Chapter 21: The Golden Clown
On the central street, the civilians of the border city bustled here to take refuge, and the neighbors of the three aunts and eight grandmothers chewed on the root of their tongues with each other.
"Did you hear that? The arsonist of this fire seems to be the pirate Blujem of the garbage mountain. ”
"And if so, who else could there be? They deliberately made a mess to prevent the World Government's inspection team from visiting. ”
"What a bunch of overkill guys!"
Although there is no clear official detailed announcement, rumors that Blujam is the culprit of the inexplicable fire in the garbage mountain have been circulating among the crowd, apparently with a hidden promoter behind the scenes.
On the whole, except for some minor flaws in the accident that happened to the third princess, the entire battle plan formulated by the magnates in the high city was quite successful, as for whether Broujem, who had already carried the black cauldron, could survive the fire has become meaningless, no one will believe the words of a murderous pirate, there is no difference between dead and alive, that's all.
The woman in the black cloak walked quickly through the crowd, straight to the south gate, which looked a little congested on the central street, but she could always find a gap in the seams, only to suffer from the small group of high-rise elites who followed closely behind.
Like the unfortunate squad guarding the southern gates, perhaps modeled after the navy, most countries have a five-unit squad as the smallest formation.
The Gore Kingdom is different from Rogue Town, which was in the center of the times 12 years ago, and it is a country with its own independent regime, and in terms of legal terms, it may not be as sound and perfect as the area under the jurisdiction of the world government, but if the world government wants to directly intervene in the internal affairs of the country, it is also necessary to appoint troops through constant coordination and consultation in advance, and the woman in the black robe is a special commissioner who is subordinate to the world government with some secret orders stationed here, and a small group of Gaocheng soldiers who are deployed to her are from the surveillance of the royal family. No one in power wants an element of instability in their own territory that is difficult to grasp and ponder.
The black-robed woman who stopped and looked back at her entourage couldn't help but sigh, if it weren't for the group of soldiers behind, she would have arrived at the South City Gate with her ability.
Logically, she proposed to the king that she needed a helper, but in fact she imitated the hypocritical politeness of the nobles, and kindly handed the king a step to play with his little wrists, which was better than being put in the dark gun in the back soon after, not only to release a little amount of goodwill, but also to exchange for some of the most basic cheap acts, why not.
The black-robed woman, who was dressed a little out of place with her surroundings, ignored the various strange scrutiny glances that came her focus, and as soon as the temporary entourage followed, she bowed her head forward again and hurried forward, occasionally one or two groups of soldiers from the center street came up to inquire for the purpose of safety, and they were also blocked by the soldiers in the high city behind them with the king's hand, and the black-robed woman at this time would be a little ignorant and self-comforting, and the guy behind was still somewhat useful.
There is quite a reason why the black-robed woman is so impatient, but she finally found a breakthrough, but she was suddenly told that the important target was intercepted by a group of pirates from the garbage mountain, was it premeditated or coincidence? And what are the motives of the enemy? She didn't know about the immoral dirty deal between the king and Bludham, the king was not stupid enough to confess to the world government, the arson case of the garbage mountain was a felony in the world government's legal code, and the pressure of public opinion alone was enough to drink a pot, and the black-robed woman who didn't know what was going on kept her attention on Galahat, who had a lingering scandal with the target person, and was soon disappointed to find that the gloomy man behaved decently, It is also very consistent with the preliminary judgment that the proposed focus of the search should be placed in the high city, but if Blugim's message on the wall had been added later, then the whole development of the situation would have been worth the patience of scrutiny.
Maybe in the eyes of outsiders, the origin of the black-robed girl is very story-like that makes people talk about it after dinner, but only she knows that Galahat is the most mysterious one in the entire high city, the definition of people in this world can actually be said to be superficial, basically not a pirate or a thief is a good person, enjoying the protection of the world government, Galahat is a so-called good person, but the black-robed woman can't find any information about him in the archives of the world government, and the system prompts that there is a reading level limit, You must know that the people who are generally restricted are at least a person who has a pivotal position in the government, and is at least at the rank of colonel in the navy, and the reason why he later asked for inspection but was rejected by his boss can't say why, and the attitude of the top is very interesting.
The smell of blood in the air finally made the black-robed woman who was constantly thinking about it take the initiative to stop her steps forward.
The center street and the border city are separated by a wide ring street on both sides, and the south avenue leading to the south gate is already clearly visible, but the black-robed woman suddenly stopped, so that the entourage who followed behind flashed a trace of doubt and puzzlement in their hearts, they are indeed a little stronger than the soldiers on the center street, but obviously there is a huge gap between the perception of the five senses and the dragons and phoenixes in the people.
Raising their heads, the tragic scene in the distance made them believe that they would not forget it until they lay down in the coffin.
The ground is full of corpses, ten? Fifteen? Or twenty? They don't care about that now, and they don't want to be the next one after they've retreated.
Judging from their uniforms, the deceased were all patrol soldiers on Central Street, and they died of a ruptured major artery, apparently with only one murderer.
The black-robed woman signaled them to retreat first, and the leader of the squad did not twist, and immediately ran away with the younger brothers, their task was only to monitor but not to be desperate, and the strong strength shown by the enemy was not qualified for them to fight hard, now they just need to report the situation truthfully.
One step, just one step, the black-robed woman who had just stepped into South Street felt a sense of disharmony coming to her face, not killing intent, on the contrary, she was not afraid of killing intent, she had undergone strict training since she was a child, she was no stranger to gambling and killing, but it was like a sense of overlooking from top to bottom, which made people uncomfortable.
A man who has made headlines countless times sits cross-legged on the top of a small building on the side of the road, holding a blood-red three-edged scythe with both hands around his right shoulder, and the strange weapon that once fell into Lacis's eyes through the news in the newspaper is very similar to the one played by the Hokage Fei Duan, except that it looks bigger, and the three blades are engraved with black ancient characters, and the top of the outermost blade also has a thin and distinctive black border.
The man looked sideways at the blood-red sky to the south, reflecting the red light with a wicked golden mask, revealing a strange palpitation, and his two exposed arms were badly burned, which contrasted with the fire in the garbage mountain.
Turning his head and leaning down to the man who glanced at the black-robed woman, he shook his head, looked down at the cards spread on the ground again, counted the old-fashioned 24 points, and mocked as if he was talking to himself: "Throwing so many corpses at the door, and there are still people who dare to come in with a short eye, is it ignorance or confidence?" ”
"Duty." The black-robed woman said calmly, "I didn't expect that Your Excellency, who has long been famous in the East China Sea and has been delaying the great voyage, would come to such a border country to participate, but it is very surprising." ”
"It's just taking people's money*, 300 million Baileys, but you can buy a big ship of the highest quality."
The black-robed woman's voice made her feel a little uncomfortable, but she still tentatively continued to ask a very critical question, "Who is the employer?" ”
The man didn't answer, but threw a poker and stuck it in the middle of the road, every guy who can fight some thin names on the sea always has some more or less habits or temperaments, just like Lasis likes to clench his fist to the sky with one hand or say something to death, the woman in the black robe also knows that the man in front of him also has his own maverick style, whenever he goes head-to-head with someone he always likes to play a card first, starting from the smallest "2" on the board to the largest "joker" plus spades, hearts, Plum blossoms and squares from large to small, the size of the card determines the level of the opponent in his eyes, the smallest "2" refers to children, "3" to "5" is civilian, "5" to "10" is a trained person, "10" or more is the meaning of more than 100 million, there have been good things to open the handicap, the largest "joker" and the symbol of the second "black joker" when will be thrown out, betting on the first is the "One Piece" against the pirate "Whitebeard" for most of his life, It is followed by the contemporary naval marshal, the world's first wise general "Buddha's Warring States", and the third is the immortal evergreen in the navy, "hero" Vice Admiral Karp.
And the one that the man threw to the woman in the black robe was the biggest "spade" in a "10".
The black-robed woman also understood what the man meant, using poker as the boundary, stepping on it was a declaration of war, but she did not hesitate, she was very calm, stepped through, stood still, raised her head and said: "Come on, golden clown!" Let you see the determination of the seagulls soaring under the banner of justice! ”
Attach:
The image and story* of the woman in the black robe have been finalized, lacking a name and some related abilities.
The prototype of the new character that appears in this chapter must be known to everyone.,In order to conform to the plot, some settings have been changed.,I don't want to say anything about the eunuch of Yoshihiro Fujian.。