The next morning, the weather was fine and the breeze was gentle.
Lin Qiming got up, washed up, and dressed to go out.
The door to the second bedroom opened, and Bruce walked out.
“Last night, a few low-class hooligans came to the apartment. They were asking about you. I don’t think you have no enemies as you said. Anyway, you should be more careful when you go out next time.”
“I have already pried some information out of them and caught the guy who bribed them. That guy is from the Vulture Gang in Tennessee. He is a nobody in the gang and is good at breaking into houses. He took a deposit of 10,000 US dollars and ran away. According to him, he can get 100,000 US dollars after the job is done.”
“The person who gave him the money told him to find a way to sneak into the construction site in the West City District and steal some dragon bone fragments. He could get the balance when he returned to Tennessee, but he was very cautious and timid. Seeing that there were too many human guards and the defense was tight, he gave up sneaking in because he was afraid that he would get the money but not spend it.”
“After that, he spent $200 to find a few drug addicts wandering the streets to watch everyone coming out of the construction site. Your human guards basically never left the house. It was not until you entered the construction site and came out again that the drug addicts followed you from a distance.
His expression was quite serious, enough to show how powerful the Lesenbra clan was.
“Those drug addicts were too weak to pose a threat, and there were too many of them in New York, so I didn’t pay much attention to them at the time. I didn’t think they were being followed.”
“Since Tennessee is not the territory of the Bruch clan, but the territory of another large blood clan, the Lesombra clan, and our relationship is not good, we have not yet found out the identity of the person who bribed the Vulture Gang.”
“I’m sorry for this oversight. It was because I looked down on ordinary humans that someone found your residence. I promise I won’t make the same mistake next time.”
Lin Qiming frowned after hearing this. This sudden situation was somewhat unexpected.
He himself had not been to other places in the United States except for the last time he went to Mississippi to meet Hamilton and to meet with a group of officers and officials who opposed abolitionism.
He only stayed in Memphis in Tennessee and killed the dark witch who wanted to sacrifice a city.
It was impossible for him to have a conflict with local gang members.
Moreover, the person behind the scenes sent people to watch the construction site, which means that he went for the dragon bone.
He did not send anyone to force his way in and snatch 09.
It may be that New York is not that person’s territory and he cannot mobilize much force here.
It may also be because he is not sure whether the dragon bone is real or not, so he asked someone to steal some to confirm it.
“The people who are interested in the dragon bone should be the five fingers of the Hand. Only they would be so eager to get the dragon bone that they would not send out their own ninjas but bribe a gang member. Maybe they had suffered in New York before, so they would be so cautious and steal the dragon bone in a roundabout way.”
“After his attempt failed, there would be only two reactions. One is to mobilize his ninjas from the base camp to New York and forcefully attack the cave under the construction site to seize the dragon bones. The other is to wait for the other five fingers to arrive and come to see me. If we can talk, we can talk. If not, we can rob them.”
After quickly analyzing the possible development of the matter, Lin Qiming sneered in his heart.
It was a daydream to want to take advantage of him. Since crossing over, no one has been able to do it. It has always been only him who got the advantage of others for free.
“It’s not your fault this time. I also didn’t take the drug addict following me seriously. Hey, Lao Liu is right. Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is!”
“Let’s go to Mott Street in downtown for breakfast. I heard about it yesterday when I was strolling on the street. There are many Daxia workers who came from Southeast Asia to Meriken gathered on Mott Street. Some smart people opened several Daxia restaurants.”
“I’ll treat you later. I guarantee you’ll want more after you eat, just like that greedy girl Tiffany.”
He opened the door and walked out. Eating is the most important thing in the world. The construction site is guarded by Sun Pengfei and 500 guards, and there are 30 new blood guards watching. Even if someone goes to test it, they will never come back.
None of the five fingers of the Hand showed up, not even a ninja was sent. It was just that someone bribed a gang member for unknown purposes to come and test it. Although we can’t be careless, we don’t need to be suspicious.
“This Liu must be a philosopher, his words are very philosophical and profound!”
Bruce said with emotion, and did not ask who Liu was.
He has more than 100 years of experience in security work, and he knows very well that there are some things that the master wants to say that he does not need to ask, and if you ask if the master does not want to say it is presumptuous.
For the vampires at the Marquis level, going out in broad daylight is not impossible. As long as you cover your whole body with a hat, mask, and clothes and don’t be exposed to the sun, there will be no problem.
After the two left the apartment building, they walked towards Mott Street in downtown Manhattan.
Along the way, they didn’t find anyone following them. Lin Qiming paid attention to it for a while and then stopped paying attention. Bruce seemed to be brooding over his carelessness last time. He was still nervous and paid attention to the expressions and eyes of the pedestrians around him, trying to catch a few of the followers.
More than half an hour later, they came to Mott Street. There was a faint smell of leaves floating in the air.
“It seems that what passers-by say about this place being a place full of crimes is not wrong. There are drug addicts smoking early in the morning, and there is even a lingering smell in the air, which shows that there are indeed quite a few people!”
Lin Qiming sighed, and his eyes swept coldly over the gangsters staring at him on the roadside.
The effect of the term”noble” was immediately reflected. The gangsters who were stared at trembled all over, subconsciously avoided his gaze and ran away in shame.
This is the subconscious reaction of the lower-class people facing people of noble status. There is no need to scold them verbally to make them feel suffocated by the huge pressure.
After walking around Wu Street, there were not many Daxia workers from Nanyang, and there were less than 200 people in total.
There was a breakfast shop on the roadside, and a Bashu restaurant. The aroma wafting from the shop made people salivate, and it can be seen that the chef’s skills are indeed good.
Lin Qiming and Bruce walked into the breakfast shop, and the boss came over attentively to say hello
“Good morning, gentlemen. What would you like to eat?”
Such small shops are usually run by couples. The boss is a part-time chef and waiter who takes orders, while the boss’s wife serves the food, calculates the bill, washes the vegetables, and cuts them.
Judging from the boss’s accent, his ancestors should be from southern Henan. Lin Qiming immediately said,
“Pick up your specialty. By the way, since you are from southern Henan, you must have a bowl of spicy soup.”
When the boss heard him speak fluent Chinese, his expression was stunned for a moment and his eyes were red.
“Oh, it’s my fellow countryman, please sit down!”
“Judging from your outfit, you must have made a fortune in Meilijian. It seems that Aken was not lying. This place is really full of gold. Unfortunately, my wife and I don’t know how to do anything. We can only open a breakfast shop to make a living.”
“Please wait a moment, I will wipe the table and chairs again. You are a rich man and cannot be stained with oil.”
He pulled the rag off his shoulder and wiped the table and chairs vigorously several times until there was no oil or dust left. Then he happily went into the kitchen.
Not long after Lin Qiming and Bruce sat down, the proprietress came over with a tray.
“My husband told me that you are also from Daxia. Our specialty is Kaifeng Xiaolongbao soup dumplings and spicy soup. If you want to add vinegar and chili oil, there are some in the glass bottles on the table. You can add some as you like.
Her face was full of vicissitudes. Her hair was gray, but she was in good spirits. She deftly put two trays of dumplings and two bowls of spicy soup on the table. She was quite proud of her craftsmanship.
“Come on, Bruce, I’ll teach you how to taste these delicacies!”
Lin Qiming sniffed the rich aroma and couldn’t help but pick up his chopsticks.
After he finished speaking, he picked up a steaming soup dumpling, took a small bite, and slowly tasted the delicious soup. After absorbing almost all the soup, he bit off a large piece of the dumpling.
Bruce saw how delicious he was eating, so he also picked up a dumpling with chopsticks and started to eat it like him.
“Not bad, very delicious, the skin is thin and chewy, and the meat filling is soaked in the soup.”
Lin Qiming commented while eating, and after finishing the buns, he drank a mouthful of spicy soup.
“The vermicelli is soft but not mushy, the beef is well-cooked but not falling apart, the gluten is full of the flavor of the soup, the bean curd is rich in bean fragrance, not bad, not bad, slightly salty and spicy just right, the soup is thick like porridge and it is really authentic.”
As he was talking, the boss came out after finishing his work. When he heard it, he smiled so much that the wrinkles on his face opened.
Soon, both of them were full, and there was no waste at all. Bruce was also very satisfied with the fresh food, and took out $10 and put it on the table to pay the bill.
“This, this is too much, how can you ask for so much!”
The boss looked at the money on the table, and didn’t dare to reach out to take it, and kept saying that he gave too much.
Lin Qiming waved his hand and chuckled. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
“You’re welcome. I’m very happy to eat the delicious food from my hometown, and happiness is priceless.”
“It’s better if you don’t want to take the money. It was originally agreed that I would treat you, but he took it first. Come on, this is what I give you, just accept it!”
He took the $10 on the table and stuffed it back into Bruce’s hand. He took out $10 and put it on the table, then stood up and walked out.
Bruce shook his head, put the money in his pocket, and got up to follow.
The boss took the money and chased after them, but his speed was not as fast as the two extraordinary people. In the end, he could only sigh that he had met a kind nobleman, and prayed in his heart that the good man would have a good life and returned to the store.[]
Lin Qiming didn’t take the incident at the breakfast shop to heart.
Not long after the two of them left Wu Street, a young white man in his 20s ran over from a distance. From the vampire bat tattoo on his arm, it could be seen that he was a member of the Hagui Gang and a member of the outermost underworld force of the Bruch clan.
“My Lords, a merchant ship from Fusang has docked at the New York Harbor. Many oriental people dressed strangely have come down from the ship. As soon as they got off the ship, they asked about the location of Lord Lin’s construction site in the West City District.”
“Oh, yes, there are 51 people covered in wounds, who seem to be their captives, being escorted to Xicheng District.”
Lin Qiming raised his eyebrows and pointed at the young man and asked
“Bruce, could it be that my father-in-law sent someone to help keep an eye on the Hand? Is he one of yours?”
He did not easily believe the man because of the tattoo on his body, but wanted to confirm it again. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Bruce naturally did not know all the vassals of the Bruch clan, let alone the lowest and most distant Hagui clan.
He glanced at the young man and asked,
“Who arranged for you to go to the port to spy? If what you said is wrong, you can sink into the sea!”
The young man trembled all over and said honestly with a pale face
“It was the Mad Dog Gang’s boss, Russell Tuss. After receiving the order from Baron Arnold, he asked us to keep an eye on the port and inform the two marquises immediately if a large number of Orientals came down from the Fuso ship.”
“We also learned your appearance from him. Boss Russell Tuss asked us to recognize you. You can tell us what to do in the future.”After hearing Baron Arnold’s name, Bruce’s vampire magic slowly dissipated.
He turned his head and nodded to Lin Qiming, waved his hand to send the young man away, and then said
“He is fine, he is indeed a member of the clan’s peripheral forces, Baron Arnold is in charge���”We are responsible for the Mad Dog Gang. Their main task is to help us keep an eye on the movements of senior clergy of the church and strangers who may be demon hunters, so they are very professional in tracking and stalking.”
Lin Qiming confirmed the authenticity of the information and was quite surprised at the speed of the Hand.
With the speed of ocean-going cargo ships in this era, the other party should not come so quickly. According to common sense, it would take at least half a year. It seems that the other party used some extraordinary means to get to New York in more than 20 days.
“I need to hurry back to the Xicheng District construction site. Bruce, you can follow me!”
After he finished speaking, his figure flashed, and the next second he appeared on the rooftop of a high-rise building next to him, and then flashed again on the rooftop of a high-rise building 100 meters away. He used the blind spot of the rooftop to avoid all possible sights of him, and quickly teleported towards the Xicheng District construction site.
Bruce looked at his figure quickly going away, and felt very proud of his choice of refuge.
“The Grand Duke’s son-in-law has so many special abilities, like an endless treasure. But this also proves that my vision is very accurate and I didn’t follow the wrong person.”
“Not only does he have super strength, but the power under his command should not be underestimated. In a few years, even the clan may have to rely on his protection and help to live a stable life in human society.”
He wanted to catch up but was helpless. The sun was too bright to turn into a bat and fly. Teleportation, a high-level supernatural ability, was not something that ordinary people could possess. He could only speed up his pace. It took Lin Qiming less than 10 seconds to get from the Lower City to the Xicheng District construction site building.
As soon as he teleported to the ground, Sun Pengfei and his men came to meet him.
“Young Master, our people have discovered……”
Before he could finish his words, a large hole appeared in the fence and iron plate of the construction site with a crisp sound of a knife. Four men and one woman walked in through the gap in the plate, followed by more than 200 men in ninja uniforms, escorting 51 wounded prisoners into the construction site one after another. An old woman from Daxia with a kind face looked around, twitching her nose slightly like a hyena looking for prey.
The other four men stood side by side with her, and their positions and the positions of the many men behind them formed the shape of a big hand, and the five people standing in the front were like the five fingers of a palm.
“It seems that your men did not lie, there is indeed the smell of dragon bones here!”
The old woman of Daxia was leaning on a silver-white metal cane. After confirming that there were dragon bones here, her eyes almost lit up, and her greedy and anxious eyes did not hide
“Hand over all the dragon bones and I will release your men, otherwise they and you will die!”
Lin Qiming glanced at Dongfang Xun and the others, but did not rush to save them. He spoke slowly and calmly.
“All five fingers of the Hand have arrived, and on my own behalf, I welcome you all!”
“I am glad that you are here, but I don’t like your attitude and tone of voice when you came in. Who was the one who cut my fence and baffle just now?”
His reaction was beyond the old woman’s expectation.���Some people don’t know what the person they are facing is thinking.
It is obvious that they are the ones who came with the captives. No matter what their purpose is, the other party will lower their posture and try to exchange the captives. Otherwise, wouldn’t it make the subordinates feel disappointed?
But Lin Qiming made an abnormal move and asked who cut through the fence and the baffle.
At that moment, a ninja with a skinny and short figure but extremely fierce eyes stepped forward at the signal of the leader, drew the Japanese sword at his waist, and laughed arrogantly.
“It’s me, you can……”
The people in the Hand-in-Hand Society only felt a flash before their eyes, as if something suddenly appeared and disappeared, and then there was a strong smell of blood in the air, followed by the sound of a body falling to the ground with a thump.
“Dead, dead, they are all dead!”
A ninja seemed to be unable to bear his companions being killed like a toy, and he yelled like crazy and pulled out the Japanese sword at his waist to give himself courage.
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