After simply leaving a record with the police, in the evening, as the sun set, Drizzt, Lu Jian and Shia left Dr. House's clinic.
"Is someone watching you?"
In a restaurant on the roadside, Drizzt described what he felt in the underground darkroom.
What surprised him was that neither Lu Tan nor Xia felt it.
That thing seemed to be heading for Drizzt.
"Do you really know something terrible, and the other party wants to kill you to silence you?"
Lu Tan picked up a hot potato, peeled off the outer skin, sprinkled some salt and pepper, and took a bite.
"There was something in that room that I didn't dare to say when I was in it."
Drizzt sighed and stirred the broth with a spoon. Compared to the vegetable broth on the Black Street, the broth in the restaurant at least had real meat patties and had a much richer taste.
"But neither Lu Tan nor I felt it. This shouldn't be the case."
Siya said after devouring her food. In front of her, she had eaten a chicken leg with the bones, and only a few crumbs were left on the large piece of bread. As for the steak and vegetable soup, it was only because Siya was talking.
This slightly delayed their fate of being eaten up and wiped clean.
"Is it really an illusion?"
Drizzt also knows very well that one of Lu Tan and Shia is not a normal person, and the other is beyond ordinary people. If these two people don't feel anything, then it's probably nothing, it's just their own psychological effects.
"Forget it, let's take a look at the next investigation targets, the suppliers who contacted Dr. House, and the two patients he received. By the way, I may go to Mrs. Martina's place tomorrow morning. After all,
Some things are best left alone."
He patted his chest and put the case records in the inner pocket of his windbreaker.
"Is it possible that the friends and relatives of those who were killed by the gangster ladies developed hatred and wanted to kill accomplices like Dr. House?"
Lu Tan asked again.
"It is also possible that I have recorded the names and information of these deceased people and can go investigate tomorrow."
As a detective, Drizzt still has this level of sense of smell.
"You two can sleep in my detective agency tonight. I'm a little worried that other monsters will appear due to the influence of the Quiet Place."
"Yeah!"
Lu Tan said yes.
"Are there usually a lot of monsters in the abandoned city?"
It seems that except for the last mission [Mouth of the Madman], Shia has never been to the abandoned city again, so she is not very familiar with the conditions here.
"Not much. To be honest, after traveling in so many foreign lands, I feel that the most dangerous thing in the ruined city is not monsters, but humans."
Drizzt smiled bitterly.
After dinner, the three of them walked through the streets.
As the name suggests, Gray Alley is at the junction of rich and poor. Under the street lights, there are many call girls. They are all dressed up, but they all look bad. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can spend a wonderful night with them, and there are some
The beggar's eyes are numb and he can't see any will.
The only thing missing is the drunkards, because the wasteland is still under prohibition, so those guys who rely on alcohol to numb themselves do not appear on the streets. But has the crime rate really dropped?
Lu Jian didn't quite believe it.
"So, due to Prohibition, some doctors secretly brew wine for sale. Does Dr. House have this hobby?"
He had seen alcohol in the darkroom. In this foreign land of Prohibition, this kind of thing was quite risky.
"It's possible, but at least the wines in his dark room were not brewed by himself. I know the labels of those wines. They were brewed by the Catania family. In some high-class gatherings, these wines will be provided to the guests in small
Taste it in the room, it should be given to him by Madam Martina."
Drizzt explained.
Laws like Prohibition are strict for people in the lower class, but naturally relaxed for people at the top.
Lu Tiao looked towards the rich area. It was also resplendent at night, with bright lights, lighting up the roads in the poor area. It was more dazzling than the street lights here. In those houses, the so-called upper-class people played and sang every night, and the wine was certainly not enough.
Will miss these banquets.
However, due to the prohibition on alcohol, public drinking and drinking at parties are not allowed, so many people go to the lounge of the banquet hall to discuss deals while tasting wine.
A small group of people passed by on the street. These people were wearing shabby clothes, with gray faces, and some stains on their bodies that were difficult to wash off, either from paint or coal.
"These are the workers over there. They start working at seven in the morning until nine at night, six days a week, and the money they earn is only enough to feed two people. The pollution from those factories, I mean exhaust gas
Such things are very serious, especially in recent years, a worker can no longer work after working for three years at most, otherwise he will die."
Drizzt whispered to Shia and Lu Tan.
"Many of them are farmers living in the wilderness outside the abandoned city. Due to the adoption of new technologies, the rich people who controlled the farmland fired them and let these people enter the abandoned city. They are illiterate and have no skills themselves.
They can only enter the factory and continue to be exploited by the rich."
"Why not go to other cities, or go further into the wild?"
Shia was puzzled.
In the Kingdom of Darkness, there is no such exploitation and oppression. If a person cannot go to the Gray Tower to learn magic, he can still farm, raise livestock, cut trees, and raise fish. After all, he can support himself.
"The outside of the ruined city is barren, and even bounty hunters are not willing to waste time there. Further places, like we did last time, require a long journey, and there are dangers. Many people can't even pay the fare.
rise."
Drizzt lit the tobacco in his pipe and inhaled the pungent smell to relieve fatigue.
"Moreover, even if you go to other cities, you may still be squeezed by the people in power in those cities. There is no difference. At least you have more chances to destroy the city. If you have good physical strength and are lucky enough to join a gang, you can also become a thug."
"It's terrible."
Shia couldn't help but sigh.
"That's why I said that compared to monsters, the people in the abandoned city are more terrifying. The monsters will only kill you, at least you won't feel it when they eat you. But in this city, you will only feel the slow death swallowing you.
The pain lasts until the moment you stop breathing."
Drizzt led the two of them skillfully through the streets and returned to the Drizzt Detective Agency, which was also located at the intersection of rich and poor.
As soon as the door opened, a fat orange cat was sitting on the sofa. He lazily looked up at the door. When he noticed Lu Tiao, the orange cat suddenly jumped up and looked here warily. Then he disappeared without knowing it.
Where did he go?
"I'll borrow two quilts. You can find a comfortable floor wherever you like."
Drizzt pointed at the messy ground and immediately went downstairs.
