Chapter 600 - 379: All-Out Manhunt_4
"For all those years as the middleman, any dealings with the mercenaries could easily get you convicted."
At this point, a playful expression floated in Luo’s golden eyes, as he waved a stack of documents in front of Audiana: "But aren’t you curious, who revealed the solid evidence behind these charges?"
As the words fell, an unexpected figure walked in from outside the door.
A black man dressed in hip-hop style clothes with many dreadlocks on his head—none other than Dress, the major middleman in New Moon City’s Mercenary Realm.
Dress grinned, showing his white teeth: "Hello, Little Anna, long time no see."
Luo walked over to Dress and stood side by side with him, speaking slowly: "Lady Countess, you are a cautious person. It’s really not easy to dig out the evidence directly from you."
"I found you so quickly thanks to Mr. Dress, who provided me with quite a few clues about you."
Dress rubbed his hands, nodding and bowing with a smile: "Boss, just call me Little D."
Audiana wasn’t too surprised by Dress’s betrayal, just coldly glanced at him: "Have you found a new boss again?"
Dress said innocently: "You didn’t just meet me today. In the mercenary world, how can one go without a patron?"
"Little Anna, you grew up with a golden key, your background is too high, and your arrogance is too strong. You always act stubbornly, unwilling to lower yourself to please the big players, and still liked to stick to some naive principles."
"During the beast crisis, didn’t I tell you, if mercenaries want to risk their lives, let them go, we middlemen shouldn’t get involved, those showboating fools will surely be held accountable later."
"You didn’t listen, insisted on using resources to help, claiming it was a matter of principle. See, trouble has indeed come."
Luo said with a smile: "Little D’s way of conducting himself, Lady Countess, you have a lot to learn from him."
Audiana sneered: "Being a dog is being a dog, don’t talk about conduct."
Dress, who had started from scratch and climbed up from the bottom of the social ladder, was long accustomed to all kinds of ridicule, his skin thick to the extreme.
"What’s wrong with being a dog? It’s a blessing for Little D to be a dog for the boss, I just want to be Miss Luo’s dog!"
After speaking, he displayed that street-raised sense of humor, really barking twice like a dog, even mimicking a dog with tongue out, panting, which was quite comical.
Luo laughed heartily, her mouth almost unable to close, and cooperatively reached out to rub Dress’s head: "Good doggy~"
"I’ve decided, you will take over Lady Countess’s business, and you shall be the spokesperson for the middleman group."
"From today on, Zhou Hanyan is the King of Mercenaries, and you are the King of Middlemen, you will be equals, sharing the realm of mercenaries in New Moon City."
In just one night, transforming into the "King of Middlemen," this dramatic change in identity not only made Dress realize the power of authority more deeply but also feel fortunate for standing on the right side.
"Boss, from today on, I’ll be at your beck and call for court! No matter what you need, even if it costs my head, I’ll chop it off for you!" Dress’s emotions were at their peak, unable to control his excitement, he directly knelt on the ground.
Luo smiled slightly: "Alright, don’t be too flashy, disband. Lady Countess, please."
As the words fell, she made a gesture inviting Audiana.
As Audiana passed by Dress, he coldly whispered with a sneer: "Audiana, we’ve worked together for several years. You never said it, but I know you’ve always looked down on me, thinking I’m worldly and hypocritical."
"So what, are you any better than me? Look what you’ve banked on these past two years, Shangguan Li? Su Mo? Are these people useful? Did you really think a few lousy mercenaries could achieve significant things?"
"Haha, I may not match your background, but I understand better than you how to climb higher. In this world, principles are the least useful, only power can gain everything."
"Now it’s settled, what you should have had and shouldn’t have, all belongs to me, let’s see if you still look down on me! You, a relic aiming high but reaching low, can rot away slowly in prison!"