9pm, Canary Wharf, South London.
"Last quarter's turnover dropped by 30% and the capture rate dropped by 40%. What caused this?"
In the room with flickering lights, Fat Orange squatted on the table and looked at the quarterly report in front of him with a very serious tone.
A young man standing in front of the desk said: "The company's main fishing location is in the fishing area of the Western Ocean. In previous years, the harvest has always been good. I don't know what happened this year. There are often wind and waves on the sea, resulting in lower and lower harvests." ..."
Fat Orange looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing a white shirt with a stand-up collar and a dark woolen jacket, and said in a serious tone: "Raymond, the company's income is very important. If the income of the fishing areas in the Western Ocean drops, the fishing boats should be allowed to go there without any storms." A great place, isn’t it?”
"But...but the sailors all said that the big storm on the sea is because the sea god is angry and wants to go on strike..."
"The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish." Fat Orange said: "I think they think they are making less money, so I told the fishing boat owners that they will increase the performance commission this quarter. For every 100 pounds of fish caught, they will be given an extra 5 gold. Pound bonus, avoid areas with frequent wind and waves, and go fishing in waters with a stable climate!”
"knew."
The young man in the room is named Raymond Wood, one of the believers of the Church of Truth. A year ago, Raymond Wood was still an idle street gangster. Since joining the Church of Truth and leaving New Ross City, he seems to have woken up. , began to learn the carpentry trade from his old man, and married a wife. When he learned that Jacob's fishing company needed manpower, he immediately came to help.
Originally, Raymond Wood also wanted to follow Jacob into the Manstein Potion Company, but Fat Orange could not come forward. The fishing company needed a reliable manpower to help manage it, so he stayed. He was the only one in the entire fishing company. Know that the boss behind the scenes is a cat.
Raymond Wood didn't even tell his wife about this.
"By the way, notify the fishing boat owners and release them if lampreys are caught."
"Release?" Raymond was stunned for a moment: "Lampreys are very expensive in the market. Many nobles like to eat lampreys. A half-pound lamprey can be sold for a high price of 2 gold pounds, which is quite a lot." It is the most valuable fish in the sea, why..."
"You don't need to ask so many questions. Also, I see on the company's plan that it will launch ocean-going whaling business in the second half of the year?"
"Yes." Raymond nodded: "Jacob...Mr. Steven found that ocean-going fishing boats are the most profitable, so he wanted to send ships to the ocean to catch valuable fish such as salmon, tuna and whales. If nothing else, you can get hundreds of gold pounds from each trip."
"Cancel it."
"Cancel this too?!"
Fat Orange licked his paws and said: "The whaling business has been cancelled, and the offshore fishing vessels will proceed as planned. In short, our company does not want to catch lampreys and whales. Today is different from the past, and some risks must be avoided."
Lamprey, is the genus Edwardian.
If the fishing company under Fat Orange's name catches lampreys on a large scale, even if Edward doesn't say it, he will definitely be dissatisfied in his heart. Fat Orange will not make trouble over such a trivial matter. Regardless of the importance, he can still catch it. .
As for the whales….
In the extreme northern seas, it was the whale ancestor Sethida who helped them repel the North Sea monster Kraken. Fat Orange was a cat who only knew how to repay kindness. Ma Wei took it in, and it helped the Church of Truth. The whale ancestor Sethi If it helps it, it will not allow the fishing boats below to kill whales.
Very simple reason.
After discussing the company's business, Raymond left. He had to rush back to Dunmore City overnight to convey Fat Orange's order. After changing the boss, Steven Fishery Company officially changed its name to Holy Trinity Ocean Fishery Company. At first, Xiao Hei It was proposed to change the name of Yuduoduo Fishery Company, but the name sounded too stupid. After careful consideration, November 1, the day when the goddess descended, was chosen as the new name of the company.
After changing the name, the company can no longer be limited to the small seaside town of Dunmore. Fat Orange plans to move the company to London for development. Anyway, London is close to the Thames River and has convenient transportation. There will be no problem in moving here.
After Raymond left, Fat Orange jumped off the desk and walked out the door with his tail raised, intending to visit Xiao Hei and see how he was doing there.
As soon as his four feet stepped out of the door, his body suddenly froze. Fat Orange looked around. There was no one on the street and he couldn't see his fingers. This was not a problem at all for Fat Orange, which had been wandering the streets all year round. It eats mice and has night vision. Much better than domestic cats like Xiao Hei, and has a very keen sense of smell.
There was a familiar smell floating in the air.
"Friday?" Fat Orange asked tentatively, "Is that you?"
"Meow...."
In the darkness, a blue shadow rushed out of the alley and ran to Fat Orange, with his head lowered and not daring to say a word.
Seeing Friday, Fat Orange's tense body relaxed slightly: "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the eyeliner sent by Mr. Butler?"
Before Friday could speak, Fat Orange suddenly stepped forward and blocked it behind him. He looked warily at the darkness ahead, arching his back and assuming an attack posture.
"come out!"
The golden hoops on its limbs glowed with dazzling light in the darkness. Fat Orange launched the water mist magic without hesitation. It didn't know who the enemy was, but it definitely came with bad intentions!
The traces were exposed, and Ma Wei naturally had no intention of hiding any more. His body rose from the mud shadow magic, and the smell suddenly spread. When he smelled a familiar smell, Fat Orange was stunned for a moment, and then he lifted the magic.
"It's you."
"Can't I do it?"
Fat Orange didn't answer Ma Wei. He glanced at Friday, who was silent and wanted to be an invisible cat, and sneered: "Did you lure them here?"
"He...they are threatening me with their balls!" Friday said with an aggrieved look: "A male cat without balls is still a male cat? Xiaomei is still waiting for me at home..."
"Forget it, even if you don't bring them here, they will meet sooner or later."
Fat Orange has forgiven Friday's behavior, but there is nothing he can do if he doesn't forgive him. If Friday really dares to disobey orders, Mawei will definitely fuck his balls. This is no joke.
"I didn't expect you to use Canary Wharf as your base."
Observing the surrounding environment, Ma Wei was very satisfied. The factory where Fat Orange is located is located in the Canary Wharf area. Most of the surrounding areas are warehouses or old stone houses. It is not a residential area. After nightfall, except for night watchmen, there are few people around. The activities are very concealed, so using this place as a base is obviously a good choice.
Just as he was talking, a dim light lit up in the distance, as if someone was coming with a kerosene lamp. Seeing this, Fat Orange temporarily canceled his plan to meet Xiao Hei, took Ma Wei and others back to the factory, and closed the door. Door.
"I heard on Friday that you sent it to monitor Mr. Butler's people? Have you noticed Mr. Butler?"
Ma Wei didn’t ask Fat Orange why he didn’t go to see him when he returned to London. The reason was already explained on Friday. Fat Orange must have had his own plan.
"I did have contact with Mr. Butler." Fat Orange said: "A month ago, Xiaohei and I returned to London with Friday, Xiaomei and the others. We wanted to go directly to Baron Frederick's villa to find you, but it turned out that You have left. London is too big. I want to find you and need the help of other cats, so I took Xiao Hei and the others to start integrating the stray cats in London..."
Ma Wei gradually understood what happened.
A month ago, Fat Orange and Xiao Hei started to explore London with Friday, Xiaomei and the others. London is a huge city. There are not 10,000 but 8,000 stray cats living here, especially around docks and warehouses. Frequented place.
Fat Orange, who was blessed by the goddess, and Xiao Hei, a group of foreign cats, invaded the territory of stray cats in London. Since they controlled the fishing company and had dried and canned fish, they quickly conquered a large group of younger brothers and used gold to Canary Pier is the base point and established its own power.
The more chaotic the place, the more stray cats there are. In the process of integrating London's stray cats, Xiao Hei accidentally came into contact with the underground black market. After informing Fat Orange, he successfully attracted Fat Orange's attention. All the stray cats living in London were... It is said that there is a forbidden area in London, which is the underground black market.
The street where the underground black market is located is one of the forbidden areas that cats are unwilling to approach, because since last year, the cats on that street have always died mysteriously and suddenly. After coming and going, the cats are no longer willing to go near the underground black market.
Ordinary cats are afraid of the underground black market, but Fat Orange is not. On the night when he learned the address of the underground black market, he took Blackie to the Kingston district in South London where the black market is located. Here, he met a man.
Mr. Butler!
"When Xiao Hei and I were investigating the underground black market, we met a man. At first we didn't know that he was Mr. Butler. We only knew that he had a high prestige in the black market. The carriage he traveled in had the black curtain drawn, and everyone who saw the carriage started to Avoid it, but it’s not a noble carriage, so out of curiosity, Xiao Hei and I followed it secretly.”
Fat Orange said: "We followed the carriage all the way to Newham Street and saw the carriage entering a factory. On the surface, the factory made toys, but in fact... there was a secret experiment hidden underground. room!"
"Secret laboratory?" Ma Wei asked curiously: "What experiments is Mr. Butler doing?"
"In vivo experiment!"
Fat Orange's eyes were solemn, not joking at all: "In the laboratory, there are many strange specimens, all of which look different, as if they were stitched together by many kinds of creatures. Some are human bodies and pig heads, and some are... It’s a horse’s body with a human head… In addition to these, we also found the corpses of many extraordinary creatures!”
Frowning slightly, Ma Wei immediately realized that things were not that simple. Fat Orange's discovery was enough to show that Mr. Butler was conducting some kind of horrific and bloody experiment.
"They will raise animals, such as ordinary animals such as mice, cats and dogs, put them in cages, and inject them with an injection of unknown liquid extracted from the corpses of extraordinary creatures every day. The animals injected with the liquid will soon become healthy. Will die." Fat Jue said: "In addition to animals, they will also conduct experiments on living people!"
"Extracting unknown liquids from extraordinary creatures..."
Ma Wei didn't know what Mr. Butler was studying, but these experiments were undoubtedly very terrifying.
"Then what?"
"The underground laboratory is very large. Xiao Hei and I investigated separately. During the investigation, Xiao Hei was caught and put in a cage..."
"Wait a minute." Edward wondered: "Xiao Hei is also a cat who has received the gift of the goddess. It is also an extraordinary creature. How could it be caught by ordinary people?"
"There should be some kind of magic circle in the laboratory that suppresses power. After entering, Xiao Hei and I were unable to exert our power and became like ordinary cats..." Fat Orange's beard trembled slightly: "Xiao Hei was also After being injected with that strange liquid, it did not die like other experimental subjects, but successfully survived. This discovery attracted the attention of Mr. Butler, and Xiao Hei seemed to be the only living subject that survived their experiment."
The ordinary animals injected with the unknown liquid died, but Xiao Hei was fine. This phenomenon can only be explained by the fact that Xiao Hei received a gift from the goddess. It was also Yunia's gift that had an effect when he fought against the curse in New Ross City.
"Xiao Hei, who had nothing wrong, was released from the cage and no longer conducted experiments. He was fed by Mr. Butler himself. You all know Xiao Hei. He is very good at observing words and emotions. He quickly won the trust of Mr. Butler and gained the trust of Mr. Butler. The privilege of entering and exiting the laboratory..."
Hearing this, Ma Wei seemed to be able to imagine Xiao Hei's limitless appearance. I have to say that a docile, well-behaved and clingy cat is indeed very lovable.
"Further on, I asked Xiao Hei to stay with Mr. Butler. While continuing to investigate the laboratory, I also inquired about Mr. Butler's information. I think this is very important." Fat Orange recalled something and said: "The people in the laboratory The tools are also very strange. They are all big silver boxes that blend into the ground. There are many magic circles engraved on them. They don’t match the surrounding environment. They were probably moved from somewhere. They use a type that I have never seen before. Powered by unprecedented energy..."
A big silver box?
Carved with many magic circles?
Integrate with the ground?
Why do these conditions sound so familiar?
While pondering, Ma Wei suddenly remembered the Golden Age ruins he discovered in Londinium. The houses there fit the characteristics mentioned by Fat Orange!
Could it be that the tools used in the laboratory were dug out of Londinium?
Ma Wei was shocked and felt that it was impossible, but the ruins of Londinium had been buried deep underground for thousands of years. It was normal for others to discover it.
At least, Ma Wei can be sure that before they discovered the ruins, members of the ancient god force had already taken away the living statue of the North Sea monster Kraken.
Isn't it also because of the ancient gods' influence that they are eyeing the underground black market?
Is it strange that Mr. Butler, who is related to the ancient god's power, uses tools dug out from the ruins of Londinium?
"Have you thought of something?" Fat Orange noticed the strange look on Ma Wei's expression.
"Is the underground laboratory very big?"
"It's big."
"Is it deep?"
"According to Xiao Hei's report, the underground laboratory has a total of 7 floors. If each floor is 4 meters, the depth should be about 30 meters."
30 meters, obviously cannot reach Londinium buried 2,700 meters underground. If you want to transport things from Londinium, you need at least a deep well that goes directly underground.
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If the tools used in the laboratory were really transported from Londinium, then where is the entrance to the underground?
Could it be underneath the laboratory?
"Are you sure the lab is only seven floors deep?"
"I'm sure." Fat Orange said firmly: "Xiao Hei has been with Mr. Butler for almost a month. He has already figured out the situation in the underground laboratory. There is really no deeper place."
If the entrance to the deep well is not in the laboratory, how can Mr. Butler transport the heavy tools to the laboratory?
The spies of the Church of the Three Goddess of Destiny can be found everywhere in London, and blatant transportation is definitely impossible. In this case, Mr. Butler must have his own unique channel.
Ma Wei remembered that Mr. Butler had used a funeral train to transport werewolves. The train could transport tools, but the target was too large and could easily be discovered...
"Huh?"
Ma Wei suddenly thought that in addition to trains, London also has a unique mode of transportation...
Metropolis Metro!
If the entrance to the deep well and the transportation channel are hidden underground, there is no fear of being discovered by the Church of the Three Destinies, and everything makes sense!
