Chapter 97 Weapons of the Weak (Part 1)

Constance.

Ashida.

Thales walked expressionlessly on the dirty road of the underground mall, thinking over and over of the Qi magician he knew.

Whether it's the ruthless villain on Red Square Street, the elegant and knowledgeable mana master in the chess and card room, or the devastating inhuman monster in Longxiao City.

No, it's more than that.

Thales' thoughts returned to the Prison of Bones, to the secrets buried in the darkness.

The Vanguard of the Pure World, the Alliance of Three Disasters, the Two Emperors, and Fleurand.

Ahida Sacone, what have you done?

And your so-called mild ones, you and your companions, what kind of roles did you... play in the bloody year?

If what Morris said is true, then eighteen years ago, you cooperated with the late king, but murdered Constance and a member of the Canxing royal family, right?

I was born in the Canxing royal family, what does it mean to you?

Thales thought about it, and suddenly remembered what Ashida had said to him

What I look forward to, Thales, is not your ultimate success.

It is that you are caught between the magician and human beings, between the disaster and the world, between your own essence and the eyes of others, between the inescapable future and the inseparable past...

Finally torn apart by contradictions, destroyed by conflicts, swallowed by regrets... the day when we finally compromise with us.

Thinking of this, Thales subconsciously clenched his fist and squeezed the cut mark on his palm.

"Ah, that's it again."

Cohen stared at Thales' back with scorching eyes.

Glover next to him was staring at Morris vigilantly, and couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"What is this?"

Cohen pointed to Thales, who was expressionless in front of him, just pacing quietly.

"Your Highness looks like this, I am in the Northland,

Saw it at Exeter. "

He put his palm to his mouth, looked mysterious, and lowered his voice

"In the dark corner of the altar, after he and a female priest of Haoyue were alone for more than ten minutes..."

Haoyue's priestess?

alone?

Ten minutes?

Glover was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at Thales' back.

"It was the same with him then."

I saw Cohen's eyes turn, revealing the unique shrewdness and wisdom of the royal police officer.

"After chatting with the priestess, I became distraught, my footsteps were weak, I was listless, my eyes were dull, and I looked as if all the energy in my body had been drained to the bottom..."

Glover's gaze changed slightly.

"However, Your Highness recovered very quickly," Cohen said, showing nostalgia for the past

"After a few minutes, he became alive and kicking again, and went to find that little girl in Dragon Clouds City full of energy, and soon planned to have a hard fight..."

The next second, the zombie turned and stared at Cohen!

His eyes were like knives, full of killing intent.

Cohen couldn't help choking on his words.

"Give it a try, and play your Highness's joke again..."

Glover snorted warningly, stepped up his pace, passed Cohen, and rushed to Thales' side.

"What's wrong?"

Cohen caught up with him, aggrieved

"What I said is true, I'm really not joking... Well, even if it's fake, you don't have to be so angry..."

Still immersed in complicated thoughts, Thales unknowingly turned another street corner he was familiar with.

Bumpy dirt roads, moss-covered corners, criss-crossed signboards...

Everything is so familiar.

Just like when I was a child, I walked through this street countless times.

And the only difference...

Only himself.

Take a step, raise your leg, drop your boot.

Thales repeats the rhythm of walking mechanically and numbly, but feels that his ankles are connected by chains, and every step carries full weight.

There are loud voices ahead,

Thales raised his head faintly, and what appeared not far away was a shop with a stylish appearance that was incompatible with the surroundings.

There were quite a few people around the shop, gathering their heads in twos and threes, beating their chests and feet, sighing, or dancing and laughing ecstatically.

Thales stopped in his tracks, glanced at the luxurious signboard above the store, and knew it well.

Black Gold Casino.

When they were young, this was one of the places that tested the eyesight of beggars. Gamblers who won money were naturally generous and scattered money everywhere, while gamblers who lost money were violent and sometimes even punched people who grabbed their clothes and begged. add up.

"Don't worry, man," under a small shed outside the casino, a well-dressed thin man was constantly comforting another man with shabby clothes and a gray face

"Occasionally, it's just bad luck. Think about it, how many times have you won before? Do you know that what you need is actually just a chance to make money, only once, maybe ten silver coins, but to be on the safe side, it's best to have one Hundred……"

Cohen, who was behind Thales, saw this scene, and his expression became solemn

"Damn it."

Glover also understood what happened, and he snorted coldly.

"I know, brother, I used to be like you, but look at me now, how good I am, do you know why?"

The thin man under the shed handed his bottle to the man and patted him on the shoulder regretfully

"Drink slowly, don't choke...I assure you, within a radius of ten streets, the interest on this loan is the least, and it is a peripheral business of the casino... There are discounts recently, if you lose the first one, lose They don’t count the interest on the lost part, and they start to calculate from the second... Their exchange price is also the best. You know that a while ago, it was even ninety to one for Midier to exchange for Mindis, haha, praise the sage ! And the price exchange here is absolutely fair, I relied on this to make money..."

The man with a face of despair drank a few sips of wine, and after listening to the thin man's words, the expression of heartbeat reappeared on his face.

Looking at this familiar scene, Thales sighed silently.

But when he was about to turn back to find Morris, a shadow flashed behind him!

I saw Cohen walking forward with a gloomy face, and Glover didn't even have time to hold him back.

"Yes, as long as you want, they will lend the money immediately! Look at this heavy purse... Oh, don't worry, how much money have they lent out? It's much more than yours, and it's still a little less than yours? At most, let you repay the loan in installments... Yes, right, right here, sign your name...I can’t read? Well, then, let’s press a fingerprint and mortgage some small things, no, no, no, it’s just a proof, and it’s not Robbery...what, the house is rented? Well, do you have a daughter? You know, she will marry sooner or later and give birth to someone else..."

The thin man happily pulled the man to the small table under the shed. The accountant behind the table lifted a money bag from the bottom, and lazily pulled out a paper contract for the man to press his fingerprints.

"Then do you have a wife... No, no, no, if it's unfortunate, the benefactor is also very talkative, as long as you come to do some odd jobs and exchange your work for debts... Do you know brother, women have private money, and They would rather buy earrings for themselves than give them to you, and let the head of the family use them to get busy and earn a lot of money. Squeeze it out of the milk, just like milking milk..."

The man looked at the money bag on the table and swallowed, while the thin man beside him stepped up

"Besides, you still don't necessarily lose. Think about it, the head of the family has made a lot of money, and he returns home proudly, puts new skirts and gifts into the hands of the wife and daughter, and then puts the heavy purse on the dining table. One hit, hey, let's see who the hell dares to show you face..."

The man wiped a handful of ink pads, but hesitated when he wanted to sign the contract.

The thin man and the accountant looked at each other, the former sighed, and pulled the man back

"Forget it bro, since you're so hesitant, there's no need to force yourself... Don't worry, they lend money on a voluntary basis, and they won't force you. Come on, have a drink, and we'll help you find an excuse why you want to buy money today. The wages are gone, I hope I can deceive your wife..."

But the man trembled all over, and subconsciously pulled the skinny man with a nonchalant face, his eyes revealing pleading.

"I...I..." The man looked at the small contract with difficulty.

Right now.

"Hey! The one in front, stop!"

The police officer's loud voice rang out, attracting the attention of people in front of the casino.

"Don't sign, don't press fingerprints!"

Cohn angrily pushed his way through the crowd, pushing the skinny man away and pulling the impoverished man to his side

"Do you want to ruin your family? Or sell your children and wives?"

"Or were they forced to do the illegal work of trafficking and smuggling? Go to jail for them?"

The man looked astonished, and looked at the big man in front of him without knowing why.

Outside the crowd, Glover frowned and said to Thales, "Your Highness, he is like this..."

But Thales just raised one hand and shook his head

"As a security officer, it is most suitable for him to come forward."

In the crowd, the disturbed thin man became angry from embarrassment

"Where the hell did you come from, you are so unlucky and stupid, put him..."

But the accountant behind him gave the thin man a hand and whispered something to him.

The thin man's expression changed.

He looked at Cohen with an angry face, and suddenly smiled.

"Oh, oh, it turned out to be stupid...Mr. Police Officer," the thin man rubbed his hands, motioning for several accomplices in the crowd to back away, and he came to Cohen by himself

"What's the matter, we need to check our qualifications again? This is a black gold casino with a long history. It has a license. It was issued by Xianjun a hundred years ago-would you like to go in and have a look?"

The accident happened here was not small, it attracted the surrounding gamblers and passers-by, and surrounded Cohen and the man, all of them had unfriendly expressions and obvious hostility.

Thales heard someone in the surrounding crowd yelling at "dead green skin" in a low voice.

The man who almost pressed his fingerprints turned pale when he saw such a big battle.

But facing so many people, Cohen just snorted coldly. He faced the thin man and blocked the man behind him.

"Yeah, that license that you guys obtained by coercion and temptation at some point..."

"Hey, the casino is operated diligently. Every year, it declares carefully and pays the full amount of taxes," the thin man felt even more confident when he saw so many people watching.

"As for coercion and temptation, your colleagues often come to inspect, why don't you ask them? If there is no evidence, just—"

Cohn suddenly raised his voice, interrupting him

"But illegal usury is not!"

While talking, Cohen pushed the thin man away and rushed into the shed, only to find that the contract on the table had long since disappeared.

"Illegal usury?" The thin man said to the crowd with a sly smile.

"Do you have proof?"

There were scattered laughter and hisses from the people around.

The security officer's face tightened, and he looked up at the crowd, only to find that there was no sign of the accountant.

He turned back and asked the hapless man

"Tell me, how much interest will they charge you for lending you money?"

The man is clearly terrified, hesitating and trembling

"I……"

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm friends with him! Idiot Qingpi, oh, I'm sorry——Mr. Police Officer," the skinny man purposely sneered, folded his arms and snorted coldly

"Why, do you have to report to the Police Department to pay taxes if you help each other buy some wine?"

Cohen turned his head sharply, his eyes angry.

Startled, the crowd around him dispersed into a small clearing.

"I know, your old routine!"

Cohen gritted his teeth and said to the thin man, then turned his head again, and reprimanded the man who was about to press his fingerprints.

"A certain guy is neatly dressed, refined and elegant. He looks like you, a serious man with a small income and a sad face. He persuades you to come to the casino to try your hands. You won several times at the beginning, so you can't help it every day." Come on, until today you suddenly lost your principal—you probably want to buy some jewelry for your wife and earn some dowry for your daughter, right? Let me tell you, you came to the wrong place, idiot!"

The man bowed his head in shame after being scolded by him.

"And you!"

Cohen raised his hand and pointed forward, staring at the skinny man, his aura was not inferior to the crowd around him

"Scumbags, first give the 'fat sheep' a little bit of sweetness to lure him into the bait. After a few days, when they lose all, you scumbags will wait outside to 'touch the sheep' and sell your usury."

"And even if he borrowed money, of course he would still lose it all. Once he can't repay the money, you will not be so nice and nice. You will come to ask for debts, threaten and persecute, and even ask for wives and daughters... When you encounter tough bones, just ask for money." The person who only collects black accounts in the fraternity...until his family is destroyed, he will be slaughtered by you!"

cohn furious

"You understand, idiot? And you, skinny man, you won't be able to escape today, come with me to the Xicheng Security Office and see if I don't fuck you out of your skin!"

Cohen grabbed the man's hand and walked towards the thin man.

The helpless man trembled, looked at Cohen, then at the gloomy thin man, at a loss.

But the thin man took a step back and sneered.

"Tell me, Mr. Constable," the thin man clicked

"Since you're here to patrol and enforce the law, where's your police badge? Why don't you show it to us?"

Cohen snorted

"An old trick again? Trying to steal my police badge?"

But when he touched his waist, he was suddenly taken aback.

the police officer swallowed

"I, I, that, police badge..."

Cohen put his hands back in place, his expression a little grim.

"How dare you," the thin man spread his hands nonchalantly.

"No one in the lower city knows that stealing your things is courting death, and the thieves you send in will almost fill up the prison..."

"So, where's your Vigilante badge?"

The crowd began to growl, urging Cohen.

But Cohen still had an ugly expression.

Damn.

Seeing Cohen's reaction, Thales sighed.

He suddenly knew why Cohen wore a hood to hide his identity when he went out.

He also knew why the big fool's words were contradictory. He first said that he was here to inspect the jurisdiction, and then that he had asked for leave, and he was even more hesitant about going to the downtown area.

This guy……

"Ah, I see."

The thin man pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and took a step forward.

"Last time on Hongfang Street, you were in the Laiya Club. You were jealous of the top girl and injured several noble children, right?"

Cohen hesitated to speak.

Laiya Club, the top girl.

A few words caught Glover's attention, and he frowned and looked at Cohen.

"So you were suspended by the Police Department, your badge was confiscated, and you went back to 'reflect on yourself'," the thin man from the Black Gold Casino walked up to Cohen arrogantly.

"Now you don't have, have, enforce, law, or power."

The thin man poked the police officer's chest with great satisfaction.

Someone blew a whistle, and the crowd immediately booed louder, some of whom were ridiculed, ridiculed and even abused.

Cohen looks stiff

"you--"

"How do I know?"

The thin man took his words, bowed forward, and took the tone

"Hey, idiot Qingpi, of course it's your internal, there are, people, tell, tell, me, of, slightly!"

Cohen's face changed, and he subconsciously grabbed the thin man's collar!

"What's the matter? You're so angry that you want to hit someone?"

The thin man was unafraid and let the other party grab his collar.

He even raised his hands provocatively, yin and yang

"Everyone, testify to me! Corrupt police officers have beaten good people for no reason!"

Cohen froze for a moment.

A few childcare workers led the crowd to surround the center as well, and the swearing became louder and louder.

The crowd squeezed Cohen, and he had to let go of the man, who saw the situation and slipped out of the crowd.

In the confusion, the thin man sneered and said loudly

"I know, you are that idiot police officer who can fight well. A few months ago, a brother met you at the Sunset Bar, and he was lying on the bed and still can't get up... Hehe, but we are law-abiding citizens. , don’t scare us, if there is violence, I will call the police!”

The crowd around suddenly burst out laughing, and many of them took pleasure in other people's misfortune.

And Cohen was so angry that he couldn't say a word, he couldn't get up and down his hands grabbing the other party's collar, and he couldn't put it anywhere.

"You...I..."

The thin man looked at the trembling Cohen with a funny face, like a clown.

"Why, aren't you very arrogant? Come on, hit me! Look at your face, come on, hit me! Bullying the people, isn't your green skin the best at this?"

Cohen gritted his teeth, his expression struggling, and he tried his best to endure.

The people around booed one after another, how angrily

"Ouch, what is this, a hood? A private visit in a micro-service!"

"This material is really good, rich and noble family, how much minzhimin ointment did you eat to get it?"

"I heard that his father is a great nobleman, hehe, I know he is not a good guy!"

"Come on, the big nobleman will let his son come here to suffer? I'm afraid it's not an illegitimate bastard!"

"Fuck you, my stall was a day late to pay the security deposit, and the Qingpis smashed it down! It's a scum like you!"

"What is this? My father went to prison because he refused to be blackmailed by them. When he came out, both legs were broken!"

"You idiot Qingpi! The down town is not going to get better, it's all because of corrupt officials like you!"

"Hit him! What are you afraid of? There are so many of us!"

"Who dares, they are the king's servants! They rule us on behalf of the royal family! Don't you, idiot?"

Although no one dared to do anything, quite a few people pushed the big fool back and forth, ridiculed and cursed endlessly, and some even secretly spit on his boots.

The police officer couldn't stretch his left and right, and wanted to do it several times, but he endured it.

Looking at this scene, Thales sighed and nodded to Glover.

But when Glover was about to step forward, another voice sounded heavily

"Is it enough?"

This voice vibrated the air, as if it sounded in everyone's ears, and everyone was shocked.

People turned their heads in unison.

I saw a short and stout fat man walking into the crowd with lazy steps

"Then let's go."

The onlookers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Seeing that the sideshow was interrupted, the thin man in the crowd turned his head and said angrily

"Which fucking onion are you—"

But in the crowd, a voice rang out in horror

"Yes, it's Mo, Maurice! That's Maurice!"

"Brotherhood, brotherhood is coming!"

At that moment, there was no need to remind, the crowd broke out in low exclamation.

Panic spread quickly.

With Morris as the center, the people in front of the casino suddenly dispersed, leaving a large open space.

It also reveals the disheveled and embarrassed Cohen in the center.

Panting, he pushed away a gambler who was closest to him, and looked at the people around him in disbelief.

But no one paid attention to the police officer anymore.

Frightened, surprised, evasive, with all kinds of emotions, everyone stared at Morris who suddenly appeared, and the scene was silent for a while.

Thales looked at the silent crowd, then at Morris, and couldn't help frowning.

In the arena, many people turned around secretly, and some shy away and bowed their heads timidly.

There are also people who are thick-skinned and say hello warmly and flatteringly

"It's the boss!"

Someone raised the head, greetings came and went, full of enthusiasm

"Hello boss!"

"Good day, boss!"

"I heard you beat up the red turban again?"

"here you go!"

"Boss, I also want to join the fraternity someday! Can you see me?"

But in the face of the noise of the crowd, Morris remained silent, just raised his arms lightly and made fists in the air.

As if there was a silent order, the lively crowd fell silent again.

Step, step, step.

The only sound left in the field was Morris' footsteps.

He walked slowly past Cohen, snorted softly at the bewildered police officer, with a half-smile.

"I thought, you need a little help from me?"

Cohen was upset at first, and wanted to speak, but he held back.

Morris turned his head again and looked at the thin man in the casino.

The thin man's face was pale, he nodded and bowed quickly

"Ha, Boss Morris! Hehehe, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I didn't see you, and I didn't hear that you were coming... A busy person like you, why come to us when you have time..."

Another business floated up behind Maurice—Leyock glanced around coldly.

The crowd once again shivered visibly with the naked eye.

The thin man's expression turned even worse.

He tried his best to exchange pleasantries, the fear in his eyes was clearly visible

"Hey, Boss Leyock, you're here too—oh, two bosses, do you want to come and have fun? Welcome, welcome, please, we have private rooms..."

But Morris just held up a finger and shook

"Today's business will not be done, all get out."

The thin man froze.

The crowd also fell silent, not daring to take a breath.

Leyok snorted coldly, he turned around and spoke softly

"Someone... didn't you understand?"

The silent killer's voice fell.

Crash!

In the next second, the crowd seemed to explode!

Amidst the endless footsteps, everyone didn't dare to stay longer, turned around and left one after another, and didn't even dare to look back.

Cohen stood where he was, staring blankly at the scattered people, unable to recover for a while.

The thin man also wanted to slip away, but Leyoke grabbed his shoulder from behind.

"I remember, I agreed with Qincha."

Morris came up to him.

The fat man was unhurried and slow, but there was a cold breath in his words

"The proceeds of this fight belong to him. After all, his subordinates suffered heavy casualties and cost a lot, and I will take care of them."

The thin man trembled slightly.

He turned around mechanically, smiling uglier than crying

"Boss, look—"

Morris interrupted him

"But we also agreed that we will only engage in those profiteers, cunning merchants, and rich noble families."

"And that guy just now? He looks like a poor coachman with nothing to offer."

Morris squinted at the thin man.

The thin man swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and glanced at the other party flatteringly.

"Boss, we, I'm sorry, before we started, I really didn't know what that guy was doing..."

Morris snorted, and the thin man stopped talking.

"So, when you touch the sheep, you don't touch the wool, just start directly? Are you more amateurish than beggars?"

Morris glanced back intentionally or unintentionally

"If you touch Prince Xingchen's body another day..."

Thales frowned.

Morris stared coldly

"Then my street is going to be in bad luck?"

The skinny guy was about to cry

"You're joking, why did the prince come to us—hiss!"

Leyock behind him suddenly exerted force, and the thin man repeatedly begged for mercy in pain

"Okay, okay, well, this, Boss Morris, you see, there are not many rich people in the three districts of the lower city. Even the nobles are afraid of the prestige of the brotherhood. We are also forced to do nothing. ..."

Morris just looked at him, expressionless.

The thin man felt that there was a joke, and said in mourning

"And we're looking for business at the door, and it's not considered making money in the casino. After all, the brothers have to eat, eat, eat, eat, eat..."

The thin man's face changed, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

He looked pained and began to gasp for breath.

Startled, Cohen touched his neck subconsciously.

Morris looked at the thin man silently, without any fluctuation in his eyes.

Leyok let him go coldly, and the latter fell to his knees with a plop, clasping his neck with his hands, breathing in pain while crying, but couldn't say a complete sentence

"No, boss, don't, please, please, you..."

"Hey!" Cohen couldn't hold back, and took a step forward

"You want to kill in front of me..."

But his arm was grabbed immediately, preventing him from approaching!

It's Leyock.

"If the boss wants to kill someone," the silent killer pressed Cohen's hand, clicked his tongue in disdain, and shook his head contemptuously.

"He doesn't need powers at all."

Cohen gritted his teeth.

In the next second, the thin man's breathing suddenly recovered

"Ha ha--"

He collapsed to the ground, weeping as he regained the right to breathe.

Thales watched everything in front of him silently, inexplicably remembering how the Qi magician got along with him.

"This time I'm giving Qincha face, and I'm also giving face to the police officer," Morris leaned down, bared his teeth, and was kind and calm

"Next time, remember not to refute me."

The terrified thin man couldn't say a word, he could only nod desperately.

"Don't entrap the poor anymore—downtown is our roots." Morris clapped his hands, not caring.

"Get lost." Leyok kicked him and said coldly.

The thin man struggled to get up, wept and nodded, and walked away backwards.

"Same goes for the rich!"

Cohen reacted, roared and added:

"anyone!"

The thin man's back disappeared around the corner.

The entrance of the Black Gold Casino was suddenly deserted.

"Wow, Sergeant."

Leyock glanced at Cohen and sneered disdainfully

"Speaking really works."

Cohen bit his lip, looking ugly.

Thales and Glover came forward, Cohen didn't dare to look at them, and turned his head away in shame.

"Have you ever been here, Sergeant?"

Morris looked with interest at the streets he had emptied out of his fright.

Cohen realized that it was Morris and turned his head in disdain.

"Of course, this is my jurisdiction."

"Whether it's patrols, investigations, search and arrests, or the crime crackdowns arranged by the Police Department every year..."

"But here..." Cohen hesitated to speak, but he couldn't continue.

Morris exhaled, as if at home.

"But it's far beyond your imagination, isn't it?"

"Whether it's how messy the urban layout is, or how tricky it is to deal with, or how complicated the composition of the people is."

Cohen turned his head angrily and did not answer.

Thales sighed silently in his heart. For Cohen, being helped by the brotherhood boss was almost a great shame.

"Do you know, when I heard that there was a new and unusually born idiot Qingpi in the Qingpi nest in Xicheng, I knew it," Morris patted his belly and said tut

"You're out of luck."

The fraternity fat man walked on, Leyok following closely.

"Me? Unlucky?" Cohen was taken aback.

Thales was preoccupied, he waved his hand and followed the fat man's footsteps.

Glover reached out to grab Cohen's arm, but was thrown off by the displeased police officer, and followed stiffly.

"Hmph," Cohen said firmly, "I'm fine, I've always been unlucky anyway."

"But you..."

Cohen cast a savage glance behind Morris.

"Theft, extortion, extortion, robbery, intimidation, violence, murder, no, more," the police officer counted enviously

"Drug trafficking, prostitution, gambling, smuggling, bribery, including the usury just now - don't think that you stopped that lender, it's some kind of benevolent act, you know, that is the crime you brought!"

"As the chief culprit, you, who have been full of bad deeds and evil deeds, think you can escape?"

Morris seemed to find this amusing, laughing.

Leyock shook his head in disdain.

Cohen gritted his teeth

"One day, you will pay for your crimes."

"cost?"

Morris didn't look back, just took a deep breath.

"Whether you or the Blood Bottle Gang are all moths that don't fit in this world," Cohen said coldly, Thales swore that he had never seen him like this

"You are all doomed to perish."

"Death?" Morris chewed the word as he paced.

He suddenly smiled.

"Haha, I have to say," the fat man snorted and shook his head

"Very ambitious, Qing—oh, Mr. Sheriff."

"Why, you thought you would be an exception?" Cohen snorted coldly.

Morris shook his head

"No, no, please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Police Officer."

"Don't worry, I've realized it a long time ago."

Morris looked up and exclaimed

"This business is like a mercenary, maybe one day I will fall, and maybe even just fall into your hands..."

The fat man glanced at Thales, and the boy looked back at him coldly.

"but……"

morris exhales

"Look around."

The fat man stretched his arms, Thales followed his gaze

"On the street, in the community, in the alleys, the humble grocery store and its idle apprentices, the crude workshop and its day laborers who have nowhere to go, the empty food stalls and their idlers, dilapidated The unbearable nest and the homeless who rely on it to shelter from the wind and rain, the narrow and dark attic hut and the single dog who is alone on Valentine's Day, the street vendors pushing carts, and the sloppy children running through the streets..."

"Including those lower-level, more miserable, and more frowning professional beggars, prostitutes, hooligans, gamblers, authors, and gangsters, including the Grove couple just now, the driver who was forced to borrow money from usury, surround you to denounce the police officer. The crowd, even the family of little girls who bumped into you on the street before..."

Morris sighed

"Hundreds, thousands, thousands..."

"These people, who do you think they are?"

Cohen frowned.

"The poor."

Cohen paused, and said indignantly

"I mean, poor people, they are all poor people who were framed, deceived, coerced by you, and sucked by you."

Glover remembered something and frowned.

Morris burst out laughing.

Thales sighed lowly.

No.

Cohen.

They are not just poor.

They are more...

"No," Morris finally laughed enough, he turned his head and looked at the unconvinced Cohen

"You don't understand, Mr. Constable."

"All these people, they're our people."

Cohen was taken aback for a moment.

Fat fraternity squints with a dangerous glint inside

"They all belonged to—the Brotherhood of the Black Street."