Chapter 13: The Old Gull with the Snakehead
When Hugo was immersed in complicated memories, his mental vigilance towards his surroundings was also relaxed a lot, so that Akita on the side whispered in his ear before he suddenly realized it.
"Somebody's coming. Akita whispered.
Hugo's eyes lit up, and on the one hand he motioned for Akita to stay still, and then got up and quickly hid into the bushes on the side.
Following the rustling sound, I saw a middle-aged man who looked to be about fifty years old approaching the predetermined meeting coordinates between the two sides.
The middle-aged man is extremely athletic, although his back looks a little rickety because of his age, but he still exudes a majestic temperament, and the short gray hair on his head makes people know at a glance that he is not an idle person.
He was wearing a shabby shelter from the wind, and the cuffs and collar were shining black because they had not been washed for a long time.
At this moment, the middle-aged man took out half a cigar from his arms and lit it leisurely in the end, from this action, it can be seen that this person has great contempt for the laws and rules of Tsukishima, and it is not ruled out that he did this action to show Hugo.
Seeing this, Hugo stepped forward and appeared behind the other like a tanuki, and the two kept a distance of more than ten steps.
However, after only a few steps, the middle-aged man walking in front suddenly stopped, and Hugo, who was following behind him, also stopped almost synchronously.
Hugo pays great attention to his movements, and deliberately uses his blasphemous abilities to control them, and is confident that he will not be discovered by the other party.
The two of them fell into a "tacit understanding" of stillness, and they couldn't hear any abnormal sounds except for the rustling sound of the cold wind blowing around.
Suddenly, the middle-aged man with his back to Hugo said, "Yo, little brother, it seems that I really underestimated you before, but I didn't expect to be a master." ”
Hugo was silent, he didn't know if this was a fraudulent trick used by the other party, and he exposed himself in a loud voice, although Hugo didn't have any ill will towards him, but he still wanted to take the other party examined intentionally or unintentionally.
The middle-aged man saw that there was no movement behind him to answer, and he was not in a hurry to turn around to take a look, but took a heavy puff of smoke unhurriedly and said: "Although your kung fu is good, but you still don't know how to restrain yourself, as soon as you appeared, I smelled the murderous aura on your body, it was too nasty." ”
The middle-aged man said unhurriedly in a tone that sounded a little heavier, and Hugo smiled slightly, he understood that no matter whether he was really detected by the other party or not, there was no need to hide.
"You, the old gull?" asked Hugo.
"You can call me that. The middle-aged man known as Lao Ou smiled and said, then slowly turned around, when he saw Hugo for the first time, his face did not show a look of surprise, obviously even if he had been in the rivers and lakes for many years and had rich experience, he did not expect the other party to be so young.
"Hehe, it's really a hero out of a young man!" I don't know if this is the emotion in the old gull's heart or a pure compliment, in short, this exclamation sounds very heartfelt.
Hugo smiled: "Heroes really dare not be. ”
Lao Ou smiled happily: "This is indeed not an era suitable for being a hero, it is really a lack of the current situation to create heroes." ”
Hugo said: "Listen to my introducer, you are the hero of your line." Although this sounds very fake, there must be a compliment on the face, even if the other party is also aware of it.
Sure enough, the old gull laughed heartily after hearing this, and in the eyes of outsiders, the old and the young get along very well.
After laughing, the old gull said to Hugo: "Didn't you say that there are two people?
Hugo smiled slightly, then pointed behind the old gull. Seeing this, the old gull was stunned for a moment, and then a surprised look appeared on his face, and he turned his head abruptly, but saw Akita standing not far behind him and looking at him with a smile.
Old Ou's expression, which was still full of joy just now, suddenly became dark, and it was obvious that Hugo and Akita's joint demonstration made him feel uneasy.
Hugo seemed to see through the old gull's unhappiness and said: "This is just a joke between our brothers, please forgive me." ”
The old gull snorted coldly and said: "Where, it's my clumsy eye that mistook the trick, my old gull has been out for so long, and I can afford to win and lose." ”
Hugo said: "We don't want to win or lose with you, we just want you to help us get where we want to go." ”
The old gull rolled his eyes, because the whites of his eyes had taken on a burnt yellow color due to the stimulation of cigarette alcohol for a long time.
"I heard you're going to Liujie?"
Hugo nodded.
"It's kind of funny, when I approached my client and told me about it, I thought he was wrong. ”
Hugo said, "We'll pay you double." Hugo could see that Lao Ou was very interested in himself and Akita, and in order to avoid the other party being entangled in this regard, Hugo proposed a lot of money and only begged the other party to put away his curiosity and shut his mouth.
I don't want Lao Ou shook his head and said: "You don't have to pay the commission, when the client found me, he had already given an absolutely exciting deposit, and after the fact, I can still get a large amount of money, with this money, I also think about retirement." ”
Although Hugo was calm on the surface, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that just by letting himself smuggle into the street, Hua Yisheng would spend a lot of money.
But I heard Lao Ou say: "Although I was curious about the identity of the person who entered the street, I didn't want to be like this before. You look like you're just two students in the metropolitan area, but why do you have to go to that kind of place? Don't tell me you're here to complete your homework research project. ”
Hugo said: "If I'm not mistaken, you are just the one who sent us into the flow street, do you know a little too much now?"
The old gull raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, yes, it seems that you have some problems with the client's communication, and he asked me to take you into the street when he paid a high deposit, and after helping you complete the task, you can be returned here safely." After that, the old gull stepped on the dirt under his feet.
Now Hugo is beginning to understand a little why Mr. Hua would spend so much.
Before Hugo could ask, Akita on the side spoke: "What we need is just a channel of entry, and you don't need to worry about it except for the round-trip problem." ”
Hearing this, Lao Ou sneered again, turned to look sideways at Akita and said, "Do you think that without my help in Liujie, you still have a chance to set foot on the return journey again?"