The Secret Code of Monsters

Chapter 161 Ch.160 Greedy Elephant

"The world is bigger than you think, Rose."

She forcefully pulled her hand out, holding the cigar in her mouth, and turned to the glass filled with silver light.

Her eyes passed through the soft gauze of the silver moon, overlooking the black city.

Before winter, the moonlight has not shaken the leaves from the branches, frozen the lakes, and seeped into the cold mist, making people wrap up their collars and sleeves tightly and shiver slightly in the wind.

But every time she looked down at the girls walking through the alleys and saw them holding their heads high, greeting each other in a decent manner, wearing long skirts, animal skins or men's suits, she always felt like it was summer and rarely lived in winter. day.

Annie took a deep breath, and the smoke she exhaled made the glass hazier.

"We have a better choice, don't we?" Rose followed lightly and stood next to her, "You see, we are all better off because of you. We can stop, no longer expand, no longer Do you need help from some big shot to deal with those troubles..."

“We are supposed to be the rats of this city, rats that live in darkness but live well.”

Rose put her feet up and tapped the glass with her fingertips.

Boom boom.

"That's Mary."

"Her husband owed money to the Golden Tooth Gang, and later he died of illness in bed. You helped her - now, she is one of the most agile among us."

"That's Mrs. Durham."

"Because of you, she was saved from having to commit herself to those dirty men with foul mouths to do the flesh business. She is one of the few among us who is literate, can write and do math. With her, those cunning businessmen can't deceive us even a penny..."

"Annie."

"Many people have received your protection, and many people are grateful to you."

"You shouldn't do it for..."

Rose paused.

"You shouldn't have pushed those girls off the cliff. That's what we're doing, aren't we?"

Anne could tell that Rose was alluding to something.

Unfortunately, Rose was right.

"I'm looking for an opportunity and I'll give anything for it."

These words made Rose extremely disappointed.

She took a few steps back, away from the tall woman in front of the window.

Since coming to London, she has become less and less like herself.

The Elephant Gang is becoming less and less like the Elephant Gang.

They expanded crazily, recruiting criminals, regardless of whether they were men or women, no matter how outrageous things they had done before - this greedy elephant was not afraid of stretching itself to death, but was afraid that if it slowed down, hunger would catch up with it, and even its skin and bones would be destroyed. Swallow it whole.

Why is this happening?

The taciturn woman is as silent as the moonlight tonight.

Rose felt complicated.

The woman at the window saved her life and changed her future.

The gang at our feet once had very few people, but they could trust each other.

And now.

Mr. Anne has changed.

Gangs are also constantly emerging with new faces every day.

Rose suddenly realized that she shouldn't have come today.

You shouldn't be curious about the invitation either.

You shouldn't care about other people's affairs.

As long as she lives on her own and lives well, that's all.

A good-for-nothing person... uses his body and life to play the final role.

"If one day, I am useless. Annie, where will you send me?" Rose asked tremblingly.

Anne's angular face was soaked in the cold silver light.

"You are not the only 'handy' person in the gang."

she says.

"Don't you know very well?"

Silence fell in the room.

"…I see."

After a while, Rose gently placed the handkerchief on the desk.

"I will be useful...always useful, sir."

She pushed open the door and left without looking back.

A long while.

Someone came in.

It was the woman who opened the door for Rose.

She brought a plate of sliced ​​apples and tomatoes, as well as a steaming cup of coffee.

The woman arranged things by herself, put the pens scattered on the table back to their original places, folded the unfolded letters, and sealed each letter in the drawer.

Then, he turned on the gas lamp.

"This kid has a bad temper."

"This is not the first day you have met her." Annie said while rubbing her forehead. Until this moment, she was not willing to pay attention to her extremely painful head. "She went to that party."

"What?" The woman was surprised: "How...how dare she..."

"There's nothing she doesn't dare to do. If we're close enough to Buckingham Palace, maybe you'll be able to see her in the newspaper in a few days." Anne smiled, her gloomy and stern expression softening in the dim yellow light: " It’s not like you don’t know who our Miss Vansitat is.”

The woman also teased: "Lawless and greedy wolf cub." She took the cigar that was handed to her, stubbed it out in the ashtray, and then pulled out a chair for her master.

Then, he spread his slender fingers and rubbed them for her.

The pain did not ease, but the tense nerves gradually relaxed.

"yes."

Anne thanked her softly, took a sip of the coffee, put down the cup, moved her shoulders, and tapped the soft armrest with her five thick fingers in turn, lost in thought.

The woman who served her stood quietly behind, easing the pain for her master.

Approximately a few minutes.

"I got a name, and I saw a new world, Mu Lin."

Annie's voice was steady.

""Invisible Art". "

she says.

The woman behind her listened quietly.

"I don't understand, does this represent an 'invisible' spell, or does it mean that there is a corresponding 'visible' spell." She muttered to herself, and was obviously not satisfied with the knowledge she had gained at a cost: "...How is the progress of that matter?"

Mu Lin paused: "It's difficult, Annie. We contacted the monks of the church, the kind of 'detectives' wearing black clothes... These people are very vigilant, and the girl can't get anything valuable from them."

"One was even arrested."

"I'm not surprised," the woman on the seat said lightly: "Knowledge is priceless."

"It seems so, sir." Mu Lin sighed: "Do we have to do this? At such a high cost?"

"No matter how much it costs, it's worth it." Annie said: "That is a brand new world, and it is also the real power of this world. It is much more powerful than knives and guns... You don't know how terrible that power is. If the Elephant Gang wants to exist for a long time, we must master this power. "

Mulin didn't say anything, and concentrated on massaging her head.

After a while, her fingers moved downwards, from her head to her neck.

"Some girls, like Rose, have noticed something is wrong: many people have disappeared. We can't go to the East District to kidnap people in the short term, because Hei Pi is targeting us." Mulin's voice was calm, as if she was talking about something insignificant.

"Don't worry about Hei Pi," Anne was just as calm as her: "Besides, there will be no need for it in the future. The crows went to the banquet, and I think the bitch will either be burned to death or suffer in a dungeon."

Mulin smiled and said: "It's the best. Her "careful selection" has caused us to lose many girls, and we have to rob and buy those homeless women and babies for her. We, the Elephant Gang, never did this before."

"Mulin."

Annie suddenly knocked on the table and interrupted: "For the sake of power, these are necessary sacrifices."

"...You are right. "

Mulin lowered her eyes.

Annie suddenly remembered something and moved her shoulders, asking the woman behind her to stop massaging. Then, she picked up a pen and began to write on a piece of paper.

Ten minutes later, the ink dried.

She handed it to Mulin.

"I don't have that much time to tell her stories."

Mulin took the paper, glanced at it, and looked surprised.

"What is this?"

"Give it to her."

"...I know." The woman folded the letter twice, held it in her hand, and stepped back a few steps, looking at the thoughtful owner in the seat with concerned eyes: "How do you feel recently?"

"Focus on finding strength, Mulin."

"Time is short."

Mulin was silent, bowed, and pushed the door open to leave.