Chapter 165: You

After that night's interrogation, Kai拓 City remained as calm as ever, as if nothing had happened.

During that time, Li Ang had also privately communicated with Ma Kusi.

As he expected, the Inspection Bureau had also questioned this Chief of Public Security, or rather, everyone who had contact with the smuggling case had been interrogated.

Including Danika and Cole.

The former had taken a vacation and had not been seen for some time.

Li Ang reasonably suspected that this big-lei company slave had found his career transition condition and had secretly gone to switch careers, given how the man always looked half-asleep and preferred to stay at home—clearly fulfilling some condition.

But these matters were temporarily unrelated to him, as he was now attending to his major patron.

That is, Lu Ke.

Yes, this Young Master of the Viceroy's mansion had returned to Central City for just a few days before coming back again.

As for the reason—

"Li Ang, my sister really liked that toy sword you made before," Lu Ke slumped lazily on the sofa, unconcerned with his image, and tossed Li Ang a small doll. "This is her gift back to you, her big friend."

Looking at the exquisitely crafted doll in his hand, Li Ang instinctively asked: "How old is your sister?"

"Eight."

"?"

He now understood why Lu Ke had requested not to sharpen the short sword.

Seeing his expression, Lu Ke shrugged. "Don't worry—everything I give her is reviewed by my father. After all, that little princess's talent is exceedingly rare; my father watches her constantly, afraid she'll turn out like me."

Talents vary greatly among themselves.

During his recent research, Li Ang had come across some utterly absurd talents.

For example,

【Twin Blossom】.

Its effect allows sharing one's sibling's profession, but this talent only appears in twins.

This was merely what the public knew; Li Ang suspected even more outrageous talents existed that couldn't be found at all.

Like his own 【Traveler】 and 【Console Player】.

A talent that could make a planetary Viceroy so anxious clearly couldn't be simple.

Thinking of this, Li Ang comforted Lu Ke: "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—don't look down on a young man's poverty."

"Who knows what the future holds? Maybe one day you'll become a high-tier powerhouse."

Hearing this, Lu Ke rolled his eyes and tossed him a ring. "I'm here because I want you to make some firearms for me."

"No assembly needed—just fabricate the parts for me."

"The materials and blueprints are inside the ring. The payment is there too—take a look yourself."

Li Ang took the ring and infused it with energy, then his face flickered with surprise.

This ring had a volume of ten cubic meters—ten times larger than the one he wore on his finger.

Of course, that wasn't the point. The point was the massive pile of metal and thick stack of blueprints inside.

Everything from pistols to machine guns was there.

Coupled with Lu Ke's 【Gunslinger】 profession, Li Ang deduced this must relate to his career transition condition.

For Li Ang, getting so many blueprints for free was clearly a good thing, even if most of them were useless to him.

As for Lu Ke's promised payment—

Li Ang soon found in the ring an item utterly unlike the others.

A heart, slowly pulsing, immersed in an unknown liquid.

At that moment, Lu Ke spoke: "See it?"

"That heart came from a Dragonman on the verge of breaking into the third tier. I paid a heavy price to get it from my father."

Clearly, this young master had remembered Li Ang's identity.

Hearing this, Li Ang tucked the ring away and said to Lu Ke in a solemn tone: "From today on, you are my blood brother—though not by the same father or mother."

Based on the value of the 【Doge Dragon Skull】 he had previously purchased, this heart was clearly not cheap.

Although Li Ang still didn't know what to use it for.

"?" Upon hearing this, Lu Ke burst into coughing. "Cough—cough! That's way too much. It's not that serious—I mean, this thing's useless to my father."

Still, despite saying that, Lu Ke couldn't help but show a hint of pride on his face.

"I'll go make the firearm parts for you right away," Li Ang said, turning toward the basement. "If you need anything, just tell them."

"Them?"

Lu Ke froze. Before he could react, Li Ang had already entered the basement.

The young master scratched his head, about to mutter something, when a gaunt figure placed a glass of water before him.

"??"

Lu Ke was certain that last time he visited, his "blood brother" lived alone—how had he managed to hire servants in such a short time?

But upon seeing the gaunt figure's terrifying appearance, he involuntarily swallowed hard.