Kicked out of Rhodes Island, a small quilt was covered in the hole of the Longmen Bridge

However, many people who have never been to Longmen may not know that even such a "financial hub city-state" hides "dirt" that is difficult to detect under its bright appearance.

In the outermost urban area near the outer ring of Longmen, which is very close to the wasteland, there is an area known as a 'slum'.Although this urban area is connected to the same mobile city-state as Longmen, basically all the citizens in the central area will avoid talking about it.

The living conditions and infrastructure of the two blocks artificially separated by the blockade are also very different.Both the security and the environment in the slums are extremely chaotic, and in a sense, they are extremely suitable for breeding crime.

For example, it is very difficult to obtain military-grade heavy crossbows in urban areas. You need to have relevant documents and go to the Guard Bureau to go through the formalities before you can buy them.

But as long as you have a few thousand Longmen Coins in your pocket, you can get them by walking around the slums-or get beaten up by someone who appears out of nowhere and picks up everything from Longmen Coins to clothes Walk.

Chaos and disorder are not the most important reason for the slums to be 'isolated' by Longmen. The most important thing is that a disease is spreading in the slums, a terrible and incurable disease called "ore disease", which cannot be cured under the current environment.

At first, it was just a cold-like symptom, but afterward, crystallized origin stones would be precipitated on the body surface, the respiratory system would be damaged, internal bleeding, muscle tissue necrosis, and death would be extremely painful among more than a dozen complications.

People infected with ore disease will be called "infected", these infected people not only declare their own death, but also an unstable source of ore disease transmission.Naturally, these people are ostracized and even abused by others.

In order to protect themselves, the people in the urban area 'sealed' some poor people and infected people on the edge of Longmen, and gradually evolved into today's 'slums'.

If you use one sentence to describe it—'slums' is the darkness that most people in Longmen keep silent about, and it is also an abyss that ordinary people can't avoid all their lives.

At this moment, Bai Hua is walking on the streets of the slums with the client Lin Yuxia.

"...Do you really want to do this?"

"what happened?"

After walking silently for a while, Lin Yuxia asked Bai Hua next to her with some doubts, while he turned his head to look at Lin Yuxia, and a dull retort came from the pitch-black gas mask.

"Ask me what's wrong... Are you really unconscious?"

"Please don't say that, Miss Lin Yuxia, I washed my hair when I went out. It's a pity that I don't have a beard to shave. Damn... If I can grow a beard, I will definitely look like a mature detective."

While talking, Bai Hua touched the filter tank under the gas mask.

"I mean the mask"

"Oh, this one. Isn't this for protecting Originium infection? Although I only have a gas mask, I still have a lot of masks. Do you need them, Miss Lin?"

Bai Hua took out a bag of light blue masks from her pocket and handed it to Lin Yuxia, who frowned and shook her head.

After the conversation about Shirakaba wearing that thing on his head ended, the two returned to the state of walking in silence again.

The streets of the slums are much more chaotic than those of the urban area. Because of the excessive population capacity, the buildings on both sides of the road are full of illegal houses that were artificially expanded in the later stage. At the same time, the ground is not paved with asphalt roads, but basically gravel Mixed dirt road.

There are very few vehicles here, and the number of pedestrians is not as high as that of urban streets, but in the winding, deep and dark alleys on both sides, poor people can be seen squatting in twos and threes in the corners almost everywhere.

"..."

Lin Yuxia silently used her peripheral vision to attract a lot of attention from both sides of the road. Anyone who is not too careless can notice that there are countless pairs of eyes staring at her and Bai Hua.

"Your beauty and temperament have attracted a lot of attention, Miss Lin."

"I think it's more likely to be the gas mask on your face."

Bai Hua wanted to take this opportunity to flatter her to increase her favorability with the client, but Lin Yuxia just complained helplessly.

"So do you hate infected people? Although there are indeed patients with ore disease scattered in the slums, your protective equipment seems to be a bit too much."

Lin Yuxia asked Bai Hua, who shook the gas mask left and right.

"I don't hate infected people, I just hate ore disease. Do you think that if you are infected with ore disease, most companies will not choose to hire you? And loan installment shopping is definitely useless."

"what?"

"And the treatment of ore disease is really expensive!"

Before Lin Yuxia could react to Bai Hua's serious answer, Bai Hua started to chat with each other like a few treasures.

"Currently, there are too few institutions on the market to study and overcome ore disease. Rhine Life, Helm Clinic, Luo...cough cough! In short, there are few pharmaceutical companies researching ore disease, which leads to slow progress in specific drugs, coupled with the relief of ore disease. There is no large-scale production line for drugs for infectious diseases, so the price is also very expensive."

"..."

"In addition, my appearance is not a 'big fuss'. If you are in the environment of the Rem Billiton mine, at least you have to wear a full biochemical suit to protect yourself. Of course, the chances of general ore disease infection through breathing It’s not big, but blood transmission is the big head. In a sense, wearing a full-metal diving suit in a slum can reduce the chance of being attacked by an infected person and getting sick.”

What Bai Hua said made sense, while Lin Yuxia was a little stunned.

"Your knowledge of ore disease is very detailed."

"Ah, I've known some patients before, so I kind of understand—how long before we get there anyway?"

Bai Hua's casual response did not seem to want to delve deeper into this topic.

"Just around the corner."

Lin Yuxia pointed to a dead end on the side of the next intersection.

"This is where I noticed the wallet was missing, I'm pretty sure."

"Because of privacy protection, I will not ask why you came to the slums, but at least I hope you can provide a little bit of the situation at that time."

After arriving at the place where Lin Yuxia realized that the wallet was lost, Bai Hua asked for relevant details while observing the surrounding environment.

"I was on my phone and I was looking for a business card in my wallet and it had disappeared from the right pocket. Since I had only taken it out 3 minutes ago, I was pretty sure it was lost around here. of."

"So that's the case, I have fully understood the ins and outs, let's see my raging super reasoning next!"

——Ah, as expected, he should turn around and leave at that time.

Looking at the masked man in an unknown pose, Lin Yuxia didn't know how many times she wished to go back to half an hour ago.

Chapter 10 The dog is about to explode!

After posing in the "rules for a famous detective", Bai Hua honestly began to lie down on the ground and dig through the garbage and study the dust from corner to corner.

It can only be said that the detective game is just a game after all, and the clues in reality will not be highlighted with a white border, and it is absolutely impossible for the brave detectives to encounter the situation of "the key was left behind in the camel farm and cannot be found". class of cases.

Birch has encountered it before, and the key was finally found in the 'pure natural and harmless compost heap'.

——There is no hiding area around, and the dust has not been scratched, either the wallet was not lost here, or...

Bai Hua raised her head and looked over the dead end. The surrounding walls were at least 10m above the ground. This height could kill a hundred demon hunters, but if they used some props, they would have a chance to steal things.

boom!

Bai Hua took out the hook lock gun and brought herself to the edge of the eaves above, where she found very obvious friction marks.

After taking out the mobile phone to take pictures of the clues, Bai Hua lightly jumped and landed next to Lin Yuxia again, barely making a sound.

Lin Yuxia, who watched Bai Hua's actions, began to think whether the current detectives are also seriously introverted, or whether it is because the Lupus all have this kind of physical quality.

"The person who stole the wallet should have no team, she is a woman, and she is good at using props such as ropes. I also found some lavender fluff, which should be dropped by the target. These data should be enough, I will Please ask Lao Li to check the database of the Guards Bureau. There should not be many people who can match this information, not to mention that people with such skillful methods must be repeat offenders. If there is no accident, we will be able to lock down the specific person who stole the wallet tonight. Maybe we can track him down before noon tomorrow—what's the matter, Miss Lin?"

Bai Hua told Lin Yuxia the results of the investigation in detail, and then found that the little mouse seemed to be distracted.

"...No, sorry, it's nothing. I'm just a little surprised. Your business ability...far exceeded my expectations."

Lin Yuxia shook her head, but she didn't make up a reason for her distraction just now.

Judging from Bai Hua's previous series of actions, Lin Yuxia had already acquiesced that this guy was half a charlatan, but just now, whether it was his physical fitness or his sloppy collection of clues, it far exceeded Lin Yuxia's expectations.

"Hmph, please don't be surprised, Miss Lin. This is the efficiency of the top detective of Li's Detective Agency."

"Allow me to be biased against myself...uh, why did you poke your pipe into the filter of your gas mask? (and the pipe mouthpiece is still taped)"

Lin Yuxia's apology was just halfway through when she was interrupted by Bai Hua's performance art of inserting a pipe into the filter of the gas mask.

"This is also one of the rules of a detective! Normally, it should be on the mouth, but my gas mask is not big enough to smoke a cigar in it."

"..."

This guy is so against the sky, could it be that the pair of ears on his head does not mean that he is a gray wolf, but a husky?

Lin Yuxia looked at Bai Hua's pair of furry ears leaking out of the gas mask and thought.

The on-site reconnaissance work was completed in a few minutes. Although more clues may be found through a carpet search, the information at hand is enough for now.

Bai Hua was at the side sending information to Lao Li, while Lin Yuxia still kept her eyes on Bai Hua.

Lin Yuxia has always felt a little disobedient, Bai Hua's words and deeds almost reveal the "immature" similar to his age, but Lin Yuxia can't treat him as a young man who is not familiar with the world no matter what.

It's as if he is his own opposite - one is obviously very immature, but desperately pretends to be an adult in the city, and the other is a young man with rich experience, but still pretends to be joking.

"Okay, waiting for your news—Miss Lin, I have already sent the information to Lao Li. There is nothing we can do here, so let's go back before the sun goes down."

"...Ah, okay."

Lin Yuxia's response was half a beat slower. Although Bai Hua didn't care, this gaffe made Lin Yuxia's self-evaluation drop a bit.

There are a lot of fish and dragons in the slums at night, and the assassination fire of violent gangsters is not new.Bai Hua himself was not used to these things, but for some reason, he absolutely did not want Lin Yuxia to be involved.

Although this eldest lady must have her own little secret, but one size counts for one size, and the situation must not become the same as it was at Croissant this morning, absolutely.

Thinking of this, Bai Hua couldn't help speeding up her pace and wanted to leave this place, but as the saying goes, she's afraid of whatever comes her way.

"Smelly brat, I'm really shameless for you!"

When passing a corner, Bai Hua and Lin Yuxia saw a few gangsters dressed in perverted clothes not far away, and a little girl was lying among those gangsters.

Those gangsters kicked her from time to time like playing football. The little girl was covered in injuries, but she still could only hug her head to protect her body as much as possible, and let others beat her without daring to move.

"these people--"

"Hey, wait a minute, Miss Lin!"

Lin Yuxia was about to walk over without even thinking, but Bai Hua hurriedly stopped her.

"Do you want to say that this is not within the scope of business?"

Lin Yuxia glanced at Bai Hua, and her tone became tougher.

——It seems that she is really a rich lady, this kind of commanding tone unique to the upper class.

Bai Hua can basically confirm that Lin Yuxia is the daughter of a noble in Longmen, but fortunately, at least this little mouse shows this sense of class because it chooses to act bravely.

Linglong [-]

"Although this is indeed not within the scope of business... But it is considered as an additional service, leave it to me, Miss Lin, please stay here and don't show yourself."

After Bai Hua sighed and told Lin Yuxia not to rush up, she walked towards the group of punks.

Lin Yuxia put her palm on the gravel on the ground and wanted to do something, but she recalled Bai Hua's skill before, so she withdrew her palm and hid quietly behind the corner.

"Hey, there's no need to do this to a little girl, right?"

"Huh? It seems that there is a great hero who wants to overestimate himself... What the fuck are you!"

A few hooligans turned to Bai Hua in a playful tone, and then directly let out exclamations.

After all, a Luper teenager in a suit, a gas mask on his head, and a pipe on the filter, his imagination of dressing and matching is indeed beyond ordinary people.

"Do you want to get some benefits, or are you just venting your emotions?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you freak! This guy stole from us, are you going to seek justice?"

Bai Hua glanced at the little girl on the ground, she still had some bread scraps in her hands, but they didn't look like they had been eaten, but the crumbs brought back by being snatched back.

Several people walked towards Bai Hua slowly, while fiddling with the iron pipe machete in their hands.

"Wait a minute, do you really have nothing to talk about?"

"Talking about your mother, you should be quite rich looking like you, take off all your clothes for me!"

Bai Hua's ultimatum was also directly passed by the gangsters, and now it seems that there is no other way.

"In that case, don't blame me."

Bai Hua let out a sneer, then turned his back to the gangsters and took off his gas mask, not knowing what he was playing with.

"?"

A group of people looked at Bai Hua's dangling tail and didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd for a while, but when the group of people hesitated, Bai Hua suddenly turned his head again.

Different from the usual appearance, under the gas mask, a large pile of dense black crystals suddenly appeared on Bai Hua's face.

"Origin...Origin stone crystals, there are so many!?"

Originium crystals are crystals that will be precipitated on the skin surface after an ore disease is infected to a certain extent. Generally speaking, the larger the area of ​​Originium crystals on the body surface, the more severe the infection.

When the source stone crystallization reaches a critical point, the body of the infected person will also turn into a piece of 'source stone', and at the same time, an explosion with strong source stone radiation will occur.

At this time, Bai Hua's face was distorted and covered with origin stone crystals, the density of which had definitely reached a lethal dose.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough-cough-!!"

Bai Hua suddenly bent down and coughed violently, as if she was going to be out of breath at any moment.

"Damn this guy is going to blow up! Go!!" "Wow!" "Stay away from me!!" "Don't crash on me!"