Under the dim yellow light, Pietro’s face, bruised black and blue and filled with terror, looked exactly like the figure in Van Gogh’s “The Scream.”
“General Ross, you go back first, and by the way… give the brothers guarding this place a week off.”
“Oh, right, remember it’s paid leave,” Matthew instructed Eleanor behind him.
Upon hearing this, Eleanor gave a soft acknowledgment and was the first to walk out.
Soon, the guards responsible for order here also received the notification of their leave one after another.
The moment they received the notice of paid leave, the guards, who had been keeping straight faces, immediately showed a hint of joy.
They had actually heard a bit of what was said earlier, but before receiving the official notice, they couldn’t confirm the authenticity of the news.
But now, the notice for paid leave had been officially issued, which gave them, as corporate wage slaves, a rare sense of joy.
[ System Points + 5, Marcus Powell feels he has followed the right boss. ]
[ System Points + 3, Brandon Weiss feels his long-suppressed heart is very relaxed. ]
[ System Points + 1… ]
[ System Points + 1… ]
With one notification issued, he had gained over twenty more System Points.
When the notifications on the system panel gradually subsided, Matthew looked again at Pietro, who was cowering in the corner.
Seeing Matthew’s gaze sweep over him, Pietro’s body trembled almost instinctively!
“What… what are you going to do?”
“Nothing.”
“???”
“Just kidding, Pietro.” Matthew waved his hand with a smile, then pulled a stack of files from his chest and tossed them in front of Pietro.
“I came here this time specifically to thank you for your ‘care’ over the past three years.”
“And the place written on this is the reward for you and the others.” When saying this, Matthew specifically emphasized the words ‘reward’.
Though filled with fear, Pietro picked up the files on the floor and began to read them cautiously.
While called files, they were actually more like shocking experimental reports.
They detailed the tragic outcomes after using experimental drugs, including but not limited to skin melting, projectile vomiting, hysteria…
Just looking at them, Pietro was already trembling with fear.
“I said before that you are going to the headquarters as volunteers to test new drugs. You didn’t really think I was joking, did you?”
The whisper in his ear made Pietro’s body tremble again.
Then, almost instinctively, he knelt on the ground and looked at Matthew with an almost pleading gaze.
After a moment’s pause, seeing Matthew remained unmoved, he immediately added: “To make up for my previous mistakes, I am willing to hand over all my assets!”
Seeing Matthew still didn’t answer, he continued: “Sir, although I don’t have money on me, I have a total of seven hundred thousand U.S. dollars in savings! It is all hidden in a warehouse at 45 Citrus Avenue, and there are also quite a few criminal records of the Maggia inside!”
“If this criminal record is sold to other gangs, it will be a significant income!”
“Heh… I didn’t expect you to be a snitch.” Matthew raised an eyebrow.
Pietro hurriedly agreed: “Hey! Who doesn’t leave a way out for themselves these days.”
“45 Citrus Avenue, right…” Matthew muttered, then nodded to him: “Hmm, I’ve noted it.”
“I will send someone to retrieve it.”
“Then… Sir, can you let me go? This is all my savings…” Pietro asked, kneeling on the ground and begging.
“Of course, my friend~~ I am very satisfied with the price you offered.” Matthew pressed his palm against the palm-print lock of the cell, and the door opened in response.
“You can leave now.”
Pietro shifted his gaze to the gradually opening cell door, swallowing hard in disbelief.
“I can really go?” He asked again.
“If you don’t want to leave, you can stay here for a few more days.”
Hearing this, Pietro didn’t have time to speak, immediately scrambled up, and ran toward the elevator.
[ System Points + 50, Pietro Gray thanks you for your leniency, and he decides to turn over a new leaf after going out. ]
Seeing their boss had successfully escaped, other Maggia members also scrambled to talk about their hidden money, and some even had the idea of handing over their girlfriends to Matthew.
For these people, Matthew treated them the same as Pietro.
After all, to get System Points, he still needed to start with them; it was waste recycling and reuse.
The gang members who escaped death contributed quite a few System Points to Matthew, making the originally empty ‘national treasury’ full again.
[ System Points + 80, Lucas Shelton sincerely thanks you for sparing his life and plans to stay away from gang conflicts from now on. ]
[ Accumulated System Points: 440, Pass Reward — T-001 Tyrant * 1 (Stored in System Space). ]
[ Next stage reward is at 550 accumulated System Points, please make good use of system rewards to benefit the public livelihood. ]
[ System Points + 40 + 30… ]
[ Accumulated System Points: 680, Pass Reward — Low-Level Optimization Chances * 3 (Stored in System Space). ]
[ Next stage reward is at 800 accumulated System Points, please make good use of system rewards to benefit the public livelihood. ]
“Low-Level Optimization Chances?” Matthew frowned slightly and looked at the panel.
[ Low-Level Optimization Chances: Can optimize one defect not exceeding 150 System Points for free. ]
If calculated this way, wouldn’t it be like getting 450 System Points for free?
Not bad!
This trip was really not bad!
…
“Mr. Pietro, this is your clothing.”
In the spacious and tidy corridor, the burly men who had captured Pietro were holding the clothes belonging to Pietro and the others.
“This is… for me?” Pietro asked cautiously.
“That’s right.” The lead burly man nodded and responded: “Mr. Lawrence once instructed us to return everything to you all and, by the way, drive you back.”
Hearing this, Pietro and the others finally felt relieved and hurriedly put on the clothes handed to them.
Before long, Pietro and his group were dressed neatly and followed the burly men to a small van.
The van was a box truck specifically used for transporting fresh meat, and the unique logo of the Umbrella Corporation was still printed on the carriage.
“Get in.”
“…”
“You said you’d send us back… using a van?” Pietro said with a hint of hesitation.
“All of the company’s vehicles were sent out on missions tonight, so this is the only one available for now.” The lead burly man said calmly.
“Then these…” Pietro looked at the cars that were almost filling the parking lot.
“Oh… you mean these… these are private vehicles, we have no right to call them, so get in quickly.” The burly man urged.
Pietro and the others, though suspicious, still got into the car under the burly man’s urging.
Inside the cramped and enclosed carriage, heavy breathing and the sound of the ventilation fan filled almost the entire space.
At first, the atmosphere inside the carriage was quite light, with American-style cold jokes popping up from time to time.
However, as time passed, they could no longer laugh.
“Bo… Boss, is the Umbrella Corporation really this far from our district?”
“Also, those people didn’t seem to ask where we were going back to at all…”
Realizing something was wrong, everyone started pounding on the carriage frantically!
Unfortunately, the specially treated vehicle didn’t give them any chance to call for help.
In the dark night, the car sped all the way.
Under the cover of the night, the vehicle stopped at a private hospital.
When it came out again, the speed was significantly faster than before…