Chapter 15: The Little Hammer
Across the street, Shang Luo, wearing a big hat, peeked out from behind the newspaper, and Apollonia relayed the conversation of the brocade guard in real time, as she had done before. The Jinyi guard has already pulled up the blockade, and the onlookers have already piled up three or four layers.
"I seem to have heard something, and I see that they seem to be looking for me with some magic weapon. As a result, they're going to chase me in Las Vegas? But why? β
Shang Luo couldn't figure it out after thinking about it. He obviously hasn't decided anything yet, why does Jinyiwei have to predict in advance?
[I guess the brocade guards themselves are coming for Las Vegas.] After all, the movements made by those Britannia were very large, and they detected the probability of those 'weird'. So, where are you going? γ
"I don't know. But the physical distance can't stop Jinyiwei at all, and it's useless to run into the wild. But I can't really go to Las Vegas, can I? They obviously went after it. So I'm just a question of whether to run or not. I feel... Actually, I can trust Jinyiwei, why don't I say hello to them? β
[If you are undecided, I suggest you do divination? Come on, draw cards first. You promised? Let's get started. γ
Apollonia paused for a moment and began to ask upwards:
Exclude the least likely options first. Akashic Records, should we go to Las Vegas! Give me a letter! γ
...
At the station, a coach to Las Vegas has started its engine.
"As a result, we literally went to Las Vegas. And Jin Yiwei seems to be one step ahead of us. I said, are you really reliable? β
[I think... We can trust the Akashic Records. Well, it should be okay. The Akashic Record replied based on a collection of all past experiencesβhe thought he should go. So what are your plans for now? Or are you still going back? γ
"Forget it, it's not a bad thing to go to Las Vegas, you can't run anywhere anyway. This limited route turned out to open my mind to if I had to go to Las Vegas. And maybe you can kill two birds with one stone and solve the problem with Dan. As for now, I'll have a good rest, I'm afraid I'll be busy tomorrow. β
He looked out the window. The seats in coaches are cramped, and your knees can only push against the seat in front of you. The hardwood seat was not upholstered and slippery enough that he always had a tendency to fall off.
This is not a car for the people of Daming, because this car can be used as long as you buy a ticket. On the road from San Francisco to Las Vegas, there are two or three buses a day to and fro with passengers.
There weren't many people on the bus, but there was a guest in each row. In terms of weekdays rather than holidays, this attendance is not bad.
[By the way? When will Tsukidan's Fang Ziling be wanted? γ
Apollonia asked. It was a pact between them, she kept it in mind.
"Wait to get out of the car, anyway, you can't do alchemy now. Let me get a good night's sleep first, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep after listening to it. Let's come back tomorrow for the big one. β
"Ahem," the attendant, who was wider than the hallway, got into the car. This is a "red race", with pink skin and red tan, and a red nose and neck. The bag of his fanny pack was wrapped around his waist and tucked around his short-sleeved shirt. The bag contains the ticket and the ticket check-in clip.
Speaking in a thick Texas accent, the conductor shouted into the car:
"Who wants to buy a ticket?" He only shouted one sentence, and when he finished shouting, he was ready to leave.
"This." Shang Luo raised his hand weakly.
The conductor tiptoed up and glanced at Shang Luo in the back row. The hallway was already narrow, and he had to hold his stomach to squeeze in.
"Ugh." He's a little impatient, but it's work.
With his stomach in his hand, he sent it in from the narrow aisle.
"Where do you get off?" There was not a hint of emotion in the tone. As a conductor, he goes to this phrase hundreds of times a day. Even though he only went to elementary school, he was able to pay for all the stations along the way.
"Get off in Las Vegas."
"90 Wen." The conductor reflexively quoted the price.
"It's okay, it's not expensive." Shang Luo didn't actually know how much the ticket was. He felt that his money should be enough. Pulling out a coin, he handed it to the conductor.
As soon as he got his hands on one or two silver dollars, the conductor was stunned for a moment.
Good fellow, give such a big one.
He looked at Shang Luoβ
"It's Lord Aurora. Sorry sorry, didn't find out. β
The spirit of the conductor was lifted at once. This train may not have a "Aurora person" for ten days and half a month.
"Aurora" is the name of the Ming Dynasty in Europe, because the concept of directly calling "Daming" will be relatively vague. Because the whole world is not the king's land, this hemisphere is "Ming". At this time, it was politically incorrect to call the people within the king's command "Ming people".
So generally, they would call the Han Chinese in the two capitals and thirteen provinces "Aurora", which is a term from Rome. There is also a name called "Maha Aurora", which is considered an elegant name, but it is not official.
Correspondingly, the people of the Ming Dynasty called the "two capitals and thirteen provinces" "Jinei", because there were Wang Ji under the direct rule of His Majesty the Emperor of the Holy Son of Heaven.
"You're checking my papers?"
"No, no, no, how dare we check Master Aurora's certificate, no one here is qualified. Wait, I'll get you some new tickets, they're so dirty. β
"Don't bother, just find me."
"Well, I'm sorry." The conductor has a professional smile and an attitude that is somewhere between "flattering" and "courteous". Not why, it's just that the "Aurora" here are all out of tolerance, and there are almost no civilians in the real sense. This time I still went to Las Vegas, apparently with some...
Some unspeakable reasons.
He wasn't going to ask more. With Shang Luo's consent, he gave Shang Luo the change in his bag.
As soon as the ticket was in hand, Shang Luo knew why he had changed it: it was not all paper tickets issued by the household department, but also paper notes issued by the central bank of Rome, "Bank of San Marco". The exchange rate of the two currencies is very stable and can be used most of the time.
However, the condition of these Roman banknotes is not good. It's too far from the Great Lakes, the heart of Rome in the New World. I don't know how many times these banknotes circulated before they crossed the New World and reached Shang Luo's hands.
[Actually, this is a good thing.] Apollonia said in her pocket, "Running to the neutral zone with a lot of 'Aurora currency' is easy to be targeted. And the coins in your hands are too new. γ
"I can't help it, this is a new coin directly minted in Nanjing, and those sent overseas as military salaries have not flowed through the country."
[I suggest you try to find this new money as much as possible.] Get off the bus and find a vending machine. γ
"How can there be a vending machine that charges a tael of silver?"
[Yes, small steel ball machine. The last time I went to Las Vegas, the machine that bought small steel balls there could directly put in a silver tael and then come out with a big pot of steel balls. When you go to Las Vegas, you want to play with those machines, right? It does be safer not to have to be face-to-face. γ
"Tsk, that's not creative." Shang Luo shook his head, "How many can you make by gambling?" If we want to do it, we can do it with a big vote. In addition, you have to make a lot of efforts, we made the explosion together, and you are also responsible. β
[I'll say okay first! I can't help you rob the bank! And don't shake the pot! I told you to stop, and you were the one who insisted on hitting the hammer yourself! γ
"The hammer is still on me. Strange to say, after smashing a hammer on you, that little hammer gave me a special feeling - as if it could smash you away if it hit you again, and it is now very confident and always eager to hit you. Since it wasn't your intention to fix you, how about I restore you? I 'lifted' the nails that had been inserted into them again. β
[No, no, no, it's still forget it, forget it. γ
"So this hammer can really knock you open? Shall I try it? Shang Luo picked up the hammer.
[Hey, I was tricked by you.] Your instincts are accurate, the hammer has touched the body of the divine machine, and now it has been 'enlightened'. It wounded the Divine Machine once, so it could wound a second timeβlike the Spear of Longinus, which was also stained with the blood of the Gods. γ
"Then what am I? Apollonia's hammer? β
[It's more appropriate to call it the Hammer of Shangluo, because Longinus is the name of a soldier... you, what am I talking about, you're trapped. I'm not dead yet, the hammer doesn't kill me, it only hurts. Most of the time, it can also damage other gods, theoretically. I have a hunch that this thing can penetrate the shell of the god machine and directly injure it... Eh! You're really fighting! γ
Shang Luo picked up the small hammer and struck it lightly again.
[You still knock!] You still knock! My whole world is in an earthquake, you know! γ
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I owe a lot of manpower, you can bear with it." He said so, but he didn't mean to apologize at all.
"Do you think this hammer can be used to rob a bank?"
[No, this hammer is only a special attack on the divine machine, and it is still just a small hammer for things other than the divine machine. Are you really going to rob a bank? It is indeed faster to go straight to the gambling money than to get on the table. γ
"Maybe I'm going to go. But there is a way to do it faster than to grab money. I have to do it myself to grab the money, but if I know everything and knows everything, then naturally someone will send me the money. β
He nodded secretly and put the hammer in his pocket so that he could take it out at any time.
Next time it's a pinch, maybe this little hammer will come in handy.