Chapter 490: A Hundred Years of Cultivating the Same Boat, Ten Years

【Bronze-level hidden badge "Connected Person" activated. You have obtained a resource support from within the organization. After completing the conditions provided by the resource provider, you can claim this resource】

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Hearing the prompt ringing in his ears, Li Ang, who was carrying a broom and a shopping bag and waiting for a car at the municipal district intersection, preparing to visit the Laien family, couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Good fellow, it really lives up to being a hidden badge. How long has it been since he got it? It actually managed to fish up a resource support for him.

Although he still needs to complete some conditions to get the resource support, since it's a resource from the Cleanup Bureau, it's mostly materials related to anomalous objects, or even directly an anomalous object.

And according to Senior Ai Ma's statement, the Bureau averages three missions and spends three or four months to harvest an anomalous object, and it's not even guaranteed that it can be used.

Comparing the two, if the resource obtained is really an anomalous object and the conditions to be completed aren't too harsh, this exchange can be called quite cost-effective!

"Toot!!!"

Just as Li Ang was hesitating whether to go back and ask to see what the so-called resource support was, he heard a slightly harsh whistle, and four sturdy, tall horses pulled a huge carriage slowly toward the platform.

Forget it, the car is here... Plus, he doesn't know how long it will take to complete the condition, and the mission to investigate the Laien family has been dragged on for too long. Let's talk about the resource after the investigation.

Having made his decision, Li Ang moved forward proactively. After the steam carriage's door was stabilized in the passenger area, he ducked his head and drilled into the carriage, which had about twenty seats, and found a seat toward the back.

Compared to the front row near the carriage door, the back position is closer to the boiler behind the car, but it is very noisy, which is naturally a torture in the summer.

But now, with winter only a few days away, for Li Ang, whose coat is very old and not warm enough, it is undoubtedly the most comfortable position.

However, just as Li Ang was leaning on the chair with a face full of pleasure, feeling the comforting heat with his back, he heard hurried footsteps outside the carriage and a quite familiar, anxious shout.

"Wait a minute! We're taking this too!"

Holy crap, I can't be that unlucky, right?

After recognizing the owner of that voice, Li Ang, who didn't want to face her, couldn't help but have his face turn black. He instinctively shrank his body and hesitated whether to get off the car now.

But in the second or so, the owner of that voice had run from the back of the carriage to the carriage door. Her strong, powerful long legs took a hard step, and she jumped directly into the carriage. The person who came was the female police officer from the Secret Investigation Bureau.

"What are you doing? Don't you want your life?"

At this time, the carriage had already moved slightly away from the platform. Although it was still a step away, it was still a bit dangerous. Facing the dangerous operation of the female police officer who wasn't wearing a uniform, the ticket-selling landlady roared in anger:

"If you don't want to live, go find another car to bump into! Don't come and harm mine!"

"Ah! Sorry, sorry!"

The female police officer who successfully got on the car breathed a sigh of relief, then hurriedly apologized repeatedly with a face full of embarrassment, and explained:

"We have an urgent matter. This car only comes once every hour or so. I was afraid you would leave directly without waiting for us, so I was a bit rushed. I promise it won't happen next time... Um... can you pull the car back a bit? There are others behind..."

"Humph, young people nowadays, clumsy... Pull it back a bit!"

After nagging a few words without forgiving, looking at the female police officer who kept apologizing, the ticket-selling landlady didn't make things difficult for her, but greeted the coachman to stop and dock again, letting the other two people on.

However, when these three people, two women and one man, drilled into the carriage and stood up straight, preparing to walk to the back of the carriage, they were blocked by the ticket-selling landlady, who drove them away with no good temper:

"There are only two seats left, one of you get off!"

What?

Hearing her words, the three people were stunned together. After hesitating for a moment, the female police officer took the initiative to say:

"Then they can sit, I can stand in the aisle..."

"Are you making trouble?"

Interrupting her words and vigorously patting the sign nailed to the carriage wall, the ticket-selling landlady stared and said: "This is a four-horse long-carriage express! No standing allowed!"

"But..."

"But what but? The young lady is so pretty, why does she always talk nonsense?"

The ticket-selling landlady continued to drive them away with impatience:

"I'll say it again, this is an express car, and I didn't install handles for standing!

If you encounter an emergency brake on the road, you standing in the middle of the aisle could fall directly from the last row to the front! Your skin will be scraped off!

So hurry up! One of you three get off! This trip was already quite late, if I don't leave now, I'll be behind schedule!"

It seems it really won't work... What should we do?

Hearing the ticket-selling landlady's words, the man among the other two immediately gave the female police officer an inquiring look.

Should we wait for the next trip? Or wait for one of the official cars from the Bureau to return?

The female police officer understood her colleague's meaning at a glance, then shook her head vigorously.

The next car would take more than an hour to wait, and this is the municipal district; scattered passenger carriages wouldn't come here at all. If she missed the agreed visit time, it would be difficult to make an appointment with the Laien family again.

"You get off."

After giving her colleague a look, the female police officer reached out and placed it on the third person's shoulder, saying seriously:

"It's okay, although it's not in accordance with the regulations to have one less person, I'm here."

"Then... that's fine."

Remembering her past "glorious history," the male police officer felt that she should be able to escort a frail female prisoner alone, so he nodded after only a slight hesitation.

After stuffing something to her, the male police officer got off the car, while the female police officer "affectionately" hugged the shoulder of the woman who had a sallow complexion, and half-pushed her toward the back of the carriage.

However, just as the ticket-selling landlady said, this four-horse long-carriage was already full. Only the last row, which was very noisy because it was close to the boiler, had two empty seats.

And in the five seats of the last row, on the right was a couple whispering to each other, and on the left was a young man who was covering his head with an old coat and sleeping soundly against the carriage wall.

Should we... ask someone to switch seats?

After looking at the female prisoner she was holding down, the female police officer couldn't help but hesitate. She wasn't disgusted by the noise of the last row, but was worried about whether the prisoner she was holding down would hurt anyone, hoping to switch the prisoner to a position against the carriage wall.

Although the other party had been very obedient since being caught, now that there was one less escorting police officer, what if she had thoughts of escaping? Although she was confident she could subdue her immediately, it would be bad if she hurt anyone.

"This... sir..."

"You two women in the back, what are you doing?"

After waiting for a long time without seeing them sit down, the landlady, who couldn't start the car, became anxious and scolded at the top of her lungs:

"Sit if you're going to sit! Get out if you're not! What are you talking nonsense about in my car?"

The female police officer shrank her neck from the scolding, and hurriedly pulled the prisoner to sit in the seat before the landlady could take action.

"Toot!!!"

Accompanied by the harsh whistle and the neighing of horses, the steam carriage left the platform and gradually accelerated. After the boiler and water tank in the back began to make harsh noises, the female police officer patted the shoulder of the person covering their head with a coat and asked in a polite, low voice:

"Sir, excuse me, could you please help and switch seats with my friend?"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 491 =====