Chapter 476: That Was a Human Life
Zhu Chen gently patted her back and placed a talisman on her to calm her down.
"Don't be afraid. We're not going to kill you. We just want to ask you a few questions."
"If we really wanted to kill you, we would have done it already, don't you think?"
Zhu Chen had a naturally refined appearance, and his voice was very gentle.
The female croupier actually did begin to slowly calm down. "As long as you don't kill me, I'll tell you anything."
"Then why don't you start by telling us what's been happening to you lately."
The female croupier opened her mouth and said, her voice trembling slightly, "I used to be a croupier at the casino. I have a sick younger brother at home, and I was just trying to earn money."
"But after working for less than half a month, I ran into Third Master. He took a liking to me, gave me a sum of money, and told me to be with him."
"I agreed for the money. He arranged for my brother to be admitted to the hospital, and after that, I've just been staying in this villa. I don't know anything else."
Xiao Ye looked at her, knowing she wasn't lying. "How long have you been here?"
"J-Just a week!"
"I don't know anything about Third Master's business. I've never even stepped out of the villa's gates!"
Xiao Ye believed that much. In Third Master's eyes, she was just a plaything. 'How could he possibly let her get near anything important?'
Zhu Chen continued to ask, "So nothing at all happened this past week? How about this: just tell us about any significant events that have happened to you over the last three months."
The female croupier thought back carefully and recounted a few hand-picked events, but they were all minor incidents that didn't lead anywhere.
'Something isn't right about this.'
'If she was the one, then something must have happened.'
Suddenly, Xiao Ye's gaze fell on her arm.
"Lift your arm."
The female croupier's expression changed drastically, and she instinctively held her arm tightly against her side.
'It was a defensive gesture.'
'Looks like there really was something we missed.'
Xiao Ye had no intention of wasting time. He pulled out his pistol and pressed it to her head.
"You seem like an ordinary person, and what you said before wasn't a lie. Your brother is sick. If you tell me the truth, I'll spare your life."
"If you don't, then I'll have no choice but to send you—and your brother—to the grave with you!"
Although the female croupier had some mental fortitude, it had been scared out of her long ago.
Her current concealment was merely a subconscious act. The moment she heard Xiao Ye's threat, she was so frightened she confessed everything.
She slowly lifted her arm, revealing a wound near her ribs.
"I... I actually came here to kill Third Master!"
The female croupier bit her lip hard. "That's right, I came to kill him! I have a poison pill hidden in the wound!"
"I was planning to wait until Third Master let his guard down and then make him ingest the poison!"
"But I've been here a week and haven't found a single opportunity!"
She knelt on the floor. "You're Third Master's enemies, so you definitely won't kill me, right?!"
Zhu Chen looked at her. "Why did you want to kill Third Master?"
"He..." Hatred filled the female croupier's eyes, and her tears streamed down even more fiercely. "Because my parents died at their hands!"
"My parents used to run a small business. Just because they offended one of Third Master's men, they were tormented endlessly!"
"My brother finally managed to confront Third Master, hoping he would see that justice was done, but Third Master protected his subordinate and even had my brother beaten and thrown out!"
"My brother isn't sick—he was nearly beaten to death! He's still in the hospital, and the doctor said he'll have to stay in the hospital for the rest of his life!"
A perfectly happy family was shattered, with members dead or ruined, all because of one of Third Master's men. It was no wonder this young woman was driven to such lengths.
Xiao Ye's interest was piqued. "Continue."
'Most women in this situation would probably have been terrified and might have even fled Amana City.'
'But she didn't. Not only did she stay, she even plotted revenge.'
'Hiding a poison pill inside her own body to evade detection must have been an extremely painful ordeal.'
'Because the pill would have to have a waterproof coating. Every time the wound was touched, even a slight pull or the simple act of lifting her arm, would cause immense pain.'
'This was a woman who, despite being timid, was ruthless to herself!'
"I... to get my revenge, I became a female croupier."
"I deliberately dressed in a style Third Master likes and seduced him. Sure enough, he wanted to keep me."
"He investigated me and found out I had a brother in the hospital. I was worried his men would go there and recognize him, but they didn't!"
"He had already forgotten! He'd completely forgotten!"
Third Master, the one who caused all of this, had actually forgotten!
He never even gave it a second thought!
That was a human life!
After speaking, the female croupier knelt on the floor, overcome with agony.
A mixture of grief and fear made her sob uncontrollably.
Zhu Chen and Xiao Ye exchanged a look. Zhu Chen took some of the croupier's blood and began a divination.
According to the results of the divination, this woman had indeed killed Third Master.
And after Third Master's death, someone took control of Amana from the shadows, using it as an experimental site, which resulted in the deaths of many people.
The cause of death, surprisingly, was also a biological bomb.
Zhu Chen's expression turned grim. "If I'm not mistaken, a divination result like this points to the Angel Association again. Besides them, no one else would be conducting biochemical experiments!"
Xiao Ye nodded. "They're like a centipede that doesn't collapse even in death. They've already been devastated, yet they can still cause these calamities to appear time and time again."
Although the end result was the same—Third Master was still dead.
But as for who now controlled Amana City, that was another question entirely.
Xiao Ye immediately took out his phone. He was claiming this city!
「Three days later.」
Amana City was just as it always was.
The common people living here had no idea that the regime had already changed.
Third Master, the casino boss—all of them were gone.
The only ones left were one of Xiao Ye's subordinates and a group of elites.
In just three short days, this group had already brought the city under their control!
And the true master behind the scenes was Xiao Ye!
Now, the Angel Association had no way to take advantage of the power vacuum, which was equivalent to cutting off their path for future research.
However, Xiao Ye did not let his guard down.
On the day of their departure, he and Zhu Chen received news that the "calamity star" had vanished.
"We may have stopped them twice, but that doesn't mean the Angel Association has stopped its research on the biological bomb. It just means it no longer has anything to do with our Dragon Country."
The two "calamity stars" appeared in Dragon Country because they were related to Dragon Country.
The first time was because of those two researchers.
The second time was on Dragon Country's border.
But if they move their experiments to a new location, the "calamity star" will likely appear in another country.
Zhu Chen nodded. "You're right. So, what do we do now?"