After sending away the tailor and his little apprentice, Maddie returned to the living room and saw the broken pottery on the floor. She shook her head and sighed: "Ruth and Jessica can hardly get along with strangers. Victor, for the sake of the earth goddess For the sake of it, think of a solution quickly." As he said that, he took a broom and dustpan and started cleaning the living room.
Victor had no time to help. He sat on the sofa, with Ruth and Jessica sandwiching him on the left and right. They thought they had driven away foreign enemies. Now, he is as docile and well-behaved as a little white rabbit.
Victor was particularly tolerant towards them and said: "I'm sure they can adapt to life in the town, it just takes a little time. Maybe, we should stay in Water Snake Town for a few more days."
"I'm afraid not. None of the mixed-race children in Braun Town have had much contact with outsiders. I'm worried that people in Sands Town will take advantage of or even sell them. The longer time passes, the greater the changes. In the end, all the awakened people we worked hard to cultivate became We have no manpower to use for other people’s men,” McGrady said while sweeping the floor.
The Adventurer's House spent resources and trained nearly 300 mixed-race awakened people and professionals. Most of them are young and have good talents, and everyone has the opportunity to become a professional. For Victor, this group of mixed-race children is undoubtedly a force that can be controlled and is relatively reliable. But it's hard to tell as time goes by. The local forces in Jinsha Town, the armed caravans, the Red Mane Legion, and adventure groups of all sizes will definitely find ways to absorb them. With a combination of hard and soft measures, it is difficult to guarantee that some mixed-race people will choose to change the flag. Maddie and the others' years of hard work are equivalent to making wedding dresses for others.
However, Sister Ruth was also important to Victor. In the process of treating them, the knowledge and memory in Victor's mind are also being reorganized.
Victor thought for a while and said, "Didn't the tailor say that it takes four days to make clothes? I will try to prepare a few potions first to reduce the aggressiveness of Ruth and Jessica, at least so that they will no longer hit people casually. .In this way, we can set off to Jinsha Town to gather our lost companions."
Maddie asked worriedly: "Is four days enough? You have to make a disguise mask first and help us all change our faces."
Victor shook his head and said: "Dr. Cole's rubber mask production process is very complicated. If all the materials are available, it will take me 12 days at the fastest to make five pairs of rubber masks. But I have an alternative method. It will definitely be no problem to help you temporarily change your appearance. Just wait until Harvey buys all the materials I need."
Maddie breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's okay. We can all change our faces and go to Jinsha Town. In addition, we have to find a way to get a map in the past few days... walking in the woods in the wild, without direction. Run, I don’t want to go through it again.”
"Oh, by the way. I found an interesting person...the tailor's apprentice, Stephanie. Do you think there's anything special about her?" Maddie asked enthusiastically.
Victor thought about it and said, "Stephanie... her name is very special, she doesn't look like a child from a poor family."
"No, no, no, I'm asking how her skills are?"
"My skills are very agile. But I have never practiced martial arts."
"Yes, she is born with agility." Maddie said with excitement and regret: "Stephanie has rare agility. If we give her the resources, she can 100% become a dark hunter, and maybe even be promoted to a venerable... What a pity. With her talent, she can only become a small tailor in Water Snake Town."
McGrady originally trained secret hunters in Braun Town, and he was also a law transmitter. He said Stephanie had great talents, and that was true.
The older Dharma preachers are not very competitive, but they always hope to have successors.
Victor has always believed that the method of cultivating professionals is wrong. Because it is too easy for professionals to increase their power, resulting in a mismatch between mind and ability. The vast majority of professionals have not fully mastered their secret blood abilities and are busy with their next promotion. When they encounter promotion bottlenecks, they will go back to practicing the basics, and they will gradually become old.
It is good to have the secret blood ability, but it is even more important to master your own secret blood ability and use it like an arm.
So what if you are talented?
The easier it is to advance and the more secret blood abilities you have, the harder it is to master and the easier it is to die in battle.
If Stephanie embarks on the path of becoming a professional, she will either die on the way or lose her youthful energy and waste her talents in vain.
Practicing the source blood secret method steadily is the correct way for a warrior to improve himself.
Victor has already thought about it. He will use the second-level source blood secret method to train those hybrid awakeners, and then train professionals from them to open up a unique path.
"When we leave, we can take Stephanie with us." Victor said seriously.
Maddie had no idea that Victor planned to use Stephanie as a new experimental material. He said excitedly: "Then we can spend money to buy her from her parents. I don't know if her parents are willing to sell her." ?”
Victor looked at Maddie in surprise and asked, "Is it so troublesome? Can't we just take her away?"
Maddie was even more surprised and murmured: "Huh? You mean abducted..."
"Who is Victor going to kidnap? Leave it to me!"
Harvey knocked the latch open and pushed the door open. He carried a big package on his shoulders and said excitedly: "Victor, everything you want is here, a lot of it!"
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Water Snake Town, the den of thieves' union.
Old Wolf sat behind the table and carefully looked at the pages of drawing paper in his hand. On them were portraits sketched with charcoal. Not only were they lifelike, but their height, waist and other measurements were also noted.
Victor's image is also on the drawing paper. He is 1.88 meters tall, has a tall and well-proportioned body, and the proportions of his lines are almost perfect, which is impressive. His appearance can also be said to be sunny and handsome, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose bridge. He would look even more handsome if he shaved off all the stubble around his mouth.
"Oh, the portrait drawn by the 'tape ruler' looks just like the real thing." Old Wolf nodded in admiration and turned to the next page of drawing paper. When he saw the portrait above, he immediately slapped the drawing paper heavily on the table and said angrily: "What the hell is this? The face is crooked!"
One of the henchmen glanced at the drawing paper and said with a smile: "When I got the drawing paper from the 'tape measure', I also asked him what the hell he drew? 'Tape measure' he asked me, what do you think of women? What should a madman look like?”
The old wolf frowned, picked up the sketch again and looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "The figure is very good, and the appearance... is indeed a female madman. Tell me, if I pass these two drawings to Mr. Anthony, will he Angry?"
The thug said nonchalantly: "Boss, two female lunatics, one tall and one short, are already very eye-catching. Anyone can recognize them when they see them. What does it matter what they look like?"
The old wolf thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "That's right... Mundo, you set out tonight and bring these sketches to Mr. Anthony. Let's see what he has to say."
Mondo, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his eyelids to show that he heard it. The thug said to the old wolf: "Boss, there is another situation."
"When 'Tape Measure' handed over the things, he said that he did what you asked him to do. He didn't want to cause trouble for himself. He asked Stephanie not to go to the tailor shop anymore. She was fired as a fake apprentice."
"I checked later and found out that Stephanie is an 11-year-old orphan of Boss Pym's little finger. She only came to Water Snake Town last year and was later adopted by Boss Pym. Stephanie emerged quickly in 'Goldfinger', and now under her Bring 7 or 8 people to manage three alleys."
"Yesterday evening, Boss Pym pretended to be your name and asked the tailor to take this little finger to step on Harvey's nest. It seems that 'Goldfinger' plans to attack Harvey's gang. The tailor took Stephanie and 'Fat Fish' 'We met. The tailor was afraid that Goldfinger would reveal his secrets and implicate his shop. So he told me not to involve him."
The old wolf was stunned for a moment, pointed at his nose and shouted: "Pim pretended to be my name and sent people to step on Harvey's nest. The tailor also thought it was my intention, so he took Pim's 'little finger' in... If Pim reveals his secrets, will I be blamed in the end?"
The thug said angrily: "Yes! Boss Pim does good things, and if something goes wrong, let us know the truth. Boss, he has done this more than once."
"Benefits!? There are no benefits, only disasters! Only disasters!"
The old wolf smashed the table violently and roared for a while before regaining his composure, but his face became gloomy and ugly.
There are only three groups of thieves in Water Snake Town. Lao Lang is the most famous. He is the "middleman" of the Thieves Guild. He is responsible for connecting thieves and extracting benefits from them. He also runs the casino business in Water Snake Town. The second is the owner of the Black Pig Hotel, Porcupine Bi. Li, he is the most powerful, monopolizing Water Snake Town's taverns, hotel business, house leasing and barbarian slave leasing business, extortion, trading of stolen goods, selling contraband, etc.; and finally there is "Goldfinger" Pim. He has the smallest power, with dozens of orphans under his command, specializing in theft and fraud.
The old wolf has been friends with Billy and Pim for decades and has a very good relationship. Billy and Pim were able to establish themselves in the lucrative Water Snake Town because of Old Wolf's recommendation to Red Jazz.
Billy the Porcupine was a senior thug in the gang when he was young. He established a foothold in Water Snake Town, but his courage became smaller. But "Goldfinger" is doing business without capital. They have the smallest power but the greatest courage.
Pim got into a lot of troubles, and it was Old Wolf and Billy who helped him clean up his troubles. He has always been respectful to the old wolf.
However, in recent years, Pim somehow managed to rely on the mayor of Water Snake Town. His attitude towards Old Wolf and Billy changed and he became arrogant.
After all, the mayor is the real big shot in Water Snake Town. Even the underground king Sir Red does not dare to openly oppose the mayor of Water Snake Town.
Thieves' gangs cannot provoke noble officials from various places, and secondly, they cannot provoke adventurers.
Only half-elves with heroic natures will become adventurers. They are true desperadoes. The city-state council did a lot of things to win over and appease the adventurers. Thieves in Water Snake Town also need to avoid conflicts with adventurers.
Harvey and the others did not go to the inn opened by the Adventure Guild. "Goldfinger" Pim thought they were not adventurers, so he regarded them as "fat fish".
However, even if Harvey and his gang do not have the protection of the Adventurer's Guild, they are still outlaws!
"Mundo, don't start in a hurry. I'll talk to Pim first."
The old wolf waited for two full hours before "Goldfinger" Pim arrived at his lair.
He is a short, fat old man, wearing old clothes, with sparse gray hair and a slight baldness, and always has an amiable smile on his face. But who would have thought that this seemingly loyal and friendly old man would be the biggest thief in Water Snake Town.
As soon as he entered the door, he took the initiative to say hello: "Old Wolf, I heard about it. But the little finger stepping on the fish nest was not what I meant. I didn't know about it beforehand. Just now, I specifically asked Stephanie. Oh, this child is so bold, he kept it secret I want to do a big deal myself."
Pim put all the responsibility on the children, which is also the consistent style of "Goldfinger".
The old wolf sneered and said: "Old man, we have been friends for decades. Is it interesting for you to tell me this?"
Pim smoothed his poor hair with his hands and said with a smile: "We also came from that age back then. Who doesn't want to do big business? Who doesn't want to get ahead? I still remember that we sneaked into the adventurer's hotel and stole them The gold... Did the 'parents' control us? The 'parents' didn't care, they couldn't control us."
"Stephanie is a smart kid. She has learned almost all my skills in just one year. I really like this little guy... But, there is a time when children grow up and leave home. Stephanie will be twelve years old soon. , she can get married in a few years. Now she has to save a dowry for herself, and according to the rules, I can't stop her. "
"What I mean is, let her try this time. I have just made the rules clear to her. If she succeeds, the family will only take 10%, and then give you 50%, and the rest belongs to her. If she misses it, After all, she will carry it on her own. I will pretend that I have never raised this child. Whether the owner kills her or sells her has nothing to do with us."
The old wolf raised his head and gave a haha, and said: "Pim, let me tell you, you are mistaken. What you are eyeing is not a 'fat fish', but a meat-eating tiger! You have to feed the tiger yourself, don't let me Bring it along too!"
Pim asked without changing his smile: "Are they adventurers?"
"It does not seem."
"A noble official?"
"...probably not."
Pim said slowly: "They neither went to the hotel opened by the Adventurer's Guild nor visited the mayor. They just rented a civilian hut. As for me, firstly, I have not made any money, and secondly, I have no bad rules. Why do you stop me? Follow me?"
"I told you, that's a tiger that eats meat!"
"I also said that if Stephanie makes a mistake, she will take it upon herself."
The old wolf finally changed his face and said sullenly: "Pim, in the past few years, you have become unlike yourself. You keep saying that children will 'leave home' when they grow up. You also let out several 'leave home' children. Where are the children...and them?"
"Don't think I don't know. They have done a lot of big business, and you let them leave home. But the union in Beipang didn't see anyone at all!"
"You can't see anyone alive, and you can't see a body after death... You look so damn ugly!"
Pim and the old wolf looked at each other for a long time, then slowly stood up and walked towards the door step by step. Before leaving the house, he turned back and said meaningfully: "Maybe they were hung in an iron cage outside Beibang City; maybe they went to be 'parents' somewhere else... In short, children who grow up and leave home , 'Parents' have nothing to do with it. Considering our decades of friendship, I would like to advise you not to investigate some things too carefully... This is not good."
