In the afternoon, Varina came to Riverbend Avenue in the south area of the bridge.
If he remembered correctly, Mr. "Moon" Emlyn White, who was obsessed with dolls, seemed to live nearby.
Hmm... You should be able to find their family by using keywords like "excellent doctor" and "bloodletting".
But this is completely unnecessary. What I need to do now is to work hard to improve the sequence and find a way to get rid of the control of the Witch Sect.
Eugene lived at 78 Riverbend Avenue.
Varina found the house corresponding to the house number and found that it was a three-story independent building. Although there was no signboard, judging from the people coming and going on the first floor, it seemed that some kind of business was going on.
He walked in directly and lined up at the back of the shortest line.
"...Two big boxes? How much do they weigh? Where are they?"
"Cross the river and go directly to the dock at the river bend, wait for the boat there..."
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Varina stood in the team and moved slowly, listening and observing, but he quickly figured out what business was going on here.
Similar to the dock union, they are also engaged in the transportation industry.
It's just that the business here is passenger transportation, and the freight involved is also in small quantities... It seems that their ships are not big.
Not long after, Varina stood at the front of the team.
"What do you want to deliver and where is it coming from?"
The person asking questions behind the long table was a man in his thirties. He was dressed in ordinary clothes and did not take notes with pen and paper. He looked very unprofessional.
Varina was a little curious about their mode of operation, so he asked: "After asking for the location, will you send someone to pick him up?"
"How is that possible?" the man's voice suddenly became louder, "please explain the situation clearly, and I will tell you an approximate time. You can go to the river and wait for the boat."
"Our brothers are everywhere you can park your boat. It's easy to find."
"What exactly do you want to deliver?"
Only then did Varina realize that the transportation here was semi-self-service, and the Gray Rat Gang's boats were responsible for the water part.
He smiled apologetically and said, "I have no goods to deliver. I just want to go to the other side of the river."
"Oh, I've told you so many times, it's just a waste of my time." The man scratched his head impatiently, "Those who cross the river go directly to the pier at the bend of the river. There are many boats there."
"Next."
Varina stepped aside and walked toward the Tasok River after going out.
After asking for directions several times, he walked for more than ten minutes and found a so-called pier.
This pier was built on a bank with gentle water flow. It was only about one person wide and three or four meters long. It stretched from the shore into the water and looked extremely crude.
It only had a total of eight thin-looking wooden piles and three or four wooden boards. Looking at it, Varina doubted whether the wooden piles were deep enough.
There were several people on the shore next to the pier, obviously waiting for the boat, and there was also a middle-aged man, who should be a member of the Squirrel Gang arranged here.
Warina walked over and asked, "If we want to go to the other side, should we take a boat here?"
"That's right," the middle-aged man introduced familiarly: "The boatman charges the boat fare, and I charge a 1 penny handling fee."
From here to the dock area on the other side, Varina's expected reasonable shipping fee should be 3 to 4 pence. The 1 pence fee charged by the Squirrel Gang seems to be within the acceptable range.
"How much will the shipping fee cost?" he continued to ask.
"Look where you go," the middle-aged man said: "It's 3 pence to the other side, 5 pence to the downstream, 7 pence to the bridge area upstream, and 11 pence to the Jowood area."
Varina made a mental calculation 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 while, took out a copper penny from his trouser pocket and handed it over. The middle-aged man took it casually and put it into his pocket.
After a while, a small boat came over from the river.
Varina clearly saw the boatman making a few gestures, and then the middle-aged man next to him said:
"This is the boat that goes upriver, as far as the bridge area."
When several guests waiting for the boat heard this, they all picked up their belongings and approached the dock.
Soon, the boat docked.
After the two guests above got off the boat, the middle-aged man arranged for Varina and others to get on the boat.
The boat is a sampan about 5 meters long and has only one boatman.
Under his control, the boat swayed away from the dock and headed towards the center of the Tasok River.
Varina sat close to the boatman and chatted with him.
In the process of chatting with each other, Varina figured out the difference between the Gray Rat Gang and the Dead Eel Gang.
The Dead Eel Gang is a gang-controlled industry. They used gang power to control dock freight and established the Dock Workers Association;
The Squirrel Gang is just the opposite. It is a gang formed by the union of these ferry boatmen. Its main purpose is to unite to resist the intrusion of other gangs, of course, mainly the Dead Eel Gang.
Varina had read relevant operating information in the president's office of the dock union and knew that the dock union had withheld more than half of the porters' remuneration. At this time, comparing the operations of the Squirrel Gang, he had a clear tendency in his mind.
He felt that the second time Eugene, the leader of the Squirrel Gang, was on the assassination list, it must have been done by the president of the Dead Eel Gang, because the conflict of interest between the two parties was too obvious.
Varina was decisive in the previous two killings, but this time he hesitated.
Killing Eugene will most likely put the Squirrel Gang at a disadvantage in the fight, or even lead to direct defeat. At that time, the lives of these ferry boatmen may be greatly affected.
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The ferryman was originally concentrating on his work, and Varina would only answer after asking him questions. Later, he was aroused to talk, and he began to take the initiative to talk about his own experience.
After a long speech, he received no response. Only then did he realize that Varina had been distracted at some point and had not heard the "quiet words" he had just said.
He shut up in embarrassment and focused on his work again.
About two hours later, he parked the boat at a pier near Backlund Bridge and found that all the other guests had disembarked, but the guest who was talking to him was still distracted.
"Hey, wake up," the ferryman patted Varina on the shoulder, "Sir, we've arrived at the bridge area. It's time for you to get off the boat. I'm going back too."
Varina reacted, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked, "Is it okay to take me back to Riverbend Avenue? Is 1 suler enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough. The boat fare down the river is cheaper."
The ferryman smiled and took the 1-sule note and pushed the boat away from the dock again.
…
For two hours, Varina was thinking about one question - should he kill Eugene?
If you kill him, the reason is simple.
Assassins kill people and get paid, it's their duty in the industry, and they shouldn't think about anything else.
If not, the reason is very simple.
He's just playing "assassin", not trying to be "assassin".
He kept hesitating until the ferryman slapped him awake. Only in the last few seconds of silence did he make a definite decision.
