Vol 2 Chapter 1048: Familiar figure

Just like the gathering of 10,000 painters and the inability to make airplanes, it takes trained workers and engineers to build airplanes.
In a sense, the three requests made by Oscar are similar to giving him an unknown amount of money.
And now, he is not very short of money.
After thinking for a while, Richard looked at Garcia and made the final decision: "To be honest, I really want to promise the Oscar behind you, but I didn't get all the information he wanted. Need to continue to dig and determine. So, he will wait for me for a while.
"So, how long is it, Lord Crow?" Garcia asked with concern.
"This, it's unclear." Richard shakes his head. "Maybe I have to ask, the organization that let me sneak in. Let's see how much they trust me and how long I can guarantee not to be exposed."
"All right," Garcia said.
...
After ten minutes.
With a squeak, the door of the disguised bankrupt shop opened, and Richard walked out and left.
Inside the door, the "disappearing" waterfowl walked back to the room and looked at the thin old man Garcia and asked, "How is it, how is the conversation going?"
Without waiting for Garcia to answer, the waterbird said again: "Well, although I don't know what you are talking about, but looking at your expression, the result does not seem to be very good."
Garcia smiled bitterly: "You guessed it well, the result was indeed not very satisfactory. Although the person did not say no, but it was not agreed, saying that he would wait for a while before replying."
"Actually, this is already a kind of rejection?" Waterbird said.
"But in fact, it's still much better than rejection." Garcia said, "It's okay to say it. It's true, I don't know very well, what is talking with the adult. What I am only responsible for is It’s good to take it back. How to deal with it later, naturally, Oscar will decide.

"That's right." The water bird nodded. "We do what we do, we just have to obey our orders."
"Right, are you going to stay here for a few days, or what?" After a few sighs, the waterbird asked aloud.
"To stay for a few days? I think so." Garcia shook his head. "But it's impossible. There are other things above for me to handle, so I'm leaving tonight."
"Okay, I can only wish you this old bone can still hold up."
"Borrow your good words." Garcia stepped out and left the shop in the dark.
Richard, who left the previous step, is already out of Rice City.
...
After leaving Rice City, Richard's first thought was to prepare to march southwest and return directly to Pompeii.
But after thinking about it, I changed the direction slightly and headed towards the south.
He was still somewhat worried about the tin wood in the Garden of Eden before, so he had no plans to stay outside for too long, and wanted to rush back as soon as possible to prevent tin wood from really rebelling.
Who knows, Ximu is more unreliable than he thought, and he rebelled ahead of time before he went back, and was completely resolved.
According to the information sent by Pandora, Ximu didn't even keep the trunk, only a tree heart was left, and it was back to the same end as it was in the dead forest.
In this way, he doesn't have to worry too much. He can take a little time for a day or so and go down to St. Louis City to see where the situation has become.
The change of power in St. Louis City was promoted in secret by the cobweb, in a sense it was the penetration of the Soma Alliance into the Southern Free Federation. To see where the situation is, you can understand the purpose of the Soma Alliance. The black-faced old man suddenly asked him for the address of the branch of the truth society of the Southern Free Confederation, which may have something to do with this.
Isn't the Soma Alliance now having a bad relationship with the Kingdom of Sika? There are still unresolved forces of the Restoration of the Country planning various sabotage operations. At the moment of internal and external troubles, do you still want to launch an attack on the Southern Free Federation?
With this doubt, Richard moved quickly toward the south.
...
By noon the next day, Richard arrived in St. Louis.
More than four months have passed since the last time I looked for "Void Collection" in St. Louis City. Richard found that this place has changed dramatically.
The traces of chaotic battles more than four months ago have been completely found. Most of the damaged buildings on the streets of the city have been repaired. The ones that cannot be repaired are directly pushed down and leveled, and new buildings are built.
Compared with the former city of St. Louis, the current city of St. Louis can be said to be completely new. The efficiency of the transformation is quite amazing, far exceeding the average level of the current world. It is no accident that a wizard should be involved.
Richard also noted that the walls of St. Louis City have been increased and thickened, and the defense strength has been further strengthened. The patrols of the Magic Knights pass from time to time, and ordinary soldiers are always visible.
To sum up in one word, it is guarded.
However, the main source of income in St. Louis City, trade, has not received too many restrictions. Many businessmen come and go in the city and carry out various transactions in shops, markets or conference halls.
In a sense, it can also be said that St. Louis City is tight outside and loose inside.
Looking at this scene, a thought of speculation flashed in Richard's mind: Maybe... The reason why the black-faced old man asked for the address of the branch of the truth society, and the reason why the Soma alliance infiltrated the southern free federation was not an offensive, It's defense.
Yes, defense. Mastering the most important points on the border can ensure that once things change, a solid line of defense is immediately established to prevent the invasion of the southern free federation and avoid the main forces from being involved.
And what do you want to do to save the main power?
Can't you deal with small kingdoms or principalities with populations of less than 10 million?
At present, the main continent can be worthy of the target of the Soma Alliance~EbookFREE.me~ Apart from the Southern Free Federation, it seems that there is only the second largest country-the Kingdom of Sika.
Considering the border conflict between the Soma Alliance and the Kingdom of Sika, perhaps the order is constantly being strengthened within the Soma Alliance in order to really start the Sika Kingdom, and it is not a simple one. It may be a strong blow?
This is a bit interesting. After watching it for a while, the main continent may not be calm.
Of course, this has nothing to do with him, he is currently mainly doing research.
Standing in front of a shop in St. Louis, Richard thought this, was about to turn and leave to return to Pompeii, and suddenly noticed a figure flashing not far away.
Ok?
That seems to be...
Li Cha raised her eyebrows and squinted.