Chapter 88: Sylvia's decision
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The Mysterious World Under Steampunk
- Jiu Cheng Jun
- 2264 characters
- 2021-01-30 08:18:30
In Miria City, the civilian area is just a conceptual collective name, and there is no dedicated urban area for low-income, low-identity civilians.
The vast majority of civilian areas are part of each different urban area specifically designated for low-income civilians working in their own urban areas. Therefore, there is no civilian area in Milia City, but the civilian areas are all over the city. Even in the administrative area, there is a part of the residential area dedicated to various types of cleaners.
People living in civilian areas are not necessarily poor people. Some free people with certain industries will also be arranged to live here. Just like all countries on the mainland of Velun, the discrimination of free people still exists in this city. .
However, compared with the discrimination against free citizens in some other cities, a series of laws have been enacted. The discrimination against free citizens here is slightly better. There are no laws or regulations that are harmful to free people, and there are no mandatory restrictions on the freedom of free people. There are only some implicit discriminations, such as a slightly worse working treatment and a heavier tax, and there will never be certain Things like the city cannot enter.
It is precisely because of various unfair treatments that free people have become very united. Many free people from the same ethnic group will find ways to occupy an entire block of houses, and then turn the entire block into a free block. Free citizens receive the same treatment as ordinary citizens in this block.
The place Leo is going to now is a Liberty block, and it is the largest Liberty block in Miria.
Torch Street is located on the fringe of the Embassy of the United States and Canada. At first, William, a free trader, bought half of this block of land, which was used to build apartment blocks for free people. Later, free people gathered around here, many Freelance merchants also spontaneously bought land to build apartment buildings, and gradually formed a large block of freelance apartment buildings.
No. 333 is Leo’s destination, but the carriage stopped at the northwest entrance of Torch Street, and the driver said he would not enter this block because he was from Melia City citizen.
Although this kind of implicit discrimination made Leo a little disliked, he could not force people in, so he got off at the street and walked alone into the depths of the torch street.
Just two steps, the trouble is coming, and the cause of the trouble may be the over-formal tuxedo and top hat on his body. After all, a person dressed as a gentleman should not appear in such a place as Torch Street. It's the same as shouting to someone, "Come and grab me!" So a group of local gangsters surrounded him just after he walked into the block.
Seeing the group of gangsters coming around, Leo took off his jacket, put his hat aside, and rolled up his sleeves. Since he did not intend to say anything to those gangsters, nor did he intend to let those gangsters open, he rushed out directly , A punch, ended the fight within a minute, all that was left was a group of mobs lying on the ground and moaning.
Putting the coat on his arm and picking up his hat, Leo shouted toward an alley not far away: "Don't you think you are naive? Miss Belmont."
As his words fell, I saw Belmont, who had changed his fur coat, came out of the alley, and came over with dissatisfaction, and said to the group of people on the ground: "I have told you this group of guys Learn more, or else..."
"Otherwise, they are all dead." Leo looked at Sylvia indifferently, and said: "As long as I feel a little threat, I will die, I will never let them survive, you It should be fortunate that they are not capable enough." Then he frowned and said, "I'm curious. Where on earth do you think you can teach me by these mere bluffs?"
"Hmph! Come with me." Sylvia didn't give Leo an answer, just snorted, followed and turned around to lead the way, into the small alley she came out of before, into the backyard of an apartment building, will pass The door to the basement opened, walked in, and pulled a small unremarkable rope on the wall. A sound of mechanical sound came out, and I saw a wall open like a door, revealing a very spacious and clean sewer.
Seeing this scene, Leo asked, "Isn't your hiding place number 333?"
Sylvia gave Leo a blank look, and then asked, "Will you give the address of the place where you have only seen one person when you were just killed when you were chased?"
Leo was stunned for a moment, and soon he wanted to understand: "You are using me as bait."
Sylvia did not deny that she led the way with an oil lamp and said regretfully: "It's a pity that those guys didn't show up."
Leo said indifferently: "It is indeed impossible to appear. Those you wait for are now buried underground."
"Have you done it?" Sylvia stopped and asked, turning her head unexpectedly.
"No, Ms. Anne did it." Leo deliberately mentioned Annie and stared at Sylvia's expression.
Sure enough, after hearing Annie's name, the expression on Sylvia's face became very ugly, like eating a fly, and she didn't want to say anything.
Leo can be quite sure that Sylvia has suffered a loss on Annie, and still suffered a big loss, but what makes him wonder is that Anne also seems to have suffered a loss when referring to Sylvia.
Soon they came to a shaft with a staircase. Sylvia hung the oil lamp around his waist, grabbed the stairs and climbed up, opened the upper manhole cover, indicating that Leo below could come up, and was in the mine. After Ou came up, he closed the manhole cover, locked the lock, and covered a pile of cargo boxes on it.
"This is not Torch Street?" Leo looked at the surrounding marble walls and said in a deep voice.
"This is the sky tower of the Americans. I used to do a great favor for the Church of the Sky Lord, so there can be a permanent private room in every sanctuary of their Sky Lord." Sylvia led Leo He walked out of the cellar, climbed a ladder, and came to a huge cloister with a height of ten feet at the top, leading him to the room on the side of the cloister.
After entering the room, Leo felt what luxury was. All kinds of precious animal skins were placed on the ground as carpets. The surrounding tapestries were also hand-made, and a large number of gems were inlaid on them. Any one was placed outside. Able to sell tens of thousands of gold flanges. In addition, everything from furniture to utensils in the room is either gold or silver, and all kinds of gems are inlaid, which is extremely luxurious.
"These are all yours?" Leo asked.
Sylvia's proud expression said, "Yes, they were all sent by the Sky Lord's Church. I didn't want it, and I couldn't push away other people's gifts, so I put them all in the Sky Lord's Sanctuary. Inside the room." As he said, he pointed to the animal skin rug on the ground and said, "Sit casually and drink something."
"No need!" Leo was not prepared to stay here more, so he went straight to the subject and said, "We still follow what we said..."
Before Leo finished speaking, Sylvia said with a smile: "The account book is in your hands, it is a scourge to you, so you want to throw it to me. Right?"
"Yes, this is indeed my idea." Since it was seen through, Leo did not quibble, nodded and admitted directly, "But you can't deny that the account book is important to you, isn't it?"
Sylvia frowned when she saw that Leo hadn't had the expected response, but quickly recovered as usual, saying: "The ledger is very important, but not as important as you expected."
"In that case, forget it, when I haven't said anything." Leo didn't deal with the cards at all. He ended the conversation very directly and turned away.
"Wait! Why don't you know how to negotiate at all?" Sylvia hurriedly stopped Leo, and then complained, and she already knew Leo's character almost at the moment, so she didn't follow the nobility. A set of negotiation methods, but directly said: "I can't give you the old man's information. If you want, you can only ask the old man. I must have said it to others. Although I can't Provide what you want, but I still want the ledger, you write the conditions!"
Leo was silent for a moment, and seemed to be considering what conditions to open.
Seeing that Leo hadn’t made a decision for a long time, Sylvia couldn’t help but say impatiently:
Is it so difficult to make a condition?
Leo suddenly remembered the Silver Moon Castle, the location of the Silver Moon Tower, and the psionic energy wave. He vaguely felt that these might be related to No. 9 Golden Oak Street. Perhaps this is what the old man asked him to go to Silver Moon Castle. the reason.
So he said: "I want all the information about the Silver Moon Tower in the Silver Moon Castle. These materials must include the people in the tower."
Sylvia was startled slightly, looked at Leo with a little surprise, and said, "When I first saw you, I felt that you were a bit unusual, and I still couldn't understand what was going on. Now I understand it. It turns out that you are a dark world person, a night watchman? A black market? Or a strange smell association... It should be a strange smell association! You know Anne, and you can get the appreciation of it. People from the Kingdom of Georgia, I guess right?"
Seeing Sylvia's self-assured speculation, Leo just listened aside, neither acknowledging nor denying. Although it is only a word, he has provided a lot of information to Leo, that is, he has been able to confirm that Anne and the old man are both members of the strange smell association.
"No!" Sylvia suddenly shook her head again: "If you are a member of the strange smell association, why should you ask me for information about the Silver Moon Tower? The Silver Moon tower itself was built by a member of your strange smell association, although you There is no question of attribution among the members of the association, but it is also necessary to trade some knowledge..." At this point, she suddenly stopped and looked at Leo with a vigilant face, saying: "Are you saying my words?"
"I didn't say anything," Leo looked at Sylvia calmly and said, "You said everything."
"You..." Sylvia was so blocked that she couldn't speak. She felt like she had met natural enemies and nemesis in front of Leo. After taking a few deep breaths and suppressing the rising anger, she said to Leo with a cold face: "Tomorrow afternoon, you come here, I will give you the collated information."
"Alright. I will bring the account book tomorrow afternoon." Leo nodded, and then did not stay for another minute, then turned and walked out of the room, along the huge corridor, and walked outside the sky tower.
Not long after Leo left, a hide in Sylvia’s room was lifted, and a dark door was exposed in the place covered by the hide, and then came out from inside a master maid dressed in the sky Blind old woman in burqa.
"Ma'am, is there a problem with that man?" Sylvia helped the old woman walk to the animal skin cushions and asked.
The old woman said, "No problem, no problem at all, just like normal people."
"Is there any problem?" Sylvia frowned. Obviously the answer was not what she expected. She couldn't help but wonder: "Don't I feel wrong on the train, the momentum on his body is not from evil spirits?" ?"
The old lady did not wait for Sylvia's crankiness and added: "No problem is the biggest problem."
"What does this mean?" Sylvia stunned.
"Can't you hear this?" The old woman smiled and ridiculed: "Xinie, why did your wisdom drop so much after the young man came, not only did you say the wrong thing, but you listened Not as simple as what I said?"
Sylvia was stunned for a moment, and recalled the old lady's words carefully, suddenly said: "You mean, he is also an ordinary person in the observation of your sky eye."
"Your wisdom is finally back~EbookFREE.me~ The old lady nodded and ridiculed again.
Sylvia pouted, and there was nothing she could do about the old woman's humor.
"What should I do?" Sylvia asked quietly.
"Sini, this doesn't seem to be your own." The old lady was also a little surprised by Sylvia's inquiry and said, "You didn't look so hesitant in the past, the man seemed very special."
When Sylvia heard the old woman’s words, the expression on her face gradually became more serious. The memories in her mind met Leo only a few times, realizing that there seemed to be a problem with her mentality and subconsciously Some changes have occurred, and this silent change makes her feel terrified.
"I know how to do it." After a moment of contemplation, Sylvia became very serious and said: "I carefully investigate whether he has a relationship with the evil spirit. Once the investigation is clear, I will solve him personally."
After hearing the decision of Sylvia, the old woman shook her head slightly, apparently dissatisfied with the decision, but did not say anything, just to be a quiet observer.