Chapter 168: Prelude to the Feast
As the days passed, April approached, and for the whole town of Hercules, it was just a prelude to the upcoming Oktoberfest. Basically, the former town was a town with a developed tourism industry, and in order to attract tourists, there are always some specific festivals held on specific days.
Even after many years of declining tourism, these festivals have survived. When it comes to festivals like this, the town is lit up with lights, and businesses are actively preparing for the upcoming day. As the town of Hercules, the most ferocious wine and the most pubs in the town of Comlin, it is even more important to get a piece of the upcoming beer festival. Needless to say, Lei Chan, who is now the manager of the 'wine' store, naturally wants to participate in this event.
It was the weekend, and he was in the back kitchen at this time, carefully cutting the pork into minced meat, wrapping it in rice, filling it into a piece of bread, and finally carefully putting it in the oven. I looked up at the time, washed my hands and walked towards the front desk. Before I could get there, I heard a knock on the door.
As if he didn't need to ask, Lei Chan directly pulled the bolt of the front door and opened the door for the person who knocked on the door, and Sunny and Dimilli had already appeared outside the door.
Ever since last Christmas, when Daddy John accidentally slipped out and learned that Lei Chan had temporarily helped Benjamin open a store, almost every weekend, Sannie would always come to Lei Chan during the day. Every time he was full of interest to talk about his things at school, although Lei Chan, the king-sized stalker, knew what happened to Sanny every day, and knew that the truth was far less interesting than Sanny said, but he still took the trouble to smile and listen to Sunny's story.
Occasionally, Gretel or DiMillie would follow Sanny here, but the two children were also underage, and they were always a little uncomfortable entering the tavern that only adults could come to, and they were often a little restrained.
"Here? Find a place to sit and keep the door closed! Lei Chan commanded as he walked towards the back kitchen. Accustomed to Sunny's arrival at the weekly meeting, he would prepare a little as well. Inside and out, there is no trace of the appearance of the humanoid beast before, if this appearance is seen by others, I am afraid that it will definitely feel that the end of the world has come.
Off topic, back to the text.
When Lei Chan came out with his own special pork dough cake, he found that Shanny and Dimilli were a little depressed, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled. Putting the dough in front of the two of them, pulling out a chair and sitting down to pour a glass of water for the two of them, he asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”
With her only eye, Sunny looked at Lei Chan pitifully, like a puppy Poppy.
Lei Chan dispelled the bad illusion in his mind, and gently touched Shanny's black hair, Lei Chan asked again: "What's wrong?" ”
"Kidd has already gone to join the army, and will probably report to the barracks in the middle of this month. The family is now a little unhappy, her father always has a black face, and Sunny has been more or less affected. Dimiri looked at Sunny's appearance and took the initiative to explain.
Lei Chan was stunned, he had heard about Kidd's departure before, and it was somewhat unpleasant at that time. I thought it would be June, but I didn't expect it to be two months earlier. It seems that Kidd and Daddy John's opinions have diverged again, but Lei Chan has no intention of persuading. After all, at the end of the day, Shanny was the only one who really cared about him, and the others were just incidental.
Simple and straightforward, Lei Chan nodded, gently straightened out Sunny's somewhat messy hair, and then said slowly: "Adults always have some last resort choices, maybe you don't understand it now, but there are some things Kidd has to do." ”
Shanni was a little disappointed when she heard Lei Chan's words. For the first time since she left those pictures in the fireplace where she felt safe, Shanni saw her brother and sister and her father asleep, and saw 'HOME'. It was the first time, and she didn't feel so bad about home.
I thought that I would be able to get my brother's help when I came here, but I didn't expect that Lei Chan just lightly overshadowed this matter, and he didn't want to help at all.
Perhaps it was Lei Chan's cold attitude that made Sunny a little angry, but after eating the dough that Lei Chan prepared for her, she pulled her sister away. This made him plan to show Sunny what she was preparing for the Oktoberfest, but Razen was not disappointed, and after closing the front door again, he made his way to the basement.
Nearly a year later, Benjamin has not been heard from. But for some reason, Lei Chan did not give up waiting, but still maintained the status quo of 'wine', waiting for Benjamin to return.
Pushing open the door of the basement, Lei Chan just took all the test tubes and flasks on Benjamin's workbench into the cabinet on the side. After vacating the table, a map was placed. This map is just a very ordinary tourist map, and you can get a copy with almost any purchase of something.
The map shows the whole town of Hercules, and many of the tourist attractions on it are marked at the time of printing, but many places are crossed with a red pen. Only one mountain range outside the outskirts has been heavily circled with a red pen.
At the bottom of the large circle is marked with a ballpoint pen: the location of the secret vault of the universal vault.
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About four months ago, after Christmas, Lei Chan did not give up the secret code of the vault key left by Benjamin, but began to carefully search for the location of the secret vault of the universal vault in this area. After a four-month search, combined with the experience gained from the Morgan vault, Lei Chan soon found the secret vaults located in several large vaults near the small town of Hercules.
I have to say that being rich is capricious, these big capitalists basically put their secret vaults in the surrounding mountains or even underground, and then they actually put a lot of heavily loaded guards outside. If it weren't for Lei Chan's ability to shuttle through space, I'm afraid he would have to go on a killing spree.
In the end, after repeated exploration, Lei Chan finally determined which area the vault password left by Benjamin should be. After four months of exploration, the truth was finally ushered in, which made Lei Chan a little absent-minded about other things.
Out of scruples, Lei Chan did not directly break into the secret vault of the universal vault, but slowly looked for loopholes in the guards' patrols, and finally decided to sneak into the universal vault today and open Benjamin's safe.
After reconfirming the front and back doors of the tavern, and having all eight windows locked, Lei Chan kept his eyes fixed on the clock on the wall. It's 3:11 p.m., and when the second hand skips 60 seconds, the room is empty!
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