In recent days, because of the unknown origin of the video reasons, so that the whole city of Rome are boiling up. Inspired by the contradictions caused by Solon, and supported by the two families, delissa and Joseph, waves of large-scale demonstrations were launched in the city of Rome. The residents of Rome asked Solon to hand over the murderer. Even under Solon's arrangement, the officer who was rumored to have been killed frequently appeared in public, but he was accused of being a substitute for the dead.
The public also demanded that soron's palace be made public, which has violated soron's bottom line. He immediately returned with a strong counterattack, and the movement's leaders were arrested and publicly executed. Then a private army was transferred from the outer island under Solon's name to suppress it. All the people who dared to gather and make trouble were arrested, and several lower nobles also suffered. They are basically the system of the two mendelisa families. The execution of these people by Solon, to a certain extent, is also a kind of meaning conveyed by Solon to the two families.
Solon's strong counterattack reminds many people of the bloody days 15 years ago, and now of Solon's iron blood and glory. This calmed down a lot of opposition, but it was like the lava on the volcano. People's dissatisfaction and anger against Sauron increased, and they were in the stage of erupting at any time.
Solon was also very busy. In several meetings, mendelisa and Joseph were absent, making it clear that Solon was in opposition. Other officials or allies based on the two systems also frequently impeached soron's achievements in recent years. Even on the other side of the inquisition, under the pressure of Joseph's two big families and the public, he had to re launch the investigation into the death of the old Pope, which greatly damaged soron's image.
On this day, Solon, who had finished his business and returned to his private office, did not roar angrily, but a series of explosions came from the office. When wessel carefully pushed the door open, and saw that the supplies and brains in the office had become a pile of rags, and there were cobweb like cracks on the wall, she knew that her master was in a bad mood.
He hesitated, wondering if Sauron would be looking for death at this time?
Solon noticed him, suppressing his anger: "what's the matter?"
"No, my Lord. But someone wants to see you. " Wither bowed his head.
"Who? Mendriza, or Joseph? " Sauron sneered.
"Neither, my Lord. His name is Rex. He calls himself a member of the dark brotherhood Weisser returned.
"The dark brotherhood?" Suddenly, the anger in Solon's chest disappeared. This word, which had been separated for more than ten years, finally entered his world again. This made Sauron a little bit of a runaway, and wither did not dare to disturb him. After a moment, Sauron said, "let him see me."
Moments later, Rex, with a broken arm, walks into Solon's office. "You'd better say something useful. I'm in a bad mood now," Sauron said with a frown
Rex quickly lowered his head and said, "my Lord must be interested, because I know something about the dark brotherhood and zero sum Pope Paul."
"Oh? That sounds interesting. Come on
So Rex will Paul arrived in the rock city, and will go to the headquarters of the dark brotherhood with zero, and the secret meeting of the Committee of seven. Solon's face gradually began to smile. When Rex finished, he said in a deep voice, "why do you tell me that since you are a member of the dark brotherhood?"
"My Lord, I am no longer. Isabel, that ruthless woman, has fired me. Now, I just want to get back at that woman! " Rex said, gnashing his teeth.
"Well, if I catch her. She's yours. Now tell me, where is the headquarters of the dark brotherhood? "
"Pearl cloister, my Lord. They have an underground base there, and I know how to get there. Of course, I hope I can get a little reward for my efforts. " Rex whispered.
Sauron laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "you bring excellent news. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."
Then he called for a silver hand guard to take Rex down to rest. Then he said to wither, "go and tell Adam they have something to do. This is a good opportunity to kill the leader of the sea god group, Paul and the brotherhood who always thought they were superior. I'll see who dares to stand up against me after that! "
"Of course not." Wither flattered.
While Sauron is going to hold a tripartite meeting with the dark brotherhood and zero, a ketch is sailing in a special sea area. This is a medium-sized ship, which can carry about 50 people. There were not many people on board except a dozen sailors. But everyone here has a prominent identity. On this humble sailing boat, there are Isabel, one of the seven members of the dark brotherhood, zero, the leader of the order of Poseidons, and finally Pope Paul of Rome.Three days ago, they secretly left the city of rock. After a few days of land travel, they sailed out to sea at dawn today in a secret port belonging to the brotherhood and headed for this sea area.
It's winter, and the sea near the mainland is already frozen, so it's impossible to navigate by boat. But here, there is no ice because there is an active volcano in the sea. Excited by the high temperature released by the volcano and the cold sea water from time to time, a hazy water mist is generated to cover the sea area. The captain must be familiar with the waterway, otherwise it is easy to hit the reef or ice floe, which will lead to the occurrence of the shipwreck.
Obviously, the captain who is in charge of the sailing ship is very experienced and familiar with the waterway. The ship did not go fast, but gradually approached the destination of zero and others. The place they are going to is called pearl corridor. It is a group of islands made up of 18 islands. From the air, it looks like a pearl necklace, so it has the name of Pearl corridor.
The headquarters of the Dark Brotherhood is on an island in the Pearl cloister. When Paul heard the news, he was surprised. He had thought about many possibilities, but did not think that the brotherhood would be set up in that place. Because the Pearl cloister is actually one of the inner islands ruled by the city of Rome, and there is a military base in the papal hall on one of the islands.
I'm afraid even soron would not know that the Dark Brotherhood would set the base under his eyes. Paul would not have believed it if it had not been for Isabel's own words.
Zero independent bow, looking at the front of the hazy sea was filled with water mist, a sense of place in a dream. But if you think about it carefully, it's a kind of dreamlike feeling. Zero suddenly thought, if it wasn't for the people of z7 base who found his hibernation barn, would he continue to sleep deeply until the energy of hibernation barn was exhausted, and then he died quietly in his sleep.
That would be a different ending.
Now, he is facing an unknown future, just like this water mist. We can only dimly see the shadow of things in front, but when the ship approaches, we will find that the gap between the original imagination and reality is so huge.
All of a sudden, there was a movement in zero's heart, and then there was the sound of footsteps. Then the fragrant wind came into his nose, and Isabel leaned against the rail in front of the boat and said, "every time I pass by, I will stand at the bow of the boat. This kind of hazy feeling is very beautiful, isn't it? But in fact, the water mist is very lethal. The heat of the submarine volcano and the ice water generate water mist, but at the same time volatilize some radiation fog in the sea water, making them form some nano level toxic particles in the fog
Isabel turned, put his back against the railing and said, "look at the sailors on this ship. They have to change a lot every year. Even if they are far away from the sea, their life expectancy will be one third shorter than that of normal people. "
"But they're still willing to work for you."
"No, No. To be exact, working for the brotherhood. It's because they can't earn what we pay. " Said Isabel faintly.
Zero silence, indeed, it is not easy for everyone to live in this era. If you can make a huge fortune for your family to live a carefree life, let alone shorten their life by one third, even if you work hard, it is estimated that many people will be willing to do it. Zero turned to another topic and asked, "in fact, I'm very curious about the criteria by which your brotherhood judges that the future you guide is beneficial to all people on the mainland?"
Isabel shrugged and said, "how can there be any standard? The so-called future in our eyes is just the future that a few people want."
Zero took a deep look at her, and Isabel said calmly: "in fact, we are human beings, and we also have desires and ambitions. As long as there is such a thing, we are doomed to see a narrow future. In fact, the world today is just a world of a few people. The lower level people can only survive by relying on the upper level people. They are more concerned about the present and who cares about the future. "
"It makes sense, but it doesn't sound comfortable."
"Lord zero turned out to be an idealist." Isabel laughed.
"That's not really true, but I'm not used to putting my ambition in such a high sounding word as" guidance. "
"The original zero adult also has ambition."
"Who has no ambition in this era?" Zero smile asked: "like Miss Isabel, your ambition is not small, is it?"
"Don't say that. I just want to live hard and live a little better."
Then Pope Paul came out of the cabin. He went up to the deck and walked towards the bow of the boat. He also said to them, "you two are very interested. Is there any beautiful scenery in such a big fog?"
After greeting him, Isabel said, "it's windy and foggy here. My body can't stand it. I won't be with you."Seeing her leave, Paul said with a smile, "her body is not as delicate as it seems."
"Of course, for an ordinary person, he has been exposed to this environment for many years, but there is no abnormal organization. Even if they are not capable, their physical quality will not be worse. Women, frailty and so on are just protective colors. " Zero said.
Paul looked at him and said, "you can see it through. I just think she should have been injected with gene enhancer just like me, so she can resist the surface radiation."
The Pope added: "now, the two old foxes in mendriza should have used the video material I gave them to make Solon angry, right? It's a pity that I'm not in Rome. I can't see Solon's wonderful expression. "
Zero said with a smile: "it seems that you are not afraid of Solon. It is clear that our situation is far from an advantage."
"I'm not afraid of him, of course, because I know what kind of person he is." Paul looked back to zero and said, "actually, I'm more afraid of you."
"Afraid of me?" Zero shook his head and said, "do I look that terrible?"
"Because I can't see through you, just like this water mist. People are always afraid of the unknown, aren't they
Zero knew what he wanted to say, and holding the rail, he said in a deep voice, "maybe you will think that some of my actions are incomprehensible. For example, why did I bring down Sauron, but in the end I gave you the throne. "
"That's right. It's the most invisible part of you."
"That's because, whether it's the western continent or you, it's an episode in my life. And I don't have time to stop for these episodes. In my future, there are more important people and things waiting for me. " Zero looked at the young Pope and said, "I just hope that this experience of fighting together can make you and me loyal allies. In the future, when I need your strength, your highness, I hope you can help me
Paul's chest has a group of inexplicable flames burning, he in zero's eyes, as if to see that will be filled with the continuous fire in the future. He gritted his teeth, reached out his hand and said, "well, I'll bet once. If you can do what you promised, I will be your most loyal ally at any time! "
"That's settled." Zero smile, squeeze Paul's hand.
In this moment, the fog suddenly dispersed.
The ship left the foggy area and suddenly opened up. In front of the zero two people's eyes, the Pearl corridor formed by a dozen islands into an arc island group arrived. The ship drove into a secluded harbor. The zero man got off the ship, and two cars had been waiting for him. The car left the dock and drove into a mountain tunnel. When it stopped, zero almost thought he was going back to the old railway station.
Except that there is only one platform and the train on the track has only four short carriages, it is not very different from the old railway station. Isabel invited them into the car and walked into one of the luxury cars. The two walls of the carriage are inlaid with wooden boards, the roof is hung with crystal ceiling, and a picture of "Mona Lisa's smile" is hung on the left wall. The floor is covered with red carpet, people walk on it, comfortable and silent.
It's not like a carriage. It's like a room in a mansion.
After zero and others got on the train, the train whistled, and steam gushed out from the front of the train. To my surprise, this train uses the most primitive steam kinetic energy system. To see zero surprise, Isabel explained: "using steam system can avoid large-scale use of energy to be noticed by the outside world. It's an old kinetic energy system, but we've redesigned it to use solid fuel instead of coal. But it's more because of the nostalgia of some members. "
In Isabel's explanation, the train starts to run, it follows the track, inherits the ancient appearance, and the kinetic energy provided by the new era technology makes the big guy powerful. In the carriage, I didn't feel any shaking, but I watched the tunnel platform retreating outside the window. Then when it was bright outside, it was a primeval forest covered with snow. The train was driving in the forest, and the door of the carriage was pushed open. A waiter pushed the dining car in, and skillfully placed wine and food.
"It will take more than an hour to get to the base, let's have something to eat first," Isabel said
Looking at the silver plate decorated with decorative patterns and the silver tableware of fine workmanship on the table, everything in it reveals the antiquity of the dark brotherhood and the low-key luxury. They are a group of hermit aristocrats, or the highest level of the kind. Even Isabel, who is just floating on the edge of the core of power, her every move can also show the inside information and temperament that others can't reach.
Compared with her, zero thinks the guard named Rex is right. He's like a hillbilly.It's just that few Hicks have the power and influence he has now.
The only one who appears more elegant is Pope Paul, whose elegant movements, which are inherited from the Roman aristocracy, make him eat with pleasure. As for zero, Cinderella and Mr. X, they can only be described as "rude".
The train arrived at its destination in more than an hour, St. Louis, the headquarters of the dark brothers. The city is actually a base in the mountains. After the train arrives at the station, it still needs to drive along the tunnel. About one kilometer later, it will see the gate of St. Louis. The steel gate, which is powered by hydraulic machinery, opens slowly. Behind the gate is a security passage about 100 meters long. After passing the security check, we will finally enter the city of St. Louis.
The city in the hinterland of the mountain is not as big as expected. Its area is about the same as a small town, not to mention the scale of asgat. There is no asgart's holographic projection board in the mountain city. You can see the rough and uneven mountainside when you look up. It's just that high-power lighting is installed in the hillside, and the street lights of the city are always on, so the lights of the whole city are bright.
As for the style of the city, if asgart is magnificent, then St. Louis is elegant and quiet. The buildings here are slender and gorgeous, and various sculptures can be seen as decorations on the walls and eaves. The fine white slate road is like a complex pattern, connecting the whole city into an indivisible whole. Among them, there are fountains, squares, flower beds and green belts.
There are few soldiers in St. Louis, where people are elegant and well dressed. Even the car is very rare, but from time to time there are a few medieval common carriage by.
The whole city of St. Louis, like a paradise, is reflected in the eyes of zero. With his rich experience, this moment can not help to see a sign.