Chapter 187: Missing Cargo (Asking for monthly tickets)

"Why would I have such a dream? It was just like it was real..." Lu Mi recovered and checked his physical state, finding nothing unusual.

But in the dream just now, it wasn't much different from wearing the 'Peeping Secret Glasses' again, and he saw even more things.

After pondering for a while, Lu Mi suspected that it was the residual negative effects after wearing the 'Peeping Secret Glasses' three times in a row, and then encountering the environment of the Breeze Dance Hall, which was buried with old bones, so it was reflected in his dream.

"It seems there really is a problem deep underground here..." Lu Mi sighed silently, turned over and got out of bed, put on his coat, and planned to sleep in another place to verify his speculation.

At this time, the night was very deep, and the Breeze Dance Hall no longer had any light coming through. He walked along the shadows by the roadside and returned to the Golden Chicken Hotel, which had already locked its main gate.

This couldn't stump Lu Mi. He didn't try to knock on the door to wake up Mrs. Fu Er Si, who had a bad temper. He went around to the side, climbed along the tap water pipe, and climbed into the balcony on the second floor.

In Room 207, Lu Mi slept until 6:00 AM, only having two short dreams in between, both of which were very normal.

"Sure enough, it was the old bones deep underground in the Breeze Dance Hall that triggered the power of the 'Peeping Secret Glasses' remaining on me..." Lu Mi sat up, both happy and a bit disappointed.

He originally planned to make one or two paintings with supernatural power using the 'Peeping Secret Glasses' every day and accumulate them for possible future needs. But now it seems that the 'Peeping Secret Glasses' cannot be used too frequently. At least he has to wait until all the previous negative effects have faded before trying again. Otherwise, after accumulating over time, it is very likely that some very terrifying and weird things will happen, eventually making him die strangely like that 'Lawyer' who left the glasses behind, leaving behind only an ancient oil painting with abnormal effects that last for a long time.

"I'll go to sleep at the Breeze Dance Hall tonight and use whether I have that kind of dream to judge whether the negative effects are completely gone... After that, I can't wear them for more than two times in a row in a short period... These are details Mr. K didn't mention. Hmm, still have to use them, experience them, to understand intuitively..." Lu Mi got up in high spirits and went to the washroom to wash up.

The time was still early, and the morning was very quiet. There was almost no fighting over the washroom.

And Mrs. Fu Er Si would come up from time to time to check the water meter on each floor to see if anyone was wasting tap water.

—The contract the Golden Chicken Hotel signed with the Imperial Water Supply Company was for a daily water supply of no less than 250 liters and no more than 500 liters, for 100 Fei Er Jin per year.

Lu Mi went to the cafe on White Coat Street leisurely, tried foods with more characteristics such as Sablé cookies and brioche bread that looked like croissants but were softer, and then found a place to exercise.

When he returned to the Golden Chicken Hotel, he saw Charlie, dressed in a linen shirt and black trousers, sitting on the steps outside the door, eating a meat pie with a bite of apple cider.

"So early?" Lu Mi asked with a smile.

The Breeze Dance Hall closed at 2:00 AM, and it wasn't even 8:30 AM yet.

Charlie didn't know whether he should get up quickly to greet his boss or get along as usual. After hesitating for a while, he stood up and laughed awkwardly:

"I have to prepare to go to the dance hall after sleeping for a while.

"I feel like I can't always be like this. I have to have some time without sleeping or working. Otherwise, I will feel, feel..."

The Breeze Dance Hall opened at 10:30 AM at the earliest.

"Feel like you don't have a life of your own, like a machine specifically used for work?" Lu Mi helped Charlie complete the rest of the sentence.

"Right, right, right!" Charlie expressed deep agreement, "You really have culture! Sometimes, you don't look like a gangster at all, uh, don't look like a Savar Party leader, more like a civilized person!"

If there hadn't been an accident, I should be studying at a university in the Memorial Hall District now, going on adventures in underground Trier with my classmates in my spare time... Lu Mi's mood darkened, and he turned to concentrate, staring at Charlie.

This was a tool he used to observe whether the problem with Su Shanna Ma Disi still existed and when it would erupt.

"What, what are you looking at?" Charlie was a bit panicked, "Did you see any problems?"

Recent luck is still normal, quite stable... Lu Mi put his heart down, smiled, raised his right hand, and waved behind Charlie:

"Good morning, Su Shanna!"

Charlie turned around with a swish, his eyes wide, not letting go of any details.

A few seconds later, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his body slightly, squeezed out a smile, and said to Lu Mi:

"You're joking again."

That name was a nightmare he couldn't get rid of recently.

"I'm exercising your psychological endurance. In this way, if there's really another problem, you won't be panicked and unable to think of a way." Lu Mi patted Charlie's shoulder earnestly.

Just before 10:30, he returned to the Breeze Dance Hall.

As soon as he entered the door, Louis and Sa Ke Ta greeted him, saying in unison:

"Boss, there's something!"

"What's the matter?" Lu Mi asked with a smile, as if he couldn't see the anxiety and uneasiness of his two subordinates.

Louis looked at the stairwell and lowered his voice:

"'Red Boots,' 'Giant,' 'Rat,' they are all here. There should be something very serious happening."

"Every leader is here?" Lu Mi recalled what he had done recently and didn't find any place where he had offended all the leaders of the Savar Party.

He had been very well-behaved these past few days!

"Yes." Louis nodded heavily.

Lu Mi went to the second floor without caring and saw Fu Lan Ka and the others.

Fu Lan Ka had changed into red boots that were darker and deeper in color, wore light-colored trousers and a dark short skirt that was popular in Trier recently for matching trousers, and draped a more masculine formal suit on the outside.

She crossed her right leg over her left and looked at Lu Mi, who was walking over, with a smile.

To her right was Baron Bu Li Nie Er, wearing a formal suit and top hat. To her left was a man no taller than 1.6 meters, with a thin face and two rat-like whiskers. This man was wearing a dark brown short jacket, his hair color was gray-black and quite thick, and his eyes were ink-blue, carrying a bit of anxiety.

"'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo." Baron Bu Li Nie Er helped Lu Mi introduce him quite politely.

He then pointed to a man opposite and said:

"'Bloody Palm' Bu Lai Ke."

Bu Lai Ke had brown hair and blue eyes, a round face, and was in his early thirties. He smiled warmly and didn't look like a gang leader at all.

He wore clothes closer to formal wear, and his two palms were large, with distinct joints, holding a cigar that was burning slowly.

"Good morning, everyone." Lu Mi dragged over a back chair, sat down at a distance of nearly one meter from the table, and put on the posture that he was the owner here.

'Giant' Si Meng glanced at him, took a puff of his cigarette, and exhaled gray-blue smoke:

"Ke Li Si Tuo encountered a bit of trouble and needs our help."

"What trouble?" Lu Mi cast his gaze toward 'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo.

This person was an important contributor to the Breeze Dance Hall's lucrative profits.

Although the smuggled alcohol he sold definitely had a markup, just the fact that there was no tax made it much cheaper than the prices in those alcohol wholesale stores in Trier. Moreover, a large part of what Ke Li Si Tuo sold was privately brewed alcohol, which he labeled with well-known brands and origins.

Ke Li Si Tuo, who looked like a rat, gritted his teeth and said:

"I have a batch of goods missing underground.

"The people who delivered and escorted the goods are also gone. Damn it, my brother is also among them, and his wife and children are crying in my house now!"

Something happened in underground Trier? Smuggling is divided into people who carry goods and people who provide force? That's true, Aosita Teruer said he used to help people carry underground books, hmm, underground Trier can't use carriages and other things, can only rely on people to carry... Lu Mi nodded gently and turned to ask:

"What goods?"

"A batch of red wine and brandy, and some 'Black Fish'." 'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo couldn't help but slap the table, "Damn it, that route has been taken many times, and nothing happened before, nor did we encounter that group of hyenas."

Hyenas refer to the quarry police who specialize in investigating smuggling businesses and are responsible for underground order.

Seeing Lu Mi a bit confused, Baron Bu Li Nie Er explained casually:

"'Black Fish' refers to guns."

Among the five most profitable businesses for gangs, the private brewing industry chain is the second most profitable. The arms business earns the least due to small demand, while the most profitable casino business is not that popular in the Market District because the income of the people here is not that high, and the money that can be squeezed out is quite limited. Compared to gambling that requires brainpower, those people who are busy all day would rather drink some cheap alcohol, twist their bodies, and find a pretty dancer to vent.

As for the sale of mental drugs, it is an act severely cracked down on by the Trier Police Department. After multiple warnings from the Market District Police Headquarters, the Breeze Dance Hall no longer has similar things, but the dance halls on Nightingale Street managed by 'Giant' Si Meng occasionally still have a few cases.

Lu Mi looked at 'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo and said:

"Do you have any suspected targets?"

"No." Ke Li Si Tuo said quite annoyedly, "Damn it, that route is very hidden. Except for me and my people, no one in the Market District knows."

He paused and said his purpose:

"I want to ask you to help me find clues on that route, using your most proficient means."

Before Lu Mi could speak, 'Red Boots' Fu Lan Ka nodded and said:

"We'll go in groups of two, so that nothing happens on the ground with no one in charge.

"Hmm, Fu Lan Ka and Xia Er are in a group, I happen to have something to talk to him about."

'Giant' Si Meng's gaze moved back and forth between Fu Lan Ka and Xia Er several times, finally remembering that Xia Er was suspected of sleeping with Fu Lan Ka's mistress, giving her a green hat.

Taking the opportunity to find trouble with Xia Er? 'Giant' Si Meng nodded imperceptibly and said to 'Bloody Palm' Bu Lai Ke:

"We'll be in a group."

Baron Bu Li Nie Er then looked at 'Rat' Ke Li Si Tuo:

"I'll accompany you to walk it again."

After Baron Bu Li Nie Er and 'Giant' Si Meng's groups finished walking the underground route and found nothing, Lu Mi and 'Red Boots' Fu Lan Ka followed a smuggler into underground Trier.

PS: Asking for base monthly tickets~

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