Book 1: Believers of Light Chapter 79: Chaotic Towns
"Is that really okay?" asked Jack, standing behind Tom with some wince. "No, I've been here before. If you know some rules, you just have to do what I do, and then tonight's dinner will be served, and besides, aren't you arrogant in Little Rock?
"How did I know that people here would do anything if they disagreed, we are bullying others in Little Rock. Jack touched the bruises in the corners of his eyes and said pitifully, and several people behind him also nodded hurriedly. "It's really useless, I would have thrown you in Little Rock and waited for death if I knew about it. I'll follow my plan for a while, and it's up to you to see how you do tonight. With that, Tom walked out of the dimly lit alleyway alone.
Tom, Jack, and Jace have been in the land of chaos for more than half a month, and at first they relied on Jace's magic and Tom's wisdom, and they were able to mix well, but they didn't expect that Jack would not change his nature in Little Rock after coming here, and he actually went to the street to tease women, and as a result, the other party's strength directly injured Jack and snatched Jace away.
Humiliated, Jack tells Tom about the situation, and Tom immediately decides to rescue Jace and find a way to beat the group. Of course, Tom was not carried away by anger, before acting, Tom deliberately asked Jack and the others to touch the other party's background, and found that they were just ordinary gangsters, with a little power.
This is exactly what Tom wants, in the half a month here, Tom is not idle like Jack and others, but relies on his identity as a nobleman to make some connections in the chaotic land, after all, living in the chaotic land, not only to have money but also power, and Tom does not have these two things, so Tom wants to get him, the best way is to have his own power first.
Today, Tom is going to pretend to be a nobleman who has just arrived here, and then find a way to find those faint troubles, and then help the gangsters break out of the siege and blend into them through Jack and others, and now after Jace comes out, he will find a way to recover them.
In the past few days, Tom has figured out the behavior and habits of the gangsters, and at this time of the day, they will come over to collect the protection money from the nearby stalls, and this is Tom's chance.
Sure enough, not long after Tom appeared, the thugs also appeared on the street corner, and as soon as they appeared, the chickens and dogs in the street barked. Seeing that the thugs were approaching him, Tom stopped at a stall selling fruit and began to pretend to pick fruit. After a while, the thugs came to the fruit stand. "Old man, it's time to pay today. The thugs shouted loudly. "Uncle Aceh, didn't you just hand it over two days ago, why did you hand it over again today?" said the fruit stall owner with a wincing face.
"What's the matter? Lao Tzu has no money to drink, and I asked you for wine money, but you still don't want to? Do you want to open the shop?" The thug at the head heard the words of the owner of the fruit shop, grabbed the boss's collar and asked viciously. "Yes, yes. The fruit shop owner didn't dare to breathe. "Count you as acquaintances. He let go of the boss, "Hurry up, hurry up and get the money." ”
Just when the boss was in despair and fled to get the money, a gangster next to the gangster poked the boss's back and whispered: "Boss, look, it's a fat sheep." ", Lao Tzu is not blind in his eyes, he can see it. After slapping the thug on the head, the thug gave him an unkind look at Tom and didn't make any move.
And Tom, who was standing on the side, still concentrating on picking fruits, saw the gangsters secretly looking at himself, and couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, I didn't expect that I hadn't looked for you yet, so you came to me. "The owner is there, how much is these. Tom asked, handing the fruit to the boss who had just come out. "This guest, a total of ten silver coins. After handing the money to the thugs with a smile, the boss turned to Tom and said, "Okay, the boss will give you ten silver coins." Tom took out the money bag, deliberately leaked out the gold coins underneath the silver coins, and then took out ten silver coins from it and handed them over.
Just as the boss was about to catch the silver coin, the thug next to him snatched the silver coin from Tom's hand, "Hey, how can you snatch my silver coin?" Tom shouted angrily to the thugs next to him.
"Who robbed you of the silver coins?" said the thug nonchalantly, "This is the protection money that this old man gave us, old man, do you say?" "Yes...... Be...... It's ......" Under the obscenity of the gangsters, the boss said resignedly. But that's exactly what Tom wanted. Tom was extremely angry, but he didn't want to provoke him, and was about to leave the fruit stand, but he didn't expect a thug to run up to Tom and stop him.
"Hey, what are you doing?" said Tom, dissatisfied. "What are you doing? Did you pay for the old man's fruit?" said the thug with an arrogant look on his face, "Why didn't I give it? The ten silver coins just now are the money I paid to the boss." Tom said with a flushed neck, apparently insulted.
"Yes, but the boss said you didn't pay for it. Right. The thug turned his head to the owner of the fruit stall and said, "Yes...... Be...... It's ......" The boss once again surrendered to the obscene coercion of the gangsters.
"You are talking nonsense, those ten silver coins just now are the money I gave to the boss to sell fruits, but you robbed them. Now you are accusing me of not giving money. Tom was obviously so angry that he had completely ignored the nobleman's appearance, and shouted loudly. For a moment, all the eyes of the pedestrians on the street were attracted by Tom's shout.
"Look, everyone, this guy bought the poor boss ten silver coins of fruit, but he didn't give him money, and he framed me for robbing him of silver coins, you see how this man is so vicious. The thugs beat him up and framed Tom as a person who didn't pay for his purchases.
But Tom had expected this, and seeing that Jack was already in the crowd and was walking this way, Tom took out a handful of coins from his money bag and said, "You say I don't pay, then give all this to the boss." Tom's behavior immediately made everyone around him think that Tom was a fool. Obviously, these thugs are deliberately looking for trouble with you when they see that you have a lot of money, and you even show that you have a lot of money, isn't this looking for death? For a while, many people looked at Tom and turned into a fool.
"I now suspect that you are stealing someone else's money bag as well. The thug grabbed Tom's arm, and then pressed it close to Tom's face with a fierce look. "Ah, where is my purse? One of the thugs next to him immediately shouted in cooperation and shouted that his money bag had been stolen.
"Look, guys, this man not only doesn't give money for buying things, but also wants to pay with stolen money. The thugs grabbed Tom's hand and shouted, and for a moment the people on the street cooperated with the thugs and shouted accusations at Tom. Tom had obviously not been so insulted, and he was speechless.
"Take the money, it's stolen goods. And come with us, this important official will punish you. "Of course, the gangsters don't really want to arrest Tom to see the officials, but now there are more and more onlookers, and if any enthusiastic people come to him with a hot brain, or come and insult him, then things will become difficult.
As a result, they were afraid of something, so the gangsters saw a few people squeezing in front of them and said, "Don't be in a hurry to send it to the official master." The gangsters were shocked at first, thinking that it was really some great person who wanted to get involved in the matter, but it turned out that it was just a few gangsters, and they were the gangsters who had just beaten up a few days ago.
"I didn't expect you guys to have the courage to come over, why weren't you ruthless enough to beat me two days ago?" said the thug as he threw Tom away and walked viciously in front of Jack.
"Hey...... Hey, man, listen to me first, I've got a big business here. Jack first made a gesture of surrender, and then said to the thugs in a flattering manner.
"Huh, big business?" the thug frowned and glanced at Jack suspiciously. After seeing that the gangster seemed to be a little interested, Jack hurriedly ran to the gangster, and then whispered in his ear: "I know this nobleman, an idiot who just came to the land of chaos, he doesn't understand anything, but he is very rich. I've seen him bring out a bag of gold coins. Luckily, I know him, big brother, as long as you let me take him away today, then we will have a big bag of gold coins. When the time comes, you and I will be divided fifty-fifty. ”
"Huh?" The thug glanced at Jack with an angry face, and Jack hurriedly said, "Three or seven are divided, big brother, you are seven and I am three." "What do you say. The gangster raised his fist directly, and Jack hurriedly said: "This is a gift from the younger brother to the eldest brother, as long as the eldest brother takes more care of the younger brother in the future." "How do I know if you're a gang?" the thug suspected, "Big brother, don't I have another brother in your hands, and if you think I've lied to you, then you'll kill my brother, and I'll definitely not be able to escape your palm, big brother." Jack hurriedly explained. "That's right, you'll be my Carl's brother from now on. The thug named Carl patted Jack on the shoulder with satisfaction, then turned to the thugs and said, "Let the people go." The thugs were a little puzzled, but they succumbed to the boss's obscenity and let Tom go.
After Tom was let go, he was still angry, and after Jack walked up to Tom's side and whispered a few words, Tom's anger gradually disappeared, but he glanced at Jack with some hesitation, and said to the gangster Carl: "No matter what, today's matter is like this." With that, Tom wanted to leave. But Carl obviously didn't want to let Tom go so easily, and snatched the money bag from Tom's hand, "You stole my little brother's this." Tom glared at Carl and left.
When Carl saw Tom leaving, he took Jack in his arms and said, "Good brother, let's go drink." The crowd around them dispersed when they saw that there was no commotion.
Then, in an imperceptible corner, Tom sees Jack and Carl far away, and a smile appears on the corner of his mouth.