Chapter 24 Dark under the lamp



As Zhuang Mian's cleaning team returned in disappointment, El, who was hiding in the shadow of the street corner, also breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no doubt that this handsome adolescent boy with not even a full beard is the "Mind Flayer" that has recently caused a sensation in the eastern part of the outer city.

After receiving the power bestowed by God, the boy implemented his original idea without hesitation and began to eliminate the target figures in the eastern part of the outer city step by step.

El originally planned to use his brothers to attack the remaining few people, but he found that the strongholds of those guys had been blocked layer by layer.

He asked around with nearby acquaintances and found out that the Brotherhood had been completely wiped out on the night he took refuge.

Almost instantly, El thought of the psychiatrist with a kind smile on his face.

Dr. Lin once told himself that the "paperhanger" gave him a gift, and I think this is it.

El used his simple network of connections to learn a little about the rumors about Dr. Lin Qingliu and the "paperhanger", but in the end he got nothing.

He did not continue to investigate in depth. He just wanted to have a basic understanding of the other party's situation. It would be bad if he investigated too deeply and got framed.

El locked himself up at home and practiced his abilities for two weeks until he could release [Approximate Exchange] at least fifteen times without affecting his physical strength.

Afterwards, he bought some heart-shaped stuffed toys about the same size as his heart from a stall in Dongcheng District and began his revenge plan.

The terrifying super-powered criminal, the Mind Flayer, has appeared.

The next month or so would be the time for El to show his skills, but it would also be the time for Zhuang Mian to suffer from endocrine disorders due to his sleepiness.

The first gang leader, a black market doctor and an underground casino owner who were killed were the culprits who caused his family to be destroyed. One of them was a villain who induced his father to become addicted to gambling, and the other two were executioners who drained his father of money and body organs.

El has no intention of exonerating his father, but none of these guys must be left alive. As long as they exist, this urban area will never be peaceful.

After completing the first three group assassinations, El fell into a brief period of confusion, because he was just a teenager and had no way of contacting the group of people he wanted to avenge.

Before, whether he met the casino owner or the black-hearted organ doctor, he had only passively accepted it because of his father. Now that he wanted to take the initiative to find these guys, El really didn't know what to do.

Moreover, after these incidents, the small leaders who had some brains had already become extremely nervous. Some of them would not even meet guys they did not know. They would hide in the sturdy basement with a dozen people every day, as if they were in an iron barrel.

El, who had finally found out the information, was helpless about it, but at this moment, things took a turn for the better.

An acquaintance extended an olive branch to El, but the acquaintance seemed unaware of it.

As the security captain who was parachuted into the eastern part of the outer city, Zhuang Mian didn't know much about the local bullies, but there were always slippery guys under her command. Under Zhuang Mian's instructions, those guys quickly used their own network of connections.

Because it was a major matter related to the lives of those guys, they were somewhat cooperative. However, as people living in the underground world, it was naturally wishful thinking for Zhuang Mian to meet with them, so he could only rely on those gangsters to pass on the message.

The first time El saw Zhuang Mian was outside the Brotherhood Gang’s stronghold which was blocked by layers of blockade. The heroic young female security captain attracted a lot of people’s attention, but her sharp eyes and the gun belt around her waist made those street urchins in the outer city give up some of their bold ideas.

Like most criminal suspects, El has the habit of returning to the crime scene. He is skilled in using his abilities and combined with his previous experience in petty thefts, he is able to conceal his expressions and movements very well. This allows him to return to the scene of his revenge many times and reminisce the pleasure of getting his revenge.

During this process, El also discovered Zhuang Mian, who frequently went in and out of the crime scene. He then realized that the other party might be the security captain of his area.

A genius idea suddenly appeared in El's mind:

Since you can't find the target yourself, why not let the other person help you find it?

As a promising young man who has been working in the gray area for many years, El is relatively familiar with the case handling procedures of the public security team.

When encountering such a major case, the security team will definitely provide special protection to people with similar identities, but the prerequisite for doing so is that the target's identity is clean and can withstand investigation.

The identities of black market organ doctors obviously cannot withstand scrutiny, and they certainly would not accept close protection from security guards.

Since they cannot withstand investigation, how can the security team contact these people?

Of course, the notification was made through the local security guards, and then two people were sent to pretend to monitor the situation.

This was the opportunity that El had been waiting for for a long time. He only needed to remember the smiling familiar faces of Zhuang Mian's team. As he became more skilled, he would be able to confirm his targets by locking onto these people.

As for the money El got from those damn guys, he kept some for himself to buy necessities, and put the rest into an envelope and threw it into Lin Qingliu's clinic according to the distribution ratio agreed upon at the beginning.

The plan was very successful. Zhuang Mian, who was not very experienced in investigating such gray areas, did not realize that his drastic actions were actually the death knell for those gray doctors in the outer city.

However, even if Zhuang Mian knew the whole story, she would probably just sigh that it was a good death. After all, what bothered her was not the death of the shady doctor, but the cutting off of the organ smuggling channels and the super-powered people who committed crimes with impunity.

Absolute power must be under supervision, otherwise it will breed inappropriate ambitions.

This is the iron rule that Zhuang Mian believes in.

Watching the van carrying Zhuang Mian's team turn the last corner at the intersection, a smile appeared on El's face in the shadows.

He has been waiting for this day for a long time.

When it comes to revenge, El displays a calmness that is very different from that of his peers. This introverted gray-haired boy has been consciously creating a fixed frequency of crimes for the killer "Mind Flayer" from the very beginning.

Certain inexplicable quirks are very common to most killers. If these guys could go to Lin Qingliu's psychological clinic together, it is guaranteed that each of them could be turned into at least one paper about their condition.

The quirk of the Mind Flayer is that the interval between crimes is usually six to seven days.

But now this rule is about to be broken because El only has one last goal left.

Taking a deep breath, the boy stood up from the shadows and slowly walked towards the junction of the eastern and southern parts of the outer city.

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