In the East District, there is a cramped tavern. In the past, at five o'clock in the afternoon, people had started to enter the tavern one after another, and there were only one third of the seats left at most. But now, there are only a few people inside.
a few drunkards.
The tavern owner, John, was wiping glasses at the bar and kept sighing, which made Williams, who was sitting in front of the bar, scratch his head.
"Alas~"
With another sigh, Williams slapped the bar counter, causing the liquid in his glass to ripple:
"You still let me drink?"
"No!"
John was also very angry. He threw the glass cloth on the bar, pointed at the drunken drinkers, and then pointed around the inside of the pub:
"Look, except for those idiots, who dares to go into the pub to drink today? I don't believe it. You don't know what those guys know?"
"Didn't something happen to the Zimenger Party last night? What are you afraid of? There's no telling when the attack will happen from above?" Williams' slender face gradually became dizzy with wine, and he picked up the wine glass and took a big sip, "Besides,
Well, it’s not like you don’t know that I have taken on a mission and have to guard here at five o’clock every afternoon.”
"I think he may not come. The Black Skull Party has been driven to the edge of the bridge area by the Zimenger Party. Although the Zimenger Party is in trouble now, Emperor Russell also said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Woolen cloth!"
"Hey, if you tell him in front of him, I will pay for the drinks every three days, no, every day." Williams' mouth smelled of alcohol when he spoke, but his eyes were clear.
"Williams, didn't I give you Jeffrey's 10 pounds reward yesterday?"
Before the boss John could speak, a majestic female voice came. Neither John nor Williams looked at the voice. They both recognized it as Hugh Dilcha, the "arbitrator" of the East District.
Williams just lowered his head and pretended to be drunk when he heard John's surprised voice.
"Why are you so tall?"
Williams couldn't hold back his curiosity and wanted to turn around to take a look, but before he could turn around, a slap hit him on the back of the head.
"John, he owes you wine money again."
Boss John looked at Xio in front of him. Well, except for his height, there was no change. He picked up the cup wiping cloth and continued to wipe the cup:
"He is married once a week now."
Only then did Williams see Hugh clearly. She was wearing a deerstalker hat, covering all her hair, a hunting suit, and a nondescript beige windbreaker.
Lowering his head and looking at the leather boots that were obviously thickened by six to seven centimeters, Williams nodded, "This is right!"
"Pah", another blow hit Williams on the head, "What are you looking at!".
Williams shook his head, looked at Xio sitting next to him and asked:
"You came a little late. It's already past five o'clock. If that Jeffrey comes and sees you are not here, he will definitely take it out on me. Last time you didn't come, he almost strangled my neck."
Xio frowned. The shoes barely made her taller by seven or eight centimeters, but they were also very heavy. But when she sat on the high stool, she still couldn't touch the ground. She kicked the bar counter with her leather boots.
Make a dull sound.
She didn't turn around, but pointed outside the tavern:
"He probably won't come today, it's going to rain."
"Maybe, it's not strange for a man like him to do anything." The wine in the glass had been finished, and Williams patted the bar counter, "John, have another drink."
John glared at Williams angrily, but poured him a drink anyway.
"What does he look like to you?"
Xio was a little curious. Logically speaking, she and Williams had spent about the same amount of time with "Jeffrey", but it was obvious from Williams' words that "Jeffrey" behaved differently from her impression.
Williams picked up the wine glass, took a sip and said:
"Indifferent, scary, with a changeable personality, the kind who smiles and talks to you one second and breaks your neck the next."
The first two adjectives are almost the same as Hugh, but what does the latter sentence mean?
Seemingly sensing Xio's confusion, Williams continued:
"He has disguised himself, and his current personality may not be his true personality, but if he can behave like this, I have no doubt that he has such a personality."
"When did you become a psychologist?"
Hugh was born into a noble family, so he had naturally taken courses related to psychology and philosophy, but Williams was just a guy addicted to alcohol and beauty!
"I also want to know."
A man's voice came from the door, and the trio at the bar all looked towards the door.
The door of the tavern was pushed open, and a tall man with dark and rough skin on his face and a beard walked in. He was leaning on a cane with a head of gold and silver, and a circle of gold at the end of the cane.
Ringed walking stick.
Williams stood up with some fear. What he just said was heard by this guy, and his voice trembled a little:
"Mr. Lister, you are here. I have compiled the intelligence of the past few days. The Zmange Party is almost finished. They broke into the North District..."
His words suddenly stopped. He saw the gloomy face of "Jeffrey List" and his legs weakened and he leaned on the high stool behind him.
"I know what happened. Now I want to know where the headquarters of the Zimenger Party is, especially the 'executor' Meursault. I have something to do with him."
"Uh, I...I don't know." Williams' voice became even more trembling.
Hugh jumped off the high stool, her boots making a dull sound against the ground:
"I know that this morning, all the Zmang party members in the North District shrank to Red Brick Alley in the East District, and those in the East District also passed by. I don't know the specific location, but Meursault should be there."
Rolles paused his cane and said:
"Very good, I'll give you more money."
"Wait a minute, I still have what you want."
Xio took out a palm-sized tin box from his windbreaker pocket and opened it. Inside were two light green potions and one red potion:
"The green one can speed up recovery, and the red one is a violent potion."
After speaking, he closed the tin box again and handed it to Rawls.
Rawls took the tin box, nodded, turned and left
Looking at the back of "Jeffrey" leaving, Xio's eyes widened. He couldn't really go to Red Brick Alley, right?
"It seems that he has a deep hatred for the Zmange Party and he doesn't even want to wait."
Seeing the guy leave, Williams also calmed down, drank most of the glass of Ronzi in one gulp, and then choked out most of it.
Xio glared at Williams angrily and walked quickly outside the tavern. There was almost no one on the street, and the few passers-by were also walking very fast.
People living in the East District knew very well about the Zmange Party and knew that they were causing trouble in the North District, so they all went home early for fear of becoming victims.