Even in the crowded and chaotic slums, there are bars.
After all, as the biggest catalyst for passion and enthusiasm, alcohol has long become an indispensable source of life for every Rio resident.
It's just that the bar here looks more like a small restaurant. More than a dozen people are crowded in the dimly lit room, staring at a TV. From time to time, there are shouting and the sound of beer glasses clinking. If nothing else, the anger is still there.
"Black whistle!"
When Lynn and Captain America entered the tavern, they heard the crowd inside excitedly cursing the referee on the screen.
It looks like they all bought the same side.
"Go to the bar to get whatever you want. Each drink costs 3 reais." After a long while, the boss noticed two people coming in.
"OK."
Captain America and Lynn stepped over the benches piled haphazardly on the ground and took a long time to find the "bar".
It was clearly a simple platform made of wooden boards, and it looked very western in style.
There was a young man behind the bar playing with his mobile phone, and in front of him were two large barrels of beer.
"'Refreshing golden autumn' or 'The lingering summer'?" He asked perfunctorily without raising his head when he saw the guest coming.
"The rest of summer has not yet faded." Lin En guessed that this should be the name of the two barrels of beer, probably representing different brewing styles. He wanted to try it.
"Thank you for the refreshing autumn." Captain America sat down at the bar.
"Sorry, the golden autumn seems to have bottomed out. Please wait a moment." The bartender who was playing with his phone took a long time to get the beer but didn't serve it. He stood up and took a look.
Then he dragged out a bundle of bottled beer from under the counter, opened the lids one by one, lifted the whole bundle and poured it into the barrel.
This made Lin En, who had just tasted the lingering summer, feel a little embarrassed.
Because just now, he tasted the rich hop flavor, the Brazilian coffee and chocolate aroma, the chewy foam, and the rich layers of various flavor substances from the glass of beer.
It turns out that this is just industrial beer sold in bundles.
Even when Lin En looked closely, he found that the familiar bundle of green sticks had the word "XUEHUA" written in large letters.
Well, since “refreshing golden autumn” is “XUEHUA”, then “the rest of summer has not yet faded” should be “QINGDAO”.
"Which game is it recently? I see everyone is watching it." Captain America took a big sip and started chatting with the bartender.
"Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, I don't really understand this." The bartender seemed uninterested.
"Oh, that's really strange. Are there people in Rio who don't watch football?"
"So what if they watch football? These people come here after work every day, hide from their wives, order a beer and stare at the TV. It seems like there's nothing much to say."
The bartender curled his lips, sat back behind the bar, picked up his phone and started watching short videos.
"Watching football brings them happiness. I don't think there's anything more interesting around here." Captain America took another sip, sat in front of the bar and looked around, as if to confirm the bartender's words.
"There are a lot more interesting things to do around here." The bartender sneered at the words of the stranger dressed as a tourist.
“Tell me about it, buddy.” Lin En assisted at the right time.
"Do you see the group of people thirty meters left outside the door? You can go ask them." The bartender seemed annoyed.
"Them? What they do is not fun, it's dangerous, but it's not as good as football, at least it can make these people relax after a hard day's work."
"Tsk, you guys must have just come to Rio recently, right?"
The bartender became impatient. He paused the video, looked up and asked the two new guests in front of him.
"What happened in Rio recently?"
Captain America refilled his glass of Snowflake.
"A rumor about a mysterious creature. It is said that it eats people. It appears and disappears suddenly, and specifically targets tourists who are alone." It can be heard that the bartender is speaking with malicious intent.
"But what does this have to do with those guys with guns outside?" Lynn asked.
"You can ask them..."
The bartender picked up his phone again, and this time completely ignored the two of them.
Lin En and Captain America looked at each other and decided to go out and find out the situation.
Soon, the two of them left the tavern and walked along the narrow alley to the location the bartender mentioned.
This seemed to be an important intersection, controlling six or seven small alleys, so there were more than a dozen armed men guarding it.
They were either standing or sitting, some were even smoking, and it was unclear what they were guarding.
However, when Lin En and Captain America approached, they were activated.
A dozen people suddenly surrounded us and began to interrogate us.
"What are you doing here?"
The same interrogation command sounded again.
"We are just tourists and we are lost." This time, Captain America changed his words.
"Show me your ID."
The leading armed man pointed a gun at Captain America.
This is a common trick they use. They first ask tourists to produce their documents, such as passports and ID cards, and then confiscate them. If the other party wants to take them back, they must pay a deposit.
However, the two people they faced today were not ordinary people.
"Do you want a hearty or a conservative one?" Captain America turned around and looked at Lin En and asked him.
"Although I also want to see a thrilling scene, for the sake of common sense, it is better to be conservative."
Lynn drew her wand.
"Oh, that's what I really think." Captain America's reaction was unclear.
Then, the same scene happened again, and the armed leader did not ask the two of them again.
But what was different this time was that after Lin En and Captain America turned back into a small alley, he followed them in.
"Let me see, that mysterious creature that's been roaming around Rio de Janeiro lately, do you know anything about him..."
As soon as they entered the alley, Lynn pinned the little leader against the wall and pressed his wand against his forehead.
Then, using telepathy, Lynn quickly got the corresponding answer.
"Oh, what kind of magic is this?" Captain America frowned again. He found that he didn't know this companion very well.
For example, what was he doing when he pointed the magic wand at that person just now
"A very convenient interrogation magic, Captain." Lynn put away his wand.
"Have the interrogations yielded any results?"
"Not bad, I just happen to know some information about the mysterious creatures." Lin En looked at Captain America and began to tell him what he had learned. "This armed force belongs to the Senar family. Most of their businesses are in the black and gray areas, and the mysterious creatures escaped from one of their illegal mines. Because of this, they have recently increased the patrols of their men, but I don't know why."
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