Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

"why?"

Two voices appeared simultaneously, one of which was emitted by Daqi.

“There’s no reason,” Levi said coldly. She took out a pair of handcuffs and cuffed Shen Ye.

Then he made a gesture of invitation, "Come with us, my...compatriots."

Chapter 59! The Rights of Hostages

On the sea, the torpedo boat sped forward. Okajima Rokuro stood at the stern, watching the merchant ship getting further and further away from him, and shouted in distress, "Why did it turn out like this? What happened?"

Then he turned to look at Shen Ye and called out, "Shen Sang, say something!"

Shen Ye leaned against the wall with a relaxed expression, leisurely watching the seagulls in the sky, completely ignoring Okajima Rokuro's shouting.

"Relax, Okajima. Ordinary people don't get many chances to ride a torpedo boat!" After a while, Shen Ye finally spoke. The torpedo boat was very fast, and the sea breeze made him feel very comfortable.

"I don't want this opportunity. I'm just a worker. I just want to work hard, find a gentle woman to marry and have children, and then live the rest of my life honestly." Okajima Rokuro shouted angrily, but he knew that all of this would be in vain, because the thing that would give him a promotion and a raise was likely to be taken away, and that thing was now in Levi's hands.

Revy looked at the CD she found in Okajima Rokuro's bag and handed it to Dutch: "This should be it."

Dutch took the disc, returned to the bridge, picked up the microphone, and called out on the established channel: "This is Black Reef Company, calling Balalaika. Black Reef Company calling Balalaika. Can you hear me?"

"The signal is great, Dutch." On the other end of the communication channel, a tall, elegant woman sat gracefully at her desk, one hand supporting her chin, the other holding the phone: "Have you caught your prey?"

“Of course, although there was a little hiccup in the middle, it went smoothly overall,” Dutch said.

"As expected of the Black Reef Merchant Guild, they're really efficient." The mature woman chuckled. "Then let's deliver the goods at the agreed time and place."

"no problem."

Dutch nodded and ended the communication...

After the torpedo boat sped away from that area, it gradually slowed down, retaining only a small amount of power to allow it to sail slowly with the ocean current in order to save expensive fuel.

Inside the ship's lounge, Dutch was loudly complaining to Levy.

"Levi, I'm not talking about you, but what are you trying to do by kidnapping them?"

Levi sat arrogantly on a case of liquor, her tone particularly irritable: "Dutch, you don't understand at all. This whole fuss we went through, and the commission is only 20,000."

She held up two fingers at Dutch: "Only 20,000? After deducting the fuel cost of the speedboat, how much can we earn? I just want to earn some more ransom as a supplement, is that wrong? He is an employee of Sunrise Heavy Industries, he must be very valuable."

“Levy, your thinking is too naive.” In a small cubicle in the lounge, Benny, who was working on a computer, poked her head out from the doorway and said, “Kidnapping is not a respectable business; it would lower the prestige of our chamber of commerce.”

"Do you want to die, Benedict?" Levi snapped.

"I don't want to." Benny pulled her head back and went back to what she was doing.

“Alright, Levi, Benny is right.” Dutch calmed Levi down and continued, “Besides, even if we wanted to collect the ransom, who would negotiate with Japan? You? And do you even know their phone number? To put it another way, even if they were willing to pay the ransom, we don’t have any spare bank accounts. We can’t exactly send someone over to collect cash, can we?”

Dutch's words enraged Levi. She stood up, kicked away the wooden crate full of empty bottles in front of her, drew her pistol, aimed it at Okajima Rokuro locked in the corner, and gritted her teeth as she shouted, "Fine, I know, I'll kill him now and throw him into the sea, okay?"

"No, don't kill me," Okajima Rokuro said pitifully, lifting his head from his knees.

"Hmph, what a coward, what kind of man is he?" Levi waved the gun wildly, but ultimately didn't fire. After uttering a disdainful curse, she sat back down.

Seeing that Levi had regained her composure, Dutch breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a cigarette to calm his nerves, but inadvertently saw Shen Ye, who had already lit it and was puffing away.

He thought for a moment, then sat down next to Levi and asked in a low voice, "That guy named Okajima is one thing, after all, he's from Asahi Heavy Industries."

But why did you tie him to the boat too? We knew nothing about him.

Levi didn't speak. In fact, she herself didn't know. After thinking for a moment, she waved her hand vigorously and said, "I think he's more valuable."

"Really? I don't think so." Daqi glanced at Shen Ye's clothes, which were very ordinary.

“That’s you. Sometimes a woman’s intuition is very accurate,” Levi said, glaring at him.

“Okay, maybe you’re right.” Dutch shook his head, not wanting to talk to her anymore, and got up to walk over to Shen Ye and Okajima Rokuro.

Looking at the two of them, Dutch hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and finally said to Okajima Rokuro, who was still thankful that he was alive, "Hey, you unlucky guy, let's go upstairs and have a smoke to calm your nerves."

Regardless of whether Okajima Rokuro was willing or not, she grabbed him by the collar and left the cabin after saying that.

As for Shen Ye, Daqi didn't even ask him, because he didn't dare let the man out of Levi's sight at all. It was too dangerous to do so. Even though Shen Ye's hands were handcuffed with metal handcuffs, he didn't dare to take the risk.

After Dutch brought Okajima Rokuro onto the deck, Revy suddenly moved the wooden crate she had kicked away to Shen Ye's front, sat down imposingly, and stared coldly at him...

……

Before we knew it, it was late at night.

At this moment, the torpedo boat finally came to a stop in an abandoned dock.

Levi was the first to jump off the ship, followed by Shen Ye, who was looking around curiously.

"Is this Roanapura?"

"Do you know this place?" Dutch asked as he jumped down next.

"I've heard of it. Rumor has it that this place is a paradise for gangsters and mercenaries, a lawless zone," Shen Ye said.

“That’s right, this is indeed a lawless zone.” Levi turned around and said, “So you’d better be careful and don’t do anything to anger us, or I’ll kill you.”

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Shen Ye nodded nonchalantly.

"Mr. Dutch, where are we going?"

Okajima Rokuro followed Dutch and jumped off the deck. Although Dutch's words calmed him down, he still felt panicked after hearing Shen Ye and Levi's conversation.

"To a place to drink." The one who answered his question was Benny, who had a cigarette in his mouth, his hands in his pockets, as he walked past Okajima Rokuro.

"Drink...drink?" Rokuro Okajima looked completely bewildered: "But we're hostages!"

"But hostages also have the right to drink." Shen Ye walked over to him and nudged him with his elbow. "Maybe there will be some entertainment to liven things up!"

Chapter 60! Yellow Flag Bar

……

Loanapur, the most chaotic city in Siam, is aptly described as the sin capital of the Black Lagoon world.

Here, gangs and hitmen are everywhere in the city, and the law has almost no effect on them, like a piece of waste paper.

Therefore, brawls are commonplace here, and gunfights are even more frequent. However, it is also the freest place in the world, so free that even the safety of one's life cannot be guaranteed.

On his way to the bar, Shen Ye looked around with great interest. He saw prostitutes dressed in revealing clothes and flamboyant attire soliciting customers on the street, drunkards lying on the ground still clutching bottles and drinking heavily, drug addicts in a daze, suffering from the torment of certain drugs, and... the most common gangsters here.

"What a mess!" Okajima Rokuro exclaimed from behind Shen Ye. The unique scenery here really shocked him. He couldn't imagine that there were such disorderly cities in the world.

“There is absolutely no order here,” he added.

"That's why this place is called a paradise for gangsters and mercenaries," Shen Ye said without turning his head. "Things like smuggling, drug trafficking, arms dealing, gambling, and prostitution—all illegal activities in other normal countries—are legal here."

Well, that's not the right way to put it. There are no laws governing this place, so it's not a question of legality or illegality.

Also, I want to remind you that although it's chaotic here, it's not without order. Lawlessness and disorder are two different things.

"Why do you say that?" asked Rokuro Okajima.

"You want to know?" Shen Ye turned to look at him.

“Of course.” Rokuro Okajima nodded.

"Look over there." Shen Ye gestured with his chin towards the group of menacing-looking gang members gathered in twos and threes, and said, "Do you know who they are?"

"The Yakuza, they exist in Japan too," said Rokuro Okajima. In Japan, the Yakuza are not uncommon.

“They are indeed gangsters, but they have another identity,” Shen Ye continued.

"What is your identity?" Rokuro Okajima asked.

Shen Ye smiled but didn't say anything. He simply pointed to the roadside, where something had just happened.

A prostitute, only covered by a towel, ran out of a house by the roadside. She looked around the street, then ran towards the gang members not far away. After saying a few words, the gang members rushed into the house. Soon after, they dragged out a customer and beat him severely in front of the prostitute. Then they took the customer's wallet and threw it to the prostitute.

“See? This is their other identity: managers, or rather, one of the managers of this city,” Shen Ye said.

“This is…this is unbelievable. It’s like they’re fulfilling their duties as police officers.” Rokuro Okajima said in shock.

“In fact, you’re not wrong. They do fulfill the duties of the police in some ways.” Shen Ye withdrew his gaze, quickened his pace to catch up with Levi and the others, and continued, “If you switch those illegal and legitimate businesses, and then switch the identities of those gang members, you’ll find that they are remarkably similar.”

Okajima Rokuro fell silent, unsure of what to say, his worldview severely shaken.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. As Dutch and the others stopped, they reached their destination.

Yellow flag!

Yellow Flag Bar.

It's also the worst bar in Roanapur, no, it's the worst bar in the entire Black Lagoon world, bar none.

Levi and her friends were regulars at this bar. The security guard at the door greeted them and opened the door for them.

As Shen Ye followed them inside, he immediately frowned. The bar was too noisy, and the air inside was filled with various smells, which made him sneeze.

"First time here?" Levi looked at him with amusement.

Shen Ye shook his head: "No, but I'm not used to going to places like this. Generally, if I want to drink, I'll find a very quiet place."