The three of them walked to the office on the second floor together. After knocking on the door, the captain seemed to have just woken up. When he saw the three of them coming in, he asked.

"Is there any progress?"

"Our little detective has found our target, Jeff, a lone fisherman living in the stall area. Where is he exactly?"

"The fifth house you enter from the east is his home. In addition, I heard from Grandpa Rupert that he owed a large sum of money to a casino somewhere and was taken away by a group of people wearing strange clothes a few days ago."

"Annick, we have to visit Mr. Jeff's former residence this afternoon. It seems you are ready." Captain Parker took his exaggeratedly sized revolver from the drawer.

"Let's go, your driving skills are not good enough. I'll drive behind. Come on, little Cole, take this and take the public carriage." Captain Parker took out a silver shilling and handed it to the little Cole brothers and sisters.

"Let's go with you." Little Cole did not take the silver coin.

"You are our underground intelligence agent. How could you be exposed so early. Uncle Annick and I will investigate the information you provided in the afternoon. You can just take it. The remaining money can also be considered as a reward. By the way, we will monitor that person from tomorrow.

Female teachers also get paid."

After hearing this, little Cole took the silver coin with confidence and held it tightly tightly.

It took Captain Parker and Annick about ten minutes to arrive at the stall area at the port. The wooden buildings were jumbled together. There were two-story and even three-story buildings at the entrance to the stall area.

There were a crowd of children playing in rags. Next to them, women who could not afford the market rent were setting up various stalls. Some were selling cheap food and some were selling various low-quality clothes. Some were not.

People who had found jobs or were injured sat in front of their homes, greedily staring at the pockets of all the people passing by.

"Take out your dick, although no one is crazy enough to openly rob people in police uniforms, but who knows if poor and crazy people will take risks to commit petty theft."

Annick took out his pistol, and the silver light reflected in the hot sunshine. People who were trying to beg or had other ideas saw the revolver in Annick's hand, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Annick.

The two walked into the alley together. In the dark and tidal environment, Annick looked up and couldn't see the sky. There were various attics or clothes-drying racks hanging on the second floor. Counting the buildings, the fifth one was a low-rise building.

It is a short shack-like house. Black fungus even grows on the wooden boards of the house. It has not been cleaned for a long time, and there are spider webs from the roof to the door.

"You stop at the back, I'm going to kick the door down."

Captain Parker stood in front of the door and raised his right foot and pushed hard towards the wooden door made of more than a dozen wooden sticks. After a bang, the whole door fell to the ground with the lock. People around him poked their heads out and saw two

A policeman holding a pistol stood at the door and retreated.

There were wine bottles on the ground in the house, a greasy quilt on a wooden single bed, and a half-bitten, moldy black bread on a small wooden table. There was nothing else, and the house was just bare walls.

Describe it like this.

"Let's go, you can't see anything here, ask the neighbors next door."

Annick knocked on the nearest door, and a thin old man opened it slowly. Seeing the two people standing at the door, the old man said hurriedly.

"Two gentlemen, the family really has no money. That traitor hasn't sent any money back for a long time. I rely on people to watch the door and give me food. Why don't you take this?" After the old man finished speaking, he put it in his pocket.

I found a tattered pocket watch, with the glass on the surface cracked. A hemp rope was threaded through the place where the watch chain used to be.

"Old sir, we're just here to ask you for some news. Just keep your pocket watch. Can you let us in?"

When the old man heard this, he quickly put away his pocket watch and let the two of them into the house. Compared to the small room next door, it was very clean. There was a partition made of cloth in the middle. The coal stove, kettle and stew pot were placed on one side.

There were two benches and a long table. On the table were three tea cups and a tea cup. The old man took out a bench and wiped it with his sleeve, then placed it in front of the two of them.

"Two police officers, do you want to have tea? I'm going to borrow some tea from the opposite side now." The old man pointed to the tea cup on the table, and then said. "The tea leaves that were last ordered became moldy a few months ago, so I threw them away. I don't know how to deal with them."

I haven’t sent money here for months, and there is no tea at home.”

"No need to trouble the old man, we will just ask a few questions and leave after that."

"That's good. If you, the two police officers, have anything to ask, I will definitely answer you as long as I know."

"Do you know Jeff, the fisherman next door to you? He has been hanging out with those people recently."

"You're talking about that rotten gambler. Last week he spent the whole night gambling at a casino near here, hoping to get rich, but he lost miserably. Then he was chased by the casino thugs every day to collect debts. Last Saturday several people

People wearing all black clothes and black masks found him and helped him pay off his gambling debts. It seemed that Jeff was very excited and followed them. You can go to the casino to ask for details."

"Casino? Where is it?"

"If you go to the middle of the street, you'll find the only masonry building. There are usually two guards at the door to check whether visitors have hidden weapons to prevent trouble."

"Has anyone else come to see Jeff lately?"

"There are people looking for him as a single old gambler, except for the two police officers."

"Let's go, don't bother me, old gentleman, you need to rest."

"No way, two police officers, walk slowly."

The two walked in the narrow alley for a while, and saw the only brick and stone building in the block about 70 or 80 meters away. It was a three-story white small Western-style building. The red roof and white walls were in this area.

It looks out of place in the dilapidated neighborhood.

"Captain, don't we care about gambling?" Annick looked a little dazzling looking at this building.

"As long as they pay taxes, we can't shut them down. Council gentlemen don't care where your taxes come from." Captain Parker shook his head.

Two guards holding steel pipes at the door were looking around. When they saw someone about to enter the casino, they stopped him for a simple body search. When Captain Parker and Captain Parker approached, they looked at each other, and then one person stood up.

Walking towards the two of them with smiles on their faces.

"Why are the two police chiefs coming to our small place? We are a good company that pays taxes on time. Our boss was the outstanding tax representative of Gonia District last year."

"We're just here to ask something, not to cause trouble. You don't have to sneak around to tip that kid over there. As long as no one inside is conspiring to organize riots or sell arms, you're all safe."

After Captain Parker finished speaking, he raised the oversized revolver in his hand and pointed it at the guard behind him who turned and ran away.

"How could this happen? I just went in early to tell the boss that a distinguished guest was coming. If the two police chiefs are worried, please go in with me. And sir, please put down your gun. I'm afraid that you will be able to walk into the casino with such a big gun today."

None of the guests dared to come." The doorman who wanted to sneak away argued.
Chapter completed!