Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 35: Distortion events
A cadre, a captain, and a small gang.
A strange combination started drinking in the pub.
Su Lun and the other three were drinking heavily.
Suddenly, Sam and several members of the Cross Society rushed into the tavern in a panic, carrying heavy firepower and firearms.
They glanced around the tavern, and their eyes instantly caught Kai in the booth.
Sam saw no one else in his eyes, strode over, and said eagerly: "Captain, it's bad! Among the troublemakers we killed before, I heard that one of them was a 'Steam' The brother-in-law of a party cadre. I got the news that the guy "Red Hair" Kuntu is coming with a group of people, and he seems to be planning to cause trouble for us! Captain, let’s gather our brothers quickly..."
This guy said a long list of words in one breath, and it felt like he could hardly breathe.
Gang fights are normal, especially on territory where the two gangs are in contact.
Originally, this was a very urgent matter.
The enemy is coming with force, and their Cross Society must also gather their brothers. Not to say that there will definitely be a conflagration, but at least they won't be taken advantage of in terms of numbers.
However, after Sam finished speaking, he found that the atmosphere at the wine table was a little strange.
By the way, shouldn’t the captain bang the table and start shaking people at this time?
But... Kai seemed very calm.
He even picked up the wine and took a slow sip from the cup before sneering: "Brother-in-law? Haha...it seems like those guys from the 'Steam Party' are deliberately looking for excuses to start a war."
Su Lun also remained silent, glancing at the gambling-addicted young woman next to him from the corner of his eye.
In other places, maybe he would still worry about his own safety.
But now....
Qianjou’s back was facing the door of the tavern. Just now, Sam and the others were only looking for Kai, and they didn’t notice that the woman on the table seemed familiar.
The atmosphere seemed wrong now. The big eyes stared at the small eyes, and then they recognized that the big flowery arms were thousands.
“Sister Senjo?”
Sam and others were pleasantly surprised.
Chienjou picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and asked lazily: "What happened..."
“That, from the Steam Party...”
Sam was about to repeat the plot just now, but after looking at Chijiu's bored expression, he changed his words with a flattering look on his face: "Ah, you're here, it's okay."
Everyone: "..."
Not long after, there was a roar of locomotives outside the door, and the infamous "speeding gang" of the Steam Brotherhood came to Green Street.
Su Lun looked at the well-modified steam Harley motorcycles at the door with a little envy. Apart from anything else, in the outer city, the Steam Party is indeed superior in mechanical transformation technology.
Twenty guys with modified mechanical prosthetics and armed with long guns and cannons rushed into the "Elephant Tavern" menacingly, scaring the tavern drinkers into running away.
Looking at the posture, it seems that he is here to seek revenge.
But then, a dramatic scene happened.
The farce ended in a bizarre way before it even started.
The red-haired man in the lead saw Kai at the wine table, raised his gun and shouted: "Kayi, you..."
But before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of the woman with big arms on the wine table, and his expression suddenly changed. The harsh words he wanted to say were forced to swallow, and he swallowed them back.
Hongmao also has quick eyesight and quick hands. Without saying any nonsense, he raised the muzzle of the gun and inserted it into the holster on his waist. The red hair shook and he immediately turned around and left the tavern, as if he had taken the wrong road.
This scene made the drinkers in the tavern who did not know the truth look confused.
But the people at the Cross Church laughed and booed, "Hahahaha..."
Senjou ignored the Steam Party members who were leaving. She was a cadre of the Cross Society, and she had not lost her position enough to cause trouble for a squad leader of a rival gang.
She was almost done drinking, and she said to Kai: "Kai, please be more careful lately. Those guys from the Steam Party are also coveting Green Street. I think there will be no shortage of small tricks..."
Kayi said thoughtfully: "I know, Sister Senjo."
As for gangsters, they always face beatings and killings.
From the moment they joined, they were ready.
.....
Did you encounter many emergencies on the first day you joined the gang, but the rest of the day returned to calm?
At seven o'clock every night, Kai will patrol with his team for half an hour and then disband.
The days seem to be very leisurely.
Even the guys from the Steam Party have not appeared again since the Elephant Tavern.
And the young woman addicted to gambling will definitely appear in the arena every night, dragging Su Lun to gamble with her.
But gambling really depends on luck.
Even if Su Lun is lucky in gambling, he cannot win every time.
Of course, his bet was very small, so winning or losing was acceptable.
But this Senjo sister vividly expresses the ups and downs of a gambler.
When she wins money, her words are clear and logical, such as "stop losses immediately when you lose" and "stop as soon as you win"...
But when you really lose, you don’t care. If you lose once, you raise your bet, and if you lose again, you double your bet...
I can’t even try to persuade you.
This kind of gambling also caused her to win more than two million on the first day, but she lost everything within two days of squandering it.
This is also the normal behavior of dog gamblers. When they win money, they are intoxicated with money, and when they lose money, they live in Qiaodong Street.
However, although this gambling-addicted young woman’s gambling products are mediocre, her character is not bad.
She lost all her money, and besides eating and drinking, she didn't borrow a penny from Su Lun and Kai.
Su Lun had to go to the arena every day to harvest soul fragments, so he could only gamble with her. So the two of them became quite familiar with each other as they kept going back and forth.
Chienjou doesn’t have any airs like a big sister, and the two of them can be considered fair-weather friends.
It’s no wonder that she has a good relationship with the gang members in Huili.
A few days later, Qianjou lost all the last savings in his pocket, and then he returned home unwillingly. She planned to do some gang tasks to make money, and made an appointment with Su Lun to gamble someday.
Suellen bid farewell to the gang leader, and his own life returned to peace.
Every night he would stay in the arena until dawn, then find a hotel to meditate, practice puppetry skills, and read alchemical classics...
The days are regular and leisurely, harvesting souls every day, practicing professional skills, and the experience points soar rapidly.
There are 8-10 corpses in the gladiatorial arena a day, and occasionally there are professional gladiatorial matches.
And in the past few days, he has also developed a lot of weird abilities, such as "lip reading proficiency", "darts", "motorcycle riding skills", "Gwent skills"...
A bunch of hodgepodge skills, everything.
However, he gradually discovered a problem.
That is, after his own firearms level and combat level increased, some experience stripped from the corpse became less and less.
Later he also figured it out. He was close to the level of "advanced firearm proficiency", so naturally he couldn't learn too much from the corpse of a "junior proficient".
Although there are strengths and weaknesses, there are not many.
Fortunately there is no risk, it can accumulate sand into a tower
During this period, Su Lun went to the black market several times, but failed to find his ideal planting drawings. But I heard that in a few days, the black market will hold a high-quality auction that is held from time to time every month. That is when hunters and thieves focus on selling, and many good things will appear.
He plans to try his luck when the time comes.
.....
This day, in the hotel.
A "bang" gunshot caused the lime powder on the wall to fall.
I don’t know which unlucky guy got shot.
Although he was used to it, Su Lun's arm in the room still instinctively shook when he heard this movement.
The rune pen stained with blue paint in his hand also deviated from the expected trajectory, like a crooked lipstick, leaving dazzling traces of failure on the doll's body.
“Failed again...”
Su Lun felt a helpless bitterness as he looked at the puppet that he had painted in front of him that had been "disfigured beyond all recognition".
Although his concentration is not easily interrupted by the external environment, he cannot withstand the sudden frequency of quarrels, fights and gunshots.
Fights between drunken tenants are common in the corridors of cheap hotels. In this world where everyone is armed with a gun, action almost means a gunfight, which is always scary. And just yesterday, there was an incident in the room above Su Lun, where a call girl conspired with her accomplices to shoot the escort. There was another burst of gunfire, and the bullets that penetrated the floor almost missed him downstairs.
“It’s really hard to find a suitable place to live...”
Su Lun sighed slightly, feeling fed up with the harsh noise environment.
He wants to find a soundproof, quiet place, preferably with a shooting range.
Puppet master is a rare profession. Gladiators in the fighting field can hardly strip away the skills of related professions, and they can only practice hard. The two processes of enchanting and glyphing are much more difficult than expected, requiring a quiet environment and a lot of time to practice.
Now that he was disturbed, Su Lun did not dwell on the sound of gunshots anymore.
He looked at the failed puppet in front of him and rolled his eyes. At this moment, the fingers of his hands suddenly bent, as if grabbing some invisible object, and the puppet suddenly stood up strangely.
It was only half a meter tall, like a toddler with a bare bottom, and then started walking around the house.
The "click" and "click" sounds of the wooden joints rubbing against each other are a bit breathtaking.
Su Lun stood there, his hands and ten fingers beating at a high frequency like playing a piano, and the puppet followed suit and made many movements. Although he still looks stiff, he can basically perform some fighting actions such as punching, kicking, rolling, and stabbing with a knife...
After practicing the manipulation for a while, Su Lun stopped when he felt that the muscles in his fingers were stiff.
“Huh...”
Let out a long breath.
He looked at the steel wire wrapped in his fingers, shook his head slightly, and muttered: "The steel wire is not thin enough, not tough enough, and the maneuverability is too low... It is really not easy to find a suitable wire material."
This is the most suitable material for puppet control that he can find so far, but it is still a bit unsatisfactory.
He thought of the scene in the ruins of the manor where Pestoya controlled dozens of puppets at the same time and easily controlled the bald Ivan with silk threads.
It is also the manipulation of silk thread, but the effect is very different.
Semi-finished puppet, without suitable steel wires, and the control skills are also very awkward...
As a newbie "puppet master", there is still a long way to go before he can use puppets to form a fighting force.
But Su Lun has a good mentality. He has been able to reach this level in a few days. He feels that the progress is not bad.
There were still several hours before work, and Su Lun originally planned to continue practicing puppet control.
But at this moment, Kai's call suddenly came from the communicator: "All newcomers, gather at the old place, there is a distortion mission."
Su Lun did not dare to delay, checked the equipment and ammunition, and walked out of the door.
…........
Not long after the news of the gathering was sent out, Kuntu, the "red-haired" member of the Steam Party, quietly sneaked into the vicinity of Green Street with a group of people.
A mysterious voice came from the communicator: "Captain Kuntu, it has been confirmed that Kai brought a group of new people, about 20 people, to Tongzilou."