Chapter Forty-Eight: The Choice Lan Yue
The conversation between Jose and Emilio pierced Arazuki's heart like a thorn, making her a little absent-minded these days, she has consciously avoided Jugo these days, trying not to meet him, the two of them are staggered in the hospital to take care of Ling, only when they change shifts, they will say hello briefly, after leaving the hospital, Arazuki will nest in the tree house in a daze, and Chonggo doesn't know where to go, and seems to be avoiding Arazuki.
There is no way to do this, if the two of them meet, they will inevitably discuss what to do next, and she really has no clue now, although it is somewhat evasive to do so.
The test results of the blood samples that were sent out have not come back, which has given her some excuse to continue to escape, and she understands that it is meaningless, but she really feels too tired, no matter what the situation is, her brother has made up her mind, but when her brother and Anton were sent to Quicksand Island, this burden has fallen on her shoulders, and in the past few days, she feels that she is about to be overwhelmed.
A ray of sunlight suddenly pierced into the dimly lit treehouse, and Lan Yue, who was shrunk in the corner, narrowed his eyes, and through his fingers, he saw a rickety figure standing in the sunlight, "Mr. Balbo?" she asked, a little uncertain.
Balbo frowned and walked into the treehouse, which had been built by five children at their height, and although it had been made as spacious as possible, it was still a little small for Balbo, and he could touch the roof as long as he stood up straight.
Balbo frowned and glanced at the environment in the treehouse, judging from his expression, he frowned probably because of the smell in the house, since the accident, the treehouse has not been cleaned again, but Lanyue has been in it for too long, and she can't smell what the smell of the bottom is inside, but judging from Balbo's expression, she feels that the smell in the house is probably not good.
Balbo walked slowly up to Ranyue, his back to the sun, his face half-hidden in the shadows, and Arazuki could barely see some of the outlines, and Balbo's eyes, in which she saw sympathy, disappointment, and something more, something she couldn't understand now.
"What are you going to do?" asked Balbo.
Lan Yue got up from the ground, pulled her somewhat messy hair back to her ears, and smiled, "What to do?"
Balbo sighed, "Kid, I know it's not fair, but running away is not the way to go. ”
Lan Yue wanted to continue smiling, but found that she couldn't do it, she lowered her head, she didn't know what the expression on her face was, but she didn't want Balbo to see her expression.
She felt something slip over her face, and she reached out to wipe it off, it was water, and it was warm water...... Tears fell uncontrollably down his cheeks, and she asked in a choked voice, "Mr. Balbo, what should I do?"
Balbo squatted down, picked up Lan Yue's face, and wiped the tears from her face with the back of his hand, his palm was rough, which made Lan Yue's cheeks hurt a little, but it gave her a feeling that she could rely on, "Child, what do you want to do?"
"I want my brother and Anton to come back from Quicksand Island, and I want to save Ling. Lan Yue choked up, and she finally confided her thoughts.
Balbo took her into his arms, patted her on the back, and said to her, "Then do it." ”
So, they came to José.
Valhalla, this is a well-known department in the empire, but for the vast majority of people, this department only stays at the level of hearing of it, for a small place like Jiangcheng, Valhalla is a very distant thing, although there is an Valhalla office here, but they are only responsible for dealing with the spellcasters in the floating population of Jiangcheng, for ordinary people, they are still very mysterious.
Emilio calls Jose Mr. Detective, and Arazuki sees on him the symbol of Valhalla, the four-petaled fallen flower, which is the sign on the badge on the main entrance of the main hall of Valhalla in the capital, and Arazuki remembers this.
She didn't know how much power an Valhalla agent had, so she asked Balbo, and he gave a vague answer, according to him, a senior agent was probably equal to Renard's position, so that he might be able to get Renard to dismiss the charges against Galaxy and Anton.
According to José, he stayed at the hotel opposite the hospital, but when Balbo and Arazuki arrived, the front desk of the hotel told them that Jose was not in the hotel, and when Arazuki and Balbo planned to leave first and come back later, the red-haired demon girl who had met in the hospital last time happened to return.
"Are you looking for my senior brother?" the girl was holding a paper bag in her hand, which seemed to contain some kind of snack, and Lan Yue was not sure.
"Well, isn't he here?" Lan Yue nodded.
"Wait a minute, I'll call him. The girl trotted out of the hotel, but she just ran out and ran back, stuffing the paper bag in her hand into Lan Yue's hand, "Help me carry this." Then he trotted away again.
Lan Yue looked at the paper bag a little dumbfounded, it was a small fruit fried with sugar, which was barely a specialty of Jiangcheng.
Balbo and Arazuki sat in the lobby of the hotel, and after waiting for about ten minutes, they saw the girl trotting back, and José followed her, and she saw Balbo and Arazuki and came over, "You're here." He said to Lan Yue.
Balbo coughed twice, catching José's attention, "Who are you?" he asked.
"Balbo, Frih Balbo. Balbo held out a hand to José, who paused for a moment before putting his hand on it, shaking it a little stiffly, and replying, "Hegu José." ”
"Mr. Hegoku, maybe we should change places?" Balbo took José's hand and glanced at the bustling lobby of the hotel.
José was silent for a moment, then said, "Follow me." ”
The red-haired girl walked in front, jumping up and down, José followed her, and Balbo walked behind José with Arazuki, Arazuki lowered her head, she didn't expect Balbo to have his own surname, Balbo was famous for his eccentric temper in the surrounding area, but she had never heard of him actually having his own surname, and Emilio didn't mention it.
José's room was on the second floor, and the girl's room was opposite him, and when the girl wanted to push open the door of José's room, José stopped her, "Rong Ruo, can we talk alone for a while?"
Rong Ruo was a little angry, but after glancing at Lan Yue and Balbo, she still chose to go back to her room, and at the same time did not forget to stick out her tongue at Jose, although it was only a quick glance, but Lan Yue felt that the girl's room seemed to be a little... Disorderly?
She didn't think much about it, and followed Jose into his room, the small room was neatly tied, and Arazuki was sure that it wasn't the waiter at the hotel, because she had never heard of a hotel that would fold the quilt into tofu cubes and put it on the bed.
José dragged two stools from under the desk by the wall and placed them next to the bed, Balbo sat on top of one of them, José sat on the other, and Ranyue sat on the bed, facing Balbo and José.
"You made a decision?" asked José.
Lan Yue clutched the corner of her clothes, she felt a little nervous, she coughed twice, cleared her throat, and then said to José, "Can I ask you a question first?"
Jose nodded.
After getting her consent, Ranyue continued to ask, "Can you get Renard to listen to you?"
Jose frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Who is Renard?"
Balbo answered the question, "Sayah Renard is the chief of the Gangseong Police Department. ”
José thought for a moment, "I don't know if he'll listen to me, but I should be higher than him in terms of title." ”
"Is Valhalla's rights on the rise again?" Balbo said, a somewhat confused expression.
Jose shook his head, "The title of Valhalla's special agent is the same as that of the mayor of a prefecture-level city, and it shouldn't have been adjusted in recent decades. ”
"You're a special agent!" Balbo said, a surprised look on his face.
Lan Yue didn't know what the concept of Valhalla's special agent was, but she roughly understood one thing, that is, Jose's official was older than Renard, and she was a little more sure when she thought of this.
"I'm willing to go to the capital with you, but I have the conditions. Arazuki said that she saw the surprise on Balbo's face, and she only told Balbo Jose that he was a friend of her mother's time, but she didn't say that he was here to take her to the capital.
"Nizi, you!" Balbo stood up suddenly.
Lan Yue also stood up, she bowed to Balbo, then raised her head, her eyes were determined, "Mr. Balbo, thank you, I've figured it out." Then she faced Jose again, "I can go to the capital with you, but you have to release my brother and Anton from Quicksand Island, and Xiaoling's illness, I want Valhalla to do its best to cure Xiaoling's illness, as long as you agree to these conditions, I will go to the capital with you." ”
She stared into José's eyes, her own reflection clear in his pale blue pupils, he was thinking, and after a moment, he said, "I can have the Department of Special Diseases take full care of that girl's treatment, but where is Quicksand Island?"
Balbo stared at Lan Yue, sighed, and then replied, "Quicksand Island is a sandbar in the lower reaches of the Gong River, and a juvenile prison has been built on it, and Renard has locked the boy in it for the huge amount of money he stolen. ”
After hearing this, Jose shook his head, looked at Lan Yue and said, "I can't break the law. ”
"But my brother and Anton are slandered, they didn't steal 500,000 from the gladiatorial arena at all!" Lan Yue said emotionally.
Jose frowned, "I don't understand. ”
"The Jiangcheng Colosseum collapsed a few days ago, we don't know the specific situation, Renard created this 500,000 case in order to save some, and then hastily closed the case, and sent the two children to Quicksand Island without a trial. Balbo paused for a moment, then said, "Those two kids shouldn't have broken the law, at least this time." ”
Jose stared at him for a moment, then stood up as well, he looked at Arazuki, "I'll go and ask Renard about the specific situation, if they didn't commit a crime, they will be released, and then we'll go back to the capital." ”