Chapter 525 The Rise of the Lion King: Obey the Law
The crimson shuttle in the atmosphere flew through the ruined hive city, like a bird flying between withered trees, passing through the fallen, collapsed and forgotten ruins.
This city, everything here was burned in the defense of Terra many years ago. The demons and traitors passed through this land, leaving only these ruins.
It takes many, many years to rebuild a hive city. It may take several generations and centuries to repopulate and rebuild everything in the past. It is a huge project, even for Holy Terra.
And this is not the worst point. Ruins and rubble? Humph, this is not the most troublesome. The most troublesome thing is these underground sub-hive areas. With the disappearance of the imperial law enforcement force, it will become a lawless place in a short time. The large number of former hive city residents who flee into it will make the gangs thrive.
The order collapsed quickly and completely, but rebuilding it was another matter entirely. It required a vast amount of resources, and more importantly, more soldiers and weapons. This was an almost impossible task for any imperial world.
And that was exactly where Vito was going. Hey, the meeting place wasn't his choice, was it? Vito looked at the collapsed high-rise building outside, shrugged, and gently pushed the joystick down. The shuttle whizzed up from the ruins and escaped into the sky filled with factory smoke.
Soon, they came out from the other end, rushing out of the smoky sky, as if they had instantly arrived in another world. The ruins were replaced by familiar urban buildings, and tall buildings and churches stood everywhere, like towering trees in the rising factory smoke.
The shuttle passed through the buildings and came to a huge pit. It was an extremely huge ground pit, deep underground, with a large number of transport planes and civilian ships rising and falling in it, traveling back and forth between the upper and lower levels of the hive.
Vito gently lowered the height bar, and the shuttle descended. He fell from the air into the big hole, and slowly sank down with the surrounding ships.
But soon, they left the diving fleet, and the shuttle flew to the circular street on the cliff of the deep pit, where there was a huge private helipad. Unlike the public starport, it was not that wide, but it was enough to stop the shuttle.
And the better thing was that only one shuttle could be stopped at a time. The shuttle landed on the deck, and a strong airflow swept in from the gate. An old man wearing a work vest and a toolbox hanging on his waist came out, and he raised his mechanical arm to block in front of him.
"Hey, this isn't an airport, this is a repair shop." "I know, take it, this money is enough for you to find something good for this ship, don't use those low-nest junk to perfunctory me, if I blow up the cylinder when I take off, I'll come back and blow your head off."
The man who came down from the cabin threw a cash card to the old man, who caught it and looked at the guy with the grenade launcher, a mercenary?
"What's your name?" "I believe this can make you ignore this." He took out a few golden imperial gold coins from his arms, he shot them to the old man, and then passed by him. The old man looked at him and then looked at his companions following behind him.
"Mechanic priest? Why don't you let him come to repair the ship?" "That's why I pay you, don't you want to fight for this money? Want? Then don't ask questions."
The repairman glanced at the grenade launcher on his waist, raised his hands to signal, then put away the cash card, and walked towards the shuttle with the toolbox on his waist.
At the door of the shop, he walked out of the door facing the street with a bolt gun on his shoulder, and came to the circular street outside. This place was built based on the deep pit deep underground, and was arranged layer by layer.
"Put on your hat and pull your clothes tight. Although there are many people from the Mechanicus here, believe me, you don't want to say hello to them."
As he said, Omega behind him put on his hood and hid the mechanical face under the brim of his hat. He looked around the busy streets around him, "Where are we going?"
"Further down, but we have to find a way to get down first." "Take the rail elevator, isn't it okay?" "Look where." Vito said, pointing to the far end of the street. Omega looked over and saw the closed rail elevator. There was a cordon outside the gate, and a notice board was nailed to the wall next to it.
It said that due to rampant crime in the Lower Nest, as well as the hidden mutants and heretics, all passages leading to the Lower Nest were closed from today, and at the door, there were two fierce-looking judges from the Ministry of Justice guarding there, warning anyone passing by not to challenge what was said above.
"How do we get down?" Omega turned back, he knew that the Lower Nest shuttle could not land, Vito put his hands in his pockets, looked around the street with a lot of traffic, his vision jumped between those shops, and soon he stopped.
Vito walked to the cliff on one side of the street. At the edge of the street, there was a child with a dirty face and a backpack full of things. He was surrounded by several people who were bigger than him. It was not difficult to see that those guys were members of a gang.
"You brat, I told you to take your things out, but you stole Petliura's things!" One of the men with a long, thin horse face and a unique cockscomb hairstyle said and pushed hard with his hand. He scolded the child with a dirty face, but the latter scolded him back without any sign of weakness.
"Fuck you, you idiots from the Gear Gang, this street doesn't belong to you! If you can, go tell the law enforcement officer and tell him that this is yours. Let's see how he answers you."
"You low-level little rat, everyone knows this is the territory of the Gear Gang, and you are stealing things on our territory! Hand over the things, or I will knock out your teeth!"
Another gangster said. He had a mechanical arm equipped with inferior mechanical parts. There was a veritable gear tattooed on his big arm. It creaked when it moved. He pushed the child's shoulder hard all at once. He hit the guardrail on the side of the street backwards, and there was an abyss below.
"Give us your stuff, or we'll throw you down and beat you to a pulp!" "You can't talk nonsense to him, just bring it over and it's over. Then we'll punish him again so that he can remember it. Come here." ! You dirty rat."
As the man with the cockscomb head said, he reached out to grab the kid, who bit his hand all of a sudden. He screamed and then pulled his hand back. He pulled out a rusty steel pipe from his waist in annoyance, " You stinky rat!"
He picked up the steel pipe and smashed it down, but suddenly stopped in mid-air. His hand was firmly fixed in the air. The horse-faced man tugged at the steel pipe until it stopped, and then turned his head to look at the person behind him. Vito, he stood there, completely ignoring the young gangster in front of him, and his companions looking at the child.
"What's in your bag?" "What does this have to do with you?" The child sniffled and yelled back in the strongest way a child could, but Vito looked at him calmly and pointed. Checked the contents of the bag.
"I'm looking for things that can only be found in the lower nest. To put it simply, I will buy those things." "Hey! You idiot, this is something from the Gear Gang!" The robot-arm gangster on the side yelled, and went up He leaned forward, but Vito didn't even bother to look at him.
"Are you selling?" he continued to ask the kid, who looked at Vito with a strange expression and sniffed his nose, "Yes, but you need to tell them to get out first, so that we can negotiate a business deal." ”
"I agree, are you willing to leave?" "You want my answer? This is my answer, you idiot!" Another gangster yelled, grabbed a pipe and hit it, and Vito dodged sideways. He dodged over, then grabbed the pipe and twisted it directly to the guy's anti-joint position.
The gangster screamed, and after letting go of his hand, Vito grabbed the steel rod and hit him with his backhand on the face where he was about to curse when he came back. His mouth was filled with blood and he spat out his teeth. fell to the ground.
Another accomplice behind him roared and rushed up. Vito hit him on the waist with a stick. When he clutched his ribs and gasped, Vito grabbed the steel stick and hit him on the side. On the back of the head, and then a backhand hit on the fist of the gangster next to him whose wrist he grabbed.
The glove made of his flesh collided with the steel rod. When he screamed, Vito hit him in the face with his elbow, causing him to take several steps back.
Vito looked at him, then looked back calmly at the Iron Fist gangster rushing behind him. A small knife popped out of his mechanical arm and he stabbed Vito in the face. The child stared at the knife. Eyes, "Hey! You!"
Before he finished shouting, Vito had already dodged sideways and grabbed the guy's mechanical arm with his backhand. The steel rod was suddenly raised and slapped on his back. The guy screamed, and then Vito came again. A few sticks hit him like a dog, causing him to retreat repeatedly.
"You idiot! I'm going to rip your throat out!" He roared and prepared to step forward, but found that his arm was unresponsive, as if nothing existed there, and in fact, it was indeed the case.
His robotic arm fell to the ground with a clanking sound. The gangster looked back and saw Omega behind him looking at the robotic arm. He lifted himself up and lowered the hand that ejected the screw gun, "Really, Terrible stuff, you should get a better one.”
"Who do you think you are?!" "I believe that my suggestions are very professional." "Omega, you have been messed with, put him down."
After hearing this, Omega stretched out his hand and grabbed the gangster's other arm. Instantly, a burst of electricity shot out from the palm of his hand, causing the gangster to twitch all over. Then he suddenly fell to the ground, still smoking.
Vito looked at the gangster, then blocked the steel rod coming from behind with a backhand stick, then jumped up again and suddenly stabbed the cockscomb-headed gangster behind him in the chest. After that, I pushed back and forth to record the steps.
"Take your guys and leave before I can." Vito said. Before he could finish speaking, the gangster rushed up again. He threw away the steel pipe, pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and pointed at it. As Vito rushed towards him, the latter looked at him speechlessly, took a step forward and hit him on the side of the head with a stick.
The gangster covered his head and knocked to the side repeatedly. He hit the fence at the edge of the street and fell down before he could stand. He screamed and fell into the abyss, and the screams echoed in the abyss. all over the street.
The crowd around them all looked over, and the law enforcement officer pushed through the crowd and walked out. He held an electric baton in his hand and pointed it at Vito and a few guys lying on the ground.
"What are you doing here? Fighting? One of you died? Come here! You idiots, I'm going to take you back and kick you in."
The law enforcement officer grabbed Vito, but stopped immediately because the latter pulled out a black card from his arms. Vito leaned forward with a smile and turned the card with his fingers, "I think this is not necessary. This was just an ordinary quarrel, and he accidentally slipped and fell."
"And this, maybe, can prove what I said? What do you think, officer." Vito said, handing the black card in his hand to the law enforcement officer, who looked at the card and then turned to look behind him He frowned and picked up the electric baton at the onlookers.
"What are you looking at?! Do you understand official business? Get out of here!" he shouted. After waving the electric baton in the air a few times, and with his colleagues behind him holding up shotguns, the crowd of onlookers immediately dispersed.
"Ahem, look, I still have a companion." "Ah, of course, you are lucky." Vito smiled and took out another card from his arms. He handed the two cards to the law enforcement officer .
"Also, could you please go out of your way to help these gentlemen take care of their injuries? What I mean is." "Understood, I understand." The law enforcement officer said, put the card in his arms, and then turned around and kicked Kicked a gangster on the ground.
"Get up! You bastards! Get up, you have disturbed these law-abiding citizens for too long, and me! Get up!" the law enforcement officer said, grabbing the bastard on the ground, while his companion took another One rushed up and asked them to pick up the one who was electrocuted by Omega and take them away.
Vito looked at the law enforcement officer who was holding a gun and driving the gangsters away, and then turned to look at the child in front of him. He also watched Vito suck in his snot-filled nose.
"Now, let's talk business." "Of course, you are a good man, sir. Here is what you want. Just ask for the price." The child said, opened the bag and raised it, and Vito came up to take a look. , Omega also came over at this moment, and looked at the dazzling array of things in the bag with Vito.
"Jewelry, wallets, and parts of hoverbikes." Omega said mechanically. Vito looked at the things inside and shook his head. He lowered the big bag he raised and looked at the child, "There is nothing I want. Maybe, there will be one down there?”
"Then you have to find a way to get down. Recently, the villains from the Ministry of Justice have blocked the streets and are extorting passers-by. They also say that they represent the Emperor and so on. If this is the Emperor's will, then let Go to hell! May he be eaten by the monster in the dark."
"Keep your voice down, kid, you don't want to be heard, but, in that case, how about we go about our business leading the way? I'm sure you can get down just as well as you came up, and for that, I'll be grateful ”
Vito said, and took out a heavy gold coin from his arms with his fingers. The dirty child looked at the gold coin and sniffed, then laughed, "Sure, but I have to say it first, That’s not a philosophy for discerning people.”
"What a coincidence, I'm not a particular person, please lead the way." Vito said, putting the gold coin in his arms before the child came to get it. He smiled, "I'll give it to you when it's here, I think you understand. "
"Okay, keep up. It's almost time. It's almost here." The child said, covering his backpack, putting it on his back and running away along the pedestrian street. Vito straightened his clothes and looked at him, Omega Then he leaned up from behind and came to his side.
"We have only been here for less than five minutes, and you have already caused your first trouble." "It's a small trouble, just get used to it. Come on, there are more exciting things ahead."
Vito straightened his collar, smiled and followed the kid who greeted him. Omega looked at him, calculating the probability of causing big trouble in his mind. You know, he gave up in the end, because, my friend, this is not a sure thing. Something?