Jack Lavadie and his assistant walked into a restaurant outside Bern station.
Belloni is a small city in the middle of Genoa. It happens to be a node in the north-south transportation. Its main economic feature is transit trade.
With the opening of the railway, this city has great development potential. If the planned railway network can be built, it will become Genoa's transportation center and land trade transshipment center.
The service desk was facing the main entrance, and the restaurant owner was dozing on the table. A young waitress with freckles stood beside him, looking boredly at the pedestrians walking by the door.
It was already two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day in summer. There were not many people in the restaurant. There were three people sitting in the innermost corner. They were eating noodles and whispering something.
Seeing someone coming in, they all looked at the person.
"Sir, do you want to have a meal?" the waitress greeted enthusiastically.
For this restaurant opened outside the station, there may be customers at any time during the day except at night, but there are not many people dining at this time.
The boss woke up and stood up immediately. Out of professional instinct, he almost figured out the approximate identity of the person in an instant.
Lavadi was wearing a cool white silk shirt. Although it was a little wrinkled and the cuffs were stained with ink, the person who came was not an employee of a company or business, but looked more like a scholar or engineer.
people.
Especially when he brought an entourage with him. The entourage was pushing a trolley with two rollers. There were several suitcases on it, and there was a roll of blueprints tied to the top with a string.
"Sir, welcome, would you like to have a meal?" the boss said affectionately.
Lavadi nodded, and was personally greeted by the boss and walked to an empty table to sit down.
"Is there any ice cream?" Lavadi glanced at a young man sitting on the other side, who was slowly tasting ice cream. Lavadi felt that this man could eat it all day long, "My assistant is exhausted today.
, this is considered a reward for him."
"Thank you, professor!" the young assistant was obviously very happy.
It turned out to be a professor, and the boss became even more enthusiastic: "Yes, in this summer, ice cream is indispensable. Many customers like to order this summer dessert when they come here."
"Okay, give my assistant some ice cream to cool down first. As for me, give me a glass of ice-cold beer. In this damn weather, I'm almost cooked." Lavadi said, "Then give us two a cup each.
A steak set meal.”
"Okay, please wait a moment." The boss quickly wrote down the guest's request, handed it to the waitress, and motioned for her to pass it to the kitchen.
"I would like to ask, sir, are you a professor at the University of Poitou?" the boss asked curiously.
"Yes, this is Mr. Jack Lavadie, professor of electromagnetics at the University of Poitou." Assistant said, "Our professor is also a member of the Emperor's Scientific Association, which is very powerful!"
Rawady glanced at his assistant and felt that his words were a bit too much. Once upon a time, he was just a little-known lecturer.
"Mr. Professor, you are so young. You are a truly knowledgeable person."
Hearing the word "royal", the boss was in awe.
"No, I just stand on the shoulders of giants and add a little luck." Lavadi said with emotion, "This is the famous saying of our principal, the Earl of Rocky Mountain. He is the person I respect the most. At the same time,
He is also my academic guide.”
"Earl of Rocky Mountain, that's just a big shot!" the boss complimented, "To be honest, my store's business was not very good at first, but since the railway and this station came into being, the business has suddenly improved. If I can
, Professor, please pay my respects to the Earl on my behalf!"
The waitress brought over ice cream and cold beer. Lavadi raised his glass and said with a smile: "Salute to the count!"
Lavadi suddenly felt unkind glances from the corner, and the three men stopped talking and looked over. When Lavadi turned around, the three men in plaid shirts immediately withdrew their gazes.
At this time, ten men suddenly entered the store. They took a look at the layout of the store, then walked over and divided into two groups, just to the left and right of the three men.
At this time, apart from the ten new guests, three men in plaid shirts, Professor Lavadi and his assistant, there was only one other young man who was still savoring the ice cream.
Even Lavadi, who was immersed in academics, felt that the atmosphere in the store was changing.
Three men in plaid shirts finished their meal. One of them took out a gold coin and placed it on the dining table. Then he and his two companions stood up without saying a word.
At this time, the ten men suddenly stopped their way, and almost at the same time, they each took out a pistol from the handbag they carried.
It was not clear how they loaded the ammunition. Amidst the gunfire, the three men in plaid shirts fell to the ground one after another, holding their legs and screaming. The pistol was fired at their legs.
The waitress screamed and the restaurant owner hid behind the bar.
I saw these ten men quickly tying up the three injured people, then neatly carried them out of the restaurant, threw them into a carriage that had been prepared, and left in a hurry.
From coming in to leaving, it took these ten mysterious men less than five minutes.
Lavadie and his assistant were so frightened that they put down the steak without even knowing the taste after taking a bite, and hurriedly left the unfortunate restaurant.
The two of them had no choice but to buy a few pieces of bread and simply went to the train station because they were taking the next train to the north. At this time, they saw the young man who was tasting ice cream alone in the restaurant walking towards them.
Come.
"How terrible!" said the young man.
"Yes." Lavadi looked at each other to make sure that the other person was talking to him.
"Actually, this is not uncommon. I dare say that those who were arrested must be rebels. Behind them may be a terrible bloodthirsty person. As for those ten powerful guys, they are not necessarily the secret police." Young
The man said.
"Maybe." Lavadi didn't want to talk to strangers about this, and his attitude was very cold.
"Professor Lavadi, I heard the count talk about you." The young man said.
"count?"
"Of course it's the Earl of Rocky Mountain." The young man said, "He said that you are a true scholar, talented, willing to study, and immersed in academic research. In the past, you just lacked a good opportunity."
The young man's words spoke to Lavadi's heart and lifted his guard.
"This is the Earl's love. This time I went to Patram Fort to conduct a scientific experiment. This is also a plan that the Earl made very early. If it succeeds, it will be a great experiment." Lava
Very excited.
"Can I know what the experiment is about? Of course, if it is confidential, I won't ask." The young man said.
"Electricity, do you know what electricity is?" Rawady said, "We built a dam in the village of Nairn under the Otter Mountains. We used the potential energy of the water to drive the turbine, and then drove the generator to generate electricity..."
"Electricity can be used for lighting. If successful, we will say goodbye to candles and oil lamps, and water energy will be inexhaustible. Of course, the use of electricity is not just for lighting, it will become a new source of power...
…”
In a secret room in a secret house not far from the station, Roland Hill was watching his men interrogate the three newly captured members of the True God Party.
Of course he is not a secret policeman, and his only loyalist is Sean. Sean's secret war with the Magi and the Joker is still going on, and his goal is to completely eliminate the power of the Magi and the Joker from Genoa.
Unlike the intelligence network led by Percy Robinson, Rowland Hill is an action man, and his work is actually no different from the secret police.
"Are you saying that a diner at the arrest scene was suspicious?" Hill asked his men.
The subordinate said: "Head, I'm not sure, but the young man looked quite similar to the portrait. At that time, my attention was all on the target, so I didn't think much about it. Could he be the person the count asked us to help find?
?”
"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this." Hill said, "You continue to interrogate, find their accomplices, and eradicate them. I have something else to do and must go to Patnam Castle. The Earl will meet me there.
You guys stay here. Maybe we'll get a vacation."
Half an hour later, Roland Hill appeared at the Bern train station, and he saw the suspicious young man his men said at a glance.
He followed calmly onto the train.
That young man was Rose disguised as a man. Sean mobilized many people to search for her, but Sean did not tell his men the reason for their search.
Rose actually had no place to go. She seemed to have been wandering around Genoa. After meeting Professor Lavadi by chance, she became very interested in the experiments he told about, and after a little trick, she became the professor's follower.
It's just that this follower is relatively wealthy and can have a box on the train.
On the train, Hill stared at her box and pretended to stand at the junction of two trains to smoke. At this time, Rose walked out of the box, holding a cigar in her hand, and walked straight towards Hill.
"Sir, can you lend me a light?" Rose asked. So far, Hill still didn't realize that she was actually a woman.
"Oh, of course!" Hill was a little flustered.
When he was reaching for a match in his pocket, a pistol was pressed against his abdomen.
This pistol looks familiar.
"You work for Sean?" Rose asked.
"Who is Sean? I don't know you!" Hill said, "You'd better be careful not to misfire! Once the gunfire rings, you can't escape."
"This pistol is good. It's a new product?" Rose asked. "It doesn't require ignition powder, flint, or even lead bullets inserted from the muzzle. It's really a murder weapon."
"Of course, this new model is still a secret." Hill said confidently, "I think you should return it to me. The method you used is wrong, and even the insurance..."
With a click, the bullet was loaded.
"In fact, I have seen its earliest design drawings..."