Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Shadow in the Dark

When Ling Qi and the others entered the Atomic Cowboy, they understood why Boone had repeatedly told him that it was best not to get into conflict with people here. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to him, after all, everyone is a newcomer, and it is not good to cause trouble everywhere.

It wasn't until the newcomers got to know the security guards in the store that they understood how tactful Boone's words were.

In the neatly decorated hall on the first floor alone, there were six or seven guards standing at the entrances of each major road with guns.

They were all dressed in dark green second-generation combat armor, metal combat helmets with built-in night vision devices, and all equipped with Bolset II assault guns.

Where are these people security guards, they are simply regular troops. Aside from a slightly smaller number, they are definitely better equipped than the NRC's veterans.

As for the weapons and armor of the newcomers ...

Don't be ashamed to take it out and compare.

In addition, the environment inside the "Atomic Cowboy" is also similar to that of a regular hotel before the war.

Except for the decoration that looks old-fashioned, the rest of the decoration and ambiance are all impeccable!

"Oops~ It's so late, there are still customers coming to the door!"

Just as everyone looked around, and those bodyguards also looked at Ling Qi and his party vigilantly, especially Boone and Veronica, who were prominently armed, a head suddenly stuck out from behind the empty service desk.

"I'm sorry, I just took a nap and almost missed the right thing. ”

It was a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, who was supposed to be a waiter or receptionist, wearing an old suit and a little whitish washed.

He only glanced at a few people one by one, and immediately locked his gaze on Ling Qi.

Ling, who was in a straight suit, and the wood elf almost wrote the words "I am very rich" on their faces.

"How many people, do you want to stay in a hotel, or do you have any other special service needs? At Atomic Cowboys, you can get all the services you want except for credit, including, of course..."

The receptionist asked tentatively, probably because he saw that there were female relatives among the people who came, and all of them were beautiful, and he was embarrassed to say the rest of the words.

"Stay in the hotel, there is a vacant room. ”

Ling Qi replied lightly, without any intention of being polite.

On the contrary, his performance made the young man more enthusiastic, and his face almost squeezed out flowers.

"Stay? Yes! Of course there are four different options: special rooms, standard rooms, VIP rooms, and presidential suites. Among them, the presidential suite cannot be selected because it is not open to the public for the time being. For the rest, I recommend that guests order the VIP room. The standard room, while clean, does not match your status. As for the bargains, they are for those who are not very wealthy and need to live in a permanent place. ”

This guy is also a man of temperament, and when he saw Ling Qi dressed like a big guy, he was immediately very enthusiastic. When it comes to some not-so-wealthy... The customer, at once, became full of disdain, and almost spit out the word "poor ghost".

Although Ling Qi doesn't quite agree with his values, after all, the poor and the rich are as valuable in his opinion, no matter how poor he is, he can squeeze some oil, no matter how bad he is, he still has a life~

"When you're away from home, of course you have to pick the best of everything, four VIP rooms. ”

Ling Qi gently dusted off the non-existent dust on his shoulder, and Leo next to him immediately took out a stack of NRC banknotes from his arms and threw them on the counter, worth about a thousand bottle caps.

This is what they had previously exchanged with the female doctor Sasaki at the New Vegas Medical Center, otherwise, Ling Qi would probably be smashing people with bottle caps again!

The receptionist immediately picked up the banknote respectfully with both hands, and nodded like a eunuch greeting the emperor.

"Good! Okay! You are high rollers! Big shots! Real big guys! It's different! It's the same as those poor people... It's different from ordinary customers!"

"The price of the VIP room is 100 caps a day, 400 caps a week, and 1000 caps a month. I'll put the extra money on your account, and Atomic Cowboy will never charge you more. ”

"Of course, if the customer is satisfied with the service of the store, you must give a reward, and we staff generally don't refuse-"

This man's performance made Boone frown, not to mention a few newcomers.

Only Ling Qi's face remained unchanged, as if he took it for granted. And Kara walked up to him, and seemed to enjoy the groveling of outsiders, and she looked like she was honored.

"Leo ~Tip~"

Acting is a full set, and pretending to be a big guy is better than pretending to be a poor ghost.

Ling Qi gave an order, and Leo directly took out another roll of NRC banknotes from his pocket, with a face value of 10 yuan, about twenty pieces of a roll, worth more than 100 bottle caps.

The young man was not ashamed at all, but became more enthusiastic!

"Good man! This distinguished guest is a great good man! A good man will surely be rewarded! Wait a minute, and I will arrange for someone to prepare a place for you to stay. Rest assured, you are satisfied!

In addition, the lobby on the first floor of the store, which is in that direction, is a special entertainment area, providing chess, cards, drinks, singing and dancing services, and customers can also go there to play if they are interested. ”

The receptionist activated the miniature walkie-talkie clipped to the neckline and coldly instructed the porterman to move quickly. He pointed to the back of the hall and covered by the curtains, and his tone was flattering.

The speed of this guy's face change has reached the point of being superb, but the guards around him are all blind, and some even staring at Ling Qi's pocket with the same eagerness, that look is definitely more affectionate than looking at his own mother-in-law.

When the young man finished explaining, he glanced at one of the guards at the door, and the man immediately ran over with joy on his face.

The one next to him had a disappointed expression.

It wasn't until the guards came to the side of the few people and saw Ling Qi casting a puzzled look that the young waiter introduced:

"Hello guests, this is Hansen, this is our first gift to youβ€”"

"Hansen!

The young man played another face-changing trick, and everyone was already surprised.

"Hey~hey~Hello~Hello~Hello~Hello~"

The security guard, who had been full of majesty and looked powerful, immediately greeted Ling Qi like a turtle grandson, a change that was even more exaggerated than the young waiter's performance.

It's a pity that no one paid attention to him at all, Ling Qi still looked at the young man with that indifferent and inquiring eyes, and the others were speechless, such a reckless man and scholar flattered, it really made people laugh.

"Ahem~ Okay, Hansen, you go down first. ”

The young man first relieved the embarrassing security guard, and then explained:

"Yes, for guests staying in VIP rooms, we will provide some special services free of charge, such as sending a security guard to a special escort on the same trip. ”

"In the future, as long as you don't check out, don't leave Liberty City, when you're not in our store, Hansen will follow and take care of your safety. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, Atomic Cowboy and some of the other families in Liberty City have an agreement, and there are many areas where you and your friends can't enter with weapons at will, and this is an exception for our security personnel. ”

"Moreover, a character like you, sir, bumping into each other is a big deal, although your friends seem to be very powerful, but multiple bodyguards are better than few, isn't it~"

This person can speak, Ling Qi thought about it, he was only a high-level cannon fodder, and it would not be more difficult to kill than a dog, so he agreed.

Soon, several people were led by a scantily clad girl bellsmith and headed upstairs.

Before parting, the receptionist secretly handed Ling Qi a small note, and Ling Dashao, who had been acting frankly and indifferently, showed a slight smile.

Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult. But no matter how greedy the wolf is, he is also a loyal dog when he is fed. No, just gave a piece of meat, and the drama came!

Ling Qi never distinguishes others by a gentleman or a villain, only the difference between useful and useless.

As soon as they left, the young man, who had been flattering a second ago, immediately returned to his lazy state.

He put away the banknotes on the table, one large and one small, and stored them separately, looking meticulous.

"What are you looking at? Look at the! These are all old men! You all guard the door for me! Especially you, Hansen! You said that your daughter has been sick recently and needs money urgently, and the boss will not promise to give you a salary on credit, and now I will send the money owner to you!"

"You people, what else will you do besides fighting and killing?

This man scolded and scolded, those security guards who could kill two of him with one fist, but they didn't even dare to put a fart, and they all stood straight.

Hansen, in particular, looked at him with gratitude on his face, not minding his disdain at all.

Only those who are really in trouble will know that any little help is so valuable, especially in the wasteland, where sympathy and pity have become synonymous with luxury.

The waiter didn't see Hansen's expression, he was staring at the signature left by Ling Qi in a daze.

Lynch Nerieva Seindu.

Touching the banknote in his arms, the receptionist's face hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth, picked up the pen to erase the line, and refilled in a very ordinary name-

Daron Pupton.

The VIP room is on the fourth floor, and the other four floors are accommodation areas except for the first floor, and the grades are distinguished by floors.

The second floor is the most rubbish, the walls are simply painted with white paint, and the smell in the air is dry or dry. The third and fourth floors not only have potted plants, but also spray fresheners, and the decoration grade is completely different.

The third floor is quite the same as the hall, which is similar to the general house before the war, and it looks pretty good, and the wallpaper floor is available. The fourth floor is extravagant, even the corridors are covered with red carpets from nowhere, and the walls are covered with soft bags, which are both beautiful and soundproof.

And those guards were only gone on the third floor, and the fourth floor was used for security "electronic sentinels", some kind of suspended multi-barreled cannon.

The female bellmaid became cautious from the time she went up to the third floor, as if she was afraid of destroying anything. After opening the room for everyone on the fourth floor and leaving the key, I didn't even dare to enter, let alone linger too much~

"Is that an exaggeration?"

Tang stomped his feet in confusion, and he didn't feel that the carpet was about to break if he stepped on it vigorously.

Boone looked at the somewhat depressed college student, probably thinking that he had just tried to strike up a conversation with that pretty girl, but they didn't even dare to say more, so he was in a bad mood.

"Although this is Liberty City, it is really only about freedom of access. In the vicinity of the New Vegas casino, in any family-controlled territory, the rich man is the uncle, which has been verified countless times. ”

"Here, as long as you have money, you can completely get the enjoyment of the emperor, you can pick and choose fat and thin if you want to eat human flesh, and if you want to play deathclaws or watch deathclaws play others, someone will prepare them for you. ”

"This is still Liberty City, and I heard that in the casino area, it is even more so. The lucky ones who get rich overnight can often live a luxurious life for a long time, and the unlucky ghosts who lose all their possessions may disappear into some dark cornerβ€”β€”"

As he spoke, Boone's tone grew darker.

Kara, who was already lying on the goose down quilt and most of her body was sunk in, did not feel her husband's depression.

"I'm starting to like it a little bit. ”

Kara whispered, Boone's face suddenly became more ugly, and Ling Qi walked to the window, pushed the glass open, and looked at the darkness outside, and the occasional piece of neon, silent.

"I too, I think so~"

Breathing in the air of Liberty City, feeling the desire and dirtiness here, Ling Qi showed a slight smile on his face, a little leisurely, a little playful.

"Don't worry, with me, you will always be the Xin Yuner of New Vegas~"

Ling Qi promised the natives and newcomers that only he knew what Fang Cai was thinking.

Diagonally opposite the main entrance of the Atomic Cowboy, about two hundred meters away, several sneaky figures were hiding in the shadows looking at a window on the fourth floor that had been pushed open.

"Is that him?"

A nice female voice asked, looking casual and sassy.

"Yes!"

The low male voice not only means that his voice is low, but also exposes his not beautiful mood!

"! What are you talking about?! What's there to see! Isn't it just a few well-dressed nouveau riche!! Lao Tzu will become a rich man one day sooner or later~"

"I'm telling you, I'm an old friend of Jason, the Atomic Cowboy's bodyguard, and with his introduction, we can definitely live in a special room inside!"

"! I'm fed up with cold floors and disgusting cockroaches! Hell knows how those radiant roaches can get through the crack in the door when they've grown bigger than their heads!"

The rude tone, the vulgar words, the one who spoke was a burly man.

"No! we can't live in Atomic Cowboy!"

The male voice that had spoken before sounded again, and there was a kind of categorical and unquestionable taste.

"Why?!"

Dissatisfaction erupted immediately, and it seemed that his prestige was far from convincing.

"Why? He's the Deathclaw Knight, the man I've always been reluctant to face!Tiger, didn't you say you wanted to fight him, you can go over now, you go!"

Cheng Shao was jealous, why is he also a reincarnation, that man can be so moisturized with a few oil bottles, but he can't even receive a single entourage after all his efforts!

The Russian man is no longer talking, he can verbally despise those who are better than him, but he will not really think so from the bottom of his heart.

"Hmph!Deathclaw Knight!Deathclaw Knight, is Deathclaw Knight amazing~"

"If you don't go, you won't go! I really don't understand, isn't it just joining his team and going their separate ways, how much hatred can this be! Maybe people don't remember it for a long time!"

"Besides, we don't have much money on us, and the bottle cap we carried off from Montenegro is only enough for two people to enter the casino. In other words, Cheng Shao, that thing you said is really so magical? Is it a key to open the treasure? Can you find all kinds of piles of materials? Countless gold and silver? Are you trying to trick us into taking Sunny into the casino by herself?"

When Cheng Shao heard this, his face suddenly became ugly. Although he hid something from these people, he thought that the final result was not too far away. As long as he gets the platinum chip, goes to that special robot, then kills House, replaces him, and upgrades the mechanical legion, he can become the king of New Vegas!

At that time, the main task of what bullshit will not be completed, and everyone will not be able to eat and drink spicy!

This tributary of fate is already the most perfect "future" he can "see"!

"Idiot! What nonsense! Do you think entering the casino is the scenery? Brother Cheng wants the scenery, and he will sell you stupid big guy first!"

The one who played the round was still the idler Peter, and his words were true, he had no spare money, and he had to ask for food when he entered the casino.

The fourth man leaned against the crooked lamppole and remained silent, but the team regained its harmony amid the cursing.

"Hmph! The dog can't spit out pig teeth in his mouth~ If you're right, then where will we sleep tonight?

"Hehe, bear with me, soon, our good days are coming. ”

Cheng Shao barely squeezed out a smile, turned around and left.

The slight firelight from nowhere illuminated his face, the original young man with ordinary facial features had long since disappeared, and what was left was a middle-aged man with an even more ordinary face...

Nothing does not cost you, and so is enjoying the favor of darkness, and the same is true of overlooking the river of destiny.

There is only one kind of person who can truly leave the river of time and walk alone on the shore, just like the magical world that Ling Qi once visited, where there was a man who was famous but long forgotten by the truthβ€”a person who no longer exists...

"Hey~ This is Camp McCarran, it's not the same as I imagined~"

"By the way, Mr. Captain, you promised us to take the train directly to the New Vegas casino~"

"You must not be frightened by that major, just look at his appearance and know that he is not a good person, I hate it to death! Sister Cass and I have helped you so much~"

"Oops~ I forgot to ask, I heard that I need to get an immigration permit to enter the casino, and it costs a lot of money~"

"I'm already an honorable private in the NRC now, so I shouldn't have to be so troublesome, you seem to have had an agreement~"

"As for Sister Cass, you have to find a way to help her solve the identity problem~"

"I don't know if it's going to be in Las Vegas..."

Silence of night envelops the skies of half a planet, and the wasteland of Nedava is but a tiny microcosm of the world.

In such a land, how much innocence and kindness can be maintained.

How many people, looking at the things they are excited about, are really appreciating, rather than full of greed...