At the corner of the market, a piece of rotten wood hung in front of the door. On it, a few words were carved crookedly with a dagger – Bullet Shell Tavern.
This was the tavern Zhou Guoping mentioned in the Sixth Street. From what he said, this was one of the most interesting places on the Sixth Street.
After he told Zhou Guoping to take care of the renovation, Jiang Chen came here alone. Because he didn't know the taste of the people here, he needed to do a simple "market research." And the best way to do that was to come here and have a drink or two.
Although the decor wasn't very bright, there were surprisingly a lot of customers.
A strange person in a loose windbreaker sat at the table near the door and drank the pungent alcohol alone. A young man with a red scarf on his head stepped on a stool as he dealt cards at the table with a cigarette in his mouth. Some of the onlookers were lone travelers, some were bandits who were loitering around, and some were hunters, a profession that had recently become popular in this area. Women in revealing clothing leaned against the bar counter as they waited for their prey to take the bait. Black market merchants hid in the shadows as they sold "harmless" trinkets.
The air in the tavern was murky and the environment was noisy. That was Jiang Chen's first reaction when he stepped into this space.
It shouldn't be an illusion. When he stepped on the dry wooden floor, he felt at least ten pairs of eyes looking in his direction.
Some were friendly, but most of them were unfriendly.
He paused for a moment, then continued to walk forward and went straight to the bar.
"You're not going to buy me a drink? Handsome. "A woman with heavy makeup leaned against the bar counter as she gave him a bright smile.
Jiang Chen smiled and ignored her. Instead, he looked behind the bar at the bartender who was silently wiping glasses.
White shirt, black pants, he looked clean. However, his bulging belly made his supposedly handsome actions look rather comical.
"What do you have here?" Jiang Chen sat on the stool next to the bar and asked casually.
When he heard Jiang Chen's question, the bartender stopped what he was doing and glanced at Jiang Chen.
"First time here?"
"Mhmm."
"There are a lot of things. Liquor, Nut Cola, E Fruit Flavor, Kaka Tea. " After saying that, the fat bartender continued to wipe the glass that had been rubbed by him countless times.
"There's also mole milk tea and cockroach juice." A young man sitting next to him whistled and said with a smile.
"They don't sell that to newcomers." The bartender didn't raise his head.
"Looks like I won't have the chance to see it." Jiang Chen shrugged and joked. After a pause, he said, "Give me a bottle of each of the four drinks."
The bartender stopped what he was doing and turned around to open the fridge. Soon, he placed four strangely shaped glass bottles on the bar counter.
“2，1，2，3。 A total of eight crystals. "
Jiang Chen put his hand into his pocket and took out eight crystals from the storage dimension. He lazily slapped it on the table. Such a nouveau riche action attracted a series of whistles and greedy gazes.
The bartender silently took the crystal and didn't say anything else as he continued to work on the task at hand.
Looking at the four "drinks" in front of him, Jiang Chen's eyebrows twitched. These things looked suspicious no matter how he looked at them.
The liquor was normal. It should be something like white wine. The Nut Cola looked the strangest. The fluorescent liquid didn't look drinkable at all. As for E Fruit Flavor, it looked like orange juice. The Kaka tea was green like seaweed, and there were strange dregs floating in the turbid liquid.
"These things are drinkable?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.
A burst of laughter came from behind him. A man with a smirk walked up and stepped on the stool next to Jiang Chen. He said nonchalantly, "Hey, rookie, these drinks are too hard for you. Why don't you play with us? If you're lucky, one crystal can be ten times better. "
His tone and expression made it seem like he had Jiang Chen under his thumb. The so-called 'play' was naturally gambling.
Jiang Chen glanced at him. He wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled.
"Why don't we play a game?"
Jiang Chen didn't wait for the man's response as he slowly took out a crystal with 50 energy points from his pocket and waved it in front of the man's eyes.
"Two crystals to play once. Guess which hand this" stone "is in. If you're right, it's yours."
The man was taken aback by Jiang Chen's abrupt action, but his face immediately turned joyful as he thought, [This idiot, I'll guess you ten times in a row. No matter what you do, you'll get it right at least once.]
But he wasn't stupid. If Jiang Chen ran away after two rounds, then his crystals would be wasted.
"Twenty crystals. I'll guess you ten times." The man sneered as he slammed the crystal on the table.
The crowd saw this and all looked at Jiang Chen with sympathy.
"Tsk, it's unlucky to be targeted by Liu Mang."
"Hey, this rookie is going to be unlucky."
As to those who looked at him with gloating expressions, most of them were the man's accomplices.
[Liu Mang? What a good name.]
His mouth twitched as he muttered in his mind. Jiang Chen didn't mind as he put away the 20 crystals on the table.
"No problem, I'll guess a hundred times." He yawned as he tossed the 50 crystal into the air. His hands quickly intertwined.
Liu Mang only felt his eyes blur as the crystal disappeared from his sight. Seeing Jiang Chen's move, the gloating people's expressions changed. The people who were looking at them with sympathy were now gloating over their misfortune.
[This is going to be fun.]
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Liu Mang's forehead. He didn't even see which hand hid the crystal in front of him. With a rough estimation, this person's reflex was at least above 25. Although he was injected with the genetic vaccine, it was the more average E level.
"Guess." Jiang Chen was bored to death as he put his hand in front of him.
Since he didn't see it clearly, Liu Mang chose to guess.
"Right hand."
Jiang Chen laughed.
"Congratulations … You got it wrong."
There was nothing in his right hand.
"You're cheating!" Liu Mang was immediately displeased as he stared at him. His accomplices also approached with unfriendly expressions. [So what if it's the genetic vaccine? Who hasn't used it before?] Although it was a low-level version, they had the advantage in numbers.
Jiang Chen rolled his eyes and opened his left hand. There was a shiny purple crystal in his hand.
"Nine more times, are you still going to guess?" He didn't have any fear on his face.
Liu Mang paused for a moment. He thought Jiang Chen didn't open his left hand immediately because he thought he was hiding the crystal. He didn't expect it to be in his left hand.
Although he was used to acting shamelessly in front of everyone, he didn't want to make a move.
[There are nine more chances, right?]
So Liu Mang signaled his subordinates to stop his rampage as he stared at Jiang Chen.
"Guess, let's begin."
A mocking smile appeared on Jiang Chen's face as he tossed the crystal into the air again.
Are you kidding? Is he the kind of person who would cheat?
The answer was yes.
No matter how Liu Mang guessed, the crystal would always appear in his other hand.
[This storage dimension is an artifact of cheating.] Jiang Chen couldn't help but fantasize. If he went to Macau, even the God of Gamblers would have to step aside.
"This is the last time, you have to be careful." Jiang Chen lazily waved his hands in front of him.
Liu Mang's eyes were red as he stared at the two fists, trying to find any clues from the size, but it was obviously futile.
This was the mentality of a gambler. He would not stop until he lost the last crystal.
He had already lost all 20 crystals, so he immediately slammed the last 10 crystals on the table.
He only needed to win once to recoup his losses. Just a little bit more!
But when Jiang Chen opened his hands, he guessed wrong again.
"This is impossible! Fifty percent chance, how can you not guess it even once? You cheated! " Liu Mang immediately flared up. He cursed and kicked the stool beside him. He looked like he was ready to fight.
Seeing Liu Mang's action, everyone looked at him with disdain.
Anyone could see that Jiang Chen must have cheated, but if he couldn't show any evidence, how could he show off?
But Liu Mang, who was used to being shameless, didn't care. He ordered his men to surround Jiang Chen.
"Kid, you dare to cheat me? You're pretty good. Let me tell you, if you don't hand over the crystals you got from grandpa and hand over the 50 crystals with both hands, I'll make sure you walk out. "
Jiang Chen glanced at the aggressive Liu Mang as he said emotionlessly.
"Nine times out of ten you lose. Didn't anyone teach you? And … speaking of which, does the militia not care if you fight here? "
The young man who whistled at Jiang Chen was still sitting there. He took a sip of alcohol and laughed nonchalantly.
"Of course, but the cops are always late."
"That's great." Jiang Chen laughed.
Seeing that he was ignored, Liu Mang was instantly enraged as he reached for Jiang Chen's collar in anger.
"Fu * k, I'm talking to you-"
Boom!
Jiang Chen kicked out without any warning. Liu Mang felt like his chest was hit by a giant hammer as he flew backward like a broken kite. He flew over a table and smashed out the door.
The bartender glanced at Jiang Chen in shock as he put down the glass in his hand and pressed the alarm bell next to the counter. Seeing that there was going to be a good show, everyone whistled and cheered.
"Fu * k! Beat him up. "Seeing that their boss was kicked away, the bandits immediately raised their weapons.
Jiang Chen calmly dodged a stick and activated fury. He grabbed the dagger and used his increased strength to easily drag it to the side before stabbing it into a bandit's shoulder.
"Ahhh!" The bandit screamed in pain as he fell backward.
Jiang Chen's hand didn't stop. He pulled the gangster's right hand in front of his chest and blocked a few sticks that came at him.
"Haha, nice hit."
"Straight punch, give him a taste of a hook."
"Use a stool, idiot!" Most of the onlookers were busybodies. They cheered for Jiang Chen's side and cursed the thugs for being so slow even though they were ganging up on one person.
After a series of clanging noises, the bandits didn't manage to touch Jiang Chen as the weapons they picked up all landed on their own people.
Fury was deactivated.
Cheers erupted as the onlookers cheered for the winner. The woman who tried to flirt with Jiang Chen earlier looked at him with brighter eyes as she licked her seductive red lips. But Jiang Chen still didn't look at her.
Clapping his hands, Jiang Chen glanced at the thugs lying on the ground.
The young man sitting on the side drinking by himself laughed. "I was waiting for you to lose so I could extort two drinks from you."
"Obviously you don't have the chance." Jiang Chen shrugged and laughed.
"Fu * k, you dare to hit me, Liu Mang, I'll break your leg-" Liu Mang staggered in as he cursed. But when he saw the thugs lying on the ground and the mocking expressions on everyone's faces, his mouth froze.
Facing Jiang Chen's half-smile, he looked at the thugs on the ground again as if he couldn't accept this reality.
"You, do you know who I am?" Seeing that he couldn't win, Liu Mang began to threaten Jiang Chen with his vicious eyes.
"Oh? Who are you? " Jiang Chen lazily picked up the E-fruity drink and took a sip. The sweet taste almost made him vomit.
[Fu * k, someone drinks this?]
Everyone was also dumbfounded as they thought, [Fu * k, someone drinks this?]
Jiang Chen put the drink back without batting an eyelid. He still had the same half-smile on his face.
"I, I'm familiar with the Huizhong Mercenaries. Hehe, you've been in this area for a long time, there's no way you've heard of them, right? " A creepy smile appeared on Liu Mang's face as he stared into Jiang Chen's eyes, hoping to find a hint of fear in his pupils.
But Jiang Chen's reaction was destined to disappoint him.
When he heard the name Huizhong Mercenaries, Jiang Chen almost laughed out loud.
"You're familiar with them?" Jiang Chen looked at him dubiously.
"That's right. If you don't want to walk into a coffin before you even step out of the Sixth Street, you better apologize to me, and then-"
"And then pay for the psychological damage?" Jiang Chen laughed as he said nonchalantly.
Liu Mang paused for a moment as he felt that something was wrong with this person's reaction.
"That's right. If you know what's good for you, you better take out the crystals."
Jiang Chen glanced at him and said slowly, "Since you're so familiar with them, do you know where they are now?"
"Hehe, in the Songjiang area. I'm familiar with their boss," Liu Mang said proudly.
"No, they're in Qingpu." Jiang Chen shook his finger. "Their bodies were smeared with formalin and hung on a street lamp."
Liu Mang paused for a moment as he looked at Jiang Chen in disbelief. "W-what the f * ck are you talking about? Are you f * cking dreaming? If you know what's good for you, you'll — "
"He didn't lie to you." The young man at the bar smiled as he pointed at Jiang Chen with his glass. "Because those idiots were killed by this guy."
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