After wandering around the town of Stack Tower for a long time, what Dio saw and thought could be described in one phrase in general.

Rules!

Omnipresent rules!

Two groups of diners with old grudges met in the hotel and on the street, and they could insult and ridicule each other, arguing so much that their faces were red and their necks were thick, but neither of them dared to draw their weapons.

This feeling is even more pronounced at noon when dining at the inn of the charming little widow Ellie. In fact, it is not only Ellie's rose dew that can attract a large number of tourists, but also her graceful figure and bright eyes, and the hotel is quite full. Moreover, the diners did not hide their greedy eyes, and even used all kinds of obscene words to ridicule Elle, but seeing Elle running around the table like a butterfly, no one stretched out her groping hand.

It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare.

The sky above Duita Town seems to be shrouded in a kind of unseen and untouchable rules, restricting people from daring to act recklessly.

From the small talk of others, as well as his own initiative to ask, Dio learned a little about the history of the town of Heta, and Vasily's advice got a strong proof of this.

Masaldo can become the uncrowned king of Heapa Town only because he has unrivaled power, at least here, no one can fight against him, and power is the foundation of making rules. That's why Vasily looked down on the nobles of Chris's plain, it seemed that they had everything under control, but if an outside, powerful force invaded, everything would be broken and destroyed.

While Dio was eating, it snowed heavily, and after an hour, the snowflakes turned into raindrops again, signaling the approach of spring.

When the sky cleared, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, Dio slowly walked out of Elle's inn, he had already inquired about it, there were two pawn shops in the town, the reputation was okay, and the money in exchange for mortgaging the goods to the pawn shop must be far lower than the actual value of the goods, but the advantage was that they could be exchanged at one time, and those goods contained cheap jewelry, clothes, and small mirrors, powder boxes and other sundries that women used to make up, and he couldn't run from store to store.

When he returned to his hotel, he greeted the shopkeeper at the door and walked slowly to the second floor, but when he was still seven or eight meters away from his room, Dio suddenly stopped.

There are a few lines of messy footprints on the floor that lead all the way to your room!

A smile appeared on Dio's lips, someone wanted to deal with him, it was nothing, but, to leave such obvious footprints outside...... It's a bit excessive, is it an ambush or a warning? It's too unprofessional!

Dio turned around, went straight up to the third floor, pushed open the small window of the stairwell, looked out for a moment, and saw that there was no one in the back street, and his figure rose slightly, like a snake out of the window.

The toes lightly tapped on the windowsill, Dio's body flew out lightly, passing several windows one after another, Dio suddenly sank down, his right hand bent into a claw, buckled the windowsill, revealing half of his head, and quietly looked inside.

One, two, three, four, five, there were five strong men in his room, all gathered in front of the door at the moment, two of them were still holding a large net, ready to throw it out at any time, and the other three strong men were holding their weapons tightly and staring at the door in a daze like facing the wall.

Dio's fingertips loosened, his body turned into a meteor, and he fell straight to the ground, and the moment his feet touched the ground, his knees naturally relaxed and bent, and then leaned down, leaned out, and his left hand was out, and his five fingers sank deep into the dirt, dissolving the force of the downward rush, and the whole process did not make a sound.

The next moment, Dio straightened up, gently stroked the dirt from the tips of his left fingers, and slowly walked to the stables in the backyard.

The innkeeper was sleeping soundly on the railing with his hands curled until Dio reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"What are you ......, Monsieur Theo?" asked the groom, rubbing his eyes.

"I'll pick up something. ”

"Wait a minute. The groom took the key from his loins, ran to Theo's carriage in three steps and two steps, opened the iron lock on the carriage, then tore off the seal, and stood aside in an orderly manner.

Diola opened the door, pulled a package out of it, and nodded to the groom.

The coachman took out a new seal, grabbed a charcoal pencil from the corner, and handed it to Dio, who was already familiar with the process, and quickly wrote his name on the seal.

Then Dio glanced at the window of his room and walked towards the corner door, where he was leaving.

Dio doesn't shy away from fighting, it's just that he prefers to strike a fatal blow when he has the right time, place and people!

It's not easy to keep yourself at the top of your game, but Dio can do it, and he can use a variety of factors to lure his opponent into a period of decline, or set a trap that prevents him from unleashing his true power.

Staying in the room, waiting for the prey to be caught, it takes a lot of energy, maybe waiting for an hour is not a problem, but waiting for seven or eight hours, or even more than ten hours, the iron man will feel tired, when the time comes, he will find a way to attract the attention of the other party, and the battle will be over in a very short time, Dio is sure of this.

Now all he has to do is exchange the jewels in the package for money, and then find a place to recharge.

Ten minutes later, Dio had already walked into a pawn shop, perhaps because it had just rained sleet, there was no one in the pawn shop, and behind the long table with iron bars, an old man and a few men were chatting about something.

Seeing Dio enter the door, the old man hurriedly stood up and smiled: "Young man, is there anything you need me to serve?"

Dio walked to the long table and put the package in his hand: "Look, how many can you pawn?"

The old man slowly opened the package, his gaze seemingly casually scanning over Dio several times, before turning his gaze to the jewels in the package.

There are many professions in the world that require the ability to see the subtleties, and there are too many details that can be captured, and if you can't do it, you can only mix it up, and if you can do it, you will have the opportunity to become a leader in the industry.

Dio smiled, in fact, he had the same habit.

The old man grabbed a necklace casually, glanced at it, and said softly, "The condition doesn't seem to be very good." ”

"I'm not going to pawn good jewelry here. Theo said.

"Don't look down on Stack Tower. The old man laughed, "Young man, you just came, didn't you? You don't know this place yet, and when you do, you won't say that." ”

"I'm sorry for what I just said. Dio shrugged, he was a little surprised, it seemed that the people who lived here were quite proud to be part of the town of Heap.

"There's nothing to apologize for, I can understand that. The old man laughed, "The town has not been repaired for many years, and the streets are narrow and dirty, and the adventurers from outside will not have a good impression at first glance." ”

As he spoke, the old man had already taken a rough look at the jewels in the package, pondered for a moment, and stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty gold coins?" Dio breathed a sigh of relief, these gold coins were enough for him to spend a while.

"Young man, that's not how the joke is made. As he spoke, the old man took out three shiny gold coins from the counter and placed them on the long table with great cherishment.

"......" Dio was stunned, he remembered very well, the fox fur jacket that Brigitte wore was worth two gold coins, and his package weighed almost two pounds, even if the jewelry was not in good condition, it could not be sold so cheaply.

At that moment, the pawn shop was pushed away, and a woman came in gracefully, and Dio recognized the other person as the little widow Ellie.

Elle always had a smile on her face as she chatted with Masaldo, and without saying a word, she walked straight over, laid a pawn bill on the table, and threw down seven or eight gold coins, perhaps deliberately, two of which tumbled off the counter and landed on the ground with a crisp crashing sound.

The old man didn't care, leaned down and looked for the gold coin very seriously, then straightened up, wiped the dust off the gold coin, carefully placed it on the counter, then picked up the pawn bill, looked at it, took out a pink box from the counter, and handed it to Ellie.

Ellie snorted coldly and snatched the box.

The old man turned his gaze to Dio: "Young man, have you thought about it?"

"Too little, isn't it?" there was a hint of displeasure in Dio's eyes, although he didn't have much financial acumen, he also knew that the price was ridiculously cheap.

Elle looked at the package on the counter, suddenly raised her little foot, kicked Dio's leg lightly, and then turned and walked out.

Bang...... The door was slammed shut by Ellie, and dust fell from the beams.

Dio was a little surprised, what does this mean?**? or ......

"Five gold coins, no more. The old man said.

Dio slowly tied up the package and checked it in his hand, he wanted to smash the package in the other party's face, but, except for some occasions when he had to try to get a dagger, he was always a good boy who was harmless to humans and animals, not to mention that this was just a business, and it was good to talk about finding someone else, and he couldn't make trouble.

Seeing that Dio was really leaving, the old man's smile became a little strange: "Young man, you still have to come back when you walk out of this door, except for us, no one dares to collect the lost property of the Marquis's caravan." ”

"You threaten me?" Dior's smile was much happier than the other's, and although it was not clear how the other party recognized the source of the jewelry, he could laugh whenever and wherever he wanted.

"No, no, it's just kind counsel. The old man hurriedly waved his hand.

"Thanks, but I don't need to. Dio walked out of the pawn shop with the package, and saw Elle waiting across the street, and when she saw Dio come out, she first waved to Dio, and then walked towards her hotel.