District Four has a strong sense of exclusion.
Lu Ning just looked at the boy for a while, and seven or eight children gathered around him. The older ones were twelve and thirteen, and the younger ones even had snot on their faces. These children were dirty and had ferocious eyes, staring at Lu Ning like hyenas. In fact, people like Lu Ning, who was not very tall and didn't seem to be able to fight, were exactly the targets of these children.
She hated such children very much.
When Lu Ning was still alive, she almost had a medical accident when a naughty child knocked over the infusion stand during an infusion in the hospital. Although the other parent apologized and paid, Lu Ning clearly remembered that there was no apology in the boy's eyes - just like these children today.
Things like evil cannot be underestimated because of age. This is Lu Ning's stubborn philosophy.
So, Lu Ning stepped forward and walked towards the boy who was trying to reach into his pocket. He took out a scalpel from his pocket with his left hand. This was also taken from the clinic before, and it was still sharp enough.
"You, what are you going to do?"
Hyenas are good at attacking in groups, but they are timid when facing lions alone.
At this time, the surrounding children also gathered around.
"If you're hit, you have to return the favor, and if you're insulted, you have to fight back with a sword. These are the rules of this city."
Lu Ning glanced at the children gathered around him, flicked his right hand, and the sword cart ejected the sword blades on the left and right sides, making a soft sound.
"Or do you think that the no-killing dogma in District Four can really protect your safety?"
At this time, several children had panic expressions on their faces.
At this moment, a sharp shout came from not far away: "What do you want to do? Put down the weapon!"
Lu Ning tilted her head and looked sideways in the direction of the sound. There were three young men standing on the other side. Their clothes were shabby, but their bodies were strong. They looked like they had worked hard all year round.
"Just teach me a lesson. Are there any rules in your four districts that say you can't beat a thief if you catch him?" Lu Ning raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Even Sin City doesn't have such a system, right?"
"I saw you took out the murder weapon." A young man said with a cold face.
"Except for things like poison, I don't know that the sword must kill someone." Lu Ning flicked her wrist and put the sword back into her sleeve, then she turned and walked towards the three young men.
The three people immediately became alert and put on a defensive posture.
"If someone is in charge, I don't want to waste time on these children. Has a man named Lu Bin come here recently? Or has there been an extra doctor? Answer me and I will leave right away."
"Lu Bin? I don't know. There is a doctor, but why should we tell you?"
The young man in the lead yelled while squeezing his neck.
"As long as you know there is..."
Lu Ning suddenly threw out her left hand, and the scalpel plunged directly into the young man's arm at close range. Then when he let out a cry of pain, she rushed forward and raised her hand to wipe his wrist.
"Ahhhhh!"
The young man held his wrist and took a few steps back. Blood continued to gush out from his wrist. Lu Ning took advantage of the other two people to support the young man and rushed directly into a nearby street. After turning twice, he disappeared from their sight. .
"Chase!"
"What are you chasing after? Send your eldest brother to treatment quickly!"
The children also hurried over to help and moved the young man away. They hadn't left for too long when Lu Ning took off his mask and hooded coat and walked out of an alley wearing a school uniform jacket that was a little bulky inside.
The Fourth District is no better than the black market. Doctors rarely perform major surgeries. Most of them deal with wounds from fights and illnesses caused by girls in the red light district. Lu Ning's knife just cut off half of the young man's wrist, and the operation involved was already relatively complicated. If it hadn't been for the experienced doctor here to treat it, he would probably have been treated by the doctor from the tenth district.
Tracking was not particularly difficult. Although those people tried to block the wound to stop the bleeding, the blood from such a large wound would always fall to the ground. Lu Ning walked unhurriedly along the direction of the blood stains on the ground, and soon Found the location of the clinic in District Four.
There was a lot of noise inside.
"Doctor Xiao Lu, can you cure my elder brother? We cannot do manual work without hands!"
"Don't worry... Well, don't hold me back... He was delivered in time. He will be able to work after a few months of recovery after being sutured. I have treated this kind of wound before."
"Then hurry up, boys! Get out of the way for Dr. Lu!"
Lu Ning nodded when she heard this voice, turned and left.
It was a rare occasion that she came to District Four, so she was ready to wander around.
Red Crow Street is not very lively during the day. Except for some drunk people lying on the ground, there are very few pedestrians passing by. The few shops that occasionally open also sell food and daily necessities.
Lu Ning approached a food store. There were not many good things on sale here. Hard bread, thick soup, tea or coffee, and hard bacon were all on the menu. You can also see drinks, but they are shockingly expensive.
An old man wearing denim clothing sat behind the cabinet and wiped the enamel jars with a rag. He didn't say hello when he saw Lu Ning coming in and continued his work.
"boss……"
"Sell yourself to the Rose Pavilion next door and go to the back door. I only sell food here and don't hire anyone."
"..."
Lu Ning took out a few coins and put them on the counter.
"Give me a cup of tea and bread. Is there any jam?"
The boss raised his eyes slightly, reached out and picked up the coins.
"What is a girl from a good family doing here?"
He mumbled, turned around, took out a piece of bread from a cupboard and stuffed it into the oven, then picked up the kettle on the stove and poured a cup of reddish-brown tea into the enamel jar, and finally pointed at a few pottery cups in the corner of the counter. Can: "Choose the flavor you like, the bread will be ready later."
"Could it be that all the girls who came here before were here to sell themselves?" Lu Ning tried to talk to the boss.
"A girl of your age comes to this place alone. What else can she do besides this? Who would be willing to do this if the life is not going to be sustainable? At least you can get money to go ashore here in District 4 after surviving your youth. , if we go to District 7, even the bones will have to be chewed clean."
The boss looked at Lu Ning carefully and snorted.
"After you finish eating, leave quickly. Although the situation in the fourth district is not as good as it is, a girl your age can be sold for ten thousand or twenty thousand if captured and sent to the seventh district. There are also many human traffickers in the fourth district."
"Where is the safe place in Vice City?"
"Safe? District 1, District 2, District 6, these are all good places, but this place is a piece of shit." The boss turned around and took out the bread from the oven, cut it and put it on the plate and pushed it to Lu Ning, "No , that’s the case in most places, no matter how glamorous they make the city.”
"Since the boss lives here, he also has a criminal record, right?" Lu Ning took the plate and started picking jam again.
"Being blessed here does not mean that my old eyesight is dim. I helped my sister kill those scum who deceived her feelings. This is an unquestionable crime in the outside world, so I came here to hide. But I also know A lot of people in this city are rotten to the bone and they are born with that disgusting stench.”
Lu Ning picked up a jar of jam, nodded to the boss, and found a seat to sit down.
"Your tea."
The boss snorted again, picked up the enamel cup, walked around the counter, and placed the quilt in front of Lu Ning.
"...Are you sure you want me to drink tea with something added?" Lu Ning raised her head and asked.
Upon hearing this, the boss's hand paused slightly.
"Although you call yourself a criminal, it seems from your words that you still feel that you have a sense of justice and cannot sit idly by and ignore the evil in front of you. Although you may be able to tolerate the behavior of children on the street stealing for food and drink, but someone like me I'm afraid the murderer is not among them?" Lu Ning took the knife and spread jam on the bread slices. The toasted bread slices heated up the jam, and a sweet sweetness emanated.
"The smell of blood on your body can be smelled from a few meters away! This kind of smell can only appear on those vicious serial killers! I don't know why a little girl like you has such a smell, but my nose has never smelled it. Deceive me!"
The boss yelled, took two steps back, and grabbed an iron drill from the counter.
"Relax, at least I only smell of blood instead of rot." Lu Ning took a bite of bread. After the test, the bread became very crispy and no longer so hard. It was good with jam.
"You...don't you want to...kill me?"
"You may have been comfortable for too long, and you don't understand that sometimes counterattacks are necessary in life here." Lu Ning took out her mobile phone and took a look. The task "Avoiding Death" on it became 2/10. It seems that the boss Already hesitated.
"Are you new here?"
"Yes, I'm afraid you don't think what you have done is wrong from the bottom of your heart, do you? I am almost the same. I admit that I have killed many people these days, and even the ultimate purpose of coming here is still to kill Some people, but would you like to hear a little bit about it?”
Lu Ning briefly told the story about the black clinic's interest in her organs, but she kept the part about tracking down Lu Bin secret for the time being.
"There is a clue that points to Area 4. I haven't found out yet, so I can't tell you, but everything I do is to make my life more stable in the future... Can you understand?"
The boss was silent for a moment and moved closer.
"Well, it's exactly what you said... But even so, you are starting to smell like some of those guys, so don't lose yourself."
"I will, but boss, you can really smell the special smell of humans."
"I don't know when it will start. No one can pretend in front of me." The boss sniffed, "It's just that when I make food, I can only do it when no one is around."
"So you must have done this many times by now, right?"
"Yes, you are the first one who can see through me."
"Probably because criminals and detectives are very different beings after all." Lu Ning smiled, ate the bread in a few mouthfuls, then packed the remaining two pieces of bread and stood up.
"Are you leaving?"
"Ah... Before I leave, I want to ask, does the boss know the aftermath of the attack that happened at the casino here a few days ago?"
"The casino owner lost an eye, the black badger ran away, most of the security guards present died, and the casino was temporarily closed, that's about it. I don't know what reason you have to come here, but if you can leave this city, it's better to hurry up Let's go, I hope we won't see each other again." The boss waved his hand, walked back behind the counter, and picked up the rag and enamel jar again.
Lu Ning walked out of the shop, went to the corner of the street and asked a street boy a few questions about the four districts with two pieces of bread, and then followed the other person's instructions and walked in the direction of the Colosseum.
If there is any famous place in the fourth district, besides Red Crow Street, it is the Colosseum.
Most of the buildings of the Colosseum are underground. The opening hours are from 9 pm to 5 am. There are two entrances. One is in the fourth area where ordinary audiences can enter, and the other VIP channel is unknown. where. Large ferocious beasts from the outside world can always be obtained here for live battles. As for people, they can also come in voluntarily to participate in the gladiatorial combat. If they can win, they will receive rewards from the Colosseum. Therefore, for many people in the fourth district, if they cannot survive, it has become almost a common understanding that men should go to the Colosseum and women should go to Red Crow Street.
The Colosseum is not open every day, so Lu Ning happened to catch up with the day when there were no fighting beasts, so she could only walk around the entrance to get her bearings.
It was getting late, and Lu Ning returned to the small clinic where Lu Bin's location had been discovered.
The operation inside had been completed. Lu Ning hid in the dark and waited for the young people to leave before walking into the clinic unhurriedly.
There were two people in the clinic, one was a little older in a white coat, and the other was a young man with a slightly frightened face. At this time, they were still packing up the surgical tools. When Lu Ning came in, the old doctor subconsciously looked at her.
Lu Ning quickly spoke first: "Is Dr. Lu Bin here?"
"Are you looking for me?" Lu Bin raised his head and looked at Lu Ning with a confused look on his face.
"Well, I am also a victim of District 102. After I accidentally learned about you, I wanted to come to you and ask for clues." Lu Ning smiled slightly, "By the way, where did you leave your notes, but there is no It was cleared, do you know the reason?”
Lu Bin suddenly showed a vigilant look.
"You're not here to catch me, are you?"
"You have to believe that the person who came to arrest you will never talk to you in such a nice manner." Lu Ning glanced at the old doctor, "And the people in District 10 will not abide by the rules here in District 4."
"How did you find this place?" the old doctor asked.
"Just take some food and ask the children here if there is a good surgeon here. This is not that difficult. You can't tell the whole district to hide your news. That would be too stupid." Lu Ning replied easily.
Although the old doctor still looked a little suspicious, he still asked Lu Ning to sit down in the clinic.
