Pine and Cassie, just like the impression they give from their appearance, this brother and sister's daily spare time is indeed mainly spent hanging out on the streets.
There is no pressure of a bloody life. I was born in an ordinary family at the bottom of society, but I don't want to live an ordinary life at the bottom. I don't have anything I want, but I believe I can have everything.
When they meet people who can be bullied on a daily basis, they won’t be too kind. At most, they may be considered to have some brotherly love, right?
After a brief understanding of Pine's background, Mu Hua was not very interested in this guy's affairs.
But from Pine's own narration, Mu Hua also understood roughly what happened to the brother and sister.
The root of the matter should be the siblings' parents. Their parents are devout church believers and they dance happily in the advocacy group against vampires.
The vampires controlled the city, and the gangs here seemed to want to give their parents a warning by teaching them a lesson.
Everything is normal so far. The only thing that is not normal is that the person managing the gang here might be a zombie, and his teachings might be a bit harsh.
Guessing that Pine and Cassie might end up being sliced and dipped in sauce, the thugs who captured them decided to give Cassie a few beatings while she was still warm.
It was a very melodramatic plot, so melodramatic that even Mu Hua felt deeply powerless.
"I will help you realize any wish you have and provide you with everything you need, but you have to solve your own problems. If you want to kill them... Alas..." Mu Hua sighed.
Damn, while strolling around this city and releasing bees, Mu Hua felt that there were potential customers nearby, so he stopped by to take a look.
As a result, he saved the client, but now he has a group of thugs under his control. If he gives Pine a fruit knife, he can kill all these thugs. How can he bid? One hundred credit points, thank you for your patronage?
"I guess I saved you..." Mu Hua muttered to himself after sighing.
He didn't know what to say. He couldn't just let the thugs go now and let them continue to beat up Pine and ride on Cassie, and then he would negotiate with Pine to save them, right?
Damn, at least I am someone who can compete with your 'God of Creation'. How dare these bastards call him here for such a trivial matter?
"Make the wish come true? Can you help me get rid of the Lucius family?" Pine couldn't figure out what the devil merchant was, but he could see that Mu Hua should be very powerful.
"So, I hate this kind of place that lacks common sense the most. I am a devil businessman, not a killer, not... huh? Lucius family?" Mu Hua said impatiently, but suddenly found that this kid was raising the stakes?
The devil merchants' transactions follow specific rules. Losing transactions will result in the deduction of their own energy. If they earn too much, they will be judged as "brushing points" and their own energy will also be deducted.
The relatively reasonable transaction price has earned the demon merchants a good reputation in terms of trading, but most demons actually don't like this kind of rationality, which may be the origin of the name "trading compensation".
Is this a compensation reward for the fair trade devils?
It is precisely because of this that if it was a trivial matter, Mu Hua would not be able to gain anything from Pine. However, Pine seemed to want to take revenge on more than just the gangsters in front of him, and Mu Hua became interested.
"The Lucas family controls the underworld of this city. They will not let us go. My wish is that I will never be threatened by them again. I and my family will never be threatened by them again."
"Didn't you say you could help me realize my wish?" Pine looked straight into Mu Hua's eyes, as if trying to figure out what he was thinking.
"Oh, the gang, right?" Mu Hua nodded. It was okay to be the gang, after all, it increased the transaction amount.
Moreover, the devil's transaction price will also be affected by the will of the transaction object. The more serious the impact of the transaction on the transaction object's life, the stronger the transaction object's own needs. Maybe it is a trivial matter for the devil, but he can also demand more transaction compensation from the transaction object.
"They are not just gangsters, the government and even the church are in cahoots with them. If you want to help me..." Pine continued, but was interrupted by Mu Hua.
"Wait, hey, what do you mean I want to help you?" Mu Hua curled his lips.
"Let's first make it clear. It was you who called the devil merchant. I responded to your call and I can help you realize your wish, but the prerequisite is that you need to pay a reward. Help, merchant, OK?" If it didn't involve himself, Mu Hua would actually like this guy's shameless look.
We are devil businessmen, not superheroes.
"..." Pine was silent, his eyes wandering.
Mu Hua repeatedly emphasized that he was a devil merchant, and although this courtyard was closed before, it also had the concept of devil.
Moreover, the concept of demons here may be more evil than that in the outside world. After Mu Hua's explanation, Pine has some understanding of the demon merchants.
"Since... since you can respond to my call, then I should have what you want here. What do you want?" Pine asked tentatively.
"Oh, your brain works pretty fast."
"Money, treasures, rare resources, if you have some weird things I can also help you take a look." When Mu Hua said this, the brother and sister looked thoughtful, but then shook their heads awkwardly.
"If it really doesn't work...your soul?" Mu Hua frowned.
Obviously, this guy is penniless and doesn't have a hobby of "picking up trash". Since he has nothing, his value to the devil merchant should be only his soul.
Mu Hua had never received a client who was willing to sell his soul, so after thinking about it, he suggested to just treat it as a try.
"Soul? Ha... If you can help me get rid of the Lucas family, you can take the soul if you want it. Selling the soul to the devil is cool~!" Pine said self-deprecatingly with a carefree smile.
"...Are you sure?" He wanted to tell him that selling his soul was not that easy, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. Mu Hua also wanted to see what it was like to trade his soul with the devil.
"Sure. But the prerequisite is that you can really help me." With some street smarts, Pine's attitude toughened up after confirming that he had what Mu Hua needed.
"Of course, in exchange for your soul, I will help you get rid of the Lucas family's threat to you, and your family." Mu Hua chuckled, and a strange mouth opened in the void appeared behind Mu Hua. Under the horrified gaze of the brother and sister, the group of thugs who were originally restrained were swallowed one by one by the strange mouth, and as the strange mouth dissipated, the group of thugs also completely disappeared from this world.
"Boom!" A fireball shot out from Mu Hua's hand, and the rising fireball exploded with a strong energy wave in the sky.
The brother and sister didn't know what Mu Hua was going to do, they were just surprised when Mu Hua raised his hand and released a flame that ignited the sky.
The remaining flames in the sky had not yet dissipated, and figures were moving around in the dilapidated alleys. In the blink of an eye, dozens of figures appeared around Mu Hua.
"What... uh, Your Majesty?" Dozens of figures, wearing windbreakers, with rapiers on their waists, and red pupils, one by one, made themselves look like the men in black. One of the figures was about to scold, but when he saw Mu Hua's face clearly, he was stunned on the spot.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. I wonder what Your Majesty is doing..." Among the visitors were vampires and lesser vampires, all of whom were members of the blood clan. The leader took the lead, and the others stood aside cautiously while being respectful, taking precautions obliquely.
It seems that the blood clan should have made Mu Hua's information widely public within the clan.
"There are still zombies in this courtyard?" Mu Hua frowned. Vampires only suck blood, and only zombies eat human flesh.
"This... Your Majesty, there are indeed some zombies that we haven't had time to clean up." A vampire with higher status among the visitors spoke awkwardly.
"Relax, I'm not here to cause trouble. Is there any Lucas family here?" Mu Hua waved his hand, and the other party's expression relaxed.
"Well, some trash who do dirty work, have they offended you?" the man said, looking coldly at Pine and Casey.
"He is my client. If someone is causing trouble for him, please help deal with it, including his family. At least in this city, don't let anyone cause trouble for them in the future." Mu Hua said, and the coldness in the other person's eyes immediately dissipated.
"Yes, we will wipe them out right now. However, Your Majesty, this...client?" The leading vampire nodded, and several vampires quickly withdrew, probably to deal with the Lucas family.
At this moment, Pine's eyes were full of surprise and suspicion. He knew the person who was communicating with Mu Hua. Pine had seen the chief of the police station being very respectful to him in public. Pine did not expect that such a big shot would be so humble in front of Mu Hua.
"Well, client, I'm working part-time as a demon merchant recently. You can help me promote it when you go back. You can contact me if you need anything." Mu Hua said to the vampire.
"..." All the vampires were stunned.
"Demon merchant?" the leading vampire confirmed.
"Yes, the devil merchant. Don't worry, I am a foreign devil and I am not trying to fool people." Mu Hua recommended himself, and the vampires all had strange expressions.
After a short moment, a vampire who had left returned, holding a human head with a confused expression in his hand.
"Lucas?" Mu Hua looked at Pine, only to see Pine nod seriously.
"Then our deal is done?" Mu Hua confirmed with a chuckle.
"Well, I will follow you from now on. What do you need me to do?" Pine glanced at the vampire standing respectfully on the side, and said solemnly to Mu Hua.
"Huh? Who asked you to follow me? What I want is your soul. What's the use of you?" Mu Hua frowned. Isn't this guy taking things for granted?
Pine was stunned, then fear appeared in his eyes.
Mu Hua nodded. This is right. Otherwise, if you have sold your soul and are still so calm, wouldn’t I be very embarrassed?
Pine looked at Mu Hua's expression in horror. When he saw an evil smile on Mu Hua's face (from Pine's perspective), Pine felt a chill in his heart.
But when he turned and saw the vampires around him, Pine's eyes wandered, and finally he looked at Mu Hua again, and his evasive eyes gradually became serious.
"Soul..." Pine asked in a voice that was almost a mumble.
"Yes, soul. Haha, believe me, it is very unwise to owe the devil merchant." Mu Hua chuckled and shook his head. No matter how Pine lived in the future, he could take away the other's soul at any time.
However, devil merchants usually allow those who sell their souls to grow more.
If this kind of person does not develop well, he can become a slave of the devil merchant. If he develops well, he can be considered a relatively stable and safe customer for the devil merchant.
His future life will be closely linked to the devil businessman.
"Don't hurt my family. As for the soul, if you want it, I'll give it to you." Mu Hua was considering whether he could provide some convenience to Pine's life. Pine suddenly said some inexplicable words to Mu Hua in a tone as if he had made up his mind.
"Puff~!" Before Mu Hua could ask, he saw Pine taking a piece of glass picked up from the ground and directly wiped his neck with it.
"...Fuck." Blood plasma spurted out, Mu Hua was stunned, and then he yelled, what the hell? What's wrong with this guy?
Could it be... Could it be that this guy misunderstood something? Damn, so uneducated, so terrible.
"..." The vampires didn't understand the situation either, but when they saw Pine fall to the ground with a look of attachment to life in his eyes, the vampires looked at Mu Hua with a strange look.
It's like... It's like... It's like watching an unscrupulous and black-hearted businessman with no professional ethics. (End of this chapter)