Seeing Richard spitting blood and kneeling down, there was an uproar in the audience. The members of blood dripping blade all stood up and rushed to the challenge arena like a tide, all with bad faces. But before he got to the challenge arena, he suddenly saw Richard raise his hand and shouted, "what are you doing? Do you want others to see me laugh?"
With that, Richard looked at zero with a smile, but his smile was a little reluctant.
Didi——
Something dropped on the challenge arena and made a light noise. At this time, someone noticed that there were blood lines spreading down on zero's right hand and a blood puddle dripping at his feet. It turned out that he was also injured. Seeing this situation, the members of blood dripping blade were relieved. I don't know who shouted a "draw" and followed the call for a draw one after another.
It seemed that Richard had tied and didn't lose, and they also felt light on their faces. But they forgot that no one had been able to force Richard to draw in the past ten years. In fact, for Richard, a draw is no different from losing.
But for zero, this is the result he needs. If Richard wins, he will be too popular and will certainly arouse suspicion. But if he loses, Richard won't recognize his strength and naturally won't be interested in the deal he just proposed. So a draw is the best result right now. Of course, he also deliberately created this situation.
Richard was not qualified to hurt him, or let him be so obviously hurt. At least Richard didn't hurt him until he showed his ability to kill madly. The injury of the right hand was made by zero himself. The method is not troublesome, but deliberately let the Qi force just hit hurt the surface of the arm. It seems serious, but it's just a slight skin injury.
After the battle, several families were happy and several families were sad. A few people who bet on zero will naturally get huge returns, and those who bet on Raymond certainly don't make money, but the fights in the fighting field are broadcast in real time in the bars in the free zone, so that the gamblers can see the results at the first time. So we saw a wonderful battle and people had nothing to say.
What's more, Richard came out in person. He could see the battle of the madman, and those who bet on Raymond didn't feel any regret.
Richard looked at the scar on his chest. It was about ten centimeters long. The skin was rolled out and was still covered with blood beads. But the wound was not deep, at least it didn't hurt the internal organs. If the wound went down and deeper, Richard might explain it tonight. When he looked at zero, he wondered whether the man deliberately offset the wound, otherwise how could there be such a light but not heavy injury.
There was no time for him to deliberate carefully. Since the battle was over, the soldiers in charge of law enforcement naturally came forward. However, they have given enough respect to the zero that can draw with Richard. First, give zero's arm a hemostatic bandage, and then ask him to leave. The zero heel soldier winked at Richard before leaving the fighting field. As for what this wink means, naturally only rational observation is clear.
When they got out of the fighting field, the city residents who heard the news had poured into the vicinity of the fighting field. Seeing the zero, these people cheered at his market. Suddenly, the waves were higher and higher, and some even shouted his name excitedly.
Of course, all they scream about is "Raphael".
In this incomprehensible frenzy, zero was brought to an armored vehicle. There were four armed soldiers on board, but even so, when they looked at zero, their faces were still very nervous. Zero is relaxed, and then he will be taken to Thebes prison, and everything is going according to his plan. He closed his eyes and waited quietly for his reunion with Cinderella.
To his surprise, the armored vehicle did not reach the prison or even the ground military base, but drove into the Ministry of urban defense. The car stopped at a small square, and the soldiers on the car politely asked to zero down. Nominally, zero is already a prisoner, but he has not been shackled, which has given him enough face. Led by several soldiers, zero came to an office.
One of the soldiers said to him, "Mr. Raphael, please wait here first. We have just received notice that Colonel clobber will come to see you in person. Oh, by the way, he is warden Hiller's adjutant!"
Zero frowned slightly and said, "I thought I was going directly to Thebes prison."
"It was like this according to the procedure, but tonight seems special." the soldier shrugged. "Sorry, I don't know much. I'd better tell you in person when Colonel Claus comes."
There were some deviations in the plan. People killed in the battle should be sent directly to Thebes prison. Now the soldiers took him to the city defense department, and there was a colonel Claus who wanted to see him. No matter how you look at it, it's not like a normal procedure. If so, there are only two possibilities. One is what happened to Thebes prison itself; The second is that his identity may have been leaked.
However, the second possibility is unlikely. After all, Raphael's identity is provided by the dark brotherhood. At this juncture, the brotherhood, which has become a water fire with Sauron, has no reason to hold him back.
When he closed his eyes and deliberated on the cause of things, zero finally heard footsteps outside. The sound of footsteps shows that there are several people. One of them has a stable pace and a small sound range. It is obvious that he is a good player. Then the door of the office opened and eight soldiers poured in, standing in two lines and saluting. Then a male officer in his thirties came in. As soon as he came in, he greeted zero with a very enthusiastic attitude.
He opened his hand and said loudly, "this must be Mr. Raphael. Mr. Raphael is a celebrity now. It's just a surprise that he tied with crazy Richard on the first day!"
Zero perfunctory way: "just a fluke."
Colonel clobber patted him affectionately on the shoulder and said, "indeed, you don't know Richard's details. In general, you are lucky, Mr. Raphael. You ended the battle before Richard really went crazy. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether you can stand in front of me now."
"But no matter what, luck is also a kind of strength. And I like people with good luck. I hope you can bring me good luck," crowber said with a smile "According to the normal procedure, we have to invite Mr. Raphael to visit our Thebes prison. However, according to Mr. Raphael's performance today, I can make a decision without authorization instead of the warden. Mr. Raphael can leave here directly after paying the ransom without going to our big prison. What do you think?"
People have said so, can we still insist on zero? But he doesn't know what prompted the big prison to change the procedure. Is it just because of the war between him and Richard?
The next procedure is much simpler. At the instigation of krauber, the soldiers use their brains to transfer Raymond's credit points to the zero account, and deduct 10000 credit points from the zero account as ransom. After deducting the ransom, there are still 290000 credit points left in zero, which is a huge sum of money.
When he went through the formalities at zero, Claus left first with something important. Then he didn't leave and zero focused on him. He was surprised to hear that Claus left the office and seemed to be talking to someone outside.
The man who talked to the Colonel seemed surprised at the arrival of Claus. Although they lowered their voices, they couldn't hide their eyes and ears.
A strange voice said, "Colonel, why did you come in person?"
"It's no good not coming. Just now there's news from Rome that Lord Sauron wants to postpone the execution time of the important prisoner at the bottom for a few days, so many arrangements have to be reconsidered."
"Postpone execution? Why?"
"Little people like us don't know, and we don't care about these things. Just do our own things. In short, the next few days will be very busy, and the city will be left to you. You have to keep an eye on those guys and don't let them make any trouble at this critical moment. Also, tell Wallace to keep a low profile during this period and don't provoke that madman or Black wing. Anyway, let him do whatever he wants after the execution. "
"I see. Oh, the Colonel should have seen that Raphael."
"Just met. What's the matter?"
"He can draw with Richard. Should we consider absorbing him, just like Wallace?"
Krauber seemed to think for a while before he said, "this can be considered. After all, it's not a good trend to let Wallace dominate. However, let's wait until this time."
"Yes, my subordinates know what to do."
Then the footsteps sounded, and Colonel Claus and his guard left. But the next moment, someone pushed the door in. The soldier who was going through the formalities immediately saluted the man and said, "good evening, defense chief VICH!"
This is a man in his forties. His body is out of shape, his abdominal muscles are loose, and his eye bags are green and black. His energy breath is very weak. It is obvious that he has been immersed in wine and color for many years and has been hollowed out by those things.
VICH, the chief defense officer of sin city, is also the largest official in the city. He squeezed out a smile and exchanged greetings with zero one, and then led the soldiers to send him back. After sending zero away, VICH sighed: "There are more and more thorny people like Richard, Wallace and black wing, and now there are more Raphael. In a few days, it will be the day of execution for that important criminal. How do I feel that the position of defense chief is going to be unstable?"
Zero didn't hear VICH's sigh, but like VICH, he was a little lost. According to crowber's words, it seemed that something had happened in Rome, which made Solon postpone the date of execution. In this way, the prison of Thebes had to be rearranged. During the important period of defense, naturally, outsiders would not be allowed to enter at will, so zero had a good night The abacus failed.
Missing tonight, he had to find another way to sneak into Thebes prison. But what method? After thinking about it, it finally fell on Richard and Gordon.
From today's contact, the seemingly useless old man Gordon is obviously not as simple as the surface, and crazy Richard is not willing to be lonely in his bones. More importantly, they are the local snakes of the city of sin. One slap can't make a sound. If you want to succeed, I'm afraid you have to find these two people to cooperate.
Back in the city, as soon as I got off the bus, zero noticed that there were twos and threes of people wandering nearby, all of whom were members of the bleeding blade. After the armored car left, several big men surrounded him and said respectfully to zero, "Mr. Rafael, our boss wants to see you. He is in the jumping horse bar now."
Seeing the puzzled expression on zero's face, the man who accosted said, "well, after you left. Our boss saw that the military vehicle did not drive towards Thebes prison, but towards the urban defense department. So the boss guessed that you would come back soon. He said, it's the first time in recent years that you've been in such pain. When you come back, you must have a drink."
"I see. Let's go." zero thought it was good to strike while the iron was hot, so he talked about cooperation tonight.
The Yuema bar was brightly lit. Although it was late at night, so much sensation happened at night, but the drinkers were not sleepy at all. Moreover, in ordinary times, these guys will not leave until the restricted time of the next day. Therefore, every night, the free zone is always very lively.
However, different from before, the jumping horse bar is full of people who drop blood blades, and others can't enter at all. The bar is basically reserved for the bloody blade. Now there is only Gao Deng who can sit in the bar.
In the box where he chatted before zero, Richard drank silently, and Gordon sat silent. The dull atmosphere in the box is like two worlds outside. After a while, Richard said, "who is he?"
"I don't know who he is, but I'm sure he's definitely not Raphael," Gordon yawned.
"Of course it's not Rafael's kind of soft egg. If he was Rafael, Raymond wouldn't lose so quickly and miserably!" Richard sneered.
Gordon stood up and said, "what do you decide to do? Report to the military?"
"I'm not Wallace's loyal dog. Why should I please the military." Richard sniffed: "it doesn't matter who he is to me. The important thing is that he can make my dull life wonderful, which is enough."
"Madman," Gordon sighed.
Richard glared at him and said, "what about you? Aren't you going to reveal something to Heiyi?"
"You are his father. If you don't get this information well, you can make the military look at Black Wing differently."
Gordon raised his head, sneered and said, "if black wing wants to join the military, how can he get Wallace? Save it, he's not interested in these things."
"Of course, he should be most interested in Sauron?"
Gordon's face changed slightly and did not answer.
"I've heard that an important criminal will be executed here in a few days. Maybe Sauron will appear and your baby son will set a fire in the city first."
"No matter what he wants to do, I support him," Gordon said silently.
Richard seemed bored and yawned, "why is it so slow? Doesn't it mean that the military vehicles have gone to the urban defense department? According to this, our dear Mr. Rafael should be put back. You know, old man, he wants me to rebel. What an interesting guy."
"In my opinion, crazy Richard is not like a obedient people, so rebellion is not a big fuss, is it?" he pushed the door in and took Richard's last sentence.
Richard's eyes lit up and said, "you are the first person to call me crazy, and I don't want to beat you up for the time being."
"Don't you have to celebrate?" zero was not polite. He directly picked up a bottle of beer and opened it. Then the bottle collided with Richard and took another sip.
After swallowing a mouthful of foam, Richard wiped his mouth and grinned, "now it's time to reveal something to us? Mr. Raphael, this is the cornerstone of cooperation. If you don't want to say it, let's pat your ass and break up."
When zero came to the bar, he was already worried. He knew that to impress such people as crazy Richard, covering up would only be counterproductive, so he simply said, "as I told you in the challenge arena before, I'm here to save people. Yes, the friend I want to save is the prisoner Sauron is going to publicly execute!"
Gordon loosened his hand, and the wine bottle almost fell to the ground. Richard next to him grabbed it, stared at him and said, "you're really old. It's worth making a fuss about such a thing."
Gordon looked back at him, followed by a bitter smile and said, "that's all? It doesn't seem like a small thing."
He looked at zero again and said, "now we are more and more curious about your identity. Who on earth are you that dares to sneak in alone and save the people who were executed by Sauron?"
"I'm zero. If you've heard the news that the Pope's hall was beaten back by invaders from the South recently, you should know me. Because I'm the leader of the invaders. Now, can I trust you?" zero looked at them faintly.
Richard looked as if he didn't know what was happening outside. He looked at Gordon for advice. Gordon widened his eyes and opened his mouth. After a long time, he suddenly grabbed the wine bottle from Richard's hand, and then poured the remaining half bottle of wine into his stomach. Richard was stunned and said, "old man, don't you want to drink like this?"
Gordon wiped the bar, shook his head and said with a smile, "if you know who he is, you should know. After listening to his words, our life is actually on the line. If we are not willing to cooperate with you, I'm afraid you will kill us on the spot now? Lord zero, leader of the sea god group?"
"Cinderella is very important to me, and I don't want Sauron to know what's going on. So if necessary, I will!" zero said.
Richard caught the madman and said, "old Gordon, if you don't explain to me what's going on, believe it or not, I'll tear down your old bone!"
Gao Dengheng glanced at him and said, "who makes you only know how to fight and drink and don't care what happened in the outside world. Now you regret it. You don't even know who is sitting in front of you."
Seeing that there were green veins on Richard's forehead, Gordon gave up the idea of hanging his appetite. He beat the sea god group all the way from roaring bay to cannon fortress, and pushed northward from the blood stained Road, giving a general idea of the beating of the papal hall. At this time, Richard knew who he had lost.