Chapter 148 Harbor Slums
Lu Chen didn't reach out to help the old butler, nor did he answer. He just turned around and picked up a plate of French-style fried sole from the dining table, picked it up with a fork, and put the whole one into his mouth.
The old butler still maintained his bowing posture. The venue was eerily quiet, with only the sound of the young man chewing. The half-breed who was close could even hear the sound of the bone spur being bitten off with his excellent hearing.
After Lu Chen swallowed the whole fish, Miranla handed over the napkin, and he wiped his mouth gracefully, "I will save her, but it's not because of your 'etiquette', nor because she is from the Laurent family. Patriarch, I just went to save a helpless girl."
Then he threw the napkin on the waiter's silver plate, turned to Milan and said, "Let's go."
No useful information could be obtained from the Laurent family.
It wasn't until the boy and girl walked out of the hall that everyone felt that the invisible sense of oppression disappeared, but the old housekeeper still maintained his saluting posture.
A young man in the crowd smiled and spoke softly, "As expected of being an S-class student. This feeling of oppression makes me look forward to the days after I enter school."
"Is this Commissioner Lu really a human being? He is clearly not targeting us. Why do I feel like trembling?"
The female companion next to the boy took a sip of wine and her body stopped shaking.
The young man from the Beowulf family glanced at the female companion beside him and said with a smile: "Because his speech spirit is Setsuna, he may be the only hybrid in the world who is not as fast as Principal Angers. When he enters this hall, he is quite There was a knife put to all of our necks, so when he got angry, you felt suffocated."
"Julie, look at these people, wearing expensive custom-made suits and evening gowns, clinking glasses elegantly, thinking they have grasped power, but they don't know that real tyranny can tear them to pieces in a single thought."
The young man looked mockingly at the half-breeds who were gradually calming down in the venue, and then looked at the exit of the venue.
Lu Chen and Principal Ange are at the pinnacle of speed in this world. The power of life and death within a short distance is the real tyranny!
He sighed slightly that this was the new Supreme among the mixed race. Compared with it, the traditions in their family seemed a little inadequate.
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Lu Chen and Miranla walked out of the castle and came to the parking lot.
"It turns out that the world of mixed races is even more ridiculous than I imagined."
Lu Chen smiled mockingly, they had wasted a lot of time, and it was already past eleven o'clock.
He took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Eryi. Eryi got up very early.
"Are you referring to those people who are only obsessed with money and power, but have forgotten that the threat of the Dragon Clan has never gone away?"
Miranla opened the car door and sat down (don’t drive when you drink, unless you are also a Class A mixed race)
Lu Chen shook his head after getting in the car and said, "No one cares about that girl's safety."
Miranla retorted with a smile, "But our president knows how to cherish the beautiful and the beautiful. If I were Elizabeth, maybe I would fall in love with you after hearing those words?"
However, Lu Chen waved his hand, "I just said something nice. In the end, the principal and I were interested in rescuing her because of selfish desires."
Lu Chen thought to himself, "You shouldn't say anything nonsense about Milan pulling you. I will have a video chat with Eli Yi after she finishes washing up."
"Then where should we go next? We'll stop here today and go back to the hotel to rest?"
Miranla asked. They rushed to investigate after getting off the plane today, but found nothing.
It can't be said that they have learned nothing. At least they have now confirmed the attitude of the Laurent family. They probably will not provide much help in this matter.
"No, there are still some things that have not been investigated. Milan, are you familiar with Nantes?"
Lu Chen rejected the other party's proposal. The faster the rescue, the better. If it was delayed for a long time, even if they found any clues, they might be interrupted on the way forward.
"That depends on which aspect you are referring to?"
Miranla didn't have the confidence to make a guarantee. She didn't grow up in Nantes, she had only been here a few times on vacation.
"Look for the slums, the places where gangsters and homeless people gather. Don't tell me that France has very good security and there is no such place. I checked the information about Nantes."
When there are no clues to the physical evidence, they can only look to see if there are witnesses, even though the likelihood is low.
The time when School Director Elizabeth disappeared was two o'clock in the morning. At this time, most people were already sleeping at home, and only homeless people and gangsters were still wandering on the streets.
"Well...I'm sorry, but I really don't know very well. Let's use Norma's power."
Miranla was a little embarrassed, but she also felt that Lu Chen's suggestion was right. The enforcement department checked a lot yesterday, but had not yet started looking for "witnesses"
What Lu Chen said about checking the information was referring to the history of this city. From Nantes to the sea to the seaport of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the nearby cities can be said to have a long "pirate culture" until the last century. It was only in the 1950s that pirates disappeared. You can imagine the security situation here back then.
Now after fifty or sixty years of development, the former pirate city has turned into a prosperous tourist city, and has even been rated as the most livable European city, but this does not mean that its public security must be very good.
Rather, no matter where you are, no matter how developed the city is, there is a dark side underground.
Poverty and hunger never go away.
Although it is an undocumented task, the Academy Executive Department still has a professional team ready to provide technical support to their ace specialists.
In less than three minutes, Miranla received on her phone the information about various gangsters' dens in Nantes. As for why they didn't send it directly to Lu Chen... Apparently the team in the execution department thought that it was just a matter of leaving the job of leading the way to the driver. good.
With the roar of the engine, the black and gray beast drove into the night, passing through the beautiful world of neon, and gradually ushered in the deep tranquility of the dark night.
Miranla drove very wildly, and her driving skills seemed to Lu Chen to be far more reassuring than Senior Sister Luticia. In less than twenty minutes, they had covered nearly forty kilometers and arrived at the area south of Nantes close to the harbor.
There are blue and black marks on the dilapidated old houses, which are the marks after the moss has peeled off. The air near the sea is always more humid, and even in winter, people feel a bit damp.
In addition to those dilapidated flat-story houses, you can occasionally see crooked containers and tents fluttering in the wind.
It is close to the seaport, and most of the people living here are workers who work at the seaport. The work is hard and the wages are not high. With the housing prices in Nantes, they are reluctant to rent a house, not to mention that the distance is so far and the daily transportation costs are also a problem.
So these workers either rented these dilapidated old houses together for money, or the more frugal ones directly found the empty containers that were detained at the seaport due to "various problems", worked together to move them back, and after a little tidying up, they became their residences. .
There are no ghettos in Nantes, but there are ghettos, which do not classify themselves as slums, but are in fact slums.
The sea breeze blows from one end of the street to the other, bringing with it the salty humidity of the sea and a faint musty smell. Dirty excrement and all kinds of litter can be seen everywhere in the depths of the path.
There may be people crowded together in every container and tent at this time. When the workers work during the day, they will lament how hard it is to make money. When the homeless beg, they complain about God’s injustice to him. However, at night, they Something beautiful will come to them again, and they will begin their rare "enjoyment" and engage in "beautiful" fantasies.
As long as such a group exists, there will naturally be people who "sell" to them. These so-called "local snakes" have clear eyes and ears. They roam the streets and alleys of this city as adults, and late at night is a good time for them to appear. Some people We will also go to the docks of the Loire River to conduct some large-scale transactions.
Following the map's guidance, Miranla and Lu Chen finally stopped in front of an alley after many twists and turns.
It is said that this alley is a small "famous" organization in the area. It is said to be an organization, but in fact it can only be regarded as a small person at the bottom. Although the Black Country in France is also relatively famous, compared to Brother Caesar's hometown, it is only It can be said that a small witch makes a big witch appear.
Nantes does have a large-scale underground organization, but the executive department does not recommend Lu Chen to find trouble "for the time being". They also hope that the aftermath can be a little easier, and they are afraid that looking for the leader will alert the snake. The black state will deal with it in a disciplined manner. The speed of subordinates is very fast.
"It seems like their carnival tonight hasn't started yet."
Lu Chen glanced at the alley and found that many people leaning against the wall stood up and lifted baseball bats, steel bars and other things from the ground with malicious intentions.
Some of those people were cleanly dressed, while others were a little sloppy, but no matter what, they looked a bit unconventional to Lu Chen. The chains hanging around their necks were dazzling in the light of the bonfire.
"I'm beginning to doubt your French fashion."
Lu Chen smiled. He had gone on two missions to England. One was to Abel, and the other happened to be in Birmingham, where he helped the commissioners handle a deal with the Razor Party.
Well, that didn't go very well.
The look of those people rolling to the ground and begging for mercy was very embarrassing, but the first look of them wearing suits and blowing smoke on their faces was really cool.
Miranla was a little embarrassed after hearing Lu Chen's comments, but she couldn't open her mouth to defend these people. She couldn't say that the largest black nation in the country actually dressed very stylishly, and she was not a gangster.
"Hey, nice car."
A black man wearing a leather jacket and a metal chain took the lead and walked over. He was quite tall, and a dozen people behind him also smiled maliciously.
"what did he say?"
Lu Chen couldn't understand French.
"He said the car was nice."
Miranla translated.
"Oh, Lamborghini."
The black man in the lead's eyes lit up. When he saw Miranla in the driver's seat, he whistled and smiled at the person behind him, "This girl is so pretty."
But when he got closer, he stopped again, and then the light of the car lights reflected on the wall, he could see the whole body of the car clearly. Lucas was the leader of this gang, and it was not like he had never seen anything on the market before. Over the net.
A very important thing for them when they are at the bottom is to know who they can and cannot mess with, otherwise their lives will not be long.
He vaguely remembered seeing this car at an online car show before. He forgot how much it cost, but he knew that they couldn't afford to offend the person driving this car. Although they could get away tonight, they might sink into the sea tomorrow. .
"Hey Lucas, I'm going to be second."
Another little black man shook the chain on his hand and made indecent movements on his crotch, and all the gangsters around him followed suit.
The black leader known as Lucas is riding a tiger. If he gives up now, he will never be able to hold his head high in the harbor circle, especially since he received a text message from Boss Luo Payen before. He thought it was a joke, but no I thought I really had an unexpected visitor tonight.
He thought he was just teaching an ordinary young man a lesson, but he didn't expect that the other person was driving a supercar. For a moment, he felt like he was being pushed into the abyss by a huge devil's hand, but he didn't dare to look back. If he turned around, his head might be crushed by that devil's hand. .
"Hey, kid, I asked you to get out of the car. Don't you understand? Oh, I'll say it again in English. You have to get out of the car."
Someone, with a self-righteous expression on his face, knocked the steel bar in his hand against the wall.
"Oh, this kid may be frightened. Look what he is doing with his head down. Is he texting his mother to save him? Hey, little girl, I will let you feel what it means to be a real man."
Someone pointed at Lu Chen who lowered his head and laughed.
Lu Chen was just replying to Eryi's message. The other party got up and sent a good morning emoticon.
While typing back the message, Lu Chen smiled at Miranla and said, "It seems we need to let them know what we are here for."
He couldn't quite understand what the group of people were laughing at, but he could probably understand what they meant by looking at their expressions. He unbuttoned the top button of his shirt, loosened his collar, pulled his tie down, and then got ready. Taking off his expensive new suit.
But Milan stretched out her hand and grabbed Lu Chen's collar on the side, and said in Chinese: "I'll do it."
Then she opened the car door, stepped on the ground with her high heels, and stepped out of the car.
"Oh, hey, kid, your girl ditched you."
Those people couldn't understand Chinese and just thought the young couple was cowardly.
Miranla looked expressionless and looked at the gangsters surrounding the car. These people suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help but take two steps back.
According to the Abraham Contract, hybrids cannot show their speech in front of ordinary people, nor can they light up their golden eyes. However, she is also an elite who has fought with Deadpool. Once her murderous intent is revealed, these bully gangsters will suddenly feel guilty.
Miranla believed that it was beneath the dignity of the Lionheart Club president to teach such a ruffian a lesson.
"I said Lucas, why do I feel like this girl has the wrong temperament? She can't be a bodyguard, right?"
Someone realized something was wrong. If you think about it carefully, it is usually men who take girls for a ride.
Lucas was actually scared. He wanted to say that they were just out for a walk and had no other meaning, but when he thought of the content of that text message, he couldn't help but shudder.
I have to bite the bullet and do it!
Besides, it’s not just a girl, so what if she’s a professional bodyguard? A group of grown men like them can’t handle it?
Then there is no need to hang out in the harbor.