Even though the future still looks bleak... as long as there’s even the slightest chance that I could become a normal man, isn’t it still worth fighting for?

In the midst of such overwhelming despair and hope, Henry Clark was drenched in sweat. With a sigh, he said, “I can’t give up. I still have a future!”

At this moment, the dungeon guard outside said coldly, “No, you have no future, because you’re going to die tomorrow!”

Henry Clark said, “What? What on earth happened? Why am I locked in the dungeon? Why will I die tomorrow?”

The guard replied, “Henry Clark, don’t you know what you’ve done? Playing dead won’t help you. Tomorrow you will die, and no one can save you.”

The original owner of the body he had transmigrated into was also called Henry Clark.

Then the guard sneered, “But Henry Clark, you’re something else. Even though you’re a eunuch, you still managed to molest a respectable young lady. And she’s the heiress of the Cui family! Honestly, dying for that is worth it.”

Molesting a respectable young lady? And it sounds like she’s the heiress of a prominent family?

The Henry Clark of this world, huh? He really has some roguish charm. Even after becoming a eunuch, he still did something like this—truly a case of a strong will despite a crippled body.

But your skills are just too lousy. Not only did you fail to win over the beauty, you ended up in the dungeon and are going to be killed tomorrow. You’ve really gotten me into a mess.

Transmigrating into a eunuch was already miserable enough, but to be killed the very next day? Not even two days in this world? Is there anything more tragic than this?

Henry Clark began to recall with all his might what had happened to the original owner of this body.

Suddenly, a huge flood of information surged into him—these were the memories of the body’s original owner.

After reading through these memories, Henry Clark had only one word in his heart.

Injustice!

Chapter 3: A Bitch and a Dog, Together Forever

At this moment, Henry Clark fully understood his situation.

It had been 1,600 years since the great change on Earth. The Da Ning Dynasty now ruled China and had been established for over two hundred years.

The original owner of this body was named William Clark, and he came from a prestigious family in the capital. But because he was a eunuch by birth, he was destined not to inherit the family line, so his status in the family was low, and even his parents despised him.

When he was fifteen, the secret of his condition was leaked. His entire family became a laughingstock, and people even said the Du family was about to produce a eunuch faction.

How could a noble family bear such shame? So his parents and family abandoned him. Two servants took him from the northern capital all the way to Guangxi in the far south.

The family had ordered the two servants to exile him to a deserted island overseas and let him die there, to vanish from the world completely. But the two servants couldn’t bear it, so they secretly hid his identity, changed his name to Henry Clark, and sent him to the Eunuch Academy in Guangxi Province.

After that, the Du family in the capital publicly announced that their legitimate son William Clark had died of a serious illness, and from then on, William Clark was considered to have disappeared from the world.

He was clearly the legitimate son of a powerful family, but the right of inheritance—including his stunningly beautiful fiancée from a noble family—was given to his illegitimate younger brother. He, on the other hand, became a penniless outcast with no home to return to.

At this moment, the image of the original owner’s fiancée appeared in Henry Clark’s mind—her figure and face. He couldn’t help but secretly lick his lips. Unfortunately, he was now a eunuch and couldn’t even get a little hard to show his respect, and such a beauty ended up with that bastard of a half-brother.

It’s rare for a legitimate son to end up so miserable, and to be bullied by an illegitimate son like this.

And in the Eunuch Academy, Henry Clark was a complete pushover. He was looked down on by the instructors, by his classmates, and even by the servants and menials in the academy. Anyone could bully him, anyone could step on him.

The key point was, his grades were also abysmal.

The Eunuch Academy had a five-year program. After five years, there was a graduation exam, and jobs were assigned based on the results.

Those with good academic scores went to the Weaving Bureau or the Salt Transport Office. Those with good martial arts scores joined the local garrison as supervisors or the Imperial Horse Office. If you excelled in both academics and martial arts, congratulations—you went straight into the Eastern Depot, the most powerful secret service agency, starting as a chief banner officer, and from there you could call the shots and reach the pinnacle of life.

The Eastern Depot, the Lijing Division, and the Xuanwu Guard were the three major secret service and enforcement agencies of the Da Ning Dynasty.

The Eastern Depot was controlled by the eunuch faction, the Lijing Division was under the Cabinet, and the Xuanwu Guard was under the military. All three claimed to report directly to the emperor, but only the Eastern Depot was truly the emperor’s sword.

The Eastern Depot here was not the same as the one in the Ming Dynasty. The Da Ning Dynasty’s Eastern Depot was truly a gathering of elites, full of experts. Ever since the eunuch faction was openly established over a hundred years ago and the Eunuch Academy was founded, talented people had poured in endlessly.

Over a thousand years ago, when the celestial spheres converged and energy from another world invaded Earth, martial arts powers rose up, and the Da Ning Dynasty was filled with martial sects. The Eastern Depot became the royal family’s main violent tool to suppress these martial forces.

Compared to the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Depot in this world was far more powerful. Not only did it monitor all civil and military officials, it also suppressed and supervised martial sects, and cracked down on illegal trading and mining of crystals, weapons, and secret minerals. It was truly a force of overwhelming power.