Life Game In Other World
Chapter 459: The Assassinated Senator? (Large - for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 459: Chapter 459: The Assassinated Senator? (Large Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

The fierce gunfire echoed through the silent coat room in an instant, peppering the area like raindrops, tearing expensive fur coats and piercing light down jackets.

Pure white feathers exploded in a flash, filling the entire space.

Romock watched the scattered down.

Where he was looking should have been where the ’uninvited guest’ had just stood, but now there was no one there, no blood, no shadow, just a gold-inlaid cane lying quietly on the ground.

It was one of his favorite canes.

The bottom of this cane was made entirely of gold, icy to the touch, feeling like a gun muzzle ready to fire, carrying a cold murderous intent, which he liked very much.

At this moment, the anger of being deceived surged into his mind.

The other party didn’t have a gun at all, he had been deceived—using his own cane!

Such a cunning fraud!

"Come out, you bastard!"

Romock held the gun, pulling the trigger once again

The barrel, already emitting heat, spewed out fierce flames again, the bullets passing through the snowflake-like falling feathers, hitting the wardrobe with a series of dull thuds.

He spun his body, intending to sweep every inch of the coat room, not caring in the slightest about those expensive clothes.

But as he was roaring, he felt something cold press against his throat, then it cut effortlessly through his skin, driving into the muscles of his neck, slicing open his throat.

He still tried to roar but couldn’t make a sound, as the welling blood blocked his windpipe.

The crimson liquid slid down the icy silver blade, mingling with the dancing snowflake-like feathers, dropping to the ground one by one.

He Ao pulled out the short sword, bent down gently, and picked up a torn fur coat from the ground to wipe the blood off the blade.

Then, holding the sword, he walked step by step towards the outside of the coat room.

Romock’s vision blurred, and he couldn’t see He Ao’s face clearly. His body leaning forward, in the last image from his memory, he only saw that somewhat slim and lonely figure.

That figure was familiar yet strange, as if he had encountered its owner, yet, it seemed there was never any intersection at all.

His consciousness gradually became fuzzy, and memories from over the years began to replay in his mind, wondering which competitor hated him so much that they hired such a powerful assassin to kill him.

He couldn’t come up with an answer.

He had never thought that a life so precious as his own would end forever in his luxury mansion, in such a way.

The bright red blood spread bit by bit.

He Ao stretched out his hand and gently brushed off a white feather tinged with a spot of red from his shoulder.

He sheathed the sword and walked toward the mansion’s exit, step by step.

Light and slow feathers floated down into the pool of blood.

Romock didn’t like his bodyguards ’monitoring’ his life, so in this private area, it was just him and his ’daughters’.

And his bodyguards, along with the intelligent security system, formed a seemingly impregnable protective circle around this area.

At least, that’s what Romock thought.

Even though these villas had particularly good soundproofing for some reason, the intense sound of gunfire still attracted the attention of the frolicking girls outside.

"Daddy, Daddy, have you changed your clothes? The sisters are all waiting for you."

The blonde girl, with wet hair, walked barefoot on the cold floor towards the coat room.

Then she saw the blood that had flowed to the door.

"Ah!"

Startled, she knocked the wine glass off the bar.

Bang—

The pure crystal glass shattered, its crimson contents mixing with fresh blood, creating a seductively transparent color.

Trembling, she looked inside the cloakroom and locked eyes with Romock’s wide-open gaze.

She jumped and took two steps back.

But upon seeing that Romock made no move, she forcibly calmed her emotions.

She turned her head to glance at the thick glass window in the distance; the young girls in the pool were sitting on beach chairs, enjoying their exquisite pastries.

If someone came to "check," it would have been enough.

The blonde girl held her breath and tiptoed past puddles of blood.

Approaching Romock’s body, she fumbled to remove the large gold ring from his finger and then tore off the small gold ornaments and precious stones he was wearing.

She stuffed these trinkets into her chest, looked around to ensure no one was nearby, and then ran out past the bloodstains, shouting loudly,

"Something terrible has happened to Dad!"

—

The piercing sound of police sirens cut through the silent streets.

He Ao raised his eyes to glance outside the taxi window.

He was on a two-lane road, where a Federal Bureau of Investigation vehicle blaring its siren rushed past the old taxi.

The agents inside took a glance at He Ao, then floored the accelerator, heading towards the bustling Nuclear District.

He Ao turned back and looked at the data projected by his bracelet.

"Another big shot must have gotten into trouble," he mused.

The taxi driver glanced in the rearview mirror and sighed.

No sooner had he spoken than a gunshot rang out from a nearby street.

He Ao turned to look; two groups of fierce gang members were clashing on the edge of the road, with the surrounding pedestrians running away in terror.

"Here we go again, brother, hold on tight," the taxi driver said nervously, then stomped on the accelerator.

He Ao felt the strong sensation of being pushed back as the buildings on both sides seemed to retreat like phantoms, their shapes unrecognizable.

Meanwhile, the taxi shook violently as the driver weaved through traffic in a desperate attempt to overtake other vehicles.

The underperforming taxi cut beautiful S-curves on the narrow road.

He Ao reached out to grab the car door handle to steady himself so he wouldn’t be thrown about by the vehicle’s movements.

After about thirty seconds, the sound of gunfire outside died down quite a bit, indicating that they had put some distance between them and the taxi driver finally slowed down,

"Brother, don’t blame me for driving fast. We need to get out first, or a stray bullet might hit us, and nobody would care about us. If we die, that’s one thing, but if we don’t, the medical expenses would make our lives a living hell for the rest of our days."

He Ao nodded slightly and released his grip on the handle.

"You’ve got some skills, brother. Used to train before?"

The driver glanced at He Ao’s unfazed expression through the rearview mirror and smiled as he asked.

"Had a stint with a gang before," He Ao replied casually. Regit had been involved with a gang for quite some time.

"Brother, by the looks of you, you must have grown kids, right?" the taxi driver remarked wistfully, "Ah, I used to be an underground racer myself, but after getting married and having kids, I had to find a stable job."

He glanced outside the window, "These days, stable jobs are getting increasingly rare, and everyone is laying off. No one has money, even those who can afford a taxi are fewer."

"Now, even taxi companies are pushing hard to increase the proportion of driverless taxis. I don’t know when I’ll be out of a job."

"If you lose your job, what do you plan to do?"

He Ao lifted his head, asking softly.

"I don’t know, I still have a wife and kids to support, I’m too old to race cars, and even the gangs don’t want someone like us who can’t wield a knife anymore," the taxi driver sighed, "I’ll take one step at a time, do whatever makes a bit of money, can’t just starve to death, right?

"To speak of now, I’m still fine, having the company’s medical insurance. But if I were to lose my job and then fell ill, my whole family might actually end up homeless. Medical costs are just too high nowadays."

"Mmm."

He Ao looked out the window.

This place was still close to the city center; the headquarters of Stars Pharma in Limen City stood towering here.

The magnificent and lofty buildings reflected a beautiful halo under the bright sunlight.

Actually, those ’volunteers’ participating in research institute experiments might not be fully influenced by addictive drugs, or unaware of the harm the experiments could bring to their bodies.

But what if they knew?

That was their only way to quickly make money and support their families.

If the one sitting here were Pete, a middle-aged man with nothing to his name, unable to find work, burdened with enormous loans, and with a daughter to raise, he might not even consider opting out of the research institute experiments and might even plead with people like Reid to arrange more ’experiments’ for him.

They were merely choosing between hell and a slightly better hell.

After touching on this topic, the taxi driver fell silent too, staring ahead and driving quietly.

He Ao withdrew his thoughts and looked down at the smart bracelet in his hand; everything has to be done step by step.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

For now, the most important thing was to find out where the Fountain of Youth was.

And to figure out what exactly the Fountain of Youth ’is’.

Contained in the bracelet was information about Senator Janos, which Eve had found for him.

The highest legislative body of the Federation is the Federal Assembly.

The Assembly is divided into two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The House of Representatives determines its membership based on population, with roughly one Congressman for every half a million people, totaling around four hundred across the entire Federation.

This means that the House is very sensitive to population, and the more populous mega-cities can exert greater influence on the House.

For example, Dawn City, with a population of twenty-eight million, has fifty-three Congressmen, accounting for more than one-tenth of the total seats in the House.

If the Federal Assembly consisted only of the House, the entire Assembly would lean towards the mega-cities, and this would inevitably lead to the dissatisfaction of smaller cities and could even cause the disintegration of the Federation.

To balance the power of large cities, the founders of the Federation established another chamber, the Senate.

The number of Senators is not affected by population, but instead, each city is allocated two Senators.

With over a hundred Fortress Cities in the Federation, there are nearly three hundred Senators, which greatly dilutes the influence of Dawn City in the Senate.

The powers of both houses are roughly equal, and each can veto the other’s proposed legislation, forming the Federal Assembly together.

This is the result of a final compromise among the powers within the Federation.

This ’balanced’ system is one of the foundations of the Federation’s stable existence.

The number of Senators does not depend on the size of the city; even a small city like Limen City has two seats for Senators.

Janos is one of them.

His father was a Senator, his grandfather was a Senator, and his great-grandfather was also a Senator.

In the Federation, there are many such ’political dynasties’.

Following the information provided by Romock, Eve unearthed many interesting things.

The Janos family controlled nearly 80% of the construction projects in Limen City.

They participated as ’winning bidders’ in most of Limen City’s projects either through indirect shareholding or via proxies.

It seemed that even the illustrious Romock was just a wage worker ’working’ for the Janos family.

Most federal projects would be contracted out through a bidding process.

Whether it was public projects from the municipal government or corporate projects from large conglomerates like Stars Pharma, as long as it was a construction project up for bid, the Janos family would usually send someone to place a bid.

And more often than not, they would win the bid, regardless of how stringent the conditions placed on bidders were; the Janos family always ’just happened’ to meet the criteria.

Then, they would effortlessly win the bid at a relatively high price.

On the other hand, construction companies that offered lower prices often had difficulty winning bids.

At this point, the Janos family, having won the bid, would contact these cheaper construction companies and ’subcontract’ the projects to them.

They didn’t have to do anything and could sit back and enjoy the profit margin.

According to federal law, such behavior was permitted and considered a normal business practice for profit-making.

At least on the surface, everything seemed to be according to the rules.

Of course, these matters would not be known to the general public.

If it weren’t for Romock’s reminder, Eve would have collected only publicly available data without digging deeper, and it would have been very difficult to uncover this series of maneuvers by the Janos family.

And after years of such ’accumulation’, the Janos family must have amassed an astonishing fortune.

He Ao opened Janos’s personal information.

The personal information of such politicians is generally difficult to completely conceal, and there will be more or less traces of their family background.

When Janos was born, his father had already served one term as a Senator; he grew up in an affluent environment, having a very happy childhood.

This life continued until he was eight years old.

His father was suddenly murdered inside their mansion in South City of Limen.

This mansion was one of the rare single-family villas throughout the entire Federation.

The incident shocked the whole Federation, and the conclusion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was homicide, but the murderer has still not been found. Janos was in that mansion at the time; he witnessed his father’s death and gruesome expression.

According to his later interviews, that experience left a deep trauma in his heart, and ultimately motivated him to study medicine.

He said that if there had been a doctor with his father at the time, his father might not have died.

Later, he grew up and entered Star Medical College in Ains City, and obtained his medical doctorate before the age of twenty-six.

After obtaining his doctorate, he worked at the headquarters of Stars Pharma for a few years, until he returned to Limen City at the age of thirty, announced his intention to run for Senator to carry on his father’s legacy, and won the election successfully.

He is now in his third term.

After his successful election, most of the legislation he sponsored was related to healthcare, seemingly always acting in accordance with his Doctor of Medicine identity.

He Ao, reading this, fell into a brief contemplation.

The time of Janos’s father’s death was roughly forty years ago, coinciding with the demolition and reconstruction project of Morak Park. Almost immediately after the death of Janos’s father, the progress on the Morak Park project came to a halt.

And the time Janos joined Stars Pharma was when he was twenty-six, which is,

Twenty-two years ago.