Why does Agares hide from me like this? Could it be that he is hiding some ulterior secret?
I frowned full of doubts, feeling very depressed and a little ridiculous. In the past, Agares was chasing me and spying on me all the time, but now I was worried about his whereabouts. Shit, what the hell is going on! Strong reluctance drove me to grope carefully on the iron gate, and squatted down to dive into the water to check, there must be some mechanism that allows people to pass through that I didn't discover just now. Soon my fingers felt that an iron bar close to the wall was loose. I grabbed it and shook it vigorously a few times, and I broke it off directly.
Damn, I didn't notice this just now! I immediately put on my crumpled clothes, and the cat waist slipped under.
"Agares!" I shouted his name as I swam into the long underground waterway. After turning a corner, there were several dark forks in front of me. I don't know where they all lead, maybe The underground drain connecting the entire city of Venice looks like an underground labyrinth. I should be thankful that I have night vision ability, otherwise I wouldn't have come to this kind of place like a mouse if I was killed. I really don't understand what Agares is thinking, he, no, this huge sashimi is getting more and more mysterious. What the hell is he playing tricks on?
I pushed aside all kinds of wine bottles and cigarette butts floating by, and deeply sniffed the mixed smell in the air, in order to distinguish the whereabouts of Agares in these forks, and then followed my own way. Smell head towards the fork on the left. At this moment, I suddenly feel that I am not a fucking mouse at all, but a wild cat looking for food after the smell of fish. Oh, foraging, what an inappropriate description!
As I was thinking wildly in my mind, there was suddenly some noise in the underground waterway, which originally only had the sound of quiet water flowing, and it came from above my head. The sound of people's conversations was mixed with the sound waves, and it seemed to be a very lively place. where is this
I followed the sound and walked a few steps forward, and saw a faint light from above. I touched upwards, and with a push, I opened the sewer cover above my head a little bit, and poked my head out cautiously. Find yourself in a casino. Surrounded by smog and psychedelic lights, through the fluttering black veil, you can see people around the golden gambling table. The breath of money and desire permeates the air, making this place a pot of boiling soup, and there are no people there. Noticed me popping up out of nowhere. The smell of Agares is here, I'm sure.
After carefully turning it out, I looked around and noticed that the casino seemed to be transformed from a monastery. The dome and pillars were carved with solemn angel reliefs, and there seemed to be murals hanging on the walls. What is Agares doing here? Could it be that fishing in the sea is not enough, and he still wants to come up and play a few games?
I put my hands in my trouser pockets, hooked my back, pretended to be a gambler, and searched for him casually. When I walked to the second floor, I saw my companion on the Poseidon, a man with me Lodia, a very familiar Belarusian girl, was avoiding something in a panic, bent down and ran down the stairs. I immediately realized that the casino I came to was the one that Kolov entered. Seeing her strange dark color, I couldn't help but wake up in my heart. I went up a few steps and grabbed her wrist. Covering her mouth, she dragged her into the shadows at the corner behind the stairs.
"What's the matter, Rhodea, why are you so flustered? What happened?" I asked in a low voice.
"They...those mafia..." Loudia's shoulders trembled slightly, "Chopped off one of Boss Kolov's hands!"
I was startled suddenly: "What?
" The things we traded are not related, they said that the gems that Kolov brought last time were fake, so they have to pay the price of one hand, and they want us to take other things to compensate for their losses!" Lodia frowned Mouth pursed, she was visibly terrified.
"Calm down, take me to see what's going on." I took a deep breath, and my heart sank to the bottom. Kolov is my savior, and we have a place to live under his protection. Now that he has this kind of bad luck, I never want to see him. I have to find a way to help. I patted Lodia on the back, and said in a deep voice: "The mafia has their own principles and bottom line, they want Kolov's hand, but as long as there is a remedy, it shouldn't just kill him like this .”
Lodia nodded, she was a very powerful female snitch, her psychological quality was not bad, and she quickly stabilized her emotions. She led me around to a bathroom on the other side of the second-floor porch. There was an extended balcony outside, and we climbed carefully along it, and arrived at a window. I caught a glimpse of the scene through the cracks in the curtains, and I couldn't help but gasp—there
was a gaming table across the room, and several gun-toting mafia surrounded Kolov, who was holding his hand. The arm that was already soaked in blood, the part above the wrist was missing, but he was really a tough guy, he just gritted his teeth and looked at the old man who was obviously the leader of the Camorra family opposite him, but his bloodless face His face twitched slightly in pain. I really admire Kolov's calmness under such an injury. I moved my body and looked at it from another angle, and immediately noticed that there was a pearl-sized sparkling thing on the table, but it was cut into two pieces by a sharp weapon, and some luminous blue liquid dripped out of it. .
My eyelids twitched suddenly, and I couldn't help opening my eyes wide. I suddenly understood the reason why Agares appeared here.
Because I recognized that thing, it turned out to be a mermaid spore, exactly the same as the one that entered my body, maybe it also belonged to Agares!
Kolov caught this before, he didn't know what it was, and he traded it to the Mafia as a gem, for God's sake!
"Tell me, Kolov, what is the strange thing that is dripping water here? Is it the candy that children play with? You have to be honest when dealing with us, but you actually use these things to pretend to be sapphires?" At this time, I heard a The voice asked, and saw the head of the Camorra family twirling the blue liquid on the table, with dark clouds on his face, "After defrauding a huge sum of money last time, you dare to come back? This is what your greed paid for." The price, Korov. Now you either ask your men to bring the real gem, or I cut off your other hand."
"Mr. Camorra, please believe that I never meant to deceive you. These gemstones were all authenticated on the spot, right? Even if they are not sapphires, I believe they are of great value!" Kolov's teeth trembled, " I got it in a locked safe in a wreck of a ship suspected to be made in Germany. If they are just fake gems, how can they be so well protected? I swear on my broken hand, They must be something extraordinary."
"Oh, no, no, no, I'm not interested in your explorer's broken theories, I only care about whether I can get enough marijuana and heroin if I trade these things, Kolov, you made us lose a lot! "
Camora slapped the table furiously, and a person next to him immediately grabbed Kolov's severed wrist, causing him to scream in pain. My scalp was numb, and I couldn't bear to look away, knowing the situation It's very bad, because we don't know if the things we recovered in the Arctic Ocean are enough to compensate the mafia for their losses, and this is our income for half a year. I don't mind taking out my share to help him, but there are other plans If you break up with Kolov, you may not be the one who works alone. Lodia blocked her ears and murmured in a low voice: "My God, my God, Delt, we have provoked the Italian mafia, what should we do?" "Go back and
inform the other people on the boat, take I'll stay here and adapt accordingly." I whispered to her, and Lodia nodded, but just as she was about to leave, I suddenly heard a commotion coming from the first floor Yes, then a knock on the door came from nearby: "Mr. Vikrado, Godmother Liciardi is here." "
What, that bitch..."
The old man called Vikrado sat up from the chair suddenly, The door was pushed open immediately, and an unusually beautiful blonde young woman came in from behind, with a radiant face. She was wearing a black windbreaker, looking very bold, her high-heeled shoes made clanking noises as she walked on the marble floor, and she approached the table in a few steps, holding a silver dagger against Vikrado's forehead On the table, he said lightly: "Who gave you the permission to do business in private here? These things are very valuable. A German company has already negotiated with me. I hope that the more these things, the better, but you Cut off Kolov's hand!"
After she finished speaking, she raised the knife and stabbed the dagger on the back of Vikrado's hand, and in an instant a howl resounded like killing a pig, but I didn't Before he had time to be dumbfounded by this accident, all his attention was suddenly attracted to another figure who slowly entered the room from outside the door.
The man was wearing a Venetian mask, with silver hair tied behind his head. He was tall, just as I had predicted through the glass door if he appeared in human form—almost two meters tall, and his head was almost touching. He leaned against the door frame, and looked a head taller than the tall Italian men around him, which was a bit scary, and the eyes of the people around him couldn't help but cast on him. I couldn't help but focus on his lower body, trying to penetrate the long black windbreaker that almost covered his ankles. Is it really a pair of legs hidden underneath? Could his fishtail be hidden under his clothes?
I don't know how Agares hid himself among humans, I only know that he came for these spores. Except for the destroyed one in front of him, the others are in the hands of the Camorra family, so he has to lurk among them. This could finally explain his behavior. It is not easy to get these spores. I have every reason to believe that the German company Liciardi just mentioned is the people of Rheinland and Sakalla. No matter whether they died in the sea two years ago, the Nazi remnants will Abandon their plan at this point, and it will resurface at the first sign of trouble.
"That tall guy...Could it be the ace killer with albinism under Liciardi's command—Roy?"
Killer? This is the identity of Agares after entering human society? Indeed, it is very suitable to hide himself, the killer is always allowed to keep a secret and distance...
"I heard that she is still her lover." Luodia added.
"Oh, is that... lover?" I said casually, a thorn in my throat.
"What's the matter?"
"No, it's nothing. It seems that Kolov should be fine, and we're lucky." I scratched my nose and watched Liciardi's people come in to clean up the mess, Agale Si stood aside motionless like a competent bodyguard, the thick shadow under the mask hiding his face. But I could feel his gaze fixed on the broken spore on the table.
That is a very precious thing for the surviving mermaid family. I can imagine his mood as a leader at this time. If he could, he would definitely choose to kill everyone here, but he remained absolutely calm. , no different from a frozen ice sculpture, until Liciardi leaned against his ear and said something, he moved his lips slightly, responded to a suspected Italian syllable, and smiled. I have to admit that smile combined with the mask made him look like a mysterious and charming gentleman.
But suddenly a very uncomfortable feeling surged in my heart, like the feeling of a resentful woman seeing her husband cheating. I couldn't help but look at the ruptured spore and start thinking wildly. When I realized that I was wondering if I meant a living spore to Agares, I immediately stopped my running thoughts and forced myself not to think about it, but there was still a feeling of discomfort in my heart Sour.
damn it!
I patted my head, just wanting to get what was in my mind out. At this moment, I saw Liciadi walking away. After watching her leave, Agares came to the table, picked up the spore, and held it in his palm. He wore a pair of black leather gloves. Based on the touch when he hugged me just now, I can be sure that even if he is humanized, his mutation is quite incomplete. His hands are still in the form of webbed claws, so they need to be hidden. I noticed that Agares' tall body was shaking abnormally, as if he was enduring pain.
I knew something was wrong with him.
"Dert, let's go, Kolov must have someone by his side." When Rhodea reminded me, I noticed that Agares walked out the door again.
I turned my head sideways, gestured to Rhodea to let her go first, and climbed through the window, trying to follow Agares, but he disappeared again, I cursed him secretly, and ran downstairs I was looking for his whereabouts, and when I passed an open door, my back was suddenly grabbed by two hands, and my whole person was dragged into the darkness in an instant. A strong strange fragrance filled my nostrils, and I immediately gave up struggling, let my body be dragged by Agares, and returned to the underground waterway.
After the lid was closed by Agares on the top of his head, he hugged me tightly, leaning against the damp wall, panting heavily and rapidly, his body trembling violently like a mountain cracking, and then there was a sound of fabric tearing came from under me. I lowered my head subconsciously, and saw Agares's lower body rolling and undulating, something struggling to break through from the windbreaker, I immediately wanted to tear the seam of his clothes, but he pulled it away by himself first , The scene inside took me by surprise——
I don't know if I should call the thing in front of me "legs", because they don't look like it at all, but there is a crack in the middle of the fish's tail, which barely divides the original structure into two strands, and it is still covered with black spots. The scales are hidden in a pair of black leather boots where the human feet are. I don’t know what they look like. Maybe they don’t have feet yet, but they are just stuffed inside, and the separated part of the fish’s tail has grown some new growth. His tissues were obviously about to be glued together, turning into that thick and long black fishtail again.
"It's very unstable, Desaro...I'm going to transform back, I have to find a place to hide." Agares stared at me, whispering in the mermaid language I could already understand. I looked at him blankly, feeling that the way he talked to me was both strange and familiar. His wide webbed claws wearing leather gloves touched my head, and slowly slid from my cheeks to my lips. His voice was hoarse and low: "Now... are you still afraid of me?" I didn't say anything
, Just grabbed his mask and pulled it off his face. The face exposed behind has not changed in any way, but the pair of pointed wing-shaped ears are slowly growing out from under his hair like some kind of tenacious plant. Maybe this appearance is a bit scary to others, but I couldn't help but find it a little funny. So I really smiled naively, and touched the tips of his ears as if molesting some kind of small animal, but he hugged my waist tightly in punishment, and bit my chin possessively.
I shrank my neck sensitively, but suddenly there was an untimely sound of footsteps above my head, which made me realize that this place is really not a good place for a tryst, I looked at the forks leading to nowhere, "Aga Reis, are you familiar with the roads of Venice?"