Embers Ad Infinitum

Before Bai Chen and Long Yuehong could respond, Yan Miao sighed to herself:

"How can it be so easy for him to find a suitable heart? Even for normal humans, it depends on luck! I have many customers who have waited for two or three years and haven't found a suitable organ. Haha, if it takes longer, it will be better. No more. Failure to wait will basically mean death, or another method will be used.

"Why are you looking for him? He owes you a lot of money? Has he ever tricked you? I don't think he is a person with any background. Although he looks fierce, he is quite kind..."

Needless to say, Long Yuehong gradually felt like a large number of mosquitoes were buzzing around her ears.

Bai Chen nodded and said:

"Do you know where he lives?"

Yan Miao laughed:

"I would like to know, but he doesn't want to tell.

"Everyone who goes to and from the black market knows that they must not reveal their true identity and residential address here. You can never imagine how many bad people are hidden in Antana Street. Maybe it is just a dog squatting on the roadside to defecate. I followed some unlucky guy, threw him to the ground, dragged him into a secluded alley, and bit him to death."

This time, Long Yuehong didn't dislike Yan Miao for talking too much, because it was quite interesting.

Above the dust, there are many aberrant creatures, and even a dog may be very dangerous.

In the Green Olive District, stray animals are food for residents. A dog without some skills really can't survive.

Bai Chen turned to ask:

"Can I buy his matching information?"

Yan Miao put away her smiling expression and said seriously:

"You don't seem to be coming to Antana Street for the first time. You should have heard of me. Don't you know that I can become a relatively famous organ dealer in the First City by being strict with my words and keeping my word?"

Having said this, he smiled again:

"Even if I want to trick you, I will trick you clearly and you will be willing to trick me."

Bai Chen ended the topic and asked about other irregular organ dealers in the original city.

After leaving the underground black market, Long Yuehong sighed and said:

"Old Han's life is really bad."

From the fact that Yan Miao could say key words such as "second person" and "heart", he could confirm that the other party had really met Han Wanghuo.

In a place where the organ trade is most active, Han Wanghuo was not able to successfully match the organ. It is conceivable that other channels could be used.

"And us, and the mechanical heart." Bai Chen said calmly.

The slave trader Eugene who captured her once had a mechanical artificial heart transplanted.

Although this technology seems to still have many problems and various sequelae, it is completely sufficient to maintain life and even obtain explosive power beyond ordinary people.

Didn't it mean that it was very expensive and subject to regulation? Even Eugene, the leader of the slave-catching team, could only find cheap workshops and transplant irregular products? Long Yuehong muttered something in her heart but did not say it out loud.

Although Bai Chen seemed to have moved on from that past, he still felt that the name Eugene should be mentioned as little as possible.

He had nothing to say and asked:

"The organ dealer probably didn't lie, what do you think?"

Bai Chen glanced at him and said:

"I can only confirm that Han Wanghuo came to see him and talked about heart transplantation. I don't know if the other things are true or false.

"But I noticed something. When he was observing us or trying to cover up something, he would talk more.

"In short, we are still keeping an eye on him, while also taking care of other organ dealers."

"Okay." Long Yuehong was very proactive in finding Han Wanghui.

In the underground black market, that part of the area belongs to Yan Miao.

The organ dealer turned around, walked to the back room, and knocked lightly on the door.

"You can come out now." He said with a smile.

With a creak, the door opened, and a tall and thin man walked out.

He has a short haircut, yellow eye whites, messy eyebrows, and two horizontal and vertical scars on his face. He looks very fierce. He is exactly the Han Wanghuo the "Old Tune Team" is looking for.

Looking at the road leading to the exit of the black market, Han Wanghuo, who was carrying a rifle, let out an inaudible breath.

"Enemy?" Yan Miao asked with a smile.

Han Wanghuo shook his head:

"Some friends I met before."

"Then why don't you see them?" Yan Miao looked curious.

Han Wanghuo simply replied:

"You don't need to know."

Yan Miao said "ha":

"If I hadn't been kind enough to let you hide in the room, you would have been discovered by them long ago. What's not to say? It's just that I don't want to drag my friends down, I don't want to see them as they are, and we are just superficial friends... …”

Han Wanghuo remained silent and did not answer, waiting until Yan Miao finished talking.

Yan Miao did not dwell on this matter and instead said:

"Why are you here today?

"How can the matching be so fast? It takes a long time to run a machine! Can you believe the matching report that was produced in one day? What you are transplanting is a heart. If something goes wrong, you won't even have the operating table I can't even do it, ah, yes, you will have to pay my agency fees in advance, and I don't want to charge money to a dead person..."

After nagging for a while, Yan Miao suddenly smiled:

"But I'm very hopeful this time. There happens to be a person who volunteers to sell a heart in a similar situation to yours. Maybe he can be successfully matched."

"Why do you say they are similar?" Han Wanghuo's tone was filled with a hint of expectation.

Yan Miao smiled and said:

"She is, yes, a woman. She was originally a normal person. Later, she was infected in the North Shore Wasteland and developed certain distortions, mainly in the heart.

"She also suffered from some kind of disease, and it is almost a terminal illness until now.

"Don't worry, there is nothing wrong with her heart and she can be transplanted, but she has a requirement, which is why she is willing to sell her organs."

After Han Wanghuo listened quietly, he asked:

"any request?"

"We can't say it now. We can talk about it when we meet each other after the matching is successful. I can only remind you that the difficulty is a bit high." Yan Miao briefly talked about the topic.

He then looked in the direction of the black market exit:

"You really don't want to meet those friends? From what I see, they are doing well and have some strength. They should be able to help in the future."

Han Wanghuo was silent for a moment and slowly shook his head:

"Need not."

…………

In Qingliu District, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao took the information on the "unintentional disease" epidemic that they had obtained previously and went door to door.

After being unable to narrow the scope and forcing Xiao Chong out by cutting off the power, they returned to the original track, hoping to find clues from this "unintentional" case.

Of course, the premise of all this is that "this outbreak of 'Wuxin Disease' is related to Xiao Chong," but this may not be true.

"Hey..." Jiang Baimian lowered his head and glanced at the information in his hand, "I have searched all over it. I think we are more dedicated than the police officers in these streets, but no one pays us a salary."

Shang Jianyao raised his hand and touched his chin, imitating Jiang Baimian's usual tone:

"You have to change your mind."

"How to change?" Jiang Baimian snorted, "We have investigated all the directions we should investigate."

"So we have to break out of the routine and change our goals..." Shang Jianyao said nonsense that was very correct but had no effect.

Jiang Baimian was startled:

"Changing goals?

"That's right... Xiao Chong is not alone, no, he is alone, but he also has two pets, Nightmare Horse and Sleeping Cat."

Jiang Baimian turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao, and said thoughtfully:

"Let's not look for Xiao Chong for the time being. Let's look for Nightmare Horse or Sleeping Cat?"

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

He then laughed and said:

"The Nightmare Horse and the Ghost Cat don't stay at home every day, they both seem to like to go out for a walk."

"Also, they are animals, and we humans have many ways to catch animals." Jiang Baimian's face gradually became brighter.

Shang Jianyao was equally excited:

"Yes, as long as we catch Qiao Chu, we can use him to lure the Nightmare Horse over!"

"..." Jiang Baimian's mouth moved slightly, "First, you have to find Qiao Chu."

The two of them paid attention to the few pedestrians coming and going, controlled the volume, and discussed how to catch a horse and a cat in the urban forest.

While talking, they returned to Rabe Street and saw the Ugo Hotel.

Jiang Baimian's heart moved and a smile appeared:

"I actually forgot that there is such a helper."

"I haven't made friends with Boss Ugo yet..." Shang Jianyao looked confused.

Jiang Baimian showed his signature smile:

“There’s no need to ‘make friends’, we lure them for profit.

"Do you still remember what abilities Boss Ugo has? Dream influence type!

"Tell me, would he be interested in Nightmare Horse?

"And there seems to be a secret sect organization behind him. There should be a lot of manpower, just in time to 'help' find people..."

Jian Shang Jian Yao seemed to look at him a little strangely, and Jiang Baimian subconsciously added:

"This is not taking advantage. A gentleman is born without being different. He is good and fake in things!"

Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:

"It turns out the boss is a thing."

It's a tool.

"..." Jiang Baimian was unable to refute for a moment.

Fortunately, Shang Jianyao did not continue this topic and instead sighed:

"It's called same-sex attraction."

"What the hell?" Jiang Baimian laughed and said to himself, "Awakened people and aberrant creatures in the same field may be attracted to each other..."

Having said this, she said "hmm" for a few seconds:

"But we have to remind him how dangerous Xiao Chong is. Borrowing other people's power does not lead to death."

"This is a friend, a friend..." Shang Jianyao almost started singing, but luckily Jiang Baimian stopped him in time.

The two quickly entered the hotel and saw Ugo, simply dressed, sitting at the front desk, calculating the latest bill.

"Boss, have you ever seen this kind of creature?" Jiang Baimian described the appearance and characteristics of the nightmare horse.

Ugo looked at her like she was a fool:

"Didn't you ask before?

"No."

Jiang Baimian took the opportunity to smile and said:

“Haha, the description last time was too simple and not detailed enough, so I thought I’d ask again to avoid missing anything.

"This aberrant creature can affect human dreams and cause the target to die silently in their sleep..."

Ugo's eyes suddenly froze a little when he looked at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao.