eyes shone slightly, and she couldn't hide her curiosity:

"You actually really took out 'Hammer' Ait. You're even more powerful than I imagined!

"Don't tell me how you did it yet. Let me guess.

"You... asked me if that washroom was big or not, which means you wanted to use the environment there.

"Fuck, I thought of it, I thought of it! You have that pervert's anesthetic on you. It's very suitable for a place like a washroom; it's about the same as a pigeon cage!

"Fuck, I can imagine 'Hammer' Ait's desperate expression when he found he didn't have much strength left while fighting, and those thugs outside couldn't get in and didn't dare to fire randomly..."

Jianna became more and more excited as she spoke, as if she were the one who had assassinated "Hammer" Ait.

"Still have some brains," Lu Mian praised reluctantly.

"Heh!" Jianna waved her hand, looking at Lu Mian, "What I can't figure out is why you weren't affected by the anesthetic. Did you smell that bottle of 'shit' in advance? Can the effect last that long?"

Lu Mian smiled:

"I remembered a sentence, a sentence you said before:

"Don't look at what you shouldn't see, don't listen to what you shouldn't hear, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"..." Jianna was both angry and annoyed, glared at Lu Mian, and didn't continue to ask.

Lu Mian took out her compact revolver and threw it to her through the air.

Jianna caught it accurately and laughed in a low voice:

"You don't even dare to walk up to me and return it to me personally?"

She smacked her lips and clicked her tongue:

"Is there something on me that makes you feel afraid?"

At this moment, she seemed to have found the state of teasing Lu Mian when they first met.

Lu Mian looked at her twice:

"You're quite bold, daring to enter a strange man's room in the middle of the night dressed like this."

Jianna was still dressed as she was for her performance that night. The white crop top exposed a large area of skin on her chest, and the off-white fluffy short skirt failed to provide good coverage because her legs were spread on both sides of the backrest.

Jianna deliberately covered her mouth and laughed low:

"Underground, I didn't have much strength to resist, and you didn't do anything, let alone now.

"Are you really still a virgin? Do you want me to help? A mature, beautiful sister will take you to know the beauty of the adult world?"

As she spoke, she deliberately lowered her body, presenting more of her chest to Lu Mian's eyes.

Lu Mian didn't dodge and looked at her frankly.

Who's afraid of whom in this kind of thing?

Jianna failed to get the expected dodging gaze and blushing expression and gradually became a bit uncomfortable.

She sat up straight with a swish and muttered:

"Boring, coward..."

The next second, Lu Mian stood up abruptly.

Jianna's expression changed drastically:

"What are you doing?"

Lu Mian curled the corners of his mouth and turned to walk toward the wooden table:

"Pouring light beer to drink. Do you want a glass?"

The "Golden Chicken Hotel" didn't provide the option of boiled water. Tenants either drank tap water directly or got some light beer to drink as water.

"... No need." Jianna breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

Lu Mian gulped down a few mouthfuls of light beer and pulled the topic back on track:

"How are you sure you're older than me?"

"I saw your wanted poster at Franca's. Hello, Lu Mian little brother who hasn't turned 18 yet. Sister is already 21!" Jianna became a bit smug.

"Is your mental age only 12?" Lu Mian mocked, then asked, "How did you know the route to sneak into that room?"

Franca had long wanted to assassinate someone from the Poison Sting Gang?

Jianna pursed her lips and said:

"I've been gathering information for almost a month, just waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Margot. Who knew you would beat me to it."

The Mill Dance Hall used to be managed by Margot.

"Do you have a grudge against Margot?" Lu Mian asked.

"He didn't do anything to me," Jianna lowered her eyes slightly. "When I first arrived in the Market District, while looking for singing opportunities in various dance halls, I met another 'flamboyant woman' singer. She was a few years older than me and took good care of me. She would correct my singing style and help me find performance opportunities. More than a month ago, she was raped by Margot. Fuck, does he think the legs of all 'flamboyant women' are spread wide open? Later, she left the Market District, and later, I heard she went to an insane asylum...

"That was the first time I begged Franca, wanting to obtain supernatural power, wanting to help her do something."

Lu Mian was silent for a few seconds:

"Look, you can't hesitate in life. I decided to take out Margot that morning, and I killed him that night."

Jianna was both angry and amused:

"Everyone's style is different!"

Lu Mian changed the topic:

"Tomorrow morning, Baron Brignais will take me to see the boss. Do you know what kind of person he is?"

Jianna recalled and said:

"I haven't seen him, just heard Franca mention some things.

"He lives in the Memorial Hall District, is very lecherous, has many women, but isn't a pervert. His preferences are actually quite normal; each one is the type Franca likes.

"His profession is a merchant. There is a yard next to the steam train station that is his, and he also has many shares in the Lister Wharf nearby. He also has a freight company and a construction company, which can provide work for many Savages.

"You don't know, when the Poison Sting Gang first rose, a big conflict broke out between the Savages and them. The coolies in the yard and the porters on the wharf all came, filling a street, just like a protest march!"

There are quite a few people. If armed, they could be an army... Lu Mian signaled Jianna to continue.

Jianna pulled her neckline up a bit:

"Franca said he is very kind to people, even if the other party is just a coolie, but don't be fooled by his appearance. His main purpose for doing that is to make others have no guard against him.

"He is very smart and insidious, often playing others in the palm of his hand. You must not anger him, otherwise, even Franca can't save you.

"He is very strong, seems to be skilled at using fire, and possesses a magical item."

Skilled at using fire... Sequence 7 "Pyromaniac" of the "Hunter" path? No, Franca said he is very strong, and Franca is likely a Sequence 7 "Witch" of the "Witch" path. Since she gave such an evaluation, the Savages' boss is likely not just Sequence 7... "Black Scorpion" Roger of the Poison Sting Gang can be a boss just by possessing gifts equivalent to Sequence 7, and a "Warlock" doesn't necessarily win against a "Witch." Franca could clearly be a gang boss herself, yet she is willing to be a mistress of that person. I don't know if she has other plans, or if his strength and background are indeed much stronger than Franca's? Lu Mian's thoughts turned, and he analyzed.

Jianna stood up:

"You'd better dress more manly tomorrow. Don't learn from Baron Brignais. The boss likes subordinates who are more aggressive and more like wolf dogs."

"Is that so..." Lu Mian scoffed, "I'm afraid I'll be too aggressive."

Jianna rolled her eyes:

"Yeah, even though you saved me, sometimes I can't help but want to slap you!

"In short, don't go too far."

She strapped the holster back to her lower leg, walked toward the door, and yawned without hiding it:

"I'm going back. Hey, I can't go to the Mill Dance Hall to sing recently.

"Why do you still live in such a bad room?"

Although she didn't live very well either, it was much better than the "Golden Chicken Hotel."

Lu Mian smiled:

"This is my territory."

"Heh!" Jianna didn't say anything more, entered the dark corridor with little light, and disappeared there.

Lu Mian finished washing, lay on the bed, and while thinking aimlessly about meeting the Savages' boss tomorrow, slowly brewed sleepiness.

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