Late autumn, the new imperial capital, the city of Neserel (comhenie)

In the dim morning, the rising sun has not yet dispelled the haze of the sky. Most of the residents in the city are still sleeping. Since the empire split, this city that once was bright and bright, and prosperous and noisy, has been trapped in endless martial law. There are soldiers with live ammunition on the streets everywhere. Theaters, bars and dance halls have closed down due to lack of business. There is no longer a wonderful and rich nightlife, and naturally there are no drunks and rogues who never come home at night.

But the soldiers who were wandering around the streets did not mean that the order in the city was good, in fact, on the contrary. Due to the long-term arrears of military pay, the Southern Army stationed in the imperial capital was extremely poor in discipline, and it was a common thing for the soldiers to hold on to the market and blackmail some food and drink.

They changed into groups of robbers and selected wealthy "fat sheep" in the city to break in at night and kill people and rob... it has been no longer once or twice.

The Yan army was not willing to restrain this situation of collapse of military discipline, and its basic attitude was to let it go.

Therefore, whenever night falls, all citizens will block the door and listen to the movements outside in fear. They curled up together and prayed for the gods to make a promise. It was not until the sun was over, and they dared to push the door out and start their work and livelihood.

However, among the people who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, Tade, who is a high-level thief, is definitely not included. As a gangster who is active in the underground circle of the imperial capital, he is more accustomed to appearing in the night and disappearing at dawn. Although such days are very dangerous, they are also very pissy. In Tade's eyes, he lives more relaxed and comfortable than most people in this city, and follows freedom.

No matter what era, as long as there are people, there will be worlds, as long as there are big cities, there will be underworlds... And during its heyday, the new imperial capital, Nesèrel, which lived in nearly 500,000 people, naturally these fly-camped parasites are indispensable.

However, the depression and destruction of a city also means that the underworld forces parasitic in its body will also go to a declining end together.

Looking back on the difficult days of these years, Boss Tad couldn't help but sigh quietly.

Before the split of the Nairer Empire, the gangsters in the imperial capital were usually doing well. They could do nothing all day while receiving relief funds allocated by the government: they could inquire about news for bigwigs, create momentum, or act as minions, and do something ulterior motive: they could dominate the market, charge protection fees for merchants, or try to cheat foreign tourists, and infiltrate illegal "gray businesses" such as drug trafficking, slave trade, and arms transactions, etc.

This will make a considerable amount of money.

Boss Tade is such a gangster. With his fear of kung fu and some cleverness, he controlled dozens of gangsters and other younger brothers and occupied a commercial street as territory. Although it is not a question of a gangster who has a status comparable to a high-ranking official, he lives a prosperous life by collecting protection fees and intelligence transactions. He has never been worried about poverty and is considered a number one person in the city.

However, life has become increasingly difficult since the start of three years ago.

First, the Southern Army entered the imperial capital, and the northern camp stopped paying taxes. The imperial government, which was financially tense, naturally stopped providing relief to unemployed people. Next, with the increasing domestic political situation, many rich people moved out of the city to avoid the upcoming chaos and provided services to them, and quickly fell down and closed down, causing the city of Neserel to shrink from a super metropolis with a population of more than 500,000 to the point that only a hundred thousand people remained.

As a new city built from the wilderness, the imperial capital is basically a consumer city with only political centers, but no decent output.

When the entire country fell into political movement and there was no large amount of materials and money to continue to be imported into the city, the depression and destruction of the imperial capital became something that must happen naturally, just like the decayed fruit of vines.

As the shops on the territory went bankrupt one after another, the boss Tad's gangster soon had no protection fees to charge. The surge in various prices also made it difficult for him to afford so many small ones as before.

Brother, it didn't take long to start the tree falling and scattering. In order to compete for the last few areas of good fortune, the gangsters who were eager to jump over the wall actually launched a cruel life-and-death battle...

Boss Tad, who lost all his younger brothers in the melee, relied on his own smart mind and set up a secret line for the Northern Army in advance. Hence, he used to inquire about intelligence for the Northern Army and become an "underground worker"

Only by doing so did I barely get a salary and I could survive.

However, after being nervous and working as a "no-staff agent" for three years, Boss Tad could no longer hold on.

As the current situation became increasingly corrupt, the Southern Army entering the imperial capital gradually showed the final signs of madness, which quickly fell into unimaginable uneasiness. The soldiers were no longer just thieves who were hiding, but began to kill and loot in open fire. The resistance forces lurking in the imperial capital became more and more active.

Basically, whenever it is at night, there will be gunfire in the city, shouting and killing, thieves,

Robbers, powerful criminals, and murderers are all everywhere, rampant. Every day, countless bloodshed incidents occur, and many corpses always appear on the streets overnight. Often, a certain apartment or mansion suddenly catches fire, and then together with the people in the mansion, they all turn into ashes in the flames.

Two days ago, the two states of Sambiya and Cormier, which are also in the Southern Army camp, also broke out in the city. Although the gunfight and firefighting did not last much, the raging fire that spread out burned more than 20,000 private houses, causing tens of thousands of casualties and displaced tens of thousands of people. The Southern Army not only did not provide any relief and assistance, but even took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, causing the refugees to suffer another disaster...

During this burning fire, Tad's hiding cabin was also burned. He could only escape by hiding in the sewer.

Therefore, today he finally learned from his mistakes and only carried some money and quite streamlined luggage with him. He decided to abandon his many years of operation and escape from the imperial capital at all costs, and escape from this place where he once could call the wind and rain!

In the morning light of the mist, Tade carefully avoided the street and walked around a small alley near the suburbs of the north of the city. As a modern city that was still in the construction stage, the new imperial capital Naisèrel had no walls or moats at all. Although the Southern Army issued more severe martial law orders in the past two days, blocking traffic inside and outside the city, relying on their limited military strength and negative attitude, it was impossible to completely block such a large city. As long as you can smoothly reach the blocks near the suburbs, it is absolutely no problem to leave the city.

Fortunately, for some reason, Tad sneaked over the road and saw no patrolman. Seeing that he could run to the fields outside by passing through this empty alley, he couldn't help but cheer in a low voice.

However, when Tad really came to the alley to make a fool of himself, he suddenly stopped and opened his mouth wide, as if a cat with his tail was stepped on, his hair was standing up all over his body, his eyes as if he was about to protrude from his sockets, and his face was filled with incredible expressions!

Oh my God! What did he see?!
Chapter completed!