Chapter 2063 Detective’s Work
Xia De easily identified the target he was looking for among the six people on the “third floor”, because only the man with a mustache was hugging a woman who was obviously not a legitimate professional, smiling and drinking.
Xia De then wrote down the location of everyone here, then turned around and left, walked down the iron stairs again, and returned to the intersection where the debris was piled:
“From now on, I am an ordinary person, not a magician.”
He said to himself in his heart, then pulled out a steel pipe from the pile of debris, shook it, and rushed forward quickly.
Arrived at the bottom of the stairs, he bent down and his footsteps were very soft, hiding in the shadow where the gas lamp could not illuminate. The two men playing cards were quite immersed in it, so Shade, who held his breath, counted three, two, and one in his mind, rushed out, and knocked down the man with his back to him with a stick.
While the man on the other side of the table looked horrified and wanted to reach for the machete on the side, Shade grabbed the edge of the table with his left hand and lifted the table. The sounds of kerosene lamps and wine glasses falling to the ground were obscured by the cheers below. The table that was opened was kicked forward by Shade, and the table and the man were slapped on the wall:
“Very good, the stealth was successful.”
Listening to the heartbeat above and finding that the position had not moved, he held his breath and continued to slowly walk up the stairs, stopping in front of the doorless doorframe at the end of the stairs:
“Three, two, one!”
Shad, who rushed in, swung his stick and hit the man next to the door on the head. Then he rolled to avoid the thrown debris. When he got up, he hit the bearded man who got up from the table with his left fist. The latter wailed while blocking other people’s sight with his body.
Bent down, his center of gravity dropped, and he slammed forward, knocking over the bearded man and the table together. Amidst the cheers coming from downstairs again, wine glasses and playing cards were scattered on the floor, and Shade, who was holding a steel pipe, had already collided with the remaining three people who were holding machetes.
The steel pipe collided with the blade, and Shade thought it was a sword in his hand. For his strength, it actually doesn’t matter whether he has a sword or not. With the roaring sound, sparks flew out due to the impact of metal, and the steel pipe danced much faster than the machetes in the hands of the three people.
Longer steel pipes play a better role in this kind of battle. In just five or six seconds, one of them lost his weapon and was knocked unconscious by Shade. Another person was kicked over by Shade and leaned against the wall without moving.
Finally, the man with the mustache looked around and found that he was the only one still standing. He straightened his back and took off his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body covered with scars:
“Young man, don’t you know that my nickname is ‘Double-Blade Mike’? You were probably not even born when I cut all the way from Herring Street to Pier Square Street.”
Bent down, he picked up the two machetes that had fallen by his feet. The weapons in his left and right hands collided with each other, causing sparks to appear. Then he raised his right hand and protected his chest with his left hand, assuming a very professional posture to face Sha De. The muscles on his body are pulsating, and his eyes are full of murderous intent:
“Come on.”
“Okay, come on.”
Shad still held the steel pipe in his right hand. When picking up weapons from “Double Sword Mike” with his left hand, he already had a revolver equipped with a silencer. There was no murderous look on his face, but he actively proposed:
“I’ll let you rush to me first and see who is faster.”
The muzzle of the gun shook twice, then rang twice, and the naked upper body “Double Sword Mike” dropped the weapon in his hand:
“Today’s young people are really”
He raised his hands and slowly retreated towards the wall. The woman against the wall still did not dare to move, and even covered her mouth, meaning that she would not make any sound, but Shade still walked over and held her She was knocked unconscious to protect her.
The man with the mustache tried to get closer to the gun hanging on the wall, but the bullet hit his feet, making him dare not move again.
“Let me ask you, what are the Black Hand gang looking for recently?”
Shad said in proficient Kassenric, pointing the gun directly between the opponent’s eyebrows, and the corners of the mustached man’s mouth trembled:
“Friend, you are so unruly. Your accent sounds like you are not from Yuewan, right? The rules of this city are not like this. Ah~”
The bullet from the revolver passed through his right leg. He squatted down and opened his mouth to howl, but he heard the click of the revolver’s hammer being pressed down again and saw that this time the muzzle of the gun was pointed at him. He endured the pain and did not dare to call out loudly.
“This gun has six cylinders. I have fired twice, but unfortunately you only have one chance left.”
He threw the **** steel pipe on the ground and switched the revolver from his left hand to his right hand:
“What are the Black Hand looking for recently?”
The man covering his legs immediately replied:
“Rhodes cards! Three Rhodes cards!
We serve the big shots in this city. Recently, someone has been selling very precious special rules cards on the black market. We want to get them and give them to the big shots above. For some reasons, we had a conflict with the businessman peddling playing cards and hacked him to death. However, we did not find the playing cards in his house, but those playing cards must still be in Yuewan City. ”
Shadé is not interested in this matter. In fact, he is still very interested in the three so-called precious special rules cards. But it’s more important to do serious things now, and the conflict between the “Princess Trading Partners” and the Mafia Gang happened a few months ago. Ms. Bonnie said “doing things for the big shot” rather than “honoring the big shot.” Obviously This is not a reference to the recent Rhodes incident.
“It’s not this. Going back in time, what else have you been looking for? You were looking for something for the big shot you call me.”
A man with cold sweat on his forehead because of pain should try to calm himself down:
“Sir, you know we are”
“If you want to test the hardness of your head, continue to test my patience.”
“No, we don’t”
Xia De bent down and picked up the steel pipe again. In the frightened look of the moustachioed man, he held the steel pipe in his left hand and hit him heavily on his left shoulder. Then he kicked him over and made him lie on the ground.
Shad’s boots stepped on his back, and the steel pipe hit his spine:
“I heard people say that you here often force people who can’t repay loan sharks to engage in black boxing, and even let them fight tigers and black bears. I’m not as cruel as you, and I don’t want to hear your explanation. Those who owe you money Listen, do you think it’s more terrible to die here or to be paralyzed for life?”
The man lying on the ground wailed and said:
“I said, I said! But you will get into big trouble. Three months ago, the big shots above asked us to help a gentleman find something, something magical, in the lower city!”
Xia De frowned:
“What’s so amazing?”
“I don’t know, I didn’t participate in that operation, and those who participated in the operation refused to speak. This matter may involve people with strange abilities, do you know what I’m talking about? Don’t ask, this It’s not something we can discuss.”
“Is it related to the Ring Warlock? Looking for relics?”
Xia De was surprised and guessed that he was originally here to investigate where Princess Prince’s trading partner had offended the Hawthorne family, but he didn’t expect that this matter actually involved the ring warlock.
“But looking for relics in Xiacheng District, isn’t that what I’m doing?”
With a new idea in mind, he continued to ask:
“So have you found it?”
“I don’t know, I really don’t know. I didn’t participate in that operation, I really don’t know. This matter ended a long time ago, it ended three months ago!”
“Who in the Hawthorne family asked you to help strangers find things? Don’t tell me you don’t know. It’s impossible for a noble to contact someone like you every time, right?”
“You really can’t say this. You will get into big trouble. Do you know what you are doing? The seven glorious families of Yuewan are the kings of this city. You can’t”
In short, with Shade’s fairly effective “persuasion” skills, “Double Mike” finally revealed a name. But obviously he didn’t know much. He only knew that Mr. “Freeman Hawthorne” took care of the Black Hand Gang’s business, but correspondingly, he would send people to check the accounts every quarter and take away at least one-third of the money. income.
After getting the name, Shade had the next step of the investigation target. He originally planned to find out the cause of the conflict and then find a way to reconcile it and let the dock office let “Princess Trading Partner” go, but now he needs to first Find out who was looking for what relic three months ago.
“It can’t be such a coincidence to find relics in Xiacheng District, right?”
While thinking, he took back his pistol and turned towards the exit. The man lying on the ground vomiting blood looked up at him, then climbed hard to the wall and reached for the gun bag hanging on it.
While he grabbed the handle of the pistol, Shade fired a shot backward without looking back, then blew a puff of smoke from the muzzle, turned the gun back into a toy and put it away, still thinking in his mind Mind your own business:
“Is anyone still looking for the [Hope Diamond]?”
Although it was unclear who “Freeman Hawthorne” was, since he was a member of the Hawthorne family, Shade decided to first find out the identity and background of the other party, at least to know where the other party might be now.
It happened that when he walked out of the sewer where underground boxing activities were still lively, it was just ten o’clock that morning, so he thought about meeting his local MI6 colleagues.
Of course MI6 agents would not open a local company to hide themselves. Director Anlos just gave Shade a contact in Yuewan City, and Shade should be able to get information from the other party.
The contact code-named “Boatman” usually also operates in Xiacheng District of Yuewan City, but his working address is on the east bank of the Tatton River, the newspaper headquarters of the “Sunday Review”, not the Spider Hotel or Herring Street. and the West Bank, where the coroner’s office is located.