Chapter 21: The Hedgehog and the Tanuki
The room was flooded with soft yellow light, giving the eyes that had just been tormented by the light a respite, and the crow rubbed his eyes and looked at the lounge curiously. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, the setting in the lounge is no different from a normal bar, with two pool tables, a few couches, a few magazines on the coffee table, a few round dining tables and seats around the table, everything is very ordinary. The only thing that was unusual was the people inside, and when Rose and the Crow entered the house, there were already four people in the house.
Two of them sat lazily on either side of the coffee table in the middle of the room, on which a complex tea set was placed, and in front of each of them was a cup of tea, and steaming heat was wafting from them.
Sitting on the right-hand side was a man of a very characteristic appearance, with a short and fat figure, a bulging belly, a round face, small eyes, a slightly upturned nose, sparse white hair draped behind his head, and a snow-white beard that was braided into a neat braid and hung down on his chest. Visually, this person is over seventy years old, his small eyes are always squinted into a slit, his expression is always like he can't wake up, and every movement of his gestures is lazy and slow, giving people the feeling of being like a fat civet cat lying on the roof basking in the sun in the afternoon. However, those who are familiar with cat nature know that even the oldest cat, no matter how lazy it usually moves, once it chooses a target to move, its lightning speed will make its prey have nowhere to escape.
Opposite him was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a strong figure and an ordinary appearance, with short black hair scattered casually on the top of his head, and a kind smile on his face all the time, like an uncle next door who could be seen everywhere. For him, the only word that can describe him is ordinary, he is so ordinary, ordinary that it is easy to ignore his menace. However, once you really ignore his menace, you are not far from bad luck, because he is a hedgehog, covered in spikes, and no one can approach him at will.
The two sat facing each other, but neither of them spoke, but maintained a comfortable posture, savoring the fragrant tea in the teacup, leisurely and lazy as if they didn't bother to look up when the sky fell.
On the sofa not far from the two, a tall and thin man about thirty years old sat upright, holding a thick book in his hand and reading very attentively, and his right hand also wrote a few strokes in the book from time to time, and did not react at all to the two people who broke in, as if he had not noticed it at all.
As for the last person in the room, the corners of the crow's mouth twitched, and he walked to the tea table and squatted down, holding his chin in one hand and lifting the hanging tablecloth with the other, staring at the bottom of the table. Under the tea table, a petite girl with black-framed glasses and a long black braid was secretly hiding, and found that her cover was opened by the crow, the girl stared at the crow for a few seconds, tilted her head and thought about it, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the corner of the tablecloth, and re-blocked herself, trying to pretend that there was no one under the table.
"Hamster?" The crow was stunned for a long time in response to the girl's reaction, scratching his head and pointing to the table with a blank face and asking Rose, "What kind of special fetish is this?"
"It's like this, don't worry about her, and I'll come out on my own after a while. Rose shrugged and said to the two men who were still intoxicated by the scent of tea, "Sorry to interrupt, I'm here to find the hamster, but it looks like we'll have to wait a little longer." ”
"Look who this is. The fat old man, like an old cat, struggled to open his squinted eyes, and his voice sounded as if he was half-asleep and half-awake, "The roses of our chaotic city are back, welcome, welcome." ”
"And this Mr. Raven. The ordinary hedgehog said with a smile, "I heard that you stomped on the head of the blood spear twice, you did a good job, I like your style." ”
"Well, it seems that there are no secrets in the City of Chaos. The crow pushed his glasses, the same smile on his face, "It's not even ten minutes, and the news has already spread." ”
"There's no way, there aren't many people who dare to step on blood guns in recent years, of course everyone will pay attention. The hedgehog spread his hands, "Not only me, but even this old tanuki has been aroused." ”
"Listening to Xiao Jin outside, the two of you were talking about business just now?" Receiving the crow's eyes, Rose naturally interjected and took the topic away, "Let's wait for a while, the hamster, won't disturb the two of you." ”
"Well, it's a serious business. The hedgehog said kindly, "But you can sit casually, we don't mind." ”
"Poof, hehehehe. Looking at the attitude of the hedgehog and the old raccoon, the crow's eyes rolled, and suddenly she couldn't help laughing directly, Rose frowned, thought for a moment but couldn't find the reason for the crow's sudden gaffe, but she didn't ask, just moved two steps without a trace, and stood behind the crow's side.
"It's okay, it's okay, I just suddenly figured out something and thought it was funny. The crow shook her head and motioned for Rose not to be nervous, "That's right, they're talking about business, very important business. ”
The four people in the room were obviously relaxing, and there was no atmosphere of a formal meeting at all, but the crow also affirmed the two of them, which made Rose a little puzzled for a while. However, the crow didn't make her doubt for too long, and said directly to the hedgehog, "The combined age of the two is about to catch up with the four blood spear sisters, so you don't need to use this method to set her a trap." ”
"Ahem, ahem. A sentence woke up the rose, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes and cough a few times, with a helpless expression when she saw someone playing a prank.
"Bring it. The hedgehog did not answer the crow's question, but stretched out his hand like the old man opposite, "Don't regret it." ”
The old tanuki yawned, muttered a few times, took out a piece of paper on which he had written and handed it over.
"You even bet on me. The crow protested with a smile, "Shouldn't I get my share of the bet?" ”
"You gambled with people in my bar, and you didn't say you would give me a cut. The hedgehog didn't have the shelf of a large mercenary group leader at all, and said very casually, "Come, sit, do you like tea?
"Huh?" The man, who had been sitting on the couch reading a book, and had not responded to anything, suddenly raised his head when he heard this question, as if he was very surprised by this invitation, looked the crow up and down a few times, shook his head in confusion, and refocused his eyes on the book.
"One drink isn't enough. The crow licked her lips and said meaningfully, "At least two glasses will be enough." ”
"Hehehe, two glasses, of course. The hedgehog seemed to smile happily, "Tell me, though, what the hell we're talking about." ”
"Tea of course. The crow smiled and said, "In the city of chaos, there is nothing more important than drinking tea." ”