That night, the headquarters and strongholds of multiple gangs in Brooklyn were stolen. Some even the entire safe disappeared. The loss ranged from several thousand to tens of thousands of dollars. You must know that at this time, the average annual income in the United States was less than 1,000.
US dollars, the monthly salary of a US military pilot is only US$150, and the salary of ordinary soldiers is only US$50. The losses of these gangs are not unbearable.
While a group of gangsters frantically search for the thief who stole their vast sums of money, our new serial thief is "opening a treasure chest" in the hold of a cargo ship bound for Europe.
The endurance of airplanes during this period was very poor. There was no plane that could reach the 5,000 to 6,000 kilometers across the Atlantic to Europe, so the slow ship became Chen Mo's only choice. Of course, Chen Mo, who had no identity certificate, chose to stow away.
Chen Mo discovered that since sneaking into Zhou Tianhao's villa, he has become more and more interested in playing the roles of assassins and thieves, and has been doing a good job.
Close to the limits of human beings, with strength, agility and perception that are multiple times higher than ordinary people, allowing Chen Mo to sneak in easily without being discovered. In addition, the space can carry sufficient tools and weapons, and can easily take away a large amount of things, allowing Chen Mo to sneak in easily.
Assassination and carrying supplies become more convenient.
Of course, these are objective conditions. In fact, it is mainly because Chen Mo likes to achieve his goals at the lowest cost. Being reckless and reckless is not Chen Mo's style.
After opening the last safe, Chen Mo packed up his tools and began to count the harvest. All the U.S. dollars totaled more than 120,000, as well as a small amount of gold bars and jewelry, and several kilograms of drugs. What surprised Chen Mo the most were two M1911 pistols.
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This pistol has been in service in the US military for more than 70 years. It is a classic high-power pistol. Its large caliber of 11.43 mm brings unparalleled lethality. It has a magazine capacity of 7 rounds, high power, long range, and stable performance.
The failure rate is low. The disadvantages are the relatively large weight and volume, small magazine capacity, and large recoil, which will affect the shooting accuracy. However, for Chen Mo, who has amazing strength and has the space to change magazines in seconds, these are not problems at all.
More than ten days later, after a long voyage, the cargo ship finally arrived at the port of Liverpool, England. After being stuck in the cargo hold for so many days, it was only at night that he could quietly go to the deck to take a breath. The whole journey was quite suffocating for Chen Mo. He didn’t wait.
It was dark, and with his keen hearing and perception, Chen Mo easily avoided the crew, quietly got off the ship, hailed a taxi outside the pier and went straight to the hotel.
Chen Mo, who was alone, asked for the best suite, which had two bedrooms and a spacious living room. Through the window, he could see the classical and beautiful street view of Liverpool and the vast coastline in the distance. Chen Mo went to the soft and spacious bed.
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In the early morning, the fine sunlight shined through the curtains made of white gauze and fell on Chen Mo's face. The warm feeling woke him up from a deep sleep.
After a peaceful and rare sleep, Chen Mo felt refreshed and stretched. Chen Mo got up and walked slowly to the window. He opened the window and felt a gust of cold wind mixed with the morning moisture.
Chen Mo was shocked when he came in.
The time had come to January 1942, and Chen Mo, who was supposed to leave immediately, instead wandered leisurely on the streets of Liverpool.
When World War II broke out, a group of Germans fled to Britain for refuge. Most of them were German elites, including racially persecuted Jews, communists and "degenerate artists" hated by Hitler. Among them were doctors, lawyers, and businessmen.
, artists, but in Britain, their identity is just a group of refugees from an enemy country.
After arriving in the UK, their life was not easy. They first worked as coolies to help the British build fortifications, and then were sent to the desolate Dartmoor wasteland, where they struggled to survive in thick fog and heavy rain.
After experiencing a period of displacement, out of fear of Nazi Germany sweeping across Europe, the British government imprisoned all of these "unstable elements" on several small islands near Liverpool.
It was not until the recent Pearl Harbor attack that nearly 30,000 Germans on the island were released. Most of them joined the British army, but many remained in Liverpool.
It's just that they came from an enemy country and were not very popular with the British. Most of them who could not find a regular job lived on the streets and lived a very difficult life. Chen Mo easily found an old German artist in the square who made a living by painting portraits of others.
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The old man had gray hair and was wearing a somewhat shabby but very neat dark gray suit. The hard life did not crush him, but made him more calm and open-minded. There was no trace of pain or suffering on his face;
I have seen through life and looked down upon the freedom and indifference of life and death.
The old man was sitting on a broken wooden stool, holding a drawing board on his leg with one hand and a charcoal pencil in the other. There was an old suitcase at his feet, which contained all his belongings.
"Sir, do you want a portrait?" the old man asked with a gentle smile.
"Why not?" Chen Mo walked to the stool in front of the old man and sat down. The old artist observed Chen Mo carefully. He quickly drew on the drawing board with the charcoal in his hand, and quickly completed a lifelike sketch of the character.
I have to say that the old artist's painting skills are really superb. With just a few simple strokes, Chen Mo's eyes and expressions were painted very vividly.
Different from before, Chen Mo's sharp edge was restrained. After experiencing murders, plane crashes, and time travel, Chen Mo's strength continued to improve, and his mentality also changed. When he let go of his restraints, his whole temperament became sharp, his eyes were bright and deep, and his gaze
Sharp, the whole person gives people a sharp-edged feeling.
After looking at the portrait drawn by the old man, Chen Mo realized that he had changed so much without knowing it. However, Chen Mo preferred the freedom and wanton life he had now. Blind restraint and hiding was not conducive to the growth of strength.
This is the real me, Chen Mo thought as he looked at the sharp and aloof figure in the portrait.
After Chen Mo explained his intention and offered him a daily salary of 10 US dollars including food and accommodation, the distressed old artist readily put away his drawing board, picked up his suitcase, and happily followed Chen Mo into the hotel.
The old man's name is Eddie Albert, a painter and sculptor who is not very famous. He has been obsessed with art creation all his life. He is unmarried and has no children. He is still alone in his sixties.
Although the life of being homeless and sleeping rough gave him more creative inspiration and life insights, his body was somewhat unable to support it. Although he looked down on life and death and was prepared to die in a foreign land, Chen Mo's appearance still made him feel uncomfortable.
He saw a glimmer of hope and chose to grab it.
He could tell that Chen Mo was not an ordinary person. He had a very special temperament. Although he had seen countless people, he had never seen it in anyone else.
After returning to the hotel and arranging for Albert to stay in another bedroom in the suite, Chen Mo took the old man to the best restaurant nearby for a big meal as a welcome to join him. The old man's eating style was very elegant, which completely impressed him.
People wouldn't expect this to be a down-and-out refugee, but more like an elegant nobleman.
From that day on, Chen Mo began to learn sketching, oil painting and sculpture from Albert. His developed brain and precise control of his body allowed Chen Mo to show his strong artistic talent. Under the careful and rigorous teaching of the old Albert, Chen Mo
It didn't take long for Chen Mo's painting and sculpture abilities to reach a pretty good level.
What amazed Albert even more was Chen Mo's language talent. Unlike English, which already had a certain foundation, German was completely unfamiliar to Chen Mo. He had to learn it from scratch. But in just one month, Chen Mo could already speak German
Even Albert, a German, couldn't find anything wrong with it.
If these things only amazed him, then what happened next made him feel horrified.