Chapter 37
Chapter 37
"Then what do you mean, we only have one way left to join the small gang?" Another person asked, his tone much softer.
"No, joining a small gang is more likely to attract the suspicion of the other party. If we are mistaken for us to seize power, it is also unsafe. I mean we go it alone."
"Do it alone?" "Do it alone!"
Ignoring everyone's exclamation, Leon looked at Billy: "Billy, you are a smart man. Although we don't have many people now, they are all good players. We can find a site by ourselves. Maybe this site is smaller. In the early stage It was tough, but we got to know each other anyway."
Billy's eyes lit up when he heard about going it alone, Leon's words made him stretch out an arm, and patted Leon's shoulder twice vigorously: "I also think you are right, Leon. Anyone I don’t know what will happen in the future, maybe I will be beaten to death when I go out today, and it’s even more likely that we will completely become mud in the sewer area after we leave, and we will never be able to do anything. So, why not give it a try? ?”
Putting his hand on the table, Billy stood up: "But I won't force anyone, because I don't want anyone to harbor resentment and stab me in the back. Those who want to go with me, stay here, and those who don't want to go with me, just go Let's go upstairs."
Billy had some confidence in himself, but not everyone else.I haven't found a new home so far, except for those who really stared at Billy Rabbittooth and wanted to go with him, there are also people who have really been raised and disabled.This kind of person, you have to explain to him that the future is uncertain and you will suffer, otherwise you will be in big trouble in the future.
In the end, three people chose to go upstairs.
As for the girls, they dispersed completely, they didn't even go upstairs, they just took their things and left.Men can start from scratch, but they can only sell their bodies. In this tavern, they are already lower-level girls. If you follow Billy, why do you want to go to the lowest-level station for a few copper coins a night? Street. female?
At that time, the men may climb up again, but when they climb up, the women around them will have been replaced by others, and they don't know where they died.
Including Billy himself, there are only five people left sitting here.Billy was not disappointed, but instead smiled: "There are more people than I expected, very good. You guys wait for me here for a day, and I will be back at noon tomorrow."
Billy left, and the three people who went upstairs actually regretted it after going upstairs, and when they came back and saw Billy gone, they gloated again.
"He has left you and gone!" "He sold you!"
But no one paid any attention to them. These people felt bored after shouting for a while, so they opened the last barrel of beer, took a few big pots, and went upstairs to drink.
After waiting for a day, Billy came back: "Let's go."
After Billy left, the four of them sat and waited in Pink Sweetheart. Apart from going to the toilet and drinking beer, they didn't move or eat anything.But after Billy came back, they all stood up quickly and followed him out of here.Probably when he was leaving, he bumped into a table and chairs, and the three people upstairs also ran out, yelling at them.
"Okay, then we're leaving here." After walking for a while, Billy took a deep breath, and took a last look at the signboard of Pink Sweetheart. After all, he was somewhat nostalgic...
Billy didn't hide where he was going for the day, either—he'd sold the job of the water grabber, and more correctly, the preferences of the housekeepers who were responsible for paying the money.And it was not sold to one family, but the information was divided into several shares and sold to many companies.
After they were arrested, the errands of the professional water grabbers they were responsible for had not yet been fixed. Every day before dawn, several medium-sized gangs would fight each other first, and the winner could really play.Although the death of Kaimen Big Mouth proves that even working for the rich in Baiding District does not necessarily mean having a secure backer, but the gang that became the sixth professional water snatcher has become a real big gang proof of identity.
Billy didn't want money or land when he sold the job, just a promise from these mid-level gangs that they wouldn't trouble them for two years.Di Lier's gang still attaches great importance to promises.
That night, Billy led them and a small gang, more precisely, a small family, to fight and occupy a three-story rental building.
In fact, Leon really wanted to ask, is it really okay without a house deed and a land deed?
In fact, their Pink Sweetheart Tavern has been taken over by someone else, with new girls running it.Now, the tenants who occupy the three-story building have paid the rent honestly, no matter whether they have already paid this month's rent or not.
At the end of March, they already had a dozen or so people, and Billy swallowed up another small gang, completely occupying their street.
Billy officially named the gang the Shark Gang, and they moved from a three-story building to a tavern called Deerhead.Deer's Head is only one-third the size of Pink Sweetheart, with only one floor and no guest room, but Billy and the others are very satisfied, after all, they are just a small gang that has been established for more than a month.
Then... in mid-April, the world suddenly became chaotic.
The Iron Fist Gang and the Falcon Gang were in charge of professional water snatchers on both sides of a magical hot spring. After the people on both sides crowded together and then separated that day, the Falcon Gang killed three people, all of whom were stabbed to death by a dagger.
It's not uncommon for professional water snatchers to die during a fight, but it's because they fell down and smashed their heads, died of a heart attack, accidentally broke their ribs and stabbed their internal organs after the impact, and so on.Those deaths were not caused by weapon attacks.
Concealing a dagger has already violated the rules of professional water snatchers, and thus violated the rules of the road.
The Iron Fist Gang was looking for an important person from the Falcon Gang, but the Falcon Gang didn't hand over anyone, so the two sides started fighting.When the first two were fighting fiercely, the Poison Arrow Gang made a sudden move and killed the younger brother and son of the boss of the Falcon Gang, as well as the father of the boss of the Iron Fist Gang.
The two major gangs turned around to attack the Poison Arrow Gang, and the Poison Arrow Gang said that he did not kill the father of the boss of the Iron Fist Gang.It was later discovered that it was not him who did it, it was a middle-level gang who set the blame.However, the discovery of the truth does not mean the end of the chaos, but the further expansion of the chaos.
There would always be a group of men beating each other out of nowhere on the street, and then leave the corpses and wounded and run away before the patrolling knights and sheriffs arrive.
However, gang fights are just gang fights, and while the gang bosses are crazy, they are also very measured.Gang members don't hurt passers-by unless they're at the center of their feud.Even the water grabbing war in front of the magic fountain every day is still going on as usual, but it's a little more fun than usual.But this has no effect on the upper class of Diller City.
After all, the workers went to work as usual, the rich enjoyed themselves as usual, and even the chaos of the gangs provided a different kind of fun for the upper class. Some underground dealers opened various odds for this gang turmoil.
Billy struggled to develop his own little gang amidst the turmoil.The Sharks are just a small cub, and this storm is a great opportunity for them, but if it gets too involved, there is only one end to be crushed.How to grasp the size is a difficult challenge for Billy.
Fortunately, every casualty was within his acceptable range, and fortunately his old buddies were all safe and sound.
In mid-June, Billy could feel that the chaos was coming to an end. The gang at the top had either proved that it was still standing, or a new gang had overthrown the old official leader. Soon……
"Noah—!" But he thought too well, and that night, someone suddenly rushed out to assassinate him.The bearded Noah blocked the knife for him, and the assassin had quickly disappeared.
Three days later, outside the city of Diller, Billy took several brothers to bury Noah outside the city, which was the entrustment of the bearded Noah before he died.He didn't want to be stuffed into the cemetery in Diller City, and another coffin would be placed on top of his coffin after everyone had forgotten him in a few years.Even his coffin was taken out of the ground, burned together with those unknown corpses, and sprinkled into the sewer of Diller City.
It was against the law to bury a body outside of Dillier, but Billy fulfilled his brother's last wish.
Touching the tombstone at last, Billy turned and left...
He didn't know that in the night after he left, on the tomb of Noah the beard, the air twisted and gathered into two black wolves. They turned around, ran into the depths of the dense forest, and disappeared.
In the early morning of the next day, the staff of the Dillier city government started work at seven o'clock as usual.
A little half-devil boy walked into the government hall. Many people looked at him, but they all moved away after seeing his pale and pretty face, the fine linen shirt and velvet suspenders he was wearing. line of sight.Such a neat and well-dressed little boy, even a half-devil, would not be a waif, they had better not meddle in their own business.
"Hello, ma'am." Leon came to the reception desk. He put his feet on the reception desk, held the reception desk with both hands, and looked at the service staff in front of the reception desk with wide eyes. "Where should I do the civil registration?"
He is extremely fluent in Upper Müller and has a distinct Del Faro accent.
"Hello, this handsome little man, did you get lost with your father or mother?" The receptionist immediately showed the most kind smile, the half-devil... is actually a big family of illegitimate children, this race is prone to freaks, It is also easy to produce beautiful people, such as the child now, who will definitely be very handsome when he grows up.And Del Farrow's big family likes to put the illegitimate child on Di Lier, and it is not sure what the real identity of this child is.
"No, I am the one who wants to become a citizen of Diller City. I am an awakened one."
"Really? This is really a surprising thing. Then let me take you to register." There are three people serving at the reception desk, and it's not a big deal to leave one.And if you can get to know his parents by helping this whimsical little guy, that would be a very happy thing.
"Thank you," Leon said, taking the receptionist's outstretched hand.
It is a very rash behavior to show up in front of the officials when he has offended Fernand, and the route that Eldi provided him with to enter the church is also very good.However, the appearance of Archbishop Josefina Huerta changed Leon's mind.Now that you have decided to hug the lap of the God of Nature, then... you might as well be a little more radical.
First of all, he wants to enter the Cathedral of the God of Nature, so he needs to be a citizen of Diller City.
The receptionist didn't go too far with Leon. The civil registration office is just around the corner on the first floor of the city hall building.Before coming, Leon thought it would be a very busy part. After all, there are so many people in Diller City. After coming, he realized that this place is really quiet.
When they entered, the chubby clerk in charge of registration was eating roast chicken, the kind that grabbed one end with one hand and stuffed the whole thing into his mouth.
I am not afraid of getting bored in the morning, and the chicken...
Now there is a very popular scam in Diller City. When the chicken is still young, the chicken's buttocks are sewn up, and the chicken will grow more and more "fat", and when it can't walk, it is Time to sell.But this kind of chicken, when it is killed, will explode, and all the old shit will explode all over the room.
After seeing such scenes a few times, Leon, who eats everything, has a physical aversion to eating chicken.
"Oh~ what's the matter? Beautiful Dofina?" The clerk saw the female receptionist immediately put down the grilled chicken, wiped her mouth, and put on a self-consciously elegant look.
"It's not me, it's this cute little guy who is looking for you."
"Oh? Little guy, who are you? Do I know your family?"
"I'm here for the civil registration, sir."
"Oh? Hahahaha!" The clerk laughed loudly. "You are too young, little guy. If you want to register as a citizen, you should ask your father to do it. In fact, it is more likely that you were born The civil registration has already been done—after all, the registration can also be completed in the major churches in Diller City."
"No, I'm an orphan, and I want to register myself."
"Uh..." The expressions of the clerk and the female receptionist were suddenly a little bit bad. Leon's clothes showed that he was not a low-born, but he was also an orphan. Now their brains have begun to show various classic plays of powerful families fighting for power. up.
"I was an orphan from birth, I grew up in the wild and never met my parents."
"Little guy, please don't be joking. We are a legitimate government department here, and we have many things to do every day." The clerk's face darkened, and he winked at Dofina, motioning to take him away.The little guy was either just mischievous for the fun of a prank, or he was literally an orphan, and either way he couldn't be wrong to drive him away.
The female receptionist, Dofina, also had a bad look on her face. She thought it was something to please some higher-ups, but who knew it would be impossible, and even offended the clerk.
"Little guy, let's go."
"Why do you all like to talk to yourself instead of listening to me?" Leon sighed, and the wind... blew from his side.
"Ka——!" The clerk just lowered his head and picked up his roast chicken. Right in front of his eyes, his desk was cut in the middle by some invisible existence, and he just watched a dividing line extend to him. , and even cut his roast chicken in half.
Before he could react to what happened, the cut tabletop collapsed with a "bang!"
"Ah!" The clerk exclaimed, and waved his hands inexplicably, so the chicken cut in half also fell to the ground.
"Now, can I become a citizen of Diller City?"
"You, what did you do? Are you an awakened person?" The clerk's voice was dry and sharp, and Leon was worried that his throat would crack.
"I did it, do you want me to do it again?"
"No, no, no, no!" The clerk quickly waved his hand, "Please wait a moment, I, I'll get the documents."
The clerk wanted to stand up, but sat back on the chair again. He smiled awkwardly at Leon, calmed down for a few minutes, and finally stood up successfully, and found the required documents from the side cabinet.
"Please... er..." It was time to sign, but the table was destroyed, and the pottery ink bottle that had been placed on the table before was also broken.
Leon took the document, and the content of the document written in Mueller language was very simple, just one sentence: "Congratulations to someone for becoming a member of Diller Citizen." And it seems that the ink signed is also ordinary ink: "I thought It will be a magic hair document, like signed in blood or something."
"Haha, of course not." The clerk has regained his sense of normalcy. He smiled and winked at Leon, "This is a citizen document of Diller City, not a secret document of a magic association. We welcome Every awakened person becomes a member of Diller City, and we try our best to create a comfortable environment for the awakened people, but if someone chooses to leave one day in the future, we will not force anyone to stay."
Leon nodded: "If you sign your name, there should be enough ink."
Using a quill to dip some ink in the remains of the ink bottle, Leon signed his name on the horizontal line.
"Congratulations on becoming a member of the citizens of Dillie City." The clerk applauded, and handed Leon a small red velvet jewelry box with both hands—those who didn't know thought it was a wedding ring, "This is Dilly The citizenship badge of Ercheng, this thing needs a little bit of your own blood, look, look here..."
The clerk carefully opened the box. Inside was a brass-colored badge that was smaller than a coin. On it was a thumbnail of the Dillier Castle area, which is the city hall. The outer circle was a river that went around the castle. It should be the Diller River.In addition to the pin at the back, this badge also has a smallest pin on the top part.
"...Poke your finger with this needle, just a little blood. Want me to help you?"
"No, it's okay." Leon poked the needle on his middle finger.Leon is indeed a body of flesh and blood, but his flesh and blood are no longer flesh and blood in the normal sense. If someone can slice Leon, what will be cut out will not be the heart, liver, spleen and stomach of a normal person.
Leon is now...almost solid.It's completely different from when I first wore it.At that time, he still felt pain when he was eaten by giant rats, his stomach was torn open, and he could still see clear internal organs. Now, as he became more and more comfortable with the use of power, all of these were gone.He himself felt that he was more like a collection of microorganisms than a normal person.
He has heartbeat, pulse, body temperature, and breathing, but this set is just a normal person's disguise and habit.
Leon was more worried, this thing is useless.Simply stabbing in, there is no response, and it is useless to let the "blood" flow over.The clerk thought that Leon hadn't pricked his finger, so he raised his hand, as if to help.
Leon could only let the "Leon Factor" gather in the past, and this time it worked.The small needle absorbed a little factor, and the badge instantly lit up, changing from a brass color to a colorful one, and even the river surrounding the castle became alive, like a real stream of water flowing on the badge. flow on.
Leon could feel that he had established a connection with the badge.It's similar to his connection with the avatar, but it's not that close.
The clerk looked at Leon, who was expressionless from beginning to end, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.Such a young child can not even frown when he hurts himself. According to the clerk, this kind of child is more terrifying than adults, but he still explained the specific function of this badge to Leon very conscientiously: "Only when the owner wears it, will the real picture emerge. Gentlemen and ladies wearing it can go to all public areas in Diller City."
"thank you very much."
"It's a pleasure to serve you."
"Also, if I want to enter the magic school in Diller City, what procedures do I need?"
With citizenship, instead of starting with the lowest charitable literacy schools, one can look higher up.In this world, there is no ability census for the whole people, only private colleges for all "citizens".Not all citizens will choose to send their children to these magic schools, and those who can't pay the tuition fees will choose tutors.Those who are higher can use money to hire better scholars and awakened people, and they will also choose tutors or one-on-one apprenticeship education by members of the family.
Most of the children who enter private colleges come from middle-class families.
Of course, there are also a very small number of higher magic schools, no matter what class they want to send their children to, but those schools are really too rare, and there is no such thing as Diller City.
"The procedure for entering a magic school depends on the specific needs of the school, and each school is different from each other. Our city government is not responsible. You can go to the school to inquire."
"Okay." Leon nodded understandingly, "I am very satisfied with your service, thank you. And I apologize for destroying your desk and breakfast just now."
"No, no, it's my recklessness and self-importance that made you have to do that. You don't need to take any responsibility."
After a few words of politeness, Leon turned around... The female receptionist had already run away when Leon broke the desk.
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