Arknights' Lock of Heaven

"Only then will you be satisfied?"

Hearing this, even Lin Yuxia, who was standing next to him, was overcome with grief. She rested her forehead on the shoulder of the commander who was slumped against the wall, turned her back to Xia Yu, and sobbed softly.

The girl's heartbroken sobs and the old man's unwilling roar echoed for a long time in the deep sewer.

Even those black-clad men who had been knocked down and bound by Xia Yu lowered their heads, unable to bear seeing their leader's vulnerable state.

But Xia Yu is just that heartless.

"Is it enough?"

He asked in a cold voice.

"What do you mean?" The commander's heart tightened, then he raised his head with a bitter smile. "What's enough?"

"Still playing dumb?" Xia Yu's lips curled into a smile. "Has quite a few of those people in black raincoats arrived outside by now?"

The leader suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.

"Have all the people you're waiting for arrived?"

"You've known all along?" The commander in the black cloak straightened up, his body, which had just been limp and powerless, instantly ready for battle, and his voice changed from sorrowful to calm.

Lin Yuxia, who had just been sobbing, also raised her head and looked at Xia Yu expressionlessly.

The communicator in her hand was still glowing.

The Rat King's daughter is not so fragile; she won't cry on the battlefield.

"Do you think I just find it amusing to stand there and watch you put on such an acting show?"

Xia Yu smiled slightly, "Although it is indeed quite interesting."

Upon hearing this, the black-clad commander's face twitched.

Fortunately, he had a straw hat to cover his face.

“Although it was indeed to buy time, everything I said was the truth,” he said in a deep voice. “I didn’t lie to you; we are indeed a secret force under Governor Wei Yanwu.”

"You should be able to tell, right? Besides Governor Wei, who else in Longmen can mobilize so much power right now?"

As he spoke, the black-clad figures poured in from all the entrances.

In the blink of an eye, it occupied most of the sewer space, surrounding Xia Yu in the center.

"It's better for us all to end this here. You don't want to cause trouble for Rhodes Island, right?"

"As long as you promise us not to spread what's going on here, we will naturally not attack our allies, and Governor Wei will not allow us to harm Rhodes Island and tarnish Lungmen's reputation."

He coaxed, "You didn't kill them. My men are still alive. We're not at the point of no return, are we?"

Commander Black Cloak did not want to fight with Xia Yu.

This person is too strange; if it really came down to a fight to the death, he wasn't confident he could kill Xia Yu here.

All he wanted was for things not to escalate today.

Otherwise, even though the Censorate was just a pretext he made up, if things really escalated, Wei Yanwu would be in no position to back down.

As for the future?

It would be best to get through this period, since although he and the Rat King had hidden those people, they could only hide them for a while, not forever.

Those are living people who need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves.

Originally, he and the Rat King planned to confront Wei Yanwu after this matter was over.

By then, the opportunity would have passed, and Wei Yanwu would have been helpless.

As for those residents?

They knew nothing; the Rat King had taken them away under the pretext of seeking refuge.

He has that reputation in the slums.

It was a perfect plan, but unfortunately, Xia Yu was the variable.

His patient persuasion had no effect whatsoever.

Because Xia Yu himself was pretending to be confused when he knew the truth.

His goal was to draw the attention of the Black Cloaks and prevent them from disturbing Froststar.

"I don't believe a single word you, a spy chief, say!"

"Words are too fragile; I only trust those I can trust."

The commander in the black cloak frowned, a sense of foreboding creeping into his heart.

The chains around Xia Yu began to move. "In this huge slum, you can't see a single civilian, but the sewers are full of corpses."

“I initially thought you were just a bunch of petty thieves taking advantage of the chaos to achieve your ulterior motives,” he said, looking around, “but there are so many of you…”

"When I discovered the first black-clad figure lying in ambush outside, I wanted to see just how many of you there were, which is why I watched you put on your acting show here."

"But as your numbers increase, I become more and more uneasy."

“So let’s hear what the people I trust have to say,” Xia Yu said, taking out her communicator, where a voice message was displayed.

His fingers pressed down gently.

"They're all...corpses..." Chen's voice came through the communicator, "They're all...civilians..."

She clenched her teeth, suppressing the echo of her angry voice throughout the sewer.

"Actually, I'm stalling for time too," Xia Yu said expressionlessly, putting down the communicator. "Now, do you have anything else to say?"

"The civilians killed by the Reunion Movement are enough to fill the sewers of an entire slum?"

“Chen…” Lin Yuxia froze on the spot.

Perhaps some people in black wouldn't recognize the voice, but how could she forget it?

The Black-Cloaked Commander also recognized it.

His fists cracked as he struggled to contain his anger.

That child actually saw it...

Xia Yu looked at their reactions and a smug smile appeared on her face.

Wei Yanwu deserved it!

These black-clad men still possessed humanity, so they outwardly complied with the Rat King's orders while secretly deceiving him, but Wei Yanwu had genuinely issued the order to massacre them.

Didn't Chen already know that in the original storyline?

Let him fill in the gaps now.

As for destroying other people's family relationships?

Does the already fragile family bond between Chen and Wei Yanwu need further damage?

Besides, I have never been a noble saint.

I don't want to become that kind of person.

That kind of life is so tiring...

61. Inspector Chen's intervention

Lin Yuxia's communicator rang.

She looked up and sure enough.

It's Chen's number.

It's obvious that if I answered the phone, I would be met with her furious roar.

I finally mustered up the courage to take on all of this, but I never expected that the first step would be so completely ruined.

He died before he could even begin...

But what other options are there?

She looked at Xia Yu, who was expressionless, and realized that she could only accept her bad luck in the face of such an unreasonable and powerful being.

Lin Yuxia smiled bitterly to herself. The only thing she was thankful for was that she didn't seem to have to think too much about the future.

Because the person on the other side didn't seem willing to let the matter rest.

But what kind of good news is this? She suddenly realized.

Is this considered giving up on oneself?

But it doesn't matter.

No matter how hard I struggle, it won't make a decisive difference.

The leader of the black-clad figure and the person opposite him are the ones who will decide what happens next.

To be precise, it was only Xia Yu.

Because the Black-Cloaked Commander had no desire to fight.

The terrain was too disadvantageous, and the Black Cloaks' numerical advantage could not be fully utilized. Even though there was a continuous stream of Black Cloaks coming from outside, in this sewer full of corpses, the enemy only needed to deal with an attack of a maximum of ten people at a time.