Iron Powder and Spellcaster

Wait, what did you say? Are they from Monta? Winters was surprised and his breathing became rapid.

Yes. Benway replied matter-of-factly.

The Monta people working on the pier? Winters asked repeatedly: You mean the people who blew up the pier were members of the Monta people gang?

Yes. Benwei spread his hands and said, They are Scar's new helpers who recently got together with the Monta people.

Winters took a deep breath and his tone became extremely serious: Benway, if you want me to help you deal with those Monta people, I will definitely help you as long as you ask. But, never because of you and the Monta people. You are just telling the truth. This assassination is not simple. The identity of the deceased is still a mystery, and it may involve something terrible... I want you to answer me honestly, are you sure you read it correctly?

I'm sure, I'm sure I saw it right. Benway answered seriously while meeting Winters' gaze: And the relationship between us and the Monta people has not reached the point of life and death. You are taking it too seriously.

Tell me everything you know about those people.

Where to start?

Start from scratch.

Benway drank some water to moisten his throat and started talking from six years ago.

In the last year of Army Infant School, Benway's family suddenly lost two members of their labor force - Benway's father and uncle due to an unfortunate accident. So after graduating from the Army Infant School six years ago, in order to support his family, Benway went to work on the docks like his fathers.

At that time, there was no order in the docks. As a large number of landless farmers poured into the city, competition on the docks became fierce.

You want three silver coins to unload a cargo?

We'll do it if we have two.

Dock workers competed with each other and lowered prices, resulting in endless violent conflicts.

Soon, as the conflict intensified, organization progressed, and small gangs began to emerge among the dockworkers. The power of a person is insignificant compared to the power of a group. If the dock workers do not join a certain group, they will be intimidated, beaten, and expelled.

Small gangs will be bullied by big gangs and either join each other or join forces with other small gangs to form a larger group. Eventually, all the longshoremen became members of some large gang.

For these people from all over the world, their place of origin is the most common identity, and forming a group based on their place of origin is an inevitable result. In the end, outsiders such as the Monta people, the Waan people, and the Palato people drove the Veneta natives out of the dock and took control of all the moving work.

These three groups controlled the number of dock workers and did not allow outsiders to work at the docks at will, thus avoiding excessive competition. To a certain extent, they were similar to the commercial and handicraft guilds that artificially set industry entry thresholds.

But they did not form a strict organization. In essence, they still stayed together to avoid being bullied. Even the leaders of the gang are usually ordinary porters, but once a conflict occurs, everyone will take sides according to their place of origin.

It was peaceful at first, but gradually some people were not satisfied with this. About half a month ago, Benway discovered that there were some new faces among the Monta people. This was nothing at first. Docker workers are very mobile. There are always people leaving and new people coming in.

But then the Monta people provoked a conflict with the other two groups. Originally, the three groups were about the same strength. After all, they were all just porters, and no one dared to fight too hard. But the new faces among the Monta people were extremely vicious. It was they who severely injured Benway's uncle, and he died not long after he was carried home.

Big Scar, the leader of the Monta people, proudly boasted to others after drinking, saying that these people were thugs he had specially hired, and that this time he was going to completely defeat the Vann and Plato people.

On the day of the assassination at the pier, Benway saw with his own eyes the newly arrived Monta people throwing explosives onto the pier. There were several other porters with the Monta people, but they were all silenced on the spot. Only Benway escaped by hiding in the cabin.

Winters thought to himself: Those porters who were silenced were probably the corpses that the customs mentioned were taken away by their families. The information corroborated each other, increasing the credibility.

After that, there was an earth-shattering explosion, and Benway rescued Winters and Moritz from the sea, who could not swim. Winters and his contemporaries were invited to the customs prison to rest, and what happened in the outside world had nothing to do with them.

But for Benway, bad things happened one after another. The customs area was in chaos because of the explosion, and Benway couldn't find anyone willing to listen to a little porter.

In desperation, he just went home and went to the customs officer the next day. As a result, before dinner, several distant relatives and friends knocked on his door and told him out of breath: Big Scar was dead, and the Monta people were gathering people to seek revenge on him.

Benway's family left home again overnight, and the women and the elderly were sent to other places. Benway, his uncle, and his younger brother have been hiding in the suburbs of the city until today.

Who are those thugs invited by the Monta people? They are assassins at all. They just disguised themselves as thugs and sneaked into the Monta people's gang. Winters frowned a few grooves: I guess they have escaped by now. No trace left.

Benwei sighed: I also thought that those strangers are not ordinary people, they are all guys who take other people's lives instead of taking their own lives.

I'm a little surprised. They've already sneaked into the dock, so why make such a big fuss? And that carriage, is it possible that they still want to deceive people and arrest them alive? Winters rubbed the beard on his chin. Stubble, sneered and said: Now I am more and more curious about the identity of the deceased. Who is worthy of so much trouble? I guess the leader of the Monta people was also silenced by them.

No matter what, those people must have run away without a trace.

Every time you walk, you will leave traces. If you follow the footprints, you will definitely find them. Do you know where the core members of the Monta people are now? The people on the dock said nothing to us.

Benway shook his head: I don't know, just like they don't know where I am, they are all hiding. If I find it, I will let someone tell you.

Okay, but don't let this friend deliver letters for you anymore. Winters said with a wry smile: He is a really bad messenger. Also, please change your house quickly, this house is too unsafe.

Benway smiled and nodded in agreement.

After chatting some more about the time they had experienced together and the time they had not experienced together, the two said goodbye.

If you change places, how can I find you in the future? Winters asked.

Go to the dock to find George Garp and tell him that he wants to see me, and I will contact you again.

Winters nodded and without further ado, mounted his horse and returned to the city.

Pushing open the door of the Military Police Department, Winters found Lieutenant Colonel Field and Major Moritz waiting for him.

Where have you been? Field asked with some dissatisfaction.

I went to meet a dock worker and asked about some important news. Winters, who was absent from the church, replied without a red face and a heartbeat: There should be no monolithic monolith on the other side of the dock, and the Van people will support us.

Oh? What news?

Winters relayed what he heard from Benway about the relationship between the Assassins and the Monta gang.

Isn't your classmate Lu You trying to use our hands to get rid of the Monta people? Field looked suspicious.

It's possible. Although Winters trusted Benway, he didn't say anything.

Put this aside for now. Field waved his hand: I have an important job for you... Have you ever stolen anything?

It turned out that after Lieutenant Colonel Field and Major Moritz searched for several days based on the list provided by the Duelist Club, they discovered that the Duelist Club had provided a half-true list.

On the one hand, this is a very detailed list, filling seven pages. But many of them just signed the guest book and were included in the list. There are also many non-officers on this list - the Duelist Club appears to have developed a number of non-officer members.

But the Military Police were looking for someone who was familiar with both Ned's long sword and his swift sword. There may be many civilians who are good at swift swords, but not many people are familiar with long swords, because long swords have long been out of fashion, and there is no swordsmanship school in Venetta that teaches long swords. Only officers who returned from the Army Officer School had systematically learned this swordsmanship.

The real core members of the Duelist Club didn't appear too much on the list. There are only a few school-level officers in the entire list, which is impossible.

Although Major Moritz is also a formal member of the Duelist Club, his character has always been casual, and he is rarely awake after eight o'clock in the evening. So I only go to the club occasionally to eat and drink, and I never participate in the management of the Duelist Club.

Moritz went to ask for the list, but the other party sincerely refused to give it, so the major had no choice.

No, the major actually still has a way, and his way is to steal.

No, no, no, no. Winters shook his head vigorously and waved his hands repeatedly: It's okay if you let me grab it, but I really can't steal it.

Stealing is easy. The main thing is to have a good psychological quality. Just like a horse thief, as long as you calmly act like the owner of the horse, no one will be suspicious. I think your psychological quality is very strong and you have great potential. Field is crazy To kill Warrant Officer Montagne.

Senior, I really can't do it. I am also an officer after all. If I get caught stealing something...

Field scolded: You think about failure before anything is done. Can you succeed with this kind of mentality? As long as you think about success, you won't fail.

He added: Besides, our division has a reputation for investigating cases in an upright and upright manner. How can our military police department's work be considered stealing? This is called using flexible means to obtain evidence.

If you are honest, let's kick down the door with a gun and rob him! If you want to rob him, I will definitely go! Winters said anxiously.

Okay, Warrant Officer Montagne, I order you to seize the evidence—without being discovered.

Thank you to friends who have voted for recommendations before, and to book friend Social Justice Lao Wang for his recommendations, monthly votes and rewards. Thank you. Thanks to book friend Yan Yunsan and book friend 20200306210032266 for their recommendation votes. Thank you all. I really can't get tired of watching Tahiriya many times, but I'll wait until the weekend to watch it again