The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The owner of the ship looked at Richard Weston in confusion, and then followed his gaze towards the bow of the ship.

At some point, a stranger appeared at the bow of the ship, and the sailors around who were cleaning the deck and sorting the cargo didn't even notice that there was an outsider around them.

The owner of the ship was shocked. The life of traveling all over the world for many years has made him well-informed, and he has also developed a vision and judgment that can help him avoid disasters. His feeling is that it is extremely dangerous, and it is a danger that must not be provoked.

At this moment, the owner of the ship made an instant decision, and said to Richard Weston with a smile: "My lord, it seems that you have private matters to deal with, so I won't bother you."

After finishing speaking, he decisively greeted his subordinates, turned around and stepped off his boat.

The behavior of the ship’s owner was somewhat beyond Richard Weston’s expectations. In his opinion, the ship’s owner wanted something from him. Now that he is in trouble, the ship’s owner should stand by his side and help him no matter what. , to get closer to each other by performance, so as to get his assistance to meet his father who is the Minister of Finance.

But he never thought that the owner of the ship didn't even show his assistance, and just left him without any hesitation. This made him plan to use the owner of the ship to block the approaching people so as to give him time to escape. Also fell through.

Although things have changed, Richard Weston still has a calm face, and he looks very relaxed and said: "I didn't expect the people from the Holy Blood Society to find them so soon. It seems that the strength of the Holy Blood Society is a bit weak. More than I expected."

"I'm not a member of the Holy Blood." Leo, who deliberately gave hints to the child and followed him all the way, walked slowly towards Richard Weston and said, "The thing you stole is exactly what I want to buy."

Richard Weston smiled wryly. He had already thought about which forces would find him before he did it, and he had prepared countermeasures in advance. He was confident that no matter whether the person who found him was the Holy Blood Society, another sect of the Elegant Lady Church, or the one from the Governor's Mansion, he would be able to handle it and leave here safely.

But just like the decisive decision of the ship owner just now, the stranger who appeared in front of him was also an unexpected variable, which made all his preparations in advance useless, which made him a little uncomfortable who likes to make decisions before acting.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think of that thing that you wanted." Richard Weston tried his best to maintain the confidence he should have, and said to Leo who came to him: "I am willing to make a decision on this matter." Compensation, I believe the amount of my compensation should be able to satisfy you, the other things are not with me now, but I can tell you where they are."

"No need! I know it's there." Leo said an answer that surprised Richard Weston.

At the moment when Richard Weston was stunned, Leo shot suddenly and hit Richard Weston on the neck at a speed that was almost invisible.

Today is definitely an unexpected day for Richard Weston. Just like the decisive decision of the ship owner just now, Leo's sudden move also exceeded Richard Weston's expectations, because everyone he met before , even if it is the kind of life-and-death enemy, he will definitely say a few words before doing it, and he will show some signs when he does it.

But Leo's shot was very sudden, so suddenly that Richard Weston was hit and passed out, and he still didn't understand what was going on.

Richard Weston's fainting immediately triggered the black cat's attack mechanism. The black cat instantly swelled to the size of a panther, and flew towards Leo. Its sharp claws also slashed at Leo's neck. .

Leo, who had been prepared for a long time, made the gesture of Alder's seal on his hand when the black cat flew towards him, and instantly cast the power of the seal, forming an invisible shock wave in front of him, knocking the black cat in the air away. The cat flew straight out and landed in the water outside the boat.

After finishing the black cat, Leo immediately lifted Richard Weston who was on the ground, resisted him, turned around and got off the boat, and walked towards the city.

Although the appearance of carrying a person is a bit too eye-catching, there will definitely be security police to investigate later, but because of carrying a person, the shadow transition cannot be used, so Leo has no other better way, right? Richard Weston sent to the Holy Blood.

What happened afterwards was exactly as he expected. Before leaving the pier, four or five French Empire military police who were responsible for the security of the pier area had already stepped forward to interrogate them. What Ou was carrying was just an ordinary cargo, and Leo was soon let go.

After entering the urban area, Leo directly boarded a cross-district steam rail car bound for the urban area controlled by the United Kingdom, and put Richard Weston on the empty seat beside him.

Compared with the steam rail cars going to the Embankment Wharf, which are always full of people, the steam rail cars leaving seem empty. For example, there are only seven people in the two rail cars now, including the driver and them. The four passengers are now sitting on the second floor, watching the night view of Venaya from the height of the rail car.

The driver also stared nervously at the outside of the car and boat, controlling the speed of the steam locomotive in a small way, and kept one hand on the brake pad all the time. From his nervous expression, it is not difficult to see that he is still a novice.

Just after the rail car drove out for a certain distance, the black cat that was knocked into the water by Leo before changed back to its original cat shape, jumped onto the car wetly, and onto the luggage rack, about two meters away from Leo. It stopped at a place overlooking Leo, looking like he was waiting for a chance to rescue his master.

Leo looked at the black cat with great interest. He found that the black cat was a very strange life form. Its body was clearly assembled parts, but its eyes possessed the spirituality that only intelligent life could have, just like where the Earth Federation is located. The same as the mechanical lifeforms in the universe, the only difference is that the black cat has psionic powers that mechanical lifeforms cannot possess.

At this time, Leo suddenly thought of something, he concentrated his spiritual energy on his forehead, and activated the mark of the elegant lady on his forehead.

Although the mark is hidden, the special psychic energy fluctuations possessed by the mark radiate outwards under the stimulation of Leo's psychic energy.

The black cat obviously sensed the imprint of the elegant lady. It froze, tilted its head, and looked at Leo in surprise, as if looking at something rare. Then, it made an unexpected and surprising move, jumped off the luggage rack, walked carefully to Leo's side, jumped onto the chair, and then jumped up like a house cat. , climbed onto Leo's knee, curled up on Leo's lap, let out a lazy call, and lay motionless on his stomach.

"Funny little guy!" After seeing the docileness of the black cat because of the mark of the elegant lady, Leo showed a smile on his face, and an image of a kitten appeared in his mind, which should be the predecessor when he was a child The pet he was feeding, so he didn't suppress his affection, and reached out to touch the black cat.

Although the speed of the rail car is not very fast, half an hour is enough time for the rail car to travel to the urban area under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.

Leo estimated the position and felt that it was almost there, so he picked up the black cat on his lap and put it on the ground, then picked up Richard Weston, who was still unconscious, and jumped off the slowly moving rail car , before being noticed, walked into an alley, and quickly walked towards the entrance of the underground city he knew.

There were no accidents along the way. This may be because Fernando didn't expect that Leo would find someone so quickly, and he didn't have time to deploy people around the underground city to intercept Leo. Arrived outside the resident of the Holy Blood.

"I'm Leo Dodd, and I've found the person who robbed the antique shop." Leo followed Brown's method and used the microphone outside the door to inform the people inside the Holy Blood.

Not long after he finished speaking into the microphone, he saw the door of the Holy Blood Society slowly open. Brown led these people out from inside, and looked at Leo and Richard Vickers on his shoulder in surprise. ston.

"Is he that bandit?" Because of the location, Brown didn't look at the appearance of Cha Weston, but asked with some doubts.

Leo ignored Brown's suspicion, and asked in a deep voice, "Fernando Delo should be here, right?"

For Leo's ignorance, Brown was not angry, but after Leo's inquiry, he nodded honestly and said: "Mr. Delo just came here, because this matter involved the Elegant Lady Church, so as an elegant He, a lady believer, offered to assist us in investigating this matter."

"Take me to see him." Leo ordered.

Brown hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't object. After giving instructions to his subordinates, he led Leo towards the Holy Blood Society.

The two quickly came to the previous meeting room, and then turned from a door on the wall of the meeting room to another passage. After walking a certain distance, they entered a small underground attic.

At this time, a lot of people had already gathered in the attic, including the high-level officials of the Holy Blood Society, Fernando Delo, and Doris, the priest of the Elegant Lady Church, etc. The atmosphere here seemed to be not very good, as if there had been a quarrel just now, the Holy Blood Society The person looked very angry, while Doris and the others looked a little depressed, only Fernando remained calm as usual.

When everyone saw Brown leading Leo in, they were all stunned for a moment, but Fernando's eyes fell more on the person who was resisted by Leo, and there was a trace of panic and surprise in his eyes.

"This is the thief you are looking for who stole the skull bowl." Leo threw Richard Weston who was carrying him on the sofa in the room, then turned to Fernando and said, "I won the bet." , bring the bet!"

"Wait, is this person that..." After realizing that the person carried by Leo was Richard Weston, Fernando knew that he had lost, but he was unwilling to admit defeat like this in his heart. He was already out of the game without formally starting the bet. This situation made him feel extremely aggrieved, so he instinctively wanted to quibble.

Leo raised his hand to stop Fernando from continuing, and said with a blank face: "You know very well whether he is the thief, and you also know whether I have won. If you are unwilling to fulfill the bet, I will not force you. But Well, it’s mine and I will naturally go for it, and I don’t know what drastic means will be used then. However, I don’t think you would like to see that happen, what do you think?”

Fernando could hear Leo's extremely obvious threats. According to his personality, he would never be willing to be threatened, but he recalled all the information about Leo, plus Leo's previous means of entering and leaving the Governor's Mansion silently. , making him feel that offending such a dangerous person is a very bad thing.

"You won. Wait for a while, and I'll get the bet." Fernando didn't struggle any more, and nodded to admit that Leo had won the bet. Then he was going to leave here, find a place to enter the elegant lady's dressing room, and take out the bet. Those few stakes.

Although Leo knew that the lady's dressing room was on Fernando's body, he didn't stop him, and just stood there quietly.

The other people around were all at a loss. They didn't understand what happened between Leo and Fernando. They just roughly understood that the two made a bet, and the key to winning or losing was to see who found the antique that committed the crime first. Robber in shop robbery.

At this time, someone discovered that the person carried by Leo turned out to be the son of the Minister of Finance of the French Empire, and they couldn't help but feel puzzled. Some people wanted to ask Leo the reason, but they were discouraged by Leo's expression that strangers should not enter up.

On the other hand, Doris, the dean of the Elegant Lady Church, is not interested in who the thief is at all. All she needs is to free the Elegant Lady Church from these troubles. At this moment, her eyes are not on Richard Wei. Instead, he placed it on the black cat following Leo.

With Doris's eyesight, it is natural to see the relationship between this black cat and Mrs. Elegant. To some extent, this black cat can be said to be a sacred object of Ms. Elegant Church, and the temptation of the sacred object made her forget Threatened by Leo, he came up, squatted in front of the black cat, and drew a series of special patterns in the air with divine magic according to the method of the church.

However, facing Doris' actions, the black cat just glanced coldly, then opened its mouth and yawned, then walked to Richard Weston's side, lying on his chest, shaking in boredom tail.

"Is he also a believer of the lady?" Doris judged Richard Weston's identity from the behavior of the black cat, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

In fact, although Doris is the priest of the Elegant Lady Church, her sect is only a branch of the church. In her eyes, the Elegant Lady Church is an underground church, and like other ancient churches that are on the verge of survival, they will leave this world at any time. disappear.

But now she finds that things are not the same thing at all. Whether it is Fernando Delo or Richard Weston, they are all young dignitaries of the French Empire. Such people are all devout believers of ladies, which proves that Lady's Church is far stronger than she thinks.