Congratulations on being an NPC

Chapter 43 To let the light shine, you must first let it go out.

Darkness is fleeting,

But this brief darkness was incomparably deep.

Much deeper than the night before dawn.

However, after enduring this darkness, there is light ahead.

Arno climbed out of the sewer,
His body was covered with rust and mud from the pipes, and he smelled bad too.

The whole person's clothes were soaked, like a water ghost climbing up from the water.

Behind him, Kuso and the young man climbed up one after another.

Like Yano, their bodies were also covered with dirt.

Yano was a little curious about why Kuso wasn't dirty before, and how he did it.

Then, he saw it.

I saw Kuso took off his whole body, and then turned his clothes and pants inside out.

It was full of dried sludge and rust.

Kuso turned a blind eye to Arno's gaze and shook his clothes skillfully.

Dry mud and rust fell from the clothes one after another, and then Kuso patted his hands again to wipe off the remaining dust, and then put it on.

The young people on the side were not curious about it, as if they were used to it.

Similarly, he also took off his own clothes to shake off the dust, and put the sleeves on backwards.

The clothes of the poor are not beautiful, there are neither patterns nor high and low necklines, they are just barely visible.

They put them on backwards, and they looked the same as the ones Arnold saw before.

In other words, maybe even they themselves don't know what is right and what is wrong.

"..."

After changing clothes, Kuso and the young man set their sights on Yano.

Arnold admired and felt a little helpless about their way of changing clothes for the poor.

In order not to arouse suspicion, he had no choice but to imitate them and wear his clothes backwards.

The cold and slippery mud with rust, scraped on the skin, is like being cut by a piece of ice that has been cut into a sharp knife, which is very uncomfortable.

This is the first time Arno has experienced the same feeling as the poor.

And, the only time.

"Then let me lead the way."

"The other party is already waiting for us."

Kuso waited until Yano changed his clothes, then walked forward, followed by the young man.

Taking this opportunity, Yano followed behind them and began to look around.

Compared with the dirty alleys before, the air in this place is barely fresh.

At least it won't make you want to vomit.

It is surrounded by walls of high-rise buildings, which should be corporate buildings or high-end apartments.

Looking up, the walls are covered with vines, and looking up to the sky from here, you can only see spider webs intertwined between the buildings.

"The building looks like it hasn't been maintained for a long time, is there no one in it?"

Arno knew he was asking a stupid question as soon as he opened his mouth.

Since this is the land where the poor can live, there are naturally no people in the surrounding buildings.

Otherwise, in the eyes of ordinary people, these beggars who have not contributed to society have already been expelled, and it is impossible to stay here for a long time.

"The perimeter was originally intended to be a new corporate enclave and the building was built for that."

"However, after the building was completed, due to unknown reasons, there were no companies here, and no one used it."

"The open space under our feet was originally intended to be used as a green forest park between corporate buildings, but it was abandoned before it was even built."

Kuso heard Arno's words and replied in detail.

Of course, these are all heard from the person who communicated with him before.

After hearing this, Arno raised his eyebrows.

Such a large area is left unused, there should be something hidden.

It may be a transaction of money and power, or it may be corruption.

This depends on the owner of this corporate settlement.

"No wonder this is regarded as a rendezvous point."

"In the surrounding buildings, quite a lot of people can be accommodated."

In the event of a rebellion, this open space can be used as a base to hide soldiers in the building.

Even if you lose, there is still time to breathe in the open space sandwiched by the buildings.

"Good location."

"It's just too naive."

The ideas of the group of rebels were all based on the premise that the empire would conduct street fighting, and the basis was nothing more than the fact that there were civilians around this area.

But according to Arnold's understanding of the high-level group of the empire,

As long as there is a rebellion, they will carry out full-scale bombing as soon as possible.

Even if the civilians in the entire area are killed, no one will care.
Because, these are for the survival of the empire and for the stable life of more civilians.

"Everything is a necessary sacrifice."

When faced with doubts, they will most likely just say so.

Of course, if there are players involved, the result will be unpredictable.

This area, Arno speculates, is probably also part of the "plot".

"arrive."

At this moment, Kuso interrupted Arno's thoughts.

Yano stopped thinking about those messy things and looked around.

Not far away is still the wall of the building, but the open space under the feet also has a considerable space for activities.

There are dozens of tents set up on it, colorful, but also tattered.

If you have to describe it,

That is quite in line with the atmosphere given by the word "poor".

"This is the local chief, Jim Lane."

Kuso walked up to a man who had just emerged from the tent, and introduced to Arno.

"This is my friend, Lane Hart Collison."

"That young man next to him is Huck Tria."

Later, Cuso introduced Yano and others to Jim.

"Hi, colleagues are very welcome."

Jim looked at Arno, held out his hand to him, and smiled broadly.

Huck shuddered at that.

The main reason is that Jim is middle-aged, with a full beard and a fierce appearance.

When he laughed, it gave the impression that he was not saying hello, but trying to kill someone.

"Hello, thank you very much for your acceptance, we will act according to the rules here."

Arno nodded and took Jim's hand.

"That's fine."

"Then choose an open space for yourself, whether it's a tent, or sleeping in the open air, it's up to you."

Jim said carelessly, "Anyway, we only have too much freedom here."

It has to be said that as a poor man, Jim is quite a leader.

Among special groups of people, the leader must have a special place.

For the poor, optimism and cheerfulness are enough to be a little light in their dark lives.

It's a pity that Arno's arrival is not to see the light.

It's just to hold this light with both hands, so as not to let its light leak out.

He wants to use this beam of light for his own use.

To this end, by all means.

Even if it will let this light go out for a short time.

(End of this chapter)