Chapter 13: Naraku
Hirata and Makoto walked into the tavern, there were quite a few people in the tavern, there seemed to be more than two dozen people, talking in groups of two or three in a whisper, the bartender was a bearded uncle, relatively tall, wearing a very neat white shirt and gray vest, wiping glasses at the bar. The tavern is set up like any old bar in an American Western, with a few wooden round tables and bull's heads hanging on the wall next to the door, full of dilapidated western atmosphere.
Hirata looked at the tavern and looked at Lao Cheng and asked, "Lao Cheng, what are you going to do next?" We're already in the tavern. ”
"Yes, I see, you can just take me to the bar next."
The two walked to the bar, and the bartender said lukewarmly "welcome" and left the two alone, wiping the glass in his hand. Lao Cheng smiled, took a step forward, put his hands on the bar, and said to the bartender: "I came here for the first time, I want to play a few games, I don't know how to get in?" ”
The bartender's expression did not change after listening to Lao Cheng's words, and his hands kept moving: "What do you mean, sir?" Are you looking for a woman? We only have wine here, but we don't have women. ”
"Hehe, this gentleman doesn't have to pretend to be confused." Lao Cheng smiled and said, "I know this is there, it's just the first time I came without a referee...... At this point, more than twenty people in the tavern suddenly stopped their movements and looked at Hirata and the two together, many of whom had already touched their hands under the table.
At this point, Hirata also knows what this place is, judging from Lao Cheng's words and the actions of the "guests" here, this is a very hidden casino. These guests are all thugs in disguise, and if they are not careful, they will shoot to death. This formation made Hirata a little intimidated, but he looked at Lao Cheng and saw that he was calm and calm: a bull man at the same level as Lu Dashen would definitely not be afraid of such a small scene.
"Oh? What does a guest mean? After listening to Lao Cheng's words, the bartender put down the cup that had been wiped for a day in his hand, and showed a smile on his face, "We are serious businessmen, I don't understand the meaning of the guest, I hope the guest can say it clearly." ”
"Don't be impulsive, everybody, I'll make it clear in that case." Lao Cheng first turned his head to the twenty people and said, then turned his head to the bartender and said, "First of all, I know that this is the casino of the Rong Gang, and I just want to gamble on it." Secondly, there are only two of us, and we are not slivers, just guests. ”
"Looks like a misunderstanding." The bartender looked at the two Hirata carefully for a while, and the expression on his face relaxed, "I'm sorry, we are responsible for every guest here, and we can't let dangerous people in." After speaking, he said to the thugs behind the two, "You guys put them all away." After speaking, he turned to Lao Cheng: "This guest, know our rules, the first time you come to search." ”
"Yes, we do."
"Good. Ahh ”
A fierce-looking man came out of the crowd, searched the two of them first, and after seeing that there were no dangerous items, he reached out and made a "please" action with Hirata and the two walked around the bar to the rear, and went to the end to open a black wooden door to enter an underground wine cellar, a burst of wine aroma came to the nose, the wine cellar hid all kinds of fine wine, and there were high wine shelves on the left and right. Ah Da took Hirata and the two of them to a wine rack in the wine cellar, pulled out a bottle of red wine, and with a "squeak", the wine rack opened and a faint light corridor appeared.
Ah Da took the two of them to walk in the corridor for a while, and there were wall lamps along the way, which did not feel dim, but a little stuffy. After turning a big bend again, a door appeared, Ah Da stepped forward to open the door and said "please", Lao Cheng walked in first, Hirata followed, and his eyes suddenly opened up as soon as he entered the door.
In front of the two of them was a hall with shining lights, music, and wine, not glittering, but luxury. There are many guests in the hall, and they are not ordinary people in terms of clothing and behavior, but people with status. There are a lot of gaming tables in the hall, and there is a front desk at the entrance where they came in, and when I saw a guest, the front desk service lady smiled and said to the two, "Welcome two." Are you two first-time visitors? Want to have something to do? ”
Lao Cheng followed the voice and smiled at the front desk, and then said, "It's the first time we're here, how many chips do we have to redeem here at one time?"
The front desk lady replied very formulaically: "Sir, we have a minimum exchange of 100,000 at a time here." What do you want to play first? How many chips are there? ”
"Well, then come here for 200,000 yuan first, and then give me a bottle of sake." After Lao Cheng finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Hirata, "Do you want to change some play?" ”
"No, no." Hirata hurriedly waved his hand, "Lao Cheng, you don't have to worry about me, I'll follow first." ”
"Okay, you and I together." Lao Cheng took out a check and handed it to the front desk, exchanged 200,000 chips, took another bottle of sake, and then beckoned Hirata to walk around the hall.
Walking in the lobby of the casino, surrounded by big high-rollers with thousands of dollars, rich people with various accents shouting at the gaming table, one by one, "medium" non-stop, Hirata watched from the side and felt itching.
"Lao Cheng, what are we doing today?" At this time, Hirata had the opportunity to ask Lao Cheng what he was doing today, and Hirata didn't find a chance to speak along the way, but now there are no outsiders.
"There are two main things, one is to gamble two handfuls to make some money on drinks. Come on...... Speaking of this, Lao Cheng turned his head to Hirata and whispered, "Solve this Rong Gang Boss...... That is, the head of this casino. ”
"Huh?" Hirata was directly stunned, and the private affairs of the emotional honesty refer to killing other people's bosses...... When they rushed in, this sense of mystery didn't seem to be something that could be done casually, right?
Hirata didn't know what expression to use to express his feelings, and finally put on a Yao Ming face and asked Lao Cheng: "Lao Cheng...... No, Brother Cheng, is it really okay? When I came, I saw that there were guns. ”
"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay, you relax." Lao Cheng laughed twice at Pingtian, "Lao Lu is not here these days, I am responsible for teaching you, you and I want to understand each other more." ”
"Okay, then I'll change the question." Hirata lowered his voice and said into Lao Cheng's ear, "Lao Cheng, why do you want to kill the human gang leader?" Do you have a grudge? ”
Lao Cheng also lowered his voice and said to Hirata: "The two of us have no enmity, and the entire Rong Gang has no enmity against me." It's just that someone paid for his head. ”
Hearing this, Hirata was taken aback, it was the first time he had come into contact with this kind of industry: "Then Lao Cheng, you are a mercenary?" Killer? ”
"I'm not a mercenary, and I'm not a killer." Lao Cheng then laughed and said in a proud tone, "Hehe, walking in the world, doing chivalrous deeds, and arresting murderers - I am Lei Feng." ”
Why are you so unserious! At the end, there is a sentence "Bounty Hunter" how handsome, Robin Hood is good, what the hell is Lei Feng!
"Okay......" Hirata resisted the urge to roar out and said calmly, "So what are we going to do next?" ”
"Let's go play dice."
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Zhang Zhengzhi is the leader of the Rong Gang and the owner of this casino, an ambitious, talented and cruel person. When he was young, he worked in the township gang, and later killed the former gang leader and brutally took the position. Then X City rectified the wind and cracked down, and the gang leader Zhang had a keen premonition and laundered his property to survive the crisis. This Gang of the Countryside became the gang with the smallest loss in X City, and the leader of the Zhang Gang renamed the Township Gang as the Rong Gang, and then launched a gang war, which caused a big fight, bleeding all over the place, and more than 5,000 people died in the battle of the enclosure alone. This battle completely made the Township Gang the underground master of X City, and the Zhang Gang Leader also became the underground emperor.
On this day, Zhang Gangster was accompanying the guests in the casino, and after the guests left, Zhang Gangzhu returned to the office and was just about to rest, when the manager of the casino came in and reported to him: "Boss, there are two guys who have won more than 2 million in our casino tonight, and now no one has gambled with them, I suspect that they are out of thousands." ”
"Oh, there's such a thing." Gang Master Zhang rubbed his forehead, "What kind of person is it?" ”
"A blind man and a child."
"Huh?" After listening to the casino manager's answer, Zhang Gang Leader paused for a moment, "Are you sure they are out of thousands?" ”
"This ...... No, just doubts. Because they've been winning almost all the time since they started betting an hour ago. So I suspect they're doing it. The casino manager replied cautiously.
"There's no evidence, and it's not logical." Gang Master Zhang became angry directly when he heard this, and snorted in his nose, "You, go and 'invite' them over, remember not to alarm other guests." Gang Leader Zhang's eyes showed a fierce light, and his fists were clenched, "The old man who came out of my territory is here to seek death." ”
"Yes, I'll call them up." After saying that, the manager is leaving. "Wait." At this time, the Zhang gang leader called the manager, "You call Brother No. 30 or 40 again and ambush me in my office." ”
"Is there too many people?" The manager wondered, "After all, there are only two people on the other side. ”
"Hmph, you know what." Gang Leader Zhang's face was gloomy: "The other party is not a fool. Two people dare to come to smash the field, they definitely have something to rely on, maybe it will be very big. Call all your brethren and be prepared. ”
After being the emperor of the soil for so many years, Gang Master Zhang also knows a lot of secrets, he didn't tell his subordinates, but he himself knows very well that there are still many people in this world that he can't touch and can't provoke.
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"Good! Ours again. Great, honestly, tonight is a big profit! Hirata received all the chips in front of him in front of him, and there were stacks of stacks, and Hirata roughly calculated that there were more than 2.4 million.
Tonight, Hirata has gained a lot of knowledge, and the old honesty is too powerful. An hour ago, the two sat down at the gambling table and began to play dice, Lao Cheng instructed Hirata to bet on himself and sat aside, every time Lao Cheng could play right, during which he occasionally did not play a few times and did not lose much.
"Lao Cheng, how did you do it? We've already won more than 2.4 million! Hirata packed up his chips and asked Lao Cheng quietly.
"Hehe, it's a little meaning, but I hear it with my ears." Lao Cheng replied with a smile.
"I'll go, you're very informative." Hirata was surprised, and then asked, "Huh?" So I heard those few times wrong......"
"I did it on purpose, or I could win more than two million." Lao Cheng stood up as he spoke, "It's time for us to get down to business." ”
As soon as Hirata wanted to ask what he meant, he saw a group of men in black uniforms walking straight towards the two of them from the crowd. As soon as Hirata saw this formation, he knew that the people from the casino had come forward, and he had won for an hour without interruption to get their attention.
Lao Cheng left the table with Hirata, and the two walked towards the less crowded place, and the uniformed group followed behind them. After walking for a while, the group of people saw that there were fewer people around them, so they accelerated forward to stop Hirata and the two, and a person wearing a suit and tie who walked in front stood up and said to Lao Cheng with a smile: "The two of you are so lucky tonight, I am the manager of this casino, and the boss of my family wants to invite the two of you upstairs to have a cup of tea, can you enjoy your face." As soon as he finished speaking, a group of black uniforms behind him took a step forward, and it seemed that Wen was going to fight if he didn't move.
Lao Cheng smiled at the black uniforms: "Since the boss is invited, then you must go for a cup of tea and see what you know." Trouble manager to lead the way. ”
Lao Cheng's calm attitude shocked the manager: It seems that there is indeed a background, and you can't slack off. So the manager smiled and stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture, and took the lead in walking forward.
Lao Cheng followed behind the manager, Hirata followed Lao Cheng, and the black uniforms surrounded the two of them in three directions, left and right, and walked towards the upstairs office.
When I arrived at Gang Leader Zhang's office, the manager knocked on the door, and a gloomy voice from Gang Leader Zhang came from inside: "Come in." A group of mermaids rushed in, and the manager first said: "Helper, someone has been invited." After speaking, he consciously stood behind Gang Master Zhang, and the thugs stood scattered on both sides of the room.
Hirata first looked at the room: it was quite large and luxurious, and there was a desk on the other side of them, on which the Zhang Gang Master was sitting, and behind it was a bookcase, which was full. On the other side, in the direction where everyone came in, there were several large sofas and a small table with some tea sets on it, which seemed to be a combination of an office and a living room. There are calligraphy and paintings hanging around the room, and there are several antiques on the east side of the room, facing the street outside. There was a door behind the desk, and I don't know what room it was.
Lao Cheng and Pingtian sat down opposite Gang Leader Zhang, and Gang Leader Zhang spoke first: "The two of you are here tonight, it is really an honor for Zhang." The expression on Gang Leader Zhang's face remained unchanged, "I just don't know what the two of them are from, are they Sunshine Avenue or Horse Road?" ”
"Hehe, since the helper asked, we won't hide it." Lao Cheng smiled and slowly sat up from the sofa, Hirata saw it and quickly stood up, "Zhang Zhengzhi helped, someone spent money to buy your head, and I came to get that money." ”
"Sir is really direct, hahahaha...... Hum! Gang Leader Zhang stopped laughing fiercely, and said in a gloomy voice, "There are many people who want me to die, which onion are you!" After speaking, he slapped the table and stood up, the door at the back of the room was slammed open, and a team of people came out of the house and stood in front of the Zhang Gang Master to protect them, plus the black uniform just now, there were more than forty people at a cursory glance!
"Hmph, you think my head is easy to take, today I want you to have no return." Gang Leader Zhang waved his hand, and forty thugs took out a pistol from their clothes and aimed it at Lao Cheng and Pingtian.
Hirata was stunned when he saw this posture: he had never seen so many guns...... In fact, he had never seen a gun.
Hirata nervously said to Lao Cheng: "Lao Cheng, this ...... I...... Do you have a solution? ”
Lao Cheng didn't say a word, his eyes looked around (Hirata didn't treat Lao Cheng as a blind person for a long time, even if he couldn't see with his eyes, there was another way to "see"), and then took two steps forward to protect Hirata behind him, and sighed: "Nai, Nai, I knew there would be no less bloodshed, hey......" After speaking, his expression became serious, his body sank, he bowed his head slightly, facing the ground, picked up the cane with his left hand and put it on his waist, held the cane handle with his right hand backhand, and pulled out the handle a little with slight force, it turned out that there was a cane sword inside!
Lao Cheng's cane, like Pingtian's umbrella, is a hidden blade, an umbrella blade, and a sword in a cane. It is not unreasonable for Lu Xilin to ask Lao Cheng to teach Hirata the blade, because only Lao Cheng's staff sword and Pingtian's umbrella blade are the most similar, and Hirata and Lao Cheng can learn the sword to achieve twice the result with half the effort. There are many things to learn on the sword road, and each person's path is different, beginners can have a smart teacher, can learn what suits themselves, and can save time and avoid detours. However, there are also students who swallow all of what the teacher teaches because they are too suitable for themselves, forcibly cultivate, and finally become exactly the same shadow as the teacher and have no precedent for further development for life. Therefore, imitation without thinking, whether it fits or not, is just a shadow of others, falling behind.
Lu Dashen only taught Hirata for three days, in addition to the limited time, another point is that he didn't want Hirata to be contaminated with too much of his own shadow, the same trick is used by different people, it is different things, so he sent Hirata an e-book for him to learn by himself......
Lu Dashen said that it was not because he was lazy! Hum! ╮(╯▽╰)╭
Back to the point, after Lao Cheng put on a good posture, he condensed his anger around his body and scattered suddenly! Hirata only felt that it was dark in front of him, as if everyone in front of him couldn't see clearly when it got dark, but it was only a moment before his eyes regained their clarity, Hirata knew that this attack was not aimed at himself, and his heart was shocked: just being affected can make people stunned for a moment, then if the battle of life and death is still over! Looking at the thugs on the other side, all of them were glazed-eyed, their eyes were blank, and their whole bodies were stiff, as if they were in a vegetative state. Gang Leader Zhang is better, not suppressed by Lao Cheng's momentum, just when Lao Cheng was dissipating his anger, Zhang Gang Leader heard a crisp sound of "pop" close to him, as if something like a talisman broke Lao Cheng's qi, so that he did not fall into a stupor, but his face was like ashes, his eyes were mixed with fear and despair, his lips moved slightly as if he wanted to speak, but he did not make any sound.
Gang Master Zhang knew that something was wrong and decided to fight to the death in the end, and suddenly put his hand into his jacket pocket and was about to pull out a gun!
At this moment, Lao Cheng moved.
Swish!
Hirata only saw a dazzling flash of sword light, and then Lao Cheng had already put his sword into the sheath.
At this time, except for Lao Cheng and Pingtian, everyone else in the room was motionless, and even Gang Leader Zhang stopped pulling out his gun. The next moment, Hirata saw the bloodiest scene since his debut:
At the same time, all of them suddenly spurted blood from their necks and lower abdomen, then their heads slipped from their necks and fell to the ground, then their chests and abdomen slid from their upper bodies, and finally their legs fell without support, and a whole person was thus divided into three parts. Blood flowed all over the ground, staining the floor red, and a river of blood spread silently......
Those who fell into chaos and sluggishness did not say, Zhang Gang Master was awake before he died, at this time his head fell to the ground, his face maintained the expression of struggle and despair before death, his eyes were wide, as if he didn't believe that he was dying like this, but this is the truth, in the face of absolute power, how ridiculous and pathetic his arrangements looked.
It's complicated, but it's just a blink of an eye, and at this time, Lao Cheng's cold voice sounded in Hirata's ears:
"Reverse Knife - Naraku Slash"
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[Congratulations on unlocking skill: Naraku]