It was almost late at night, and the port area of King's Harbor was already plunged into darkness.
Although people are about to usher in a grand fertility festival ceremony, before that, the joyful atmosphere in the kingdom can only last until midnight at most.
Xue Hua and the two sisters walked quietly along the quiet avenue of the port area, and quickly found the strange yet familiar tavern by the light of the swaying torches on the street corner.
The neighborhood is indeed much calmer than when he came here before, and the strong smell of blood and putrid smell no longer comes from the small alleys beside the main street from time to time.
Those sneaky black figures that often flashed in the shadows disappeared in the streets and alleys. Obviously, this newly established "Black Harbor Association" has indeed brought a good new order to this place.
For this reason, Xue Hua also wanted to meet the legendary and mysterious "helmman" for a while to see where he came from.
But generally speaking, at this time, the Shewan Tavern should have been closed. However, today, when Xue Hua took the two sisters to the door of the tavern, they saw that there was still a little bit of smoke in the half-open door of the tavern.
light.
He walked forward slowly, and just as he was about to reach out and push the door open, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
A shadow lurking in the shadows quietly approached his back.
"Don't play your stupid tricks in front of me, assassin."
"..." The black shadow that touched him suddenly froze when he heard Xue Hua's words, and then quickly retreated in despair.
"For those of you inside, my patience is very limited. If you continue to test, don't blame me for setting you off!"
Xue Hua lowered his eyes and put his right hand on the doorknob, but he had no intention of opening it directly.
He didn't open the door until he heard several "click-click" sounds from inside the door.
"Is this how the host treats guests when they invite someone to visit?"
"Don't blame me, these settings are not for you, but for other intruders..."
An assassin, wrapped in a black leather jacket from head to toe, jumped out from the corner next to the door and explained to Xue Hua.
"Guard against intruders?"
"..." The black leather-clad assassin was speechless and could only lower his head in silence.
At this moment, a voice that made Xue Hua feel slightly familiar came from behind the bar of the tavern.
“Mr.
As you know, the current situation in King Port is not peaceful..."
"The current situation in King's Port is too peaceful. To be honest, it's none of my business. The reason why I want to get involved is because of my own considerations. As for someone trying to impersonate me... With your ability, I'm afraid it's impossible to do that.
Are you easily fooled?"
As Xue Hua spoke, he led the two girls towards the bar, completely turning a blind eye to the black-clad "drinkers" sitting at the tables next to him.
"...Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a few years, I didn't expect you to be so difficult to deal with... That's all, this is not my fault, but I don't have any ill intentions, I just want to satisfy my strong curiosity.
If you mind, how about letting me make amends with wine?"
"If I ask you to make amends with wine, wouldn't that be an advantage to the real owner?" Xue Hua sat at the bar and looked at the middle-aged man wearing a bartender's uniform in front of him. The corners of his mouth suddenly curved, and a sneer appeared on his face.
"What do you mean by this?"
"Huh... Even if you don't take into account the results of my original perception, your arrangement still has a huge flaw.
If you are the 'old friend' who invited me here, then where should I use the series of codes I heard at Beard's Grocery Store?"
"..." The bartender narrowed his eyes and slowly put down the wine glass in his hand.
"Have a glass of half a glass of bitter algae wine made from sea water." Xue Hua knocked on the table.
"...Do you want any other side dishes to go with the wine?"
"Heh...an unscaled golden swordfish...just fine."
"There are two silver sail coins in total. Please pay the bill first." The bartender lowered his eyes and responded expressionlessly.
Xue Hua reached out and took out two silver sail coins, put them on the table and pushed them to the bartender, who then handed over a wine glass.
"The wine and side dishes you requested will be here soon, please wait a moment."
After saying this, the bartender stopped talking and continued to wipe his glass, which seemed to never be clean.
Xue Hua took the wine glass and looked inside, only to find that there was no wine inside, only a rusty brass key and a parchment note.
He took out the key and the note, only to see an address not far from the tavern written on the note.
Obviously, this key is used to open the door of the house where the address is located.
"I hope... this is the last time." Looking at the key in his hand, the corners of Xue Hua's eyes began to twitch impatiently.
He has wasted too much time on this unknown matter. If there is any mystery behind this key, then don't blame him for being unkind.
"Believe me, Your Excellency, when you get the information, you will definitely feel that it is worth your money."
The bartender said softly while swiping his glass.
"I hope so." Xue Hua narrowed his eyes, grabbed the key and left the tavern with the two sisters.
When they returned to the dark and gloomy streets of the port area again, Xue Hua finally let out a long sigh.
If he had known this, he shouldn't have been so curious in the first place.
But now his appetite has been whetted, and he really can't stop wanting to do this.
"Forget it, just for the last time. If these guys still dare to play tricks on me, I will let Lilia take the shadow bugs to turn that black harbor of Laoshizi upside down!"
"Master, we are approaching the finish line soon, don't be anxious, take your time~"
Anne stretched out her hand and stroked Xue Hua's back, telling him to calm down, while Funia waved her little fist angrily on the side, feeling very unhappy that Xue Hua and the others were being led around like puppets.
"Let's go and check out this last location. I hope they can give me a satisfactory explanation."
Xue Hua shook his head, patted the little girl's head and rushed towards the address recorded on the parchment.
This time, he mobilized the surveillance king insect in advance to scan the target address and found that it was a large abandoned warehouse.
This kind of large warehouse is generally used to accumulate the catch of large sea hunting ships, so it has a larger space and is also equipped with a dedicated cooling function, which can store the catch for a longer period of time.
However, the warehouse that Xue Hua saw was obviously abandoned. There were several large holes in its wooden tile roof. In the moonless harbor area at night, it looked like the gaping mouth of an undersea beast.
The Supervisory King Insect's psychic monitoring and biological signal perception captured several moving human creatures and psychic signals in the warehouse, but most of them were concentrated at the gate, and there was only one person at the far end of the warehouse.
However, it was the presence of this person that attracted Xue Hua's attention.
Because according to the psychic monitoring of the Supervisory King Insect, this guy is a legendary professional!
