"Sir! We did it! We really escaped from those demons!"
Sneaking all the way from the staff passage to the secret back door of the embassy, Finney looked through the crack in the door at the streets outside the back door that had become empty due to the sound of gunfire. Although there were no SWAT police or troops with live ammunition showing up yet, he believed that there would be a reaction here soon. The Dutch police and the US military were surrounded.
"Yeah, thanks, Finny."
Realizing that Reinhard's tone behind him was a bit strange, the confused cleaner was about to turn around and ask where his teammates were when his neck was twisted hard by Reinhard in the direction he turned his head.
In less than half a second, Finny's cervical vertebra was twisted on the spot by this seemingly gentle blond young man. The whole process was smooth and smooth, without any pause at all.
"I will remember you and so will the Empire."
Seeing Finny's head twisted at a weird angle of almost 180 degrees, the gray-blue pupils that had lost their luster slowly dilated, just facing Reinhard's green eyes. The confusion and resentment from the deceased made the blond young man frown slightly, and then relaxed his brows after he bowed slightly.
Compared to Yang Tianyi, who was still pretending to be a community investigator on the streets to obtain information, Reinhard had already used the system to analyze which world this was and the general future direction of this world through the conversation between Alexei and Vadim just now.
"The empire was not only defeated, but also split into two..."
Putting the rifle in his hand into the cleaner's hand to confuse the audience, Reinhard changed his and the cleaner's clothes while thinking about the information he had just obtained through the system.
First of all, this is still the earth, just like the main world where he is, the Man in the High Castle.
It's just that the time in his world is 1962 AD, and the empire has already completed its global unification war. Although there are still serious local conflicts and hidden dangers, as the empire becomes increasingly powerful, almost no resistance organizations exist except in Asia.
In this world called the Mission Cold War, the empire was defeated in the founding war. It was defeated by two opponents who should not have been so powerful, and the world was also driven by two giants to reach 1981, decades after the war. Year.
And not only conventional weapons, the two giants' atomic weapons technology is also more advanced and powerful than the Empire. Compared with their hydrogen bombs and neutron bombs, the Empire's Heisenberg device is as flashy as fireworks.
The all-round backwardness in military technology means that even if the current empire tries its best, it will not be able to occupy the world through military means, and it may even be counter-invaded!
However, the relationship between the two giants does not seem to be harmonious, just like the Empire in his world and the United Pacific States, which had been destroyed by the Heisenberg device. If he can make good use of this, the empire is expected to expand its territory to two worlds. As the commander-in-chief of the empire's North American Command, he will also receive unparalleled glory and even become the future head of the empire.
Walking on the streets of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the chaos of the American Embassy did not spread to the entire city. Some buildings with Germanic characteristics made Reinhard very friendly. Even the janitor uniform of the embassy still made him look too eye-catching.
After wandering for a while and thinking about how to find clues to other worlds, Reinhard ducked into a deserted alley, opened a steel door covered with gorgeous patterns, entered it, and returned to his main world. .
When he returns again, the elites of all the empire's North American jurisdictions will be at his disposal, dedicating their strength to the expansion of the empire.
...
At this time, Yang Tianyi, who had completed the "Resident Satisfaction Survey", was not in a hurry to leave this world. On the one hand, he still did not obtain enough information, and on the other hand, this world that was still in the early 1980s had a lot of resources. The strong characteristics of the times really make people forget to leave.
Through investigation and past experience, he determined that his current location was Brighton Beach, west of Coney Island, a famous tourist resort in New York. On the light yellow beach, many men and women in swimsuits were playing and releasing their inner depression. Feelings.
Perhaps when a person has less cloth than usual, that person is also more likely to open up to others.
"A double beef burger and a strawberry Slurpee."
After wandering for a while, Yang Tianyi felt a little hungry, so he walked into a fast food restaurant on the beach and prepared to get himself an American lunch with the characteristics of the 1980s.
Thanks to the hot weather, more and more tourists on the beach have made the small shop's business quite good. Except for a few black chefs busy in the kitchen, there is only one fat woman standing at the front desk to thank the people who come here. of customers ordering.
"Okay, double beef burger for two and a half, and a Slurpee for one and a half, four dollars in total."
As the woman's fingers danced rapidly on the cash register, Yang Tianyi, who was about to pay, opened his wallet and discovered a problem.
His wallet is filled with American dollars from the Elysium World! Although they look similar to U.S. dollar banknotes and are even more sophisticated in workmanship, it does not change the fact that they are not U.S. dollars.
Putting his wallet back into his suit pocket with some embarrassment, Yang Tianyi realized that his confrontation with the fat woman might be the first time in his life that he had to worry about money.
Unexpectedly, this woman was not angry when Yang Tianyi couldn't pay. She just smiled and shouted to the chef: "A double-decker beef burger!"
Then the woman came to the Slurpee-making machine and slowly poured him a cup of refreshing and sweet strawberry-flavored crushed ice drink, and handed it to Yang Tianyi, who was a little overwhelmed.
"You are such a good person."
After taking the Slurpee and taking a sip, Yang Tianyi asked with some confusion: "Excuse me, but I don't seem to be the first customer in this store to forget to bring money?"
"Yes, many are young people like you, immigrants from other countries, including Russia and Asia, living in nearby little Odessa."
"These days are not easy for everyone. I heard on the radio a while ago that the soaring oil prices triggered an economic crisis. Many people lost their jobs because of this, especially immigrants like you. Without a job, there is no income, and often There are young men and women from little Odessa all dressed up, but what about their pockets? Not a penny."
The woman laughed as she spoke, apparently not minding the occasional "young immigrants who had lost their jobs" like Yang Tianyi who came to eat for free.
"I know you are all hard-working young men, but this world doesn't give honest people a way to survive, right? My son went to Vietnam and never came back because he believed the lies in those recruitment advertisements. So how many people can live in this world? It doesn't matter if a young man comes to chat with me from time to time. Seeing you is like seeing my son. He is sunny and handsome, and he looks so similar in a suit..."
Yang Tianyi nodded slightly when he heard the words, expressing deep sympathy for the woman's loss of her beloved son.
Suddenly, as if something had occurred to him, he took out the pen he had previously used to pretend to be a community investigator from his pocket, placed it in front of the woman and said: "This pen should be worth something, just think of it as my bet on you." Here’s a token, I’ll pay you back after I find a job and earn some money.”
"Look what you said, I'm just cut out of the same mold as little Yuri. They're both so eager to return the favor, as if I'm really that unkind person."
The woman casually picked up the handmade pen worth tens of thousands of dollars on the table, obviously not thinking that this simple-looking pen was worth much. She accepted the kindness, but she bet the thing on her for a few dollars. Mei Lisa didn't think it was necessary.
But Yang Tianyi, who did not miss every word of Aunt Melissa, quickly asked: "Little Yuri? Yuri Orlov?"
"Yes, do you two know each other?"
Seeing the surprise on Yang Tianyi's face, Aunt Melissa, who thought they knew each other, put down her pen, took out a small book from the counter, wiped her greasy hands on her apron, and followed the list with her fingers Searching further, it didn't take long to find information related to Yuri Orlov.
"I have a deep impression on this young man. He often came to my store to eat in the past two years. Like you, he always forgot to bring money, but he never forgot to pay back his credit."
"Then do you know where he lives or where he is now? I haven't seen him for a long time, so I miss him."
Melissa shook her head, but suddenly nodded and said: "The last time he came to my restaurant for dinner, he said that he was going to Lebanon, and that there were opportunities for him there, and he would give me a little boy when he came back. He invested in the store and asked me to open a chain store, but in the past two years, there was no news, and several old guys in the store also missed him."
"Lebanon? I understand. Thank you for telling me this. After I find Olof, I will also invest in opening a chain store for you!"
Looking at Yang Tianyi's back as he hurriedly walked out of the store, Melissa helplessly wiped the not-so-dirty table with a rag. Suddenly she remembered that the other person had not eaten the steaming burger, so she quickly took the box containing the beef burger in her hand and chased him out, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"It's good to be young. In such a short time, your shadow will disappear!"
When Melissa returned to the store, she saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses wrapping a piece of white cloth with the pen given by Yang Tianyi and looking at it carefully. She quickly stepped forward, slapped the middle-aged man's hand away, and shouted loudly: " Don't move! This is something left by the guests!"
"Ouch, don't use so much force! The injury to my hand is only small. If this pen is a little long and two short, it's your loss!"
"That's nice to say, isn't this just a pen?"
Melissa obviously didn't believe this middle-aged man's lies. It wasn't until the man took out an auction house's business card from his pocket that she believed his judgment that the pen was worth tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.
"If you are willing to send this pen to us for further appraisal, I guarantee you with my personal reputation from many years of experience in the industry that the value of this pen will definitely exceed your imagination!"
"Go, go, go! Don't disturb my business!"
Melissa quickly shooed the middle-aged man away, wrapped the pen in a clean rag and put it in the drawer on the counter, muttering to herself.
"I'm still waiting for that young man to come back and open a chain store for me! How could he give you his pen..."
