The servant who cleaned the table for Eliphant was a middle-aged woman with an ordinary appearance and a waist as thick as a barrel. She was an ordinary person, and the only thing she could say was that she had been in Eliphant's house for nearly ten years. It could be said that she was a person who knew everything. The maid threw the cleaned cigarette butts into the trash can and then returned to her room.
She closed the door and opened the closet to block a change of clothes. Under the cover of the closet door, she took out a half-smoked cigarette from her pocket. It was the last cigarette Eliphant smoked. There was nothing special about this cigarette, only a group of numbers under the cigarette holder.
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The maid separated the clothes hanging on the hanger and revealed the back panel of the closet. She reached out and touched it, pressed it down, and a small grid appeared. In the grid was a pipe that led to an unknown place. The maid threw the remaining half of the cigarette into the pipe. She reached out and patted it three times. The baffle fell, and the closet was the same as before. She took out a change of clothes and hummed a nameless tune as she walked to the bathroom.
The number on the cigarette was a set of codes, and the code translation was changed every day. The maid had been doing this job for ten years, and she didn't know what that set of numbers meant. She didn't know, and she didn't want to know, so she was still alive and well. As for those who were more curious, they had long become fertilizer for the general's back garden. The flowers in the garden were beautiful and gorgeous. How could a flower not be beautiful when it grew on a pile of dead people?
Mobius gently closed the door. He wasn't interested in peeping at a middle-aged woman taking a bath. The president's taste wasn't that heavy. When he left just now, he heard Eliphant tapping on the table. At first, it seemed to be a Morse code, but it was meaningless to translate. After watching Eliphant leave, he still couldn't rest assured and followed the maid. But everything was done as usual, and he could only relax a little here.
It was true that Eliphant was someone he had secretly nurtured, but it would be a joke to say that Mobius trusted this general 120%.
He was no longer the young man who joined the army with passion. To be able to live until now, Mobius relied not only on his own strength, but also a vigilance that he had never relaxed at all.
But as sharp as he was, he still couldn't see through the secret in the maid's cabinet. After all, no matter how cautious the president was, he was not an omniscient god.
For Las Vegas to be able to reach its current scale, it couldn't do without the support of the rich and powerful. Without the nobles of Babylon who had invested a lot of money in it, a surface city could not have grown to its current size in just twenty to thirty years. The Gambling City's forces were intertwined, and the aristocratic and wealthy families had set up in this city in the open and in the dark, if not a thousand, there were at least eight hundred.
Especially those big families, they had more open and aboveboard businesses in the Gambling City. Just like Tell of Bescot, his real investment in Las Vegas was definitely not the Golden Sail Club, at least not on the surface. Until tonight, there were only a handful of people who knew that the Golden Sail Club was actually a secret eye for Beth Cod.
The other families would also betray such arrangements. In this way, nothing that happened in Las Vegas could escape the eyes of some big shots. Just like tonight, what happened in the Golden Sail Club was not only known before dawn, but also in great detail by the big shots of Babylon.
At breakfast, Leon met his father, the current head of the William family, Andrew, in the dining room. Andrew was middle-aged, but he looked like Leon's elder brother. Among his three sons, Andrew looked a little like Leon. He looked more like Leon's brother than the dead card artisan and Paul, who was still first in line. The dining room was very quiet. Paul was not present. Leon glanced at his father and sat down to eat silently.
Andrew looked up at him and smiled, "This is the first time I've seen you eat breakfast since you came back. Why, you don't even have breakfast in the Garden of Eden? "
"I don't care. Sometimes I just sleep in the trenches. When I hear gunshots, I open my eyes and lie down when I'm tired. There were several times when I thought I wouldn't be able to come back. Tsk, the food at home is still delicious. "Leon said carelessly.
Andrew was more satisfied with the current Leon. The Outer Realm training, the surface war, and the interstellar battlefield not long ago. These experiences constantly polished his favorite son. The current Leon lacked the aristocratic aura that was engraved in his bones when he first met Allen. Leon, who now had a beard and even a faint scar on his face, was more mature, and he already had the faint aura of a general in his every movement. That is …
A young maid walked past Leon and suddenly let out a soft "ah". Then he quickly left as if he was fleeing. Leon retracted his hand and smiled, "Even a woman's butt is at home. It's more comfortable to touch."
Andrew shook his head. This kid had been on the battlefield for a few years, but he had also mixed up the habits of a ruffian.
He knocked on the table and said, "Something happened in Vegas last night."
Leon looked at his father.
Andrew turned the topic 180 degrees and said, "Qiu Yan's comeback is really fascinating. It's a pity that I wasn't there. No matter how accurate the news was, I couldn't express the charm of Mr. Horn's saber strike. "
Leon impatiently tapped his fork on the plate and said, "Tell me what happened."
"You should sharpen your patience again." Andrew did not tease his son any further and said, "Mr. Horn killed Old Baker in Vegas last night. On the same night, a few of Old Baker's capable cadres were also killed by lightning. This elder's kingdom was considered to have been completely taken over by Mr. Horn. It can be foreseen that Bescot will grow rapidly in the future. Maybe it will become the fourth richest family. "
Leon frowned, "Mr. Horn seems to be too impatient."
"That's right. It's not a waste of your years of experience to be able to see this." Andrew said warmly, "But you only know one thing and don't know the other. Mr. Horn is not impatient, but he has no choice but to be impatient. "
Leon was able to be valued by his father. Apart from his temperament to Andrew's appetite, he also had some true abilities. Andrew did not make it clear. He had already keenly sensed something and said in a deep voice, "You mean Allen's military merits and that Cloud Iron Planet."
Andrew smiled but did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Tell me honestly, are you jealous?"
"Of course I'm jealous." Leon said with a bitter expression, "I worked hard to get a second-class military merit. Not to mention that lucky brat Allen got a first-class merit, the Federation even gave Planet Cloud Iron to Bescot. What an honor this is. "
"What an honor. That's right, the current Bescot can be said to be dazzling and unparalleled in the limelight. Even you feel jealous, and the others wish they could bite off a few mouthfuls of fat from Bescot. "Andrew said softly.
Leon's heart trembled. He looked at his father and said, "You mean, Bescot's honor is not only not a good thing, but also a disaster. That's why Mr. Horn is in a hurry to cut off Old Baker, who is a hindrance, so that he can get rid of the inside and refuse the outside? "
"If I were Mr. Horn, I would probably only be able to do so." Andrew narrowed his eyes and said, "But Bescot has been pushed to the forefront intentionally or unintentionally, and it has affected more than just his family. Leon, believe it or not, this is just the beginning. In the end, we so-called nobles will all be affected. "
Leon's eyes widened, clearly aware of the turbulent undercurrent behind this incident.
Andrew did not say anything, and the father and son were silent for a moment. Andrew broke the silence first and asked, "If one day Bescot were to encounter a great crisis, what would you do?"
Leon looked at his father and took a deep breath after a while, "I will do my best to help Allen."
He didn't mention Bescot, but Allen, but Andrew nodded. The leader of the William family gently skipped the question and said, "Allen should be back soon. Ironically, you have two brothers, but in the end, your blood relatives are not as close as an outsider. "
Leon clenched his fists and suddenly said, "There will always be only one of your three sons left. Will you hate me? "
Andrew did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "When I was your age, I had two older brothers and three younger brothers. But now, how many brothers do you see me have? "
The answer was none.
Leon stood up and said, "I'm leaving."
Andrew waved his hand and waited for his son to leave before sighing, "Everyone only sees the glory of the wealthy and noble families. Who really sees that layer of glory? It's all made up of blood and ugliness?"
Naturally, no one in the restaurant answered.
Three days after Old Baker's death, Allen returned to Babylon. The royal airship of Adahua Planet teleported directly from the Rainbow Gate in the Garter Domain to the moon, and then took the Federation airship to Babylon. There was no welcoming ceremony for his return this time, and almost no one was alarmed. Allen quietly returned to Castle Ugarte on the floating island.
Under the guidance of Steward Helsing, Allen met Horn in the study.
Horn worked at his desk as usual. It could be seen that the life of the head of the family was not that easy.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Horn raised his head and saw Allen.
A gust of wind suddenly blew in the quiet study, causing Helsing to be unable to breathe smoothly. He retreated, only to see Allen standing on the spot, motionless.
A moment later, the wind stopped and Horn laughed, "Not bad, I went to the Garden of Eden. Not only did he break through the second Origin Energy restriction, he also rushed to Level 25. Wait, why is your Origin Energy … is this Void Origin Energy? "
At this moment, the flame marks that covered more than half of Allen's body flashed and disappeared. He chuckled without saying a word.
Horn shook his head and said, "Even I'm jealous of your lucky boy now. Get over here. I have something to say to you."
Allen obediently walked forward.
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