Chapter 110 Open the door!
"Let's make a deal."
When these words came out of Gerard's mouth, there was a moment of silence in the warehouse, and even Bai Wei in the sea of thoughts remained silent.
Tachibana blinked and looked at Jellal, which made Jellal, who was originally quite calm, a little unnatural. He had to speak out to break the silence: "What's the problem?"
Then I got responses from two people at the same time.
"What do you think?" This was Bai Wei's rhetorical question.
"You are a wanted criminal." Ju's answer was more direct. "Will a wanted criminal still make a deal?"
Gerard had a headache. He was not good at speaking, and the current situation was indeed a bit complicated. He could only try to explain as much as possible: "I'm facing some problems now, but..."
"Were you wronged?"
"…How do you know?"
Ju lowered his head, the dirty toe of his shoe swaying slowly on the ground: "I have met some of the family members of dad's comrades. When they were accused of being traitors, they all said that they were innocent."
“…Is that so?”
"But they all said it was because of you. It was you who caused them to be wrongly accused. The only one who was not wronged was you."
Gerald: “…”
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Jellal always felt like there was a voice laughing in his head.
"This matter is very complicated." Gerald said to Tachibana, "I am also looking for the truth, but what I can tell you is that no matter whether it is me or your father, we are not rebels. I will prove this sooner or later. Please believe me."
While saying this, Jellal had been trying to look into Tachibana's eyes, but unfortunately, Tachibana was staring at his shoes the whole time, and didn't seem to care about Jellal's words. He just said "Oh" softly after Jellal finished speaking, and then continued to ask: "So what deal do you want to make with me?"
"As you can see, my current condition is not very good." Gerard pointed to his leg, "Even the steel plate is installed upside down, and now I have nowhere else to go, so if possible, I would like to ask you to help me."
Asking a ten-year-old girl for help was indeed a little strange, but Gerard tried his best to avoid revealing this in his tone, as if he was talking to a normal adult, but the light tone still revealed the cautiousness in his heart.
"But I'm not asking you to help me for free. You can ask me for one thing... No." Gerard shook his head, feeling that he was being led astray. Then he took out a purse from his pocket and placed it on the table beside him. The coins in the purse jingled. "Let's do a normal transaction. I'll pay you according to the normal market price. What do you think?"
Hearing the sound of money, Tachibana finally raised his head. He first looked at the money bag on the table, then looked at the wound on Jellal's leg. After a slight hesitation, he nodded.
"good."
After agreeing, Tachibana actually started to take action. After carefully checking the model and structure of the accessories on Jellal's legs, she efficiently dived into the pile of parts beside her and began to search.
When Gerard saw the small figure, he suddenly felt a little dazed.
Then, he heard Bai Wei's voice again: "Is it necessary?"
"……What?"
"I say, is it necessary?" Bai Wei said calmly, "You are a wanted criminal. Shouldn't a wanted criminal do something more in line with his status as a wanted criminal? For example, grab her neck and say, 'If you don't help me, I will kill you.'"
"It's not like I'm really a wanted criminal."
"Oh no, you're real, your wanted poster is still on the wall outside."
The corners of Gerald's mouth twitched slightly.
"Even if you really want to help her, you can just threaten her to leave some money for her after she helps you." Bai Wei said calmly, "Wouldn't that be more efficient?"
"no."
"Why?"
Gerard looked at the little figure rummaging through spare parts not far away and replied in his mind, "She doesn't just need money. For her, there are things that are more important than money."
"for example?"
"Equality." Gerard responded briefly.
"I see." Bai Wei probably understood what Gerald meant. He smiled and said, "Is this the experience you gained from your own daughter?"
Gerard recalled the little figure in his mind again, and said softly: "It can be regarded as a little insignificant experience."
“That’s exactly what happened.”
Then he heard Bai Wei's response.
"It seems like you have a good relationship with your daughter, so where is she now?"
Gerard fell silent immediately.
Tachibana, who was searching for parts, turned around with some confusion and glanced at Jellal.
Although no one had spoken since a while ago, somehow, Tachibana felt that it was even quieter now than before.
How strange.
…
"Really? I haven't found it yet."
In the Tower of Babel, Yongxin was standing by the window, looking at the Lyra which was falling into the night again.
Last night's events, the death of the bishop, and the explosion of the fourth district tower did shock the Lyrans to such an extent that many of them were talking about this matter throughout the day.
But... that's all.
Lyra was still operating normally, and the Lyrans were still working and living normally. The death of the bishop and the explosion of the branch tower only brought a little topic of conversation to their monotonous lives.
Tianqin hasn't changed at all...except for the wanted posters posted on the streets and the skeleton troops at various node passes.
All of this is naturally for the purpose of finding Gerard.
Unfortunately, after a whole half day, there was still no news from Gerard.
But Yong Xin was not surprised by this result. He said to the Skeleton Knight who came to report, "It is unlikely that we can catch him just by controlling the gear train and blocking the main streets. He knows this city too well. There are still many places he wants to go and can go. If you want to catch him, you need to do more."
"We understand." The Skeleton Knight replied, "But a Level 1 warrant can only do so much. If we want to search door to door, we need to raise the warrant to at least Level 2... We need a warrant."
As he spoke, the Skeleton Knight submitted an application.
Naturally, it is an application to increase the wanted level.
Yongxin took a look at the application, then picked up the pen on the table and prepared to sign.
But when the tip of the pen was hanging on the paper, it wouldn't fall down.
The hand holding the pen was trembling slightly, as if trying to prevent this action from happening.
Yongxin narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Lord Yongxin?" Seeing that Yongxin had not started writing, the Skeleton Knight could not help but ask, "What are you doing?"
"Oh, nothing." Yong Xin slowly put the pen back, then chuckled and said, "I just suddenly remembered that I haven't completely taken over Bishop Holman's authority, so I can't sign the second-level wanted order."
"Is that so?" The Skeleton Knight hesitated. "If that's the case, I'm afraid we have no way..."
"Why not give it a try?" Yong Xin looked at the Skeleton Knight with encouragement. "Now is the time for innovation, why not try something more daring?"
Yongxin's voice seemed to carry some kind of magic, causing the Skeleton Knight to look dazed for a moment.
"I understand." The Skeleton Knight saluted Yong Xin, "I would like to bring some like-minded people to help you accomplish this... but I can't command all of them."
"A part of it is enough." Yong Xin said calmly, "Search a few key areas, he won't be able to escape anywhere."
The Skeleton Knight nodded, saluted again, and left.
Yongxin waited for the door to close, then lowered his head to look at the Level 2 wanted warrant that had not been successfully signed, and the hand that was still holding the pen, and laughed twice.
The laughter was full of contempt and ridicule.
"Haven't you found Gerald yet?"
A dull sound came from the drawer.
Yongxin put down his pen and opened the drawer.
This time, there was nothing wrong with his hands.
Lying in the drawer was a strange tentacle. After feeling the drawer being pulled open, it twisted its body and tore open its mouth again.
"It's already this time, there shouldn't be such changes."
A dull sound came out from the torn mouth.
"I can't help it. My condition is not much different from yours." Yong Xin said calmly, "In the final analysis, it's because we started a month earlier, so I couldn't complete the final preparations."
"That shouldn't be an excuse."
"I'm just stating the facts."
"The fact is, our great Lord is about to come to the world, and this process should not be disturbed by any factors." The tentacle said, "We were in the dark before, but now, he is in the dark... What do you think he will do?"
"Logically speaking, he should come to see me." Yong Xin said calmly, "After all, no father would not want to see his resurrected son. And if he sees me, he will know everything that happened ten years ago... That is the truth he has always wanted to find out."
"Will he come to see you?"
Yong Xin thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, at least not for now. After going through so many things, I think he has regained enough reason. He should know that it is not so easy to find me directly, so he should start from other places."
"for example?"
"I can't make an accurate judgment on this." Yong Xin shrugged and said, "As you said, we are in the light and he is in the dark."
"But there aren't many places where we are exposed right now."
"Yes." Yongxin looked at the tentacle and asked, "But do you think he won't be able to find it?"
The tentacle fell silent for a moment, and after a long while, he slowly spoke: "Indeed, he has become a different person since he came back from Som City. He has been wandering around like a headless fly for the past ten years, but now, he has become so purposeful, as if... someone is guiding him. Haven't your people returned from the Rhine yet?"
"How can it be that fast? The Rhine is not the Lyra. We can't lay the track of the gear train there." Yong Xin said, "Be patient. You are so anxious, are you going to be discovered by them?"
"Heh...those guys haven't even noticed that Holman's power has disappeared, so how could they notice me?" The tentacle said with disdain, "After all, they are no different from the living dead. They are just holding on with a little bit of remnant, just like... Tianqin."
"What's the status of Qin Tian?"
"It's just his last gasp." The tentacle said, "After all, he is just an 'incomplete' god. He has been able to survive until now by relying on his tricks and cunning tricks. This is already his limit... It's time to make way for the birth of a new god."
Having said this, the tentacle paused.
"It's almost time. To be on the safe side, I can't disappear for too long. I'll leave it to you now. Get rid of him as soon as possible."
As it spoke, the mouth on the tentacle closed again and there was no more movement.
Yongxin slowly pushed the drawer back, then looked at Tianqin under the night sky again, muttering to himself.
"A broken god?"
…
In the dim warehouse, a girl with brown hair squatted in front of the oil lamp, waving the wrench in her hand and dismantling a broken accessory.
Jellal looked at Tachibana in front of him.
Even though he had a premonition in his heart, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
Because Ju's technique is so skillful.
You know, Gerard has seen many mechanics, and of course there are some who are better than Tachibana, such as her father Eric, but they are all veterans who have been immersed in this industry for many years.
As for someone like Tachibana, whose hands were not even as big as a wrench, yet he was still able to dismantle and assemble and unload things skillfully. Jellal had never seen anyone like him.
Just from this speed and skill, Jellal could conclude that Tachibana was better than eighty percent of junior mechanics.
With her help, Gerard is rapidly transforming from a "broken" person into a complete person, with old and new parts quickly filling in his missing body parts.
After a few hours, Gerard felt that he had recovered 60 percent of his body's functions.
The reason why it was only 60% was not because Ju's technique was bad, but because some of his accessories were military-grade, which were not available here. After all, even if Eric was a member of Xiaoxing, it was impossible for him to accumulate so many military accessories in his private warehouse.
Therefore, now Gerard has only recovered the most basic functions, such as walking, running and jumping, which will no longer be affected. On the contrary, because of the lack of some accessories, he feels more relaxed.
But the price is that his body can no longer be [overloaded], which will undoubtedly greatly reduce his combat effectiveness.
Moreover, he didn't even have a weapon now. His chainsword had been destroyed last night. No matter how powerful Ju was, he couldn't make a chainsword for him.
But even so, Gerard was already very satisfied.
He looked at Ju again, who was sweating profusely from working for several hours straight. There was even a tiny bead of sweat on the tip of her nose, but there was little expression on her face, and she didn't seem to be proud or happy about her skills at all.
"You are really amazing." Gerald said to Tachibana, "It is beyond my imagination. You are more skilled than many junior mechanics, even as skilled as your father..."
When he said this, Gerard paused subconsciously. He didn't know whether it was the right thing to mention Eric in front of Tachibana. After all, in Tachibana's eyes, he was the murderer who killed Eric.
But seeing that Tachibana didn't seem to react much, Jellal still gently said the second half of the sentence: "Even as good as your father. He used to be the best mechanic in the team."
As Jellal expected, Tachibana still had that poker face that was totally inconsistent with her age. She didn't change much just because Jellal mentioned his father. She just reached out her hand and wiped the sweat off her face, then looked at Jellal again, and then asked hesitantly, "Then are you still going to pay?"
After being stunned for a moment, Gerard couldn't help but let out a helpless laugh.
It turned out that she thought I was trying to shirk my responsibility by praising her.
This made Gerard a little at a loss for words, but he also knew that it would be meaningless to explain it verbally at this time, so he took out his purse, untied it and said with a chuckle: "Of course I will pay, this is a deal between us. By the way, do you know the approximate income of a mechanic?"
"I know." Ju replied calmly, "I used to work in a prosthetics store."
"Oh? What happened next?"
"Later, when they found out I was the daughter of a rebel, they let me go," said Ju, "and they didn't even pay me."
Jellal paused for a moment, then he looked at Tachibana seriously and said, "So, I am your first official customer? The kind that has to pay?"
Orange nodded.
"Really?" Gerard seemed a little happy. "Very good, then you name the price."
Ju suddenly hesitated.
"Don't worry, make your offer." Jellal looked at Tachibana with encouragement, and then said word by word, "This is what you deserve."
Seeing Jellal say this, Tachibana nodded again and reported a number.
As a result, Gerard's expression froze for a moment.
"How much?" Gerard thought he had misheard.
So Ju repeated it again.
At this moment, Gerard's expression froze. He subconsciously opened his purse, looked at the money inside, and his face gradually turned pale.
Then, he heard Bai Wei say in his mind: "Are you trying to make me laugh?"
Gerard no longer knew how to explain it.
He really didn't know much about this aspect, because when he was the captain of Xiaoxing, the replacement of parts was funded by Tianqin and he didn't need to pay.
And when he wasn't Captain Eve Star, that is, in the past ten years, he hardly ever replaced any parts.
The only maintenance he did was done by Carol, and he didn't pay for it at all.
So Gerard had no idea how much it would cost to replace accessories, especially all the accessories on the body.
This is quite embarrassing.
Gerard counted the money in his purse again and again, but it never seemed enough.
So, he could only raise his head with a complicated expression and look at Ju.
"Um... can I buy it on credit?" Gerard sighed, and then said helplessly, "I don't have enough money."
Ju tilted his head.
At this moment, Bai Wei suddenly said, "Someone is outside."
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Gerard immediately reacted, reaching out to extinguish the candle beside him, plunging the entire warehouse into darkness.
Before Ju understood what was happening, he heard a violent knock on the warehouse door.
Boom boom boom!
"Open the door!" someone outside the door yelled, "Skeleton Army!"
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