XVI. The Colosseum

Before she finished speaking, Aretha's eyes had already turned cold. Although there was still a smile on his face, there was no warmth in his smile: "This big brother, I have nothing to do with Saito, you can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." ”

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, the captain hurriedly changed the topic with a haha: "I'm talking too much, I'm talking too much." That...... It's all you who made such a big move just now...... Troublesome? ”

Aretha glanced at Rayson and chuckled, "It's not all to blame this scumbag, he disappeared without saying a word, but I didn't expect him to happen to be here with me today." I was angry when I saw him, so I ...... Chased him and hit him a few times......"

The captain looked at the big hole in the ground, glanced at the shotgun in Aretha's hand again, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Boss, you...... Shot with this shot? ”

"Uh-huh." Aretha snorted, acknowledging.

"It's a heavy hand." The captain had a chill, thinking that this woman was really not easy to mess with.

"Hmph~ It's not this stinky man, I've been missing for so long, it's hard for me to wait......" Saying that, Aretha glanced at Rayson with a resentful face, as if she was really a poor woman who had been waiting for her missing husband for a long time.

"But what~ Fortunately, nothing happened, I was too excited just now, and I was embarrassed to make noise in the neighborhood." As she spoke, Aretha twisted Man's waist and walked lightly to Rayson's side, staring at Rayson as if no one was around: "When everyone is gone, I'll clean you up again." ”

The captain had goosebumps, glanced around, and didn't seem to want to stay here: "Boss, it's a big night, even if you flirt and scold, don't make too much noise, otherwise the city lord will blame it, and we won't be able to explain." ”

After saying that, he glanced back at Rayson, who had been standing in front of the door, and the captain turned his head and left.

Aretha politely followed the guest. The captain stepped out of the hotel and didn't look back, shouting: "Close." ”

The door to the hotel closed, and the soldiers dispersed.

However, a soldier approached the captain and asked with gossip on his face, "Captain, what's going on, what's going on inside?" Do you want to report it to the city lord? ”

"There's no need to report to the city lord." The captain smiled slightly, his face full of sly: "However, we can go to Shimosaito, I think he will be very interested in knowing today's events." ”

Aretha hid behind the door, listening to the footsteps outside fade away, before she staggered up to the second floor and kicked open the door to Rayson's room.

Lei Sen sat safely, and the bodies of the big men were in the toilet of the room, although the blood stains had been cleaned, but when you smelled it, there was still a faint smell of blood in the air.

"Where did you provoke these people! Look at my house, it's about to be demolished by you! Aretha was angry, and when she came up, she asked the teacher to ask for the guilt.

Unexpectedly, Rayson just glanced at him and asked rhetorically: "I'm just staying here with you, and you and the person just now talking nonsense about our relationship may cause me trouble, you know?" ”

Upon hearing this, Aretha became even angrier: "I'm causing you trouble? If I don't say that, do you think he'll let you go easily? I don't care what you want to do or how to do it, but if you kill someone in Devon City, the city lord will definitely not let you go! And you brought those guys here, I made a mess here, and I haven't asked you to pay me yet! How dare you say that I am causing you trouble? ”

Rayson was silent, and after a long while, he took out two radiation pills from his pocket: "I'll pay you for it." ”

Looking at the wood-like Rayson, Aretha was speechless, and looked at him for a long time before she sighed: "Forget it, I can't tell you clearly, after tonight, you don't want to stay here, I'll handle the rest myself." ”

After speaking, Aretha didn't look at the two radioactive pills on the table, and walked to the toilet where the corpse was hidden: "You caused trouble, but you also saved my life, we are two clear." ”

A few hours later, the night faded.

The door to the hotel opened, and as soon as Rayson stepped out, the door slammed shut again.

Rayson was helpless, and the place he had just found was gone. Aretha took the body away last night, and didn't say what to do with it, only that she would take care of it herself. As soon as the morning dawned, he knocked on the door and 'invited' Rayson out.

Rayson definitely can't live here, and it's still unknown where he's going to stay tonight.

Maurice was already waiting across the street, and when he saw Rayson come out, he hurried to meet him.

Rayson also decided not to settle down for the time being, so he got down to business first: "Let's go, take me to the Colosseum you said." ”

When the two of them walked away, a group of people came out of the dark corner of the street, it was the girl who had been taught by Rayson and her group of teenagers.

A teenager looked at Rayson's departing figure and said tremblingly, "Big sister...... He...... Is he okay? Then the guys we hired ......"

"It seems that it is broken." The girl's face was gloomy. The teenagers next to her looked at her expression, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak.

The girl thought for a long time, seemed to have made a big decision, gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go, go find the boss." ”

On the other side, Rayson was taken by Maurice for more than ten minutes and came to a more prosperous place in Devon City.

The so-called Colosseum, built in a deserted football stadium, would be the time to live. The seats in the auditoriums were crowded with people, but most of them were poor, tattered clothes, like Maurice.

Several of the main entrances and exits were guarded by some big men with guns, and Maurice saw Rayson looking at them and explained: "Those are Saito's people, and he comes to the Colosseum from time to time." ”

As he spoke, Maurice pointed in a direction. In one of the auditoriums, a large area was empty, guarded by a few gunmen, and the poor people around them would consciously not approach it.

In the center of the area was a large stone bench, covered with cloth, but it was empty.

"That seat is Saito's exclusive seat, and he sits there every time he comes."

Rayson has set his sights on the field in the center of the soccer stadium, the area that was once used to play football, with no shade in sight, has become completely sandy.

On the sand, there were still several corpses, and there were still fresh blood stains on the ground.

Rayson frowned: "What is this Colosseum for?" ”

Maurice respectfully introduced: "Here, it is for those who can't survive, and they will fight for the end." As long as you sign up, you can participate and enter the Colosseum to fight. The more you win, the bigger the rewards. ”

"Fighting? Fight against whom? ”

"The Colosseum will provide opponents. The first fight is to face one ghoul with bare hands, the second against two with bare hands, and the third against three, at which point you can start using weapons, and the fourth is ......"

"Oh! See who this is? Maurice—" At this moment, a neatly dressed dwarf, under the protection of two large men with guns, came up with a wicked smile on his face full of profiteers: "You would come to such a place?" How? Want to go down and have fun too? ”

Maurice glanced at the several corpses in the yellow sand field, and shook his head repeatedly: "I, how dare I." I'm just here to see and have a good time, and have a good time. ”

The dwarf noticed Rayson and ignored Maurice: "This brother has a face, are you interested in going down and having fun?" ”

Rayson glanced at him, "You're in charge here?" ”

"This is Saito's boss's business, and I'm the one who helps watch the scene. Is this friend interested in going down and having fun? ”

"I heard that if you win five games in a row, you can reward a slave?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Are you interested? Come and give it a try! The dwarf smiled, his eyes shining greedily through the crack in the door.

"When the time comes, will you be able to meet the slave's owner?"

The dwarf was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Rayson to have such a request, but he quickly replied to the false smile: "No problem, as long as you can win five games in a row." ”

"To be clear, though, the first two were freehanded, so you can't bring weapons into the venue. Once you start, it's up to you whether you live or die. If you're going to attend, go now. ”

Rayson didn't speak, but took the cloth bag off his back and stuffed it directly into Maurice's hand.

Maurice was taken aback: "Boss, boss, do you really want to go?" That's dangerous! ”

"That's my business."

Without hesitation, Rayson turned and walked towards the yellow sand field. At the moment, there was no progress in the pursuit of Su Ling, and he could only hope that the slave, or perhaps the slave owner who was hidden, would be able to get in touch with them and find even the slightest clue in them.

He didn't have much time left, and he would do anything that might find Su Ling's clues.

Rayson walked to the yellow sand field, and the short man took out a bullhorn and shouted loudly around, "We have a new warrior to take on the challenge!" If you want to place a bet, hurry up! ”

As soon as these words came out, a bunch of poor people poured over, and the gun-wielding man beside the short man took out a hemp bag and a notebook to receive bets, canned food, biscuits, water, and all kinds of things could be used as gambling money, and one of the two men was responsible for collecting them, and the other was registered, but it was in order.

Most people bet that Rayson won't survive the second game, after all, this fresh face has never been seen, and no one knows how much strength he has.

Except for Maurice. He had seen Rayson's horror with his own eyes, but he didn't count how many games Rayson could last.

Maurice had no extra supplies to gamble, so he could only hold Rayson's cloth bag and squeeze to the front row to watch nervously.

There were two guards standing at the entrance of the yellow sand field, and seeing that Rayson had no weapons in his hand, he opened the door directly to let him in.

Rayson's lonely figure entered the yellow sand field, and soon, a strong man with a height of nearly two meters appeared at the entrance on the other side.

But the strong man was no match for Rayson, who clutched a set of sticks with a rope tied around the neck of a ghoul. The ghoul was dragged into the ground, and he struggled like a mad dog.

The brawny man dragged the ghoul into the middle of the field, loosened the noose of the stick, kicked the ghoul in the ass, and kicked it at Rayson.

"Stop betting!"

"The first one! Begin! ”

At the same time, in the west of Devon, there was a courtyard.

The girl led a group of teenagers into the courtyard, which was full of half-grown children of their age, all with weapons in their hands, and the expressions on their faces were all flying and domineering.

But when they saw the girl appear, the children in the courtyard still greeted respectfully: "Big sister!" ”

The girl ignored them, and walked straight to the largest house in the courtyard, and walked quickly to the deepest room.

A teenager stood on the left and right sides of the door of the room, and the girl didn't pay attention to it, didn't knock on the door, and broke in directly with her attendants.

As soon as the girl came in, she knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Boss! ”

There was a man and a woman in the room, the man's face, full of wrinkles, his beard and hair grayish-white, obviously not teenagers; He was very short, slumped on the couch, his feet not touching the ground, hanging in mid-air; His limbs were stubby, but his head and torso were unusually large, and he was clearly a dwarf.

The woman is in normal shape, looking at the back, she shouldn't be very old. He was kneeling on the ground, prostrate in front of the slumped dwarf, his head rising and falling from time to time.

Whether it was a dwarf or a woman, they didn't stop their own things, and the enjoyment on the dwarf's face didn't stop at all. The girls and teenagers who broke into the room didn't seem to be surprised, but there were still two boys in the youngest grade, who quietly looked up from time to time and peeked with envy.

The dwarf was full of enjoyment, and said lazily, "What's the matter?" ”

"Boss, there is a pariah named Maurice who has a fresh face and beats our people! We are not opponents! ”

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"Two days ago, the second child went to collect protection money as usual, and it turned out that untouchable man named Maurice! I brought a fresh face out of nowhere, not only did I not pay the protection fee, but I also injured the second child! ”

The dwarf's expression changed slightly, but there was no more movement, obviously reluctant to enjoy the moment: "And then?" ”

The girl thought for a moment, and her eyes showed malice: "Yesterday, I led someone to arrest Maurice, but that pariah actually said that he would not pay us protection money in the future!" And say we're a bunch of garbage! Rubbish! He also said......"

Speaking of this, the girl paused, and seemed to stop talking.

"Say what?"

He said...... You won't pay us protection money in the future! Also said we ......"

"Say what we are?" The dwarf asked lazily.

"He said, we're just a bunch of dogs in Saito, so why are we yelling at them."

The boys in the class looked at each other, and they could tell that the girls were pouring dirty water on Mauris and Rayson, and taking revenge on them by the hands of the gnomes.

And the dwarf's face has also changed significantly, and the original indulgent and enjoyable look is covered with haze.

"That pariah, that's what you really said?"

"It's true!"

The girl still knelt on one knee, her head bowed, and she looked respectful. In fact, she was snickering right now, and she could hear that there was anger in the dwarf's voice, which was exactly what she was trying to achieve.

Having followed the gnome for so long, she knew exactly what would make the dwarf angry. The dwarf is the boss of their children's gang and is also Saito's subordinate, but he has always had a lot of criticism about Saito, and even vaguely wants to replace him.

"This untouchable man has no ability, just because of that fresh face, he dares to be arrogant."

After a moment of silence, the dwarf asked again, "Who is that raw face?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen it before, it's quite powerful, and all of us are not his opponents together. He carried a long cloth bag on his back, his hair was a little long, he was a man, and he heard that he wanted to buy slaves, and now he was staying in Aretha's hotel. ”

Hearing the girl's words about Rayson's characteristics, the woman who was working hard suddenly paused, but soon continued to work.

"Aretha's hotel?" The dwarf became serious: "She's the woman Saito has a crush on." You guys, you didn't go there to make trouble, did you? ”

The girl was stunned, didn't dare to look up, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "We'...... Hired a few people and went to the hotel to deal with him, but ...... Those people didn't come out, it is estimated that they did not succeed, and they may have folded. ”

After another moment of silence, the dwarf said, "It seems that this face is not simple. The hired person folded it, and you didn't expose it, did you? Does Aretha know you're the one who did it? ”

"I don't know, we didn't show up in front of her."

“……”

The dwarf collapsed on the couch with his eyes closed, and for a long time he didn't say a word, and he couldn't see what he was thinking. The girl and her followers knelt in place the whole time, respectfully.

For a long time, the dwarf trembled.

After a long breath, the dwarf waved his hand: "I know, you go down first." ”

"Yes!"

With a triumphant smirk, the girl got up and left the room, followed by a group of teenagers.

As soon as the door of the room closed, the dwarf's face suddenly changed.

"!"

The dwarf suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the neck of the woman who had just finished serving him, and pulled the delicate face in front of him.

"That face, do you know? Right? The dwarf asked viciously, and the abrupt pause of the person under him just now did not escape his eyes, and he realized that the woman probably knew the origin of the raw face.

Although the dwarf has short limbs, he has great strength, and the woman is quickly pinched to the point that her face is red and her breathing is not smooth.

He ...... That's what I said...... That madman ......"

"Crazy?" The dwarf narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly recalled what the woman had told him before: "He is the one you said, slaughtered the Giant Stone Gang in Lingdu, and cleaned up a group of royal army guys in your town?" ”

"That's him...... Long hair...... Carrying a long cloth bag...... You can't go wrong! It must have been him...... "Obviously, the woman knows Rayson.

She is the same Zoe who betrayed the town and allowed the mountain eagle to slaughter the townspeople. Zoe was knocked unconscious by Rayson at the time, and when she woke up, she happened to see Rayson cut off the hand of the mountain eagle, and Zoe, who realized Rayson's horror, decisively chose to escape. After a lot of tossing and turning, it is now in the hands of the dwarf.

Zoe didn't dare to lie to herself, and the dwarf shook her hand and let go of her.

"Didn't you say he was looking for his woman?" The dwarf said coldly, "Then why did he get here now?" Coming after you? ”

"Ahem! Cough! I don't know, but ...... I don't think I'm that important to him. Zoe gulped in the precious air, thinking of Rayson, still with a palpitating look.

The dwarf stared at Zoe: "This person is really as terrifying as you say?" ”

Zoe finally took a breath and looked at the dwarf, with a weak face: "You want to deal with Saito, I have no opinion." But if you want to provoke this madman, I think...... Or think again, right? Even if you work with warthogs, you don't have to ......."

Before Zoe could finish speaking, the dwarf suddenly jumped off the couch and slapped Zoe in the face.

"Are you questioning me?"

The dwarf's rampage went without warning, and Zoe covered her face and shook her head repeatedly: "I, I didn't." ”

But the dwarf didn't let him go, and went up and continued to punch and kick Zoe: "Do you want to disobey me too?" Yes? Say! Do you dare to disobey me? ”

Zoe didn't dare to resist, let alone speak, huddled on the ground and endured the violence of the dwarf gnome.

The dwarf squirmed for a while before stopping, panting and pointing at Zoe viciously and scolding, "You'd better figure it out, you're just a toy, just my dog like those pariahs!" You are not qualified to disobey and question me for what I say! One more time I was upset, and I picked you up and threw you out into the street, and let the untouchables play you badly, and then chop you up and feed the dogs! ”

Zoe lay on the ground twitching in pain, as if she had no strength to reply. The dwarf looked at it without the slightest sympathy in his eyes, and a cruel smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.

"I don't care who this madman is, he! And that untouchable man named Mauris! And Saito! They all have to die! ”