Chapter 510 The Legend of the Predecessor of the Aigeka Guild
"Is this the place? Surround them."
The entrance to an underground entertainment city exclusively for VIP members was blocked, and then many tall orcs with brass knuckles and tattoos rushed in amid fierce curses and conflicts.
Several small shuttles hovered in the sky, turning on searchlight scanners to monitor the situation below to prevent any escapees or reinforcements.
"So this is the lair of the Ghost Face Gang. I thought they had always been homeless."
On a high-rise building not far from here, Elkor observed the scene in the distance. This is the outer edge of the central area 5. It is not prosperous, and there are many factories and vacant land around it.
Standing next to her are several orcs, including a rabbit-eared girl who is a singer in the band, a slender fox-eared man with slanted eyes, and several burly orcs. Not far from Elkor are Alana and several people from the "Z" group. They are all a little nervous at the moment.
Although the purple cat-eared singer was on his side, the other party's influence and strength were not at the same level as his own. He was inevitably a little nervous. He wanted to please the other party, but he was afraid of doing something wrong and offending the other party.
"Lord Elklu, although these guys are rats in the gutter, they are also comfortable in the prosperous and beautiful environment of the Central Star Region. Naturally, they don't want to wander around like homeless people." The fox-eared man behind Elklu bowed and said.
"After you gave the order, I asked a familiar friend to investigate their background and found that the Ghost Face Gang has helped many large companies do shady work in recent years, such as suppressing complaints from those who made trouble, employees who demanded compensation, and smoothing out some bad news reports, etc."
"So it seems that I was doing a good thing by suppressing them before?" Elklu looked at the explosions and fireworks that happened from time to time in the distance and blinked.
"That's right. Lord Elkor is so smart and perceptive that he can see the true nature of this guy at a glance. He always does good things to improve the environment of the Central Star Region without realizing it."
"Okay, okay, I know you are flattering me, but it does make people feel comfortable." If Elkor had a tail, it would probably be lifted up and shaken from side to side.
"Even if it is a compliment, the person being complimented can really praise it. The compassion and kindness that emanates from you all the time are so dazzling, like the morning star in the dark night, which is hard to ignore. If I remain silent, wouldn't it be a betrayal of my original intention? Lord Elkor, please don't be modest. These compliments are from the sincerity of us and others, and there is no suspicion of exaggeration."
To flatter to this extent, this fox-eared man is really unique. Although the orcs around Elkor are a little disgusted, there is really no way to refute his words, and even agree with him bringing himself up at the end.
"Yeah, what you said seems to make sense." Elkor was in a particularly good mood.
After watching the scene for a while, she thought about it, waved to the people behind her, and said a few words. Soon, someone handed a few chairs to the rooftop. Judging from their style, they should have just been snatched from the lair of the Ghost Face Gang.
"These chairs are quite comfortable to sit on. You guys can sit down too. This good show will probably end in a while."
She asked the people behind her to sit down. Finally, the orcs looked and saw that only the rabbit-eared girl Dominica and the fox-eared man sat down, while the others remained standing. The lights
inside the underground entertainment venue
flickered. People in various clothes but wearing ghost masks were lying in the alley. Many people were unconscious, and some had their masks torn off, with bruises all over their faces. From time to time, the metal vibrations of steel pipes colliding could be heard in the distance, and occasionally there were a few curses and running sounds.
Following the sound forward, the core area of the underground, which was originally a hall for gatherings, was now occupied by two parties.
"Who are you? Why are you targeting our Ghost Face Gang?" The man in a suit with sunglasses frowned, looking at the orcs who had already entered the core area.
Most of the orcs on the opposite side were over two meters tall. Even if there were a few thin ones, they were tough guys and difficult to deal with. The weakest of them was at Sequence 5. Even a large company could not gather such a lineup at once.
"Who are we? You still don't know who you have offended. It seems that the boss behind you has already regarded you as a discarded child." A man with gray wolf ears and scars on the corners of his eyes walked out of the orcs and laughed at the core members of the Ghost Face Gang who were blocked here. Hearing
such a declaration, the man in sunglasses frowned and did not answer.
"Don't say it, right? I will have plenty of ways to make you speak later." The scarred orc with wolf ears hit his fists and tilted his head. Then the orcs behind him did not wait any longer and rushed forward again.
At this point, after a brief ceasefire, the battle started again.
With the help of the wrist rings on their arms and the black and red long swords, these gang members wearing all-black ghost masks shouted to meet these orcs. When they punched, the wrist rings would also simultaneously launch extraordinary energy rings to assist in attack and defense. After that, the black and red long swords were full of magic power, and the bright red blades were waving in the dim environment, which was particularly eye-catching and dangerous.
In response, the orcs who rushed up were also prepared. Either their muscles were as strong as steel, resisting the opponent's attacks, and at the same time, they would break the opponent's bones with one punch and kneel on the ground, or they were agile and ghostly, avoiding the attack in the dim environment, and then went around to the side and rear to attack, tearing open the vests of these ghost-faced gang members with one claw.
Seeing that these "vicious men" in the hall were ferocious and fearless, and their men basically injured the opponent, but would also be hit by the heavy punches of the counterattack and have their bones broken and fainted, the man in sunglasses began to have the idea of retreating.
'Are we the gangsters, or are the other gangsters? Why are they so fierce?'
He was puzzled. Which force hired them? How much money did they spend to make them work so hard? They wanted to work for so many big companies, but they could only support a team of 60 Sequence 5 guards. The money he spent made him feel bad and reluctant. He couldn't expand it any further.
As time went by, the people around the man in sunglasses fell one by one. When the situation was one-sided, the Ghost Face Gang members around him could no longer hold on. They fled for their lives and tried to leave here. Unfortunately, this underground entertainment city has been controlled. The passages to the ground and other places are blocked and guarded.
A few minutes later, the last member around the man in sunglasses was knocked to the ceiling, smashed and shook off some building materials, and fell to the ground, twisted beyond human form, and wailed in pain.
During this period, the man in sunglasses also tried to resist, but was easily resolved by the enemy. He even slapped him a few times, causing his sunglasses to fall off and the teeth at the corners of his mouth to break and bleed.
Now when all his teammates had lost their resistance, he also retreated to the corner, and was finally pinned to the ground and tied up by several orcs.
"Come with us." A tall bull-horned orc held him by the waist with one hand like holding an ear of corn.
Passing through the passage full of wailing and unconscious bleeding people, the orcs captured the man in sunglasses and a few gang core members and brought them to the surface.
"The lady is over there." The man in sunglasses heard this in a faint coma and soon lost consciousness.
A few minutes later, the orc who was holding him threw him to the ground, making him sober again. There were also several rabbit-eared therapists wearing white robes and hooded masks on the side.
After helping him to stop the wound temporarily and prevent it from getting worse, these rabbit-eared therapists quietly withdrew, leaving him struggling to stand up and see the cat-eared singer sitting on the chair not far in front of him.
'Light Purple Foam Spot' Elukolu, there are not many new generation singers in the Federation, and any resident who pays a little attention cannot be unaware of it.
It turned out to be her. No wonder she could easily mobilize so many fierce orcs, and each of them was very powerful. Being targeted by such a big shot, the man in sunglasses was convinced of his defeat, but he didn't understand why he was chosen.
He turned his eyes and saw Alanna and others standing a little further away from Elkolu. Now he understood a lot.
"Okay, I won't say any more nonsense. Can you tell me who is behind you?" Elkolu crossed her legs, supported her chin with one hand, and looked down at the defeated Ghost Face Gang leader below with interest.
Many thoughts turned in her mind. The man in sunglasses hesitated for a few seconds and decided to speak.
"We usually help those big companies to clean up their butts and do some dirty work. We don't know who is above us. We just know that we are a peripheral organization under the 'guild'."
"What is the 'guild'?" Elkolu felt like she had heard of this name before.
"The Guild is a mysterious organization that dominates the Aigeka network. As a third party, it often issues bounties or tasks for others to complete, but most of these things are illegal and unknown to ordinary people." The fox-eared man next to him came forward and explained in a low voice.
"They also help some desperate people to forge identities, control the lifelines of these people, and command these people to do some extremely dangerous things at a low cost."
"Many black mercenaries, bounty hunters, and gray field agencies are affiliated with the Guild and are their peripheral members."
"Hasn't the official cracked down on it?" Elklu was curious.
"It was searched before, and the Inquisition also arrested a group of members, but every time they disappeared, they would revive again after a while. Later, the Inquisition also got tired of it. As long as they restrained themselves and didn't do too much and endanger the main security of the Federation, they didn't continue to spend manpower and energy to hunt them down."
"It sounds very mysterious and powerful." Elklu shook the silver ring in her hand.
"But this answer doesn't satisfy me at all. Let's beat him up first."
"Yes."
Then two burly orcs came out, rubbing their knuckles and stepping forward, and beat and trampled the man in sunglasses again. During this time, one could even hear the sound of bones breaking and the dull hum of hitting the ground several times.
Half a minute later, Elklu called a halt and waved to the rabbit-eared healers waiting in the distance to come over again to treat the man lying on the ground covered in blood.
Under the traction of magic power, the dislocated bones slowly reset, and then the muscles and tissues through which the magic power flowed recovered and grew again. The tingling and strange feeling coming from it was like ten thousand ants biting in his body, making him cry and howl, and his body twisted continuously.
After the treatment was completed, the man was brought to Elklu again, waiting for her decision.
"As for me, I don't know what questions to ask you, but if you can't tell me something that interests and satisfies me, I will let you experience the feeling just now repeatedly." Elkor's voice, like a little devil, reached the ears of the man in sunglasses in the night, causing him to tremble all over and sweat on his back.
"Don't try to make up lies to deceive me. If you read a little more, you will know that lying in front of a singer is the stupidest thing to do."
"Okay, I'll give you 30 seconds to sort out your thoughts and then talk properly." After saying that, Elkor threw the silver ring in his hand into the air and then dropped it to the ground.
The thin silver ring kept rotating on the ground, and the afterimage was like a sphere. As it moved slowly, it passed through the unevenness and dust particles on the ground, and its speed was slowly decreasing. It would stop completely in about 30 seconds.
Looking at the rotating ring in front of his knees, the man in sunglasses could only pray that it would rotate for a little longer and not fall down so quickly. Then his thoughts spun rapidly in his mind, thinking about the way out tonight.
Even though the pain was extremely severe, the experience just now did not cause him to have a mental breakdown. However, he knew very well that if he continued to persist, who knows what new tricks the cat-eared singer in front of him would come up with. Some of the torture methods made him feel terrified just thinking about them.
Since he would betray sooner or later, he might as well suffer less. Now he did not expect anything else. Being able to live without such pain was his greatest wish.
"Actually... cough cough cough." His voice was a little hoarse.
"Actually, I have heard a rumor that the 'guild' is actually a subordinate force of another organization." This information was not completely certain. It was also some guesses and ideas he had obtained through years of speculation.
"What do you mean?" Elkor tilted his head to make sure that he was not lying.
"The Aijaka network is huge, and contains a lot of very valuable intelligence, so there are various hacker groups on the Internet."
"Since they are all illegal organizations, there is no moral argument, but the 'Guild' always stands firm, and I haven't heard of other hacker groups attacking the 'Guild'. This can only mean that there is a larger force behind the 'Guild' that is responsible for balancing and maintaining the most basic order." The man in sunglasses analyzed calmly.
"Then what?" Elkor thought it was still boring and not very interesting.
"I..." Gnashing his teeth, the man in sunglasses hesitated and said some ancient legends about the Aijaka network.
"In fact, when I was in my early years and mingled in the Aijaka network, I heard some old people talking about things that happened a long time ago."
"At that time, there was no 'guild'. Each dark web organization set up its own platform. It was a mixed bag and very chaotic. Sometimes you couldn't get the money for completing the bounty, or you cooperated with the people who were hung to defraud the bounty, and there were also dark web running away and disappearing in the middle of the process. "
"At that time, apart from the normal official maintained network scope, many marginal areas of the Aijaka network were extremely chaotic. Many organizations were entrenched in a corner. Most of them were bad, and some claimed to be righteous and fought with them. The chaotic situation caused many bloody and cruel things to spread everywhere."
"Such a situation was that the 'evil' and 'chaos' brought by the Aijaka network exceeded its benefits to society. Therefore, someone in the Central Parliament at that time proposed that most of the Aijaka network should be banned, leaving only a small number of official agency interfaces to connect to the entire federation, and other star fields could open their own traditional local area networks."
Hearing this past event that was not recorded in official history, Elklu immediately became interested and continued to ask.
"What happened next?"
"This proposal was agreed by many people, but some members of Congress believed that this move would undermine freedom and go backwards in history. It would be detrimental to the flow of information between the various star regions of the Federation. If this continues, cultural barriers will gradually form between the various star regions of the Federation, leading to the birth of separatism."
"The two sides argued for several years. It was also during those years that the environment of the Aijaka network miraculously improved. The various dark web chaotic organizations that were previously prevalent gradually dissipated, and some overly dark things were slowly hidden, making it difficult for ordinary people to access them." "
After that, the 'Guild' was gradually established. It took on many bounty missions in the gray area, but compared to the organizations in the past that had no taboos, it had a lot more rules."
"Since then, the Aijaka network has slowly entered a period of stable development. Although the 'Guild' has always existed, its shadow has become increasingly faint, turning into various hidden platforms. Although they look different, those who are familiar with them know that their data is actually common in depth."
"As for the organization that controls the 'Guild' behind the scenes and stabilizes the Aijaka network environment, I have heard of a special name..."
"That is - the 'Council of Seven Sages'."
After the words fell, the scene was quiet for a while, and Elkor took the ring and spun it on her fingertips again.
"This story is really good. It doesn't look made up."
"Okay, I'll let you go for now, but don't think about going back. Just follow me. As for those subordinates, don't worry. The police will come to take over soon. I believe that as long as we look patiently, we can always find records of crimes."
"You don't have to worry about what happens next. You will also go to jail in the future. Together with your former subordinates, you will work hard in prison to make handmade parts and transform your mind and body. Hehehe~"
The purple cat-eared singer covered her mouth and chuckled. The sound was like a shaking bell, spreading in the night.
Good night 0 0/
I'm late today
(end of this chapter)
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