Dark forces are not mentioned much in the anime, and Zhang Da only remembers a few big bosses from the dark world appearing at Auntie's tea party.
Of course, the one who impressed me the most was Stussy, the Queen of Happy Street. It was definitely not because she was beautiful, but because she was an agent of CP0.
As for the other few who didn't have many roles, he was treated as a supporting role, and he didn't even remember their names. Naturally, he didn't know if they had anything to do with the lawless area of Shampoo.
Herse happily took a sip of the wine Zhang Daye poured for him. The pleasure of drinking without paying made him want to stop.
As for revealing information, for him it is equivalent to bragging about his knowledge. If he can exchange for some wine, he will make a lot of money:
"Speaking of what kind of dark forces there are, there must be some in Happy Street."
"Happy Street is in Chambord?"
"You can't say that. The business on Happy Street usually involves casinos and other shady entertainment venues. The headquarters is not here, but there are definitely branches." Herse put the emphasis on the word 'other', always feeling that there was a lot of information. Looks very big.
"Oh, that's true." Zhang Da also remembered that Lei Li often lost money in gambling, and casinos often involved other transactions.
"Not to mention anything else, the shadow of the loan shark king Du Felder is definitely indispensable in the casino. And those who can't repay the loan sharks may have their whole families sold."
Zhang Da also frowned. Those who owed loan sharks on this island would definitely be sold. The gamblers themselves did not deserve sympathy, but their families were really too innocent.
"When it comes to human trafficking, it probably involves the 'Big Hand Mortician' Piecro. I heard that in addition to being a killer and selling slaves, he is also involved in selling organs..."
At this point, Herse retched: "It's better not to mention him. When I mention him, it makes the wine taste worse. Apart from them, there is the 'hidden master' Gilbertson in the warehousing industry."
"Can the warehousing industry be considered a dark force?" Zhang Daye asked casually, and then immediately figured it out, "I'm afraid it's not an ordinary warehousing, right?"
"Yes, of course it involves the warehousing industry of various prohibited items and smuggled items. He is called a concealment master because no one knew where he put the items before the transaction."
"So in addition to pirates, bounty hunters and gangsters, the lawless zone also hides super complex dark forces..."
"This is natural. This should be one of the reasons why the Navy has not directly cleared the illegal areas."
"My knowledge has improved, thank you." Zhang Da also thought about whether the human trafficking shop he bombed last time might also be the industry of some big boss.
Herse waved his hands indifferently and said with a smile: "These are not secrets. It is easy to find out. It is my profit to exchange you for a glass of wine."
"Oh, that's right. Just pretend that I didn't say what I just said, 'It's my treat.'" Zhang Da also tried to imitate Garp and activate the withdrawal fruit.
"Pfft..." Herse turned his head and spit out a mouthful of wine, shouting, "Don't do this!"
Tom, who was reading next to him, was lying innocently and was sprayed with drink for no apparent reason.
"Teacher Tom." Rui Mengmeng took out a towel to help Tom wipe his body. She felt that Teacher Tom's luck seemed a little bad today. In the afternoon, he was inexplicably caught by a crab, eaten by a sea beast, and hit by Kemi. The man sprayed wine all over himself.
Tom stood up, stretched out his hand to push Rui Mengmeng away, walked up to Herse, drank the remaining wine in the bottle in one gulp before he apologized, and then sprayed it all on Herse's face.
Herse had mixed feelings and didn't know whether he should continue to apologize.
Zhang Da also knew that Herse was unintentional and didn't want to make things worse. He stretched out his hand and handed him a towel: "I'm sorry, Tom, he's not the one... uh..."
Zhang Da was also stuck, Tom did it on purpose.
"Haha, it's okay. We're even, aren't we? I sprayed wine all over the cat pianist. I wonder if I'll be beaten when I go out." Herse took the towel and wiped his face, then turned to Tom and asked , "I just wanted to apologize. Well, Mr. Tom shouldn't blame me, right?"
Tom had returned to his original position and resumed his leisurely side-lying posture, and nodded happily after hearing Herse's words.
He is a generous cat. Although you sprayed me, I won't blame you as long as you let me spray you back.
Even if the matter was revealed, Zhang Da opened a bottle of wine and handed it to him, and Herse happily took it to brag to others.
Is it worth boasting about getting a stingy little boss to invite you back?
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After closing, Zhang Da also placed tea, snacks, and fruit plates on the bar, and summoned the tavern members to hold a brief meeting.
For Artoria, the difference was not big, she just changed her stool and continued eating.
After Rui Mengmeng brought the last tableware into the kitchen to soak, she washed her hands and came over to sit down.
Instead of sitting on a stool, Tom was lying on the bar, supporting his head with one hand and chewing an apple kacha kacha in the other. Every time I watched Tom eat, no matter what he ate, it tasted particularly delicious.
The reason why the bar was used instead of the wine table was because Zhang Da was worried that having a meeting next to the round table would bring back bad memories of Artoria.
"Today's topic is about whether we should continue our plan to combat human traffickers." Zhang Da also spoke first, "You may have heard the chat I had with Herse before. The situation in the illegal zone seems to be very complicated. "
After speaking, Zhang Daye glanced at each other one by one, starting with Tom.
Tom finished chewing an apple, threw the core behind him, hit the edge of the trash can, bounced it, and fell into the bucket. Then he picked up a banana, carefully peeled the banana peel into four pieces, and continued to eat.
As if he noticed Zhang Daye's gaze, Tom stopped chewing and handed the banana in his hand forward, as if asking Zhang Daye if he would eat it.
Zhang Daye: "..."
Well, I can’t count on this one, the next one is Rui Mengmeng.
"Huh? Me?" Rui Mengmeng waved her hands in a panic, "Boss, it's up to you to decide. It's not a bad thing, right? I'm an employee, and the boss just tells me what to do."
Zhang Daye didn't know whether he should be happy or not. He explained: "I think this should be done, but isn't it dangerous? If I expose it, I might be beaten to death, so I'm asking for your help." My opinion, please think about it carefully."
Rui Mengmeng thought for a while and said seriously: "It doesn't matter. If you want to save people from bad guys, how can you not take any risks? Moreover, didn't I say that you, boss, are the weakest in the tavern? You dare to Go, I won’t be afraid, don’t worry!”
Zhang Daye: "..."
What you said makes sense, but I really want to hit someone!
