Chapter 14: Daddy Mark
Jeff the pirate had been frightened by the masked man's shocking slash, and he didn't dare to hide it at all.
If the "forbidden items" that can be stolen by the commission are lost, there is always a reason to prevaricate.
Thinking about it, he carefully recounted the whole process of Raymond's drug test.
"That's... My lord, maybe that notebook was taken by that kid..."
Now it seems that the explosion in the laboratory of the deputy head of the regiment, Yuke, was not an accident at all, but a deliberate murder.
Only the Prophet of the Mystic Department was able to pinpoint the route in this complex ventilation duct, complete the decapitation operation, and then take the notebook.
Only if the employer in front of him believes this statement, can he have a chance to survive as a vulture pirate.
"You mean, you hastily configured the potion recipe in that forbidden item, and after testing the medicine, one of them actually survived?"
After listening to the story of the pirate leader Jeff tremblingly, the divine light in the iron-masked man's eyes flashed with a complicated light, and he also felt a little incredible.
These little pirates are really fearless, and they don't know what they do.
How dare they pay attention to the forbidden items?
This "S-class" forbidden item is a first-class dangerous item that even the world government has a headache for...
How dare these little pirates test the taboo at will?
The man in the iron mask touched his chin, his eyes full of strange smiles.
Tsk, but now it seems that things are getting more and more interesting.
He originally planned to save and destroy this group of little pirates after getting the notebook,
Now it seems that we have to let them live a little longer.
Judging from the traces at the scene, the three people detained here fled in two directions.
One team escaped through the ventilation duct to another cell, and the other team was rescued by a shadow guard and exited the main entrance.
The masked man pondered for a moment and said, "Since the Shadow Guard who rescued people is one of Philip's men, you will send someone to chase after you." If you can catch the best, if you can't catch it, you will lurk in Philip's territory, and you must find out who the 'forbidden item' ends up in. โ
"Got it, sir."
Jeff's heart was relieved, after all, there was still use value, and his life was saved.
The masked man pondered for a moment and continued, "Who is being held in the other cell?" Why did that 'prophet' kid you mentioned go there to find him? โ
"I don't know... It seems to be a slave that the captains grabbed from somewhere. โ
"Huh, slave? The person who can crack the explosive collar without damage must have extremely high engineering attainments, and you actually treat him as an ordinary slave? โ
The masked man shook his head with his intact explosive collar.
Sure enough, you can't expect too much from these waste pirates.
However, there are too many weirdness in this pirate group, and the man in the iron mask instinctively feels a little cautious, always feeling that some key clues are missing, and everything seems so abrupt.
A suspected awakening "prophet" transcendent meat ticket, a mysterious slave with advanced engineering expertise...
And Ghost Ship Island, how could it all come together so coincidentally?
And this time the theft of the "forbidden item" has been exposed, and if that thing falls into Philip's hands again, I am afraid it will not be so easy to get it out again.
Looks like we'll have to think of something else.
As the masked man pondered, he could hear needles falling throughout the cabin.
The group of pirates were silent, and no one dared to take a big breath.
Pirate Jeff doesn't know this powerhouse who suddenly came to the Black Sea and could kill the giant sea king with one sword.
But if Raymond was here, he would have recognized it at first sight.
The true identity of this masked man.
Legendary bounty hunter with a bounty of 1,345 million quarks.
The world government specially awarded the title of "His Majesty the Seven Martial Seas", the great sword hero, and the "Moon Slash" Andre ยท J. Hawke.
......
Philip's territory was so large that it was divided into twenty-four blocks.
Each area is a separate steel city, with all its features.
The cities are connected to the sea suspension track, and the intercity steam train shuttles between the various urban areas for the transportation of materials and the circulation of people.
It's a steampunk world, and there's always a faint smell of soot in the air in the neighborhood.
The steel-poured castle is in the Gothic style of the European Middle Ages, with iron-plated and rivet-framed houses, lined up, cold and crowded, prosperous and cluttered.
The streets are full of sailors and adventurers with muskets pinned to their waists and glossy daggers.
The shops on both sides of the road are very dense, and the shouts of the vendors come and go.
It is a prosperous maritime territory, a city of steel.
.......
Raymond lives in the 23rd arrondissement, which is a real "slum".
It was a mix of low-class laborers, sailors, thieves, gangsters, vagabonds, and war refugees.
Every neighborhood needs countless huge steam boilers to supply energy.
Daddy Mark is a boilermaker who has been working all his life and is responsible for adding coal to energy boilers.
He used to be an ordinary widower, impatient, stingy, and cautious.
But after he picked up a baby at the door more than ten years ago, that is, Raymond, he gradually became cheerful.
Later, I didn't know if it was lonely, but the year before last, I actually found a woman as a companion.
It was a mean widow "Bella" with three children.
A family of six lives in a steel hut of more than 30 square meters on Rue Rum in the 23rd arrondissement.
......
Raymond had been kidnapped for three days, and Mark Sr. had been anxiously waiting for news for three days.
At this moment, Bella, as a housewife, roared and declared her dissatisfaction.
"Mark, it's been a few days, and you're still staying at home and not going to work? Do you want your whole family to starve to death?! โ
Old Mark looked worried and listless, and responded: "My little Raymond was captured by pirates, I want to wait for news from him..."
"Don't think I don't know what you're borrowing money these days! I'll tell you, those pirates don't look down on it for that money! Don't think you can redeem it! โ
Bella crossed her waist, her tone was very unkind, and she persuaded again: "Don't waste money... Your shitty son might have been fed sharks by pirates! โ