Chapter 044: Strange Man
It is said that this building will be demolished next month, so the berthing fee is half a blue gold coin a day, which is the cheapest berthing platform in the whole capital star. However, people do not guarantee safety, and it is better to leave someone on the boat to guard it.
As much as Sasha would love to see the Capital Star Bar, Lynciso has given her an important task, which is to take charge of the Phantom. The Light Brain has the ability to adapt to change, but it is not omnipotent, and many high-tech means to steal the spaceship are easy. Unless the Holpe tree species is hatched to activate the interstellar cruise ship, so that it is not afraid of photobrain viruses or other means.
John stepped out of the Phantom and took Lynciso to the first thing he did on the hoverbus.
The mooring platform is far from the downtown area, and it is necessary to walk a long way to find the sales group formed by the declining aristocracy.
The bus was filled with fashionably dressed young men and women, tattooed with bells and whistles, and decent office workers with anxious expressions on their faces, as if they were going to be late. Linciso was like pure water in it, clutching her backpack in her hand and looking curiously through the car window.
No one knows what the country boy is thinking, how many ancestors of the Earth Ring Star have wanted to return to this prosperity, but most of them are buried in the desert, and there is no one in ten thousand who succeeds. All this changed because of the arrival of the Red Storm, and tens of thousands of teenagers left their hometowns, but what did they get? What you get is endless blood, and the doom of being sold in a cage.
Linciso felt very fortunate to have met the kind-hearted Uncle John, and now that he had the Phantom and the Apothecary's Relic, the side effects of the catalyst were just around the corner. Sister Mana, they must also be working very hard to move in the same direction.
"Platform 3 is almost here, please pay attention to passengers who need to get off the train."
"Hisoka, come with me."
Hearing the shout, he hurriedly followed, and it was easy to get lost if he was not familiar with the capital star.
There were very few passengers getting off the train on platform three, John straightened his clothes and smirked, and pulled out a beautiful flower out of nowhere, Lin Xisuo suddenly shouted: "Uncle, this seems to be pandan grass, where did you buy it?" ”
John smiled very thiefly, his eyes glowed with a rare look, sniffed the fragrance of the flower and said, "This flower was picked from the infirmary, I don't know the other plants, I happen to know the pandan grass." Don't be so distressed, lend it to the uncle's envoy first, and when you meet someone, you will have a sweet mouth, I haven't come back for more than ten years, I don't know how Elena is now! ”
"Uncle's old lover? Willing, willing, no matter how much pandan grass is willing, why don't you pull out the cistanche? It's beautiful and valuable, and it can make wine, much stronger than pandan grass. ”
"Stupid, it's just a thought, we're old friends, what can't she get for the prince?"
"Prince? The crown prince of the Jinfeng Empire? Linciso's mouth opened in surprise, looking incredulous.
"Hahaha, do you really dare to think, if I know the people around the crown prince, they have already soared, why bother to transport goods to others? The prince is a nickname, the young owner of the inverted master group, a small nobleman who doesn't even have a territory, but in recent decades, he has been mixed up and has become famous in the capital star underworld, and the person we are looking for is the prince. ”
Follow John into the dark alley, the street lamps are in disrepair, "crackling" and sparkling, in addition to the gloom there is also a bad smell of engine oil.
It's hard to imagine this being a famous trading spot, where hearing is instantly replaced by deafening music when a rotten wooden door opens through a puddle.
There are a lot of people here, swaying wildly and dancing wildly. John seemed to curse and pulled Lynciso up and walked towards the bathroom.
When the two entered the bathroom, John took out a card and shook it against the wall, and immediately opened a passageway, and several big men next to him chatted to themselves, without even raising their eyelids.
John explained: "These are prepared to deal with the police, and the prince often does illegal business, so he is very cautious. ”
After walking more than 50 meters along the passage, the eyes suddenly opened up, the locomotives in the white hall shuttled continuously, and all kinds of goods piled up, like a busy unloading dock.
"Hum" The pale yellow locomotive stopped in front of him, and said in a soft voice: "Hello, Baron Klinsmann, welcome. ”
"Is the prince here? I talked to him about a deal and met Elena by the way. ”
"I'm sorry, the prince has something to do, Ms. Elena is in a meeting, do you have an appointment?"
"Please inform Elena quietly, and say that Baron Klinsmann wants to meet her, and ask her where to meet."
"Okay, please wait."
John waited for a long time, and then the locomotive light brain responded: "Ms. Elena invited you to the office to meet, and she was very angry, saying that it was strange that someone still had the face to come back. ”
John sighed: "I knew it would be like this, and she was still haunting me about saying goodbye." ”
Lin Xiso asked in a low voice, "Uncle, what's going on?" This lady treats you like ......"
"It's a thing of the past! I originally worked for the crown prince, and I had a good relationship with Elena, who had an unhappy marriage, and I couldn't give her happiness on my terms, so I left silently. I've seen it for so many years, so I'll come back and take the opportunity to admit my mistake. ”
"Oh, so Lady Elena would be my aunt, wouldn't she?"
"Don't talk nonsense, there are some things that cannot be undone once you miss them for a lifetime, but I will try my best."
The two of them boarded the locomotive and soon came to an office door. John hesitated, pondered for a moment, mustered up the courage to push the door and walked in.
Lin Xiso didn't move, it was better for the two of them to talk in private first, who would want a few hundred watts of large light bulbs and pestles by their side?
John glanced at the door as he pushed the door, and Elena looked very capable, dressed in professional attire, with an outstanding temperament, and a little domineering. She didn't pretend to be reserved, but stood at the desk and looked at the middle-aged man with flowers in her hand with a serious face.
After five or six minutes, suddenly a voice came: "Young man, why are you sitting here?" ”
Lin Xisuo looked back, and an old man with a wrinkled face walked slowly, surrounded by more than a dozen vacuum cleaners, scurrying around like a kitten and a puppy, looking like a cleaner.
"Hello, I'm waiting for someone here, is it in the way of you, just get out of the way."
The old man smiled: "I saw the person just now who seems to be John." I haven't seen him for a long time, and I remember that he and Elena had a good relationship. But that elm head is smart on the surface, but in fact, it is very rigid in his bones. Young man, how about sitting in my quarters? After John comes out, there will be a light brain to inform us, don't be stupid to stand here in a daze, do you see anyone around? ”
Lin Xisuo thought about it, there must be a lot to say after more than ten years of absence, Elena must have put away all the work at hand, and hurriedly expressed her gratitude: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, where do you live?" ”
The old man waved his hand lightly, and the vacuum cleaner beside him rushed forward like joy, and said loudly: "You will know if you come along." ”
Lin Xisuo found that the old man did not have a big step, but in the blink of an eye, he had already walked out more than thirty meters, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
In terms of speed, Lin Xisuo is not slow, and his feet are slightly forced, as if he is slow and fast to follow closer. The old man laughed heartily, neither quickening nor slowing down, pacing leisurely as if he were strolling leisurely.
"Old man, you must be a martial monk, and you are of a very high level."
"Young man, don't treat others with yourself, the old man is a cyborg who is about to die, and he has embedded leopard genes, so his speed is faster than ordinary people. After retiring, I have been a bodyguard for half my life, and now I am dying, and I can't compare to you, a little leopard. ”
"Biochemical leopard people? Is there still production now? It seems that the first galaxy was canceled a thousand years ago, how long do you live? ”
The old man stopped, and the two of them had already arrived at the utility room, where the floor was polished and remarkable, and a hundred or so vacuum cleaners and grinders were turning at will.
With cups on the wooden dining table and a steaming kettle, the setting is less like a utility room than a country inn.
The old man sat down, poured a cup of cheap coffee for Linciso, and said leisurely: "The first galaxy production line is usually eliminated to the second galaxy, and after the second galaxy is used, it is eliminated to the third galaxy, so it is not surprising that there are biochemical leopard people here. The first time I saw you, I found it very kind, your muscles are very tough, and you are a bit like us leopard people. The control of speed is free, just like an energetic little leopard, so I asked you to sit with me. ”
Lin Xiso suddenly said: "You must have a lot of great experience, before the appearance of biochemical robots, biochemical leopard people were usually special forces assault personnel, with your skills it is not difficult to save a pension, why are you willing to work as a cleaner here?" ”
"A lot of people are as curious as you are. You know, the number of cyborgs who can survive is scarce, we have no fertility, no family, only numbers. It's not a matter of money anymore, it's the loneliness that all cyborgs are afraid of. I once saved the life of the crown prince, so I was able to enjoy my old age here, and every day I watched the bustling flow of people, and my heart was alive, so that I would not die of depression. ”
"Well, if it were me, it would be the same. You're a speed fighter and you've definitely accumulated a lot of combat experience, can you teach you some tips? ”
The old man took a sip of coffee and suddenly said, "Young man, you see this is a cheap bitter coffee, I don't even add sugar." It doesn't compare to those premium drinks, but once you get used to it, you'll find that it tastes sweet at the end of the bitterness. In fact, my technique is very simple, it is this bitter word. ”
"Bitter words? You mean? Linciso had a little realization in his heart.
"Anything goes to extremes with subtle changes, come, drink coffee."
The old man was approachable, and Linciso talked about the exploration of the Earth Ring Star Crypt, and it wasn't until a dozen cups of coffee that he remembered that John and his old lover were still in the office!
"Old man, I'm leaving, I came to the capital star this time to buy some items to go back, the maze star is about to open, and I need to be ready."
"Oh, the famous Labyrinth Star? There must be a lot of warrior monks on the expedition, and maybe I can help you get what you need. ”
Lin Xiso was unimpressed, but he was not rude, and said with gratitude: "These items are very strange, you can see it by looking at the list." ”
(I hope you will recommend it a lot, I fell off the list, help Lao Guding go back, and get through the difficulties together.) )