Chapter 65: The Roof Leak Happened to Rain Overnight (Part 3)
Lentat, in a dark street.
Two sneaky little men were moving quickly with a heavy object, and suddenly, several figures sprang out from around the corner, and one grabbed a hand and pushed them to the ground.
When! The heavy thing hit the ground with a crisp sound.
"The black-skinned dog of Granling Street!" one of the little men blurted out in shock and anger.
He was slapped hard in the face, and a man in a black straight uniform came out of the darkness and squatted in front of him: "Please call us Mr. Policeman." ”
Since the headquarters of the Holm Kingdom Police Department is located in the administrative district, it is commonly known as the police department among gang members, small gang criminals and some citizens.
The slap woke up the little man, and he said fearfully, "Yes, Mr. Policeman." ”
I heard that the black-skinned dogs on Granling Street have a unique apprentice-level alchemy item on their bodies, and being hit by it is like an electric shock, which will produce long-lasting generalized paralysis and pain, and life is worse than death, so you must not be reckless when facing this group of black-skinned dogs.
"You have been caught red-handed for the crime of stealing manhole covers, and the evidence is conclusive, and you will be brought to trial in the municipal court, well, 'endangering public safety by dangerous means', if nothing else, you will spend the rest of your life in the mines, and of course, if you are willing to be the experimental object of any of the magicians, then you may be able to return to Rentat in a year's time. The senior detective slapped the little thief in the face.
The little thief was stunned: "Take, the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means...... Mr. Policeman. What kind of crime is this, me, we just steal manhole covers and sell them for money!"
This long list of names is terrifying at first hearing and is clearly a serious crime.
"Hey, I told you bastards to listen to radio stations like 'Voice of the Kingdom of Holm' and the latest laws and regulations, and the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means was added to the Kingdom Code last month, which means...... In this era, thieves who don't know how to listen to the radio will be eliminated sooner or later!" said the senior police detective straight.
This was when the House of Lords was discussing the Aircraft Regulations and the Road Safety Regulations. Natasha specifically put forward a charge. Lest someone deliberately use a aircraft disaster or a car accident to achieve the purpose of murder.
"I, we're just stealing manhole covers...... the two little thieves look like they're about to cry, what a terrible sight it is to go to the mines to spend the rest of their lives, and to reduce their crimes by becoming the mage's experimental objects. They didn't even think about it. That might be scarier than death!
The senior detective snorted, "You stole the manhole cover." Allowing a large number of citizens to fall into it and be traumatized is not a 'crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means'? When you get to the mine, repent of it!"
"No, Mr. Policeman, spare us, if we knew about this crime, we wouldn't dare to do such a thing. ”
"Mr. Policeman, I, I have great information!"
Two small thieves scrambled to get to the ground.
The senior detective nodded with satisfaction and instructed the surrounding police: "Take them back, interrogate them properly, and record Lu's confession and hand it over to me first." ”
Seeing the two little thieves being escorted away with tears in their eyes, a policeman next to him said flatteringly: "Boss, you are so powerful, you can scare them casually and deceive them out of important information." ”
"Who told them not to listen to the radio themselves, to be honest, I really want to put this charge on them, XX's, let me fall in public this morning!" said the senior detective exasperatedly.
No wonder the head walked with a limp today, and it turned out that he almost fell into the sewer......
The senior police detective instructed the other policemen: "Put the manhole cover back in its place and find something to lock it up, so that it will not be stolen again before dawn. ”
The rest of the policemen worked together to lift the manhole cover back to its original place, and then one of them suddenly thought, "Will anyone fall down when we rounded up that thief just now?"
"How could it be, it's late at night! And we haven't been staring at it for a few minutes. The policeman, who had been flattering to the senior detective before, said without worry, and then took out a specially prepared bottle of apprentice-grade alchemy potion and poured it into the gap of the manhole cover, so that the manhole cover would stick firmly in the cold tonight until it slowly melted and disappeared during the day.
This is their temporary method of dealing with similar events, specifically looking for a method created by magicians.
After all this, the policemen, who were in a hurry to rush back to warm Granling Street, quickly left.
It didn't take long for the manhole cover to suddenly make a "knock", "knock", "knock" sound, but with the help of a special alchemy potion, the manhole cover did not move at all.
In the dark sewers, Nasdel's instinct rushed to his mind, what the hell was wrong with Rentat, digging a hole in the middle of the street?
Annoyance, grievance, and stunned emotions surged up in his heart, making him eager to leave the changing werewolf appearance, and knock the manhole cover away.
"Calm, calm, don't reveal the identity of the werewolf, lest you fail to complete the mission of His Excellency the Prince. Nasdell said to himself over and over again.
Finally, he controlled his anger and took a deep breath of satisfaction, only to be nearly vomited by the foul smell.
"I am the calm and wise werewolf that His Excellency values the Prince, and I must not be like other reckless creatures!" it said to itself again, and staggered in the other direction of the sewer with the werewolf's powerful self-healing ability.
After walking for a while, the sewer erupted again: "Bastard, it's stuck here too!"
"Damn, what the hell do the people of Rentatt think!"
It was a long distance before Nasdell was about to lose control of himself that the manhole cover above him showed no signs of sticking.
He pushed open the manhole cover, climbed out, and took a deep breath of fresh, cold breath, only to feel that it was the most delicious thing he had encountered in his life.
Even if it's an adult werewolf. After going through this series of events, he was inevitably physically and mentally exhausted, so he walked to the outside of a nearby house that looked abandoned, sat down with his back against the wall, and breathed heavily while recovering from his body's wounds.
The injuries he had suffered from falling into the sewers had healed, but the pain that seemed to come from his bone marrow after the electric shock had made his body quite sluggish, and he could only wait for it to slowly subside.
"There is a good side to the change in Rentat, but there is also a very dangerous side. A lightning magic array that is placed everywhere without security protection. Dig a pit in the middle of the avenue at will...... Nasdell still doesn't want to admit that he doesn't have the common sense of "safe electricity", thinking that the magicians' actions are too risky and rushed.
The night was deep and quiet, and Nasdel felt himself feel calmer. The injury is also recovering quickly: "But these encounters are just episodes. I'm out of danger. Everything will be fine again. ”
As soon as the thought in his heart came to him, the keen intuition from the race's talent made him sense the great danger, and he rushed to it without even thinking about it.
But. His body had not fully recovered, and the after-effects of the electric shock were still affecting him, and his movements slowed down a little.
Rumble!
The abandoned house behind him exploded violently and collapsed completely.
"Are the people in Rentatt crazy, and their houses are being blown up without warning?"
Nasdell didn't expect the house behind him to suddenly explode, if it was aimed at him, he should have noticed it a long time ago!
Bang!
The shockwave hit Nasdell hard, and the walls, stone bricks, dust, and other things were sprinkled and "drowned" the neighborhood!
"For, for what ......"
At the entrance to the street on the other side of the house, a crowd of people watched the explosion.
"Director, the new alchemical explosives provided by the magicians have worked very well. Watching the houses collapse one by one, a brown-haired ordinary person said excitedly to the middle-aged man in front of him.
"Well, we have been spared the demolition work, and I am sure that we will soon be able to widen the streets here and create a new, comfortable civilian area in Rentat. The supervisor who commanded the demolition work nodded with satisfaction, and the boss went to Alinge to buy a new type of alchemy explosives and asked a magician who specializes in elemental explosions to guide the placement.
The ordinary person next to him saw that the supervisor was in a good mood, so he casually asked the curiosity in his heart: "Director, why do we want to come to dismantle it in the middle of the night, aren't we afraid of disturbing the nearby citizens to sleep?"
"Then block this road during the day? This is the street leading to the city gate, and I don't know how many goods enter the market area from here! Are the rich people important, or are the ordinary citizens important? Get those slackers moving, and clear the streets before dawn!" commanded the supervisor.
A large group of workers began to work, and the ordinary person looked around a little worriedly: "Director, I didn't check if there was anyone in there when the explosion just now......"
"How can there be anyone? It's blocked off on all sides, and it's marked with magic crystal lamps, who wouldn't break in without long eyes?, and all the intersections are watched by our people, unless he can fly, or he can burrow into the ground!" said the director angrily.
............
Early in the morning, Ali left his rented house and walked through a bustling street towards the aristocratic quarter.
"Last night's demolition explosion was terrifying...... he sighed as he walked, the demolition work had been pre-posted with announcements and various notices, so he knew very well what the explosion was last night.
Near the entrance to the aristocratic quarter is a monastery, but it has been converted into a school, and from time to time the sound of reading can be heard, and the exquisite and gorgeous carriages continue to drive from the distance of the aristocratic quarter, driving directly into the school.
"Jane ...... the first class of the second grade of general education at Mills School on Qining Street in the aristocratic district of Rentat" Ali looked at the school from afar, silently reciting the communication method of the pen pal.
In the second year of the establishment of the general education school, the aristocracy decided to build a special aristocratic school in imitation of it, so that their children of noble blood could not be mixed with ordinary people to study - whether they wanted to or not, they had to admit that this way of learning together was more stimulating for their children's learning than the previous home education alone, and that this environment helped to build relationships from an early age, and to have a fairly valuable social circle before adulthood.
Ali watched the aristocratic carriages and alchemy cars drive into the school, and watched the flying machines of different shapes (there are models, ship types, and airship shrinkage models) flying in the sky, and he deeply felt a gap and invisible walls.
He sighed and turned away as he had done for many days, with mixed emotions in his heart, including low self-esteem, dissatisfaction, frustration, the pain of being pricked by needles and the strong desire that came from it.
As he walked, he walked to the neighborhood where he had been demolished last night, and suddenly heard a whimper.
"Huh?" Ali followed the prestige and found a large dog lying in the grass, covered in silver and gray fur covered with blood and dust.
"This dog is really like a wolf. Ali sighed, he knew from books that there was indeed a kind of dog that resembled a wolf.
With kindness, Ali walked over and found that the dog had a lot of scars, so he smiled and said, "It's good that you met me." ”
He had learned to bandage while working in the Magic Council's hospital during this time, so he had the trouble of bringing home the big dog that was moaning and moaning, and wrapping it up like a mummy.
After a while, he saw the big dog wake up, staring ahead with glazed eyes and two lines of cloudy tears.
"Crying, crying?" Ali reassured him for the first time that he was human, "It's going to be fine, hehe, don't thank me, don't be moved, we'll all get better in Rentat." ”
Hearing the word Rentat, the big dog cried even harder. (To be continued......)