Chapter 105: Ita'o (Part 1)
After driving for a while, I saw an open field in front of the dense forest, many tall golden Buddha statues stood on both sides, in the middle was a flat ground covered with a red carpet, at the end of the red carpet, you could see a tall building with a golden spire similar to a Southeast Asian temple, above a few steps, several pure white round pillars supported the roof, the wall was also clean and pure white, there was a narrow and tall golden border pointed door, and on both sides of the door were placed two unknown stone carving beasts, It looks a bit like an elephant......
Suddenly, the person in front stopped, and Scott also came to the cab outside the car, and said to Wu and the others: "You guys find a place to park over here, the next road needs a walking school"
"Why?" The cannon asked puzzledly, "Just drive over." β
At this time, Anne also came over: "I'm sorry, you can do as he is, because this is our custom." β
After parking the car, everyone came to the red carpet, took off their shoes, stepped on the carpet barefoot, and walked forward under the gaze of the golden Buddha statues on both sides.
Walking up the steps of the temple, as soon as you enter the door, in front of the center of the main hall that surrounds the desk, an even greater golden Buddha statue appears in front of everyone, looking solemn and sacred.
Anne and the strong men, including Scott, all began to bow down and worship, and Zhou Jialiang and they also worshipped together, and then everyone slowly got up, bypassed the Buddha statue, and walked towards the exit of the gate at the back.
Behind the temple, there is a large courtyard with dense greenery, different from the ginseng trees in the forest outside, where the plants are carefully cared for, with different varieties, high and low in an orderly order, and a variety of blooming flowers, the whole place looks full of life, and the fine stone paved sheep intestine path runs through it, leading to a pure white Southeast Asian style villa.
"I'm a good girl, the conditions for the scattered people here are good, compared to the guild, it's just a local tyrant!" The cannon couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a good appearance and a well-dressed dress was already waiting outside the door, and when the strong men saw him, they retreated to both sides of the main entrance of the villa, maintaining the usual standing posture of a soldier, and Scott bowed to the man with his hands folded, and also stepped back respectfully.
I saw the man smile and put his hands together with Zhou Jialiang, and then spread his hands into the inner room, signaling them to enter, and Zhou Jialiang and the others walked into the house with the man after returning the same etiquette.
Facing the door is the spacious living room, where the luxurious modular sofa and the elegant retro dΓ©cor complement each other and shine brightly.
After Zhou Jialiang and the others sat down, a middle-aged woman who resembled a maid Rao made them tea.
"You are the executors sent by the Dongmu Society to find Rao in the wild area of the Hetian Society?" The man sat down slowly and got straight to the point.
"Yes, may I ask you ......?" Zhou Jialiang looked a little restrained when he asked.
"He's my father, the Italo you're looking for." Anne was ahead of her, walking with ease.
"Oh, yes, hello, I'm ......"
When Zhou Jialiang just wanted to introduce himself, Itao smiled and waved his hand: "No need, I know your situation, you should be the God of Thunder, right?" β
"Yes......"
"The beauty next to you should be Sister Qianyu who was forcibly pulled into the gang by you, right?"
"That's right, that's me." Qianyu smiled when she heard the other party call herself a beauty.
"Cannon and martial ......" Itao turned his gaze to the two again, "Together, you can be both civil and military." β
"Thank you, Mr. Itao, for your compliment." Wu Yi clasped his hands together.
"What do you mean by a false praise? It's the truth. The cannon whispered his displeasure at Wu.
"Hahaha......" Ita'o laughed heartily, and then spread his hand forward, "Come, drink tea, don't be formal." β
Then he took a sip of his delicate porcelain teacup and said, "I think you also feel it, everyone here speaks Chinese, including the Western-style pavilion arranged by the female Anne before, in order to facilitate you to solve the mystery, it is basically expressed in Chinese." In fact, I am a native Thai, I studied in China in my early years, and I am very interested in the profound history and culture of your country, and I have unknowingly mastered Chinese, a language that is extremely difficult for foreigners to learn. β
"Mr. Itao, in that case, we won't beat around the bush, I heard that you have a huge intelligence network under your hands, so we want to ......" Zhou Jialiang also came to the point.
Itao smiled slightly and looked around: "What do you think of my conditions here?" β
"Very magnificent...... Because the other party contains a huge aura, Zhou Jialiang suddenly has no phosphorus.
"What about how it compares to your Dongmu Society?"
"Dongmu Society is a guild, so it can't be compared to it, but it does look rich here......" Zhou Jialiang calmly and calmly.
Ita'o took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said lightly, "So, to continue to operate and maintain here, have you ever thought about the cost I will have to pay?" β
"What do you mean......" Zhou Jialiang seemed to understand the other party's words, "Need us to exchange money for intelligence?" β
"Money? Hahaha......" Ita'o shook his head, "Money is only used in the real world, you know, it's points that replace money here, but that's not what I need." β
"And what do you need?"
"It's simple, supplies."
Materials, a common word in "Zone of Disillusionment", has always made various guilds desperately fight for it, competing for permanent material points through war matches; or fight for random loot points through the jungle; The Sanren even obtain materials by attacking the guild, which are the eternal rules of survival in this world, and even the self-sufficient Sanren organization like Van Maru will occasionally attack the guild in order to obtain the scarce resources in the materials.
So, the man named Itao in front of him, although he looks extremely rich, but after all, he is still a scattered person, and materials are particularly important to him, Zhou Jialiang feels that the other party has a huge intelligence network, not only to consolidate his sphere of influence like Sayama, but more importantly, in fact, it is to obtain the materials he wants by selling intelligence, maybe many guilds are also customers here, no wonder this area is not under the jurisdiction of any guild, that is, Itao is actually a businessman with the identity of a scattered person!
"You want supplies? But all we have now is a supply truck, and it is only filled with ordinary daily necessities......" Zhou Jialiang looked embarrassed.
Itao didn't think so, but smiled and said, "Since I don't have the materials I can get my hands on, then as a substitute, please help me do something." β