The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is getting cold.
The grass and trees shook down and turned into flying frost.
The evening of January 16, 20033 in the planetary calendar
Vice President of Ultra Academy Natural History Research Club
Harry Wright
Wandering alone in the windy streets at night.
No check!
Although the club has obtained all the documents to prove his participation in the auction, the only thing missing is the check. "The check will be mailed the day before the auction." This was the message given to him by the Historical Research Society. And now, there are still seven days before the auction starts.
¡¾What the hell is that bastard Ouyang Yang doing? Could it be that his purpose is for me to play a survival game here? Is this what he calls a luxury trip? ¡¿ Harry thought.
¡¾Important items related to the life and death of the society? What on earth is it? What should I do if I don¡¯t get the bid? Do you want to grab it with your hands? However, it shouldn't come to this. Otherwise, the person Yang asked for would not be me, but Hammer, Farrell, and Shadow. ] Harry thought.
¡¾No matter what, I still have to hold on until the secret treasure auction in seven days. ] Sighing, Harry tightened the collar of his clothes and made a helpless decision.
" Although I'm sorry, I have to find a place to pawn the child who just became attached to me tomorrow. ] Harry thought secretly in his heart.
The pistol that Jack Lane left to him, which can fire armor-piercing bullets, is definitely a priceless masterpiece in the eyes of experts. Harry is sure to find experts who can recognize it in Barento, a city full of hidden dragons and tigers. But, because Jack, who gave him the gun, is probably dead. Out of respect for his opponent, and according to the rules of the gunfighting world, Harry should keep this gun properly no matter what.
This is why he didn¡¯t have food and accommodation until late at night.
But now the situation is stronger than the human being, if Harry doesn¡¯t use the gun. In such a high-cost city where strict immigration control is implemented and all immigrants are prohibited from working, Harry, who is almost penniless, wants to survive for seven days
Unless you are going to rob a bank and go to jail!
"I'm sorry, kid. As soon as I get the check, the first thing I do is to redeem you. Before that, I'll trouble you to stay in the pawn shop for a few days. Anyway, your brothers and sisters are there too. After all, we all have a common experience, so it will be quick to get familiar with each other." Harry patted the pistol in his arms and comforted it in a low voice. Thinking of the time when he had put all the guns into the pawn shop and forced him to use Ouyang Yang's beauty trick, Harry gritted his teeth again and clenched his fists.
"Ou! Yang!! Yang!!!, after I go back, I will make you look good!!!" Harry said through gritted teeth.
"Hey, this handsome blond guy, it's so late, where are you going? Put the cows and sheep aside, do you want to spend the night with me? Sister, I can make an exception and not charge you any money." A beautiful voice said from the front.
"Thank you very much. I have important things to do. I'm really sorry." Harry Wright refused with a reluctant smile.
This is already the eighth person to express the same wish in different ways. Among these eight people, two were even ladies covered in jewels and with bodyguards behind them.
Thinking of the women's mother-like hungry eyes, a chill ran down Harry's back involuntarily.
Just like where there is light, there is shadow. The more prosperous the city, the more filth and evil hidden behind it. The town of Barento is no exception. When the night falls and the lights light up like stars, various characters in this city that never sleeps that are only suitable for survival at night begin to carry out activities.
"When the power and wealth possessed by human beings reaches a certain level, when they feel that they can be unfettered, all kinds of negative desires that they usually suppress due to cowardice and lack of ability will be unreserved. Exposed.¡±
"In the darkness, the gentleness they show because of cowardice and the justice they advocate because of fear of being hurt will be thrown out of the sky by them. If there is no real 'benevolence' and 'righteousness' in their hearts, most of them will People are just a group of maggots who have become more despicable and nasty because of their high intelligence." Ouyang Yang once said this with a sneer while drunk.
Harry remembered Yang¡¯s words very clearly, because Yang rarely spoke in that sarcastic tone and expression. Looking at Yang at that time, Harry had a deeper understanding of his friend.
Harry is currently on the other side of the island facing away from the mainland. Because he had been thinking about the problem, Harry didn't pay too much attention to the direction he was walking.
oppositeHe couldn't afford to spend money anywhere, so he kept walking. When he woke up from his meditation, he was immediately aware of where he had come due to the bustling lights and the gorgeously dressed young girls in front of the porch.
The red light district is the most troubled place in every city.
Lower your head and hide in the shadows where the light cannot shine. Harry quickly turned down a dark alley. After passing through several dark alleys, he finally left the bustling scene far behind him. The basic security of Barento Town is still quite good, and Harry did not encounter any trouble along the way.
When Harry, who was too eager to leave the place of right and wrong, stopped and figured out where he was. Only then did he realize that he had unknowingly strayed far away from the city's main road. He looked at the dilapidated two-story buildings in front of him, which looked like old women in their twilight years, with long shadows under the sparse street lights. Harry knew that, hidden behind the bustling scene, there was another layer of the city that would never be noticed by a hasty foreign traveler, right in front of him.
No matter how developed the city is, there will be some old neighborhoods in certain places in the city, and the same is true for Barento Town.
In the process of the rise and change of this city, when the old neighborhoods had not yet become old neighborhoods, the people who lived in them were mostly the ancestors of the current residents, and they were probably quite successful people in the city. But after a long time, some of these residents became more successful. They became prominent families, moved into luxurious residences in the center of the city or owned their own luxurious villas in the suburbs.
After several generations, most of the people who still live here have integrated with the surrounding environment. They are the real masters of this city, and many of them can even tell every little anecdote about the changes in this city thousands of years ago. However, these owners are now not welcome in the rapidly developing new city of Barento.
Over the past hundreds of years, this city has developed rapidly by relying on its unique geographical advantages and the huge profits brought by the secret treasure auction. There is a subtle lack of foundation in it, which inadvertently excludes all old things.
Looking at the gray and peeling masonry walls and the decaying environment around him, Harry Wright, who has lived in a world-famous city with thousands of years of cultural deposits and an emphasis on classical atmosphere, looked at the town of Barento on the cross-sea bridge today. The good impression formed began to waver.
A moment of silence to express condolences in this dilapidated neighborhood that is clearly abandoned by this city. Harry moved forward, looking for a way out. He decided to eat a bowl of the cheapest noodles first. Then I'll spend the night at a certain subway station and go to a pawn shop early tomorrow morning.
He had just fought a life-and-death duel in the afternoon, and his physical exertion was astonishing. His stomach began to tighten and he began to make gurgling bowel sounds in his abdomen. A body lacking food can find it difficult to even resist the cold, something that can be easily done in normal times. The night wind blew by, and Harry shrank his shoulders again and quickened his pace. At this time, there was a voice coming from behind
"Hey, that guy with blond hair and a pitiful back, if you don't have a place to stay tonight, I can take you in temporarily as long as you promise not to have a bad idea."
This is the ninth woman tonight to ask to take Harry in for the night.
Unlike the previous eight, the person speaking this time was the only one who extended the invitation from behind. And, although the wording was harsh, the tone of the speech was full of compassion and sincerity, and most importantly
The voice of this man's voice was so familiar.
Harry turned around
In front of the northernmost door of a two-story building
??????????????? Under the only dim yellow light that sticks out from the rain-shielding eaves of the building door
Benika Tina, that pretty girl who loves to immerse herself in her own fantasy world