Whispering Poems

Chapter 1661 Gang Casino and the Last Tomb Robber

The morning rest was enough, and both Shad and Dorothy had work to do in the afternoon.After bidding farewell to Dorothy at the intersection, Xia De carried the sleepy cat to the Prophet Association, and then told Luvia about Iluna's sudden visit at noon today and something was wrong:
"It's abnormal. Iluna usually looks positive and cheerful. I rarely see her so troubled."

The purple-eyed girl patiently listened to Xia De's narration, frowned and thought for a moment:
"Are you sure you didn't say anything wrong at noon?"

Shad immediately denied:

"It shouldn't be because of me. After all, when she came to me at noon, she was already unhappy. I asked her what she did in the morning, and she said that she went to the warehouse area to investigate what happened last night."

"Is it because you're worried about us? But this time it's not as dangerous as it was during the Battle of the Chosen. Leave it to me. I'll talk to Iluna about it."

Luvia said, Xia De then nodded, but still a little worried.But thinking of Tifa telling him to ask him to visit Miss Galina on the weekend and bring flowers and gifts, so the visit time can be set on Sunday.Sunday is also the time for Iluna to train with the witch, and Xia De should still meet Iluna.

"Also, besides Iluna, I have to worry about you. I saw you last night, and you were stared at by that corpse."

The purple-eyed girl continued talking, looking at Xia De with worried eyes:
"You don't need to explain to me that you're fine. Whether you're fine or not is my own judgment. Dorothy took a nap with you in the morning. You do look better, but you can't be completely relieved. In the last week, don't touch those who will Mood-affecting relics, and beware of forces that will bring back memories of last night's empty mind. I think after a week, you should be fine."

She seemed to have a lot of experience in dealing with such negative emotions. Xia De knew that Luvia was concerned about herself, so she nodded and agreed:

"Yes, it is an angel-level relic after all. I will be careful and tell you immediately if there is a situation. I don't want to recall that kind of indifference. However, you also have to have some confidence in me."

Afterwards, Xia De returned home, put Mia on the soft cushion on the window sill of the living room on the second floor for her to take a nap, and then went to the Green Lake area from the basement alone.Bad Eye Barry should have found clues about the tomb robbers, but Xia De is really looking forward to seeing that group of bold tomb robbers.

As for the information dealer's identity as a ring warlock and the smell of water ghost pheromone on his body, we can investigate together if we have time.

The last time we met, Bad-Eye Barry had given Shad a business card with his address in town.That was not the residence of the gang leader, but a single four-story building located in a poor area in the southeastern part of the city.

The neighborhood is the oldest residential area in Green Lake City, so the buildings are also very old.In addition to being dilapidated, there were even a few buildings that were crooked. After Xia De got out of the carriage and entered the alley, he heard that all the buildings here were actually crooked to varying degrees due to unstable foundations.

The city's gangsters and shady shops are hidden here, and the police patrols will not go deep into this area.Due to the hardships of life, the numb poor have long lost their yearning for the future in their eyes.But it's also the only place in the entire city that doesn't feel the tension that arises from negotiations between the two countries.

After all, for the poor living in poverty, De La Rion, Carson Rico, peace and war, borders and trade routes have nothing to do with them.

Barry's four-storey building is the base of his gang - Shad, who has never been in contact with this kind of gang, thinks so.Xia De followed the dilapidated building signs and stepped on the muddy land. When he came here in the afternoon fog, two bare-armed men with sticks guarded downstairs refused to let Xia De enter.

It wasn't until Xia De took out his business card that one of them opened the door and led Xia De in, and warned Xia De not to walk around or talk nonsense.

After entering the building, Xia De discovered that this was the Rhodes Casino.The choking tobacco smell is suffocating, but the interior decoration is much better than the dilapidated building on the outside.All kinds of people gather here to fight each other at the gambling table.Xia De even saw a well-dressed nobleman leaning on a table with a gold-embellished cane, and a businessman with a big belly, betting on a pile of banknotes.

If it is not necessary, foreigners are not willing to come to this kind of place at all.

The first and second floors here are Rhodes Casino, and the rooms on the third floor are where the casino minions rest and eat.The four floors are all offices to maintain the daily operation of the casino.Bad-eyed Barry is in the office on the fourth floor. When Xia De followed the man who led him in to the end of the stairs, he happened to see a man who had been beaten so hard that he couldn't straighten up and was dragged down the fourth floor. stairs.

"Look who's coming, friend of Captain Rudds!"

The one-eyed man clapped his hands behind the desk to welcome Shad with a very exaggerated tone.Everyone else in the room left temporarily, and the man who led Shade upstairs closed the door outside.

Xia De sat on the chair outside the desk, and glanced at the windows on the wall and the small doors on the left and right sides from the corner of his eye:
"Good afternoon, have you found out about the tomb robber?"

"Yes, here."

He took the file bag onto the table and pushed it to Xia De, who touched it:
"Maybe I misunderstood, but why so thin?"

"Because they are all dead, only one is still alive."

The one-eyed man put his hands together on the table, and briefly introduced:
"After the tomb robbery on the island, the people who came back made a lot of money, but they all went crazy one after another. The rest of them are not in a good state of mind. You are very lucky to investigate in time, and it will be a few weeks later," he said Might as well die."

"Does the other party still live in Green Lake City?"

"Yes, the specific information is in the file bag. However, there is a high probability that you will not find those things that were stolen. The lucky guy who has survived to this day is already destitute. If he still has valuable things in his hand, he can It was already sold for money.”

"It's okay, at least there are clues."

Xia De took out his wallet, paid the balance, and then got up with the file bag to leave.But the one-eyed man behind the desk stopped him:
"Are you interested in helping me with something? It is also related to the central island of Green Lake. Maybe you can solve it easily while you are investigating the tomb robbers. I can offer a very high price, and you will be satisfied."

"No, I'm not interested, I just want to find the grave robber."

Xia De said that after pulling the doorknob, he saw a strong man standing outside the door blocking the way, preventing him from passing through the door.

He turned his head to the bad-eyed Barry and said:

"Are you sure you want to offend Captain Ladd's friend?"

Only then did the strong man in front of him step aside, and Xia De muttered a foul word in the local dialect, put his hands on his waist, and left along the stairs.

No one blocked the way when he left the casino, and he went outside smoothly.But Xia De didn't go far. Instead, he walked around in a circle, and then, in the garbage dump between the two houses, he saw the man he met on the stairs just now and was beaten and dragged out.

He was thrown here as if he had been thrown garbage. Although he was still conscious, he could only moan and couldn't move.

In order to test whether he can still move, Xia De threw two coins in front of him, and the man "lived" immediately, quickly picked up the coin and held it in his hand, then looked up at Xia De, who was beaten The swollen eyes that were bluish-purple were squinted, which looked ridiculous.

"What do you want to do?"

"Why did they beat you?"

"Because I see them insulting women and then going to stop it."

Xia De turned around and left, the man on the garbage dump hastily changed his words:

"I owe them money, damn it, I thought I'd win the bet today. I'm just unlucky today, damn it, I'm always unlucky."

"Tell me about the bad-eyed Barry, you know what to say."

Xia De shook the two 1-pound banknotes in his hand, and the man looked at the banknotes and nodded immediately:

"Bad-eyed Barry is not a local. He came here from other places more than 20 years ago. After killing a local gang leader whose name is no longer known, he has gained power. He is now very famous in Green Lake City, intelligence, casinos, etc. , illegal drugs, smuggling, he does everything. I heard that even MI[-] and Gray Gloves can buy information from him."

"Is he not native?"

Xia De was slightly surprised:

"I can't tell by the accent, that's right, after all, it's been more than 20 years."

"No one knows his origin, but he can only be sure that he also lived in Delarion before."

The man continued, catching the banknote Shade threw at him:
"Nobody here dares to offend him. Anyone who offends him is dead. If he owes him money, he is even more cruel. This is a very mean guy. And this man is very wise, and he will not provoke the church, the city hall, and the army." In the spring and winter, he will donate money to the poor in the slums, so after so many years, no one wants to bring him down."

"Which god does Bad-Eye Barry believe in?"

Xia De asked again, this is very important information, but the man thought for a while and shook his head:

"I don't know. I haven't heard that this kind of person can pray, but it is said that he was seen praying in the innermost windowless room on the fourth floor of the casino. I just heard this kind of statement, so I'm not sure."

Xia De looked at him suspiciously:
"How do you know this kind of thing? Don't tell me, you heard it from the tavern."

The man smiled awkwardly:
"I thought about getting some valuables from the casino and selling them, and leaving Green Lake City after paying off the money owed, maybe I can live a normal life."

Xia De shook his head, threw another banknote to him, and then turned and left.

Seeing Xia De being so generous, the man staggered up and wanted to catch up with him, and then had a few words with him.But by the time he chased outside from the garbage dump between the two houses, Shad had disappeared.

Xia De has no hobby of prying into other people's privacy, and it has nothing to do with the strange ring warlock who hides his name as an intelligence dealer and gang boss.If it wasn't because he cared about the water ghost, Xia De actually didn't want to know who the bad-eyed Barry was.

After getting the information from the man in the garbage dump, Xia De planned to go to the innermost room on the fourth floor of the casino to take a look.But the time is not now, but after the sun has set.He waited until the low-level warlock was not here before he acted. After all, the most important thing now was the whereabouts of the tomb robbers.

Barry's investigation is quite detailed. Although the description of the dead tomb robbers is not particularly clear, at least the current address of the living one is indeed true.

The insane tomb robber's address is also in the slums southeast of Green Lake, but on the banks of the Duyn River.A row of low huts sits on the east bank of the Duyn River, and crows are circling in large numbers, while the background of the huts is a gray foggy sky.

This is in stark contrast to the relatively bustling urban area on the west bank of the Duin River.

(End of this chapter)