Chapter 22: Brotherhood of Bad Boys
Murray is obediently captured by Elmo, and walks through the streets and alleys, eventually arriving at a neighborhood between the upper and lower parts of the steel capital.
It's a slightly crowded neighborhood, with stalls on both sides of the street filled with all kinds of things, and people of all walks of life walking on the street.
This is the gray area of the steel capital of Viscount Lane, which is full of all gray industries that are not visible.
Whether it's women, slaves, guns and ammunition, or even mechanical parts that are forbidden to trade in the Solar Empire, they will all be put out for trade here.
As long as you can afford it, there's almost nothing you can't buy here, not even a head.
Now in the basement of Murray, there is a small modified magic energy analyzer used to protect the safety of the home when he leaves, and the original machine of the small magic energy analyzer is actually the one that Murray found in this gray area before.
Elmo, who grabbed Murray, did not stop, swaggered up to Murray and stepped into the block, swaggering through the market in full view of everyone.
Some of the stall owners on the streets, as well as those who stood in front of the stalls looking for the goods they needed, were careful to avoid Elmo as he passed by.
You can tell that most of the people on the streets are afraid of Elmo and don't want to provoke this bad boy brotherhood guy.
Carrying Moli through the city, he entered the depths of the block, and cornered into a narrow alley.
The moment he entered the alley, Murray barely noticed any movement, and saw a figure appear out of nowhere.
The other party didn't look at Elmo, but pointed at Mori and asked, "Who is this kid?"
Elmo picked up Murray and said with a smile, "He's Murray." ”
The moment he raised his head, he saw that the guy who suddenly floated out actually looked at him carefully, as if he wanted to take himself deep in his mind.
This guy knows himself, too? When did he become so famous? Is it really just because of Jack? Is Jack's status in the Bad Boy Brotherhood so high?
A flurry of questions came to Murry's mind, and he really couldn't figure out why things were the way they were.
After a careful glance, Murray even felt that everything under his clothes was seen through by the other party, and finally heard the guy who blocked the way say: "Okay, bring people in, the boss was still angry just now, I hope this kid arrives to calm the boss's anger." ”
Elmo grinned and said, "Hahaha, don't worry, I definitely didn't run this time." ”
As he spoke, Elmo carried Murray and continued to walk inside, reaching the end of the alley and turning again, and turning into another narrow alley.
This time, as he walked Elmo, he smiled and asked, "How's it going?"
Raising his head to look at Elmo, Murray didn't nod directly, but asked strangely: "I'm just curious, aren't you tired of carrying me all the way?"
Hearing this, Elmo almost didn't want to think about it, and as soon as he let go, he dropped Murry, and then raised his arm and rolled up his sleeve, revealing a smooth mechanical prosthetic, through some gaps in the prosthetic, he could clearly see the rotation of the gears inside the arm.
Then, without waiting for Elmo to speak, Murray said very seriously, "The sixth gear in the forearm is a little old. ”
Under Elmo's stunned gaze, he heard Murray continue: "It seems that you don't do it often, and you don't usually use engine oil on your arm, well, no, you do have engine oil." ”
Without looking out of the blue, he reached out and touched the elbow joint of Elmo's mechanical arm, then put his finger on the tip of his nose and sniffed.
Shaking his head and saying: "The quality of the engine oil you use is too poor, there are too many impurities in this oil, so many impurities exist, not only can it play a role in lubricating and maintaining mechanical parts, but it will increase the wear and tear of parts, you see that in addition to the sixth gear, some other gears have more or less traces of wear." ”
Elmo was really stunned, he never thought that he would be pointed at like this by the kid he caught, the problem is that he has been talking for a long time, and he has no way to refute it at all.
Finally, after Murray said a lot of questions, Elmo couldn't help but ask, "Hey, you've said so much, is there a way to solve it?"
Murray asked seriously: "Do you want to completely eradicate the hidden danger once and for all, or do you want to solve the small problem at hand first?"
Elmo rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? ”
But Murray shook his head and said: "No, once and for all may not be the best choice, in your current situation, if you want to eradicate the hidden danger once and for all, I am afraid that you will have to replace your prosthetic leg." ”
"What? Stinky boy, are you kidding me?" Elmo reached out and grabbed Murry by the neck and lifted him up again.
He knocked on his arm and asked, "Replace my whole arm?" Do you know how much it will cost? Are you kid trying to trick me?"
Choked by the throat, Murry's gasping began to become difficult, and he said with difficulty: "No, no, if you want to completely solve the hidden danger, it is better to replace the prosthetic." ”
Seeing that Mori's little face was suffocated, Elmo put it down again: "Okay, okay, tell me what else you can do?"
"Ahem, cough, cough" coughed violently for a long time, gasping for a few breaths, Murray said very seriously: "The easiest way now is to replace the sixth gear first, of course, this is only a preliminary solution to the problem, if you want to be able to delay the wear and tear of your prosthetic machinery, you also need to carry out a comprehensive maintenance, so that the mechanical parts can be kept in a good condition." ”
Elmo looked at his arm, and the whole person suddenly hesitated.
In today's Sun Empire, although machines are regarded as devils, there are not a few people who have mechanical prosthetics, especially gangsters like Elmo, in order to gain stronger strength, it is common to choose to replace a mechanical prosthetic, and even more may directly replace half of the body with a mechanical one to completely improve their strength.
Most of these guys have no physical damage themselves, and they only choose to do so in order to gain more strength faster.
Naturally, the mechanical bodies replaced by such a group of people are not actually produced in regular factories.
So naturally, they can't be perfect from replacement to subsequent maintenance, and it is almost inevitable that they will leave hidden dangers.
Some guys may experience physical failure shortly after replacement due to physical rejection of mechanical reformation.
Elmo was also in pursuit of strength, so he took the initiative to change to a mechanical prosthetic, and he still spent a lot of money on this prosthetic, so the strength increase brought to him by this prosthetic leg was very significant.
But Elmo also knows very well that a prosthetic leg like him that is replaced in the gray area will inevitably have hidden dangers, and now that he heard Murray directly point out the hidden dangers and say the solution, Elmo naturally had a trace of fluctuation in his heart, and he had some hope that the young man in front of him could help him.