Chapter 105: Chapter 84: Imprisoned in the Basement, Hugging a Leg to Claim a Godfather

"I’ll ask, you’ll answer!" The man in black’s voice was filled with cold indifference.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Before you inherited your game abilities, you were the community director of the Nanshan Villa District?"

"Er... yes!!!"

Seeing the man’s cold expression, Granny Jia didn’t dare to lie.

"So you know the personal information of everyone in the Nanshan Villa District?"

"Er... more or less..."

"Your son is in the Tourism Management Office?"

"Er... yes!!"

The questions from the man in black left Granny Jia completely bewildered.

"Then it has to be you!"

Just as Granny Jia was pondering what this group wanted to ask, one of the men in black suddenly rushed to her side.

"Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!!" As Granny Jia flailed her arms wildly, a burlap sack was thrown directly over her head.

"Grandma!!" Granny Jia’s frantic shouts woke her grandson, who came down from the second floor where he was resting.

"Dongdong!" The sack over her head blocked her vision, but Granny Jia could still hear her grandson’s voice.

SWISH!

Seeing Granny Jia’s grandson, Dongdong, at the top of the stairs, the glint of a blade flashed in the hand of the man in black.

THUD!

As the body hit the floor, the man in black knocked Granny Jia unconscious, slung her over his shoulder, and quickly left the Nanshan Villa District.

「Soon」

The group of men in black carried Granny Jia to a dark basement nine kilometers away from the Nanshan Villa District.

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"Sir! I’m begging you, please let me go!!" Jolted awake by a basin of cold water, Granny Jia looked at the cold-faced man in black before her and immediately began to beg for mercy. "I’m just an old lady who takes care of her grandson! I don’t know anything!"

Granny Jia, who had been fantasizing about power just moments ago, completely deflated in the face of this situation.

"Shut up! I ask, you answer!" the man in black yelled, kicking Granny Jia in the stomach. Seeing her pants begin to dampen from the impact, he snarled, "You dare wet yourself, and I’ll pull your teeth out one by one! Everyone is afraid of dealing with piss and shit. That stuff isn’t lethal, but it’s disgusting!" The man in black, whose goal was to interrogate her, had no desire to deal with the foul stench.

"I... I... I..." Feeling a warmth spread through her pants, Granny Jia began to tremble.

"Ah!!!!" The trembling Granny Jia turned her head and was shocked to see someone else behind her. Tied to a pillar were two young people. One was a young man with thick eyebrows and large eyes. The other was a girl with black-rimmed glasses, her head lowered, who seemed to have a very reserved demeanor.

"I ask, you answer! In the Nanshan Villa District, is there a Shen Family?!"

As Granny Jia noticed the strange instruments attached to the tightly bound, thick-browed young man, the man in black’s hollow voice rang out.

"Huh?" Granny Jia was stunned. She never expected the man in black to ask about the Shen Family, whom she had just seen.

Looking into the man in black’s hollow gaze, Granny Jia snapped back to her senses and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes!"

"Does the Shen Family have a driver with the surname Sun?"

"Huh?? Oh! Yes, yes, they have a driver named Sun!"

"Have the head of the Shen Family and the driver named Sun both joined the Tourism Management Office?"

"Huh?? The Tourism Management Office??? I don’t know!! I haven’t seen either of them since the chaos began. Aren’t they dead?!!"

Hearing the man in black’s question, Granny Jia suddenly froze.

Shen Yue’s father and the driver named Sun are also in the Tourism Management Office? They inherited abilities, too? I haven’t heard anything about that! None of the neighborhood grannies mentioned it. Weren’t they killed by the first wave of invading monsters, leaving the Shen Family with just a widow and an orphan—a mother and a daughter? That’s the only reason I dared to go and stir up trouble for them!!

"Have Father Shen and Old Sun both become directors at the Qing City Tourism Management Office?" the man in black asked again, as Granny Jia stared in bewilderment.

The question was so shocking that when he repeated it, Granny Jia shot up to her feet in agitation. In her overwhelming excitement, she even forgot her fear. She stood right up, about to grab the man’s arm and demand to know what nonsense he was spouting.

Father Shen and Old Sun both became directors at the Tourism Management Office? What the hell are you talking about?! Are you trying to fool a ghost?!

Overcome with agitation, Granny Jia forgot her fear, and her shrewish attributes were on full display in the dungeon.

"Enough chit-chat. Get to the most important question!"

But before Granny Jia could truly erupt, a middle-aged man wearing a cardigan, who looked like an antique dealer, walked into the underground interrogation room. With a mere wave of his hand, the wildly flailing Granny Jia instantly froze in place.

"I’ll take over the questioning. If you dare hide anything, I’ll pull out your fingernails one by one!" The middle-aged man who entered raised a hand to immobilize Granny Jia, uttered a threat, and then asked a question that perplexed her. "I’m asking you, do you know the Shen Family’s son, Shen Fei, and the driver Old Sun’s son, Sun Yu? Tell me everything you know about both of them!"

The middle-aged man’s expression was all smiles, but his eyes were utterly cold-blooded.

"Start interrogating those two as well! Also, invite President Li, President Wang, and President Zhang over! It’s time to collect the interest!" After deciding to personally question Granny Jia, the middle-aged man gave his orders.

"Yes, sir!" The man in black turned immediately.

"Ah!!" Upon hearing Sun Yu’s name, the young man with thick eyebrows cried out in shock.

"Eek!!!" The girl in black-rimmed glasses also let out a shriek when she heard Shen Fei’s name.

"I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything!!" Unable to move and feeling as if countless ants were crawling through her flesh and blood, Granny Jia opened her still-functional mouth and quickly begged for mercy.

"Very good. I’m listening..." The man in the cardigan fiddled with a few black and white Go stones in his hand, a smile on his face as he listened to Granny Jia’s reply.

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「At the Qing City Tourism Management Office」

Because the beast tide in Qing City had been eliminated last night, Father Shen and Uncle Sun had gathered at the Tourism Management Office while it was still dark.

"Uncle Sun!"

"Uncle Sun, you’re like a real uncle to me!"

"Seriously, let me take you as my godfather!"

"Ever since I was little, I wished my dad was a master driver, a real old pro..."

"Uncle Sun, the times have brought me before you! You’re practically my real dad!"

What Uncle Sun hadn’t expected was that everything had changed when he arrived at the office today. Yesterday, Father Shen, who had been fawned over by countless people, was now completely ignored. The young people who had admired Father Shen yesterday were now all crowded around him instead. Some of them, the social butterflies who were good at communication, were even trying to make him their godfather.

Having been a driver his whole life and always following Father Shen’s lead, Uncle Sun, who had always felt an infinite sense of security by Father Shen’s side, was stunned.

What the hell is going on?!

From his son’s explanation last night, he knew this was most likely related to Young Master Shen Fei. But unable to explain the situation, Uncle Sun could only force a pained smile in the face of the enthusiastic youths. Looking at the grinning Father Shen next to him, Uncle Sun returned a smile that looked worse than a grimace.

Those two rascals!

Father Shen, of course, knew exactly what was going on with the young people at the Tourism Management Office. Last night, his son had defeated his own Golden Guardian in a single move and had also personally admitted to unleashing the Water and Fire Tornado. Father Shen understood this meant the office’s intelligence had detected a connection to his family. But he had never expected the focus to shift so easily from Shen Fei to Sun Yu.

In Father Shen’s mind, this was a strategy devised by the two brothers, Shen Fei and Sun Yu, with one in the open and one in the shadows. After all, he had been right there when the two of them discussed it last night. Father Shen had no idea that this was actually the result of a strange twist of fate, where many details had been filled in by people’s imaginations. Shen Fei and Sun Yu were simply going with the flow.

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"I’m so jealous of Old Sun!!!"

Father Shen was smiling as he watched the surrounded Uncle Sun when Li Yunlong walked over. Once comrades in the same squad, after leaving the military, squad leader Father Shen started a business and brought his comrade Uncle Sun along. Li Yunlong, on the other hand, transferred to a local government position and became a public official. After thirty years of hard work, Li Yunlong had surpassed all his old comrades. He was respected by everyone.

But Li Yunlong never expected a day would come when the world would change so drastically, allowing game abilities to be inherited. As an ordinary person, he had secured his position as the director of the Tourism Management Office yesterday with the support of Father Shen’s and Uncle Sun’s immense power. And because of what happened at the airport last night, his position was now even more secure than that of the director at headquarters.

After receiving news from headquarters that the person who wiped out the Undead Calamity last night was Old Sun’s son, Sun Yu, Li Yunlong was filled with envy. Yesterday, he had envied Father Shen, who had inherited more abilities. Today, he envied Old Sun for having such a good son.

"Indeed!" Unwilling to disrupt his son’s plan, Father Shen could only give a casual reply in front of his old comrade.

"Director!!" Just as Li Yunlong was about to step forward and rescue the surrounded Uncle Sun, someone came running over in a hurry. "Ah! Director Shen is here too! Reporting to both directors, that Wang Dapang is here! We can’t handle him!"

After greeting the two directors, the person quickly got to the point.

"Wang Dapang?" Hearing the name, Li Yunlong didn’t immediately recognize it.

"He’s the young man who was being chased by the Gluttonous Snake last night, the chubby kid who inherited the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!" Father Shen reminded him from the side.

Now aware of his son Shen Fei’s abilities, Father Shen was full of confidence. He even casually referred to the famous Wang Dapang as the "chubby kid."

"Oh? Quick, invite him in!!" Realizing who Wang Dapang was, an excited Li Yunlong grabbed Father Shen and started running.

Yesterday, thanks to Father Shen’s reputation, the Tourism Management Office had recruited over a hundred new members. Between last night and now, because of Honorary Director Uncle Sun, they had recruited another five or six hundred people in just a few hours. The Qing City Tourism Management Office was already at capacity. But hearing that Wang Dapang had come, Li Yunlong was still thrilled.

This guy was different from the others. Although the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry he inherited had been completely devoured by the super Gluttonous Snake, and Xihong City was destroyed, leaving him homeless and alone, as soon as tonight was over, he would inherit another huge wave of assets. The inheritance rate for game abilities was non-linear. Tonight would be the third time, and he could inherit 50% of his chosen assets. Li Yunlong was overjoyed that Wang Dapang would come to the Qing City Tourism Management Office.

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「Half an hour later」

"Good! Then I solemnly declare that you, Pang, are now the third honorary director of the Qing City Tourism Management Office!"

After a round of conversation with Wang Dapang, Li Yunlong was surprised by how friendly he was. After getting Wang Dapang’s agreement, he directly promoted him to the position of director. Back in Xihong City, Wang Dapang had already held the post of director, and everyone had witnessed his power. Therefore, no one objected to Wang Dapang becoming a director.

"This is Director Sun. He’s our second honorary director..."

During their earlier chat, Wang Dapang had already spoken with Father Shen. After announcing Wang Dapang’s appointment, Li Yunlong quickly introduced Wang Dapang to Uncle Sun.

And then, something happened that left everyone dumbfounded.

After listening to Li Yunlong’s introduction of Uncle Sun, Wang Dapang suddenly dropped to his knees with a THUD, hugged Uncle Sun’s leg, and shouted, "Godfather!!!"