In the afternoon, Varina came to Riverbend Avenue in the south area of the bridge.

If he's not mistaken, the puppet-obsessed Mr. Emlyn White seems to live nearby.

Well...... With keywords like "great doctor" and "phlebotomy", they should be found.

But it's completely unnecessary, and what I'm going to do now is try to improve the sequence and find a way to get out of the witch cult's control.

Eugene lives at 78 Riverbend Avenue.

Varina found the house corresponding to the house number and found that it was a single-family three-story building, although there was no signboard, but looking at the posture of people coming and going on the first floor, it seemed that it was doing some business.

He walked straight in, at the back of the shortest line.

“…… Two big boxes? How much does it weigh and where? ”

"Cross the river and go directly to the pier in the river bend and wait for the boat ...... there"

……

Varina stood in the middle of the line and moved slowly, hearing and seeing, but quickly figured out what business was going on.

It's similar to the dock union, and it's also a transportation business.

It's just that this is a passenger transport, and the freight involved is also in small batches...... It seems that none of their ships are large.

It didn't take long for Varina to stand at the front of the line.

"What are you going to deliver, and where are you going?"

Behind the long table was a man in his thirties, dressed plainly, with no pen and paper, looking very unprofessional.

Varina was a little curious about how they operated, so she asked, "Did you send someone to pick them up after you asked the place?" ”

"How is it possible," the man's voice increased suddenly, "you tell you the situation, and I will tell you an approximate time, and you will go to the river and wait for the boat by yourself." ”

"Wherever we can park the boat, our brothers are easy to find."

"What exactly are you going to deliver?"

It was only then that Varina realized that the transportation here was semi-self-service, and that the Squirrel Gang boats were in charge of the water part.

He smiled apologetically and said, "I don't have any goods to deliver, I'm just going to the other side of the river." ”

"Alas, how many times have I said it, and it wastes my time." The man scratched his head impatiently, "Those who cross the river go directly to the wharf in the river bay, where there are many boats." ”

"Next."

Varina moved out of the way and walked towards the Tasok River.

After several requests for directions, he walked for more than ten minutes and found a so-called pier.

The pier was built on the shore of a gentle current, only about a man wide and three or four meters long, and it looked very rudimentary when it jutted out into the water from the shore.

It consisted of only eight thin-looking stakes and three or four planks, and Varina wondered if the stakes were deep enough.

There were a few people on the shore by the dock who were obviously waiting for the boat, and there was also a middle-aged man, who was supposed to be a member of the Squirrel Gang here.

Varina walked over and asked, "Are you going to the other side, are you going to take a boat here?" ”

"That's right," the middle-aged man said familiarly, "the fare is collected by the boatman, and I charge a fee of 1 pence here." ”

From here to the docks on the other side, Varina expected a reasonable fare of 3 to 4 pence, and the Squirrel Gang's charge of 1 pence seemed to be acceptable.

"How much will it cost?" He continued to ask.

"Look where you go," said the middle-aged man, "three pence on the opposite bank, five pence downstream, seven pence upstream, and eleven pence in Jowood." ”

Varina thought about it and found that shipping was not cheaper than the subway, but if the destination was not far from the river, it would be much more convenient than the subway.

He thought for a moment, took out a copper penny from his trouser pocket and handed it over, and the middle-aged man took it casually and put it in his waist bag.

After a while, a small boat came over from the river.

Varina clearly saw the boatman make a few gestures, and then the middle-aged man beside him said:

"This is the boat that goes upstream, as far as the bridge area."

When several guests waiting for the ship heard this, they all took their belongings and approached the dock.

Soon, the boat docked.

After the two guests got off the boat, the middle-aged man arranged for Varina and the others to get on the boat.

The boat is a sampan about 5 meters long with only one boatman.

Under his control, the boat staggered out of the dock and headed for the middle of the Tasok River.

Varina sat close to the boatman, chatting with him.

In the course of the small talk, Varina figured out the difference between the Squirrels and the Dead Eels.

The Dead Eel Gang is a gang-controlled industry, and they use the gang's power to control the dock freight and form the Dock Workers' Association;

The Squirrel Gang, on the other hand, is a gang formed by these ferrymen, whose main purpose is to fend off other gangs, of course, mainly the Dead Eels.

Varina had read the relevant information about the operation in the office of the president of the dock union, and knew that the dock union had withheld more than half of the remuneration of the porters, and at this time, there was a clear tendency in his mind to compare the operation of the squirrel gang.

He felt that the second time Eugene, the boss of the Squirrel Gang, was on the assassination list, it must have been the leader of the Dead Eel Gang, because the conflict of interests between the two sides was too obvious.

The first two killings, Varina was decisive, but this time he hesitated.

Killing Eugene will most likely put the Squirrel Gang at a disadvantage in the fight, or even lose outright, and the lives of these ferrymen may be greatly affected at that time.

……

The ferryman was supposed to concentrate on his work, but Varina would only answer when he asked, but when he was aroused, he began to talk about his own experience.

After a tirade, he didn't get a response, and then he realized that Varina had wandered at some point and hadn't heard his "punch line" at all.

He closed his mouth a little awkwardly and returned to his work.

About two hours later, he pulled up at a pier near Beckland Bridge, and found that the other guests had disembarked, but the guest who had spoken to him was still distracted.

"Hey, wake up," the ferryman patted Varina on the shoulder, "Sir, it's time for you to get off the boat, I'm going to be back." ”

Varina reacted, and after a few seconds of silence, asked, "Is it okay to take me back to Riverbend Avenue again?" 1 Is Surer enough? ”

"Enough is enough, the fare is cheaper downstream."

The ferryman smiled and took the note of 1 suckle and propped the boat back away from the dock.

……

After two hours of wandering, Varina was thinking about one question - should I kill Eugene?

If you kill, the reason is simple.

Assassins kill people and get money, the industry is duty, and they shouldn't think about anything else.

If you don't kill it, the reason is very simple.

He's just playing the "Assassin", not trying to be an "Assassin".

He hesitated until the ferryman woke him up, and he had a definite decision in the last few seconds of silence.