#23Chapter 23: A Ruthless Man
[Your clone approved of Fatty Hu's suggestion.]
[When there's no way to break the deadlock, eliminating the existing vested interests and seizing their benefits is undoubtedly the simplest and fastest method. The clone doesn't believe that a mere local gang leader would be a match for a Silver-level professional like himself. The only thing to be wary of might be the risk from the Federal government.]
[The risk from the Federal government?]
[Your clone carefully recalled the strength of the Third District Police Department of Donghua City in the last simulation. The strongest seemed to be just an old police officer with a level barely reaching 15...]
[Then there's nothing to fear. The strength of the common people is only so much. As long as they don't touch excessive interests, those high and mighty warbands and professional teams will almost never devote their valuable energy to mere local disputes.]
[Having made a decision, the clone asked Fatty Hu for the physical characteristics and residence of One-Eye.]
[The next night, the clone sneaked into One-Eye's residence. After killing a low-level professional guard outside One-Eye's room, your clone successfully found One-Eye watching a movie in the room.]
[Facing the clone who suddenly appeared in front of him, One-Eye asked in surprise, inquiring about the purpose of the uninvited guest.]
[The clone didn't answer One-Eye's question, and in front of One-Eye, he summoned the beheading greatsword from the equipment bar, using action to tell One-Eye the goal of his visit.]
[Seeing the clone take out his weapon, One-Eye immediately understood the clone's intention and immediately took out a dungeon item to resist.]
[It's a pity that his essence is just a mortal, at most relying on smuggled dungeon items to barely have a bit of professional power. One-Eye simply had no power to resist in the hands of the clone, who was a Silver-level warrior. With just one move, the dungeon item in One-Eye's hand was smashed to pieces by the clone, and One-Eye only had time to let out a cry for help before his head was chopped off by the clone's sword.]
[Hearing the sound, One-Eye's guards, two bronze professionals with levels of about ten, were terrified the moment they saw the silver aura shining all over the clone. Knowing that they had encountered a Silver-level professional they couldn't afford to offend, they turned around and fled almost without hesitation.]
[But the clone didn't give them a chance to escape. With a swift charge that even scouts couldn't avoid, your clone instantly appeared behind the two professional guards as if he had teleported. Before the two could react, he raised his hand and killed the melee professional guard closest to him with a single slash.]
[Seeing this, the other professional guard immediately shouted and knelt on the ground, desperately begging the clone to spare his life.]
[It's a pity that the clone, who had already decided to eliminate the roots, didn't have the slightest fluctuation in his heart.]
[In his terrified expression, the clone slowly raised the beheading greatsword in his hand, and then suddenly brought it down!]
['Puchi~' sound.
Along with the splashing warm blood, a headless corpse lay on the ground.]
[Your clone wiped the blood from the greatsword, searched One-Eye's residence again, and after confirming that nothing was missed, he called Fatty Hu to prepare to take over the channels left by One-Eye.]
"..."
Lin Ke, who was eating melons in reality, finally understood at this moment what the system meant in the simulation when it said that the clone did not have human emotions that would become his weakness.
He is really ruthless and doesn't talk much. He will never be soft-hearted about things he has decided.
From this point of view, it seems that the law that villains die from talking too much is impossible to happen to the clone.
The simulation continues...
[In the next few days, with the help of Fatty Hu, your clone finally swallowed the channels controlled by One-Eye through simple and brutal bloody killings, after eliminating several of One-Eye's loyalists.]
[Although some losses were inevitably incurred during the takeover process, according to the statistics of the clone and Fatty Hu, even if these losses were excluded, the smuggled channels that the clone snatched from One-Eye could still reach a sales volume of about 450,000 Federal Coins per month.]
[A monthly sales volume of 450,000 Federal Coins means that even if the profit margin is only 50%, your clone can still obtain a huge income of more than 225,000 Federal Coins from this smuggling channel!]
[Of course, although a monthly income of 225,000 Federal Coins can be called a huge sum of money for ordinary people, it is far from satisfying the appetite of the Silver Warrior, who received 300,000 Federal Coins per month just for collecting protection fees in the last simulation!]
[What is a market share of 450,000 Federal Coins? Since he has chosen to embark on this path of no return, your clone's appetite will not be so easily satisfied.]
[Although One-Eye is the largest smuggling dealer in the Third District, he only accounts for one-third of the entire Third District's smuggling share. The remaining two-thirds are mostly scattered among individual smugglers like Fatty Hu.]
[Your clone's next goal is to bring these two-thirds into his pocket, thereby completely monopolizing the entire Third District's smuggling industry!]
[After telling Fatty Hu his thoughts, as expected, Fatty Hu, who is now just a smuggling rookie, was extremely shocked by the clone's appetite.]
[Although in the last simulation, the Nightingale gang he established in collusion with the clone as an official and a bandit once monopolized the smuggling industry in the Third District, it was the result of multi-party collaboration.]
[On the Federal side, with the clone as the anti-smuggling police chief as the backer, all other smugglers engaged in smuggling activities in the entire Third District, except for the smugglers under Fatty Hu, would be severely cracked down by the clone. On the contrary, Fatty Hu and his smugglers would not be embarrassed in any way and could carry out smuggling activities unscrupulously.]
[On the gang side, Fatty Hu recruited a large number of smugglers to form the Nightingale gang. With the help of these younger brothers who were originally smugglers, Fatty Hu's Nightingale gang was able to dominate the smuggling industry in the Third District. But correspondingly, Fatty Hu had to distribute a large amount of profits to his gang members. Rather than saying that he monopolized the smuggling industry in the Third District, it was better to say that he integrated the smuggling industry in the Third District.]
[Without the protection of the Federal side, and without the prestige of integrating smugglers, how can he monopolize the smuggling industry in the Third District? Does he rely on force?]
[Fatty Hu felt that this was too Arabian Nights. Although the police force of the Third District Federal Police Department of Donghua City is limited, it is unlikely to deal with a Silver-level professional gone mad.]
[But the focus of the Federal Police Department is the word Federal! As a national institution, even if it is just a national institution facing ordinary people, the desperate police department is fully entitled to summon the army or even the warbands to 'suppress bandits' when facing malignant events that cannot be handled.]
[Silver-level professionals are certainly unattainable in the circle of mortals, but that also depends on who they are compared with. If they are so ignorant as to try to confront the Federal institution, they will undoubtedly be like ants trying to shake a tree!]