Chapter 159 The first setback(1/2)
In the afternoon, Tang En, who had taken off his disguise, returned to the hotel alone.
"Here." Jack raised his hand in the corner of the tavern hall.
They had been in the carriage for a long time before, and then Donn found a chance to get Jack out of the car. To be honest, he wasn't sure whether he had escaped the tracking. From that subtle feeling, he knew that the previous group of bounty hunters were following behind.
The magician's strange methods and the earth-level warrior's shocking strength all made Tang En not very sure. In this case, Jack staying here would be useless and would even affect the chance of escaping. It would be better to leave.
(This chapter is 4,300 words, well, no doubt, the raccoon has deleted too much. To make up tomorrow, tomorrow...)
Fortunately, Tang En left the carriage and wandered around the remote alley for a long time without any attack, nor did he feel that shadow again. He escaped...
When Tang En sat down, Jack asked anxiously: "It was..."
Jack is not a fool, which can be seen from his flexible cooperation at that time. He knew his strength, and Tang En looked like he was facing a great enemy, and he was even more hopeless.
"Do you remember those people we met before we entered the black market?"
"That woman with a very good figure?" Jack blinked twice and recalled.
"Uh..." Tang En stroked his forehead: "There are three men next to him."
"Is there any...hehe?" Jack touched his hair a little embarrassedly and asked curiously, "Are they your enemy?"
Tang En nodded: "That's right, they are bounty hunters."
Of course Jack knew about the profession of bounty hunter, and said in surprise: "How did you get involved with these lunatics?"
"It's hard to describe it, in short, you'll just avoid it when you encounter it in the future."
Jack was a little shocked: "They are very strong?" Although he was paying attention to the figure of the woman before, he did not see the strength of the other party. Jack just now thought that Tang En was concerned about the large number of people and powerful people, and he even secretly made up his mind. When he met him in the future, he would play with him.
Tang En spread his hands: "Three ground-level warriors are at the peak, one is at least at the level of a great magician. Do you think it's high?"
"Uh..." Jack opened his mouth wide and instantly gave up the idea of seeking death.
With such an enemy on the side, no one can feel much better. Therefore, the atmosphere is a little heavy at this time.
"Come on, have a drink!" Jack picked up the wine glass and said casually: "Don't worry too much. With your disguise technique, there is absolutely no problem. I'll avoid it today."
Of course things are not that simple, but Tang En was not the mediocre and down-and-out college student before. He raised his wine glass: "Haha, that's right."
Ding! The wine glasses collide, tilt your head and swallow it.
"By the way!" Jack drew a wine stain. "I found out that Powells and Bernie came three months ago. Now one is the Minister of Security and the other is the General Cavalry. I heard that they were originally transferred to Brandu, but they finally chose to come to the north..."
Speaking of this, Jack hit the wine glass heavily on the table, looking depressed: "It's so damn, isn't this a mess!"
Tang En was a little speechless when he heard this. You said you can go to the capital with good security and promotion and wealth, and enjoy a light and happiness. Why bother to join in the fun in this messy north? Is it so painful to have a leisurely life?
This news naturally made Tang En, who was temporarily staying in Riva City a little depressed, but after the terrifying bounty hunter group in front of them, they were somewhat numb. The so-called "no worries if there are too many debts, and no itch if there are too many lice," said this.
After drinking a few more drinks, Jack smashed his mouth twice, feeling a little emotional: "Tsk tsk, I said your plan should be changed. It's obviously unlucky here."
Tang En shook his head with a wry smile. He had considered a lot of considerations when choosing this place, and he had done a lot of preparations before, so he could change it if he could say it.
Soon, Joshia, who had been watching outside for a day, came back with the publicity staff.
Everyone gathered in the house for discussion and finally decided to start publicity tomorrow morning. The location has been selected, but after Tang En looked at it, he suggested that the locations be deleted, including ****, Central Street, etc.
Yes, these geographical locations are excellent, with the most crowded population, and the publicity results are predictable. But Donn knew that Powells was powerful, and the cities were not as good as rural areas. He posted big-character posters here. Powells would inevitably respond quickly after the orders. It would be hard to say what would happen at that time.
Of course, Colin and the others did not know Powells, so they were quite skeptical of this suggestion. However, in the end, Joshia adopted Donn's suggestion, after all, she also came from Laiyan City. Although she was not an assassin, she could not personally experience Powells's power. But at least she had heard of the other party's reputation and some horrifying deeds.
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The next morning, it was not dawn.
Riva City was silent. Perhaps because of mining, the sky here always seemed a little dark, but fortunately no raindrops fell.
The gray-clothed army quietly set off from the backyard of the hotel and kicked the paper onto the street.
Gradually, papers that looked very white in the darkness continued to spread out. From far to near, they were like a ray of light from dawn, and like a flag fluttering in the wind...
"Huh... so fucking cold!" Not far from the gate of the security hall, two black shadows huddled in the corner were protruding their heads.
"I wondered, this is your gray-clothed army's business. Why do you have to pull me?" A black shadow's tone was full of anger.
"Brother, of course you can share the blessings and share the difficulties." Another figure looked at the distance, and was very confident.
"Damn, having you brother is really a blessing for my eight lifetimes!" An obvious ironic tone.
"How is this possible?"
"You know, too..."
"There are still three or four reincarnations!"
“…your mother!”
Needless to say, these two are really Done and Jack.
Done is quite afraid of Powells, so even though it was the first time to promote it, it shouldn't be any accidents, so he decided to stay outside the security hall. As for Jack, uh, when one person was about to go to the cold wind to keep an eye on the wind, while another friend was curled up in the warm bed... uh, it was not harmonious at all, there was no love at all!
"Haha, do you remember the last time we were watching outside the security hall?" Tang En said.
Jack's clothes tightly said: "Nonsense, of course I remember. At that time, you also had the idea of beating Powells, and he wanted me to sneak into his office. Know your friend, tsk..."
"Haha." Tang En touched his nose a little embarrassedly, "I didn't go there later."
"That's because the ghost face appears..." Jack angrily exposed Tang En's explanation, then turned his head and said, "At this point, I remember you didn't say you knew the ghost face before? How is he doing now? Later, I couldn't hear about him..."
"...Well, the ghost face is dead." Tang En sighed a little and shook his head and said.
"Uh?" Jack was stunned, then lowered his head and muttered in a low voice, "No wonder, this Powells, who did not kill the ghost face, has come here..."
Just as the two of them were chatting together, suddenly,
Tatta...
A faint sound of horse hooves gradually came.
Tang En and Jack's bodies were shocked, looking at each other, and said at the same time, "No..."
Thinking back to this situation, they encountered this when they were scouting the site in the Laiyan City Guard Hall.
Fortunately, the sound of horse hooves was obviously coming from outside, not from the inside of the security hall.
Tang En and the others hid their bodies deep into the shadows. After a moment, a large group of cavalry rushed over, and the door of the security hall was opened.
This is...Don and Jack opened their mouths wide and stared at the scene in front of them.
The pair of cavalry looked a little embarrassed, covered with blood. Some of their armor was broken and they were directly helped off the horse by their companions. Even the leader of the Powells and Bernie were slightly injured and had a gloomy face.
They didn't stay outside the door for long, and quickly rushed out of the inside and carried the injured into it.
"I understand, haha!" Jack's expression moved, and then he couldn't help laughing in a low voice, "Powells, you have today too. Haha..."
The laughter was filled with gloating, and Tang En understood at this time, and couldn't help but squint the corners of his mouth.
There is no doubt that Bovis has encountered a sniper. This is unimaginable in Laiyan City. When those black and assassins meet him, they all take a detour, let alone provoking him. But this is Riva City. Bovis has not been here for a long time. If he wants to do the previous trick, there will undoubtedly be many obstacles.
The facts were similar to what Tang En and the others thought. Bowes and the others went to arrest an assassin who had revealed their whereabouts tonight. Unexpectedly, they were suddenly ambushed by a large number of unknown people on the way. Although they finally broke through the siege, the price they paid was quite large.
This situation is inevitable, and even Powells himself had expected it. In fact, when Powells and Bernie came to Riva City, they were repeatedly attacked. At the worst, they had encountered dozens of assassinations a day. Eating, sleeping, etc. were not at peace.
But Powells is Powells, who would rather break than bend. Despite such resistance, he still insisted on his original approach. During this period, not to mention those who were killed on the spot, the assassins and bounty hunters who were personally sent to the gallows by him... I don’t know how many.
If there was an old man in Laiyan City, I believe he would be very familiar with the things in front of him. Because the same thing happened in Laiyan City before, even Powells' family was assassinated and died at that time. However, from then on, Powells moved into the security hall, and then he still used iron-blooded measures, and for more than ten years, he finally completely overwhelmed the dark forces of Laiyan City.
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When Tang En saw the situation in front of him, he couldn't help feeling relieved.
After all, if Bovis had been entangled by these things, their big-character poster plan would undoubtedly be smoother.
About two hours later, some early passers-by were already sparsely seen on the street, and Tang En and Jack also took the opportunity to leave.
However, they did not go back to the hotel directly, but walked towards the places where big-character posters were posted. The same was true for Joshia, who were hiding around and mingling among the crowd, preparing to see the people's reactions.
As the first big-character poster was discovered, screams came one after another on the street, and then the crowd quickly gathered.
Humans are born with hidden genes to watch the fun, but in a moment, people who emerged from various places joined the onlookers.
Relatively speaking, the residents of the city are more knowledgeable than those of the rural people. So they quickly understood the connotation of these strange paintings.
"Haha, this painting is quite interesting..."
"Grey-clothed army? Does the Empire have this army? I haven't heard of it..."
"I have heard that it was a group of people who organized it spontaneously, saying that it was to improve the status of ordinary people..."
"Nonsense, haven't you read the newspaper? It's obviously a group of mob bandits. It is said that they are doing everything they want to burn, kill, loot..."
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Seeing is true, hearing is false - there are proverbs in another world that have similar meanings.
However, no matter which world it is in, there are still not many people who can truly abide by this. Just as the truth was proven, it was just a decoration in the dark room. All kinds of absurd or absurd rumors were prevalent under the brilliant day.
In such an era, the circulation of information was very closed and backward. Word of mouth was the most common way, and the most advanced was just newspapers. Now newspapers are in the hands of Bran, so their negative propaganda for the Gray Clothes Army was almost indoctrinated.
Along the way, Tang En's face looked a little ugly. Although he had expected that citizens would doubt and resist these remarks and paintings, the intensity still shocked him.
After lies are passed thousands of times, they will become truth, or even more exaggerated truth.
To be continued...