Troy Street

The avant-garde stops, cute neon icons reflected in her pupils, and a cartoon image of a black and white maid catches her eye. She looked up slightly to see a newly opened maid's café in front of her, with a wide doorway filled with celebratory flower pots and red banners, and the remnants of firecrackers scattered all over the ground. Through the polished glass windows, there were hardly any customers in the entire store, except for a few maids dressed in black and white.

It seems that this new store that opened is not very popular. The avant-garde stood at the door frowning slightly, carefully looking around, and found a few young men with red and green hair dyed in the opposite side of the tree not far away, laughing under the tree opposite, holding cigarette butts from nowhere, and their eyes swept the crowd like jackals. Everyone's face showed an unbridled wild smile, as if they thought they were the boss here.

It seems like a premeditated competitive game. The avant-garde raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing an interesting smile. She didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing on her own territory, and it seems that this time she will teach the disobedient a good lesson. She snorted coldly, turned her head to the young man behind her, and said, "Commander, let's have something to eat at our shop now, the fireworks show won't start until early in the morning, and there will be some time now." ”

Jiqi nodded and didn't have any opinion, pulled Lexington and Wales, and walked into the slightly deserted coffee shop with Saratoga and Noah's Ark, who had been whispering in the back. The glass door was slowly pushed open by the avant-garde, and cool cold air overflowed through the crack of the door, washing away the heat of the outside world. When the door is closed, the noise of the outside world is instantly cut off, and only the melodious sound of the piano overhead surrounds the ears.

It's a nice coffee shop. Jiqi gave a high evaluation in his heart, the neat porcelain floor was polished so that it could almost reflect the expression on everyone's face like a mirror, and the warm pale yellow decoration around it also brought a guest a feeling of being at home, coupled with soothing music and a beautiful maid waiter, the evaluation can almost be said to be a perfect score. But even in such a highly rated store, it is rare to see customers who come to consume. Ji Qi frowned slightly, feeling that things might not be as simple as he thought.

The lovely maid saw the arrival of the guests, patted her somewhat depressed cheek, trotted forward with a sweet and gentle smile, and walked to the avant-garde with the menu on her chest, she bowed slightly and said softly. "Would you like to eat something?"

"Admiral, what do you want?" The avant-garde turned her head and asked for advice, if in the past, these things were decided by her alone, no one dared to say a word, but now it is different, now she is no longer the secretary general, just an ordinary ship girl, a ship girl who has found her own commander.

"I'll have a glass of water, Lexington prefers coffee, give her a cup of coffee, and add sugar in moderation. Wales had to add a little more sugar and give her a tiramisu cheesecake. Jiqi recalled the preferences of each shipwives recorded in the notebook and their actions when they usually went out, and gave their own answers. Saratoga doesn't like coffee, so bring her a glass of orange juice, Noah's Ark likes coconut milk. I don't know what you like with your words. Ji Qi smiled helplessly, after all, Qianwei only joined the town guard mansion today, and his understanding of her can be said to be almost zero.

"I want a cup of unsweetened coffee." The avant-garde looked back and said.

"Okay, a glass of plain water, two cups of sweetened coffee, a cup of plain coffee, a cup of juice, a cup of coconut milk and a cake, is that so?" The cute maid girl recorded on the menu with a pen, raised her head slightly, and looked at Jiqi to confirm it again and again. She has now confirmed that this handsome young man with an indifferent expression is the backbone of the group, and as the admiral, he is the only one who follows him. The girl whispered in her heart.

"Yes, that's all." Ji Qi nodded in affirmative, and chose a window position to sit down, where he could clearly see the flow of people outside, and he could also clearly see the young people slowly approaching here. Their towering red and green hair like a cockscomb and the behavior of the ruffians made Jiqi's eyes even colder.

It's not that he hasn't seen such people, but he's seen a lot. Outside the slums, on the street known as the rat road, there were all kinds of people, and there were so many ruffians, cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods. They hide in the smelly sewers like rats that dare not see the light, take the daggers or knives they have picked up, intimidate the bulli-looking targets, and then squander their money and squander them in the bar. He was very impressed by such people, because his mother had been intimidated by them and threw the few coins on him to these scumbags. And at that time, I could only tremble in her arms, as a child who couldn't do anything.

"Admiral, did you see that group of young people in society too?" Lexington raised his chin and pointed at the group outside, smiling with contempt. She saw people very accurately, and as long as she glanced at the other person's pupils, she could see through the narrow window whether it was gray or light, ugly or beautiful.

"I saw it when I came, and it seems that they are dissatisfied with this shop." Ji Qi smiled slightly, he was no longer the coward who was too scared to raise his head at that time, he had his own strength, the talent surging in his blood.

"It should be the so-called protection money, but the owner of this shop was unwilling, and then it turned into malicious intimidation." The avant-garde tapped the glass plate on the wooden table with her beautiful fingertips, and a look of disgust appeared between her eyebrows. She has seen countless of these little ghosts blocking the way, obviously not having any skills, and pretending that I am the boss and I am hanging. The real murderous person will not be so flamboyant and high-profile at all, but will only silently pull out the gun and simply pull the trigger. But now due to her resignation, the pistol that was custom-made for her was also thrown in the town guard mansion and was not brought with her. Even so, the iron fist in her hand is a lethal weapon.

"Collecting protection money?" Noah's Ark seems to remember the plot of a certain novel, where Xiao Qisan, who appeared as a villain, was punched to the ground by the protagonist, and then disappeared after only one episode. "So is the Admiral going to teach these tricks a lesson?" She looked up at the Demon King in front of her, who had signed a contract with her, with an expectant expression.

"Yes, yes, didn't my brother-in-law always tell me to be like a hero walking the rivers and lakes, beat these scum to kneel like a dog and beg for mercy, and then stepped on their chests and viciously told them to get out!" She looked at her brother-in-law with adoration on her face, and her eyes were shining with stars, like a little girl seeing her idol.

"Of course, the Admiral will let you see what it means for a crow to fly and a tornado to destroy the parking lot!" Jiqi patted his chest confidently and gave assurance. He still didn't believe that these street thugs were even more powerful than the Deadpool he had killed, and even if he didn't have a weapon on him now, he could teach these scum with less than five combat power with his bare hands.

He looked at the thugs who pushed the door open and sat unscrupulously across from them, and the smile in his eyes was even stronger.

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"Sorry for the wait, but this is the coffee and cake you wanted." The cute maid walked up to Jiqi with a small step full of dinner plates, and put the juice and milk tea cups in it on the table. She bowed and whispered: "Guest, you better leave quickly, those people are here to make trouble, if you accidentally hurt you, it will not be good, as for these, you don't have to pay, just leave." There was an anxious look on her lovely face, and from time to time she glanced at the loud crowd behind her, her eyes showing deep concern.

"Looks like this isn't the first time they've done this?" Avant-garde raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Yes...... Yes, because we didn't pay their so-called protection fee, so ......" the maid whispered.

"So they come every day?" Jiqi had already guessed the routine of these gangsters. They are like jackals on the grassland, as long as they smell the smell of meat, they will want to get a piece of the pie like maggots on tarsal bones, and if they don't eat meat, they will show their sharp teeth and minions, making people helpless.

"Yes...... Yes, we have only been open here for a long time, and now they have basically to close their doors and close down after making such a fuss. Speaking of which, the tears of grievance appeared in the girl's eyes, which made people pity.

"Darling, this is your time to show off your skills, and I hate noisy people." Lexington whispered in Jiqi's ear, his tone full of encouragement. He knew that the strength of his admiral was not the same as other waste admirals, and he did not have the slightest combat ability.

Ji Qi sighed lightly and smiled, stood up from his seat, and walked to the group of uneducated and noisy thugs on the opposite side with a cold expression. Some of them were wearing slippers, some were barefoot on the leather sofa beneath them, each wearing a pure black vest, with a cyan tiger head tattoo carved on their shoulders, cigarette butts in their mouths, and a disgusting smell constantly gushing from the tip of their noses.

Yes, Jiqi hated the smell of cigarettes, because every time the fat man who came to the slums to collect taxes liked to spit the smoke from his mouth into the faces of these people whom he considered untouchables, and announced in a disdainful and cold tone which one should pay how much the tax should pay. Every time the shadow of his fat flesh appeared, it was the moment when Jiqi was most afraid.

He took a deep breath, his nose was filled with a pungent smell, he raised his hand and patted the fierce young man with a dagger pinned to his waist in front of him, his tone was low and stiff, and his eyes flashed like a lion's teeth.

"Hey! Can you guys shut up? His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the four thugs in a circle to hear clearly.