Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

Judging from Sona's reaction just now, this is probably it, right?Anyway, Li Ang has never practiced that kind of thing.

The few times Grenati scratched the hair on Sona's tail, she hurried back to the kitchen, hid in a place where others could not see, and tidied her tail.

Showing a faint smile, Grenati said to Leon on behalf of Sona, "As you guessed, we will not join the Blood Blade Knights."

"Do you want to become the second Knights of the Infected? That is not an easy task..." Li Ang sighed.

The Knights of the Blood Blade are just a special case, and the vast majority of directors are currently waiting and watching.

Without those guys, it would be impossible for a second Knights of the Infected to appear. Even Li Ang could not interfere with their decision unless Li Ang was willing to give up the entire Lot Zero.

But wouldn’t that put the cart before the horse?

If Lot Zero falls into the hands of those vampires, will they really continue to treat infected people?Li Ang was deeply suspicious.

"It's not completely hopeless." Grenati replied calmly.

Sona the Flame Tail, Grenati the Gray Hair, Justina the Far Fang, and Avona the Wild Mane.

They have long thought about their knight title and the name of the Red Pine Knights. It is impossible to stop them with just a little difficulty.

"Then I can only wish you good luck."

Chapter 18 The landlord’s family doesn’t have any food left.

"We don't know much about the riot just now."

After going around in a few big circles, the topic finally came back to the question Li Ang wanted to ask.

"We just know there are some people in the nearby factories who are very unhappy with how they're being treated."

Grenati said, "It is said that they have formed an organization called the Radom Association and are preparing to take the lead in asking Ball Pharmaceuticals, which manages here, to increase their wages."

Speaking of this topic, Avona also complained, "Yeah, the taxes in this city are too high, right? My family...the village where I lived didn't charge such high taxes."

"After paying the tax, you still have to pay the rent of the shop, so there isn't much money left every month."

"That's it," Grenati nodded. "The income of everyone in the factory is lower than mine. We can only meet the food and clothing every month."

"That's why we asked Barry to keep an eye on those people."

With that said, Grenati rubbed Barry's little head, and the boy Felin suddenly showed an embarrassed smile.

"hiss……"

Hearing Grenati's explanation, Leon couldn't help but take a breath.

It’s not easy to have enough food and clothing, right?Should Li Ang scold these infected people for being greedy?

Li Ang felt a little pain in his head. He wanted to take off his helmet and rub his temples, but unfortunately he couldn't. What if someone here knew him?

"I asked... is there a possibility that the taxes you paid were used to purchase drugs to suppress oriosis?"

Li Ang said helplessly, "If I remember correctly, ore disease inhibitors are distributed regularly every month, right?"

Compared with normal people, the wages of infected people are 30% lower, but not a few marks go into Leon's pocket at all. This part of the tax money is basically used to produce inhibitors and pay royalties for Rhode Island.

Because mineral disease inhibitors are so fucking expensive!Even in big cities, many middle-class families cannot afford such treatment.

The inhibitor production line at Plot Zero has just been put into use, and there are still some problems with production. Li Ang is completely paying money to maintain the operation of Plot Zero.

If it weren't for Bol Pharmaceutical's two-time Major Championship champion and the presence of three powerful money-attracting tools like Candle Knight Viviana, Ball Pharmaceutical's capital chain might have already had problems.

Li Ang is considering whether to take back the right to use his image and run to the next major championship to win another championship.

In this way, their company won three major championships.

And...it's just a 30% tax. Li Ang feels that he is much more merciful than Rhode Island.

If patients in Rhode Island are unable to pay their medical bills and do not want to be asked out, they have no choice but to sign a contract with Rhode Island and pay for their medical bills by working for Rhode Island.

Sounds like a good idea?But have you ever thought about how many years you have to work to pay off your medical bills?

Almost ten or twenty years, right?It's basically the same as the contract of sale.

Compared with such a black-hearted enterprise, Li Ang feels that he is already conscientious enough.

Want Li Ang to give them a salary increase?But the landlord doesn't have that much surplus food at home... Li Ang can't just pay to support these infected people, can he?

"Eh? Is that so?" Avona was stunned for a moment.

"That's true. The price of mineral disease inhibitors on the market... is very expensive. If you use that part of the tax to convert it, the inhibitors provided by Ball Pharmaceuticals are already very cheap."

And the most important thing is that the effect is very good. As long as the whole body's organs are not eroded to the point of hopelessness, one injection can have an immediate effect.

"But those workers don't see that."

Grenati explained, "All they can see is that they worked hard and got half less than others."

"Then why not sell the inhibitor directly? Then workers will have more opportunities to get their hands on it, right?"

Justina, who was listening silently, suddenly asked.

"Probably to prevent reselling." Grenati thought for a moment and replied, "There are still many infected people in the lower city who have not entered this city, and they will need this inhibitor."

"So that's it." Justina nodded thoughtfully.

Adele glanced at Leon, as if asking him if this was the case.

Leon nodded, confirming Grenati's guess.

This is really to prevent reselling.

Casimir does not have a complete household registration system. The only identity card in the Grand Knights' Kingdom is the knight's identity card from the Knights Association.

The production capacity of inhibitors is now limited, and it is impossible to determine who bought the inhibitors.

If someone takes the inhibitors from Lot Zero and resells them, it won't be a matter of doubling the price.

So we might as well just attack the root cause, not let this inhibitor flow into the market, and distribute the inhibitor on a per capita basis when paying wages.

In this way, if there are still people selling their own inhibitors, Li Ang will have nothing to do with it.

Anyway, he was not the one who would have died without the injection. He had done his best, and he might have been a god or God who could save everyone, but it was not him, Li Ang.

It was Grenati's words that made Li Anggao look at her a few times. This was not something an uneducated infected person could say.

At this time, Li Ang discovered another advantage of wearing a helmet. No one could notice his eyes anyway, and Li Ang could observe the Zarak girl without any scruples.

There is a slight difference between his demeanor and appearance and that of ordinary people. During the time when Li Ang stayed in the May Tree family, he met many such people. Their appearance and conversation had many similarities with Grenati. .

Is she a descendant of a noble knight?

Was he expelled from his family because he was infected with mineral disease?

This is really a gap from heaven to hell...

Shaking his head, Leon stopped guessing about Grenati's identity. Instead, he walked out of the bakery that had been almost cleaned and looked at the messy streets.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. You should tell me about the Radom Association, right?"

Under the scorching sun, after a period of exposure, the pool of blood on the street has given out an unpleasant smell.

Li Ang couldn't help but wave his hand, summoning a gust of wind to disperse the smell.

"This kind of thing is not something that a simple fellow villager can do."

"It doesn't matter if one or two people are brainless, but we can't have more than 100 people without brains, right?"

Chapter 19 Foreign forces

"Are those people being controlled?"

Sona's voice came from the bakery, "Isn't it often seen in knight novels? That kind of evil spell that can control other people's consciousness."

After spending a few minutes, Sona finally smoothed the hair on her tail.

She had just walked out of the kitchen when she heard Li Ang's question.

It's a bit strange to think about it carefully. Although the Radom Association shouted loudly, few actually paid attention to them.

There were several demonstrations, but after being caught by the factory supervisor and having his wages deducted several times, he immediately became honest.

Sona also asked Barry, who also worked in the factory, to keep an eye on those people because this organization was established almost in front of her house. She did not expect that this group of losers could cause such a big mess.

After hearing Li Ang's question, Sona immediately thought of the evil spells described in novels.

The evil sorcerer...well, usually the evil Leitanian sorcerer.

Casimir and Letania had many conflicts in history, so in Casimir's knightly novels, a large number of villains were prototyped by Letanians.

For example, a certain Witch King who does not want to be named is still the most favorable competitor for the villain boss until now.

Letania was also very happy to hear this and helped to discredit the Witch King.

Among the many evil deeds of those villains, mind control is considered the most despicable and shameful method.

No one can accept the outcome of losing one's own will and becoming someone else's puppet.

But what happened just now was really very similar to what was described in the novel. Under the influence of evil spells, the irrational infected people were frantically destroying everything that was hard-won.

"How is that possible? It's just a novel."

After hearing Sona's guess, Avona complained loudly before anyone else could speak.

"I know! Sona, aren't you secretly staying up late reading novels again?"

"No!"

Sona immediately retorted, "I just think they are somewhat similar."

"Don't you think so?"

They all understand what Sona said. Who among the children in this country has not read a few stories about the knight Casimir fighting the wizard of Letania?

Not to mention that the four of them are full of longing for knights, otherwise they would not have overcome all difficulties and dangers to come to the Grand Knight Territory and want to become a knight after becoming infected.

"No matter how similar they are, they are just stories."

"Of course I know..." Sona sighed and said pitifully, "Xiao Hui, can't you cooperate with me?"

"Of course not."

Grenati refused expressionlessly.

Just when Sona wanted to complain a few more about Grenati's unkindness, she suddenly heard Leon say,

"This possibility can be ruled out. I have just confirmed that there are no traces of Origin Stone skills."

"It turns out that it has been ruled out..."

Sona nodded subconsciously, but a moment later she suddenly realized something was wrong. Li Ang did not deny the existence of mind control spells just now.

"Wait a minute, there really is that kind of magic!?"

"Although it is rare, this kind of magic does exist." Li Ang replied casually.

There are even spells to transfer souls, and mind control is just a trivial matter. Yi has almost mastered this ability.

Ignoring the four small things in an uproar, Li Ang bent down and asked Adele on the side, "Adele, did you find anything?"

At this time, Adele was squatting next to a dark red bloodstain, her hand shining with the brilliance of Origin Stone skills.

"There seems to be some special ingredients in the air." Adele replied.

Could it be...drugs?

Li Ang couldn't help but frowned.

He would rather believe that those people were under the influence of magic.

It is possible for the infected to awaken any strange Originium skills. If those people are controlled by spells, at most there is an infected person who is ignorant of the world and has expanded. The culprit can be found and dealt with.

But if it's the effect of drugs... things suddenly become complicated.

First of all, Ball Pharmaceuticals itself is the leader in Casimir's industry. Even if it is bitten off a few bites, those directors cannot take away Ball Pharmaceuticals' patents.

The losses caused by the death of Director A will not be apparent for at least a few years, and patent barriers are not so easy to overcome.

Now an unknown drug appears on Li Ang's territory, causing a riot among the infected.

It would be okay if it was an ordinary psychedelic drug, but it was probably something new that I had never seen before, which meant that foreign forces were eyeing this piece of fat.

Colombia?Victoria?Or did the Twin Queens find someone to target them?