At the seaside pier in the east of the city, the Black Pearl fleet set sail, the whistle roared!
Tap tap tap~
Just opposite to it, in the west of the city, is a street paved with black stones.
The black horse's hooves broke through the cool morning mist, pulling the black carriage past at high speed, and finally stopped at the gray-black door of the inspection office.
Colin stepped out of the car and took a vague look toward the east of the city.
‘This whistle sound...should be the caravan has set sail.
The next time they come, it will be half a year later...'
He withdrew his gaze, opened the door and walked into the inspection office.
"Good morning...Luke." After entering the door, he paused for a moment and greeted Luke unexpectedly.
Unexpectedly, Luke is at work today.
"Good morning." Luke was also a little surprised and said hello with a smile.
Colin nodded slightly in greeting, continued walking inside, and took the spiral staircase to the outside of Flower's office on the second floor.
Tuk-tuk-tuk.
"Please come in." Flower's calm voice came.
Colin pushed open the door and entered.
"Colin, what brings you here?" Flower asked.
Colin walked closer to the desk and spoke slowly.
Relay the rumors I heard from Renee yesterday to Flower.
"Yes, I understand." Flower nodded slightly, with no expression on his face.
Colin waited for a moment and saw that he was still silent, so he took the initiative to say goodbye:
"Captain Flower, I'll leave first."
Flower nodded again, and when Colin turned around and walked to the door, he suddenly said:
"Don't worry, Colin. You just have to work in peace.
Don’t think too much about anything else, and don’t make any noise... The adults have already noticed these traces,"
Colin paused for a moment and responded in a low voice:
"Yes, Captain Flower."
Perhaps due to being ravaged by Flower's heavy body all day long, this originally sturdy spiral staircase now always makes an overwhelmed creaking sound when walking.
Colin walked down the stairs step by step, looking calm.
'Perhaps I am still too worried...
The Lapp school has been able to stand on the island for sixty years and has weathered many storms without falling... It is no fluke!'
'The Inspection Office... has indeed been aware of these rumors for a long time.'
Colin shook his head.
"...You might as well come over and ask."
"After all, being cautious is in vain, but if you are lucky, you don't know what you will lose..."
"Colin."
As he walked through the hall and was about to leave, Luke suddenly stopped him.
With his puzzled look on his face, Luke led him to avoid the other apprentices sitting on duty and to the sofa facing each other in the other corner.
"What's the matter? Luke." Colin asked first after sitting down.
"There is something I want to tell you," Luke smiled and added, "It's just a small thing."
He opened his mouth and told Colin everything about Carrie.
Although he did not contact Carrie after the meeting, he knew that Carrie had some thoughts secretly.
Before, he and Carrie's group were standing together.
But now, he has given up most of his interests, surrendered to those people, and has escaped the vortex.
Therefore, in order to avoid Colin's misunderstanding and to prevent himself from falling into a new whirlpool again, he naturally needed to mention something to Colin to remove himself from this matter.
"I see."
After listening, Colin nodded slightly with a calm expression.
Ever since he dueled with Barney and showed his strength, he hasn't encountered such troubles and trivial matters for a long time.
However, the world is so big and there are so many people, there will always be some idiots... He understands it very well.
Colin stood up to say goodbye and walked out the door.
After getting into the carriage, he returned home within a few minutes.
But before I got off the carriage, I caught a glimpse of several carriages parked in front of my house.
Thinking of Luke's words, he frowned.
There is no doubt that there must be an uninvited guest at the door!
…
Half an hour later, in the reception room on the second floor.
"I already know your purpose of coming..." Colin looked around at Carrie and others in front of him and said, then shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"But I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request. Please go back."
He got up to see off the guests.
Time is the most precious thing to him.
If he didn't want to do something too ugly, he wouldn't spend time dealing with Carrie and others.
"Are you really not going to think about it? Colin." Carrie frowned and asked without getting up.
After returning from the patrol office the day before yesterday, her temper gradually dissipated.
Although I still resent Colin's unwillingness to help, and even despise Colin's villainous attitude,
But she also understood that as members of the same school, they would not directly fight over such things... She was not an idiot.
...At best, some stumbling blocks can be created secretly.
At present, the top priority is still to find a way to convince Colin.
There is a strict hierarchy among schools of thought.
There is a gap in status between them and senior apprentices.
It's okay if the senior apprentice doesn't care about this, they can chat for a few words, or even interact with each other on a daily basis.
But if you care, for example, this time Regina didn't want to pay attention to them for some reason.
There was nothing they could do.
It's like a small employee who suddenly wants to find a manager to cut off the business.
When the manager is unwilling to respond,
There is no relationship, and there is no acquaintance to connect, how can we possibly negotiate?
If they don't want to give up their own interests, the best way is to find Colin, a person who has a relationship with the "manager" to mediate!
So she left the apprentices behind to discuss how to persuade Colin, but until the evening, they still couldn't come up with a suitable plan.
Some people say direct threats of violence...
This is obviously not okay, and even the person who proposed it felt inappropriate after saying it.
Not to mention Colin's strength that should not be underestimated when he killed Barney.
Just the friendly relationship between him and Regina already restricted them from using violence.
Otherwise, are they here to ask Colin to say good things to Regina, or are they here to further offend Regina?
There is also talk of kidnapping Colin's maid...
No one paid any attention to this plan when he mentioned it!
Let alone a maid, even if you are a lover, don't even think about threatening a wizard!
"Regana and I are indeed not as familiar as you think. Please come back." Colin looked calm and emphasized again.
As the largest violent organization in Black Rock City, the Inspection Office naturally involves many interests.
Not to mention anything else, just the tribute from those gangs can allow the wizards in the patrol office to earn an income that far exceeds their monthly salary.
It was these interests that Luke and others were fighting over with Regina's group before.
It stands to reason that he should also be able to get a share of the pie.
But, there are no benefits in the world that can be obtained for free!
If it had been better in the past at the guard station, everyone was a member of Yamashita's school of thought, and there wasn't much of a contradiction in the distribution of interests. He would also be happy to take a share of the pie.
But now, the patrol office was suddenly established to replace the guard office, and a group of patrol wizards parachuted down from the mountain.
There was already a disdainful relationship between the two groups on the mountain and on the mountain, but now that it comes to the distribution of interests, the conflict is undoubtedly even greater.
In this situation, if you want to get a piece of the pie, how can you not take sides?
Moreover, unlike other situations, in the inspection office, as long as he does not intend to take part of the benefits, he can remain neutral and will not fall into the position of being hated by both parties.
After all, if there is no interest, then there will be no conflict of interest between him and the two parties.
They are all members of the school, and no fool will come to trouble him.
Furthermore, how much benefit will he get?
Because he is a newbie, he only has about twenty magic stones per month.
This is not a small amount, but it is really not worth getting him involved in this whirlpool.
After all, compared to magic stones, time and energy are what he lacks most at this stage!
Dealing with the work of the Inspection Office every day has already made him very sad and takes up a lot of time and energy, let alone spending precious time and energy on these things!
Carrie looked at Colin deeply, said nothing harsh, and turned to leave with the others.
Colin looked at Carrie's back, shook his head, and didn't care.
After dealing with Carrie's matter, the following time was particularly peaceful.
Colin finally got his wish and lived a regular and fulfilling life.
With up to fifteen hours of meditation per day, the progress of the second limit-breaking circle meditation method also increased rapidly.
Just like that, three months later came soon...
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