After three rounds of drinks, Chief He, who had downed dozens of toasts, couldn't help but feel the urge to urinate.

It came so swiftly that the intoxicated chief could barely process anything extra, so he hurriedly stood up, left the table, and jogged into the restroom outside the hall.

"Phew..."

After a satisfying relief, Chief He let out a long sigh, braced his waist, tightened his belt, and walked out of the stall.

He looked at the mirror on the sink and felt a bit disheveled.

The excess alcohol made his mind hazy, his facial expression dizzy, and he could hardly stand steady.

But there was nothing he could do about it; after all, he had just been the center of attention at the banquet. Not only had he acted as the "mediator" to calm the guests, but he had also done Yang Lie a big favor.

It's normal to be toasted like this.

However, he didn't feel the least bit upset.

Just thinking about the endless money he could earn in the future, the ease of crossing his own class barrier, and the potential to connect with the Apprentice Death God made him unable to suppress a smile.

"Then, I'll be able to do whatever I want, whenever I want!"

He chuckled, cupped some cold water in his hands, and washed his face.

But just as he raised his head again and opened his eyes, he saw a somewhat blurry figure in the mirror.

There seemed to be a girl, small in stature, draped in a strange ragged trench coat, with flowing black hair, and wearing an inexplicable silver mask.

The girl gently opened the door, stepped in, and then solemnly locked it.

Chief He was slightly taken aback at this sight.

This was the core area of the Headquarters Building; even middle management from Houtou Heavy Industries might not be able to enter.

How did a peculiarly dressed little girl get in here?

But soon, under the influence of alcohol, Chief He figured it all out.

"Oh..."

He smiled meaningfully, taking the girl to be like one of those female companions in the building.

This was normal.

After all, those attending such high-level banquets were either extraordinarily wealthy business owners or high-ranking officials with considerable power.

If one could latch onto any of them, their future life, even if not entirely bright, would not lack food, clothing, and essentials.

As a female companion, it's not unusual to dress uniquely to seizing the opportunity with the affluent.

And Chief He didn't find this displeasing; given her figure and skin, this girl in the black robe was definitely a budding beauty.

He had always been a lecher, frequently bullying the weak on his turf and seizing beautiful men and women with various means to savor them.

Now, since beauty has presented itself, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Come here... little girl..."

"Let me see... your face..."

He braced himself on the sink, slowly turned his head.

Sure enough, the girl came over, but instead of leaping into his arms as he had imagined, she directly pressed her hand on his greasy head and casually pushed back.

Bang—!

His occiput directly slammed against the mirror behind him.

The girl's strength was so immense that he couldn't even react before half of his head was brutishly crushed, and red and white matter splattered across the glass like a splashed painting.

Chief He couldn't utter a single extra word, just twitched slightly, and died.

He was dead.

In G District, where he once commanded winds and rains with thousands of subordinates under him, viewed by common folk as if he was the Gluttonous Evil God, Chief He, the Chief Superintendent of Zone G, died quietly like a dog.

And the one who acted was Yun You.

The little girl disdainfully shook off oily residue from her hand, and when it wouldn't come off, she simply turned on the tap to carefully rinse the filth from her fingertips.

She had taken the elevator all the way up and stealthily infiltrated the venue leveraging the power of Divine Concealment.

Surveillance cameras and similar devices had long been hacked by Frost Moon, and the guards and domestics along the way were easily dispatched by her, so she wasn't worried about exposure.

The highest level of stealth is to eliminate all witnesses, leaving no witnesses at all.

Yun You understood this well.

Only at this point did the little girl truly realize the horrific strangling power the Apprentice Death God had over ordinary people.

Chief He was big-bodied and had numerous enhanced Prosthetic Bodies installed. Normally, when disciplining citizens, he alone could beat more than a dozen people.

But in front of Yun You, he couldn't even withstand a gentle push and perished.

In fact, Yun You initially hadn't planned on killing like this.

Her direct enemy had always been just Yang Lie, killing this guy would mean mission accomplished.

But later, after some careful thought, Yun You decided...

To kill them all, every last one of them!

Everyone attending the banquet bore unimaginable blood debts.

They recklessly oppressed ordinary people like Yun You's parents and used public resources as fuel to ignite their own dreams, which were so beautiful that the public dared not even imagine them.

As long as these people lived, more innocents would suffer.

They... every single one of them, deserve to die!

If killing was the option, then rather than just killing one mastermind, why not... slaughter them all.

Leave no one alive!

Of course, too grandiose justifications were never Yun You's style.

She killed simply because she wanted to because the mere existence of these people made her uncomfortable.

And unleashing all thoughts to slaughter would bring her an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

The King can do anything, the King has no taboos.

So, let's start the slaughter...!

However, Yun You didn't plan to "devour" Chief He's corpse to destroy evidence.

For one thing, she found these people filthy, dirtier than Ta Sui.

And on the other hand...

These corpses were useful to her.

The little girl, thinking of her plan, couldn't help but curl her lips, revealing a smile that would make one's scalp tingle.

"You bunch of scum, do you even deserve a bright future?"

"Hehe, go dream in hell."

She giggled, casually wiped away the most noticeable bloodstains, and then carried the corpse into the inner room, awaiting the arrival of the next prey.

...

The party continued.

Even though everyone was already heavily intoxicated, the venue was still bustling.

No one noticed Chief He's disappearance.

Even if they realized, they wouldn't think anything's amiss.

After all, with so much alcohol consumed, throwing up in the restroom is quite normal.

They were in high spirits and couldn't be bothered by such trivial matters.

Even Yang Lie thought the same, so he just arranged for a few subordinates to check on him.

After that, guests also gradually felt the urge to use the restroom or wanted to go outside for a smoke.

Yang Lie, of course, didn't stop them, smiling and seeing them off.

However, all those who left the venue never returned.

They disappeared inexplicably, as if they had evaporated from the earth.

Initially, the vanished accounted for only a small portion of the crowd, so people naturally ignored it.

But later... as more and more guests failed to return, some sharp-eyed individuals finally sensed something was wrong.

But still, as I said.

They were too lax, too drunk, thinking they were safe inside Houtou Heavy Industries' Headquarters Building.

So even at this point, they still hadn't regained their senses.

Even Yang Lie, because he was surrounded by guests toasting him, overlooked these not-so-obvious problems.

And this, too, sealed the guests' final chance of escape.

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