Prostitute
If Dark Star City is a pyramid, then the Midtown area can be said to be the largest and strangest area with the largest population in the middle.
Because people from the lower-class areas need a pass to enter the upper-class areas, there are not too many poor people here, and most of the office workers with stable jobs are also active in this area. This has also caused a mixed crowd here, with people from all walks of life everywhere.
Likewise, this place is very prosperous. During the day, you can enjoy the false sunlight radiating from the top of the upper town and the white tower in the center of the city, and at night, there are also flashing neon lights and high-rise buildings.
This place is not as bottomless as the garbage area, nor as dark as the slums, and not like the old city where there are only old bungalows and dilapidated tube-shaped buildings in a monotonous gray tone except for 3DGG.
There are many people here. Although it is not as beautiful and quiet as the North District where the nobles and senior directors of the company live, it is better than the steel forest in the Upper District which is as cold and ruthless as a saber.
The streets in the Midtown area are busy with traffic and tall buildings, with colorful glare everywhere. The neon light poles can project very high into the sky, rotating and radiating light. The smoke from the ground drainage outlets appears green, dim, or dark red under the neon lights.
Those are proof that the underground steam pipes are continuously heating the area under the influence of the spiritual life-sustaining array, so most of the people coming and going on the road are not wearing such thick clothes.
For the sake of beauty, girls who are not afraid of the cold boldly expose their bare thighs and white arms, while men wear shirts or simple formal clothes.
Of course, the temperature was just right, and it would still be a bit cold if you didn't wear enough. Only the prostitutes who endured the cold to make money would sit in the corner of the wall, smoking and waiting for customers in their colorful underwear.
A few new prostitutes who haven't gotten used to the cold want to get out of the street corner as soon as possible and start working to earn some money to buy bread. They casually put on a coat that doesn't match their gaudy underwear at all, and walk back and forth on the streets where they work in cheap and gaudy high heels. When they meet drunk office workers in formal clothes or those who look like clients, they approach them to sell themselves.
After the deal is done, they take the customer back to their cheap single room and sell it at a price even cheaper than the room. The better ones go to those anonymous adult hotels, while the worse ones go directly into the alleys to start the deal.
"Hey, look, that's little Vina! I know her, her mother is also a prostitute, why didn't she go to school today, and she's working in her mother's place?"
Wu Fu was lying next to the car door, looking through the bulletproof glass at a little blonde girl wearing a pink miniskirt and bikini and ill-fitting high heels. He said to Wu Ci, "I used to see her looking for her mother when I passed by after school. She was only six years old..."
For the sake of show, Wu Ci, with wolf-red marks and wax all over his body, was shirtless and biting the tie tied around his wrist with his teeth, trying to make the marks deeper.
Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "So what? Maybe her mother is sick and she has to support both mother and daughter."
Wu Fu lowered her head and took out the identity bracelet hidden in her crumpled skirt. "I have to go to her house to see how her mother is..."
"Excuse me for reminding you, there are so many people, do you want to save every one of them? Do you remember that we are in a hurry?"
Wu Ci has seen this kind of hardship in the world many times. He said in a formulaic and cold manner, "All this is caused by the reasons of this world, and no one can change anything. Besides, humans will bully the weak. She may be squeezed out of the waiting position by other prostitutes because she is a newcomer and young. Who knows, she may die in the alley in a while.
Even if you save her, the money you give her will be snatched away. Even if you watch her every day and take her home as your own daughter, she may turn into a poisonous snake when she grows up for your inheritance, bite your neck, and stab you in your sleep. "
I thought Wu Fu would be angry after hearing this, or at least would refute it, but Wu Fu laughed, "Wu Ci, you came from the wilderness, and the competition in the wilderness is fierce. I understand that you are all beasts. In this cruel environment, you will do anything to survive. You are the law of the jungle and are ruthless. Even a little girl can pretend to be a victim and cut the neck of a helper when she is not paying attention.
But there are people in the city. Even in the garbage areas and slums, people have unspoken rules. This is a law of survival unique to humans and comes from human nature. No matter how bad the lower-class people in the city are, as long as they are not morally corrupt, they will tacitly abide by such natural unspoken rules.
Do you believe it? Even if I don’t help her today, someone else will help her.”
Wu Ci looked down and saw that in the bustling city where people were rushing to and fro, a prostitute at another street corner had spotted six-year-old Vina.
She was an old prostitute. She was not pretty, her complexion was loose and she had not made much money in all this time. She could only make a living by working for two or three days.
These prostitutes are very good at identifying people. They can always find clients who need service and potential job targets who are easy to talk to. They can naturally distinguish the same sex workers from all kinds of women.
She rolled her eyes and moved her lips slightly towards the sky, as if she was swearing angrily in an incomprehensible language. Then she put out her cigarette with her high heels, the patent leather toes of which were slightly scratched and worn. She called little Vina over, asked her age, and took out the money that the customer had stuffed into her from her stockings up her thighs and handed it to the young child.
She is only six years old, too young for a child, and she shouldn't be doing this kind of work here.
Other prostitutes nearby who noticed all this also temporarily gave up their work and surrounded the girl, asking about the girl's mother, the girl's age, and where she lived. Some of them were concerned about the girl, while others questioned her loudly, wanting to let her know the seriousness of the matter.
But each of them took out the money they earned by selling their dignity and bodies from the cleavage of their chests or the stockings on their thighs.
They pieced together the rolled-up change and stacked it from large to small into a neat pile of colorful hopes, which they forcefully forced upon the girls who refused to reap the fruits of their labor.
Even though he was in the mud, he raised his hands and lifted the girl up.
"Did you see that? Wu Ci, these are the rules of the Prostitutes' Sisters. They prove that they are not just a thoughtless commodity, but also that they are upright people. Their unspoken rules are that they can fight each other for business, but girls under the age of 14 will get help from everyone. They will send little Vina home... Moreover, the streets have their own rules. Most of the other gang members will not rob prostitutes with young children." Wu Fu's eyes flashed with a trace of reminiscence. "My mother was also helped in this way when she was a child. It has been passed down from generation to generation."
Wu Ci had nothing to say.
He was simply amazed at the contradictions of human beings, who on one hand wanted to kill their own kind and fight each other, and on the other hand on the other hand would protect their children in their infancy, allowing those children to grow up and live and struggle in the world just like they do now.
From this perspective, there is no difference between so-called good and evil.
After all, it is still a minority. He has never encountered any kindness, not even the kindness that may not bring happiness.
If someone had questioned him in his previous life, "Why do we treat an innocent person like this? Slander him, make fun of him, and accuse him of all those unfounded crimes?"
Oh, maybe? Even though he was still a fool at that time, he might have been so grateful that he would have knelt down and begged for forgiveness from mankind with tears on his face.
It's so ridiculous that it makes people feel uncomfortable just thinking about it, but who knows what he will think during the memory erasure period after the Heroic Spirit is formatted?
It's not decent, so not decent, like a ridiculous little ugly thing. Even if there is only such a possibility, it makes people feel weird and embarrassed.
Wu Ci resisted the urge to vomit and tried to clear his mind. "Now this has nothing to do with us. You should first think about how we can more safely kill a senior with unknown abilities."
"Action plan? You mean an action plan? Oh, did I hear you right, brother? Please, what kind of action plan do we need?" Wu Fu widened his eyes in disbelief. "Let's not talk about how secure our identities are. In this world, ordinary civilians can't even live securely!"
"The action plan is too simple. Even if it is a murder, I don't think it is rational."
"What is the rational approach? Proposal? Plan? PowerPoint presentation? Action plan? Shouldn't there be preparation of materials at the beginning, emotional preparation, experience preparation, and environmental preparation? An estimate of the development in the middle of the action? Contingency measures for unexpected situations at the end? Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C! Please! Tell me, you don't really think that, do you?"
Wu Fu held Wu Ci's shoulders and smiled brilliantly like a big golden retriever with too much energy to expend. "The plan is, we go over to his casino, find him in person, and kill him together. It's that simple. This is safer than me doing it alone!"
Wu Ci was not used to this kind of behavior where there must be a road before the car arrives in the mountain, and he just rushed in headfirst. It just so happened that the hovercraft should be arriving soon. He confirmed that the marks on his wrist were obvious, slapped away Wu Fu's claws without a sense of boundaries, lowered his head and said while buttoning his clothes, "I am not used to your style of doing things. If there is a problem, I will find it difficult to deal with it."
"Don't worry! If something unexpected happens, as long as that senior is not really too strong, I will make sure you get out alive!" Wu Fu blinked as she put on her skirt, "Believe me, Wu Ci, I will not let someone who is willing to help me die with me for no reason.
According to the information I found, he is going to entertain a mysterious guest today. All the necromancers under his department are not here, so we have to deal with him alone. If we really can't do anything, we can capture the guest."
"Why didn't you say it just now?"
Wu Fu was shy, "I thought that if something goes wrong, I would be able to show my ability to adapt to the situation..."
As he was talking, the hovercraft stopped at the entrance of a dark alley lit with garish pink neon lights.
The buildings in this area are very tall and the spaces between them are very narrow. There are no wide roads like in other areas, but only small alleys and streets formed by the gaps between the buildings. Therefore, it is difficult to see the sky through the dense electric wires above. Whether it is day or night, it is dark here. The only color is the cheap pink signs of overnight sex/service shops and some miscellaneous snack shops.
The stagnant water on the street that had not been drained away by the drainage pipes reflected the desire of the neon lights, and ripples appeared as the hovercraft vibrated the air.
Although the hovercraft that Wu Ci and his companions were riding in was parked at the entrance of the alley, it did not land in the alley, but was suspended in the air to avoid contact with the civilians below. After confirming that they had arrived at the location, the hatch of the hovercraft opened, and a retractable deck covered with a red carpet automatically extended out, connecting to the rooftop of the building in front.
Several people from the Ministry of Finance on the rooftop were wearing expensive corporate suits and quietly waiting for their arrival.
I started my internship today. I am so exhausted. From 6am to 9pm, I have tried my best to keep myself busy. It feels like I have never stopped. But my senior scolded me for not speaking actively and asked me to remember everyone's name and face. (Socially anxious people cry)(Face blind people crawl)(Amnesiac people wail)
I really don't have any drafts saved, so starting tomorrow I can't guarantee this time. I'll try my best to catch it after get off work, and if I'm late, don't wait for me.
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