"Sigh, the food in the academy's cafeteria is so disgusting. Something like this can be called steak!"
Adele was angrily stirring the black pepper juice on the steak with a silver fork, her eyebrows almost knitted together, and she was venting her dissatisfaction with the food. Allen, who was sitting opposite her, was completely untroubled. He used a knife to accurately cut the steak into pieces of meat/grains and put them into his mouth at a near-constant speed. Adele put down her knife and fork, crossed her fingers and held her chin. She looked at Allen, who was eating with relish, and said, "I really don't know how you did it. Their steak is clearly so bad, or is the level of the chef in Castle Ugarte about the same as here? That would be a disaster."
Allen wiped out another piece of beef and shook his head. "If you lived on the surface for ten years, you would be like me. You wouldn't care about the heat or taste of the food at all. On the surface, it's already good enough to have something to eat. "
Picking up a doughnut as a side dish, Allen shook it and said, "Things like this, you only use them as decorations or foils." After eating this meal, they will be thrown away, or they will flow to the surface through another channel. My mother, on the other hand, spends a lot of her savings every year to give me the food that Mai has fallen from Babylon to the ground, because they are almost uncontaminated. "For me, a doughnut is the whole definition of happiness!"
Putting the doughnut in his mouth, Allen ate it at a slow speed. As the bread was chewed and ground through the gums, the fragrance of wheat seemed to bring back time.
But everything could not go back!
A voice said, and Allen's heart ached and his attention returned to the moment. Looking over, Adele was cutting off a piece of beef and putting it in her mouth. Allen shook his head and said, "We grew up in different environments. If you really can't eat it, you don't have to force yourself."
Adele shook her head and said, "It's none of your business. There's no reason why I can't do something that even Aunt Lanny can eat. This is … to Aunt Lanny! "
She put a piece of beef in her mouth and bit down hard.
The dinner ended in a pleasant atmosphere, and it was a good meal, except that Adele complained from time to time that the beef was so old that it made her teeth ache. After dinner, Adele took Allen in the direction of the academy gate.
"Where are we going?" Allen asked.
Adele blinked and said, "Big sister will take you to (open) your eyes."
"Tell me the truth," Allen snapped.
Adele said with a pitiful look, "Well, well, it's like this. There would be a gladiatorial match at the Venus Hotel tonight. It was the kind with no restrictions. The guests can place their bets at will, and there is no cap. How about it? Do you want to go and watch? It's not every day that you can watch a duel like this. "
Allen frowned. "I thought this kind of bloody fight would only be held in Black Street."
'"Of course it's impossible to publicize it. After all, it's against the Constitution of the Federation, so it's only limited to a limited circle. The amount of money I bet won't be much less. As long as I win a bet, it'll be enough for me to spend a year's pocket money. I think your luck has been so good recently that you got two tickets from Leon. I just had a meal with you. Do you have to be my bodyguard for free for one night? I have a huge sum of money on me! "
Allen asked casually, "How much did you bring?"
Adele whispered in his ear, "Ten million, all the assets I can use are here."
"So much!" Allen was really shocked. He had recently received millions from Leon, and he already felt like he was dreaming. Now that he saw Adele running around with tens of millions of dollars in her hands, he suddenly felt as if he was looking at a big wizard.
"There's not much left. It's mainly a little money I won from someone in the past." Adele smiled so much that her eyebrows curved. That someone was naturally Allen in front of her.
"Let's go. I heard that Venus has invited a soul singer to sing tonight. He's a newly risen superstar. He'll miss it if he arrives late." Adele dragged Allen out of the academy.
Outside the academy gate, a flying car with the Morsen Clan's logo had been waiting for orders for a long time. Allen was furious. This girl had clearly planned it long ago. After the two of them got into the car, the flying car started and carried them to the Venus Hotel.
Driving through the downtown streets of Babylon, the buildings on both sides of the highway were brightly lit, and various colors of neon lights flickered with blurry colors. The well-dressed people, the endless traffic, the towering buildings, and the colorful lights were all telling of the prosperity of Babylon. The floating island and the surface were like two worlds, one heaven, the other hell.
"Did you know that Babylon had another name at the beginning?" Said Adele suddenly.
Allen pulled his gaze back from the bustling scene outside the window and looked at Adele, waiting for her to continue.
"The ark …" Adele whispered, "It carries the original beautiful vision. It was built to keep people away from the radiation-filled ground. It is the ark that leads people away from disaster." Unfortunately, humans were creatures that gained power when there were too many of them gathered together. And power always serves a few people. As a result, those in power back then drove a large number of people off the ark in the name of overpopulation. "After monopolizing the floating island, it was renamed Babylon … the Sky Garden of God."
"Is this the origin of the conflict between the floating island and the surface?" Allen asked.
Adele nodded and said, "Resentment spreads, and the change of times cannot erase the original resentment. As time passed, other ingredients were added to this resentment, causing it to become even larger. One day, it will explode in full force. At that time … perhaps there will be a civil war? "
"That's really bad."
"It is indeed terrible, but let the big shots worry about these problems." Adele waved her fist lightly as if she was trying to drive something away.
The Federation civil war was a problem that no one wanted to mention, but its hidden dangers were real. In the end, it was nothing more than a matter of the interests of the Federation government and the wealthy nobles. In this regard, they would never compromise and would only make symbolic concessions. However, for people at this level, it was not enough to make concessions. Unless they came into contact with the core of their interests, the contradictions would not be resolved and the resentment would not be appeased.
And this was precisely the crux of the matter.
Allen came from the surface and lived in Babylon for nearly two years. He understood the huge difference between the two worlds better than anyone else. But as Adele said, power always belonged to a small number of people, and so did interests. No wealthy family would be willing to share their assets equally with the people on the surface, so the conflict would only intensify.
Once a civil war broke out, a clan disciple like Allen would naturally protect his clan. However, the target of the saber and sword was the people who fought for reasonable rights and interests for themselves. In a war like that, who was right and who was wrong? Who could say for sure?
In contrast, the expedition to the Outer Realm was much simpler.
There were only two outcomes for a colonial invasion. One was the victor, controlling the entire colonial planet and turning it into one of the chains of interests, providing a steady stream of resources and huge profits for himself and his family. The second was that the invasion failed and was killed by the planet's natives, causing his soul to break into a foreign land.
Either way, it was much simpler than being in the middle of the Federation civil war.
Allen remembered what his mentor, Professor Randolph, had said in the first lesson of basic warfare that day: "War is never just!"
The Venus Hotel arrived.
The flying car entered the underground parking lot. In the carriage, Adele rubbed her hands and said, "Sister must kill everyone tonight and win a lot of money. Otherwise, I won't leave tonight!"
Allen laughed and said, "I didn't know you were a gambler."
"A small gamble."
"Carrying ten million is still called a small gamble …" Allen shook his head. At this moment, the flying car stopped. The two of them were about to get out of the car when a strong light suddenly lit up behind the car. Allen narrowed his eyes and could vaguely see the outline of a flying car heading towards them in the light.
Danger suddenly arose!
"Be careful, get out of the car." Allen shouted.
The two of them hurriedly opened the door and pounced out of the car at almost the same time. Before he could land, he heard a heavy collision sound behind him, followed by the sound of the window shattering. Allen rolled on the ground and bounced up from the ground. He saw a flying car almost shoveling into the rear of Adele's seat. As for the driver in the front seat, he was already lying on the steering wheel, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
The wind suddenly blew. Two black-clothed men suddenly pounced down from the car and attacked Allen. Both of them were engraved, and it was obvious that they were at the eleventh or twelfth level.
Taking advantage of his spare time, Allen glanced at Adele and saw four people pouncing on the girl. It was obvious that this killing trap was set up for Adele. If it was for Allen, then there should be four people on his side right now. Who was so bold as to dare to attack the young miss of the Morsen Family? Adele was a direct blood relative of the Morsen Family!
Time did not allow Allen to think about it. Because of Adele's sudden invitation, Allen did not bring his fangs with him. All over his body, only the devil's praise behind his waist could be used. Allen pulled out his dagger without hesitation. With a thought, the gemstone at the hilt of the dagger shone with a bloody light. The dagger immediately elongated, and a scarlet color covered the blade. As the pitch-black lines appeared, it immediately completed the first form of the blood hymn.
Allen held the blood-red dagger in his hand and suddenly crashed into the two black-clothed men. Suddenly, a ball of fine red light exploded from his arms, and the two black-clothed men cried out in alarm. Before he could even use his ability, he was injured by Allen's firework-like saber light, and he was thrown away by the saber on the left and right!
On the other side, the battle between Adele and the four black-clothed men had reached the point of life and death. The eldest young miss of the Morsen Clan was proficient in long-range sniping, but her close combat skills were really ordinary. The four black-clothed men each held a short saber, and they advanced and retreated in a methodical manner. They were obviously experts who were proficient in fighting together. In just a few breaths of time, Adele had already been stabbed in many places. Fortunately, she was still calm enough to trade injuries for injuries at a critical moment, and only then did she manage to survive until now.
Seeing that she was about to reach her limit, the saber energy surged, and Adele's eyes lit up.
Allen had arrived!
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