Chapter 1185 Kizaru's Future Journey 16 - Temporary Cooperation with Gold Coins
"A bunch of useless things. I usually feed you with good food and drink, but you behave like such a waste at the critical moment."
Harley Quinn, with red and blue twin ponytails, appeared in front of the upper class, waving a baseball bat signed by a special artist.
When the boss appeared, the gangsters lying on the ground wailing closed their mouths in fear, afraid to say something wrong and upset Harley Quinn.
The lower-level members of the Joker Gang cannot do without the protection of Harley Quinn. Those who can stand up with their injured bodies stand up, and those who cannot stand up crawl to the boss.
The rules of the underworld are simple and brutal. Only people who are violent and crazy enough can attract some ordinary people to follow them. It is obvious that Harley Quinn is a mentally ill lunatic.
If she goes crazy, all lives will be regarded as punching bags in her eyes. "It's really embarrassing for me to be beaten like this by three outsiders. If this gets out, outsiders will just laugh at me."
Harley Quinn looked at the cowardly subordinates beside her. She was so angry that she swung the baseball bat in her hand and hit her own people one after another.
The little brother who was hit could only endure the pain and dared not say a word of no. If he dared to say anything back, it would only anger Harley Quinn and the lives of those around her would be in danger.
After killing her own people and getting rid of her grudge, Harley Quinn began to re-examine the old man and two young men who suddenly appeared in the underground world.
The young man and woman were obviously college students. The middle-aged man was only wearing casual clothes. Although his occupation could not be determined, he looked so calm when beating people up that it was obvious that he was a ruthless person.
"If you want to find someone, you must abide by the rules of the underground world. Otherwise, no one can help you, and you will only encounter obstacles everywhere and waste precious rescue time." Harley Quinn's words are not alarmist.
The lower class people who hide in the dark and watch the show dare not easily cling to the upper class people. If the upper class people can bring them to live on the ground, that’s another story.
If the upper class only gives some money and asks the lower class for help, the money they receive may be earned but not spent, which is destroying the rules set by the Clown Gang.
Strictly speaking, the lower class people who live underground and never see sunlight all year round have created an artificial reproductive isolation from the upper class people who live under the sunlight.
The special smell of the lower class people cannot be washed away even if they run to the upper class. They will be found and thrown back into the underground by law enforcement officers patrolling the city. Garbage should live in the garbage dump.
The lower class people living underground, if we want to trace their origins, can even be traced back hundreds of years, to the descendants of pirates, descendants of those who rebelled against the imperial forces, losers in criminal political struggles, and so on.
Those who were not killed by the Empire were lucky enough to hide underground and survive temporarily, and slowly formed a huge group. This group of losers in every sense did not even have the chance to be consumables of the Empire and became ignored marginal creatures.
"Two of my friends were drugged and taken away in a bar by the Joker Gang. This is the only clue I have. If you can find them, money is not a problem." Although Gwen has an easy-going personality, her family is rich and powerful, and few people in the city dare to mess with her family.
First, Harley Quinn couldn't see through the creepy uncle's true strength. Second, she had some impression of Gwen's face and must have seen it somewhere.
Harley Quinn guessed that the female college student who made the request to her might be from an authoritative family. If something happened to such a noble lady in the underworld, many innocent and unlucky people would be buried with her.
"Did you come here empty-handed? Do you have a photo or some description of your appearance?" Although Harley Quinn is a crazy person, she is a smart person and is willing to cooperate.
Gwen took out the prepared group photo from her pocket and handed it to Harley Quinn in a dignified manner. She took it in her hands and carefully observed the other two young women in the photo.
Soon Harley Quinn began to frown, and her extraordinary sixth sense reminded her frantically that this kidnapping was not as simple as it seemed.
However, sometimes wealth and honor are achieved through risk. Without a fight, your status will never rise. Perhaps through the hands of outsiders, Harley Quinn can indirectly help her clear the obstacles ahead.
"Although I am in charge of this area below, I guess your two friends have been transferred away. If you want to find them, you have to go deeper into the underground world." Harley Quinn returned the photo to Gwen. Her judgment based on experience has never been wrong.
Going deeper into the underground world, Gwen's expression changed rarely after she heard it. She had never thought that things were so complicated, and she had heard her elders talk about some of the bad things.
There were no cities on the Red Earth Continent hundreds of years ago. After the establishment of the empire, development began. Hundreds of cities were built on this circular supercontinent over the hundreds of years.
Every city has transportation connections above and below the ground. The underground world without sunlight is connected, and the red soil continent goes deep into the ocean. No one can give an accurate number of how deep the deepest part of the city is.
The lower class people living in the underground world have been reproducing with each other for countless generations, and have been barely surviving by relying on the sewage and various garbage from the upper world.
The gangs in the underground world are relatively easy to deal with. Although the members of the Joker Gang are mentally unstable, they usually sell drugs to the outside world. They are much better than the anthropomorphic creatures in the underground world. At least the gang members rarely eat their own kind.
There are too many non-human monsters in the underground world. According to official statistics, there are at least hundreds of them. The reasons for their mutation are varied, and repeated large-scale crackdowns have failed to eradicate them.
There are also various cults with dark ideas. Some cults like to spread viruses, some cults like bloody rituals, sacrifice and chop off people's heads, and some cults even worship machines, etc.
Gwen couldn't introduce all the monsters and demons in the underground world even if she spent a whole day. The deeper you get into the underground, the greater the chance of encountering cultists or mutant monsters.
In a world abandoned by the empire, all kinds of weirdness continue to breed in the invisible darkness. When the day of unification comes, no one knows what kind of catastrophe will be set off.
"I can use imperial gold coins to hire you as a guide to accompany us on the journey. How many gold coins do you need?" Gwen did not intend to give up on her friend. If she did not take the risk and give it a try, she was afraid that she would regret it after returning.
After hearing what the girl said, Harley Quinn began to look at Gwen in front of her again. She didn't expect that the reward offered by the other party was not imperial banknotes, but imperial gold coins.
Imperial gold coins are a relatively scarce symbol of wealth, whether in the upper or lower classes. The Imperial Bank issues gold coins every year, with a fixed quota.
Ordinary citizens could not get the imperial gold coins at all. These gold coins, which symbolized wealth and status, would be taken up by the powerful class and circulated only internally.
One imperial gold coin could easily buy a life, or even exchange for hundreds of slaves in the underground world. Slave traders felt they had made a profit when they got the gold coins.
The predecessor of the Imperial Gold Coin is the Marshal Gold Coin, which has a very long history and is recognized as the most valuable metal currency. The earlier the gold coin was issued, the more valuable it is.
For the sake of the Imperial gold coins, Harley Quinn decided to go on this trip with the upper class. It was worth risking her life to earn the gold coins.
You know, if you hold enough imperial gold coins, people at the bottom of society can even legally buy the status of imperial citizens. In fact, Harley Quinn has long been tired of this hellhole. She was originally a person from above, and it can be said that she has fallen from heaven to hell.
Before Harley Quinn went crazy, she had a respectable job as a doctor