Having just confirmed that the other party was not suspicious, Mr. Bernhardt actually wanted to leave, but when Captain Rudolf emphasized again that he didn't know anything, he became interested instead.
The elegant Lord Vampire Seed smiled and said:
"Captain, please stop joking. Just because you have been running boats all year round does not mean that you know nothing about things on land. I don't believe that someone who knows nothing about Moon Bay can own such a huge fleet."
The sturdy vampire also smiled:
"Okay, if I do have some information that you might need, how do you want me to talk?"
"How about Rhodes?"
Shade said suddenly, but Captain Rudolf shook his head and refused without thinking. This kind of thing is very rare:
"I just wanted to propose this, but now that you have proposed it, I definitely can't agree. Generally, people who dare to talk like this must be good Rhodes players, or they are pure gamblers. I see that you are obviously not a gambler. But we
You can play some other tavern games.”
"for example?"
Mr. Bernhardt raised his eyebrows, so the captain put his right elbow on the table and raised his right palm towards the two of them:
"Sailors' favorite game besides Rhodes is arm wrestling. Which of you two wants to give it a try? But let's make a deal first, I won't let you do it."
Shade and Mr. Bernhardt looked at each other. The latter stood up decisively and gave up his position with great self-knowledge.
"Look, there is someone here who wants to compete with the captain!"
When the idlers around saw the actions of the two men, they gathered around them noisily. In fact, many of them were sailors from Captain Rudolph's fleet. He was not drinking alone here.
Mr. Bernhardt stood behind Shade and felt very reassured about Shade. After Shade moved the stool to the middle of the side of the table, he also stretched out his right hand and put it on the table:
"What rules?"
"You can't leave your elbows off the table, and you can't stand up and exert force. You can put your left hand on the side of the table, but if you damage something, you have to pay for it."
As he spoke, his right hand and Shade's right hand were held together. The captain's right hand was also slightly larger than Shade's right hand. Judging from the size alone, Shade had no chance of winning.
"I'll be the referee."
A tall man in the crowd said, raising his left hand:
"You can't exert force until the countdown is over! Fair play, get ready - three, two, one, start!"
There was a bang, and even the wine glass on the table was shaken. Shade's hand overwhelmingly pressed Captain Rudolph's hand on the table, and the latter seemed unable to even react.
This was definitely not the result of Shade suddenly exerting force when no one was paying attention. The two of them had already exerted force when the countdown started. Such a result could only occur because Shade's power was completely dominant.
The people watching the excitement fell silent as if they were being strangled together, and a loud discussion broke out after a few seconds. Shade let go of Captain Rudolph's hand, and the latter looked at his palm in surprise:
"This is really surprising, do it again!"
"Are you going to regret it?"
Mr. Bernhardt asked immediately, and the captain shook his head:
"Of course I'm not going back on my word. What I wanted to tell you just now was information 1. If you do it again, if you win, I will tell you information 2."
After saying that, he stood up and took off his coat neatly. Although it was indecent to be naked from the waist up in a public place like a tavern, the onlookers only admired the captain's muscles and strength.
He shook his arm vigorously, and when he turned around, Shade saw a large tattoo on his back. It was a red dragon tattoo, and the tattoo looked lifelike. If Shade saw it correctly, this tattoo should be made of a dragon beast.
Made of blood, this is also one of the ways to borrow the power of the dragon.
"One more time, as long as you win, I will tell you whatever you want to ask."
After saying that, the captain sat down again, and Shade also became serious. However, he just took off his coat, then rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt, and once again exchanged words with the captain opposite who seemed to have his body temperature rising.
Holding hands together.
"Three, two, one, start!"
After the words fell, there was no overwhelming victory this time. Instead, Captain Rudolph's hand actually pressed Shade's hand down slightly.
The face of the sturdy vampire who was gritting his teeth has turned red. The blue blood vessels in his bulging muscles and the entire right arm are almost bursting out of the sun-dark skin.
He lowered his head slightly to make it easier to exert force. Shade also held back his breath and pretended to be working hard, but in fact he was just pretending that he was exerting force.
Captain Rudolph is a level 6 warlock. Coupled with the tattoo on his back and the advantage of his body shape, his power is indeed very powerful. But this alone is not enough to compare with Shade, who is one level higher than him.
The people who watched the two arm wrestling thought that this was a genuine contest, cheered and cheered for the two.
Even Mr. Bernhardt was a little nervous about this, and then he saw Shadhu shouting "Ha", and then his hands straightened their hands little by little, and then little by little
Push the captain's hand down.
Although Captain Rudolph had two chances to successfully stop Shade's hand midway, in the end, amid the cheers of "force" and "overwhelm him" from everyone, the back of Captain Rudolph's right hand was the first to touch the table.
Bang!
"Ha, what kind of monster are you?"
After the game ended, he withdrew his right hand and kept rubbing his sore wrist. When he looked up and saw that Shade was also rubbing his wrist, he did not ask for any more competition:
"I haven't lost in an arm-wrestling game for a long time. This time I am willing to accept defeat and call you the strongest.
It’s true, today’s young people are more amazing than the last. Oh, have you seen enough? Go away, I want to talk to these two gentlemen alone.”
He quickly got dressed, and after dispersing the crowd, he moved to a corner table and invited the two of them to sit down. But this time Captain Rudolph's attitude was obviously much better, and he even called the waiter from the tavern to come over and invite them for free.
The two of them drank.
"I really don't know who is cooperating with those dragon-eating cultists locally."
He emphasized while holding the wine glass, but continued:
"But I do know some other things. As for whether it is useful to you, you have to judge for yourself."
"It would be nice to have news."
Herr Bernhardt took out his notebook, and the captain said:
"I run a boat at sea, so I have some connections. Sometimes the local people will ask me to do things that are not convenient for public exposure. Of course, we will definitely not break the law, but it is not very honorable after all. You know Mrs. Jude."
Shade and the Viscount looked at each other. This was the widow they planned to meet at the auction house tomorrow:
"Yes, she is very rich and has sponsored many charities. She also opened an orphanage herself and has a good reputation in the local area."
The captain raised his eyebrows:
"Mrs. Jude and I have known each other for a long time. She once asked me that if I encounter poor orphans who have no support at the docks in various places, I can bring them to the ship and then send them to the orphanage she runs in Yuewan City.
Not only did she pay the shipping fee, she was even willing to pay an additional subsidy based on the number of people."
"Are you selling children?"
Shade asked in surprise, Captain Rudolph shook his head quickly:
"Don't say that. If others hear it, I will be investigated by the police and the port authority.
The children voluntarily came on board with me, and I placed them in an orphanage that could take care of them. This was not illegal, not for either Delarion or Carsonric. I deliberately
Consult a lawyer."
Shade was very sure that Mr. Bernhardt, who was sitting next to him, had the same expression as his:
"This thing just sounds like something is wrong. A widowed vampire woman, a private orphanage, willing to adopt helpless children from all over the world. Well, it's not that we are careless, but this is like asking monkeys to guard the peach orchard.
Just as ridiculous. Isn’t she?”
"I also had such doubts."
Captain Rudolf said in a low voice and knocked on the table lightly:
"I have been to that orphanage more than once, secretly or publicly. I am very sure that none of the children I sent there are missing, either still in the orphanage, or taken away by adoptive families.
By the way, I have visited even those children who were taken away by adoptive families, and they are all still alive, and some of them are still living quite well."
He raised his glass and saluted Mr. Shade and Bernhardt:
"I know what you are thinking, but I will not let myself get involved in this kind of trouble. Mrs. Jude is indeed weird, and you must have guessed something in your mind. But don't say it, you go find her yourself, I just
I just rescued some children who really couldn't survive."
"We will go."
Mr. Bernhardt sighed:
"The people from the same clan in Yuewan are really. Any other news?"
"About a month or two ago, I don't remember the specific time, Viscount Crown asked me if I could bring a batch of goods from the New World. But I rarely traveled to the New World. I was busy with other things at that time.
Refused."
That Viscount Crowne is not the five people who need to be investigated.
"Did Viscount Crowne say what kind of cargo it was?"
Shade asked.
"No, but from his tone, I can tell that it must be related to illegal activities such as smuggling. Otherwise, we can just go to a serious fleet to test what I am doing?"
"He is indeed smuggling some illegal plants and plant products, but this has nothing to do with our investigation."
Mr. Bernhardt said, and the sturdy vampire exhaled:
"There is another piece of news, and this is the last news. The old butler of the Silver family, we all call him Old Billy, has made a fortune recently for some reason. Not many people know about this.
I also heard what others said by chance. Just think of it as what I heard."
This "Old Billy" is not one of the three people who will be contacted at tomorrow's banquet.
"I know this man. Although his surname is not Silver, he has served in the Silver family for nearly fifty years and is an important figure in the Silver family. Is this man also a relative of yours?"
Shade asked curiously. The Silver family was mainly engaged in fleet business in Moon Bay and had a hostile relationship with the Avora family, a long-established shipping family in Carsonlik. Therefore, Shade also paid a little attention.
It was still Herr Bernhardt who answered:
"Yes, I chatted with him last week, and he didn't suspect much. As for suddenly getting rich, I shouldn't have said it, but it's nothing. His illegitimate son made a lot of money doing business outside, and he wanted to
Take your biological father to live in old age. This matter involves a big shot in Willendale, so let’s not talk too much.”