Chapter 5: The Stronghold

City B

A few blocks away from the city center, there is a small courier company called Headwind...... Yes, it's called headwind, only this one has no semicolon, because the speed of sending express delivery is extremely erratic and famous for all kinds of after-dinner topics, sometimes you send packages to neighboring cities may have to arrive every other month, but sometimes it stands to reason that a week can only arrive in remote areas, there is less than a day to deliver, not just one or two, is a wide range of erratic, and this courier company only accepts delivery from B city, as for other cities there is no semicolon, but it is it, but because' The delivery time is uncertain, and the delivery time ranges from 1-30 days' This nonsensical slogan business is good, and many items that are not in a hurry like to find headwinds to try their luck......

"So, why did you bring me to this place...... Please, I haven't even eaten dinner yet!Alas, my stomach hurts, and I feel like my heavenly grandfather is beckoning to me. Ji Wutong stood weakly on the side of the road and complained to the girl beside him.

Ye Xi wrinkled his little nose and said, "Don't make trouble, didn't you say it all, I want to bring you to the biggest stronghold of our marginal people in City B, as for dinner, it should be in charge of the rice here...... Right?"

"Hey, what does that uncertain tone mean!? You must have forgotten about dinner because you weren't hungry! Ah, turn your head! I guessed right! You girl with no eyes!"

"People...... Anyway, I'm also your guide for the time being......" Ye Xi poked his fingers, hung his head and said in a low voice: "It's really just accidentally forgotten! It's not because I want to lose weight recently that I can't eat dinner, and I don't want to watch others ......eat."

Ji Wutong's whole person was not good: "Sure enough, the real reason is your personal problem! Anyway, the previous thing about the stronghold was also vague, can this kind of courier company like urban weirdness still be filled with marginal people!?"

He pointed to the 3-story building in front of him, and several courier cars drove back, and one of them, an uncle in his thirties, waved his hand to Ji Wutong: "Yo! I haven't seen you for a long time, brother, do you want to take care of business?"

"Heh... Hehe... I don't need it this time, I don't have anything to send out lately. Ji Wutong smiled dryly, that's right, in fact, he has not only heard of the name of the non-mainstream express company Headwind, but also often sends things to others through the headwind, well, mainly to pour some gray items to subsidize the family, of course, that was a long time ago, which is also the reason why he is very familiar with the people here......

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, turned back to Ye Xi and said helplessly: "If you say that there is a flush toilet in a restaurant near here that can directly teleport us to that stronghold, I will believe it, but don't tell me that this is really an unreliable place...... I've been here a few times, and I've known a lot of people, and they're all ... Hey, why don't you ignore me and go straight ahead! You really want to go in! You don't want me to pay for your courier fee!"

Ye Xi, who had already walked to the door of the headwind express company, turned around and smiled at Ji Wutong, and said, "You said that you are familiar with the people here, right? That's great...... Come on, come and see the other side of the city. ”

Ji Wutong was silent for a while, and muttered: "Is there really such a god?" and staggered to follow.

Pushing open the door that has not been wiped for an unknown amount of time, the hall on the first floor is unexpectedly spacious, the corner is full of goods that are about to be sent, and a young girl at the front desk is dozing there.

"Hey!" Ji Wutong patted the table at the front desk, and smiled at the little girl who was taken aback: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Xiaoliu, and you're lazy?"

The girl who looked a few years younger than Ji Wutong reacted, and complained to Ji Wutong with her chin in her hands: "Brother Ji, don't be surprised and scare people, okay, I haven't seen you for half a year, I still think you don't wash your hands, is this going back to your old business? ”

From the tone that this Xiaoliu girl is accustomed to and the content between her words, you can feel that Ji Wutong's familiarity with this place is definitely far more than 'I've been here a few times', and the gray items mentioned just now may not be very correct.

"I've quit a long time ago~" Ji Wutong smiled bitterly, turned his head to Ye Xi and said, "Just look at me, I'm familiar with it here, it's just a little abnormal... Uh......"

Ye Xi had already walked to his side at this time, and his slender index finger lightly tapped on Ji Wutong's lips to signal him not to say anything, the eldest lady, who rarely had contact with the outside world, obviously didn't feel much about this slightly intimate action, and felt that since the two were already friends, and at the same time they were the relationship between the guide and the guided, so there was nothing abnormal, but Ji Wutong... Ji Wutong...... Well, he's already petrified.

"Hello~" She smiled gently and said to Xiaoliu, "May I ask if we can go up to the second floor?"

At this time, Miss Xiaoliu was still confused, and shook her head dizzily and said: "No, the second floor is a work area, if you want to send a courier, just go through the formalities with me, hey, are you Brother Ji's girlfriend......?

Her words didn't continue, because at this moment, Ye Xi was facing her outstretched right palm, and a small five-pointed star was evaporating a hazy halo.

"Companion, are you new here?" This is Xiao Yanagi's confused energy has completely disappeared, she narrowed her eyes, and Ji Wutong on the side suddenly found that Xiao Yanagi, who was originally a little light in the color of his eyes, has almost turned silver white now, I don't know if it is an illusion, and the temperature around him has even dropped.

"Ye Xi, the soul controller, is a newcomer, and for some reasons, he will be stationed in City B in the future, so please take care of it. Ye Xi nodded and smiled, unlike her usually, this stupid girl at this moment is very stylish.

"Soul Controller Ye Xi?Ye Family?" Xiao Liu said in surprise, and then said with a big grin: "It's really an honor, I'm Liu Li, Ice Pupil Liu Li, please give me more advice in the future." ”

Ye Xi was also a little surprised: "Bing Tong, the third place in the last newcomer exchange meeting, you should have turned positive, right?Should I call my senior~"

Liu Li shook her head: "Sister Ye is modest, I'm just lucky, and my ability in the final final is very cheap~ That's why I ...... Hey!?Brother Ji is still there?!Come on, come on, turn around, I'll show you a big baby!"

"Huh!?" Ji Wutong, who had been in sluggish mode since just now, looked at Liu Li in a daze, only to see that she took out a playing card, but the pattern on it was a big question mark.

"Ahh......h......h

"Huh, the joint was actually seen by ordinary people, although it was Brother Ji, but I still had to go according to the process, it's over, this month's commission is gone... My limited edition demon velvet handbag!Hey, Sister Ye, what are you talking about?"

Syllable!

The card with the function of erasing short-term memories was gently placed on the table, and Ji Wutong's playful voice sounded through the mask: "Xiaoyanagi, next time remember to do it after listening to others, it's not good to hurt the flowers and plants~"

The unfamiliar mask, the unfamiliar breath, and the familiar but heavy voice made Liu Li a little ......

"Don't wear a mask!!" Ye Xi said a little angrily, slapped Ji Wutong's head hard, and hit the latter one by one.

Gently taking off his mask, Ji Wutong rubbed his head innocently and said, "Tap~! This thing suddenly appeared on my face just now, fortunately I can stand and talk to you! Otherwise, I may even forget who you are!"

Ye Xi looked at the mask in Ji Wutong's hand, a little dumbfounded: "It's so simple?"

"What do you think? Ji Wutong pursed his mouth, put the mask into his bag, and said, "Can it still grow on my face?" and then I suddenly became perverted, and then took out a bunch of spears and cannons full of rotten eggs and made trouble with the courier company?

Ye Xi hugged his head and squatted down......

"What's the situation?" At this time, the uncle who had greeted Ji Wutong before was carrying things down from the second floor, and he happened to see the three of them pestle here.

"Seniors are good~" Ye Xi hurriedly stood up and said, the disguised tyrannical aura in the other party's body Ji Wutong couldn't feel it, but Ye Xi, who was also a senior (fog) marginal person, had a clear perception.

"Hey, Uncle Li, that, I seem to have joined the gang...... Ji Wutong smirked and scratched the back of his head.

Li was stunned for a moment, then trotted over and pressed Ji Wutong's shoulder, and after half a sound, his eyes widened in surprise: "Boy, you hide deep enough! Lao Li, why didn't I see that you have this potential a few years ago!......?

"Ahem. Seeing that Li Mad was talking more and more, Ji Wutong hurriedly interrupted: "What, let's not mention the previous things, I was young and frivolous at that time, I just knew that we could sell stolen goods here, but I didn't expect this to be a stronghold for marginal people......"

"This is one of the biggest strongholds in City B. Li laughed wildly: "There are two other places, one is the exchange and the other is the entrance to the Demon Gap, which has nothing to do with your current debut little hairy head, this is the third lady, right? The boss has explained, you will come in the next few days, I didn't expect you to come over after completing the trial first, and by the way, you took this kid in." ”

Ye Xi smiled embarrassedly, and replied with a blushing face: "Yes, it's okay if you call me Ye Xi." ”

Li smiled wildly and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to meet the boss, but he may be ...... at this time Hey, no matter, let's go. ”

Ji Wutong and Ye Xi walked up to the second floor with Li Mad like this

As soon as I went upstairs, Ji Wutong was shocked, where is this courier company, it is simply a large indoor lounge plus a vegetable market, a bunch of people are piled up in a mess, the walls on all sides are huge blackboards, with magnets nailed with countless notes and notes, and some things like wanted notices, the actual area of this hall is definitely more than the size of looking in from the outside, at least two hundred square meters.

"Salamander Demon Blood!Great Demon Level, Good Materials for Alchemy, Fire Attack Techniques, and Early Warning Arrays Can Be Used! Don't Miss It When You Pass By! As long as you have a credit limit of three hundred!"

It's a business.

"The root of the hundred-year-old garlic demon, wearing it on the body can speed up the recovery speed of the ability of the strengthening system, and it can resist at least more than twelve common toxins, one hundred and three, the price is shocking! This girl, only one hundred and three!"

This is a pit man.

"Phew! Bring a hundred-year-old garlic to the street and not be beaten to death, damn, it is not only poisonous, not only poisonous, but also not invaded!

This is a long time since I was single.

"The T City Zoo found a violent bear demon, and the threat level is preliminarily assessed as three, let's come to DPS, come to treatment, and come to T!"

"Everyone, second and third, one support, one enhancement or special defensive ability, and then a mid-range combat type, this time the bounty is 2,000 credits!"

This is to find teammates to take on tasks.

"Find a partner! Find a partner! Male or female!"

This one was dragged out and beaten......

"Hehe, it seems to be home~" Ye Xi said with a smile, her hometown in L City is also one of the local strongholds, and the scale is also very large, and she can see all kinds of marginal people coming and going every day, and now that she has completed the trial task, she will soon become one of these people.

Ji Wutong rubbed his nose: "How do I feel that this place is especially like a morning market at six or seven o'clock in the morning...... Still, it's funny, that garlic is so choking, hey!!Didn't you deliver newspapers door-to-door that weekend......

He pointed to a young man who was holding a book with a bitter look on his face.

"Hi, it's a part-time job, I've met a lot of acquaintances recently, and I'm ready to change jobs. The little brother who delivered the newspaper sighed, looking loveless.

"Is this okay~!?" Ji Wutong turned around and asked Li Mad .

Li Madness rolled his eyes: "Why not? I usually send couriers, if you are a marginal person, you will not have a life? If you are a marginal person, you will not have firewood, rice, oil, salt, wife and children, and your father and mother will have to support? If you are a marginal person, you will not look for a job and not fall in love? If you are a marginal person, you will not have to repay the car loan and housing loan?"

At this time, Ye Xi suddenly interjected very cutely: "Do you use it?"

Big eyes blinked with a puff of the spirit......

Li Mad was silent for a while, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Evil rich man, your Ye family's business on the surface has already been transnational, right?"

Ye Xi lowered his head embarrassedly: "I don't know ......"

Ji Wutong looked around, and he found that these guys in front of him were not heroes, non-humans, but people with flesh and blood and troubles like himself, they would also worry about their livelihoods, and they would also be distressed about falling in love, and they would also be forced to marry by the seven aunts and eight aunts in the family during the Spring Festival every year, and they would secretly save the world behind their backs......

"It's good. He nodded and smiled.

Li Mad was also happy: "That's right, there were several little guys who thought they had opened the door to a new world when they first entered the industry, and since then they have no worries about the demon eradication guard, and they almost didn't cry after knowing the truth, you kid is good." ”

While talking, the three of them have gone up to the third floor, here is a long corridor, there are many rooms around, and the door number on it reads 'Storage Room', 'Express Concentration Room', 'Cold Room', 'Staff Dormitory 1', 'Hellfire Room - Enter the Door to Make You Cooked', 'The Iron-walled Room - Unlock, Certificate, Contact Number 186XXXXXXX' and so on......

"Heh... Hehe. Ji Wutong smiled dryly: "We're here, it's quite humane." ”

Li shrugged his shoulders wildly: "The entry authority on the third floor is actually quite high, except for us who are resident in the base, it is mainly some people who often act in City B and are very powerful to get a room." ”

"Uncle Li, you live here, you're really dedicated!" Ji Wutong praised, but he didn't expect Li Mad to immediately turn his head and stare at him with big copper eyes.

"Little bastard, do you know how expensive a house in City B is for one square meter! If you pay me a down payment, I won't live here! It's not fun to explode at two ends in three days, poisoning, or whatever! The boss has never mentioned a salary increase!!

"Yes... I'm sorry..."Maybe it's because this resentment is too strong, I don't know why Ye Xi also apologized with Ji Wutong......

Li Mad led the two to a wooden door at the end of the corridor and said, "This is it, the boss is inside, he is usually elusive, but he stays here for a few hours every day, and he is still there, you go in, I still have work on my hands, so I won't accompany you~"

With that, he turned around and went downstairs, his seemingly slow pace disappearing from the two's vision in a matter of seconds.

"The Crazy Dragon Sword Li Mad is also a well-known figure in City B. Ye Xi sighed: "I've really seen the world in the past two days." ”

"That's it, uncle?" Ji Wutong rolled his eyes, "I don't see where he is strong......

Ye Xi rubbed the corners of his forehead and said, "Hold the H City Demon Gap for three days and three nights with your own strength, and you didn't take a step back before the support arrived, killing hundreds of big demons, thirty-one fierce demons, and working with others to kill a lord level, do you say it's strong?"

"Hiss......" Ji Wutong gasped: "So fierce?"

Ye Xi finally showed off his sense of superiority, and said with a smile: "Not only that, behind this door is the person in charge of this stronghold, and also my father's old friend, Zhang Peng, who is against the wind, is also a unique figure in the industry." ”

Ji Wutong swallowed his saliva: "Then let's tidy up a little, and you wait for me to go back and blow my hair and change my clothes?"

Ye Xi tilted his head and thought about it: "It shouldn't be necessary, my father said that Uncle Zhang should be very easy to get along with, let's go first, I still have the letter that my father brought to Uncle Zhang." ”

Ji Wutong nodded a little nervously, he was in charge of the city alone, this is a big man, so he watched Ye Xi push open the door with apprehension and nervousness.

I saw a tall back......

I'm talking on the phone......

"Hey, wife, wife, no! I really didn't drink yesterday! I just played cards with the madman all afternoon, really, no fooling around! Won and lost? Lost, ah! I can't help but let me go home, wife! Okay, okay, I really don't want to sleep in the company, there is no heating!Ah? What do you mean by affecting my children's learning!? Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, you have a lot of adults, what? Buy a bag? Is my bank card not in your hand!? Oh you said you took it under the insole, wait!!?Wait a minute, wife! Wife, I can explain the wife!! don't ......."

Doodoo ......

The person across from him hung up......

Ji Wutong felt that his whole person was not good.......

Chapter 5: The End