Chapter 25 President
On an open space not far from Delia's house, a medium-sized four-wheeler was parked, and another trader in a black suit sat motionless in the cockpit, like a sculpture.
Shuer and the other two boarded the vehicle. There was no communication between the two traders, and there was no eye contact. The driver activated the vehicle. After a slight roar, the vehicle slowly started and drove towards the inner city.
Shuer and the other two did not speak anymore and remained silent all the way. It was obvious that these ordinary traders obviously did not have much understanding authority. Communicating with them was just a waste of time. It was better to leave your energy to deal with the upcoming challenges for a while.
The vehicle moved forward rapidly along the city road and entered the city. Only then did the three of them intuitively understand how much impact the mechanical invasion on the city these days.
More than half of the buildings were damaged, and a large number of buildings collapsed. The roadside was full of blood from the big beaches and broken arms that could be seen everywhere. Metal fragments of all sizes and blood were mixed together, filling the streets and alleys of the city.
Like the West Outer Ring District, there are also many corpses that have not been processed yet. At the corners and rubble, the twisted corpses are looming. Perhaps some lucky people can still come back from the Life Archives, but obviously, there will definitely be some unlucky guys who happened to be destroyed and lost the possibility of resurrection.
Unlike the scene I saw that night not long ago, there are no more people coming and going on the streets now. Almost everyone is busy and does their part to rebuild the city in their posts. Replacing the crowded crowds are engineering vehicles, construction, transportation of supplies, transportation of personnel, and vehicles coming and going on. At that time, they cooperate to conceal the vehicle that Shuer and the others are riding on, so it will not be too conspicuous.
After driving for about twenty kilometers, he even passed the initial position of the Shadow Trailers. The vehicle drove to the entrance of a dark alley before stopping silently. The trader got out of the car with the three of them, and the vehicle immediately drove away from the dark alley without stopping for an extra second. However, the trader was used to this and did not look behind his back, and made a gesture to the Shadow Trailers.
There is no fork in the narrow alley. I walked along the road to the end. A narrow small door was across the end of the road. A neon sign was hanging above the small door. The neon sign was not lit up, and the sign was a bit old. Many light bulbs had fallen off. You could barely read the words, bullets and wine on the sign. Maybe this is the name here.
Traders were the first to enter, and the shadow-seekers followed. As soon as they entered the door, a strong bar smell came to their faces. The bar, the wine table, the dance floor, the entertainment corner, and the colorful lights on the roof that would become bright when lit up. I am afraid no one would believe it.
However, maybe it was because the disaster had just passed, maybe it was daytime, there was no guest in the bar, and there was not even a waiter, only a middle-aged man with a scar on his face was sitting alone at the table, playing with some regular stone pieces with his hands. It seemed that it should be some popular entertainment prop in this world.
Although the middle-aged man's face was cold, it was obviously a fundamental difference from those traders. His expression and behavior were not as rigid as the traders. Hearing the footsteps, the middle-aged man looked up and glanced at a few people, and banged at a very inconspicuous door on the side, and continued to lower his head to play with his stone tablets.
The trader's expression did not change at all, and he passed by the middle-aged man. When Shuer passed by him, a strong smell of gunpowder and oil rushed into Shuer's nose. Looking at his coordinated actions and weapons he could take, Shuer felt that this person's profession was intimate, and he should be similar to his group.
The trader helped to push open the last door, but no longer planned to lead the way. He stood at the door and bowed and made a gesture of inviting in, and then stopped moving. Standing at the door and thought about it, Shuer chuckled a few times and walked into this inconspicuous room with Moria and Mia.
After entering, I found that although the space inside was not large, it was very exquisitely arranged, the lights were moderately bright and dark, and the environment looked very comfortable. The tables and chairs were all heavy wooden furniture, and they could not be put together with the furniture made of wood boards and chips in Delia's house. There were several paintings hanging on the walls. According to Pavatiga's customary name, these should be oil paintings with an early style. Shuer had no appreciation for artworks. Well, he only had the ability to estimate the value. However, Mia nodded naturally when she saw these paintings, obviously affirming their artistic nature.
In the middle of the room, there is a long table that can sit at least ten people. According to the layout of the room, it should be a gambling table. However, perhaps it was specifically for Shuer and his party that the gambling table had been removed and replaced with an ordinary long table. There were some simple food on the long table. Well, it was simple, but compared to the food at Delia's house, it was much better in terms of materials and workmanship.
At the end of the long table, a huge figure lies at one end. The huge size does not refer to his height, but to his width. This is an extremely bloated, obese old man weighing at least 200 kilograms.
The man looked like a ball with short limbs and no sign of his neck. His chin was folded several layers, and the fat on his belly was piled up one after another. With a slight movement, the fat was rising and falling like waves.
Hearing the sound of entering the door, the fat old man raised his head. Such a simple action made his forehead sweat. He smiled apologetically. The old man wiped the sweat off his forehead, made an invitation gesture to the three of them, and pointed to the chairs next to him: "Please sit, please sit, everyone sit casually. It is really inconvenient for me to stand up, so I won't welcome the three of you."
The voice is soft and gentle, and it sounds like a normal person. It is not as mechanical and stereotyped as other traders, and its smile is also very sincere. No matter how you look at it, this is a normal human being.
"Is this the president of the black market?" Xiuer looked at the old man from a distance for a while, nodded thoughtfully, pulled open the chair and sat next to the old man. The two ladies naturally sat face to face on the other side of the long table, ready to deal with abnormal situations at any time. "To be honest, I was really a little surprised."
"I heard Delia mention the President before, but she never said that the President's appearance is so distinctive. I think this is definitely not something she overlooked. With the President's body shape, even if she wants to ignore it, it may not be that easy. In this way, there is only one answer." Shuer smiled, "This is also one of the President's spare bodies? It seems that President is really vigilant at all times."
"There is no way. If you do this, you will be destined to be suspicious and not be at peace for a moment." The fat old man did not deny the guess of the backup body. "Some things always come at a price."
"Ha, that's right." Xiu nodded thoughtfully, "Now we are here too. You can tell us what you have to talk to us, right?"
"You are going to find me." The old man smiled and looked very honest on his fat face. "From the beginning, Mr. Shuer sent out a signal to talk to me. As a qualified businessman, of course I would not refuse."
"Ha, that's right, but my signal was only released to the 'black market president' I understood at the time. Now that the situation has changed significantly, I naturally have to consider more." Shul paused and suddenly said with a self-deprecating smile, "Forget it, it's not over if you continue like this. It's better for everyone to say something directly. There is no need to go around like this. I think, with the president's nature, I don't like such obscure ways of talking to humans."
"I think Mr. Shure has a misunderstanding." The president said with a smile, "Actually, I am also a human being."
"Is it human or was it once a human?"
"once."
"So that's it." Shur said, "It seems that the world is more complicated than I thought."
"But you are right, I really don't like to go around in circles like this." The president's huge body moved and adjusted a more comfortable position. "Let's do this, in order to show sincerity, I'll ask my questions first."
“Where are we from?”
"Yes." The president nodded, "What are you? I hope you don't use excuses to perfunctory me. You are definitely not members of the black market in this city, nor are you from other cities. I really want to know, what are you? Where are you from and what purpose are there?"
"Your Excellency President is so sure?" Xiuer said while knocking on his thigh, "Is there any basis?"
"Show you something." The old man picked up a controller on the table and pressed it a few times. A secret wall was pulled upwards, revealing a huge display screen. Soon, a clear image appeared on the display screen.
On the crowded street, seven strange people suddenly appeared out of thin air, but the people around them didn't notice it at all and continued to do what they should do. There is no doubt that this was the scene when the divine shield disappeared and the seven people were exposed to this world for the first time.
"After hearing a few children mention that you have some of yours, I searched for the video of the inner city before the mechanical invasion based on the appearance characteristics of several people, and finally confirmed that this was the scene when several people first appeared."
"Because I couldn't find the earlier video, I could only analyze this video in depth. Until I compared this video with the video at the same location in other time periods one by one, I suddenly discovered the problem. You... seem to have suddenly appeared in the video."
Chapter completed!