Tomorrow's Ark, Second International

Although City No. 42 is indeed a fringe urban area close to the wilderness, when these young people lit the Molotov cocktails on this street, anyone with a discerning eye knew that their goal was definitely not the wilderness outside the city.

There are still a few streets away from the real edge, and the Molotov cocktails lit here will explode on their own if they can't last there, unless these young people want to play a thrill on themselves.

They really wanted to play a stimulus, but the stimulus was not on them, but aimed at the cardboard box with a diameter of about 3 meters on the street corner.

Every time after nightfall, the homeless old man will unfold the cardboard box that he folded into cardboard and use it as his sleeping bag and house.

The old man could indeed make the house bigger, but that would not be as warm. She still prefers such a comfortable nest, so that she can sleep peacefully in this safe and warm house.

The lit Molotov cocktail also awakened the old man inside after touching the cardboard box. At first, she thought that someone with trouble was throwing stones at her or something, and was going to climb out of the house to reason with them.

But she never thought that what was thrown this time was not a rock at all. The Molotov cocktail bounced off the cardboard box and fell to the ground. The hard ground shattered the transparent glass bottle into countless pieces and released The alcohol in it makes the fire burn in an instant.

The old man wailed in pain and called for help in an instant, and the burning alcohol splashed on her body exacerbated the pain, but those people would not stop because of the old man's wailing, but laughed more wantonly.

Some people in the surrounding residential buildings were also awakened by the cry for help and turned on the lights in the room to look down.

Is it just that someone will speak out to stop it?not a single one.

The homeless old man did bring bad feelings to the residents of this block, but she never imagined that there would be so many people looking forward to her death.

"Hahaha, let us clean up your trash!"

The arsonists cheered loudly and laughed wildly.

The voice was far louder than the old man's cry for help, but after hearing their disturbing voice, the surrounding residents turned off their lights one by one, and fell asleep again in peace.

It seems that, as these people say, they are just helping the residents here to deal with an insignificant piece of garbage.

The old man was not only calling for help, she was also dragging her already injured and disabled legs to climb out of the cardboard box, but those people seemed to want to see how far this ridiculous old man who looked like a snail could climb.

They took out the prepared alcohol and used it to draw a winding "track", intending to see if the old man could climb out.

But that is simply an impossible task, the old man will only be burned to death if he climbs along this jumping road, and she can only cross the "track" planned by these people with the flames.

But the moment she climbed out of the track, the leading boy leaned over while saying these things angrily. He looked down at the wounded old man who had been burned by the flames, and held up the lit Molotov cocktail. The hopeless old man smiled.

It was a satisfied smile, as if he had done some great feat, and then slammed the Molotov cocktail in his hand on the old man's forehead.

The blood that flowed out from the bruised wound was instantly carbonized by the flames and gave off an unpleasant stench. The flames devoured the old man, and the crackling sound of the fleas on her body after being baked by the flames was even more like the sound of heaven in the ears of these people.

"You guys, what are you doing!"

It was at this time that Vladimir arrived at the scene. He and the other homeless people originally thought that there was an unexpected fire here. If they could help put out the fire, the shopkeeper would give them some rewards and let them have a meal. to two full meals.

But they didn't expect the scene to look like this. Under a kind of sad mentality, these homeless people managed to drive those people away.

This is thanks to the fact that they used all the incendiary bottles on the poor old man, and did not add tires or other thickeners to the incendiary bottles, otherwise the tramps would not dare to get close at all.

Finally, when they extinguished the flames on the old man and brought the dying old man to the International, those who set the fire had long since disappeared.

And they also know that calling the police is useless at all, as those young people said, they are just cleaning up the garbage, how can the police here stand on the side of the garbage?

Chapter 1444 Interests

It is not true to say how united the homeless people living in this city are. After all, the pressure of life is so great, and they can only survive by competing with each other.

Vladimir was severely scolded by Sharapova before, just for half a piece of hard bread that others don't want, the kind that can be turned into bread crumbs by rubbing his hands.

Her mouth is very poisonous, so poisonous that other people don't want to provoke her at all. After all, it is really meaningless to provoke a shrew who is cursing the street. This is also the secret she uses to protect herself.

This made the relationship between the two of them always tense, and it also made Vladimir rarely come to Sharapova's territory since then, and complained more than once about why this old bastard didn't die.

After discovering the flames in Sharapova's site, Vladimir also wondered if her cardboard house was on fire, and joked about it with a few other homeless men who belonged to the same small group, what to say Will the old man die this time?

It can be said that they came here with a rather relaxed mood, but when the thing they were looking forward to happened logically, they didn't have that happy feeling.

The anger is real, otherwise those arsonists wouldn't be driven away.

The concern is also real, otherwise I wouldn't have brought the injured old man here to seek help.

The back is even more real, otherwise he wouldn't be covering his face and weeping like he is now. He's obviously an Ursus man, but he's crying like this.

He didn't even know why he was crying, but he just couldn't help it, whether it was because of what happened to the old man Sharapova, or because they were treated as garbage that had to be removed.

Ethan just sat beside this man. He looked much older than before, but he was not a young man in the first place, and he could clearly recite the man's information.

Vladimir is 40 years old. He used to be a porter in the docking area, but the long-term labor seriously injured his waist, and then he was completely crushed and collapsed to the ground during a porter.

These injuries made him unable to carry heavy objects even now, and also made him lose his source of income. At that time, he was only 32 years old.

He also laughed at himself that it was fortunate that he was not married and did not have more pressure in life, but he lost the strength he was proud of and had no other skills. He still sat on the mountain and exhausted his small savings before becoming a homeless man .

Now he is quite versatile. He can use the food scraps in the trash can to make edible meals, turn the rotten vegetable leaves discarded by businessmen into vegetable leaf soup, and use various wines left by others to make delicious food. Wine to keep warm.

Now Vladimir and several homeless people built a metal house with various waste materials in an abandoned sewer pipe, and the oldest Vladimir is also the big brother in the mouth of these homeless people.

Ethan and his subordinates have been investigating these vagrants. In the past, he thought that Vladimir was a person who could cooperate. However, the vagrants were very wary of the international rescue agencies in disguise, so they never found a suitable one. opportunities for dialogue.

This time, the Ursus man's behavior satisfied him even more, which at least proved that his blood was not cold at least.

However, when Ethan was investigating these homeless men, the homeless men were also investigating Ethan. These homeless men also had unique skills and techniques, but they were still very immature compared with Teco's agents.

They only knew that these agents were foreigners and had only recently arrived here, and they didn't know anything else.

But the unknown is the most dangerous, isn't it? That's why they refused the assistance that was close at hand and chose to keep a distance from them.

But it's also because this time, when Ethan changed his opinion of Vladimir, why didn't Vladimir change his opinion of them?

He saw the treatment of Sharapova by the Teko agents. They really did their best, and they didn't feel disgusted when they saw the dirty clothes on Sharapova's skin. , On the contrary, carefully take it off with tweezers and handle it carefully.

Although the treatment failed in the end, it also allowed Vladimir to see that these people who claimed to be rescue organizations really treated them as human beings.

There are some things that cannot be faked. He is extremely sensitive to people's eyes, as long as there is even the slightest bit of disgust, he can easily feel it.

But from the eyes of those who rescued Sharapova just now, she could only see concern and loss, and that loss was the loss of their own inability to save a life.

And they also know Sharapova's name, which even he doesn't know...

Vladimir turned his head to look at the young boy who cared about him. He is not of the Ursus ethnicity. Logically speaking, this should also be discriminated against in the current Ursas. This also makes him feel sorry for him. A little more intimacy.

They are all young people of about the same age, why are some of them just beasts who can burn old people to death with Molotov cocktails, and some of them are good people who care about them like this?

Vladimir could no longer find any other adjectives to describe Ethan, he could only think of these simple words.

This seemingly cynical young man was sitting next to him, but he knew how strong his body smell was. He might not have a chance to take a bath once in ten and a half months to make his body sour and smelly. Another reason to work.

"You don't look like a rescue organization..."

Vladimir finally told intermittently why they were so wary of Teko. This may be the first step for the two sides to start talking.

It turns out that there is indeed a relatively official aid agency in this city, but there is a very peculiar condition for applying for aid, that is, they must leave the city and never come back.

This is an unwritten rule, and the relief fund is like a garbage disposal fee, as long as you dare to take it, you must go.

Before, Vladimir and the other homeless people thought that Ethan and the others were hired by the urban management to drive them away.

But now it doesn't look like that at all.

"Who are you?"

Vladimir asked his own question, but Ethan didn't know how to answer it for a while.

It's true that you can cheat, but can you still trust each other after cheating?But if you want to trust both of them, there is really no basis for trust. If you want to tell the truth, will the Ursus man in front of you escape or tell the truth?

Everything needs the captain Ethan to be responsible for the decision.

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie."

He kicked the ball back, and he knew that this smart person should be able to understand the pros and cons.

Chapter 1445 The Second Arson

"I... sorry, please pretend I didn't ask anything."

Vladimir turned his head to leave, but he didn't dare to continue asking, he felt the danger contained in Ethan's words.

"The truth is indeed tempting but dangerous, but if you are ready to ask me at any time, maybe this can change your fate."

In fact, how could Ethan say such words? Everything was just retelling the words in the textbook. This kind of words that could arouse other people's desire a little bit, but also had some mystical words could leave the deepest impression on him.

After hearing these words, Vladimir's footsteps only paused slightly, and then he walked out like this.

"Captain, what should we do with the old man's body?"

Those homeless people left Sharapova's body here, and Ethan could understand them, after all, they couldn't find a place to bury the old man.

But this matter is also a troublesome matter for Teko. There is no condition for him to be cremated here, he can only be buried in the soil.

"Leave it to me, I just happen to be out of town."

In the end, it was Ethan who took over a mission. He didn't want such an old man to be able to live in peace after death. This was not the first time for him.

In the past, because only his Originium skills could allow him to leave the city and enter the city quietly, this kind of thing was all done by him, but now he is just going back to his old business.

How Ethan buried the old man will not be mentioned for the time being, but will the matter really end like this?

Will those young people who don't know how cruel what they are doing stop their "just" career?

Will they stop because they killed an innocent old man?You must know that in their worldview, they just cleaned up a piece of garbage.

How could such people stop, they wanted to clean up more rubbish, and the silent support from the citizens of Ursus made them even more excited.

The tragedy just happened again.

This time the victim was Andreessen Sr., also a widowed old man.

The name sounds like something is said, but in fact the so-called Andreessen means Andrew's son.

Such names usually appear in families with little culture, and the naming is just for convenience.

Old Andreessen is not of Ursa ethnicity, he was once a skilled immigrant from Victoria, and he used to have a good job.

However, with the closure of the factory where he worked, the discrimination against foreigners in Usas became more and more serious, and the old Andreessen, who had entered his old age, could not find a new job at all.

Now he just built a small iron house under the bridge by the river, and also made a small workbench to repair some small things for a living.

He can handle both small furniture and small household appliances. Due to his excellent skills, the charges are much cheaper than those of specialized stores. After all, he does not need to pay the rent of the store.

This made his life relatively affluent, and he was able to smoke and drink a little wine.

Although old Andreessen was indeed homeless, he was more or less different from ordinary homeless people. It stands to reason that he shouldn't be the target of those people.

But it was obvious that those young people were not prepared to make any sense. They were not residents of this urban area in the first place, and they didn't care whether old Andreessen had made any contribution to this urban area.