Chapter 49: So Disgusting

Elrich, the man with a scar on his face, is the only external contact of the Shining Blade Cult.

He has a neat 3:7 oily hair, which is combed back tightly against his scalp. His eyebrows are thick and black like two broad blades, and his face is pale and haggard from not seeing the sun for a long time...

Last night, in order to prevent being tracked, he deliberately took a long detour outside the city. After returning to the headquarters, he only had time to rest for a while in the morning. When the dim sun climbed above his head, he had to continue walking through the maze-like alleys in London and return to the Happy Sailor Tavern.

As soon as he arrived at the Happy Sailor Tavern, he found that the window with a large glass on one side of the door was empty at the moment?

Elrich thought, which low-level thief is so bold that he dares to steal things in the place I cover? !

However, after asking his old friend Ham, he learned that it was a naughty child who was playing football on the street in the early morning and accidentally broke the glass. Afterwards, the other party's parents had apologized very politely and compensated the money, but time was urgent and they had not yet had time to hire workers to install new glass.

Elrich nodded and sat back in his exclusive seat. Without the light and shadow of the glass, the environment in the tavern could almost be seen at a glance, which made him feel a little alert, but through the light reflected by the blade, he did not find any suspicious guys on the street.

He was very busy at work today. He had to discuss the next plan with the radicals-relying on the brothers in the cult alone was not enough to start a riot. He still had to cooperate with this group of guys who claimed to be righteous revolutionaries, mix the brothers in the cult with those stupid idiots who were brainwashed, and use what they called to cover up the cold and ruthless blade.

He also had to face the questioning of the Burton brothers' men who asked to speed up the progress-why haven't you brought the head of John H. Watson yet? ! ! !

He also had to interview several lawless lunatics who were attracted by money - perhaps they could be recruited to serve as cannon fodder for the charge.

When everything was done, it was already dusk.

Elrich felt his eyes were very dry, and his head was dizzy and swollen due to exhaustion. It might be because he was too tired or because he overused the power of the winter phase last night... He just wanted to stay quiet for a while now.

He quickly ate the bacon and egg sandwich given by his old friend Ham. He was planning to take a short break before the sailors got off work. He even ran to the quiet wine cellar and lay on the oak barrel. The strong smell of alcohol helped him fall asleep.

But not long after, there was an extremely fierce quarrel and fight in the hall. Elrich, who had just entered a deep sleep stage, was forced to wake up. His body and mind were trying their best to resist the sudden awakening.

He pushed open the door of the wine cellar with an unhappy look on his face, and saw two drunk guys fighting each other. The violent movement knocked over the small table and stools, and smashed many glass bottles.

Elrich suppressed his anger and the killing intent in his heart, raised his hand and hit the troublemaker's jaw with two hooks, threw the two heavy bodies with severe concussions out of the door, and looted their money to compensate for the loss of the tavern.

Perhaps it was the empty window that allowed the aroma of malt, the cheerful atmosphere, and the warm lights in the tavern to flow unreservedly onto the cold street.

The Happy Sailor Tavern was particularly lively tonight. The cheers of the drinkers, the singing and dancing, and the screams of the prostitutes were like an extremely noisy symphony, which made Elrich's head crack. He had to recite the secret winter scripture silently to let his mind sink into silence.

But the momentary calm brought by the winter phase was illusory and short-lived, just like the endless emptiness left after the joy brought by the poppy disappeared. After Elrich dispersed the scripture, he only felt that his soul was unusually tired due to the frequent use of the invisible technique recently, and his heart became more and more indifferent and ruthless.

Perhaps it was the influence of the winter phase that made Elrich standing in the corner seem like a lonely iceberg. The restless toilets, although they were secretly in love with him, never dared to approach him, and could only retreat and use another shit-stirring stick.

Elrich was really tired, and he told Old Ham to close the shop early, and he wanted to go back and rest early. Old Ham had been taken care of by him for many years, and their friendship was strong. Even if the business was so hot tonight, he decisively started to drive people away.

The sailors who had finally drunk free beer had not yet completely enjoyed themselves. Seeing that the boss was going to drive people away, they drank together with deafening sighs under the influence of alcohol, and scared Old Ham to retreat repeatedly.

But after seeing the sharp eyes of the man with a scar on his face on the wall, they immediately smiled and retreated, scratching their scalps and leaving unwillingly.

Old Ham closed the door and cleaned up the garbage, and Elrich walked out. The cold air in London late at night actually cheered him up a little.

There were still a handful of drunkards wandering the streets, but Elrich felt that no one was following him tonight. Out of a cautious character, he still went into the dense alleys, swaying in this maze-like environment to cover his tracks.

London alleys are interconnected, and the road from the Jolly Sailor to the new headquarters is never a single one. Elrich will not take the same route every day, but he just stepped into the first double fork and saw that the ground and walls of one of the alleys were covered with a large amount of unidentified viscous liquid, emitting an indescribable stench.

How to describe this smell? It smells like moldy potatoes and rotten herring meat mixed evenly, and then poured with a spoonful of boiling excrement juice, and the stench is immediately overflowing... It is an extremely offensive smell that ordinary people can't help but feel nauseous and nauseous if they smell it a little bit.

Even Elrich couldn't help but look disgusted when he smelled it, but if it was a road that he had to pass, he could force himself to cross it... But this was just one of the paths, so he naturally turned around and walked to another alley.

But then, Elrich encountered obstacles such as garbage mountains, unconscious drug addicts, strange excrement, piles of discarded furniture, etc. at the subsequent forks, which he would encounter in the past but appeared more frequently tonight.

He felt as if someone was setting up a trap to guide his route... But which force was so bored to make such a prank-like behavior, what was the point? If it was a hostile element, why didn't they just attack directly?

With such doubts, he continued to walk through the dark alley until he reached the last fork in the road. On the left was a drunkard talking in his dream, in the middle was a clean and normal passage, and on the right was a strange liquid covered with a foul odor, just like at the beginning.

Elrich's broad-bladed eyebrows folded down. If this strange and stinky thing only appeared once, he would have thought it was a coincidence, but now it appeared again, it was obvious that someone had set it here specifically to guide him to the only normal road in front of him!

But he knew that the seemingly safe and sound road in front of him might have been set up with an ambush, waiting for him to step into the trap!

Elrich sneered. Such a crude plan, do you think I am an idiot? !

He held his breath and stepped into the stinky road that the enemy imagined he would least pass through. The sole of his boot stepped on the suspicious semi-solidified object, and there was a sound like a real explosion, but it was just a sound, perhaps accompanied by a strong stench of rottenness.

But it was just a little stinky dirt, Elrich didn't care at all. At most, he would throw away the clothes and leather boots immediately after returning.

Elrich smiled and walked through the stinking alley. When he was about to leave the alley, he took out the knife hidden in his leather boots out of caution and walked out slowly.

He left the damp shadow and stepped into the thin light that was barely illuminated by the last street lamp in the distance... Nothing happened at all!

There was no trap or ambush, as if everything was just his suspicion.

But caution is Elrich's nature. Maybe tonight or last night was just a persecution he imagined, but he would not let down his guard because of this. The next plan was about to be carried out, and he should be more careful.

Elrich bent down to put away the knife. When he was about to squat, he heard a faint sound from above his head. He immediately stepped back and raised the blade upward. The cold silver light flashed, but it was covered with a turbid yellow color.

What fell from above his head was not the projectiles thrown from the sneak attack, but... the unidentified sticky substance that he had just stepped on with an unbearable stench!!!

Elrich felt the hot and wet touch spreading all the way down from the top of his head, flowing through his eyelids and making his eyes red, flowing through his nose and making him feel nauseous, and flowing through his lips and making him want to vomit!!!

Ugh——

The undigested food residues were vomited out along with the hot stomach acid, and at the same time, Elrich ignited a strong anger that could almost burn the blade in his heart red!!!

Puff——He heard a snicker from above his head, and the humiliation and rage drove him to jump onto the walls on both sides of the alley, jumping back and forth like a flexible monkey to climb onto the roof.

But there was only half a bucket of the disgusting sticky liquid left on the rooftop, and he heard the rapid footsteps coming from behind the building, and it seemed that the damn guy had already run downstairs!

Elrich fell down and landed on the metal stairs outside the building, making a loud bang. The stairs only had time to make two bangs before he fell to the wet ground on the other side of the street, splashing a lot of water.

But there was a sharp pain under his feet. That damn guy had scattered caltrops all over the alley!

But this little pain couldn't suppress Elrich's anger. He secretly used winter secrets to relieve the pain, pulled out the caltrops under his feet, and chased the petite figure in front of him with a knife!

This kid was really flexible. Even if Elrich sprinted desperately, he couldn't catch up in a short time, but the distance between them was also shrinking rapidly - it would take him only ten seconds to catch up and stab the knife in his hand into the other's back!

The distance was still seven seconds... five seconds... three seconds... That kid turned into the avenue. Is your accomplice hiding there?

Even so... You must die!!!

Elrich showed a ferocious smile, and the blade in his body seemed to sense his urgent desire to fight. His heart was throbbing like the blade in his hand was buzzing excitedly.

As soon as he turned the corner, he saw a child with tears in his eyes shouting loudly to two detectives on night patrol under the dim street lights.

"Mr. Policeman, there is a weird uncle with a knife chasing me!"

At the same time, a slight gunshot sounded, and a strong force hit his wrist, knocking off his blade.