Chapter 53: Turf
"This time it's our turn to treat you to some of the local food. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Obviously, Rose thought of the white jade pillar and the spring snow balls not long ago, "There are some home-cooked dishes here, although the ingredients used in the meals cannot be compared with your famous products in Hedong, but in terms of taste, it may not be worse than your Brocade City Dushi Hotel." ā
Blowing away the troublesome mercenaries, the other diners seemed to be accustomed to this, patted the dust on their bodies, nodded to each other and said hello, and continued with their previous lunch, not at all like a grenade had just exploded in the shop. Obviously, in this chaotic mercenary capital, even ordinary people have already experienced a hundred battles, at least their endurance has been trained beyond that of normal humans, and they are not worried about possible death at all.
The three of them didn't talk to the others, they found a table in the corner and sat down, although the others frequently looked at the crows with curious eyes, either bright or dark, but they still consciously stayed away from the three of them, leaving enough space for them.
Seeing that the rose was very interested, the crow was a little surprised, the feeling that the rose gave him was estimated to be similar to the feeling he gave to the rose, the same mysterious and unpredictable, the same difference between the inside and the outside, especially the rose still maintains an extreme indifference to everything, not at all like the appearance of being hospitable to newcomers. However, Rose seemed to see through the crow's thoughts, the corners of her mouth curled, and she said softly: "Now, Blood Alley is our home, and so is Xiaohuo, and so am I." ā
The crow's eyes narrowed, and he nodded thoughtfully, a simple sentence, but the crow peeked into a corner of Rose's inner world. Indeed, the female leopard and the rose are proud, powerful, and fierce and cruel, they can laugh and tear people to pieces, or they can kill a child with a blank face after arousing their desire to survive, but in any case, they are only two girls about the same age as themselves, and the existence of family is still quite important to them. It wasn't a simple place to live, but a kind of spiritual sustenance, and it was no wonder that the two of them were furious because of the vignettes that often occur in a chaotic city.
After thinking about these things in an instant, the crow's eyes became a little softer, and the gloomy feeling in his smile faded a lot, and he said softly: "Then I have to try the taste, hehehe, after the food comes up in a while, I have to rely on you to introduce it to me." ā
"Not interested. Rose turned pale and said coldly, "Taste it yourself." ā
"Ahem, ahem. The crow touched its nose, coughed awkwardly, and couldn't help but roll its eyes at the snickering female leopard.
"Idiot crow. The female leopard pointed down and said mockingly, "Rose has told you, it's just some home-cooked dishes, using the most ordinary ingredients, just like cooking at home, think about it, who cooks with those strange ingredients that need to be introduced by others." ā
"My family. The crow pointed to his nose and said with a smile, "I do it every day." ā
āxć The female leopard obviously forgot the original identity of the crow, was caught by the crow and choked back, gritted her teeth hatefully and threatened, "You xx wait for me, sooner or later I will retaliate back." ā
"Well, I'm sure there will come a day, if we can live ten times longer. The crow habitually provoked the anger of the female leopard, turned her head and left her aside, and said to Rose seriously, "What's the matter with Blood Alley being your territory? ā
"Every? not so exaggerated. Rose shook her head, "It's complicated to explain. In general, there are four types of shops operating in the City of Chaos, the first type is like the end of the world, run by the mercenary group itself, and the second type is like a doctor's clinic, although the operator is not a mercenary, but it is very strong and has enough deterrent power, in short, no one dares to mess with it. The third type of shop is opened around the more powerful mercenary groups, in order to avoid trouble, they will attach themselves to these powerful mercenary groups, pay a small monthly fee, but can avoid a lot of trouble, according to the noun of the pre-disaster era, it is the protection fee. As for the fourth type of shop, they don't have a strong mercenary group around them, or they don't want to be attached to the mercenary group, even if it's only in name, this kind of shop won't bear the pressure from the mercenary group, but if something like today's happens, the mercenary group won't come forward to solve it. ā
"Well, if you rely on the owner of the shop to solve it himself, there will be no casualties, and the damage is not too big, and the people on the management committee probably don't care much. The crow nodded thoughtfully, "But it affects business very much, and it is indeed a very troublesome thing." So, you said that Blood Alley is our territory, that is, all the shops in Blood Alley......"
"Except for the doctor's clinic and the candy house of the pigeon's bliss, needless to say, the clinic, those who dare to mess around in it should be regarded as the best ending to become a specimen. Rose explained, "As for the candy house, it is actually an intelligence house, selling information and acting as an intermediary at the same time, and the mercenaries can go to them to browse and select tasks if they want, and they will charge a certain intermediary fee." In the City of Chaos, this is one of the most important institutional neutrals, and it is an area where fighting is strictly prohibited, and even if you encounter a father-killer inside, you can only wait until you are far away from the intelligence house to fight. Because of this, although they are only low-level abilities, they have enough security in terms of safety. ā
"It sounds like our firm's sphere of influence is not small. Raven counted the length of Blood Alley, "It seems that this is also a good income." ā
"Not as much as you might think, the management committee has a hard and fast rule that you can't exceed ten grams of gold a month. Rose shook her head indifferently and said, "Otherwise, it is estimated that there will be a mercenary group that will have a bad idea and make a living by collecting protection money." ā
"Well, people are like that. Raven scoffed, "But, you ...... We, after all, don't stay in the city all the time, there will always be times when we're away, and unlike those large mercenary groups, there are always people in charge of staying behind, what if someone takes this opportunity to deliberately make trouble. ā
"Idiot crow, we're on a mission, not to hell. The female panther sneered, "Unless you die outside, you'll come back sooner or later." If something like that just happens, when we come back, we will have time to settle accounts with them. ā
"As for deliberate troublemakers, there are very few people in the City of Chaos who deliberately cause trouble, and there is nothing good to do it in deliberately causing trouble unless you want to declare war head-on. Rose's words suddenly paused, and she nodded thoughtfully, "Are you worried about the blood guns?"
"Plan ahead. The raven smiled and said, "You have to take everything into account." ā