"Hilda Carrenus?"

Sekras asked in surprise. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes, you know him too?"

Klein Muna looked at Appis and the old man beside him, wondering why they reacted so violently when he mentioned the name.

"Not only do we know him, but like you, we want to crush him."

Appis then asked.

"Well, let's put it this way, Carrenus wants me to cooperate with him and manipulate the results of the gladiatorial match, and before each match, if the civilians bet too much on the opposing gladiator, Carrenus will ask me to win the match, and the opposing gladiator may or may not have been bribed by them. If the opposing gladiator was also one of his men, I could not kill him in the ring, but waited for the orders of Carrenus. At the end of the match, like the other nobles, Carenus would stand up and declare that he would not kill the loser. Of course, if I encounter a gladiator I don't know, I can do whatever I want, killing or maiming him in the middle of the process, and they don't care about that. And if the civilians bet too much on me before the game, then there is no doubt that I will have to lose the game. At the last moment, fate was handed over to a few nobles or senators on the stage. ”

Klein said, picking up an apple on the table, taking a big bite, and chewing it as he continued—

"At first, there was nothing unpleasant about my previous cooperation with him, I fought according to his requirements, as long as he approved the person on the stage, I could kill him, and when I needed to lose the match, he would send someone to inform me in advance, and the other party was also his person, and in the end he would save my life. But in the last fight, this brute made me lose the match, but the opponent was an extremely murderous and bloodthirsty gladiator, he was deadly and very violent, but according to the pre-fight agreement, I had to lose the match. However, it wasn't until this gladiator cut my thigh with a short sword that I learned that this match was not at all up to Carrenus alone, or that there were some matches that he could control, and some that he couldn't control, and the events that he couldn't control, the result was left to the development of the situation on the field, which meant that the life of the gladiator was not worth mentioning to them at all, and if you died, he could find the next partner. ”

"So you no longer obey his commands?"

Sekras then asked.

"Yes, then I started to fight back in earnest, no longer worrying about the outcome of the match, but using real gladiatorial fights against this ferocious opponent. In the end, I killed this bloodthirsty and brutal gladiator. And Karenus on the stage also showed a dissatisfied look. I knew I had offended him. So, I thought about leaving the city of Rome. But in fact, I'm just a free man, I don't have citizenship, I can't go anywhere. I could only stay in Rome until the thugs sent by Carrenus found me, and then the scene you saw happened. ”

After Karenus finished speaking, Sekras angrily stuck the dagger on the table, and was eager to go out at once, grab the beast and stab it to death. However, at this time, it is still necessary to be calm, the previous hiring of retired veterans to defend Apis in the square has made the Roman people have a serious antipathy towards Apis, if this time, such a reckless action, just by virtue of an old gladiator to rush into the home of a Roman nobleman, the people will think that Apis is wanton revenge. In fact, the Senate has already begun to draft a document to remove Apis from the position of tribune, but there are still supporters of Apis who are obstructing this bill, so it has not yet been passed.

"We need evidence. Sekras, take your men, the group of retired veterans, give them some more bounty, and gather here when it gets dark. We've got work to do. ”

After listening to Klein's statement, a series of plans immediately appeared in Apis's mind. Maybe for a person to succeed, luck is also very important in many cases, just like this time, if it wasn't for the chance to go down the alley and meet Crane, and Crane happened to know the inside story of Carenus's wealth, then he might never have a chance to fight back against him, and now, the opportunity has come, only once, must be cherished.

"What do you want to do? Do you know where we're going next? ”

Sekras asked in surprise.

"Yes, I know where we're going to find evidence. The ruffians during the day. They have gangs, and they are often called upon by Carenus, and when we raid their lair at night, we must be able to find some evidence that they were instructed by the nobles to beat and assassinate civilians. Klein, you know where their lair is. ”

Appis said, turning his gaze to Klein.

"Brother, how did you guess I'd know where those ruffians lived?"

Klein asked rhetorically, but soon, under the gaze of Apis and Sekras, the tall man immediately said-

"Well, I know. I've been working with this animal for so long, and I probably know a little bit about him. But let me state that the group of ruffians who beat me during the day are only part of the group of men that Carrenus often employs, and it is not all of them, and it is possible that we will get nothing after we have passed, and of course, we may find what we need in this way. ”

Klein said, trying to wave his arms and move his muscles to see if he had a place to play in the next scene. However, the daytime brawl may have been too brutal, Klein's arm did not recover, and the bandage on his head still oozes some blood from time to time.

"You don't have to do it yourself at night, our veterans will go and smash the field. Tonight, brother, you just need to lead the way. ”

Appis said, placing a hand on Crane's shoulder, a slight smile on his lips.

At night, a group of bandit-like veterans took the guys and raided the lair of the ruffians, perhaps because the movement was too loud, and even attracted the attention of the residents of the neighborhood, but in front of the bloody sword, no one dared to say more and take a second look.

"Head, I found it."

A stubble-haired, foul-smelling retired veteran discovers a box of coins hidden under the ruffian's bed, and after taking the contents inside, he discovers that there are wooden boards covered in Latin written underneath the coins. Although he didn't know if these rotten things were what Apis was looking for, the veteran still called Apis, the mastermind of the operation.

"Damn, I told you to burn them all, what are you still hiding them for?"

After the secret was discovered, the ruffian leader shouted and tried to struggle, but the veterans' arms became stronger and pinned him to the ground.

Appis ignored the ruffian's shouting, and walked straight to the side of the Radiator Veteran.

When Apis and Seklas walked up to the box and looked through the wooden boards with the inscriptions, they were undoubtedly relieved. Because it is engraved with the people who this group of ruffians need to assassinate every time they move, there are carpenters, workers, barbers, doctors, and even bigwigs and landlords...... There are probably many reasons why these people were targeted by Carenus, and low-level businessmen and civilians probably didn't listen to him, or they couldn't afford to borrow usury, so Carrenus asked people to collect debts, and if they couldn't collect the debts, they directly took their lives, like Klein. As for the landlords and bigwigs who were also on the list, Apis guessed that they were the victims of the competing interests of the nobles, and perhaps when he couldn't fight others in the end, Carrenus used such a simple and crude method, hiring ruffian gangs and using a few bloody daggers to solve the problem......

And now, with this list, and the confessions of this group of ruffians, it seems that there is hope for everything. (To be continued.) )