Steel steam and flame

Even though the airport is still far away from the center of the city, the surroundings and itself are still good. Under the lamps that are obviously larger than those in other cities, the light is just a little less natural than during the day. Cassia couldn't help but think of the scene in Manoma in her mind. In comparison, the lights in Manoma seemed to have weaker coverage than the lights in bustling areas at night.

Not long after the night officially entered this day, Cassia, who dragged her luggage off the airship, soon heard the noise around her. The large airport here can accommodate more than thirty large airships docking at the same time without interfering with each other. Looking around, you can see staggered shock-absorbing docking platforms covered in cold light, and you can only feel a huge sense of emptiness.

But when the passengers of several airships moved closer to the direction leaving the airport, the gathering flow of people made people feel the air that instantly became warm and turbid. They all subconsciously stopped talking, but with the blessing of numbers, there was still a buzz that enveloped everyone.

Cassia and Lyle were mixed in, keeping the same speed as the people around them, moving forward. After walking out of the designated area of ​​the shock-absorbing machine, automated escalator roads appear, but even so, compared to being a bustling area and a transportation hub for large areas around it, airships, heavy trains, and high-speed trains are The hugeness of itself makes it impossible for passengers' footsteps and escalator paths to reduce the time consumption.

Ten minutes later, Cassia and Lyle, who left the airport's wide shock-absorbing machine, were in front of a huge parking lot building. All kinds of limousines were crowded on the wide road without any surprise. The moist and warm steam floated to the feet of the two people, and then was shattered by the undulating and harsh sound of horns.

"It is very different from Manoma, in a prosperous area." Lyle did not forget to explain, "The personnel composition is more complicated, and the average quality has not increased due to the prosperity of the area, but has dropped a lot. Compared with the members of major families and forces who can stay in the Manoma region, the people who come here..."

"A few core members, a large number of elite members, and more members who are valued by families and forces and are interested in cultivating?" Cassia immediately understood what Lyle said, "I want to be promoted more, but I won't be cautious. . In Manoma, a seemingly ordinary man you may meet casually on the street is a person with status among the Quartet forces. Therefore, everyone is extra cautious. After all, it is the headquarters of most of the Quartet forces. Because there are a very large number of these people, the chance of encountering them will be much higher."

"But in a prosperous area, excluding the members of the four forces, the marquis and earl families under the duke, there will not be many companies and organizations that are well-known and have corresponding strength in a region, right? When they are gathered together, it is Bima. The main reason why Noma is more chaotic?"

Lyle nodded lightly, "After all, in Manoma, the power of the four forces left in the headquarters is extremely terrifying. Even if some people want to create some big events, they are completely unable to do so in the face of this power. The strength to challenge. The headquarters of special operations agencies, the Guards, etc. are also in Manoma. In several prosperous areas, their sub-agencies also have good strength to station themselves all year round. However, the number of troubles that need to be dealt with is not It’s completely unequal to their power.”

"It's an increase of dozens of times." Lyle gave the data. "The prosperity of prosperous areas has actually led to a huge increase in the volume of black market transactions in the dark world. The most understandable proof is the underground waterways in prosperous areas. Compared to Manoma, the size is roughly the same, or even larger. However, Manoma's underground sewers are never congested, and here, one day, there will be the smell of rotting corpses passing through the underground sewers. The lid floats up."

Lyle's face, which had been serious most of the time, was somewhat helpless at this moment. "If I were in a prosperous area, half of my time at work would be in a labyrinth of underground waterways. It would not be artificially expanded and used as a private workshop." , the underground cavity of the small gathering place, where information from the corpses was collected.”

"By the way, Mr. Cassia, in addition to doctors and mechanics, there is another more popular profession here, called a team of architects, who are professionally engaged in underground construction work. Because there is no professional knowledge, individuals can Expanding the underground cavity is prone to accidents. The surgeon is buried underground without rescue, and can only become food for rats and bugs in despair."

",,," Cassia waited for a short while before answering, "In the black market, there must be bacterial agents for treating corpses. I remember that the price a few years ago was only tens of thousands of holy coins per tube. Use it sparingly, one tube. There will be no problem with the potion treating fifteen corpses. The inferior version that only masks the smell can be purchased for several tubes with ten thousand holy coins."

Lyle shook his head, "The standard of surgeons in the empire is indeed higher than that of other small countries. The resources are relatively richer and the standards are higher. In addition, in some aspects, the two actually have many similarities. For example, the The scarcity of money.”

"There are specific channels in the black market. For an ordinary operation, the total cost is close to two to two million holy coins. The price does not seem high, but in fact, this amount of money is really It truly becomes a seemingly huge and very high wall, blocking out a huge number of people. And after becoming a surgeon, the daily sedatives required are also a huge expense."

Cassia knew what Lyle wanted to say, "It seems that from the moment I entered the military school, I have been divorced from many things."

"In short, there are rats to help deal with it. Even if there is no treatment, the City Defense Force will hire people to deal with it, because they will never tolerate the smell of rotting corpses." Lyle slightly changed his voice here, "They must think so. Yes, they don't take the traces left as a matter of note at all. Therefore, in their eyes, a dispensable bacterial medicine that costs more than 10,000 holy coins is definitely not as good as 10,000 holy coins. I bought a big box of bullets.”

"The limo has arrived, Mr. Cassia." Lyle wanted to continue, but interrupted himself. A few seconds after the words fell, a pure black limo stopped steadily in front of the two of them.

"Next stop, Mr. Hai?" Cassia looked forward to it. But even though he hadn't seen her for several years, he knew and believed that he would still be wearing a white or off-white dress, a top hat of the corresponding color, and a white cane, with the politeness of the corresponding color exuding all over his body.

Lyle smiled and returned to seriousness, "I wonder if Mr. Cassia wants to see Master Hai's work? Besides, this is my private decision. Master Hai doesn't know that Mr. Cassia will go directly."

"No, he must know." Cassia got into the limo and said with confidence, "This situation was definitely within his expectation."