novelraw Chapter 70: Disassembling Car Parts, A Place of Pleasure—Nightingale
Chapter 70: Disassembling Car Parts, A Place of Pleasure—Nightingale
Yu Yuan wasn't particularly skilled at disassembling cars, but he enjoyed watching secondhand car buying and inspection videos, so he knew some basic structures.
Therefore, after struggling through the process, he barely managed to disassemble a car and obtain a complete energy battery pack—five hours had already passed.
This was largely thanks to the listing function of Taotao Hole; he didn't need to figure out how to move those heavy or bulky components—he just had to disconnect them from other structures before directly listing them on Taotao Hole.
He could transfer them later, which greatly saved Yu Yuan's time and energy.
After listing the hard-won [Electric Vehicle Battery Pack] on Taotao Hole, Yu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.
He had spent the entire evening busy with just this one thing, but it was quite worthwhile.
This [Electric Vehicle Battery Pack] was the most critical material for constructing the rare facility [Treadmill Generator Room], and also the key factor enabling the generator room to store 100kwh of electricity. Spending several hours on it wasn't a loss.
Afterward, Yu Yuan also removed additional vehicle chargers and motor controllers from other cars.
By the time he finished all this, it was nearly 4 AM.
Dawn wasn't far off.Yu Yuan packed up his disassembly tools, left the Landmark Hotel, and ducked back into the sewer, running toward the Opera Building.
The Opera Building where the scavenger organization 'Nightingale' was located wasn't actually far from the Landmark Hotel.
Both were on Golden Orchid Avenue. Yu Yuan guessed that when Baldy Fries had been walking from Waterside Street toward Golden Orchid Avenue back then, he was likely heading to the Opera Building.
Soon, Yu Yuan reached the vicinity of the Opera Building. He lifted a manhole cover and looked toward the building.
Sure enough, he noticed this place was different.
Other areas were pitch black at night, not daring to emit the slightest bit of light for fear of being discovered, but a faint glow shone from inside this building.
"Hiss... damn, there's something going on here!"
If anyone claimed this place had no connection to thug forces, Yu Yuan wouldn't believe it even if beaten to death.
Yu Yuan took out his binoculars to observe the building's situation. Suddenly, his gaze sharpened—he saw a figure emerge from the Opera Building.
After first sneakily glancing around, the figure quickly vanished into the darkness, heading toward a side street.
—A scavenger?
Several thoughts flashed through Yu Yuan's mind.
He then swiftly closed the manhole cover, jumped down the ladder in a couple of steps, summoned Mie Mie, and leaped onto Mie Mie's back in one motion.
"Quick, Mie Mie, go forward!"
Mie mie~
As Mie Mie started running, Yu Yuan also summoned the virtual map, quickly pulled up the street map and sewer manhole cover locations in the direction the scavenger had gone, calculated the route, and lightly pressed his right leg against Mie Mie's abdomen.
"Mie Mie, turn right!" Mie Mie immediately turned right at the next corner.
One minute later, Yu Yuan reached a manhole cover location. After quickly equipping with Mie Mie, he climbed the ladder and twisted the internal bolt to unlock the cover.
When Yu Yuan slowly lifted the manhole cover, he immediately saw the figure not far down the street, hugging the roadside shadows as it quietly moved toward another street direction, being extremely cautious.
Seeing this, Yu Yuan jumped down the ladder again, summoned Mie Mie, and continued chasing in the direction the scavenger was heading.
Finally, when Yu Yuan lifted another manhole cover, he saw the scavenger just over ten meters away, cautiously moving toward his position.
He held his breath and waited quietly.
When the scavenger came within two meters of the manhole cover, Yu Yuan's arm suddenly flung the cover open. With a powerful push from his legs, his entire body flew out of the sewer.
Under the scavenger's stunned, shocked, and bewildered expression, Yu Yuan grabbed his collar and, with just a light pull, dragged him to the sewer opening.
Then, using both hands, he lifted the scavenger. With Mie Mie's attribute bonuses, the scavenger felt no different from a chick in his hands.
When he came down again, the scavenger's lower body was already stuffed into the manhole.
The scavenger finally reacted, one hand gripping the manhole cover tightly while the other pulled out a dagger from somewhere, shouting angrily as he stabbed toward Yu Yuan.
But before the dagger could strike, he saw a huge palm coming straight at his face.
Smack...
The scavenger felt half his face go numb, then passed out.
Seeing the scavenger knocked unconscious, Yu Yuan directly threw him into the sewer, picked up the dagger, and quickly slipped in himself before locking the manhole cover.
The entire process took only a few seconds—swift, decisive, and efficient.
The street immediately returned to complete silence.
Yu Yuan summoned Mie Mie, tossed the man onto Mie Mie's back, and headed toward Golden Orchid Avenue.
Slap slap slap...
After three hard slaps, the scavenger slowly regained consciousness.
Seeing the man was still somewhat dazed, Yu Yuan picked up the dagger and stabbed it into his thigh.
Ah—
A scream immediately echoed through the sewer.
"Awake now?" Yu Yuan's indifferent voice sounded as his right hand slowly twisted the dagger. The scavenger's face instantly turned pale.
"B-brother, spare me..." The scavenger with a swollen half-face spoke with a lisp, but his eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan released his hand and looked at the man.
"I ask, you answer. Understand?"
"U-understand!"
"Where did you just come from?"
"Nightingale! I just came from Nightingale, oh—that's the Opera Buildin'"
"Good, I like cooperative people! What does Nightingale do?"
Hearing this, the man understood Yu Yuan's purpose and instantly felt he'd encountered the worst luck of eight lifetimes.
He wanted to cry but had no tears.
Nightingale was being targeted, yet he was the one suffering—what kind of situation was this!
He held nothing back, answering whatever Yu Yuan asked. He even volunteered information about things Yu Yuan hadn't thought to ask.
However, this man had only visited Nightingale a few times himself, so his knowledge was limited.
After obtaining the information he needed, Yu Yuan didn't waste time and gave the man a quick death.
Yu Yuan now had a general understanding of Nightingale's situation.
Just as Carmen had said, Nightingale was indeed a scavenger organization tacitly permitted by the Black Shield Police Department—something all scavenger organizations knew.
Therefore, no one would cause trouble for Nightingale because everyone knew powerful figures from the Black Shield Police Department stood behind it.
It was precisely for this reason that Nightingale became a special existence.
District 14 belonged to the Black Shield Police Department during the day, but at night, District 14 belonged to Nightingale.
Nightingale only opened from 9 PM to 5 AM. During these hours, it became the pleasure den of the entire eastern city, a place where scavengers, looters, and raiders could safely enter and exit. Nightingale guaranteed safety inside its premises.
Anyone causing trouble was directly executed.
The place offered every commodity imaginable—men, women, old, young, different temperaments, different styles, all available for selection. You could enjoy pleasures of the flesh inside.
Of course.
The prerequisite was that you had to provide sufficient supplies to enjoy these services.
Different levels of services—killing, venting, flogging—naturally corresponded to different prices.
"This Nightingale is quite interesting!" Yu Yuan also became interested in Nightingale. His Indulgence Card elimination mission might have a solution now.
However, Nightingale closed every morning at 5 AM, and all guests had to leave before then. This was why the scavenger had been in such a hurry to leave earlier.
They guaranteed safety inside Nightingale, but after leaving, no one cared whether they lived or died.
Of course, no one would attack people leaving Nightingale either.
Everyone knew that those leaving Nightingale wouldn't have any supplies left on them.
"Not enough time today. I can go check it out tomorrow night. While eliminating the Indulgence Card, I can also try to gather information about Fries' safe house."
Yu Yuan had never stopped thinking about those three keys left by Baldy Fries.
Since Nightingale was connected to Fries, he had to go inside and investigate. Of course, the most important point was his suspicion that the person standing behind Nightingale might not actually be Fries, but his brother—Loris.
Just as Loris wanted to kill him to avenge his brother, given the opportunity, Yu Yuan would also send both brothers to reunite.
Families should always stay together, right?