Chapter 44: Exploring the Underwater Castle
Before the Metropolis was flooded, many families who could not leave their homeland tried to save themselves, and also formed an organization called the Safe Island Alliance. Most of these coalition members, if well prepared, survived the floods, and more than half of them evolved into the neighborhoods and communities in the floodplain today.
However, people have different hearts and different ideas. There was such a local tyrant, I don't know what his brain thought, he found the Shui family, one of the five major families at that time, and spent a huge amount of money to buy back the design of an underwater castle, preparing to renovate a building owned by him.
The renovation of the building was very successful, when the flood came, although only three floors of the building were still on the water, but part of the semi-enclosed space of the building successfully blocked the rise of the water level under the action of air pressure, and became a "diving building". ”
However, due to the success of the safety island plan, the metropolis was rebuilt, but the local tyrant family used too much energy to renovate the diving building, so the future reconstruction planning was insufficient, and the maintenance of the diving building required a lot of investment every month, and the family could not afford it, so it had to be auctioned.
"This is it." Jun pressed a red pin on a point on the map.
Jin Junmei searched for a while, pointed to another pushpin and said, "This is where Pan Zhuoyu was kidnapped." ”
As she said, measuring the distance between the two points, Jun said, "Although the waterway in this place is narrow, the water is very deep, and if you rely on diving and are familiar with the route, it only takes more than ten minutes to reach the diving building." It has all the living facilities, and if you want to, you can live forever. ”
Jin Junmei groaned: "Who is the owner of the building now?" ”
Ah Jun said: "It is a commercial agency of the agriculture and forestry city-state, and it has certain diplomatic authority. ”
Jin Junmei said: "That's not easy, now the diplomatic team of the metropolis is probably already arguing with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the steel city-state, I'm afraid that no one wants to be involved in the diplomacy of a city-state at this time, especially agriculture and forestry." ”
What Jin Junmei said is the truth, not to mention that since the Battle of the Canal, although the two sides have reached an agreement through the mediation of the city-states, the agricultural and forestry city-states have always believed that they have suffered losses (in fact, they have suffered losses), so they will not give an inch to the metropolis diplomatically, regardless of whether they are reasonable or not. And the metropolis consciously loses money, and its national strength is declining, so it can endure the agriculture and forestry city-states, and never take the initiative to provoke the agriculture and forestry city-states.
"But how could Nonglin allow the steel city-state to use its own foreign affairs agency? Aren't you afraid of setting yourself on fire? Jin Junmei raised his own question.
Ah Jun smiled: "This question, your father must know better than me how to afford, he is a big politician." ”
"Cut." Jin Junmei expressed his disdain for his father who was a politician, but he knew in his heart that his father was an extremely unemotional person in life, but when it came to political affairs, he could talk endlessly for three days and three nights.
"The steel city-state has been using its military strength to oppress and coerce the agricultural and forestry city-states all these years, and under this premise, any political compromise is possible." Ah Jun took a pen as a cigar in his mouth, and then imitated Councilor Kim to say this, don't say it, it's really like.
Jin Junmei couldn't help laughing, but she knew that although Ah Jun was amusing herself, what he said was not a joke.
She thought for a while and said, "There are two problems now, one is that we can't be sure that Pan Zhuoyu is hiding in the diving building." Second, even if it can be determined, how can Pan Zhuoyu be rescued? ”
Ah Jun said: "I think the ratio of these two possibilities is twenty-eight, and Officer Calus will keep me informed of the lockdown situation of the Metropolitan Signature, anyway, so far, there is no suspicious person's situation." The consulate of the Iron City-State also did not change. As for the commercial charge d'affaires of agriculture and forestry...... As the old saying goes, as long as someone pays enough money, there is naturally a way to solve it. ”
Jin Jun frowned and said: "Qian Qian Qian, you talk about money every day, and I haven't seen you leave a few behind, and you are often chased by Aunt Feng......"
Ah Jun suddenly lost his spirit and said, "Don't expose people when you speak." ”
After Jin Junmei came back from Ah Jun, she relaxed a lot, so she slept for a few more hours, and as soon as it was dawn, she got up, washed up, and went downstairs for breakfast.
When eating breakfast, Jin Junmei didn't see Mei Rabbit, so he asked the half-orc who was on the top shift, and he couldn't say clearly when he took the half-orc, but said vaguely: It seems that he was attending a gathering of the Rabbit Gang, and he asked for leave last night.
Jin Junmei thought of the relationship between Meitu and Cheng Gang, and immediately the meal was unstable again.
At this moment, Ah Jun yawned and pushed the door in, and sat in the window booth as usual, since he had lived here for several years, he didn't need to say hello, and the orc served a regular meal, and a large glass of cold Egyptian beer.
Jun was pleased with how cold the Egyptian beer was, but he drank it all by beating two more raw eggs, then burped with satisfaction before concentrating on his breakfast.
Jin Jun Mei took her breakfast, hurriedly sat down opposite Ah Jun, and said in a low voice, "The beautiful rabbit is gone." ”
Ah Jun smiled: "The Rabbit Gang's party is held twice a year. ”
Jin Junmei expressed her worries: "How do you know that she is going to a party?" Maybe he ran away with Cheng Gang. ”
Ah Jun said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, the steel city-state will not let mutants like Mei Rabbit plan to be naturalized, so if the metropolis can't stay, they can only go back to Rabbit Island, that place, even if Cheng Gang is used to it, Cheng Gang's wife can't get used to it, but it's brutal, his son may like Rabbit Island." ”
"But it's a possibility." Jin Junmei began to worry about Ah Jun's arrogant personality again.
Ah Jun said in his own way: "We have limited energy now, so we can only do high-probability events, rest assured, we can generally complete it smoothly." ”
Jin Junmei said: "What if it doesn't go well? ”
Ah Jun said: "That's no way, my reputation is damaged, you, it is estimated that you can only work in the logistics department for a lifetime." ”
Jin Junmei stopped: "Why are you like this...... I promised my father to take care of me. ”
Ah Jun smiled weirdly and said, "What? Need my attention now? ”
Five seconds later, along with the leftover breakfast, Jin Junmei pasted his plate on Ah Jun's face.
Humming a little song that I don't know which dynasty or which generation it was, Ah Jun walked slowly on the 42nd Street, and from time to time he either greeted the acquaintances and neighbors he met along the way, or glanced at the beautiful female tourists with his eyes.
Jin Junmei felt ashamed, so he had to follow him not far away.
Didn't you say you were going to investigate? How can you be so laid-back? If it weren't for seeing Ah Jun's detection status when she was sneaking in the hotel, she would really think that Ah Jun was fooling her.
Walking to the clinic on 42nd Street, Ah Jun pushed the door, but the door did not open, so there was a burst of shouting and kicking, and a few minutes later, a disheveled "Medusa" head came out from the second floor, yawning, and two shirtless.
Since Kekexi took over the clinic on the street, the business of the clinic has deteriorated. Although the old doctor had inferior medical skills, he could always find some black work to do, but Kekexi would only tie people up into mummies, so in the past two days, there have been no patients at all.
After letting Ah Jun and Jin Junmei into the door, Ah Jun reproached: "Didn't you say that you were ready early in the morning?" Why are you still sleeping? ”
Kekexi yawned again, which made Jin Junmei very worried that her jaw would fall to the ground at any time, but fortunately, everything was just in danger.
Reprimanded by Ah Jun, Ke Kexi didn't get angry or defend, just avoided the unique steps of the Naga, crawled upstairs, and when she came down, he dragged a huge equipment box, which looked very heavy.
Ah Jun said again: "Okay, you will go too, why are there only two sets of equipment?" ”
Kekexi glanced at Ah Jun and said, "Last time, I went to help Boss Shark, and I put a set in them...... Ay...... The deposit is paid in advance. ”
She said, holding out a hand.
Ah Jun sighed helplessly, put a small gold coin in Kekexi's palm, five or six silver coins of different sizes, and said, "You can go now." ”
Kekexi rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry, I'm a girl no matter what, I always have to freshen up and dress up when I go out to run errands." ”
As she spoke, she completely ignored Ah Jun's feelings, and went upstairs to freshen up, Ah Jun reluctantly sat down on the old sofa, but was poked by a spring again, feeling very sour.
Jin Junmei saw it in his eyes, and snickered in his heart: It turns out that you also have times when you can't do anything about people, it's really a thing to a thing.
In fact, it took less than half an hour for Kekexi to freshen up, which is already considered a god speed among girls.
The three of them came to a small restaurant near the diving building, with a very strange name, called "a bite". The propaganda poster shows a big catfish with its tail cocked and vivid, baring its teeth, sticking a human hand from between its teeth, leaning on its back, as if it was still calling for help.
The name is so vivid.
The boss was a big fat man, bald, wearing a pair of big shorts, shirtless, and wearing an apron with all kinds of soup, blood and indescribable dirt.
He was obviously an old acquaintance of Ah Jun and Ke Kexi, and hugged Ah Jun very warmly, and Jin Jun clearly saw some things on the apron of the boss, which was sticky and sticky to Ah Jun's body. So when Boss Yao's enthusiastic eyes shifted to Jin Junmei, she was afraid that he would also hug him warmly.
Fortunately, the boss still respects women very much, and does not hug warmly, but is very polite in words, which is true for both Jin Junmei and Kekexi.
The boss let them go to the room behind the back kitchen, the room has steps facing down, only one or two sections are on the water, it turns out that the whole room is a pool, from the smell of fish in the air Jin Junmei guessed that this is the fish pond of the boss.
There is also a stele in the middle of the room, with words on it, at this time Ah Jun happened to turn on the light in the room, Jin Junmei saw that the stele read: "Ke Junxia's body was beaten ...... from this" There is still a word left below the water surface, but Jin Junmei guessed that it was a "fishing" word.
Ke Junxia, the legendary hero who saved the metropolis, turned out to die here, which doesn't seem glorious at all.