Chapter 1248 Kizaru's Future Journey 28 - Brain-eating Worm
Harley Quinn stood in front of the rat elder, holding a glass container in her hand, inside which a transparent worm was slowly wriggling.
Slott shouted out the name of the brain-eating worm, which aroused the curiosity of the three upper-level people. It was the first time they heard of this kind of worm and had some unrealistic fantasies about the gangster's torture methods.
Barry has seen some movies about the underworld, where they use knives and guns on their victims, exploiting the surplus value of the weak, and those with weak wills will sell out everything.
Artists and writers have no understanding of actual gang life and can only imagine in their own minds how the underground gangs operate, and may have never been underground once in their entire lives.
The darkness of the underground world is far beyond that of ordinary people in the upper class. In order to survive in the underground world, people will do anything and even abandon their humanity.
"There is not a single word of truth from the mouth of the Rat Man, and this is what you deserve"
Slott's eyes widened, his rat eyes filled with fear, his body instinctively shrank back, his claws trying to break free, trying to stop the woman from getting closer.
With a devilish smile on her face, Harley Quinn quickly and skillfully opened the container, poured the bugs into her hand, and then picked them up steadily between two fingers.
"No! Don't!" the ratman shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing in the silent underground space with endless fear.
Harley Quinn remained unmoved and pressed forward step by step. Her subordinates worked together to keep the rat elder's mouth open, and in full view of everyone, they stuffed the bugs into the rat's mouth.
Slott struggled desperately, whimpering painfully in his throat, trying to spit out the worm, but the worm kept crawling around in his mouth.
The brain-eating worm is not stupid enough to fall into the stomach acid along the esophagus. Its ultimate goal is to enter the brain. After choosing a location, it uses its mouthparts to bite open a piece of the oral area and dig holes upwards.
The other gangs stepped aside and released their suppression of the rat leader. The brain-eating worm was about to enter his brain, and it could no longer pose a threat.
Slott collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, tears welling up in his eyes, his face full of despair.
His original ambition to lead the ratman clan to enslave the human race was completely shattered at this moment. He was defeated by a capable human, and the entire clan was destroyed because of him.
Gwen and Barry felt very disgusted. Only gangsters could let a dirty rat man eat insects. The two of them did not express any opinions.
"Interesting little creature," Kizaru's eyes flashed with a gleam. The X-ray penetrated the skin layer on the rat man's face, and he could clearly see that the brain-eating worms went through the mouth and dug a hole to the brain area.
Without destroying the brain stem first, it went to the right brain area and began to enjoy the rat man's brain, eating the creature's brain from the inside out.
The rat man curled up on the ground, his body twitching constantly, his mind was full of the shadow of the transparent insect, and his originally normal thinking gradually became dull.
Harley Quinn explained that in addition to liking to eat the brains of living things, the brain-eating worms also have a special feature during the eating process: the creatures whose brains are eaten will become "fools" who can answer any question.
Even if the victim is an agent who has been trained since childhood, once the brain-eating worms drill into his brain, all his cleverness and tricks will be of no use at all.
Although this method of torture can obtain the most truthful answers, its disadvantage is that it can only be used once and the information must be obtained as quickly as possible.
Over time, the brain-eating worm will eat the victim's brain clean. Normally, Harley Quinn will not use her life on ordinary humans.
Ordinary people use sticks to educate victims, making them feel pain and afraid of losing their lives, and then they will tell the information to the Clown Gang. The ratman elder Slott is an exception.
To deal with alien creatures, cruel means must be used. The ratman clan is also considered a bad neighbor. Once the human forces around them weaken, ordinary people will become the ratman's reserve food.
In the gang area under the jurisdiction of Harley Quinn, most of the missing people every year are eaten by the rat clan. In the underground world, food is as scarce as ammunition, and not having enough to eat is the norm.
"In recent days, two young women from the upper class passed through your territory. Who brought them underground?" Harley Quinn was as curious about this question as the people from the upper class.
Before the two upper-class female college students pass through the territory of the Rat Clan, they have to pass through the gang area controlled by Harley Quinn, but the gang boss Harley Quinn doesn't even know about it.
This means that there is a traitor who is cooperating with outsiders and hiding it from his boss. This time he smuggled people on the ground, and next time he may get high-energy weapons, shoot Harley Quinn in the head while she is sleeping, and then replace her.
Slott opened his lifeless rat eyes. The brain-eating worms were gnawing at his right brain. The physical pain dripped down the sweat on his forehead. He was now a living corpse.
"It's a warning meeting."
Hearing the three words "warning meeting", Harley Quinn's originally cold expression was gradually replaced by a solemn look.
"I am Harley Quinn. You know who I am? Now tell me who betrayed me."
Slott took action and raised his right hand, pointing to a gang member on the right. The other party was a human spy hired by the Rat Clan. The intelligence and personnel configuration of the Joker Gang were clearly known to the good neighbor.
"Boss, please listen to my explanation. Don't listen to his nonsense. I..."
The identified traitor retreated repeatedly. Harley Quinn did not give him a chance to explain. She snatched the weapon from the hand of the younger brother beside her and shot the traitor in the head.
What Harley Quinn can't accept the most is betrayal. The man she just killed was the third-in-command of the team whom she trusted very much. Many business operations depended on him.
I don't know when he started to have second thoughts and wanted to replace Harley Quinn. He colluded with the rat-man clan and became connected with the Warning Society.
The betrayal of the third in command solved Harley Quinn's doubts. If it weren't for the protection of a high-level traitor in the gang, the two top men would never have passed through her chassis safely.
Although gangs have the habit of kidnapping people, kidnapping upper-class people can be said to be a sure win, and the probability of murder is very low. Upper-class people are generally fat sheep and can be squeezed out of a lot of money.
The gangs will not make a big deal out of things that can be solved with money. If a public opinion crisis arises in the upper world and attracts the iron fist of the Imperial Army, the Joker Gang can only accept their bad luck.
The reason why the Joker Gang has been able to exist and guard the entrances to the underworld in major cities is because those in power have done so intentionally. They can be considered as deliberately raised watchdogs.
A large portion of the profits that the gangs earn every year must be handed over. Otherwise, they will lose the protection of the upper-class dignitaries and will have to change their bosses and replace people who are capable of making money.
The gang leader's identity still has a chance to be cleansed and enter the upper world, leaving a path for him to climb up, making it impossible for the Joker Gang to unite as one.
Those gang leaders who have been cleansed and come ashore live well in the upper city world. They usually become middlemen, responsible for the communication between superiors and subordinates, and they don't live a very comfortable life.
The Joker girl doesn't want to return to the upper world for the time being. She has a huge debt of life.