Chapter 21: Another Sacrifice
"Uh, two young ladies. The long-haired waiter was stunned for a long time, and replied in embarrassment: "We are just waiters, and we really don't understand these things." ”
"How can you not understand?" Catherine said with a smile, "I didn't let you systematically summarize the reasons, but I wanted to know the reason why this disordered city can be normal from what you see in your eyes." ”
"I'll give it a try. The long-haired waiter was still struggling, but the short-haired waiter had already understood Catherine's problem, and relieved the long-haired waiter: "It is said that hundreds of years ago, this place was a chaos as you said, people in the city were killing each other, a large number of people died every day, no one from the outside world dared to enter, this place was like hell. Later, everyone killed and killed, and for decades, even though thugs from all over the world rushed here every day to take refuge, the number of people became smaller and smaller. At that time, it is said that the first thing people do when they wake up in the morning is to thank the gods and thank them for allowing them to see the next day's sun. At that time, everyone could die at any time, and every day you could see the people around you completely crazy. This went on for a long time, and the shadow hand as a manager did not interfere, as long as they did not provoke their members, and they did not interfere no matter what other people were doing. ”
Later, everyone felt that they could not continue like this, otherwise they could only destroy themselves, so some powerful professionals forcibly gathered a group of subordinates, forbidding them to openly kill each other, but unanimously to the outside world. Those who began to be co-opted were unwilling, and only reluctantly agreed under the pressure of strength. But after a while, they found that although the daily days were still full of dangers, and there were more battles with other people than before, the number of people dying every day was decreasing, and those people willingly accepted the retraction," the long-haired waiter also recalled, and continued the words of his colleagues: "The time is getting longer and longer, and the small groups are getting bigger and bigger under the mutual annexation and combination, and there are even some organizations of thousands of people, and they have lasted for more than ten years. This was unimaginable before. It was around that time that the Shadow Hand first came forward and enacted the only law in the City of Innocence, that is, robbery, theft, rape, murder, fraud, and other felonies that are offensive under outside law are not allowed to be carried out publicly. But the exception is wars between organizations. Basically, from that time on, the city of innocence became something like it is now, although there was no law, but everyone formed their own set of rules, and those who broke the rules were attacked by everyone. ”
"It feels as if the people of the Shadow Hand have been waiting for people to form their own rules. The short-haired waiter said, "So it's almost up to everyone to do it themselves." Jumped out and harvested. ”
"You're accurate about the Shadow Hand. I don't know when it began, the two of them stood behind the short-haired waiter, but the four of them didn't notice it at all, until the short-haired waiter finished speaking, and a slender hand with red nail polish was placed on the short-haired waiter's shoulder, until the owner of the hand spoke, and the two were not found. The owner of the hand lowered his head, leaned into the ear of the short-haired waiter, blew lightly, and whispered in a soft and lazy voice, "But you say so about the Shadow Hand. Would you like to visit the Shadow Hand Execution Chamber, I promise, the executioners of the Execution Chamber will be very, very welcome, for such a young body is their favorite material. ”
The faces of the two waiters turned pale for a moment after hearing these words, their muscles trembling uncontrollably, and their two rows of teeth chattered as they wanted to say something to explain, but fear and despair prevented them from speaking. The Shadow Hand has absolute authority in the City of Innocence, and a casual word from the upper echelons of the Shadow Hand may decide the life and death of a large number of people. It doesn't make any difference whether you're a big guy like the head of an organization or a little guy on the street who doesn't have an organization. And the two attendants happened to hear this voice, and the owner of this voice was not only the upper echelons of the Shadow Hand. And it's a big man in the upper echelons, and if she wants anyone to spend three days in the execution chamber, that person will never live only two and a half days.
"Stop bullying children, indulge. Catherine said helplessly: "Really, you also bully two children who look fifteen or sixteen years old." If you scare them a little longer, you can probably scare them to death. ”
"It's still a child. That's all well and good, but why would you be so stupid as to say the last sentence? Even if everyone knew about it, they would never say it. Indulgence gently patted the short-haired waiter on the shoulder: "After this lesson, I don't think you will ever make such a stupid mistake again in this life, right?"
The short-haired waiter wanted to nod, but her stiff neck prevented her from moving. Fortunately, Indulgence just smiled and walked away from behind her.
"If you don't speak, I'll assume that I agree with me. Indulgence broke away from the state of clinging to the short-haired waiter, and said with a smile: "How does it feel to pick up a life? Isn't it a blessing? Remember this feeling, after all, not every time you are as lucky as today." ”
The two waiters finally affirmed that they had no idea of continuing to pursue the matter, and their tense bodies finally relaxed, and large drops of sweat came out of their bodies, instantly soaking through the clothes of their bodies. The two waiters stood up with their legs trembling on the dining table, not daring to say a word, and standing on both sides of the table with their heads bowed.
Indulgence finally let go of the hand that had been holding the passionate arm, and the two of them didn't look at the two victims who were almost scared to death, and sat side by side on the chairs that had been let out.
"Why are you here so soon? Catherine changed the subject, "I just asked Mide to go to the Shadow Hand to find you. ”
"You're underestimating the Shadow Hand's intelligence system. Indulgence covered his mouth and smiled: "I received the news not long after you entered the city, but there was something to deal with in the guild at that time, and it was delayed for a while, otherwise we should have been able to meet you in the front hall of the hotel." ”
"Just the two of you?" Enthusiasm coldly interrupted the indulgent nonsense, "What about Pennis?"
"Tsk, as soon as you sit down, ask Pannis. Indulgence joked, "We're all going to be sad." ”
"Then it hurts. The enthusiastic voice remained indifferent, and her eyes were staring straight at Catherine.
"He'll be here in a few days. Catherine explained, "Something happened to Lina's church, and Lina was summoned temporarily, and Pannis accompanied her, and it must have been almost ten days now." When they left, they said that they would solve the problem as soon as possible, and then rush as fast as possible, and it should not be too long. ”
The expression on Enthusiast's face remained unchanged, but his eyes relaxed, and he nodded and sat aside and stopped talking. Knowing that the enthusiasm was silent with satisfaction, he said with a smile: "You have chosen a good place, the shopkeeper here is also a talent, and a hotel can come up with so many tricks, which is much better than the group of waste in the guild." ”
"I used to think that all the people in the City of Innocence were the Shadow Hands. Catherine smiled wryly and said, "I didn't know until today that I was completely wrong. ”
"Hahaha, of course not, there are less than 10,000 true members of the Shadow Hand, and only a handful of them are here. Indulgence laughed a few times, suddenly restrained his smile, and said with a straight face: "Okay, let's get down to business, there was another sacrifice a few days ago." ”
"Again?" Catherine was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously sat up straight: "Exactly the same as the previous times?"
Indulgence didn't answer directly, but glanced at the two waiters. The two waitresses immediately understood the intention of indulgence, bowed deeply, and then moved their legs, which had just regained some stability, and walked crookedly to the door of the restaurant, guarding the door like two statues. Fang Zong nodded very satisfied with the interest of the two waiters, and then said: "The incident should have happened at noon four days ago, and it is estimated that you are almost there, so we just briefly observed, everything on the scene has not moved, you can go and check it at any time." The scene was exactly the same as before, it should have been done by the same person or group. It feels like the other party is like a group of bloodthirsty wolves, once they bite their prey, they will not give up until they are full. ”
"Aren't they afraid that you will find them when they move so often?" Catherine asked strangely, "You will get the news as soon as I enter the city, and from this point of view, it must not be difficult to find them." ”
"I knew you were coming because I knew you were coming, so I said hello to the guild's secret sentinels. But this murderer is different, he doesn't know when he came, and he doesn't know who he is at all, and the secret sentinel can't do it if he wants to. At least hundreds of people will enter the City of Innocence every day, and everyone is not familiar with each other, so it is difficult to find out who did it through the secret sentinels. Indulgence sighed and explained to Catherine: "As for whether the other party is afraid or not, I guess the other party doesn't know that we have found out yet. ”
"How is it possible, not months?" said Catherine, surprised.
"Most of the accidents are in the first district, which is the dark alley area. It's full of abandoned buildings and the poor at the bottom, and the abandoned buildings are the dwellings of the poor. Those people rarely communicate with each other, and it's normal for a few people to die in a building and then not find out for years. Indulgence said: "We also discovered this kind of sacrifice by chance, and then secretly investigated the entire dark alley area, and finally determined the number of sacrifices. We were very secretive when we investigated, even the leaders of the organization in the Dark Alley District didn't know, let alone an outsider. ”
"So both sides are in secrecy?" Catherine nodded, "This is a good opportunity." ”
"So it's all please. He said, "We will do our best to help solve this matter." ”
"Then please arrange it, I want to go to the scene to see. Catherine said: "I want to go to several scenes, and that is the most intuitive. ”
"No problem, it's just tonight. Indulgence said: "The other party knows the habits of the people here very well, and they all spend the day and night here, so he chooses to sacrifice at noon, and most of the people are sleeping, so the night is the most difficult time for him to find." (To be continued.) )
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