Chapter 208 Gold-plated quagmire (2 in 1 asking for a monthly pass)
The skeleton gentleman waved his hands to everyone from a distance.
Like a farewell between lovers, it is meaningful.
How can it be!
Unscientific!
Tiramisu's hands holding the sniper rifle trembled slightly.
She was certain that she could definitely aim accurately. After all, she was very experienced and could never miss that position.
There is absolutely no reason and there should be no reason.
After a moment of astonishment, Tiramisu exploded with anger. He forgot everything in his mind and shot the second bullet without saying a word.
boom!
Another golden bullet shot out.
laugh!
Beside the skeleton gentleman, a piece of gravel suddenly splashed on the floor, which was a sign that the bullet had missed.
The third one!
boom!
The fourth one!
boom!
No one knows why so many sharp sniper bullets can be hidden in the deep v of tiramisu.
But all the navy watched helplessly as Admiral Tiramisu, whom they believed to be flawless, was like a shrew, taking out bullets one after another from his clothes, loading and shooting frantically, and there seemed to be no sign of stopping.
.
Ding ding ding ding——
Hollow bullet casings fell to the ground one after another.
"he's gone."
Yi Lin kept holding the binoculars and looking at the end of the street until there was no more people or dogs at that end of Victoria Avenue, then she put down the binoculars and said slowly.
Tiramisu: "..."
Tiramisu deserves to be at the level of an admiral. Such a strange thing happened to him, but he quickly calmed down.
Seeing that the legendary pirate skeleton gentleman who mastered "black magic" completely disappeared from everyone's sight, Tiramisu slowly put down his gun, with a dark face and a somewhat ferocious expression, but still quite good.
pretty.
Gu Tianqing cast her gaze behind Elizabeth Lin from time to time, thoughtfully.
"Search!"
Tiramisu shook the sniper rifle in his hand with an expressionless expression. Amid a burst of brilliance and the sound of gears grinding together, the exquisite and domineering golden sniper rifle transformed into a long and narrow cigarette rod. It was very magical.
Although Yi Lin was very interested in the high-tech, deformable sniper rifle in Tiramisu's hand, it was hard to do anything bad in public, so she could only resolutely suppress the idea and wait until there was a chance.
After quietly sending a series of messages to Wang Tiandi, Yi Lin followed the navy team and searched Victoria Avenue thoroughly without waiting for Gouzi's reply.
Without any surprise, Tiramisu walked directly to where the skeleton gentleman was standing not long ago.
There were several bullet holes left on the ground, and the terrifyingly powerful sniper bullets were already deeply embedded in the stone slabs, making it difficult to pull them out.
All the navy were on tenterhooks. Under Tiramisu's command, they spread out around Victoria Avenue and conducted a thorough search.
Tonight, I am destined to be sleepless all night.
When Yi Lin returned to Swan Castle, the sky had already lit up with a hint of fish belly white.
Regarding Elizabeth Lin's departure, Tiramisu didn't even ask more questions, because all her attention was on searching for that damn pirate. As for where the Governor's fiancée wanted to go, Tiramisu didn't even ask.
Do not care.
Before Yi Lin left, Gu Tianqing just smiled slightly and whispered, "Beautiful lady, please pay attention to your safety," and then said nothing else.
This made Yi Lin even more wary of Gu Tianqing.
Gu Tianqing... seems to be a more sinister character than Yi Lin imagined.
Doubt it?
Yi Lin can confirm that even if something like this happens tonight, Gu Tianqing will still be suspicious of Yi Lin.
After all, no apostle who has reached this level is really weak, there will always be something special.
"Haha, it's getting more and more interesting."
Yi Lin suppressed the sudden excitement in her heart, then opened the door and quietly slipped into the room, locking the door with her backhand.
And in the girl's boudoir.
Ruth was about to take off her "Skeleton Gentleman" outfit and put on a black and white maid uniform.
Seeing Yi Lin sneaking in and locking the door, Ruth immediately wrapped her around her, her face turned red.
"Acridine! Rin! Tonight is so, so, so exciting!"
The dog lay on the side and yawned lazily.
"You are not afraid?"
Yi Lin looked at Ruth, who had an awkward expression on her face, and took a swipe at her body. The "Skeleton Gentleman"'s full set of krypton gold appearance equipment was turned into a card in the blink of an eye. When Ruth realized that she was instantly stripped down to her underwear, Yi Lin Rin has put the "Skeleton Gentleman Appearance Set" into the storage space.
"Fuck! Rin, how can you be so skilled in this technique!"
Ruth subconsciously covered the upper part tightly, thought for a moment, then covered the lower part tightly, thought for a moment, then simply opened her arms and struck a pose, showing her charming figure in front of Yi Lin.
"Put on your clothes quickly."
Yi Lin's eyes twitched slightly, reminding her seriously.
Ruth now knew very well that once Yi Lin spoke in this tone, it was not a good time to joke, so she also dressed up as a maid.
While Ruth didn't move her hands or feet, Yi Lin sat on the bed and thought about everything that happened tonight.
The mysterious Governor, Governor's Palace, infrared sensors, coded elevators, secrets under the Governor's Palace, the deal with Calypso, the Demon King, Tiramisu's weird weapons, and the strange technology tree.
Clues, fragments, and conjectures were reorganized in Yi Lin's mind, and then, like peeling off threads from a cocoon, useful content was extracted from these messy information.
"Outsiders..."
suddenly.
Yi Lin remembered what Calypso called him during that hurricane.
"By the way, Ruth."
"Hmm? Do you want a massage, my captain?"
Ruth immediately changed her tone from a maid to a dedicated masseuse.
"……,good."
So, the two of them got into position and started applying the buff.
After all, buff status is really important.
Beside the bed.
The dog curled his lips and stretched out his paws to cover his eyes.
"Are you comfortable my captain?"
"Um……"
"My dear captain, when will you blow up the Governor's Palace again?"
When Ruth thought about tonight's experience, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.
"..."
Massage completed.
Yi Lin looked at the new buff on the apostle's panel and felt refreshed.
He knocked on the floor in front of Gouzi. Gouzi raised his eyelids with a somewhat unhappy expression, as if he was protesting Yi Lin for disturbing Master Gou's eyes closed to relax.
"Next, according to the normal development, the Navy will definitely search the whole city vigorously for the skeleton gentleman in the next few days. Well, there is also a dog."
Emperor Wang Tian: "Wow."
The dog said he understood.
Yi Lin continued: "Since that guy is a senior adviser to the navy, we must be careful not to give him any bad ideas to the navy, such as...searching Swan Castle or something like that. So, you who have been exposed, this You must not be exposed to anyone for several days."
Although everyone in Swan Castle knew that Elizabeth Lin had brought a dog back, every noble lady in London seemed to have the habit of raising some kind of pet to enhance her status. For Yi Lin,
, is not a big problem.
Without evidence, it doesn't count as a car.
Moreover, what the Navy wants to find more than a dog is a skeleton gentleman.
Regarding tonight's matter, Yi Lin originally wanted to see if there was a chance in the chaos to force the mysterious governor out, to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and then return to the governor's palace and go under the elevator to find out.
As for the sniper rifle that was beyond the scope of this world's technology, it caught Yi Lin by surprise, making things even more bizarre.
From the beginning, Yilin prepared a [Bullet Deflection] for Gouzi in advance to prevent Ruth from being surrounded by the navy, so that Gouzi could shoot [Bullet Deflection] on Ruth at the critical moment.
Prevent Ruth from being killed by Navy bullets.
Although the development of things was quite different from Yi Lin's original idea, Yi Lin also discovered more weird things in this plot mode.
Overall, there are gains and losses.
Yi Lin thought of the deal with Calypso again.
In the "Curse" column on the captain's panel, there was an additional item "Calypso's Gaze", which made Yi Lin feel that something was wrong.
If Calypso fails to complete Calypso's commission as agreed, there may be some terrible consequences.
Of course, Yi Lin was not afraid, it was just a curse after all.
It's just that Yi Lin doesn't know how powerful Calypso, who calls himself "Poseidon", is.
Omniscient? Omnipotent?
Yi Lin smiled slightly.
"If you are so awesome, why would you entrust that matter to an ordinary human being?"
"Outsiders? Huh."
In deep thought, Yi Lin, who had been busy all night, also felt a little sleepy, so she lay down directly on the bed and gradually fell asleep.
The next day.
Three poles in the sun.
Yi Lin dressed up and came to the Governor's Palace openly and openly once again.
After the explosion last night, the defense lines of the Governor's Mansion have been strengthened by several levels. There are layers of guards, three circles inside and three outside, surrounding the entire Governor's Mansion, almost impenetrable.
Yi Lin stood there and made a rough estimate for a while. Even if [Following Like a Shadow] was turned on, with this level of defense, it was absolutely impossible to sneak in without being discovered.
This can no longer be called a patrol. It is simply stationed here with heavy troops, leaving no gaps.
Yi Lin raised her head.
Looking at the roof of the Governor's Palace.
Unless... from above.
Yi Lin revealed her identity, but was still blocked from the surrounding net.
"The Governor has ordered that from now on, no one will be seen, not even the fiancée of the respected Governor."
The leader of the team apologetically rejected Yi Lin's request to see the Governor.
The more he protected that governor, the more Yi Lin felt that there was something fishy in it.
It's just that under the current situation, it's not easy for Yi Lin to break through, so she can only give up for now.
Furthermore, he came to the Governor's Mansion for a stroll, just to take a look. He did not really have to meet his "fiancé" through normal means.
In the communication panel.
After Yi Lin canceled the "do not disturb" request for Gu Tianqing, neither of them took the initiative to initiate a private chat, and became strangely silent, falling into a delicate state.
"The 'smoke bomb' is enough. If we continue it, it will seem too deliberate."
Yi Lin quickly twisted her waist and left the Governor's Mansion.
The whole of London was immersed in a tense atmosphere.
The streets are covered with wanted posters for "Skeleton Gentleman".
The wanted poster shows a man wearing an elegant tuxedo, a skull gentleman's hat, and a "smiling face" mask on his face.
——There is also a ferocious-looking dog with its fangs exposed.
The reward amount above is... one hundred thousand pounds.
For a damn pirate, this is undoubtedly a sky-high reward.
But when Yi Lin saw this reward order that was remade overnight, she almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
The image of the dog on the wanted poster is as scary as possible. It looks like a creature from hell. Even the background of the dog uses an abstract technique, using black ink to paint a large black shadow.
It adds a bit of eerie and mysterious atmosphere to the dog.
According to the image of this wanted poster, it would be a ghost to find that stupid dog.
Yi Lin suppressed her laughter and left the place silently.
No words for a day.
Until... late at night.
In London.
The fog is thick.
The moon is dark and the wind is cool.
In Swan Castle, two women in disguise sneaked out.
Went directly to the slums.
In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Yi Lin and Ruth simply disguised themselves and looked less conspicuous, walking through the narrow alleys.
Corruption, oil, moss.
Crawling cockroaches, happily jumping mice, criss-crossing ditches, completely untreated sewage, exuding a stench in the sewers.
There is a smell of poverty everywhere around you. Compared with the luxurious urban areas, it is like a world of difference and it is clear at a glance.
In the slums, there is not even a single guard. It seems that this is a dirty corner of London that even the royal guards are unwilling to visit.
"This is obviously a good place to hide people. Why don't you search here and search people on the street?"
When Yi Lin saw it, she immediately felt a little funny.
Ruth shrugged helplessly: "Who knows, maybe those guys think that the elegant captain is not happy to hide in such a ghost place."
Yi Lin was speechless.
In his opinion, it was more likely that Tiramisu issued a city-wide search order from above, but the guards below knew clearly that there was such a place in London, but they were unwilling to come because it was too dirty and messy.
Search here, pretend to be diligent, and shed sweat and tears on the streets of London, a typical bureaucratic style.
Can the leaders see the work in the slums?
It’s useless!
It's better to sweat on the street in the scorching sun and still get appreciation from the upper class.
Yi Lin quickly understood the secret.
In addition to cockroaches and rats, the narrow alleys were also filled with stinky poor people.
There were many flies and mosquitoes, smelling the attractive smell of the poor people, and hovering over the piles of poor people lying down.
Ruth frowned, took out a small delicate wet wipe and covered her mouth and nose.
Yi Lin didn't care. Anyway, he had experienced worse environments. This was just child's play. Apart from being a little uncomfortable, he didn't lose any blood, so there was nothing special about it.
Half an hour later.
Ruth and Yi Lin finally arrived at their destination.
"I suggest you put that damn wipe in your hand away."
Yi Lin turned her head expressionlessly and reminded.
Although Ruth was reluctant, under Yi Lin's serious threat, she crumpled the small wipe into a ball and threw it in the corner with disgust.
In front of the two of them, there was a pile of messy garbage, piled up into a hill, exuding an indescribable smell.
In the hill, a passage is faintly revealed. There is no light and the dark passage is like the entrance to a devil's cave. It looks very scary.
Ruth waved to Yi Lin in a low voice: "Captain, here!"
Yilin followed the sound and approached.
On the ground where Ruth pointed, there was a simple skull pattern carved on it.
Without hesitation, after Ruth pointed out the entrance, Yi Lin got directly into the garbage pile.
Both sides were filled with garbage of various shapes, without classification, and it was unknown how long it had been accumulated here. There was even a lot of rotten food covered with white bugs.
At this moment, Yi Lin finally understood why in the huge London, there could be a gathering place for pirates, hidden in the big city.
As the saying goes, a big secret is hidden in the city, a small secret is hidden in the dirty world.
This kind of dirty place, let alone the navy, if Yi Lin didn't have a special purpose and no special reason, she would never want to get close to it.
The passage formed by the garbage mountain slopes downward at an angle of about 30 degrees. After walking about ten meters, the surrounding gradually turns into a solid wall, which is no longer made of garbage. Relatively speaking, it looks much cleaner.
And Ruth's frown relaxed a little.
soon.
Waves of slight vibrations came from the front, mixed with noisy and noisy sounds.
Take a few more steps.
The pungent and rich smell of rum gradually overcame the stench of decay.
finally.
My eyes suddenly opened up.
The dim lights lit up the darkness ahead.
Ruth took the opportunity to explain in Yilin's ear: "It is said that this place used to be an underground warehouse used by a noble to hide treasures, but one day, this warehouse was visited by pirates and cleaned out, and the noble was not left behind. I don't know why.
Since when did this urban area become a slum?"
At the end of the light, there are two shabby wooden doors that are in vain, as if they will fall down with a light tap.
Yi Lin reached out and pushed.
Snapped.
The door actually smashed down, lying in front of Yi Lin, like a porcelain collision.
No, this is simply frivolous.
"Hey, damn pirates, how dare you break the gate of the Gilded Mire, pay for it!"
A dirty little hand stretched out from the darkness, and at the same time, from behind the door panel, a face covered with dirt came forward with a smile.
While asking for money, the dirty kid seemed to be looking at Yi Lin and Ruth, with a little doubt in his bright eyes.
Before Yi Lin could speak, Ruth was already angry, pointing at the dirty child's nose and yelling: "Damn it, I was just here yesterday, you didn't even fix this damn door!"
The dirty kid pulled out a small wooden sign from his back as if by magic.
There are a few words written on it.
——"Damn pirates, welcome."
——"Wooden doors are expensive, please pay for damage according to the price."
——"If you don't pay compensation, please be careful about the rum, it may be poisonous."
——"Poison to death is a worthy death."
Yi Lin: "..."
Ruth: “…”
This is a naked threat.
and extortion.
Yi Lin was curious: "Did you lose money yesterday?"
"I'm sorry, but I didn't expect that the style here is more like pirates than ours."
Ruth was helpless and was about to take out a few coins to express her gratitude.
suddenly.
In the dim light, a red shadow flashed between Yi Lin and the dirty child.
Snap.
Two bloody fingers fell to the ground. Those two fingers seemed not to notice that they had been cut off, and they were still twisting slightly.
The dirty kid looked shocked.
Yi Lin smiled slightly, cut off two of the child's fingers, took out a brand new gold coin, and pressed it into the palm of the broken finger. In the blink of an eye, the gold coin was covered with blood.
"These two fingers are to give you a piece of advice."
"Some people cannot be touched casually."
"This gold coin is your compensation."
After leaving three words, Yi Lin dragged the stunned Ruth into the underground tavern.
"Go away and don't appear in front of pirates in the future."
The dirty kid stared blankly at the bloody gold coins in his palms. It wasn't until the two pirates, who didn't look like pirates but were crueler than any other pirates, left that he felt the severe pain from the broken part of his finger.
He hunched his back, bit his lower lip, and squatted on the ground, enduring the pain and not letting himself cry out.
A few minutes later.
After the pain subsided, the dirty kid in ragged clothes stood up, clutched the gold coins in his mouth, and muttered in a low voice: "Damn pirates!"
Then he laughed stupidly again. He suddenly thought of something and hid the gold coins in his arms for fear of being stolen. Seeing that there was no one around, he left the passage with confidence.
Ruth was silent for a moment.
After a few seconds, he whispered: "Some people can't be touched casually?"
Hearing this, Yi Lin couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Is this what Ruth is paying attention to?
The pirate bar hidden in the bustling London underground is called "The Gilded Quagmire".
I don’t know whose taste led to such a tasteless name.
Pirate Bar, as it sounds, only pirates would visit this kind of place.
After all, in London where royal guards are everywhere, pirates are invisible.
You have to play this underground party style to have a pleasant glass of rum.
I don't know if it's because it's underground, but the gilded quagmire is airtight, and the whole space is filled with a rotten smell mixed with various odors.
It is even dirtier and messier than the "Fiery Rose" run by Ruth. If there was a restaurant hygiene rating agency in this world, this pub would undoubtedly receive a five-star rating.
——Negative five stars.
What happened at the door did not cause any commotion.
To be precise, unless Yi Lin directly took out an explosive bead and blew it up, these drunken pirates would not notice any hidden movement.
The two stepped into the tavern.
The flavor hits your face.
As for the taste, Yi Lin didn't bother to distinguish it carefully, it wasn't a good taste anyway.
Ruth had already come once yesterday, but at that time she was just looking for a place where she could inquire about news, and she did not stay in the gilded mire for too long.
For pirates, where is the place to get information?
There is no doubt that it is a tavern where pirates gather.
Pirates have always been famous for having no secrets.
The tavern is very spacious. After all, it was once a warehouse used by a certain noble to hide treasures. It is unreasonable that the space is too small and it looks very empty.
Above the head, the swaying oil lamps and dim light cast twisted and swaying shadows on the pirates. From a distance, it looked like a group of demons dancing wildly, adding a bit of a weird and terrifying atmosphere out of thin air.
But looking more closely, Yi Lin actually had the illusion of stepping into an informal modern bar, dancing on a dance floor filled with colorful interlaced neon lights, but unfortunately there was no music.
Ding, ding dong——
Yi Lin's thought just came to her mind.
Behind the bar, an old man dressed fashionably and with various braids on his head, with his eyelids drooped and his legs crossed, was holding an instrument that looked like a guitar and started playing.
"Yo ho~ Let's turn sail together~ Raise the flag~"
"Hey~ little thief and beggar~ we will never die~"
Haha, who said there is no music?
Many people began to sing loudly and sang pirate songs.
In fact, the singing voice and the guitar accompaniment are not in the same dimension at all, and they are not the same song at all.
"Huh? Why is there still someone nailed to the wall?"
Ruth suddenly pointed to a certain wall.
Yi Lin took a look and was too lazy to pay attention to so much, so he took Ruth and chose a relatively quiet corner. There happened to be an unattended table here, and the two of them sat down.
ten minutes later.
Yi Lin and Ruth, who had nothing to do, finally waited for the waiter.
A flattering and somewhat familiar voice sounded from behind them.
"Hey hey hey, welcome to the 'Gilded Quagmire'. Oh, you two are really good-looking. The skilled Charlie will serve you attentively. How many glasses of rum do you want?"
Yi Lin and Ruth turned their heads.
An ugly man with a bruised nose and face, a man who was beaten so hard that even his mother could hardly recognize him, was trying his best to squeeze out a smile like a licking dog, rubbing his index finger and thumb towards Yi Lin and Ruth, as if in anticipation