Chapter 34: House
In Liberty City, in the underground monitoring hall of the Atomic Cowboy, looking at the video footage left by the man again, old Garrett's heart was dripping blood. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The man in the picture is very alert, almost as soon as the surveillance equipment turns to him, he will be torn apart by him with a strange, katana-like long soldier, but even so, more than 20 surveillance cameras still barely piece together a blurry short video that is only a dozen seconds long, intermittent, and the camera angle is erratic, and this can already make people see the appearance of the perpetrator!
"Deathclaw Knight! I'll make you a Dead Knight!"
The old man, who has always been calm and calm, gritted his teeth and hissed and roared!
The strange knife wind on the screen couldn't frighten him! In his opinion, it was just an air compression cutting technique, and a similar effect would occur when the power hammer was loaded with a turbine hydraulic system!
The strange figure on the screen couldn't frighten him! Although the man's speed was amazing, even faster than that of a ranger in standard equipment, it was not remarkable. There are many ways to defeat the Ranger, and the killing skills he has shown are not enough to make him helpless!
The only thing the old man felt distressed about and cared about was the dozen or so safes that had been pried open, and all kinds of currency and valuables in them were gone, and the loss was at least more than 200,000 bottle caps, which was not counting the blow to the prestige of the atomic cowboy!
Up to now, a large number of Atomic Cowboy customers have left, even the poor ones who live on the second floor! They even prefer to sleep in abandoned houses in the city, and they keep saying that even they are safer than Atomic Cowboys!
Safety?hehe~
Old Garrett was furious, and had long thought of hundreds of ways to concoct those "customers" who "betrayed" him.
But for the main owner, he has no feasible plan to retaliate at all, because that person is cowering in the casino city!
In the face of the joint complaint and protest of the Garrett and Van Graff families, House did not respond at all, as if he was not harboring a heinous thug, but an ordinary wasteland freedman, or even a legendary wasteland knight born to uphold justice!
Justice?!hell justice!
On the other hand, the righteous Ling Qi's abnormal behavior quickly attracted the attention of the newcomers, and the vigilant people immediately learned from a certain clever ghost and quietly avoided the monitoring range of the electronic eye.
After only ten minutes, they knew that their worries were completely unnecessary, because it was not the great enemy Benny who was hiding behind the electronic eye, but the real boss of the place, Mr. House!
An invitation letter sent by the mechanical guard was casually accepted by Ling Qi in the innkeeper's and proud expressions.
Mr. House invites the Deathclaw Knight to Lucky 38 Casino, where he is said to have something important to discuss?
As soon as the news spread, the casino city was boiling, and everyone was looking for the famous Deathclaw Knight, but he couldn't get into the eyes of the upper class!
Of course, a man would not understand how much of a sensation it would cause for a casino that had been closed for nearly a hundred years to suddenly open for such a "small character" as him, but he did want to meet the legendary old man to see if he had transformed himself into a brain-controlled robot, or if he had other technology that could achieve the effect of prolonging life.
Of course, more important than these, is to sort out the current main quest through him.
After all, the information given by Tang Xiao was incomplete, too one-sided and lacked credibility.
If one part of it could be confirmed through Mr. House, and the other part could be added, then...
Ling Qi will only procrastinate when necessary, and if he really wants to do something, he will always be resolute, just like if he decides to rob, then he will grab it immediately, without the slightest hesitation and hesitation.
So when he decided to meet House, just as the NRC and the Legion's emissaries frequently haunted the streets of the casino looking for his trace, he had already arrived at the door of Lucky 38 Casino!
Lucky 38 Casino was formerly an entertainment city, and in addition to gambling, it also offers a variety of other services, including accommodation, banquets, sex trafficking, and more, of course.
At present, the building with more than 20 floors has completely closed all entrances and exits, and no one knows the current situation inside.
After Ling Qi entered, he soon found that compared to other large entertainment cities that were still in business in the casino, it was a little less luxurious from the inside to the outside, and it looked old and lacking maintenance.
The wallpaper on the walls was cracked, there were rust marks on the corners of some of the gaming tables and slot machines on the first floor, and there were many scuff marks and chips on the floor.
Luckily, the air inside was pretty good, and the rumbling sound of the blower was a sign that it wasn't a miracle.
The building's main entrance is blocked by several mechanically controlled steel plates that can be moved from side to side, and when closed, there is a copper wall that is two feet thick.
After Ling Qi entered, it had already been closed, and it was even a little too vigilant.
Ling Qi came alone this time, and his clothes were changed to a more ordinary and low-key black suit, which was of course to hide people's eyes.
Mr. House mentioned on his letterhead that Ling Qi should come alone, without companions and bodyguards, not knowing whether it was to maintain mystery or to consider personal safety.
Under the watchful eyes of more than twenty armed robots, Ling Qi boarded an old elevator in the center of the hall, and with the roar of machinery, it carried guests up to the top floor.
The elevator is operated directly by a mechanical guard, and there are two cylindrical mechanical security guards in the corner.
It is worth mentioning that the mechanical guard who assisted in controlling the elevator had a bread-like shape that reminded Ling Qi of a "special resident" in Qingquan Town-Victor!
That strange robot that sent the dying postman to Dr. Michelle's house for treatment!
Just as Ling Qi was thinking about it, the elevator had stopped, and when the automatic door opened, he was greeted by a whole row of black hole muzzles!
"Hey~man~ don't mind, we just wanted to make sure you weren't carrying an overly dangerous weapon. Trust me, if you go to another casino or casino, you'll get this kind of treatment. Sure, it might not be that big, but they'll definitely strip you clean at the gate. We're already saving you face, aren't we?"
Carrying the elevator together, the cube bread robot boy who was responsible for controlling, accompaniing, and supervising finally spoke, his electronic synthesized voice sounded quite young, and the visualized faces on the display screen on his chest were also cartoonish, if it was before the war, this kind of robot should be very popular with children.
Seeing that there were at least thirty mechanical guards around the outer layers of the elevator, all holding heavy weapons, Ling Qi wisely chose to put away his usual pride.
These big guys, who look like humans and are more than two and a half meters tall, already have a bit of a Robocop flavor, and they are obviously fundamentally different from the sausage, bread, and octopus robots downstairs.
This is the real elite!
Looking at the humanoid mechanical guards doing their neat movements, Ling Qi even had a trace of greed in his heart, if these were his-
As long as there are five of these humanoid mechanical weapons, they can perfectly snipe out a non-human of his level by ambushing!
He can deceive the vision of creatures with his high speed and high perception to achieve an almost absolute dodge effect, coupled with the special skill that he originally thought was quite chicken-afterimage, I believe that even the most elite gunners in the world will not be able to hit him by aiming, unless it is a random strafing.
But this trick is useless against robots, because advanced robots will have a advance budget when attacking, and if they calculate that their aiming speed cannot keep up with the opponent's movement speed, then they will carry out a firepower coverage strike, which is the most difficult for Ling Qi to guard against.
As for the low-level robots, like most fixed automatic turrets, they are purely indiscriminate...
Ling Qi unscrupulously examined the joint structure of the robots, and soon discovered their weakness of being sluggish and stiff.
Due to the storage space, Ling Qi almost never carried a weapon on his body, so he quickly passed the joint scan of the two mechanical guards, and the one in the elevator was not verbose, and the mechanical warriors surrounding him quickly put away their weapons and let them go.
Ling Qi pretended to look around casually, and slowly walked towards the depths of the floor behind a small group of mechanical warriors. The posture of the first five and the last five is almost like escorting prisoners.
Lucky No. 38 Casino looks like a regular four-sided column from the outside, but the internal venue, only the two floors he saw, are almost all perfectly circular, and the elevators around the center are arranged differently.
The first floor is relatively empty, while the top floor has a lot of partition walls, and there are some bookshelves and vases in the corners of the walls, which are very clean.
The most important feature of this layer is that it is not clean, and even the most hygienic people cannot find fault here, and it seems unnecessary to maintain this excessive cleanliness unless-
Walking around the central elevator through three or four open arches, at least five or six fixed "automatic sentinels" along the way locked him on several times, Ling Qi entered a relatively spacious fan-shaped living room.
This hall is airtight, and the original location of the windows has become a thick wall.
On the wall is a large LCD screen that is two or three meters square, and large snowflakes are flashing on the screen.
Ten mechanical warriors immediately distributed to the left and right to surround Ling Qi in the middle, and those who didn't know thought that these were his bodyguards.
Ling Qi looked at the road first, and found that the arch had been closed, and then looked at the other side, only to see that there was a wall on that side, as if it had reached the end.
After a strange rustling sound, a slightly old but very energetic black and white face suddenly appeared on the screen, House's appearance was really not praiseworthy, it was easy to frighten children, not to mention, Ling Qi also had a little disdain for him in his heart.
With such a big formation, he still hid in the dark in the end, and he didn't even dare to show his face, which was really bad.
Of course, he can also understand the thoughts of these big people, after all, in their eyes, their lives are probably thousands of times more precious than others.
Life cannot be measured by value, but the wealth, power and status of an individual can. In society, the latter is the most valuable criterion for judging whether an individual is alive or not - at least, most people in most planes think so.
House's opinion was obviously the same as that of most people, and it was difficult to understand why the old man hiding behind the screen could still put on a high-minded appearance when he didn't even dare to show his true face, just like the expression on the black and white face, his inexplicable pride was in stark contrast to the calmness he was accustomed to.
The two of them were silent, neither of them speaking first.
After more than ten minutes, the black and white face that seemed to be condescending was the first to show a trace of fatigue, and Ling Qi's calm expression fluctuated.
"Deathclaw Knight?"
After all, he is still more unaffordable, and perhaps he can rely on various unconventional means to achieve a much longer life than a young man, but the longer he lives, the more he cherishes the rest of his time.
In other words, every second that passed was more than the previous second!
"Yes, I heard that Benny is your subordinate. β
Ling Qi didn't show the slightest expression, and asked directly.
Everyone is tempting, the difference is that some people taste it and stop at it, and some people like to stab it directly.
"Hmm~ It seems that the news I received is correct, you are indeed looking for a platinum chip. β
As the words fell, Ling Qi clearly felt that the mechanical warriors around him were all focused on him, but in fact they didn't move at all.
"Oh, platinum chips, what's that, what's in the parcel?"
Ling Qi deliberately showed a puzzled expression, pretending to be crazy and stupid.
Then he looked at Mr. House and said coldly:
"I don't care about any platinum chips, but Benny killed my friend, so he must die, and the blood debt can only be paid with blood. β
Saying such unkind words, Ling Qi instead noticed that the sense of threat brought to him by those mechanical warriors was significantly reduced, which showed that he was not wrong.
"Friend?heh!Friend~"
"I didn't know that the Deathclaw Knight had a friend, and I didn't know that Mr. Alex, who I had hired, would have such an amazing friend. β
Mr. House was visibly suspicious, and the old fellow was too suspicious.
How did Ling Qi know what the name of the dead ghost postman was, and if we talked like this, there would only be more and more flaws, so he simply waved his hand impatiently, frowned, and shouted:
"Don't test me anymore, there's no point. I know you're in New Vegas, but that doesn't mean you know everything about the wasteland. Besides, if it weren't for the fact that it had been agreed a long time ago, you think I would go to a place like Qingquan Town?"
"And as a result, your good helper, Benny, showed me a bloody corpse!"
Ling Qi pretended to be annoyed, and while changing the topic, he did not forget to "blame".
The old man on the screen had a slight look on his face, and it took half a minute before he responded:
"It seems that you are not here for the platinum chip, and it is true that it is worthless to you. β
"Don't be angry with me about Benny, if you know that your 'friend' delivered the parcel that I sent someone to mail, and how important it was to me, and how much I had entrusted Benny with the same responsibility, you would understand how annoyed an old man with limited mobility would be now!"
House seems to be trying to use language to appease Ling Qi, but he inadvertently reveals a lot of key information.
Ling Qi lowered his head slightly, the red light between his bangs flickered, and when he raised his head again, his expression had basically returned to calm.
"So, you called meβ"
Ling Qi asked calmly, this is the key.
House laughed, and a secret door appeared on the wall to the left of Ling Qi, and a sausage-like mechanical waiter slowly walked out with a tray of gold coins.
"Kill Benny, help me get back the platinum chips, these are all yours, you can even take half of the deposit first, how about it?"
"I've heard that the Deathclaw Knight is far more interested in gold and silver than bottle caps, but that's true to the habits of the Orientals. Don't mind, I don't mean to belittle, you were born in a great country, and a little quirk can't hide the fact that this country is strong, and I've heard that a new order has been established over there. Personally, I'm interested in doing some innocuous collaboration with the organization behind you. β
"Haha, of course, everything must wait until the traitor is ambushed, and when I get back what belongs to me, then we will talk about this. β
House said something that Ling Qi didn't understand at all, and the man seemed to have been caught by the gold coin. Of course, he didn't take any of them in a hurry.
"What's in it for me? If it's just money, I'm not lacking. And do you think I'm going to put a skew on my righteous revenge for a fortune worth no more than 10,000 caps?"
Ling Qi sneered, ignoring the mechanical attendant standing beside him, the secret door had already closed when it came.
House was slightly stunned, frowned and thought for a long time, until the waiter beside Ling Qi stepped aside with a tray and then spoke:
"I'm sorry, I was negligent. β
"I've recently heard that the Deathclaw Knight has done some good deeds in Freetown, and it is said that he even exterminated a group of deathclaws entrenched in the sewers of Freetown, which is really amazing-"
House said lightly, and Ling Qi could clearly hear the sarcasm.
As for some bullshit sewer deathclaw, it was probably the result of him asking someone to spread his reputation before, but he didn't expect that person to use such a rotten excuse, no wonder it had little effect.
Seeing that Ling Qi was not ashamed but proud, House frowned again and sighed:
"There are some things that you can't get by boasting. β
Facing House, who truly prides himself on being righteous, Ling Qi's face is expressionless.
House really can't do anything about this kind of stubborn character.
"Even if a just cause is to be promoted, it is useless to rely on gangsters alone. β
The old man's tone changed, and Ling Qi showed a smile and made a deferential expression.
With such a moral consciousness of this person, while talking eloquently, House also extinguished a certain thought that had originally moved.
Half an hour later, Ling Qi left Lucky 38 Casino with a large bag of gold coins, and Mr. House's suggestion to give him some high-tech weapons and equipment was rejected by him.
Ling Qi was not interested in carrying a bunch of time bombs on himself, in fact, he was still very afraid of most of the technological products in this world that did not understand their principles.
For example, PP boy, he has never dared to use it in a grand manner, and it is not for hiding.
What if, there is actually a built-in self-destruct system or a terminal positioning system in PP Kid?
There's always nothing wrong with being careful, for example, a mini nuclear bomb in storage space is definitely safer than holding it in your arms...