In Miria City, the civilian area is just a general term in concept. There is no special urban area divided for low-income and low-status civilians to live.
The vast majority of civilian areas are part of the residential area designated by each different city district for low-income civilians working in their own city. Therefore, there are no civilian areas in Milia City, but civilian areas are spread throughout Milia City.
Even the administrative district has a part of the residential area specially designated for 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 in the Velen continent, discrimination against free people still exists in this city.
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It's just that compared to other cities where discrimination against freedmen has been formulated into a series of laws, the discrimination against freedmen here is slightly better. There are no laws that are harmful to freedmen, and there are no mandatory laws.
Restricting the freedom of freedmen only involves some implicit discrimination, such as slightly worse job benefits and heavier taxes. There is absolutely no such thing as being inaccessible to certain urban areas.
It is precisely because of all kinds of unfair treatment that the freedmen have become very united. Many freedmen from the same ethnic group will find ways to occupy the houses in an entire block, and then turn the entire block into a freedmen's block, so that
Freedmen received the same treatment as ordinary citizens in this neighborhood.
The place Leo is going to now is a free people's neighborhood, and it is the largest free people's neighborhood in the entire Miria.
Torch Street is located on the edge of the American Embassy District. Initially, William, a big freedman businessman, bought half of the land in this block and used it specifically to build apartment buildings for freedmen to live in. Later, freedmen from all over the world gathered here, and many of them
Freedmen and businessmen also spontaneously bought land to build apartment buildings, gradually forming a large block composed of freedmen's apartment buildings.
Number 333 was Leo's destination, but the carriage stopped at the northwest entrance of Torch Street. The coachman said that he would not enter this neighborhood because he was from Miria City.
citizen.
Although Leo didn't like this kind of implicit discrimination, he couldn't force the person in, so he got off the car at the intersection and walked toward the depths of Torch Street alone.
Trouble arose before he had even taken two steps, and the cause of the trouble might be the overly formal tuxedo and top hat he was wearing. After all, a man dressed like this as a gentleman should not appear in a place like Torch Street. Such clothes almost
It was equivalent to shouting to people, "Come and rob me!" So a group of local gangsters gathered around him not long after he entered the block.
Seeing these gangsters gathering around, Leo took off his coat, put his hat aside, and then rolled up his sleeves. Since he had no intention of saying anything to the gangsters, nor did he intend to let them speak, he rushed out directly.
, a punch and a kick, the fight ended within a minute, and all that was left was a group of gangsters lying on the ground moaning.
Putting his coat on his arm and picking up his hat, Leo shouted towards an alley not far away: "Don't you think your behavior is childish? Miss Belmont."
As his words fell, Belmont, who had changed into a leather trench coat, walked out of the alley, walked over with a dissatisfied look on his face, and said to the gangsters on the ground: "I told you guys a long time ago that
Learn more, otherwise..."
"Otherwise, they will all die." Leo looked at Sylvia indifferently and said, "As long as I felt there was any threat just now, I would kill them and I would never let them survive. You
You should be glad that they are not capable enough." Then he frowned and said, "I'm curious, what makes you think that these gangsters alone can teach me a lesson?"
"Humph! Come with me." Sylvia didn't give Leo an answer, just snorted coldly, then turned around and led the way, walking into the small alley she came out of before, and entered the backyard of an apartment building.
I opened the door to the basement, walked in, and pulled an inconspicuous little rope on the wall. A mechanical sound came out, and then I saw a wall open like a door, revealing a very spacious and clean corridor.
sewer.
Seeing this scene, Leo asked, "Isn't your hiding place No. 333?"
Sylvia rolled her eyes at Leo and asked, "When you are being hunted, will you give the address of your hiding place to someone you have just met once?"
Leo was stunned for a moment, then quickly figured it out and said, "You are using me as bait."
Sylvia did not deny it. She held an oil lamp and led the way. At the same time, she said with regret: "It's a pity those guys didn't show up."
Leo said with an indifferent expression: "It is indeed impossible to appear. Those people you are waiting for are all buried underground now."
"What did you do?" Sylvia stopped, turned her head in surprise, and asked.
"No, Ms. Anne did it." Leo mentioned Anne deliberately and looked at Sylvia's expression.
Sure enough, after hearing Anne's name, the expression on Sylvia's face became extremely ugly, as if she had eaten a fly, and she was unwilling to say anything more.
Leo was pretty sure that Sylvia had suffered a lot from Anne, and suffered a big loss, but what puzzled him was that Anne seemed to have suffered a loss when she mentioned Sylvia.
Soon the two came to a shaft with stairs. Sylvia hung the oil lamp on her waist, grabbed the stairs and climbed up. She opened the manhole cover above and signaled to Leo below that he could come up.
After Ou came up, he closed the manhole cover, locked it, and covered a pile of cargo boxes on top.
"Isn't this Torch Street?" Leo looked at the marble walls around him and said in a deep voice.
"This is the Sky Tower of the Americans. I did a big favor to the Sky Lord Church before, so I can have a permanent private room in each of their Sky Lord's sanctuaries." Sylvia led Leo.
He walked out of the cellar, went up a hanging ladder, and came to a huge corridor with a top ten feet high. He was led towards the room on one side of the corridor.
After entering the room, Leo felt what luxury was. All kinds of rare animal skins were placed on the floor as carpets. The surrounding tapestries were also hand-woven and inlaid with a large number of gems. Any one of them would be at least expensive if placed outside.
It can be sold for tens of thousands of gold flanges. In addition, everything in the room, from the furniture to the utensils, is either gold or silver, and they are also inlaid with various gemstones, making it extremely luxurious.
"Are these yours?" Leo asked.
Sylvia looked arrogant and said: "Yes, they are all gifts from the Lord of the Sky Church. I don't want them, and I can't turn away other people's gifts, so I put them all in the sanctuary of the Lord of the Sky."
It’s in the room.” After saying that, he pointed to the animal skin rug on the floor and said, “Sit down wherever you want and drink something.”
"No need!" Leo didn't plan to stay here any longer, so he went straight to the topic and said, "We'll do what we said before..."
Before Leo could finish speaking, Sylvia smiled and said: "The account book is in your hands and it is a disaster to you, so you want to throw it to me. Right?"
"Yes, this is indeed my idea." Since he was seen through, Leo did not quibble, nodded and admitted, and said directly: "But you can't deny that the ledger is very important to you, isn't it?"
Sylvia frowned when she saw that Leo didn't have the expected reaction, but quickly returned to normal and said: "The ledger is very important, but not as important as you expected."
"In that case, let's forget it and treat it as if I didn't say anything." Leo didn't follow the rules at all and ended the conversation very directly, turned around and left.
"Wait! Why don't you know how to negotiate at all?" Sylvia quickly stopped Leo and complained. Moreover, she had almost understood Leo's character at this moment, so she did not follow the noble instructions.
A set of negotiation methods, but said directly: "I can't give you the old man's information. If you want it, you can only ask the old man. I think other people should have said this. Although I can't
Provide what you want, but I still want the ledger, you can set the conditions!"
Leo was silent for a moment, seeming to be considering what conditions to offer.
Seeing that Leo had not made a decision for a long time, Sylvia couldn't help but said impatiently: "Is it so difficult to make a condition?"
Leo suddenly thought of Silver Moon Castle, the location of Silver Moon Tower, and the wave of psychic energy. He had a vague feeling that these might be related to No. 9 Golden Oak Street. Maybe this was what the old man wanted him to go to Silver Moon Castle.
reason.
So he said: "I want all the information about the Silver Moon Tower in Silver Moon Castle, and these information must include the people in the tower."
Sylvia was startled for a moment, looked at Leo in surprise, and said: "The first time I saw you, I felt that you were a little unusual, and I couldn't figure out what was going on. Now.
I finally understand. It turns out that you are also a member of the dark world, the Night Watch? The black market? Or the Lost News Association... It should be the Lost News Association! You know Annie and can be appreciated by that person. It must be the Lost News Association in England.
Is my guess right about the people from the Kingdom of Ge?"
Seeing Sylvia making guesses on her own, Leo just listened on the sidelines, neither admitting nor denying. Although it was just a few words, it had already provided a lot of information to Leo. Then
That is, he has been able to confirm that Annie and the old man are both members of the Lost News Association.
"No!" Sylvia suddenly shook her head and said: "If you are from the Strange News Association, why do you need to ask me for information on the Silver Moon Tower? The Silver Moon Tower itself was built by members of your Strange News Association, although you
There is no ownership issue among association members, but they have to trade some knowledge..." At this point, she suddenly stopped, looked at Leo warily, and said, "Are you trying to trick me?"
"I didn't say anything," Leo looked at Sylvia calmly and said, "You said everything."
"You..." Sylvia was speechless. She felt like she had encountered a natural enemy in front of Leo, like a nemesis, with no advantage at all. She took a few deep breaths and kept pressing down.
After getting angry, she said to Leo with a cold face: "Tomorrow afternoon, come here and I will give you the compiled information."
"That's fine. I will bring the account book tomorrow afternoon." Leo nodded, and then without staying for another minute, he turned and walked out of the room, walking along this huge corridor towards the outside of the Sky Tower.
Not long after Leo left, a piece of animal skin was lifted up in Sylvia's room, and a secret door was revealed in the place covered by the animal skin. Then, a maid of the Lord of the Sky came out of it.
Blind old woman in burqa.
"Aunt Hannah, is there something wrong with that person?" Sylvia helped the old woman sit down on the animal skin cushion aside, and then asked.
The old woman said: "No problem, no problem at all, just like normal people."
"Is there no problem?" Sylvia frowned. Obviously this answer was different from what she expected. She couldn't help but wonder: "Did I feel wrong on the train? The aura on him did not come from the evil god.
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The old woman didn't wait for Sylvia to think wildly, and added: "There is no problem, that is the biggest problem."
"What does this mean?" Sylvia was stunned and asked.
"Can't you hear this?" The old woman smiled and said jokingly: "Xinnie, why has your wisdom dropped so much after that young man came? Not only did you say the wrong things, but you also listened
Can’t you understand the simple meaning of my words?”
Sylvia was stunned for a moment, carefully recalled the old woman's words, and suddenly said: "You mean, according to your Sky Eye observation, he is also an ordinary person."
"Your wisdom is finally back." The old woman nodded and joked again.
Sylvia curled her lips, unable to do anything about the old woman's bad taste in teasing her.
"What should I do?" Sylvia asked in a deep voice.
"Sini, this doesn't look like you." The old woman was also a little surprised by Sylvia's question and said, "You didn't seem so hesitant in the past. That man seems to be very special."
When Sylvia heard the old woman's words, the look on her face gradually became serious. She recalled the few times she met Leo in her mind, and realized that there seemed to be a real problem with her mentality.
Some changes had occurred, and these silent changes made her feel horrified.
"I know what to do." After thinking for a moment, Sylvia became very serious and said: "I will carefully investigate whether he has anything to do with the evil god. Once the investigation is clear, I will deal with him personally."
Chapter completed!