Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

Kronborg was not far away. On the night of the third day, Li saw the gate of Kronborg. The gate of the ancient castle was open, and the iron chains of the suspension bridge were covered with green vines.

"It looks like a peaceful place," Li walked to the door, touched the rattan on the chain and said, "This door should not have been closed for more than ten years."

"Fifteen years," Ryan replied: "The protection of the Holy City is not a thick wall, but the faith in people's hearts. No king of that country has ever dared to launch a war against the Holy City. If he did, then His army will overthrow him first."

"Even the king dare not disrespect the Vatican, but you dare to sneak into the Vatican to kill people. You are really brave."

Ryan's eyes widened, "You, how did you know?"

"Isn't it hard to guess? A group of you are carefully lurking in the woods outside the Holy City with murder weapons. You are definitely not going to hunt. Then you are probably killing someone." Li looked at Ryan's eyes. He was so panicked that he shook his head and said, "You are a smart girl. You must be pretending to be scared. Are you really not worried at all?"

"Why should you worry? Mr. Li, you are my employer now. And I guess you should have already known about our team's plan, but you didn't stop us, so you shouldn't be with us. I think so. It won't be detrimental to me. As for the other people in the team," Ryan shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Those people are scum, and they deserve to die. I don't need to worry about them. ?”

"But those people are your comrades."

"Only temporary."

"Well, I can tell you a piece of news. If your people want to do something bad in the Vatican, no matter what it is, you have chosen the worst time."

"Oh? Can I ask why?"

"Ah, of course, just before we left the Vatican, something happened there. The Vatican now may be the most heavily defended in hundreds of years."

"I think they can take care of themselves. Where's your giant brother?"

"'Huge' is not a good word, you'd better use the word 'strong'. As for my brother, you don't have to worry about him, he can take care of himself."

"I think you'd better take your brother with you."

"Thank you for your concern, but to be honest, you don't have to worry about me."

"You are my employer. I'm just afraid that if you die, I won't be able to receive the money."

Li just smiled and Ryan stopped talking. It was obvious that the girl was not in a good mood. Li felt that she was worried about her "temporary teammate". From this point of view, the nature of this girl is not too bad.

As Ryan said, the Nighthawk Tavern is very famous in the lower city, and it is just above the street. Even in the middle of the night, the pub is still open, and the bright candlelight shines through the door on the dark stone pavement, like a A shiny business card.

Thanks to Ryan, Li easily entered the private room on the second floor of the tavern. Under Ryan's introduction, a fat man quickly entered the private room.

After the fat man bowed to Li, he sat across from Li. He was wearing a shabby black suit and had a harmless smile. He looked like an ordinary businessman who was down and out.

"This is the best 'pimp' I can find. Even in the entire industry, Fatty is the best," Ryan said to Li: "Speak your request to Fatty, and he will The right person will be chosen for you.”

"I want a killer," Li said directly: "The best killer, I don't care about the price. I just want him to be the best, nothing less than the best will do."

The fat man laughed, and after laughing for a while, he said to Ryan, "It's really a chick." After saying that, the fat man picked up the wine in the private room, poured a glass for all three of them, and then said: "Uh, The guy opposite, listen, I’ve been in this business for many years, and I’ve seen a lot of beautiful young men like you, but at least they know how to come in wearing a scarf or a robe, walk in struttingly like you, and then directly It’s really rare to say you want the best.”

"Are you in business or not?"

"Do it, of course I do. Don't I want it if I have the money? But since you are brought here by Xiao Ryan, I naturally have to say a few words to avoid you trouble me later. First of all, it is really a death that cannot be resolved. Do you have a grudge? I think you should think about it carefully. If not, then it is better to use other methods to solve it. Murder may seem to be a solution, but it involves a lot and often makes things worse. Well, you still have to ask. A scavenger to help you solve the problem?"

"I'm sure."

"Okay then, tell me your goal, and I will be responsible for choosing the most suitable one for you. Listen, from a certain point of view, killing is the same as playing. There is only the most suitable, and there is no best. It is impossible for a troubadour with a six-string instrument to sing opera at the Grand Theater, so after I learn the characteristics of the target and various information, I will recommend the most suitable scavenger for you, and their asking price is more reasonable. "

"Ryan says Nighthawk has the best killers."

"They are not killers, but scavengers. We just help some people like you to clean up the garbage. As for the so-called best, didn't you hear what I just said? Killers only have the most suitable ones, and there are no The best.”

"Ryan said there is a man called Youlun, who is called the 'Executioner'."

The fat man's expression was obviously stagnant, and his whole body became stiff. After a while, he sighed and said, "Yes, the executioner Youlun, that guy can't be considered a human being. He is a devil in human skin. He is indeed the best. But his asking price is really outrageous. It is not something that a young man like you can afford..."

Before the fat man finished speaking, his words were interrupted by a move by Li. Li took out a small bag from his waist and threw it on the table. The small bag "clattered" on the table, and some shiny small stones rolled out of the small mouth.

The fat man stretched out his fat tongue, licked his lips, quickly took out a pair of copper tweezers, and then took out a single-lens glasses and put the glasses on his nose. He took a deep breath and asked softly, "Do you mind if I take a look?"

"Please feel free."

The fat man then picked up a shiny small stone with tweezers, held his breath, and observed it carefully.

After a while, the fat man's breathing became heavy. He couldn't help but get excited. What he saw in front of him was not an ordinary gem, but a diamond that was the king of gems. Moreover, the diamond in front of him was extremely excellent in terms of color, cut, and clarity. It was the most precious colorless diamond and could almost be called perfect.

And there was another bag of diamonds in that small pocket. Wait, were all the diamonds in the pocket like this?

The fat man carefully put the diamond on the tweezers aside and picked up another one. After careful observation, the beautiful luster made people excited. It turned out to be an equally perfect diamond. He simply put the tweezers into his pocket and dug it out. He picked up one at random, which was just as perfect.

At this time, the fat man could already hear his heart roaring. Just one such gem was precious enough, but the other party actually had a small bag of gems. How many such gems would be in the bag? Fifty? No, no, that's a little too few; one hundred? No, that's a little conservative; three hundred? God Emperor! What a huge fortune this is. The fat man felt the blood in his body begin to surge to his head. He felt dizzy, and the world seemed to spin in front of him.

Li just looked at the excited fat man in front of him, with a faint smile on his face. But he was already very happy in his heart. The natives are really easy to deceive. When the Western captain met the natives of the tribe, the two sides negotiated a fair trade. As a result, the captain exchanged the natives' gold ornaments with glass beads. Both parties expressed their satisfaction with such a deal. And now, Li is doing the same thing.

Natural diamonds are not easy to form, even in the universe era. But artificial gems are extremely cheap, and the price will not be higher than glass beads. Moreover, with such advanced modern technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between natural gems and artificial gems. Apart from those old masters, only advanced modern instruments can tell whether the gems Li took out are natural.

So in any civilized world, people rarely use gems as currency for trading. It is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. It is still safe to use the throne coin.

But in this medieval world full of natives, this thing is very useful. Artificial gems have never appeared in this world. With the human craftsmanship in this world, they can't make artificial gems, and they don't have the concept of natural or artificial in their minds.

So even the jewelry experts in this world will be fooled by Li.

Li took a sip of wine and asked, "Is this money enough to hire Youlun?"

"What are you kidding? So many diamonds are enough to hire me to kill my mother. Hahaha," the fat man stared at the diamonds, his eyes full of greed, "Enough, no, too much, too much, who do you need to kill, or just let Youlun follow you, and let him kill whoever you don't like?"

"Then I'll pay the deposit first," Li said as he picked up his pocket. He pointed to the diamond that the fat man had just admired and put aside and said, "These three diamonds, two of which are the deposit for hiring Youlun, and one belongs to you. If there is a chance in the future, I may come to you again."