When Dior left the martial arts hall, it was already dark, and the students were already almost gone.

After communicating with the left-behind students at the front desk, Dior walked out of the gate of the martial arts hall and headed towards Hayobi Street.

During this time, once he forgot the time of cultivation in the martial arts hall, he would go home very late, so his family was used to it, and he would not make a fuss like at the beginning, which made him a lot more free in the handling of his own time.

Hayobi Street is on the edge of the central area, so walking from the relatively remote Gray Scale Martial Arts Hall, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increases. And because of today's festival celebrations, a lot of public transportation has been suspended, so that many pedestrians simply do not take the side streets, but walk directly along the middle road, and from time to time some spontaneous small groups of processions pass by, mixing together to be particularly lively.

Surrounded by the dense flow of people, like a school of fish in the reproductive season, they shuttle in and out of the sea of steel and concrete called the city.

Male, female, old, young, handsome, ugly...... All kinds of people, each with their own future, each with their own goals, just like their current self.

An inexplicable sense of loneliness suddenly welled up in Dior's heart, not the kind of child-free **, nor the physical and mental exhaustion under the pressure of life, but a sense of loneliness that is detached from others and looks down on the people. Although there is a constant flow of people around me, I don't feel that I am accompanied by anyone at all.

In the change of mentality, the lively scenes of these festivals immediately became boring in his eyes, and his pace quickened, constantly squeezing out the people who stood in his way, leaving their curses far behind.

The Hummingbird antique shop was located in a forked alley on the side of the main road, and there were not many people running here at this time, so it was as deserted as ever, and the store was closed, except for the red glow leaking through the crack in the door.

He knocked on the door, and in a short time there was a sound of footsteps on the other side of the door, which extended to the edge of the door, and then the door opened.

Hemmer, who appeared behind the door, stretched out his head and looked at the left and right sides of the store to see that there was nothing going on before letting Dior in.

"You have guests?"

As soon as he entered the antique shop, Dior found that it was not just him and Hemmer, but also a man sitting with his back to him at the table against the wall in the back of the store, drinking with a cup on his own.

Normally, there are no customers in the Haimer store at this time, but today's situation makes Dior a little strange.

"yes. Hemer closed the door and walked inside with Dior, "But you know this customer." ”

Dio Huo Ran stopped, his pupils constricting slightly.

"I know?"

"Don't be nervous, it's me. ”

At this moment, the guest sitting inside stood up, turned around, and smiled at Dior, a young man with an ordinary face, who looked to be about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and who had worked with Dion in the Mannheim Hill incident.

"Deon, why are you back?" Dior didn't understand that the other party dared to come here at this time.

He had heard Warren say that the Thorn Barrier to which Dion belonged was a large force in the provinces, and when he tried to enter the city, he had a conflict with the strongest snake force, the Remehanton Company, and the explosion of Mount Mannheim was the product of the fierce conflict between the two forces. After the Mannheim Hill incident, the strength of the Thorn Barrier in the city and the surrounding area was extremely badly damaged, so it was surrounded and suppressed by the Remy Hangton Company and many anti-Thorn Barrier forces, and all the strongholds in the city were destroyed, and only a few people hiding in the countryside escaped.

In this case, Dion still dared to enter the city where the Remehampton Company was entrenched, and it can only be said that he was really bold enough.

"That's a long story. Dion smiled and made a gesture of please, "If you don't mind, we'll sit and talk." ”

Hearing this, Dio nodded slightly, walked over calmly, and sat down opposite Dion.

"I'm going to make tea, and this time I've got a lot of snake gall from Lonely Mountain, and the blue star petals from the Romin Wetland are definitely rare and good......," Hemmer said and walked to the kitchen at the back of the store, obviously leaving space for Dior and Dion.

"Is this your stronghold?" asked Dior.

Dion shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, most of our Thorn Fortress strongholds in Santa Loita City have been destroyed, and some of the remaining ones have also taken the initiative to give up, and the headquarters has made a decision to abandon Santa Loita City, and this antique shop is just my personal relationship." ”

"Oh, I see, so what did you want to talk about when you came to me? I think the list of witches that Hemmer sent me today must be fake, and the purpose is to get me to come over today. Dio smiled, looking like he didn't care just by looking at his expression, but his burning gaze had already shown his vigilance, and the muscles under his clothes began to tense and twist, and if something went wrong, he would kill Dion on the spot.

"I'm sorry, it was my idea, but I was able to stay here for a short time, and in fact I'll be leaving if you come back tomorrow, so I have to use this method to meet you. Dion smiled apologetically and looked at Dior honestly.

"Purpose. Dio looked at him for a moment, then slowly spat out two words.

"My unwillingness, your need. Dion pressed his hands on the table and said seriously.

Dio frowned slightly, and motioned for Dion to continue: "Tell me about it. ”

Seeing Dior's willingness to continue the exchange, the smile on Dion's face became even stronger.

"My unwillingness is simple, I just don't want everything I've spent so much time and resources building in Santa Loita to be ruined. I won't quibble about what has nothing to do with me that led to this fiasco, failure is failure, there is no excuse at all, but because of this incident, it is difficult for me to keep the position I have worked so hard to hold at the headquarters, and if I don't want to sink here, then I have to make achievements, and I will stand up from where I fail, so I came. ”

Dio nodded noncommittally and asked, "I understand your purpose, so what does it have to do with me, and what is my need?"

"Safe. Dion leaned forward slightly, looking directly at Dior, "You don't think Remy Henton will let you and the Greyscale Martial Arts Pavilion go, do you?"

"How?"

"Not to mention the explosion that impressed us, your senior brother Lynch was originally hired by the Remy Henton Company to snipe me, but because of you, he temporarily turned back and killed a number of members of the Remy Henton Company, which is a great shame for the Remy Henton Company, if it weren't for the fact that you had to deal with us, you would have started a war a long time ago. ”

"My master said that he had come forward to ask someone to mediate and explain this conflict. Dior said.

"Do you believe it?" Dion's face showed a little disdain, "This matter is completely a slap in the face of the Remy Henton Company, if they don't get it back, they just swallow their anger like this, how can they be looked down upon by others on the road? It's just that they can't pull out their hands for a while, and there is one more thing you shouldn't know." ”

"What?"

"One of the people in the Remy Henton Company that your senior brother killed is the younger brother of the third-ranked high-ranking personnel in their organization, his own son, and he has a very good relationship, do you think they will let you go?"

Dior's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't speak.

"My enemy is the Remy Henton Corporation, and your enemy is also them, unless you leave the city of Santa Loita with all your loved ones right now and escape far away, can you do that?"

Can it be done?

You don't need to think about it to know that the answer is no.

Dion also knew this answer, so he didn't have to wait for Dio's answer at all, and continued: "Since our enemies are the same, then we have a basis for cooperation, and we work very well together in the Mannheim Mountains, why not continue?"

Dior nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "How to cooperate?"

"I don't care what you do, but I can provide you with some channels and sources of intelligence that you can use as an investment. ”

"A one-sided investment? Didn't you say you wanted to use it to strengthen your position? I'm sorry I don't see what you can gain. ”

Instead of answering directly, Dion took out a map and spread it out on the table.

"Do you know why our organization values the city of Santa Loita so much?" Deon drew an irregular ellipse on the map with his hand, "This is the main area of our organization's control, and now you see how important the city of Santa Loita is to us?"

Dio looked at the city of Santa Loita on the map, which was on the edge of Deon's drawing, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "The city of Santa Loita is the most core transportation hub connecting the upper and lower sides of your organization's control area?"

"Yes, that's it. The most important business of our organization is smuggling, transportation is our lifeline, and the city of Santa Loita has a large port and is the largest railway junction in the Black Mosa region. If we control this place, the goods of our organization can go to the control areas as quickly as possible through Santa Loita City, and the sphere of influence can also be squeezed out of the current state of being squeezed by the surrounding forces and infiltrate in other directions on a large scale, do you understand the importance of Santa Loita City to us now?"

Dio nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"I have a certain understanding of the Gray Scale Martial Arts Pavilion where you are, several of your senior brothers and sisters have some of their own forces, although they are not very strong, but they are definitely not negligible when they are gathered, coupled with the various channels and information I have provided to you, I think you have hope to be able to resist the attack of Remy Henton Company. If you can do that, then you will also become a force, and then we will have the basis to really start working together......"