Chapter 4

That night, the headquarters and strongholds of several gangs in Brooklyn were stolen, some even the whole safe disappeared, with losses ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. As you know, at this time, the average annual income of the United States was less than 1000 dollars, the salary of a U.S. pilot was only 150 dollars a month, and that of ordinary soldiers was only 50 dollars. The losses of these gangs were not very heavy 。

When a group of gangsters seem to be looking for the thief who stole their huge money, our new serial robber is "opening the treasure chest" in the cargo cabin of a cargo ship bound for Europe.

During this period, the endurance of the aircraft was very poor. There was no aircraft to reach the 5000-6000-kilometer journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, so the slow ship became Chen Mo's only choice. Of course, Chen Mo, who had no identity certificate, chose to smuggle.

Chen Mo found that he liked to play the role of Assassin and thief more and more since he sneaked into the villa, and he has been doing well.

Close to the limit of human beings, Chen Mo's strength, agility and perception beyond the normal number of people make it easy to sneak in and not be found. In addition, the space can carry enough tools and weapons, and can easily take away a large number of things, making it more convenient for Chen Mo to sneak in to assassinate and carry materials.

Of course, these are objective conditions. In fact, it is mainly because Chen Mo likes to achieve the goal with the minimum cost. Recklessness is not Chen Mo's style.

After opening the last safe, Chen Mo packed up his tools and began to count the gains. All the dollars add up to more than 120000, a small amount of gold bars and jewelry, and several kilograms of drugs. The most surprising thing for Chen Mo is two M1911 pistols.

This pistol has been in service in the U.S. Army for more than 70 years. It is a classic powerful pistol with a large caliber of 11.43mm, which brings incomparable lethality. It has a capacity of 7 clips, with large power, long range, stable performance and low failure rate. Its disadvantages are large weight and volume, small volume of clips, large recoil, which will affect the shooting accuracy. However, it has space for amazing strength Chen Mo, who can change the cartridge clip in seconds, said that these are not problems at all.

Ten days later, after a long voyage, the cargo ship finally arrived at the port of Liverpool, England. After so many days in the cargo cabin, only at night can it sneak onto the deck for a breath, which can hold Chen Mo back. Before dark, with keen hearing and perception, Chen Mo easily dodged the crew, quietly got off the ship and stopped a taxi outside the wharf to go straight to the hotel.

Alone, Chen Mo asked for the best suite with two bedrooms and a spacious living room. Through the window, you can see the classic and beautiful street view of Liverpool and the vast coastline in the distance. Chen Mo went to the soft and spacious bed, and soon fell asleep.

In the morning, the thin sunlight through the curtains woven from the white light yarn sprinkled on Chen Mo's face, and the warm feeling woke him up from his deep sleep.

Chen Mo got up and walked slowly to the window, pushed the window open, a cold wind mixed with the early morning humidity blew in, which shocked Chen Mo's spirit.

Time has come to January 1942. Chen Mo, who was supposed to leave immediately, wandered leisurely in the streets of Liverpool.

When World War II broke out, a group of Germans fled to Britain for refuge. Most of them were German elites, including Jews persecuted by race, Communists and "degenerate artists" hated by Hitler. Among them are doctors, lawyers, businessmen and artists, but in Britain, they are only refugees from enemy countries.

When they came to Britain, their life was not easy. They first served as coolies to help the British build fortifications, and then were sent to the desolate Dartmoor wasteland, where they struggled in the thick fog and heavy rain.

After a period of exile, the British government banned all these "unstable elements" from several small islands near Liverpool, out of fear of Germany, which has swept Europe.

Until recently, after Pearl Harbor incident, nearly 30000 German talents on the island were released. Most of them joined the British army, but many remained in Liverpool.

However, they are not very popular with the British. Most of them who can't find a regular job are living in the streets. It's very difficult for Chen Mo to find an old German artist who makes a living by painting others in the square.

The old man's hair was gray, and he was wearing a dark gray suit which was a little shabby but very neat. The miserable life did not crush him, but made him more calm and open-minded. There is no pain and suffering on his face, only to see through life, look down on the free and easy life and death.

The old man was sitting on a broken wooden bench, holding a drawing board on his leg, a charcoal pen in his hand, and an old suitcase with all his belongings in it by his feet.

"Would you like a portrait, sir?" The old man asked with a gentle smile.

"Why not?" Chen Mo went to the stool in front of the old man and sat down. The old artist carefully observed Chen Mo, and the charcoal in his hand was rapidly sketching on the drawing board, and soon completed a lifelike figure sketch.

It has to be said that the old artist's painting skills are really superb. A few simple strokes will make Chen Mo's eyes and expression vivid.Different from before, Chen Mo's sharp and introverted, experienced killing, crash and time-space shuttle. Chen Mo's strength has been constantly improved, his mind has also changed, and he has released the shackles. The whole person's temperament has become sharp, his eyes are bright and profound, his eyes are sharp, and the whole person gives a sense of sharp and open-minded.

Looking at the portraits drawn by the old man, Chen Mo found that he had made such a big change unconsciously. However, Chen Mo preferred the freedom and free life, which was not conducive to the growth of strength.

This is the real self, Chen Mo thought, looking at the sharp and detached figure on the portrait.

After Chen Mo explained his intention and offered us $10 daily salary package for food and accommodation, the old artist in distress quickly put away his drawing board, picked up his suitcase and happily moved into the hotel with Chen mo.

The old man's name is Eddie Albert. He is a painter and sculptor who is not very famous. He is devoted to artistic creation all his life. He is not married or has no children. He is still alone in his sixties.

Although the life of wandering and sleeping in the open has given him more inspiration and insight in life, his body is not able to support him. Although he looked down on life and death, and was ready to die in a foreign country, Chen Mo's appearance still gave him a glimmer of hope, and he chose to seize it.

He can see that Chen Mo is not an ordinary person. His temperament is very special. Although there are countless readers, he has never seen it in other people.

Back at the hotel, after arranging Albert to stay in another bedroom of the suite, Chen Mo took the old man to the best restaurant nearby for a big meal, which was to welcome him to join. The old man's eating style is very elegant, which makes people not think that this is a depressed refugee, but more like an elegant aristocrat.

From this day on, Chen Mo began to learn drawing, oil painting and sculpture from Albert. His developed brain and precise control over the body made Chen Mo show a strong artistic talent. Under the careful and rigorous guidance of old Albert, Chen Mo's painting and sculpture ability has reached a quite good level without too long.

What makes Albert even more amazing is Chen Mo's language talent. Unlike English, which has a certain foundation, German is completely unfamiliar to Chen Mo, who has been learning from scratch. But in just one month, Chen Mo has said that Albert, a German, can't find any fault.

If it's just amazing, then what happens next will be terrifying.