Claude walked out of Julian's Grocery Store and chose the small alley leading to the lakeside to leave. The grocery store was at the intersection of four alleys, and Claude had no interest in walking on the Huashi Alley leading to the old street.
Once upon a time, the alley above led to another avenue on the edge of the old street. It was in the opposite direction from home, and it was in a different direction. Claude didn't want to take the trouble to make a big turn.
The alley on the upper left leads to the square in the center of the town, and it should have the most pedestrians. No one would notice Claude in his outfit on the old street, but walking up this alley makes him stand out, no matter what.
Everyone who passes by will look at him. Claude doesn't want to be so conspicuous, so he won't go to that alley.
The last alley is the path leading to the lake. Claude has walked this path several times. Although it takes a few hundred meters to go around in a circle, this path is less crowded at night and is more remote, and residents are not counted.
More. After passing the residential area in front, there is a grove, and through the grove is the lakeside. Claude can take off his burqa in the grove, take off his mask, and then pretend to walk home along the lakeside path.
…
Now Claude has to think about how to trade tomorrow night...
It is not advisable to come to the door with a bag of Sullivan gold coins and trade with a fat old man like Julian. If Claude does not want others to discover his identity as a magician, it is best not to do that.
People's hearts are apart, Julian is a fat old man who wants money and has a greedy personality. Claude can't trust him to know his true identity, otherwise it's hard to say whether something will happen. Maybe this fat old man will sell his identity.
A good price, and then he will be unexpectedly visited by one wild mage after another. Of course, this visit is in quotation marks...
When going to trade tomorrow, Claude can dress up like today so that no one can recognize who he is. But the problem is that the items to be traded will obviously be a big bag, and the weight is not light, so how should he put that big bag?
Bringing things back?
Any means of transportation will become an oversight, whether it is for personal use or rented, and will be detected by interested people with some effort. White Deer Town is too small, and as the second son of the administrative director Mr. Morsan, Claude will easily find it.
Being recognized. Whether he goes to rent a carriage or a horse, he cannot go there with his face covered. Otherwise, let alone a transaction, the owner of the car rental shop will report it to the patrol police immediately...
Not during the day. It is impossible for Claude to dress up as a masked man and go to Julian's grocery store during the day. Although he can hide his face at night, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents on the way back. After all, he is carrying such a big bag of food.
Things are not as convenient as empty-handed.
Although Claude was very happy that he could get all the magic materials for the alchemy magic talisman at Julian's underground purchase point, and he didn't care much even if the price was much more expensive, but now Claude has discovered how to bring those magic materials back.
But it has become a big problem. In addition, there is another problem: when trading tomorrow, Claude has to consider whether to have dinner at home like today or come directly from the forest farm...
The more he thought about Claude, the more he had a headache. If he came directly from the forest farm and had to consider the issue of concealment, would the Xioli couple be surprised that they went out so late... Without transportation tools, the forest farm is so far away from here, so it would be difficult to get there on two feet.
At what time... When I go home for dinner tomorrow, my father will definitely ask why he has to go home for two days, and then tell himself to work hard...
Sometimes people's brains are in overdrive and they can't think of anything for a moment. Claude was in this situation now. He found that he wanted to avoid everyone, complete the transaction without anyone noticing, and take a large bag of magic materials back to the forest farm.
That was simply impossible. The means of transportation, pedestrians on the road, time for transactions and my own safety all became problems. I couldn't figure out what the best way to do was.
However, this small alley leading to the lake is very deserted, with very few pedestrians. Seeing myself dressed like this, I hurriedly avoided the roadside. Maybe I can take this road after completing the transaction tomorrow night, but I can't carry it on my back.
Let's go back to the forest farm with that big bag of magic materials...
Just when Claude was thinking about tomorrow's transaction, he saw a group of people gathered in front of the yard of a two-story building. With the candlelight from the window of the building, it seemed that two groups were confronting each other, shouting and cursing.
The roar of laughter spread from afar.
Claude slowed down and approached slowly. He could not turn around now, nor could he go around the group of people in front of him, because the two opposing groups occupied almost the entire path. What made Claude feel strange was that
, the noise in front of the two-story building was very loud, but none of the residents or neighbors on both sides of the alley came out to watch.
It’s not that the residents on both sides of the alley are not at home, Claude has seen several families still lighting oil lamps, and there are even figures flashing behind the windows of several two-story buildings, but no one went out to watch the excitement...
Claude stopped and hid his figure in the darkness. He was now only about ten meters away from where the two groups were facing each other. As the yelling and shouting came, he finally heard clearly what was ahead.
What on earth happened.
The one with the most people is the Black Snake Club in the slums, and the one with only four people is the Shark Club, including a woman. There are about seven or eight people in the Black Snake Club, and they are teasing the woman wantonly, and calling and provoking the Shark Club.
The people from the Shark Club were worried about the small number of people, and they also yelled and cursed and did not dare to take action. The two sides had been facing off for more than half an hour.
The Black Snake Club and the Shark Club, these two underground gangs in the slums, Claude has heard about them for a long time. The Black Snake Club is a combination of gangsters in the slums. It is said that the old street, the romantic street, is their territory. Those who stand there
Street girls must pay protection fees to the Black Snake Society.
The Sharks Club, Claude heard from Erikson, was originally a gang organized by sailors, fishermen, and porters to protect themselves. It later evolved into an underground violent organization that bullied the city. The public docks in the slums were under their control.
Under the rule, they forcibly bought shares in seven taverns in the dock area, and every fishing boat moored at the public dock in the civilian area had to pay a monthly parking fee.
These two underground gangs are cancerous tumors in the slums of Bailu Town. The two gangs often have bloody conflicts, murders, and gang fights over the territory of the slums. Incidents of murder and gang fights occur one after another. The Public Security Department of Bailu Town has repeatedly tried to improve the order of the slums.
All the efforts were in vain.
In comparison, sharks are more disciplined than black snakes and generally do not attack poor residents in slums. The public pier alone is enough for them to enjoy popular food and drink, and a large amount of money comes in every month.
After all, almost all the captains in Bailu Town have friendships with sharks, and no one wants the sailors and crew members on their ships to disobey orders.
The behavior of the Black Snake Society is more contemptible. Not only do they steal money from the street girls, they also organize underground casinos to lure others to gamble. The poor public security in the slums has a lot to do with the Black Snake Society.
Members of the Black Snake Society were involved in violent incidents such as thefts and robberies.
It is said that the backstage supporter of the Black Snake Club is a certain person in charge of the town office. The current mayor, Baron Robert, has also come forward to speak for the Black Snake Club many times. There are rumors in the town that the Black Snake Club has offered services to the mayor, Baron Robert, and others.
A large amount of money gave him the qualification to dominate the slums. This was one of the main reasons why Baron Robert was unable to convince the public in the town hall as the mayor.
No wonder the residents on both sides of this alley dare not come out to watch. Not only do no one dare to interfere in the affairs of these two underground gangs, they are even afraid of provoking them. The doors of neighboring residents' homes are tightly closed, and some even have lights on.
All lights are turned off, pretending no one is home...
Claude listened patiently for a long time, and finally figured out the real reason why the two sides of the confrontation only yelled and cursed but did not take action. It had something to do with the merchant fleet heading to the mainland of Nubisia. Because this route had just been opened and was still in the early stages of development.
The state of confidentiality means that the merchant fleet is heading to the southern part of the continent for trade, so most of the sailors and crew selected are members of the Shark Club, which is also the most important force. The boss of the Shark Club, Hanbas the Iron Ax, is the escort force of the merchant fleet.
Leader of strength.
Before the merchant fleet set off, some powerful people in Bailu Town had made a guarantee to Iron Ax Hanbas that no one would dare to provoke the Sharks and cause bloody conflicts before the merchant fleet returned. Otherwise, they would definitely let the
The provocateur regretted it. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this guarantee is aimed at the Black Snake Association, and the Black Snake Association also understands that it is best to restrain itself during this period and live with its tail between its legs.
If public anger really breaks out, the day when Black Snake will be destroyed is just around the corner. Although the mayor, Baron Robert, has collected their money, the person in charge of White Deer Town is not the mayor in name only.
, the big bosses in the town office did not take the mayor seriously, they just maintained superficial politeness.
The confrontation that occurred that night was just caused by a chance encounter. The third boss of the Black Snake Club, Squint Kamadi, took a few of his men out to eat and prepare to go back to the old street. This is the alley. And the boss of the Shark Club
Gerald, the brother of Hanbas the Iron Ax, was also preparing to go home with his girlfriend, and then the two parties met at the door of Gerald's girlfriend's house.
Gerald's girlfriend Claude should know her. She is the sister of the former owner of his body before time travel. Little Claude's dream lover Caifuni is the sister of Catherine Claude, who works as a maid at the Mermaid Tavern in the dock area.
Rickson once said that Catherine used a dagger to pierce the right hand of the Black Snake Club's third oldest squinting Carmadie who touched her in the tavern, which triggered a fight between the Black Snake Club and the Shark Club. As a result, the Black Snake Club suffered a big loss.
, I had to swallow my anger...
Now the third eldest son of the Black Snake Club, Squinting Kamadi, happened to bump into Gerald and his girlfriend Catherine. It can be said that enemies were extremely jealous when they met, and immediately led people to surround him. However, he has not yet been overwhelmed by hatred, and understands
If he provokes a bloody conflict between the two societies at this time, not to mention the Shark Society, even the boss and second son of the Black Snake Society will not let him go, and may even offer him up to calm the situation and win the prize.
Shark Club's understanding.
Therefore, although the number of people in the Black Snake Club has doubled, they are still well-behaved under the constraints of the squinting Kamadi. They have no intention of taking action first. They just yell or use words to tease Catherine. Their idea is very simple. If it is Jay
If Ladd and the other two members of the Shark Club hit someone first, then they would be able to beat the other person half to death in the name of self-defense and leave people speechless...
And Gerald also knew the plans of Squint Kamadi and others, and he didn't want to give the people of the Black Snake Society a reason to take action. No matter how harsh the people of the Black Snake Society scolded him, he could only restrain himself and the two of them.
It's just that his girlfriend Catherine has a bad temper. She was angered by the obscene remarks made by the squinting Kamadi several times and wanted to rush up and fight him to the death.
Gerald could only hug his girlfriend tightly. He knew very well that there were few people on his side, and rushing forward would only bring humiliation to himself. On the other hand, even though no one appeared in this alley, he didn't know that there were
How many neighbors were hiding behind windows and doors to watch. If they had taken action first, they would have suffered a big loss in the conflict. Those big bosses who were backing the sharks behind their backs would not come forward to seek justice for them.
So the two parties were in a stalemate here, and no one dared to make the first move. Gerald and others were blocked outside the door by the Black Snake Club and could not return home. The Black Snake Club squinted at Kamadi and was unwilling to let him go.
If the other party leaves, it means he is admitting defeat...
Claude looked up at the sky and estimated that it was about half past nine. Damn, are you going to fight or not? If not, get out of here. Don't delay your return home. If you are later, your parents will nag you.
Where is it...
Claude walked out from the shadows under the eaves and strode forward.