Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

On the grayish-white flagstones, stained with hints of dark red, crowds of people ceaselessly walked, each face etched with a trace of tension and vigilance, eyeing those who passed by. The merchants on both sides of the street had lost their usual obsequious expressions, replaced by blood-stained weapons placed at their sides.

The commoners passing by were also in a hurried state, weapons concealed beneath their heavily patched clothing. In the corners of the streets, groups of dirty children fixed their gazes on the passersby, quietly tailing anyone who seemed like a suitable target.

Crack!

"Ah!!!"

The sudden noise brought the bustling crowd to a momentary standstill. When they saw a figure cloaked in a gray-black robe standing before a young man lying on the ground, writhing in pain, the armored adventurers revealed interested smiles, as if privy to some inside information.

The commoners, however, were unfazed, having witnessed such scenes before, and quickly lowered their heads, hurrying away.

"Kid, what do you think you're doing?"

A slightly immature yet chilling voice rang out. Through the gap in her hood, Sally looked at the young man lying on the ground in agony. One of his arms was completely broken, the white bone exposed to the air, connected only by a few strands of flesh.

Just as Sally was silently observing her surroundings, this young man had suddenly bumped into her. As the young man was about to leave, Sally unhesitatingly broke his arm.

"Help! Help! The adventurer is bullying a commoner!"

The young man did not answer Sally's question, but instead lay on the ground shouting loudly, even raising his injured arm high in the air. Coupled with his thin body and tattered clothes, he looked like a weak commoner being bullied by an adventurer, trying to evoke sympathy from the onlookers.

"Hmph!"

Sally snorted coldly, watching the young man who completely ignored her. She directly kicked him over, and with a crack, the young man's remaining hand turned into a bloody pulp. Two men who had just walked over from outside the crowd showed a slight change in expression upon seeing this scene.

"Tell me, who exactly told you to do this?"

Sally questioned the young man at her feet, then raised her head, her purple pupils coldly sweeping over the surrounding onlookers. The adventurers who saw Sally looking over all sneered, as if looking at a dead man, with no intention of leaving.

"Esteemed adventurer, isn't this going a bit too far?"

At this moment, two men in black clothes walked out of the crowd. One of them walked up to Sally, glanced at the young man groaning on the ground, raised his head, and said to Sally with a blank expression.

"You instructed him to do this?"

Sally ignored the man in front of her, and instead, in front of the man, stomped on the young man's wound. The bright red blood stained the sole of her shoe, and the young man's wails instantly became even more shrill.

"Esteemed adventurer, you must be new to Grant. If you are willing to let him go, we might be able to become friends. After all, you wouldn't want anything unpleasant to happen, would you?"

The black-clothed man looked at the young man under Sally's feet, whose wails were growing louder and louder. He glanced at him, then said to Sally word by word with a gloomy face, but the calm tone was not a threat, but rather like stating a fact.

"Hmph! Next time, be careful. If this happens again, I will kill him directly!"

Sally looked at the man in front of her, snorted coldly, bent down and took a cloth bag from the young man's clothes, and turned to walk out of the crowd. The man in black did not stop her, but waved his hand, and several young men crawled out of the corner, took the man lying on the ground away, and then turned and left.

However, before leaving, the man in black gestured to the young men who took the boy away. When the sun rose tomorrow morning, there would only be one place where the boy would appear, and that was in the city's sewer.

After all, for them, a young man whose hands had been crippled was no longer useful. As for giving him healing potions, it was completely impossible. The value of the two sides was not equal at all.

'He's still a smart person....'

In the crowd, the man in black smiled softly at Sally's back, then blended into the crowd and disappeared. As for coming to find Sally's trouble this time, it was just that they had received orders from above to carry out a routine matter. As for that young man, he was just a pawn used for testing, and no one cared about him at all.

.......

"Alright, Sally, those monitoring gazes have disappeared."

Inside an inn, Lu Minghao jumped out of Sally's hat, looked at the bustling crowd outside the window, turned his head and nodded to Sally. As early as when entering this city, Lu Minghao had noticed the peeping gazes in the corners of the streets.

Based on these gazes, Lu Minghao saw those children hiding in the corners. Whenever Sally passed a place, there would be the same existence, so Lu Minghao guessed that they should be targeted. As for who they were being targeted by... most likely it was the ruler of this city.

The army of the Kingdom of Yst.

Lu Minghao was not surprised at all. After all, if it were him, if there were guys with strange behavior and holding an obviously fake identity certificate, he would definitely stare at them and send someone to test them.

And just as Lu Minghao thought, not long after entering the city, Sally encountered the young man who stole Sally's purse. Therefore, Lu Minghao directly asked Sally to break his arm and show an arrogant but pragmatic appearance.

As for ignoring that young man, or directly killing him, it would only bring all kinds of troubles to Sally and Lu Minghao. If he was let go, then the other party would think that Sally's strength was only so-so, and then find an excuse to directly arrest Sally and throw her into the mine.

And killing that young man would just give the city guards an excuse to forcibly take action. Lu Minghao had noticed the city guards watching the show not far outside the crowd.

But it's good like it is now, showing a certain strength, but not losing control, then those people will temporarily relax their surveillance, after all, Sally's stated purpose when entering the city this time was to participate in the war mission.

"However, these guys really don't hide their behavior at all."

In the next second, Lu Minghao looked at what was happening on the street. Just like what Sally had just encountered, a man wrapped in a black robe was surrounded by the crowd. However, after his wallet was stolen, he directly killed the young man, and was subsequently defeated and captured by the city guards who happened to arrive.

As for what happens next, most likely he will be forced to sign a magic contract and become cannon fodder. The adventurers on the side have long been accustomed to this, after all, of the people who come here hiding their identities, eleven out of ten have problems with their identities.

"Minghao, why do they do this? Aren't they afraid that the adventurers will know and won't dare to come to this city again?"

At this time, Sally came over, picked up Lu Minghao, and looked at the dispersing crowd below and the man who was taken away by the city guards and asked. You must know that if those adventurers knew that the rulers of this city were doing this kind of thing, they would definitely not choose to come here again.

"Sally, haven't you noticed that the adventurers who entered the city with you haven't encountered this kind of thing. It's only guys like us who hide our identities who encounter it."

Before, Lu Minghao had already discovered that only those of them who were hiding their identities were being targeted. After all, those who come here and hide their identities must have problems, either like him and Sally who have their own purposes, or because they are wanted in their own kingdom, or they are thieves, bandits, and the like.

For this kind of people, if they have strength and can be controlled, then the rulers of this city don't mind turning a blind eye. For those who don't have enough strength, or like the guy who was taken away below, who didn't see the situation clearly, then no one cares whether they die or are caught to mine or be cannon fodder.

And those adventurers and merchants with legitimate identities will not encounter this kind of thing, and they even know this kind of thing clearly, otherwise, why would they show a look of watching the show.

In addition, many people who hide their identities also know about this... that is to say, those who will be arrested are only those who have not seen the current situation clearly and do not have enough strength.