Thirty-five. The identity that exists behind the scenes
The more urgent Richard is, the greater Lu Li's advantage is.
Sensitive, intelligent, irritable and neurotic. These are the labels Lu Li once put on Richard for a brief period of time. The former is an advantage and the latter is a disadvantage.
This is something Lu Li can take advantage of.
As Anna said, he would not sit back and watch the bloody tentacles being eradicated one by one. This was the best opportunity for Lu Li to force him out.
After staying at the detective agency for a while, Lu Li and the invisible Anna went to the market and bought only one more sea fish than last time, but the price was nearly twice as expensive.
Back at the detective agency, Anna went into the kitchen to prepare food for Lu Li and Black Cat. Lu Li walked around to the desk, picked up the phone and contacted the investigator base, and received the news that Tesla had entered the shelter.
However, Lu Li didn't come here for that. He asked the base for all the clues to capture Richard. Ten minutes later, the police station sent the compiled files.
It records Richard's past and the location where he was last seen.
Richard has no surname. He was born on the street like the Oliver brothers and sisters. He once joined the gangs Black Viper and Old Rum and Blue Grove. The two gangs before and after have been destroyed by gang wars. Only the Old Rum gang survived, and Richard is also a member of the gang.
De has stayed the longest and is closest to the current gang.
The police department believed that Richard still had contact with the Old Rum Gang, but the leader denied it. They said that Richard voluntarily left the slums and Belfast three years ago and went to Watchtown on the back of the mountain alone.
This is consistent with the information from the police investigation. It seems that he provoked the wrong people there and was seriously injured. He also suffered brain and mental problems and was sent to a lunatic asylum in the suburbs.
Richard was obviously not crazy—at least not completely.
There is no information about the period in the lunatic asylum. The lunatic asylum has been closed down for too long. It is difficult to find the staff there, especially at this moment when there is a serious shortage of manpower. After that, he hid under the abandoned lunatic asylum and designed to frame Lu Li for contacting the door.
Because Lu Li accidentally broke into the asylum and attacked Lu Li, but Lu Li fought back and escaped.
Richard was last seen a week ago.
Richard, who had previously fled to the Main Continent, returned to the Allen Peninsula and briefly took refuge in Shadow Town on the eve of its destruction. The police of Shadow Town almost caught him, but he still escaped.
Lu Li thought of something and was thoughtful.
In any case, the figure behind the scenes is getting closer and closer to Richard, who fled back to Allen Peninsula not long ago.
Anna, who had already read it once, flipped through the menu and looked up at Lu Li who had put down the information: "Where do you think he will hide?"
"It should be in Belfast." Lu Li said, unfolding the sheepskin map and moving his fingers over several blocks marked with slums: "I plan to go to the Old Rum Gang to see what they should know."
"Ignore the bloody tentacles for now?"
"Give Richard the illusion that we have changed our target."
Surprise is key. At least Richard can't know Lu Li's purpose and set traps on the road in advance.
After all, at this time, Lu Li was the one who was out in the open.
"It won't be ready for half an hour." The sound of boiling water came from the kitchen.
"Put out the fire first, then come back and eat."
"Um."
The black cat stayed at the detective agency, along with the sculpture.
Anna asked the sculpture to protect the black cat, wiped her body clean at the same time, and left the detective agency with Lu Li for the slums.
After bypassing several noisy streets leading to the port, which may be crowded with long queues, the carriage arrived at the slums after dozens of minutes.
When he asked a ragged passerby about the stronghold of the Old Rum Gang, the passerby avoided him and fled like a snake or a scorpion. It was an elderly resident who lived nearby who told Lu Li about the stronghold of the Old Rum Gang - Lao Lang three blocks away.
Tom's Tavern.
…
Blackwater neighborhood, the headquarters of the Old Rum Gang.
The residents here are basically inextricably linked to the Old Rum Gang: young men will join the gang, and the elderly and women will serve as support.
Most of the slum gangs are parasitic in this way: the big gangs occupy the entire or multiple blocks, and the small gangs crowd in the blocks that the big gangs don't like, and compete for territory all day long.
The carriage moved forward along a block where sewage flowed across the street and the air was filled with a stench that the drizzle could not wash away, and stopped in front of a tavern guarded by guards.
Lu Li stepped out of the carriage and asked the guards to help keep an eye on the carriage. He lowered his head and walked into the noisy tavern with two surprised eyes.
The desolation and chill of the streets were blocked out, and the smell of alcohol and smoke came to your face in the hot and noisy pub.
Lu Li walked around the drunken gangsters who were walking around in confusion and leaning on wooden chairs, and walked towards the counter.
As he went deeper into the tavern, more and more gangsters noticed this outsider and became quiet and stared at him.
People from the "upper class" like Lu Li would not come here.
Even those rich people who come to the slums for adventure usually only have a superficial taste and stop at the periphery.
The noise in the tavern gradually subsided, with more and more eyes turning to Lu Li standing in front of the counter.
The bartender who was leaning against the wine cabinet behind the counter raised his eyes and looked at Lu Li without saying a word.
"I want to meet the leader of your Old Rum Gang." Lu Li said to him.
The atmosphere in the tavern briefly condensed. The bartender pointed at Lu Li, grinned with a missing front tooth, and shouted to everyone around him: "This guy wants to see our leader!"
"Hahahahahahahaha."
"Where did the rich man come from? Go back!"
"Uuuuuu——"
The roar of laughter erupted the next moment, taunting Lu Li unscrupulously, and some gangsters made obscene gestures to insult him.
"Are you a noble?" the leaky bartender asked with a smile.
"no."
"So you're the Sheriff?"
The voice of inquiry came from behind, and a little leader with a bare upper body and a dancer in rich makeup walked out of the crowd.
"No."
"Oh." The little leader nodded, tilted his head and said to his subordinates: "Search him for all the valuables, strip him naked and throw them away."
Several strong men who had been waiting for a long time walked toward Lu Li with their joints cracked and grinning ferociously.
"Can we fuck him!" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.
Amid the booing, the young man said in a playful tone: "We are not the bugs from the New Grove Gang."
As he finished speaking, he noticed that the dancing girl in his arms was staring at Lu Li with bright eyes. He paused briefly and added, "Remember to get the consent of this superior before doing anything."
Amidst the noisy and strange laughter, the gangsters approached Xiang Lu Li, and then they all felt a chill on their faces.
The next moment, violent air currents erupted around Lu Li, and the turbulence seemed to drive away all the dirty things. The people, tables and chairs in the tavern were like confetti in a hurricane, blown away and falling to the edge, stacked on top of each other.
After a few seconds, the strong wind dissipated, and the empty tavern was left with only countless screaming figures stacked on the edge.
Wow——
The desks and chairs on the top floor were opened, and the young man with a bloody face was picked up by the collar by an invisible force. He was dragged in front of Lu Li like a dead dog, and met a pair of calmly watching black eyes.
