Lord of the Mysteries Chapter 141: eastern district “Adventure” in mind
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Beckland eastern district, a crossroads.
Mike Joseph saw many poorly-dressed children on the street, wiped their mouths with a handkerchief, and planned to give them some pennies in the past.
However, his actions were blocked by the former vagabond old Kohler:
"Those are thieves!"
"The thief? What about their parents? Or is this all controlled by gangsters?" As a senior reporter, although Mike has never been to eastern district, I vaguely heard that there are several gangsters here that will control the theft of stray children Begging.
"Parents? They either have no parents, or they used to be thieves, or they are still doing it. Of course, Mr. Reporter, you are right. Many of them are indeed controlled by gangsters. They will teach them how to steal, for example, hang a gentleman ’s coat on the wall, put a handkerchief in his pocket, and hang a pocket watch outside. Through repeated practice, the handkerchief is stolen without shaking the pocket watch. When I was vagabond, I heard what people said in charitable institution. ”The old Kohler chattered,“ I remember the smallest thief I caught on this street, only six years old, hey, six years old ... ”
He seemed to remember the child he had lost due to illness. He couldn't help but pull out a crumpled cigarette from his pocket, but he didn't want to smoke, but just sniffed it.
"Six years old ..." Mike was a little shocked by this number.
After listening quietly to Klein, I sighed:
"This is eastern district."
He looked around and adjusted his emotions:
"This is closer to the jungle than the human race society."
"Our interview should be treated as an adventure, both to avoid the dangerous living creature site, and to stay away from small things that do n’t seem to cause too much harm to you, um, I mean in the jungle Mosquitoes. "
“Mike, if you expose the thickness of your wallet in front of the children, even if you protect it well and do n’t let them steal it, you will encounter a destined robbery in the next adventure, if you Dare to resist, maybe there will be one more body floating in River of Tasok tomorrow morning. "
"Mr. detective, you are right! There are so many people in eastern district, a few are missing every day, no one cares." Old Kohler agreed.
After listening to Mike with a condensed expression for a few seconds, he suddenly said:
"1.35 million."
"Ah?" Because of a cold, Klein's's throat is obviously dumb.
Mike walks forward:
"This is the preliminary statistics of the population of eastern district."
"But I know, there must be more than this."
"So much?" The old Kohler was taken aback.
Although he has experienced the daytime of eastern district and night, he intuitively knows that there are a lot of residents here, but he did not expect it to be as high as this.
This is several times the population of Thengen City ... Klein subconsciously compares the most familiar places.
He glanced at the crossroads a few steps away:
"Where do we go next?"
Old Kohler looked up and said:
"Do n’t go straight, the block is controlled by Zmanger Party. They are very vicious and completely unreasonable. If they are found to be interviewed by reporters, they will definitely beat us up!"
Zmanger Party? Isn't this the gangster that caused the loss of my 10.000 gold pound "headless"? He ’s still a punisher, um, I do n’t remember his name ... Fortunately, the 10.000 pound was finally exchanged for the Sequence Seven, Sequence Six and Sequence Five magical medicine formula corresponding to Divinator, "black eye" in exchange for Intis ambassador Fate ... I don't know which party got the manuscript about the third-generation differential machine ... Klein recalled what happened at the beginning of last month.
"Zmanger Party? That gang mainly composed of highlanders?" Mike asked thoughtfully.
"Mr. Reporter, have you heard of them?" The old Kohler wondered
Mike sighed:
"They are involved in many cases and have a reputation outside of eastern district. It is said that some members were involved in a Intis spy case."
... The person next to you is the person involved in the case, the person who reported the crime, the victim ... Klein silently added a sentence.
"You decent gentlemen all know Zmanger Party, why don't the police arrest them all?" The old Kohler asked with the thinking of the bottom level people.
Mike ’s expression suddenly became a little ugly, and he coughed twice:
"Only those who have done the case can be arrested. The rest has no evidence and cannot be arrested. Moreover, eastern district is so large and has such a large population that it is difficult to find anyone who wants to hide it."
Speaking, he sighed:
"It is easy to destroy an Zmanger Party, but as long as there are highlanders coming to Beckland, as long as they still retain the tradition of fighting and ruthlessness, and have not found other ways to make a living, it is only a matter of time before the new Zmanger Party appears."
This is a complicated social problem ... Klein points to the left and right sides:
"Choose one side."
Old Kohler looked to the right street:
"Huili Party is active there. As long as you do n’t provoke the street and pubs, um, girls who do that kind of business wo n’t be noticed by them. Ha ha, it ’s morning and there wo n’t be any problems. They Are still sleeping. "
The word "Huili" means "lawless" in Ruen language, and the gangster with this name can be said to be quite self-aware.
Klein and Mike have no opinion on this. Under the guidance of the guide, they entered the block.
The buildings here are relatively good, and the environment on the street is not so dirty. The air is filled with the taste of food and beverages such as oyster soup, pan-fried meat fish, ginger beer, etc. of the street vendors legacy and the fishy smell of fish and aquatic products. .
Walking here, Klein has an inexplicable sense of familiarity, like returning to Thengen City, returning to Iron Cross Street, and returning to the street outside the apartment where I originally lived.
The only difference is probably that Beckland is closer to the sea and the traffic is more developed. There are quite a lot of marine fish here.
"It is a better apartment nearby. I used to wander around several times before and found that the gentlemen and ladies in them are dressed relatively well, well, relatively clean." Old Kohler pointed to a light yellow three-story building .
The three of them moved closer together and found a sign hanging on the door of the apartment, with pocket watches, wall clocks and screwdrivers written on them, with words like "repair clocks" written on them.
"A watchmaker lives here?" Klein dug a similar scene from the memory fragments of original self.
At that time, Benson, Melissa and he went to a similar place to repair the silver pocket watch that his father legacy came down, but that piece of item was repaired several times, and they all quickly broke down until they were completely tamed by Melissa and became The most decent thing on Klein during that time.
After the death of Klein, this pocket watch with the dual value of money and emotion was not buried.
It should belong to Benson now, right? I don't know if he would think of me every time he took out that pocket watch ... Klein suddenly blinked and outlined the corner of his mouth.
"It should be." Mike is not sure.
If there is a problem with his pocket watch, it is usually sent to the original watch store, which is assigned to the subordinate repairman or entrusted to the long-term cooperation of the craftsmen.
As soon as they entered the apartment, they saw a bearded middle-aged man.
This gentleman just came out of the bathroom and was about to return to the room. When he found three strangers coming in, he hurriedly asked:
"Do you want to repair the clock?"
What a coincidence ... I met the craftsman directly ... Klein is a little strange.
Mike took out his pocket watch and smiled and smiled:
"Yes, my pocket watch has always been out of time recently, you can help me take a look."
He didn't reveal his identity, and he planned to conduct interviews in a casual way.
The middle-aged man suddenly smiled and led them into a two-bedroom half-covered room, pointing to the chair by the wooden table:
"Wait a minute, I will get the tool."
"Your tools are not at home?" Mike asked in surprise.
The watchmaker shook his head and smiled:
"How is it possible?"
"A set of tools is very expensive. I ca n’t afford it by myself. I can only buy the 3-4 set. Anyone who has business can use it. If you are too far apart, you have to spend extra time and public carriage fee to borrow tools. "
As he spoke, he went out and walked aside.
It turns out that it is not a coincidence that we have encountered a clock Artisan. Many residents here are watchmakers ... Klein suddenly appears.
Old Kohler looked at the room and said enviously:
"Before I was sick, I also lived in this kind of place. My wife will sew clothes at home, two children, two children ..."
Mike sighed and lowered his voice:
"I think the watches Artisan are very rich."
"Me too ..." Klein pinched his nose.
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After cordially communicating with several residents in the apartment, Klein and others embarked on an adventurous journey again.
They walked for a hundred meters and suddenly heard someone arguing on the street.
The two ladies greeted each other with all kinds of indecent language, letting Klein learn a lot of vocabulary that had not been heard before.
The reason for their quarrel was that the woman on the left accused the woman on the right of making the environment of the apartment they lived dirty and made noise, and the woman on the right scolded the woman on the left for thinking it was her Problem, no one asked her to solicit guests at night and sleep during the day.
"Is that a laundry mistress?" Mike listened slightly frowned and asked.
"Yes, I know her, she is a widow, and she is helping her two daughters do laundry." Old Kohler gave a positive answer.
Mike thought for a few seconds and said:
"Take me to see their home."
Old Kohler nodded and led the two people around the scene of the quarrel and entered a dilapidated house that was obviously not as good as the apartment just now.
As soon as I arrived outside the room of laundry mistress, Klein felt the moisture immediately.
One piece after another of the clothes that have n’t dried yet, the girl of a 17-18 years old is squatting in front of the big basin, washing the foamy things, and the girl younger than her is holding the wet linen The cloth's hot iron is carefully handling the item that has been washed and dried. Her movements are cautious, and she seems to have been scalded many times by steam.
This is both their workplace and the place where they sleep at night. Moisture vapor permeates the room and soaks into their bodies.
In addition, the stench of various odors is so obvious.
"Don't you feel uncomfortable?" Mike pinched his nose.
Klein urgently replied:
"I have a cold ..."
He didn't have a smile in this sentence.
Mike released his finger and walked into the room, said to the two surprised girls:
"I am a reporter and I want to interview laundry mistress."
The girl rubbing her clothes numbly shook her head:
"We have many things to do and we can't delay."
Mike ’s request for an interview was rejected.
He came out with a heavy expression and silently walked back to the street.
Look, he pursed his lips and said:
"We continue."
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Silver City, Derrick Berg with hallucinations and hallucinations was carefully inspected and brought to the bottom of the round tower.
—— The residents who have signs of loss of control are being accommodated here, trying to save them by various methods.
Walking in the darkened aisle, he suddenly felt a little inexplicably chilled.
"Help!"
There was such a scream in a closed room.
"Save ..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and there was silence all around.