Chapter 43: Paper and the Knife
I have to say that Ivelan has a very good control over the pace of the conversation. Her aura, her tone, and even her small action of tapping the coffee table with the newspaper made Luo Songxi only follow her rhythm.
Even her straightforward reprimand at the end did not have the slightest chance to refute.
Luo Songxi could only muttered in Ivelan's tone and 77 in his stomach, do you think everyone is like you, with a wide network of contacts and smooth information communication channels?
I wanted to ask for help, but I didn't see that when I arrived in West Star City, I saw an old goblin in the gang like grasping a life-saving straw. If I do go straight to the door of the UNSC, God knows if anyone will pay attention to me.
77 comforted him in a soft tone, "Well, master, 77 also knows that you can't be blamed for this. But that sister and the master are obviously not from the same world, so she doesn't understand the master. But it doesn't matter, even if you don't have people from the same world, it's possible to come together......"
77's personality is indeed much better, but ...... It still doesn't seem to be a big deal.
Fortunately, Ivelan ended the topic at the right time.
"But also, if it weren't for the fact that Ah Daosi knew a little bit about black magic, or if it didn't happen that I happened to be in West Star City, even if you really stabbed this matter to the Joint Security Committee, the people in the Western District might not really pay attention to it. ”
"Forget it, it's Tarta's bad luck to encounter such a rare event as black magic, so let's solve the matter quickly. ”
She turned her head and asked, "Did you find the girl named Lily?"
Daosi nodded, "I just found it, and it's locked up below." The man who abducted her and eloped was also there, and he was still a fugitive, so he will be handed over to you to deal with. ”
"Fugitive?
"There is no serious charge, the manager of a bank branch in the southern part of the federation took the bank's money to West Star City to come to the fork, but I didn't expect to kidnap one of our girls. ”
Ivelan stood up, put on her coat, and said to Luo Songxi as she walked out, "Let's go, let's take a look, little rookie." ”
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By taking the escalator on the top floor of the Messiah, which is not open to the public, Luo Songxi followed Ados and Ivelan all the way down to the Messiah's underground.
The underground emperor of West Star City, Adolphus Huxley, his lair is really underground.
It's not just the Messiah's underground, I don't know how big this underground area is, and the Messiah should just be one of the entrances and exits. And the air is warm and dry, the lighting is bright and soft, and there is no feeling of underground in the slightest.
Luo Songxi followed behind and walked around for about ten minutes before he came to a relatively dark and damp place, and he could know intuitively that this was a black prison of the Green Lion Gang.
Ados asked him and Ivelan to wait in an interrogation room, and after a while, a goblin with a whip and a pair of men and women who were bound up came to the interrogation room.
Both men had blood stains on their clothes, and it was clear that they had just been lynched.
Ah Daosi glanced at Luo Songxi and explained to him softly, "Lily escaped without permission and violated the contract with the Green Lion Gang, so a small punishment is naturally inevitable...... As for the man, he is a wanted criminal of the Federation, and his true identity cannot be found without interrogation. What the Green Lions Gang does will not exceed the ......"
Luo Songxi did not show a questioning expression.
Everlane was also watching Luo Songxi's reaction on the side.
The Federation is a society with a high degree of rule of law, and civilians are resistant, if not horrified, by lynchings that have already seen blood. But this teenager is a matter of course...... Could it be that he has also been a gangster since he was a child?
Luo Songxi is not a gangster, but a "reaper" who makes the gangsters fearful. Growing up in a wilderness infested with horse bandits, he understood the law of the jungle far better than the federal rule of law.
Moreover, the most important thing is that the truth that Old John preached has been deeply imprinted in his heart since he was a child - what is the big thing besides life and death?
Luo Songxi is not a person who lacks a sense of justice, for example, when the life and death of thousands of people are involved, he will have a sense of responsibility to fight to the end. But he is by no means a man who is overflowing with compassion for such small things as lynching gangsters.
He had seen too many similar things in places like Wushan, and the Zephyr bandits were not like the Green Lion Gang, which was inextricably linked to the Joint Security Commission. If he had acted every time, he would have died a hundred times in the wasteland.
Everlan looked at Luo Songxi's gaze at a touch, but every time she came into contact with Luo Songxi, she became more curious about Luo Songxi. "Rookie little rookie" on her mouth, but she already felt in her heart that this teenager was different from anyone she had ever come into contact with-
It's as simple as a piece of paper, and as sharp as a knife.
She pursed her lips and asked, "Did you ask anything?"
Adoji shook his head.
Everlan stood up, took the whip from the goblin, and said to Adoth, "I'll come. ”
She took a few steps in front of the man and woman with her whip in her hand, the heels of her boots making a "stomp" sound on the concrete floor, and in the quiet of the interrogation room, with a sense of oppression that sounded like a direct blow to the heart.
The girl, Lily, suddenly looked up and shouted, "I won't answer any of your questions unless you release me and Isaac together." When we get to safety, I'll write to me with what you want to know. ”
She finally escaped the shackles of the Green Lion Gang, and wanted to pursue freedom and happiness with her lover, but she was arrested when she turned around, and she didn't know how many whips she received, and she was almost desperate.
Ivelan shook her whip slightly, but Lily looked fearless.
"It's a pity that the conditions of the talks are impossible. Did you know that he's a wanted man for the Federation?" Ivelan didn't wave the whip, "So, you name it, I'll ask the Green Lions for a favor and set you free." ”
Lily said stiffly, "Impossible, don't try to separate us." We have sworn that no matter what happens, it is impossible to separate us. ”
Everlane shook her head and walked over to the man named Isaac and grabbed him by the collar. Lily screamed, "If you hurt him, or hand him over to the Sheriff's Office, you'll never know what you want to know." ”
Everlane ignored her and said to Aixa, "I can only let one go, you can choose to let you go or let her go?" ”
After saying that, Ivelan took a few steps back and looked at Isaac coldly, waiting for him to make a decision.
Isaac originally had his eyes closed, and he also looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, but when he heard Ivelan's words, he suddenly opened his eyes, first shocked, and then happy.
But when she looked back at Lily, she hesitated, and swallowed the words back to her lips, refusing to say "me" or "she" clearly.
Ivelan pursed her lips, suddenly stepped forward and put her ear to Isaac's mouth, then nodded.
"Good!" Ivelan nodded, lowered her whip, and reached out to untie his rope.
Isaac looked at Ivelan suspiciously, then at Adolphe, and opened his mouth to say, "I ......."
But Ivelan had already instructed the goblin who had taken them there, "Take him out." ”
Only then did Isaac realize that he was truly free, and the words that came to Ben's lips retracted. He turned his face sideways, not daring to look at Lily, and hurriedly ran outside.
Ivelan returned to Lily, the girl who had just been very stiff, and now stared blankly at the rope that had been untied on the ground, looking dejected.
"Do you see?" asked Ivelan.
Lily finally burst into tears.
Ivelan's voice turned soft, and she reached out to untie the rope for her, "Can you answer my question now?" ”
Lily nodded, she had no reason to hold on.
"Do you remember them?" Ivelan took out two portraits, which were naturally the portraits of "Giant" and "Musk" that Luo Songxi gave her.
Lily doesn't recognize "Musk", but she recognizes "Giant". The "giants" have come to the Messiah many times, and she has been chosen from the first time. This person has very few words and never reveals his identity, but his muscles are as strong as iron, and he can see that he is a martial artist.
She remembers the turtle tattoo on the "giant" and tells Ivelan that she has seen a similar tattoo on another person, but not "Musk". This person came with the "giant" for the first time, did not choose a girl, and left in a hurry, but came to choose her later.
"I'm quite old, and I have tattoos on my inner thighs, if he hadn't made me ...... I won't find out either. There is a line of words underneath the turtle, I don't know what it means, according to the spelling...... should be 'Salvin'?"
"'Giant', 'Musk', 'Razor', 'Tiger Stripes', and now there's another 'Salvin', and it's really a litter of turtles. Could it be that they're from the Empire?" Ivelan muttered to herself.
Legend has it that the people of the empire are good at keeping turtles as pets, which means wealth and longevity. And the most popular among the upper echelons of the empire are the egg turtles of the genus Musk, "Giant", "Musk", "Razor", "Tiger Stripes" and "Salvin", all of which are the best.
"In terms of rarity, 'Salvin' should be their leader?"
But she then gave up her guess and snapped her fingers. Several UNSC agents pushed the door in.
"Arthur, puzzle. Ivelan commanded. An agent quickly pulled out a pen and paper and drew as he communicated with Lily.
In just ten minutes, the puzzle was complete, and Lily confirmed that it was over 90 percent similar.
Ivelan nodded and said to Lily, "It's okay, go back to the Messiah." From now on, stop believing the of those men. ”
The goblins of the Green Lion Gang take Lily away.
"Jeff, who is this man?" asked Ivelan.
The agent named Jeff put his hand on his forehead and pondered for about five minutes.
"He should be called...... Van der Meer, an ordinary civil servant under the West Star State Planning and Construction Commission, was promoted to deputy director of the approval department just two months ago, managing the approval of project outsourcing by the Planning and Construction Commission. The seat is not big, and the oil and water are very sufficient. He was able to rise to this position, which was beyond the expectations of many people in the Planning and Construction Committee at that time. ”
"Ann, lead the team, go, give you an hour. ”
A young woman with the rank of major on her shoulder came out of the column to salute Ivelan, and then hurriedly turned away with the people.
"Arthur is the best puzzle artist in the Western Film, and the restored portrait is comparable to a magic photo; Jeff will never forget his appearance as long as he has seen a person; An is only twenty-one years old, and he is already a golden high-level magician. Ivelan introduced Luo Songxi to the agents she had just now.
"See, rookie, this is called professionalism. Ivelan smiled at Luo Songxi. I don't know if I'm talking about the group of UNSC agents with their own strengths, or if it's about herself.
She didn't know why, since she was scared out of screams that day, she was always full of expressiveness in front of Luo Songxi.
It stands to reason that the daughter of the President of the UNSC does not need to present herself in front of anyone.
But Luo Songxi didn't look impressed at all, but asked her a little strangely, "Isn't this a routine? I've seen it several times." ”
"That man didn't actually say anything to you, did you? You wouldn't really let him go, would you?"