dr2618-9-16, pm2:30
At 2:30 in the afternoon, it is the time for the civil servants in Dragon City to go to work.
Like countries with all systems, civil servants under a parliamentary monarchy are also those with the most leisurely work and the most stable income.
They start work at nine in the morning and get off work at five in the afternoon, with a two-and-a-half-hour lunch break at noon.
However, no civil servant dared to take a lunch break in the detention center of the Monitor City Security Department today. After learning that the Prime Minister would come in the afternoon, some people didn't even eat lunch. Their uniforms were neatly arranged and they stood straight on both sides of the aisle.
As soon as the afternoon bell rang, the Prime Minister's car drove to the door of the detention center. The director looked back and forth until his neck felt sore. He rushed forward in three steps and opened the door for the Prime Minister before the driver.
A few minutes later, surrounded by prison guards, Chen Xing arrived at the cell where Ricardo was imprisoned.
This is a single room with few things and very clean. Ricardo was sitting on a folding chair, dressed neatly and handsomely in a pure white military uniform. At this moment, he was facing up, looking at the sky outside the iron window. His expression was leisurely and indifferent, as if he was not in prison, but in the back garden of his home.
"Clang!"
The prison guard opened the iron door of the cell and Chen Xing walked in. The other party didn't react at all. He remained sitting in a cold and handsome posture, motionless.
Chen Xing stood there and observed for a while. He didn't intend to waste too much time and said directly, "Have you thought about it?"
Ricardo slowly turned around, glanced at him, moved his thin lips and said, "Think about it."
"Your answer is" Chen Xing grabbed the chair brought by the prison guard, placed it opposite and sat down.
"I heard that you repaired her cemetery." Ricardo said nonchalantly.
"You are quite well informed!" While speaking, Chen Xing glanced left and right subconsciously.
Just like on Earth, cell phones were confiscated when entering a detention center. Ricardo was stripped of his black watch before entering, and was unable to communicate with the outside world by normal means.
It's just a simple sentence, but it contains many meanings.
If the news can reach the other party's ears, it means that there is someone from him among the prison guards.
Only a few people knew about what he asked Lao K to do. This means that the entire city has spies on the other side.
Or, the other party has some special and unknown investigation methods.
"Don't forget, I am an eagle owl, and what an eagle owl is best at" Ricardo's ice eyes flashed slightly, "is to observe in the dark and look for opportunities."
"You should find a better place for her." Chen Xing said.
"Find a better place?" Ricardo sneered, "Send a common girl to the royal cemetery under the noses of your women, and then wait for them to dig up the grave and whip the corpse when they are in a bad mood. ?"
"It's not as exaggerated as you think." Chen Xing said, "They are still sensible."
But in fact, when he said this, he didn't have much confidence in his heart. Women are jealous, even kings are no exception.
Ricardo sighed, "Everyone has already left. Is there any point in doing this anymore? A better place or a worse place is just a burial ground."
"It's better than doing nothing," Chen Xing said.
"Do you think that by doing this, your sins will be alleviated?" Ricardo mocked.
"I'm not here to gossip with you today." Chen Xing reminded.
"Okay, I'll answer you now." Ricardo turned his head, looked at him deeply, and said, "The reconciliation you hope for will never be possible."
"However, as a courtier and a soldier, I will fulfill my obligations."
"If you are just worried about whether the festival between us will affect the country, I can answer you, no."
"Compared to the glory of my family, my personal emotions are nothing at all."
"You don't need to doubt a son of an aristocratic family's sense of responsibility to his family."
"If this answer satisfies you, please let me return to my post. Falcons cannot be without eyes." At this point, Ricardo nodded slightly, expressing his surrender.
A trace of displeasure flashed across Chen Xing's face. The other party's intention is very clear, that is, the distinction between public and private matters. When it comes to official matters, things should be done in a matter-of-fact manner, but when it comes to private matters, water and fire are incompatible.
But this is almost the best outcome. The grudge between him and the other party cannot be put down just because he can. In fact, he himself is not willing to reconcile with the other party.
The hatred for seizing his wife and the hatred for killing his father are all irreconcilable and treat everyone the same.
But he still wanted to try harder. He would rather hand over the army to the man in front of him than to Lacey Maris.
Because Lacey is crazy. He has no doubt that the other party will assassinate him with his child in his belly, as long as the opportunity is right.
"Aren't you going to compete with the Fox of Qingqiu?" Chen Xing threw out the bait.
"Although I don't care about those false reputations, my ranking has always been higher than Lin Yuanzheng." Ricardo said calmly.
"So you don't dare to confront him head-on?" Chen Xing used the provocation method. Although for guys with good brains, the provoking method cannot make them lose their cool, but it can also be regarded as a means of humiliation. Even the smartest people have to accept the move for the sake of the family's honor.
This is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.
"You want to promote me to be the commander-in-chief, like Bai Ye Fenghua?" Ricardo asked in surprise. People with relatively high IQ and EQ can often guess the other person's intentions with just a little bit of information.
"Aren't you afraid that I will take revenge on you when I take power?" Ricardo leaned forward and looked into the other person's eyes.
Chen Xing sneered, "Didn't you say that you attach great importance to your family?"
"Unless you and your family have the ability to fight against the Supreme, and also" he stretched out two fingers, "double portion!"
Ricardo disagreed, "Can you guarantee that they will always be on your side?"
Chen Xing narrowed his eyes and said tit for tat, "You don't need to worry about this."
"Okay, I understand." Ricardo withdrew his contemptuous expression and nodded, "I accept your arrangement."
"Here comes someone!" Chen Xing shouted, and the director standing guard outside immediately rushed in with two prison guards.
The three of them looked at Ricardo with eager eyes, as if they would pounce on him at any moment and push him to the ground.
"Unlock the shackles of the commander-in-chief!"
The director and the two prison guards were stunned for a while before they realized what was happening. They hurriedly ran out to find the key, and then unlocked Ricardo's Gleipnir shackles.
A moment later, Chen Xing and Ricardo appeared at the door of the detention center.
"Before you make the official announcement, we have one more thing to do." Ricardo said suddenly.
Chen Xing frowned, indicating that his patience was limited.
"Didn't you ask me last time what the name of that gang was?" Ricardo said.
Chen Xing raised his eyebrows, "Have you changed your mind?"
"Perhaps we are indeed not qualified to judge anyone." Ricardo looked up at the sky, his eye circles a little red, as if to prevent tears from flowing out, "But as you said"
"It's better than doing nothing."
Chen Xing's eyes narrowed and he made a gesture of invitation, "Eagle Owl, lead the way!"
When he thought of that stupid woman being deceived and bullied, an uncontrollable anger emerged in his heart, and a cold light shot out in his eyes, with murderous intent.
Half an hour later, the two followed the instructions on the satellite navigation map and arrived at an old commercial building at the end of the commercial street in the center of the city.
This is the stronghold of the underground gang "Takigawa Group". The Takigawa Group was originally a loose organization composed of a group of Japanese wandering warriors. It mainly made gray income and made a living through selling intelligence, issuing loan sharks and minor illegal underground transactions. Later, it gradually absorbed members and developed into a sojourn in the Red Dragon Principality. Civil forces in gray areas.
There were several young men smoking crouching at the door. They all dress the same, with shaved heads, shiny leather shoes, and designer suits paired with flashy shirts. His eyes were fierce and unruly, he glared at the passers-by around him, and he whistled when he met a slightly prettier woman. You could tell at a glance that he was not a serious person.
Pedestrians meeting them took a detour to avoid getting involved with these gangsters.
Seeing Chen Xing and two people approaching, one of the gangsters stood up and blocked their way.
"What do you want to do?" The other party twisted his neck and asked with a ferocious expression.
"I want to see your boss." A low and calm voice came from under the white ball mask.
The gangster crossed his arms and shook one foot, "Are you looking for our team leader Longchuan?" He looked up and down at the masked Chen Xing and raised his eyebrows, "Do you have an appointment?"
"There is no one in the entire Ambergris River who requires me to make an appointment." Chen Xing said lightly.
Faced with such an arrogant answer, the gangster was stunned, and then burst into laughter, "Hahaha, you all listen to what he is saying!"
Several other gangsters also laughed loudly.
"Who does he think he is? He can see whoever he wants!" "Does he think he is the prime minister just by wearing a mask?" "Hahaha, just like he is the prime minister, I am the king!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't know me." Chen Xing turned his head and glanced back. Ricardo stepped forward knowingly and faced the gangsters. "You should know him."
Seeing the opponent's upright figure and sharp-eyed face, the gangsters were stunned for a few seconds and then looked at him carefully for a few seconds. Then they were so frightened that they rolled and crawled back a few steps.
"He is, he is Lee, Lee!"
Several gangsters were so frightened that their faces were pale and their speech was incoherent. The person wearing the white ball mask may not necessarily be the powerful Prime Minister, but the face in front of him is a real man of influence. Even if you look at the whole world, it is a famous existence.
One of the four great military geniuses of the Red Earth Continent, the eagle owl on the shoulders of the dragon, Ricardo!
In the blink of an eye, the door of the Takigawa team leader's office on the top floor was knocked open with a "crash", and two men rushed in while crawling.
"Team leader, this is bad!"
Because of his panic, one of his subordinates knocked over the shelf where the tea sets were placed. Teapots, bowls, and various bottles and cans fell to the floor with a crash.
The leader of the Takigawa group, Kuroda, who was in his prime, stood up suddenly and was about to scold his two incompetent subordinates when he saw two straight figures walking in.
He couldn't help but shrink his pupils, focusing on Ricardo's face, and then turned to the white ball mask.
Kuroda Goichi has just turned seventy-five this year. For a strong man who entered the Holy Realm before he was fifty, seventy-five is in his prime, and his cell activity is the same as that of an ordinary man in his thirties or forties. almost.
As far as the Evolver is concerned, he can still maintain his peak condition and fight for another fifty years.
"Team leader, team leader"
The two men wanted to say something, but they were so frightened by the visitor that they swallowed the second half.
"Are you Goichi Kuroda of the Takigawa Group?"
The man wearing a white ball mask looked over and asked in a calm tone.
The expression on Kuroda Goichi's face did not change at all, not even a little bit surprised. However, the hands that naturally hung behind the desk were clenched into fists, with veins popping out on the surface, and they were extremely panicked.
More than half a year ago, a woman named Su Xuefei committed suicide and appeared on TV. He didn't pay much attention at first, but then, one of his subordinates, nicknamed "Poison Dragon", and his younger brother who were often together disappeared at the same time.
This matter attracted his attention, and he asked his subordinates to investigate. As a result, he learned that these two people had secretly deceived and blackmailed the canary named Su Xuefei behind the organization's back.
Check further. The more he checked, the more frightened he became. This woman was actually involved with two big figures in the Lizard City at the same time. It was astonishing enough for Ricardo, and Chen Xing was the devil with all the power in the world.
He was frightened out of his wits at that time. Offending one of these two people would be more serious than being exiled to the Black Death Continent. Offending two people at the same time would have unimaginable consequences.
Even if two of his subordinates did this behind his back, as a team leader, he failed to manage it well. This crime was enough to make him die a hundred times. Moreover, Chen Xing was a wandering mercenary, so he would not be able to talk to him about the law or reason.
So he immediately abandoned his family business and hid in Shin-Edo.
But half a year has passed, and everything is calm in the city, as if nothing had happened.
So driven by luck, he returned to the Lizard City, gathered his men, and resumed his old business.
Unexpectedly, before two months had passed, the other party came to the door.
"I would like to ask, are there any of your team members named 'Poison Dragon' and 'Tigger'?"
Chen Xing was asking questions when his head suddenly shook. The ceiling was torn apart. A giant creature fell from the sky and landed between the two of them and Kuroda Goichi.
"Quack, quack!"
The giant creature stood on all fours, with a mouth that took up most of its head and could swallow a car in one bite.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a giant toad, lying on the ground, its cheeks bulging and making a dull, thunderous snoring sound.
The next second, Toad inhaled sharply, objects flew around the office, and its size expanded several times at a speed visible to the naked eye, like an inflated balloon. When it expanded to the limit, a sharp sound suddenly sounded.
I saw plumes of khaki smoke erupting from the blowholes on the toad's back, and the surrounding area was instantly enveloped in smoke.
"Be careful, it's poisonous!"
Ricardo opened his hands and raised a spherical psychic shield. Chen Xing teleported to the bottom of the floor to avoid the poisonous smoke.
In the chaos, the giant toad jumped up with a "croak" and carried its host on its back to the top of the opposite building.
The weight of several tons destroyed large areas of guardrails and ventilation equipment.
"Want to run away?" Chen Xing looked through the window at the big toad jumping on the roof, with a sneer on his lips.
The tactical satellite above your head makes it impossible for the opponent to hide.
Both of them had tracking methods, so they were not in a hurry to catch up. Instead, they returned to the street in a leisurely manner, commandeered a sports car and chased in the direction where Team Leader Takikawa fled.
About an hour later, in an industrial area on the outskirts of Monitor City. A middle-aged man walked into the old factory in a hurry. He looked around in a hurry as he walked to make sure that no one was following him, and then he plunged into the factory.
This is a fortress-style warehouse transformed from an old factory. It looks dilapidated on the outside, but it is covered with steel bars and iron plates on the inside. It was completely transformed to the standards of a military fortress.
When the man entered the factory, he was immediately greeted by several heavily armed mercenaries.
"Team leader!"
"Pack your things and prepare to retreat!" Kuroda didn't waste even half a second and immediately ordered a retreat.
"Be quick, we only have ten minutes, don't bring anything except valuables and a few days' worth of dry food!"
Not to mention that there are more than two hundred fully armed mercenaries here. Even if he is given a thousand times more manpower, he will only have one way to escape.
He wouldn't even dare to dream about fighting against the big devil Chen Xing.
However, in less than three minutes, as people in the modified warehouse were running back and forth, packing their bags urgently, the ground suddenly shook.
The vibrations were very rhythmic, one after another, as if an army was coming.
Everyone stopped and looked at each other, bewildered. Someone climbed up the iron shelf to a higher place and looked out through the small window. He was so frightened that he fell down on the shelf.
It was completely dark outside. Countless little green monsters wearing helmets were holding wrenches and iron bars, operating various steam machinery. They were like a tide, surrounding them three levels inside and three outside.
Seeing such a scene, even the mercenaries who were armed to the teeth lost their fighting spirit and did not even dare to fire their guns.
Because it was completely meaningless, even if they used up all the bullets on their bodies and in the warehouse, they would not be able to cause much damage to this army of tens of thousands of green monsters.
What's more, the Steam Goblin is the symbol of the double-faced demon Chen Xing. Only if his head was hit by a truck would he dare to challenge this man in the Ambergris River.
"The vicious dogs of the Takigawa group are not cowards!"
Kuroda shouted, summoned the giant toad, stood on its big head, jumped onto the roof of the warehouse, and faced the dense army of steam goblins.
"Secret Technique, Fire Dragon!"
The giant toad inhaled sharply and sprayed a huge pillar of fire towards the approaching Goblin army.
Wherever the pillar of fire went, it was devastated, burning the goblins until they screamed, and in the blink of an eye they turned into charred corpses with smoke rising on the ground.
However, the scope of the fire pillar is always limited. It is like a bamboo pole hitting a swarm of ants. Although the impact is huge and corpses are everywhere when it hits, it is only a drop in the bucket. The gap caused by the attack is quickly closed, and the corpses of the companions are soon submerged in the ants that are rushing forward one after another. among the group.
The fire-breathing lasted for dozens of seconds. When the giant toad tried to inhale again and erupted flames, several streams of blue light flew out from the army, piercing the air and hitting the giant toad.
In the blinding blue light, the giant toad screamed in pain. On the side that was attacked, the huge body tilted off the ground and was almost knocked over.
What followed was a rain of flint bullets and artillery shells, which blasted the entire roof like fireworks.
The giant toad's fire-breathing attacks were interrupted continuously, and he didn't even have a chance to breathe.
At first glance, Kuroda Tsuyoshi saw that the situation was one-sided and that defeat was inevitable. He drew out the katana at his waist and rushed towards the two men in front of the army with a loud shout.
"Long live Takigawa!"
Longchuan is the name of a remote place in Xiaodongchuan, the hometown of the Hu people, and the hometown of Japanese warriors.
Since there is only death, then die on the battlefield with dignity. This is the last tribute of the Japanese warriors.
Chen Xing stretched out his hand and smashed the battle ax with an iron chain on the ground. Ricardo's hand flashed with silver light on the side, and a gorgeous stabbing sword with a gauntlet appeared in his hand. His body swayed, flying like the wind, stabbing his opponent.
One person charged desperately, while the two attacked from both sides. With a crisp sound, a bright blade flew into the sky.
Kuroda Tsuyoshi held the half-remaining katana in both hands, knelt down weakly on his knees, and said dejectedly, "Kill me."
Although he had the consciousness of death, the other party put away his weapon.
"Give you a chance to live."
A dull voice came from above, and Kuroda Goichi raised his head in disbelief.
"Hand over half of your property."
"Then"
Chen Xing turned around and said, "You will spend the rest of your life in endless pursuit and fear until one day."
"You caught those two."
"Remember!" He turned around, staring into the other person's eyes like a demon crawling out of hell, and said word by word, "I want to live!"
When the army retreated, the two figures disappeared at the door of the factory. Kuroda Goichi, who gradually came to his senses, realized that all his clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
At this moment, he knew clearly that if he couldn't catch those two damn smart guys, he would live in hell for the rest of his life. Even if he hid to the ends of the earth, he would still spend every day in fear. Die.
