Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 366 People have three urgent needs

After breakfast, the five members of the "Old Tune Team" simply put on disguises and went out to get into the gray off-road vehicle.

They planned to go to the car rental place to change their car first, so that people who were "anti-intellectual" would no longer look familiar.

Long Yuehong, who was on the left side of the back row, subconsciously looked out the window and found that there were vehicles coming and going on the road, and the surrounding shops were open normally.

"I thought there would be an army takeover today. There were soldiers patrolling with guns everywhere." He did not hide his doubts.

"Have you read too much old world entertainment materials?" Shang Jianyao, who was on the right side of the back row, said with a smile.

Although Long Yuehong didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that she made that judgment based on some old world entertainment information.

Jiang Baimian, who was sitting in the passenger seat, laughed:

"Do you think that after Phocas captured members of the Anti-Intellectual Cult and the Salvation Army at Varro's manor, he would quickly take action to contact other senators, mobilize troops, and control Varro's faction? ?”

"Shouldn't this kind of thing happen so quickly that the other party won't be on guard?" Long Yuehong expressed her thoughts.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"Analysis of the specific situation, maybe Phocas has not found enough support, maybe he does not want to launch a coup, maybe he really has nothing to do with the 'anti-intellectual cult', and feels that he cannot do what this cult wants, so he chose a safer choice Ways that are less likely to cause confusion.”

Bai Chen, who was driving, also said:

"Without sufficient information, any judgment is inaccurate."

"That's right." Long Yuehong admitted that she was indeed led astray by some entertainment materials from the old world.

At this time, Gennava suddenly asked:

"Won't you be angry because of this? Being denied by everyone one after another."

"Isn't this normal..." Long Yuehong suddenly stopped for words and then smiled, "No one can guarantee that their views are correct."

"And you can..." Before Shang Jianyao finished speaking, he saw Jiang Baimian turning around and casting his gaze.

Gnawa moved his metal neck up and down:

"So that's it."

He seemed to be establishing new observational samples of human behavior patterns.

The vehicle drove neither fast nor slowly and turned into the Green Olive District from a street that the "Old Adjustment Team" had never been to before.

This time, they switched to an off-road vehicle with a dark red color but a sturdy appearance.

When Jiang Baimian arrived at the hotel, he immediately saw the boss Ugo, who had blond hair and slightly dark skin with some wrinkles, sitting at the front desk, eating black bread.

"Don't you get tired of eating the same thing every day?" Shang Jianyao asked curiously.

Ugo looked up at him and replied without any emotion:

"It will be good if most people on the dusty land have something to eat."

"And you are not that majority of people." Shang Jianyao said with a smile without feeling dissatisfied.

Ugo's eyes swept over Bai Chen and others:

"It was."

He expressed his meaning concisely and concisely:

This is a habit developed in the previous hard life.

Jiang Baimian did not let Shang Jianyao continue this topic and asked casually:

"Have you had any unintentional illness in the past few days?"

"No more, you can move back here." Ugo said calmly.

In other words, this time the "unintentional" epidemic stopped at close to ten cases in just a few days... Jiang Baimian sighed and got to the point:

"Mr. Ugo, do you remember the last time we came back?"

"Remember." Ugo didn't say a word more.

Jiang Baimian asked seriously:

"Then did you notice that someone was following us at that time?"

"Yes." Ugo answered with one word again.

Yes... Long Yuehong was suddenly surprised.

I really found a clue in Boss Ugo!

"Have you seen clearly what kind of person he is?" Bai Chen, who knew Ugo best, asked further.

Ugo glanced at the door:

"The stalker did not get out of the car. He drove a dark green modified off-road vehicle. After you came in, he parked the car far away. As soon as you went out, got in the car and left, he started the car again and followed behind. .”

"Far away...how did you discover it?" Long Yuehong asked curiously.

According to the team leader and Shang Jianyao, Boss Ugo had been at the front desk of the hotel at the time and could only see the area corresponding to the door.

Ugo glanced at him:

"I have installed surveillance cameras at the door."

"..." Long Yuehong didn't expect this answer.

"Technology changes life." Shang Jianyao praised and clapped.

Bang bang bang, Gnawa deeply agreed with this and echoed with applause.

Jiang Baimian resisted the urge to cover her face and begged the hotel owner:

"Mr. Ugo, can we take a look at that piece of surveillance?"

Ugo was about to answer when his expression suddenly changed, and the muscles on his face were slightly distorted.

"I'm going to the bathroom first." He said very quickly.

While speaking, he stood up and hurried to the room behind the front desk without waiting for Jiang Baimian and others to respond.

"Well, people have three urgent needs." Shang Jianyao expressed his understanding.

Then, he asked loudly:

"Do you need my help watching?"

boom!

Ugo opened the door and rushed in, responding to the sound of a heavy door closing.

Jiang Baimian, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong looked at each other, a little confused.

The next second, Jiang Baimian recalled the gasping sound he heard from the room in front of him, a beast-like breathing sound.

"Recurrent illness?" she said in a soliloquy voice.

Of course, her soliloquy was enough for Shang Jianyao and others to hear clearly.

"Maybe I just couldn't hold it in anymore." Shang Jianyao argued for Ugo.

Thinking that Ugo was in the room behind the front desk, Long Yuehong gave up the idea of arguing with Shang Jianyao.

After two or three minutes, the closed wooden door opened.

Ugo walked out slowly. His blond hair was slightly damp, as was his old linen shirt.

His face was a little pale, and his overall condition was not very good.

"I have a problem with my digestive system." Ugo explained casually.

"I'll just say it." Shang Jianyao looked pleased.

He immediately suggested:

"Do you need medical treatment? Do you need special medicine?"

Ugo shook his head:

"Chronic illness doesn't matter."

Jiang Baimian didn't speak and just watched quietly.

She found that Boss Ugo's condition was getting better little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it seemed like it was just an episode.

"You can watch the surveillance now." Ugo took out a rather old portable computer from under the counter, connected the lines skillfully, and turned it on.

After finding the surveillance video, he put the computer on the wooden board at the front desk and turned it around so that it faced Jiang Baimian and others.

In the picture, a dark green off-road vehicle followed the gray off-road vehicle driven by Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao and drove into the surveillance area, keeping a certain distance from them.

"Yes, we were driving the gray car. It was the same car that Xiaobai and Xiaohong were driving when they were working as escorts." Jiang Baimian found another connection point.

As she spoke, as the gray off-road vehicle parked outside the hotel, the dark green vehicle that had obviously been modified pulled to the side of the street.

There seemed to be dark film on both sides of the car, making it difficult to see who was inside.

But surveillance cameras captured the windshield.

You can vaguely see that there is only one person in the car, wearing a low-down baseball cap and black clothes.

When Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao left the hotel, they started the gray off-road vehicle and drove forward for a distance. The car also restarted and followed behind.

"There is no license plate." Long Yuehong thought of the mature license plate system in the old world and felt regretful.

If there is a license plate, the "old tune team" can follow the clues.

Unfortunately, there were many relic hunters coming and going in the city in the beginning, and the scrap rate of vehicles was also very high. Managing traffic by issuing license plates was not only troublesome, but also impractical. Therefore, the managers did not force all vehicles to have license plates, and it was all voluntary.

As for what to do if people without license plates violate traffic rules, the answer in "First City" is to equip the security officers who direct traffic with strong firepower. Whoever dares to mess up will be given a warning, a second shooting, and a three-time bombing.

Of course, similar proposals often appear in the Senate. For example, every foreign car must pay a certain fee at the entrance to the city and receive a temporary license. But the problem is that this cannot be linked with the vehicle owner and lacks practical significance-foreign car owners Many of them are not citizens of the First City and have no identity here. Even if they report their names, no one can prove whether they are true or false.

To do this well, the most convenient way is to cooperate with the Hunter Guild and obtain the corresponding registration information, but the Senate of the "First City" has been unwilling to bow its head.

For them, the reason why this matter is often proposed is that they can collect a sum of money, which is equivalent to a disguised city entry tax.

After watching the surveillance video carefully, Jiang Baimian found no useful clues for the time being, so he had to raise his head and ask the boss:

"Mr. Ugo, can we make a copy of this video?"

"Just think of it as the room fee for the few nights you didn't stay." Ugo nodded.

Gnawa immediately stepped forward and began to operate.

At this time, Shang Jianyao asked another thing:

"How is Ms. Mary doing now?"

Jiang Baimian immediately added for him:

"The child has an 'unintentional disease'."

Ugo replied calmly:

“I could still see it the day before yesterday, but it disappeared in the past two days.

"In the Green Olive District, most people have difficulty feeding themselves. A crazy woman can't last more than a few days."

He paused and said:

"I hope she leaves this painful world in an easier way."