After simply leaving a record with the police, in the evening, when the sun was setting, Trist, Lu Ban and Xia left Dr. House's clinic.

"Is someone watching you?"

In a roadside restaurant, Trist described what he felt in the underground dark room.

What surprised him was that neither Lu Ban nor Xia Ya felt it.

That thing seemed to be coming towards Trist.

"Could it be that you really know something so incredible that the other party wants to kill you to silence you?"

Lu Ban picked up a hot potato, peeled it, sprinkled some salt and pepper on it, and took a bite.

"There was something in that room that I didn't dare to say when I was in there."

Trist sighed and stirred the broth with a spoon. Compared to the vegetable broth in the black street, the broth in the restaurant at least contained real meat patties and tasted much richer.

"But Lu Ban and I didn't feel it. This shouldn't be the case."

Xia said as she wolfed down her food. In front of her, a chicken leg had been eaten along with the bone, and only a few crumbs were left of the large piece of bread. As for the steak and vegetable soup, their fate of being eaten up was slightly delayed only because Xia was talking.

“…Is this really an illusion?”

Trist was also very clear that Lu Ban and Xia, one was not a normal person, and the other was beyond ordinary people. If these two people had no feelings, then most likely there was really nothing, and it was just his own psychological effect.

"Forget it. Let's take a look at the next target of investigation, the supplier who contacted Dr. House, and the two patients he had received. Oh, by the way, I may have to go to Madam Martina's place tomorrow morning. After all, some things are better not to be kept with you."

He patted his chest. The inner pocket of his windbreaker contained the case records.

"Is it possible that the friends and relatives of those killed by the mafia ladies developed hatred and wanted to kill accomplices like Dr. House?"

Lu Ban asked again.

"It's possible. I have recorded the names and information of the deceased. I can investigate tomorrow."

As a detective, Trist had this level of sense of smell.

"You two should sleep in my detective agency tonight. I'm a little worried that other monsters will appear due to the influence of the Quiet Place."

“Yeah!”

Lu Ban made a sound of "Yeah!"

"Does the Wasted City usually have many monsters?"

It seems that Xia has not been to the abandoned city again except for the last "Mouth of a Madman" mission, so she is not very familiar with the situation here.

"Not much. To be honest, after traveling to so many foreign lands, I think the most dangerous thing in the Wasted City is not monsters, but humans."

Drizzt smiled bitterly.

After dinner, the three of them walked through the streets.

Gray Lane is just as its name suggests, located at the junction of rich and poor. Under the street lights, there are many call girls standing. They are dressed up beautifully but look very bad. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can spend a wonderful night with them. There are also some beggars with numb eyes and no willpower.

The only thing that was missing was drunkards, because the abandoned city was still under prohibition, so those guys who relied on alcohol to numb themselves did not appear on the streets. But has the crime rate really decreased?

Lu Ban didn't quite believe it.

"So, because of Prohibition, some doctors would brew their own wine and sell it. Could Dr. House have this hobby?"

He had seen some wine in the dark room. In this foreign land where alcohol was prohibited, this kind of thing was quite risky.

"It's possible, but at least the wine in his secret room was not brewed by him. I recognize the labels of those wines. They were brewed by the Catania family. In some high-class gatherings, these wines would be provided to the guests for tasting in the small room. This should be given to him by Mrs. Martina."

Drizzt explained.

Laws like Prohibition are strict on the lower classes, but naturally lenient on the upper classes.

Lu Ban looked towards the rich area, which was also magnificent and brightly lit at night, illuminating the roads in the poor area. The lights were brighter than those here. In those houses, the so-called upper class people partied every night, and fine wine was definitely not absent from these banquets.

However, due to the prohibition of alcohol, people were not allowed to drink in public or at parties, so many people would go to the lounge of the banquet hall to discuss transactions while tasting wine.

A small group of people walked by the street. They were wearing tattered clothes, their faces were covered in dust, and there were some difficult-to-wash stains on their bodies that were not sure whether they were caused by paint or coal.

"These are the workers there. They start working at 7am and work until 9pm, six days a week, and the money they earn is only enough for two people to eat. The pollution from those factories, I mean the exhaust gas and the like, is very serious, especially in recent years. A worker can't work anymore after three years at most, otherwise he will die."

Drizzt whispered to Xia and Lu Ban.

"Many of them are farmers living in the wilderness outside the abandoned city. Because of the adoption of some new technologies, the rich people who controlled the farmland fired them and forced them to move into the abandoned city. They are illiterate and have no skills, so they can only work in factories and continue to be exploited by the rich."

“Why not go to other cities, or go to the wilder places?”

Xia was puzzled.

In the Kingdom of Night, there is no such exploitation and oppression. If a person cannot go to the Gray Tower to learn magic, he can also go to farm, raise livestock, cut wood, and raise fish. In the end, he can support himself.

"It's a barren land outside the abandoned city. Even bounty hunters don't want to waste time there. Going to a place farther away, like we did last time, requires a long journey and is dangerous. Many people can't even afford the fare."

Trist lit the tobacco in his pipe and inhaled the pungent smell to relieve his fatigue.

"Besides, even if I go to other cities, I might still be exploited by the people in power in those cities. There is no difference. At least there are more opportunities in the Wasted City. If I have good physical strength and luck, I can join a gang and become a thug."

“It’s terrible.”

Xia couldn't help but sigh.

"That's why I said that compared to monsters, the people in the Wasted City are more terrifying. Monsters will only kill you, at least you won't feel anything when they eat you, but in this city, you will only feel a slow death devouring you, and the pain will last until the moment you stop breathing."

Drizzt led the two men skillfully across the street and returned to the Drizzt Detective Agency, which was also located at the junction of the rich and the poor.

As soon as the door opened, a fat orange cat was sitting on the sofa, looking up at the door lazily. When it noticed Lu Ban, the orange cat suddenly jumped up, looked at this side vigilantly, and then ran away without knowing where.

"I'm going to borrow two quilts. You guys can just find a comfortable spot on the floor."

Drizzt pointed to the messy ground and went downstairs.