Hunter × Hunter: The Seven Deadly Sins

That night, Enwei acted overnight.

The target was determined based on the intelligence collected. He was an obscure manufacturing tycoon who owned a shipyard and a manor in Balkimoa.

When Envi attacked the rich man, he was crying for love with a beautiful maid in his manor castle.

The next day, the scholars woke up, put on their winter clothes, went downstairs, and ate on the second floor of the hotel. When the scholars finished their breakfast, Ilumi and his party came to meet them and told them that they had found a place to stay.

"In addition, there is also a navy stationed in Balkimoa, so Robin cannot move freely for the time being."

Ilumi warned again, and Olvia and Robin nodded one after another to express their understanding. In the past six months, their mother and daughter have become accustomed to this kind of life where they don't show their true colors to others.

"Mr. Ilumi, what you are talking about temporarily means..."

Dr. Hallock seemed to understand the meaning of Ilu's riddle, but he stopped talking.

"It won't be long before Nicole 6 Robin can live a normal life in this country."

Ilumi said, then turned and walked towards the stairs, and went down to the first floor. The scholars quickly followed.

"Da da……"

When the group of people arrived at the door of the hotel, a sightseeing carriage that could carry dozens of people stopped. It was about the same size as a bus in the real world. It carried a fat middle-aged man wearing a black fur coat, suits and ties. , it was Envi who became a rich man.

Although it is a carriage, the carriage is not pulled by pure animals, but by six semi-mechanized modified horses that have been mechanically modified. It is precisely because they are mechanically modified creatures that they can pull such a huge "carriage".

Ilumi, the others, and the scholars got on the bus one after another. When Slos, who was carrying the historical text, got on the bus, the "carriage" made an overwhelmed "creak" sound, and the chassis sank slightly.

"Axel Manor."

After everyone got on the bus, Enwei spoke, and six semi-mechanical horses moved their iron hooves, pulling the sightseeing carriage towards the street. They were bound to the owner's voiceprint, and they only needed voice control to issue action instructions to them. When the instruction was terminated, They don't stop working until they reach their destination.

Six semi-mechanical horses run at a constant speed on the street, attracting the attention of passers-by.

"Tsk, what are the people in this country thinking? They actually created this kind of transportation."

“Isn’t a car much more useful than a horse-drawn carriage?”

Grid sat in the second row, took out his ears and grinned.

"A semi-mechanical horse does not require time and effort to domesticate, and in this winter country with year-round wind and snow, a carriage is more effective than a car."

Envi smiled.

"Dudu..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a horn sounded from behind, and a black car sped up, passed in front of the carriage, and flew away in a cloud of dust.

At this time, the shops on both sides of the street gradually opened their doors, and various products were displayed inside the glass doors, including cakes and desserts, fruits and vegetables, meat snacks, fashionable winter clothes, movie posters, product promotions, etc.

Many local residents are walking on the streets carrying breakfast and drinks. The middle-aged and elderly people are dressed in mature and steady clothes, while the young people are dressed in fashionable and trendy clothes. Some of them walk slowly, and some of them have an urgent pace. There were also young couples walking hand in hand with youthful smiles on their faces.

This is a modern city that is completely different from the rest of the world. Although its development is limited, its people live a prosperous and happy life.

Along the way, the scholars on the sightseeing bus got a glimpse of what the future kingdom is. Just the products in the shops on both sides of the street made them feel eye-opening and dazzling.

"In such a prosperous city, the scholars in this country must be very knowledgeable, right?"

On the sightseeing bus, a scholar unexpectedly asked such a question, and other scholars also had the same question and yearning in their hearts.

They live in O'Hara and consider themselves to be the top intellectuals in the world, but they have never seen a developed country like Balkimoa.

O'Hara looks like a small country town by comparison.

"Although Balkimoa is very developed, it is extremely short of resources. More than 90% of its raw materials rely on imports, especially energy."

Enwei suddenly spoke and introduced the scholars.

"For example, the car that just surpassed ours can only be used by the top richest people in this country. Not only are the metal materials, non-metal materials, and composite materials needed to make cars scarce, but energy is also extremely scarce."

"Twenty years ago, the giant geothermal heating furnace project launched by Bega Punk to improve the national living environment was terminated. In addition to technology and funds, energy is the biggest problem."

“If you want to obtain more energy, you must invest in mining in other countries, but this will give other countries a wide opening, and in serious cases, it will threaten Balkimoa to share energy mining and processing technology. "

"But how can Balkimoa hand over its own technology? Neighboring countries are unwilling to open up investment. Therefore, Balkimoa's energy development has stalled, and its relations with neighboring countries have not been good."

"If it weren't for the naval garrison and the constraints of the World Government, I'm afraid Balkimoa would wipe out all its neighboring countries."

Enwei explained the information he got last night. The semi-mechanized carriage was moving very fast and had already run out of the city and into the suburbs.

We have seen the magnificent manor castle standing in the vast ice and snow.

"rustle……"

The iron hooves of the semi-mechanized horses stepped on the snow, leaving deep footprints. If it were a car, it would definitely not be able to move forward in this situation, but the semi-mechanized animals could walk and even run easily.

Three minutes later, the carriage stopped in front of the iron gate at the main entrance of the manor. A round monitoring device was hung on the top of the iron gate. When the carriage stopped, a laser shot "whoosh" and stayed on Enwei's eyeball for a moment, and then quickly retracted.

"Clang..."

The laser was retracted, and the iron gate opened automatically with a "clang". The semi-mechanized carriage started again, carrying Yi Lumi and others to the magnificent castle in the manor.

"Da Da..."

There was little vegetation in the manor. There was a straight road built from the main gate to the castle. There was a thin layer of snow on the road. The semi-mechanized horse pulled the carriage through the snow, leaving two conspicuous ruts.

"Ka..."

The carriage just arrived at the castle gate, the heavy castle gate opened, and an old butler in a suit and vest and black hair with a single ponytail walked out, followed by four tall young maids.

"Mr. Axel."

The black-haired butler stepped forward, opened the door, and helped Envy, who looked like a middle-aged fat man, to get out of the car.

"Walter, these people are my friends, and they will live here for a long time in the future."

Envy instructed the butler named Walter.

"Especially these few people, what they say is what I say, you can treat them as new employers."

Envy looked at Illumi and others, and the butler Walter followed Envy's line of sight, and his deep and wise eyes swept over Illumi and others.

"First meeting, gentlemen, I am Mr. Axel's butler, Walter?6?1 Dominic."

The butler bowed slightly to Illumi and others and introduced himself.

"Illumi?6?1 Zoldyck."

Illumi jumped out of the car and reported his name.

"Kim Bradley."

"Selim Bradley."

Kim and Pride got out of the car one after another and reported their names.

"Okay, let's get acquainted with the others later. Now let's go in first."

Envy waved and walked towards the gate.

"Yes."

Walter smiled and nodded, bowed slightly to Illumi and others again, and followed Envy to the gate.

Although there were a lot of people in the house for no reason, seven of them were new employers. But for the butler, these were nothing. There was not much difference between one employer and eight employers, because he was a manager, and the work of taking care of the employers and their friends was done by the maids.

"Mr. Axel, since your friends are going to stay for a long time, there are not enough people now, and we must hire ten more people."

The butler followed Envy into the castle, took off his black fur coat and hung it on the hanger in the hall, and suggested at the same time.

"Ten people are not enough, hire twenty more." Enwei looked back at the scholars and said, "They are all excellent scholars. Arrange a largest and safest room for them to work."

"I'll leave this matter to you."

"Understood, Mr. Axel."

Butler Walter replied.

"So you are scholars. Excuse me." The butler looked at the scholars, adding a touch of respect to his amiable attitude, and smiled: "The largest and safest studio, only the basement in Axel Castle meets the requirements."

"However, due to geographical and weather reasons, the basement will be very humid, which will cause discomfort over time, especially for this gentleman, who may suffer from rheumatism."

The butler looked at Dr. Harlock and smiled.

"How about this, I will order people to open up rooms 12-20 on the first floor of the west area of ​​the castle, and then remove the floors of these eight rooms to create a ventilated and breathable semi-underground studio."

"The accommodation will be arranged in rooms 21-46. What do you think?"

The butler informed the scholars of the situation in the basement, arranged the accommodation, and proposed a solution.

Working housing, arranged instantly, neatly and tidy.

"It's good enough to meet our needs, but it would be even better if you could consider an old man like me."

"Thank you very much, I'll do as you say."

Dr. Hallock was very happy and shook hands with the butler, but did not introduce his name.

The butler didn't care. He noticed that his employer was different from usual in the morning, and now he brought a group of outsiders back directly, which was suspicious. However, he was just a butler, and he did whatever his employer told him to do. This was his job.

"Then, Mr. Axel." Butler Walter and Dr. Hallock let go of each other, turned to face Enwei who was sitting on the sofa, and said respectfully: "I will start preparing for adding more people and renovating the basement."

"Well, you go and get busy."

Enwei nodded and waved to him. The butler bowed slightly and turned to go out.

Ilumi sat on a single sofa with his back to the door. When the butler went out, a small black snake "swooshed" out from under the sofa, crawled out of the door along the corner of the wall, got into the snow, and followed the butler far behind.

"Go and help arrange the scholars' rooms."

In the castle hall, Envy looked at the four maids and ordered.

"Yes, Mr. Axel."

The four maids bowed respectfully and took the scholars to their rooms. Sloss also followed with the historical text. He had to put the historical text in the basement, and it was tiring to carry it all the time.

"Hey, Envy."

"It's just the beginning, and you've been exposed."

As soon as the maids left, Gleed mocked Envi.

"Tsk, it's hard to deceive someone who lives with you day and night." Envi curled his lips, "But it doesn't matter, just deal with it."

"Don't take action yet, let me observe first." Yilumi interjected: "We have just arrived in Balkimoa, so don't kill people easily. It is difficult for a modern country to cover up traces."

"The butler is a smart man."

"If he doesn't report to the Balkimoa government or the navy stationed here this time, he can try to develop the other party as one of his own."

"If it doesn't work, disappear."

Yilumi sat on the sofa and spoke calmly.

"Enwe, what is the political situation in this country like now?"

Kim?6?1 Bradley asked. After all, he was the one who would become the clear leader of Balkimoa in the future, and he had to prepare early.

"Tsk, how is it possible to figure out the political situation in Balkimoa in one night?" Envi scratched his head, with a headache on his face, and said, "I only found a little bit of information that everyone knows."

"The royal family of Balkimoa, the Santis royal family, are still the rulers of Balkimoa on the surface, but in fact they are just mascots. Their only role is to represent Balkimoa of the past.”

"The current high-level government of Balkimoa is divided into three departments: economics, politics, and science."

"The leaders of these three departments are Financial Officer Sasha, Praetor Bastian, and Chief Technology Officer Kain."

"It is rumored that the three of them are all childhood friends, and they worked hard to make Balkimoa strong."

"So, these three people are very prestigious among the people."

"To be honest, I think these three people are very difficult to deal with." Enwei scratched his head and said, "It doesn't matter if we have a good relationship. They each control three main functional departments. To move one, you have to move three. ”

"But when the three of them move together... the difficulty of the operation immediately increases. After all, I can't play the role of three leaders by myself."

"Even if you add the Boss, there are only two people."

Envi had a headache on his face, it would be great if three of them could transform.

"You said that the three of them came to where they are today in order to make Balkimoa strong?"

Suddenly, Ilumi spoke. He got an important piece of information from the intelligence provided by Enwei.

"Folk rumors say so, but it remains to be confirmed whether it is true." Enwei grinned: "Maybe this kind of thing is deliberately spread to increase their prestige and credibility among the people."

"Well, in this case, we have to test it out." Yilumi put his hands together on his chin, closed his eyes and pondered.