"From Theater Square to the marina, this is the closest route. ”

In the dim light of the streetlights, Lorenzo sat on the steps of the square, while Hybod picked up a map and pointed him to the route.

Because of the seaside trade, Maruli's economy was very developed, and correspondingly its buildings were also very large, and the whole city was morbidly developed and crowded.

At the sight of this, Lorenzo had a headache, and he began to miss the old Dunling, which was also crowded, but at least the iron snake was the main means of transportation, but here, the streets were full of horse-drawn carriages, like racing horses, and smoke and dust flew away.

"We need some good horses, preferably war horses. "It will be chaotic then, and we will have to blindfold our horses." ”

"Where are they to be arranged?" Lorenzo asked, "and both events must be carried out at the same time, so that there will be a lot of Orthodox believers here, and perhaps the surrounding streets will be paralyzed and temporarily controlled." ”

In front of the crowded crowd, even the war horse can't run, and maybe it will be dragged back.

"How can we leave without horses? Run, no matter how fast we run, it will take at least twenty minutes to run to the docks, and this is still without the enemy blocking it. ”

Haybold frowned, the plan was far more difficult to implement than he thought.

The plan was at an impasse, and Lorenzo looked up at the somewhat empty theater square.

It was already dark, but there were no lights on, everything seemed dark, and only the figures not far away could be seen.

The two wounded Kestrel and Erin were sent back first, but Lorenzo was still a little uneasy, and when he left, he deliberately tied Erin's hands with shackles, and then handed the key to Kestrels.

After suffering a loss, this time Kestrel was much more alert, this guy threw the key into the sewer directly in front of Erin, and then pulled her back to the hotel where she rested, and it was not clear how the two got along.

Eve stood not far away, she was still a little girl after all, and there were so many things in this foreign land that attracted her, and while Lorenzo and Hybode were discussing plans, she walked around the theater square and chased the pigeons for a while.

It was dark and Eve couldn't see the pigeons, but before a while the light came up in the streets.

It was an old man, holding a long pole in his hand, and the flame was burning at the top of the pole, and he walked to the side of the lamplamp, and put the burning pole into the lampshade, and a bright light came out of it.

"What is he doing?"

Eve approached Lorenzo, sat down next to the two of them, and asked with some curiosity.

"Lamplighter. ”

Lorenzo glanced up and explained.

"Lamplighter?"

Eve was clearly unaware of this strange profession.

"Yes, Maruli is different from the old Dunling, which is a city of advanced and technological technology, and through the efforts of the Perpetual Motion Pump, large-scale electricity has been used in the inner city, and even outside the inner city, electric lights have been used, so that the light has always sheltered us. ”

Lorenzo spoke slowly about the differences in technology between the two countries.

"But Marury is different, it doesn't have a perpetual motion pump, even the steam technology is trying to catch up, let alone electricity, so the lighting system used in the city is relatively backward gas street lights. ”

Lorenzo said, gesturing at the burning pole in the lamplighter's hand.

"These gas lamps have pipes that release gas, and when night falls, they are turned on, and then the lamplighters will appear, and they will put a long burning pole into the lampshade and let the flames ignite the gas so that the light can be released. ”

As Lorenzo narrates, the lamplighter lights up one street lamp after another, and the light fills the square little by little, and there is light in the field of vision.

"This kind of thing was used in the old Dunling decades ago, but now it's mostly obsolete, only a few places still have it, but it still exists as a souvenir," Lorenzo continued, "It's very inefficient, it takes a lamp lighter to turn it on, and it needs a lighter to deal with it when it goes out." ”

"In other words, this thing is connected to a gas pipe, isn't it dangerous?" asked Eve.

"In the beginning, because of the danger, the gas lamp was used as a street lamp instead of a home light, and as for the pipes, it was buried deep underground...... Probably fine. ”

Lorenzo said this, but his expression was a little strange.

"Eve, you're so full of bad water!"

Lorenzo seemed to have something in mind, and he complimented Eve.

"Huh?"

Eve couldn't figure out what Lorenzo was thinking.

Lorenzo wasn't ready to explain, he grabbed the map from Haybod's hand and scribbled his finger over it.

"Haybod, if I succeed in assassinating the Pope, will I become a terrorist?"

"Almost...... bar. ”

Looking at Lorenzo's excitement, Haybold felt a little uneasy, after these days of getting along, he had realized that Lorenzo was a neurotic who would get sick from time to time, and he always had some outrageous but reliable ideas, and when these thoughts appeared, he usually had such an expression.

"Anyway, they are all terrorists, and they are going to be beheaded, and there is no difference between one less crime and one more crime. ”

Lorenzo muttered as he searched for a spot on the line that Haybod had drawn, until he finally found a spot that satisfied him.

"What do you say about here, Haybod. ”

Lorenzo's heroic appearance is like looking at feng shui to pick a house.

"What's going on here?"

Haybold looked at Lorenzo's point, not far from the Theater Square, where a straight avenue led to the hub of traffic in the neighborhood, and on closer inspection, Hypard saw that it was in the middle of the escape route.

"It's a disadvantage for us because it's not easy to get around, but it's also good for the enemy, isn't it?"

Lorenzo began to babble.

"The crowd will also block their way, and without radio communication, this technology is only available to the old Dunling, they can't communicate in time, not to mention that there are no iron whales swimming in the sky, and a red air cavalry will suddenly fall from the sky and blow our heads off. ”

The more Lorenzo spoke, the happier he became, and he suddenly realized that it was quite good that the technology here was backward.

"What do you mean?"

Hypard vaguely guessed that Lorenzo was saying something terrible, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

"You see, if you want to be a terrorist, you have to be thorough, this is the hub of transportation, we only need to blow up the underground gas pipeline, we can directly paralyze the traffic, even if they send someone to intercept us, we can't catch up, not to mention that we are in the shadows, they can't set up defenses in advance, can they?"

"But the gas pipes are underground, how are you going to blow them up? Dig them out in front of them? And we don't have that kind of firepower!"

Haybold retorted, but looking at Lorenzo's serious expression, he hesitated.

"No...... Really, right?"

Lorenzo replied with a smile.

"Do you know about lacquer antimony? I've got a big jar with me. ”

......

At night, the streets of Maruri are still crowded with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages and mounted police officers crisscrossing the streets, and the sound of conversation continues.

"Is this a stepping point?"

Eve followed behind the two of them and asked in a whisper, after hearing Lorenzo's plan, no one would not be moved, this neurotic was really ready to be a terrorist to the end.

"Well, it can also be used as a tourist. ”

Lorenzo leaned against the wall, looking at the map and observing the hurried street.

This is the main road of traffic, which takes all the pressure of traffic in the vicinity, and it is necessary to pass through here if you want to get to different areas quickly.

"We blew it up and fled. ”

Lorenzo repeated his simple and crude plan.

"Honestly, I should have tried to dissuade you from doing this damn thing, but ......," Haybold looked like he wanted to say.

"But you're excited, aren't you?"

Lorenzo can't be described as excited anymore, the guy is simply ecstatic.

"Hybode, there aren't many opportunities for this kind of justifiable explosion, are you sure you want to refuse?"

Hybod didn't answer, but asked, referring to the street.

"How are you going to blow it, gas pipelines are such dangerous goods, they must have reinforced them many times at the beginning of the design. ”

"Yes, that's not all, there are a lot of prerequisites for a gas explosion, but it's not what we think, just a hole in the pipe can explode. ”

Lorenzo looked professional.

For the knowledge of gas pipeline explosions, it is also thanks to the purification mechanism, because those guys always use gas pipeline explosions to cover up the truth, and over time, some people in the old Dunling have become suspicious, and they have created a popular science magazine to explain to the people that this thing can't be blown up at all, and even if it does, it won't be so outrageous.

Lorenzo had the pleasure of reading that issue.

Of course, with the cooperation of the scavengers, the popular science magazine changed owners not long after, and although the magazine was still published, the suspicion of the secrets of the old Dunling was completely erased.

"The pressure in the pipes is very high, and the gas will rush out of the breach very quickly, and the flow rate is so fast that the air cannot enter and ignite the explosion, and even if there is an open flame, all you can see is a column of fire that keeps erupting. ”

Lorenzo was serious, like a demolition expert.

"There is also the need for gas to accumulate in a confined environment, and if it is detonated, the explosion will burn all the air, creating a brief period of low pressure, and then more air will be squeezed in, and more gas will be released to provide fuel for the continuous explosion and combustion. ”

"Wait a minute, Lorenzo, this is already a terrorist attack, right?"

Hybod's face turned green as he listened, and he felt that the assassination of the Pope was no longer a big deal, and if it was really as Lorenzo said, the explosion might have tossed the entire neighborhood.

"It's just an explanation, our purpose is to escape, not to kill, there is no need to cause such a large-scale explosion, all we need is to paralyze the traffic. ”

"But you've already planned it, haven't you?" asked Eve, too.

"Oh, is it illegal to think about it?"

Lorenzo asked rhetorically, but he didn't dwell too much on the subject, and continued.

"The antimony thing is a liquid fire, but it hasn't been ignited yet. Lorenzo thought about the measurement, raised his hand, and compared it to an approximate height.

"All you need is these antimonies, a small part of them, and there are gas pipes in the gas lamps, and destroying the lampposts may be able to detonate these," Lorenzo paused, "along with the protective gas valve." ”

"It's too risky, too much uncertainty. Haybold vetoed.

"If you're not sure, just increase the dose, I brought a lot of lacquer antimony, I just don't want to waste it all here, otherwise those things will detonate together, and it can blow up the entire Yega Theater. ”

Lorenzo looked determined to have a big bang.

"Hybod, the rescue of Ivar and the assassination of the Pope are going on at the same time, and in order to ensure success, the negotiation will also take place near the theater square.

Think about how many people will gather here at that time? spectators, believers, and some passers-by, the explosion will attract their attention, and it will cause a riot, and the mass panic will be beneficial to our actions. ”

Lorenzo completely put himself in the role of a terrorist.

"You're right, Haybod, these things are unpredictable, but have you ever thought that our assassination and rescue operations can go wrong? If the enemy is alerted in the middle, do we flee or continue to operate? In this case, the explosion will also serve as a smoke bomb to buy us time to act. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Haybold was persuaded by Lorenzo.

"Rennet's performance was after sunset and before nightfall, when we had just experienced the darkness, when the gas lamp valve was turned on and the lamplighter went out to work. ”

Lorenzo looked at the glowing streetlights.

"It was the moment where dusk and night met, and it was time for us to act.

When night falls, the gas valve opens and the gas gushes out, and after a few minutes the high flame of antimony will pour into it, detonating the street, and the panic will spread through the crowd, and maybe even a riot, and then we can start what we want to do. ”

"How do you detonate it?" asked Haybod, "we don't have many men. ”

"Lamplighter. ”

Lorenzo said.

The gas lamp needs the lamplighter to light the fire, and the high temperature will ignite the paint antimony, which will release a large amount of heat, and the steel will be melted, and the hot metal will flow backwards into the pipes, igniting and exploding one after another.

This is the time bomb planted in the street lamp, spreading panic and anger in the Marulin.

"Manpower is a problem, and have you ever thought that we need to operate in two lines, a group of people to rescue Ivar, and I will hunt the Pope alone......" Lorenzo thought for a moment and added, "Of course, I may not be alone, our actions need to be synchronized, evacuate at the same time, use time as a timer, do you think it is feasible? For example, how many minutes after the start of the operation, the evacuation begins, and whoever can't catch up will be left behind?"

Faced with Lorenzo's questioning, Hybod fell silent.

"I'm an expert, time is the real uncertainty, not to mention that we are facing the Iron Law Bureau, those guys are far more sensitive than us, and looking at the time in that situation will undoubtedly arouse their suspicions, and we don't have a communicator, so we can't communicate in time. ”

Lorenzo thought for a moment, he suddenly remembered his own power, in a way, the power Gabriel can also communicate, but it is a one-way communication, and Lorenzo does not know whether it will have a negative effect on the person being communicated after activating this ability.

"Explode!"

Eve said from the side.

"Yes, the explosion is the number!"

Lorenzo high-fived her, happy.

According to the distance calculation, if the explosion is successful, the impact of the explosion will reach the side of the theater square, and even if you hide in the depths of the house, you can hear the heavy sound like a giant bell.

Hypard sighed helplessly, he believed that Lorenzo must have a better solution, but this guy would not let go of this rightful opportunity to blow up Gaulnalo, he obviously cared more about fun than a terrible job.

The problem was solved, he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the end of the street, where the believers had finished the sacrament and came out of the darkness, and in the blink of an eye the streets were crowded again.