Resurrecting the Genius Within

Chapter 228 The Totem Tattoo

The bearded man suddenly released the steering wheel after closing the distance with the people ahead. He lunged at Isabelle, attempting to grab the knife.

When the car stopped, the people on the roadside immediately sprung into action. The broken–down- looking car also started up quickly, attempting to intercept their vehicle.

However, before they could surround the car, the driver’s side door suddenly swung open, and someone kicked out the bearded man.

Isabelle kicked the person out of the car and quickly switched seats to the driver’s side. She took control of the steering wheel and swiftly closed the door.

With a push on the gas pedal, she veered away from the car trying to intercept her and sped towards that dangerous place….

Isabelle’s car was intercepted at the entrance.

Alcott was a polarized region. The poor were so impoverished they could starve on the roadside, while the wealthy lived in extravagant luxury day after day.

The enormous gap made people’s hearts greedy and sinister.

Inside, it gathered all sorts of people: big drug lords, arms dealers, and businessmen seeking excitement and wealth.

Here existed countless unimaginable and unspeakable business dealings that challenge one’s understanding.

Inside, the various factions were delineated, with guards at every entrance and exit demanding payment.

Isabelle rolled down the window and handed over a stack of money.

The per

person preparing to collect the money noticed the delicate, fair–skinned hand offering it. It was clearly a woman’s hand.

He followed the hand and looked into the car. Through the windshield, he saw the incredibly beautiful face of an Ardon girl.

a hungry

his companions.

guards at the entrance turned to look, discarded their cigarettes and stood up, moving closer to

car.

skin was so flawless that it

but didn’t pay much attention. After

them surrounded the car, their faces filled with greed.

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like hers and being a pure Ardon, she could fetch a sky–high price, especially since they

her go. Instead, they knocked on the car window, signalling the girl

a small crack, and someone impatiently reached his arm inside the car, aiming to grab

the car ploughed

and was dragged for a distance before he fell to the ground, his

man struggled to his feet, watching as the SUV

the higher–ups. We’ve got an Ardon woman who just barged in. We must find her, this kind of prime resource can’t get away.”

and couldn’t be

her backpack and abandoned the car, proceeding on foot deeper into the area.

cannabis and poppy plants being cultivated everywhere.

by cultivating these

such as

mix of people, scarcity of resources, and its status as a lawless

the border, unknowingly becoming

the roadside before they even entered. Many of

fell, Isabelle, alone, was like

road stared at her with hostility, and some even

that most of those people had a totem tattoo on the side of their necks–a red one, about half the