Clone Octopus

Chapter 96 Bloody Tradition

In anger, Shen Rui raised his head, looked towards the top of the city, and saw a pale and sinister face, which seemed to be a young man in his twenties.

It was he who dropped the teacup and hit Howard on the head. Shen Rui doubted that he did it on purpose. Otherwise, why did it happen that when the young people from the fishing village entered the city, his teacup slipped from his hand?

"I'm fine, let's go, Atlantic City has never welcomed us." Howard walked over with one hand covering his head, and said to Shen Rui in a deep voice.

Shen Rui nodded helplessly when he thought that the lives of the people in Shanhu Village were all on his shoulders.

I heard the young man's loud laughter coming from the city wall, "Those sinners who have no breeding are worse than the dogs I raise!"

This sentence hurt Shen Rui deeply, but Howard still stopped him from conflicting with people in Atlantic City.

You can't go on the avenue, because there are white shell marks, Shen Rui and the others can only turn into the dirty and dark alleys, Shen Rui can't enter those magnificent shops, because there are white shell marks, and Shen Rui's chest The black shell represents his identity as a lowly criminal.

The surprise when they first saw Atlantic City was gone. Shen Rui and the others followed Howard and walked forward under the contemptuous eyes of countless Atlantic City people. They lowered their heads, like a group of mice crossing the street.

"Raise your head." Shen Rui said in a deep voice.

"But..." Howard hesitated.

"It's nothing but, we are all free people, no lower than anyone else, we can abide by these fucking rules, but we can't even look down on ourselves!" Shen Rui said.

Can't even look down on yourself?
This sentence was like a sharp sword, piercing deeply into everyone's heart.

These descendants of criminals from the fishing village originally only knew that Shen Rui was important from their elders, but they were not familiar with Shen Rui, nor did they know what kind of person Shen Rui was.

Now their eyes looking at Shen Rui became intense. Howard was the first to raise his head, and then more people were inspired and straightened their backs, with more confidence in their eyes.

Discrimination will not disappear just because Shen Rui and the others hold their heads high, but Shen Rui is right. It is other people's business to look down on others. To be a human being, you must first look down on yourself.

Finally, I came to the inn where I was staying. In a dirty dark alley, there was a small door with black shells hanging on it.

This is the only inn in Atlantic City open to criminals. People from the fishing village can only stay here when they come to Atlantic City.

Howard gave Shen Rui a wink like a stooped thin boss. The man took Shen Rui a serious look, invited them upstairs, and arranged two clean guest rooms that could see the sun.

Shen Rui frowned, "I think this inn has no more than ten rooms. Where will you stay?"

Howard hurriedly said: "We don't care, just find a place to make a living for one night."

Shen Rui thought for a while, "How about this, everyone squeeze together, those who don't have beds sleep on the floor, try not to sleep outside."

Howard hesitated, "But..."

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows, "Again? Do you consider me a brother?"

Howard was startled, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll go and invite everyone to move in."

The number of people is far more than Shen Rui imagined. There are 210 three villages along the coast of Daxizhou, and there are 210 three representatives participating in the Sea God event. Fortunately, they did not bring two attendants like Shen Rui, so the number has not yet reached the number. The degree to which a small inn is overcrowded.

After Shen Rui and the others settled down, many people from other villages came one after another. Howard led them to Shen Rui one by one and introduced their origins. When these young people heard Shen Rui's name, their eyes lit up. Gently shaking Shen Rui's hand respectfully and humbly is quite like a ceremony.

Shen Rui felt that they were too polite, and got a lot of money when they came, so Shen Rui took out a bag of pearls, about two hundred, and asked the skinny hotel owner to buy some wine and vegetables, and greeted everyone to have a meal together.

The thin innkeeper touched his shriveled pocket, hesitated for a long time, took the pearls, looked at Shen Rui meaningfully again, sighed softly, and left silently.

In the evening, pots of seafood are stewed in the hotel kitchen. The wine is a special product of Daxizhou. It is made from a kind of spirit rich in starchy seaweed, which is a bit like Erguotou that northerners like.

After eating a large piece of stewed fish and a large bowl of strong wine, these young people gradually became more active and no longer as restrained as they were at the beginning. However, in front of Shen Rui, they still lowered their voices, as if they were worried about Poseidon. These young people were not very excited about the event, but rather a little pessimistic. Many of them couldn't help but sigh after drinking some wine.

Someone cautiously tried to toast Shen Rui with a bowl of wine. Shen Rui is a northerner who grew up by the pier. He has always had a good capacity for alcohol. He immediately took a sip, which caused these young people to congratulate him and drank several bowls of wine toasted by others in a row. After that, the atmosphere became completely lively, and more people wanted to toast, but they were blocked by Lao Pan, who had a better drinking capacity.

Lao Pan couldn't speak Latin and always pretended to be mute. He took the bowl and started doing it immediately, and won a lot of praise. On the contrary, Ye Wuhen, who had the highest IQ, was very embarrassed. He couldn't drink or fight, so he was very embarrassed. Being looked down upon by the young people in Daxizhou, there is no other way. In such a martial arts place, a cultural person like Ye Wuhen will definitely suffer.

Shen Rui was a little drunk, so he left with the excuse of going to the toilet, and ran out to sober up.

In the alley outside the inn, Shen Rui seemed to hear bursts of crying. He walked over curiously and saw a young man who was about to attend the Poseidon Gala hugging his girlfriend.

Shen Rui listened for a while, it turned out that the girl sneaked to Sea God City with her family behind her back, and wanted to see her boyfriend, but for some reason, the two men and women who were clearly in love cried when they met.

"Isn't it just to participate in a sea god event? It's like a farewell to death." Shen Rui didn't understand, and felt that this couple was too hypocritical, so he walked away.

……

In a magnificent private room of a hotel in Atlantic City hung with white shells.

The white-skinned young man who broke Howard's head with a teacup during the day and exchanged glances with Shen Rui was already [-]% drunk at the moment.

His name is Reed, the son of Atlantic City Governor Franz, he is a typical rich second generation plus official second generation.

The most popular jokes in Atlantic City were almost all about criminals, and naturally a lot were said at the banquet. A group of young people with similar identities to Mr. Reed had a great time.

In fact, to be honest, people who live in Atlantic City are also second-class citizens. If you go to Atlantis City, the people there will also dislike these people with white shells on their chests. The real Atlantis The other thing on the swine's chest was pearls, which were much more noble than white and black shells.

But what does it matter?The people of Atlantis look down on the people of Atlantic City, and the people of Atlantic City trample the sinners under their feet. This has been the hierarchy and rules of Atlantic City throughout the ages.

"Master Reed, it's getting late, shouldn't we go back to rest? After all, we have to participate in the Sea God's event tomorrow." Said a young man who was still somewhat sober at the banquet.

"What are you panicking about? With more than [-] people in Atlantic City, it's easy to slaughter the descendants of those criminals!? Keep drinking!" Reed said disapprovingly.

"You can't say that. These criminals are committing heinous crimes. Every ten years, promising young people among the criminals are massacred. It is our duty to prevent any of the criminals from coming forward. Tomorrow, the big shots from Poseidon City will come to supervise and show their performance. That’s great, maybe we can even go to Poseidon City!”

Speaking of Sea God City, which is also known as Atlantis, these young people look adoring. After all, they are only second-class citizens in Daxizhou. , They also feel a head shorter than others.

So being able to return to Atlantis has become the highest wish of young people in Atlantic City.

Reed frowned and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "It's true, for 300 years, our elites in Atlantic City have always made the descendants of those damn criminals come and go. This time it's our turn to show our talents, and naturally we can't exception."

"Then let's go, no matter what, we must keep this tradition alive, and let's continue to drink after killing all the criminals tomorrow!"

As a result, a group of rich sons and grandsons dispersed in a hurry.

Shen Rui never dreamed that every ten years, the strongest young people among the criminals would be gathered to kill them all. This bloody massacre that has lasted for 300 years is the tradition of Atlantis...

(End of this chapter)