Henry looked at the man who suddenly appeared in front of him. He was in his thirties, and he looked like a ticket scalper in front of the ticket office of a large concert.
Henry did not say a word, but the other side continued, "I see that you have been sleeping here for three days. You probably have no house. Let me tell you, the academy's guards have eyed you. When they are sure that you are in the mafia, they will get you arrested. Don't think I don't know where you come from. Once you fall into the hands of the academy, I am afraid you will die."
In the Core, the academy's guards were equivalent to the policemen in the surface world.
Henry still said nothing. The other side continued, "Brother, you came from the mountains, right? Which bandits did you fool around with before? I've seen a lot of people who want to enter the city, but here, if you don't have a household registration, you can't do anything. Even if you do odd jobs, no one would want you. I can find a job for you. What do you think? At least you will have a place to stay and make a living."
"I don't have any money.” Henry said. He looked very dull.
"Haha." He laughed in disdain. "How can I not know that you don't have money? You don't even have a household registration. How can you possibly have money?"
"Then what do you want?" Henry's eyes were dull and he was just like a young man who had just stepped into society.
"Of course, I want money." The other side glanced at Henry. "However, you don't need to give me money, someone else will. I will introduce you to a job. Give me your salary for the first month. After that, when you have enough money to register, you can take the money yourself."
With just a few words, Henry figured out what he was doing. Just like those shady agents, they lured people who were eager to find a job in the black coal mine, so that he could get some money himself.
"Okay." Henry nodded dully.
"Okay." When Henry agreed, the man's face lit up. "Let's go. I'll take you there."
Henry followed him around Thunder Town for quite some time before he was finally brought to the edge of the town. There was a place similar to a factory. From the outside, the factory looked completely abandoned. Its front door was locked, and the lock was in tatters.
However, when this middle-aged man came to the front of the door, after reaching out his hand and knocking a few times rhythmically on the door a few times, this old steel door was opened from the inside.
It was a middle-aged woman in her fifties who opened the door. She first saw the person who led the way for Henry and then saw Henry. Then her eyes lit up and she looked Henry up and down. After that, she said to the middle- aged man doubtfully, "A newcomer?"
"Yes, young and strong, and he can do this." The middle- aged man reached out and made a gesture of grabbing.
This posture, in their line of work, represents the ability to use Qi. The middle-aged man had just tried to find out if Henry was a rebel of the outside world, but Henry did not deny it, so he assumed he was.
After all, as long as one was an ordinary person, no one was willing to admit that he had a relationship with the rebel bandits. If he was caught by the academy, he would be directly killed.
"Come in quickly." The middle- aged woman quickly waved her hand. After the middle- aged man and Henry entered the factory, the middle-aged woman leaned her head out of the iron gate and looked back and forth. After making sure no one followed them, she closed the door.
"Let's go. Come with me." The middle- aged woman looked at Henry again. She liked his fair and clean appearance very much.
Following the middle-aged woman, Henry came to the factory building. The factory building was also in tatters and there was a table. There were more than a dozen strong men sitting next to the table, all of whom looked fierce. As soon as Henry entered the room, these strong men all stared at Henry.
"What are you staring at? Are you gonna pay me if you all scare him off?" The middle-aged woman waved to those strong men and pretended to be coquettish.
The middle- aged woman's behaviour made the middle-aged man feel chills, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
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