At the corner of the market, a piece of rotten wood hung diagonally at the door, with a few large characters crookedly carved on it with a dagger - Bullet Shell Tavern.
This is the pub that Zhou Guoping mentioned was opened in the sixth neighborhood. To hear him tell it, it's one of the most interesting places on Sixth Street.
After instructing Zhou Guoping to handle the decoration matters, Jiang Chen came here alone. Because he didn't know much about the tastes of the people here, he needed to do a simple "market survey." The best way to investigate is naturally to come here in person and have a few drinks.
Although the decoration here is not very bright, there are surprisingly many guests coming and going.
The weird man in a large trench coat was sitting at a table near the door, drinking a slightly pungent wine alone. The young man with a red scarf on his head stood on the stool, holding a cigarette in his mouth and dealing cards to the table dizzyingly. The onlookers include loners, wandering gangsters, and hunters, a profession that has only recently emerged in this area. A woman in scantily clad clothes swaying under the light leaned against the bar, waiting for tonight's prey to take the bait. Black marketeers lurk in the shadows, peddling "harmless" gadgets...
The air in the tavern was very turbid and the environment was very noisy. This was Jiang Chen's first reaction when he stepped into this space.
It was probably not an illusion. When his feet stepped on the dry wooden floor, he felt at least ten eyes turned towards him.
Some are friendly, but most are unfriendly.
After a slight pause, Jiang Chen continued to walk forward and went straight to the bar.
"Won't you buy me a drink? Handsome man." A woman with heavy makeup leaned against the bar and showed him a bright smile.
Jiang Chen smiled and ignored her, but looked at the bartender behind the bar who was silently wiping his glass.
White shirt, black pants, looks pretty neat. However, his fat belly made his supposedly handsome actions look a bit comical.
"What's here?" Jiang Chen sat on a stool next to the bar and asked casually.
Hearing Jiang Chen's question, the bartender stopped his movements for a moment. He raised his head and glanced at Jiang Chen.
"First time here?"
"Um."
"There are many things. Wine, Nuka-Cola, E-Fruit, Kaka Tea." He finished. The fat bartender continued to clean the glass that he had rubbed countless times.
"There's also mole milk tea and cockroach juice." A young man sitting next to him whistled and laughed.
"That stuff won't be sold to newcomers." The bartender didn't look up.
"Then it seems I don't have much chance to see them." Jiang Chen shrugged and joked, paused for a moment and then spoke, "Those four drinks. Give me a bottle of each."
When the bartender heard this, he stopped moving, turned around, opened the refrigerator, and quickly placed four weird-shaped glass bottles on the bar.
"2, 1, 2, 3. A total of 8 sub-crystals."
Jiang Chen put his hand into his pocket, took out 8 Yajing from the storage space, and lazily slapped it on the table. Such a wealthy move attracted a flurry of whistles and greedy glances.
After taking Ya Jing silently, the bartender said nothing and continued busy with the matter at hand.
Look at the four bottles of "drinks" in front of you. Jiang Chen's brows twitched, these things looked suspicious.
The wine is pretty normal, should it be liquor or something? Nuka-Cola looked the weirdest. The fluorescent liquid didn't look like something drinkable. As for the e-fruity flavor, it looks a bit like orange juice. The kaka tea was made of green seaweed, and there were strange dregs floating in the turbid liquid.
"Can these things be drunk?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.
There was a burst of laughter from behind, and a big man walked forward with a bad smile, stepped on the stool next to Jiang Chen, and said casually: "Hey, rookie. Those drinks are too difficult for you. I want them. Won’t you come and play with us? If you’re lucky, 1 point of Yajing can be doubled tenfold.”
This tone and expression seemed to have convinced him. The so-called play. Naturally, the only option is gambling.
Jiang Chen glanced at him, not angry, but smiled.
"How about we play a game too?"
With that said, Jiang Chen didn't care whether he answered or not, he slowly took out a sub-crystal containing 50 points of energy from his pocket, and waved it in front of the big man's eyes.
"Yajing plays once at 2 points. Guess which hand this 'stone' is in. If you guess correctly, it will be yours."
The big man was stunned for a moment by Jiang Chen's sudden movement, but then his face lit up with joy, and he thought to himself: I guess you are guessing this ten times in a row. No matter how you try to deceive, you must be right once.
But he wasn't stupid either. If Jiang Chen ran away after just a few tricks, his Yajing would be in vain.
"20 Yajing, I guessed you ten times." The big man smiled evilly and slapped Yajing on the table.
When everyone onlookers saw this, they all looked sympathetically at Jiang Chen.
"Tsk, tsk, it's quite unlucky to be targeted by Liu Mang."
"Hey, this newbie is in trouble."
As for those who looked at him with gloating expressions, most of them were accomplices of this big man.
Is your name Liu Mang? What a great name.
He curled his lips and muttered something in his heart. Jiang Chen didn't pay attention and put away the 20 crystals on the table.
"No problem, you can guess a hundred times." He yawned, and then he threw the 50-point Yajing into the air and quickly crossed his hands.
Liu Mang's eyes flashed, and Ya Jing disappeared from his sight. Seeing Jiang Chenlu's move, the expressions of those who were originally gloating about his misfortune changed. But those who originally looked at him with sympathetic eyes turned to expressions of gloating.
There was a good show to watch.
A drop of cold sweat ran down Liu Mang's forehead. He actually didn't see clearly which hand the sub-crystal thrown in front of him was hidden in. According to a rough estimate, this person's reflexes are at least 25 or above. Although he had also been injected with genetic medicine, the injection was of a more general E-level.
"Guess." Jiang Chen brought his hand closer to him out of boredom.
His heart skipped a beat. Since he didn't see clearly, Liu Mang simply chose to be blind.
"Right hand."
Jiang Chen chuckled.
"Congratulations... you got the answer wrong."
There is nothing in the open right hand.
"You're cheating!" Liu Mang immediately became unhappy, his eyes widened, and the surrounding accomplices also approached with unkind expressions. So what about genetic potions? Who has never tried those things? Although the injection is a low-level version, the numerical advantage is on their side, right
Jiang Chen rolled his eyes and spread out his left hand, revealing a bright purple crystal lying on it.
"There are nine more times, do you still want to guess?" There was no fear at all on his face.
Liu Mang was stunned. When he saw Jiang Chen didn't open his left hand immediately, he thought he must have hidden the crystal, but he didn't expect it to be actually in his left hand.
Although he was used to being a rogue in the public eye. But I'm really embarrassed to do it like this.
On second thought, there are still nine chances, right
So Liu Mang winked at the younger brothers, then stopped his attack, stared at Jiang Chen and said.
"Guess, let's start."
A hint of ridicule slipped from the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth. Yajing was thrown into the air again.
Are you kidding, is he the kind of person who cheats
The answer is yes.
No matter what Liu Mang guessed, Yajing would always appear on the other hand.
This storage space is simply a magical tool. Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart. If he went to Macau, all those gambling gods would have to give way.
"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 discern any clues from their size, but it was obviously in vain.
This is the gambler's mentality. I will not give up until I lose the last crystal.
He had already lost the 20 points of Yajing, and he immediately took the last 10 points of Yajing on the table.
You only need to win once to get your money back, just a little bit short!
However, when Jiang Chen spread his hands, he guessed wrong again.
"This is impossible! There is a 50% probability that you can't guess right even once. You are cheating!" Liu Mang got angry immediately and kicked the stool at his feet with a curse. His posture was as if he was ready to take action. .
Seeing Liu Mang's actions, everyone onlookers showed contempt.
Everyone can see that Jiang Chen must have cheated, but why are you trying to show off your authority when you can't produce any evidence
But Liu Mang, who was used to being a scoundrel, naturally didn't care. He called to his younger brothers and surrounded him aggressively.
"Boy, how dare you cheat me, Liu Mang? You are so proud. Let me tell you, if you don't hand over the Yajing you just deceived from grandpa, and then kneel down and hand over the 50 points of Yajing, I will Let you go out sideways."
Jiang Chen glanced at the menacing Liu Mang and said calmly.
"You lose nine out of ten bets. Didn't anyone teach you? And... Speaking of which, don't you think the militia will do anything here?"
The young man who had whistled to Jiang Chen before was still sitting there. After taking a sip of wine, he smiled nonchalantly.
"Of course. But the note is always late."
"That's really great." Jiang Chen smiled.
Seeing that he was ignored, Liu Mang suddenly felt angry and reached out to Jiang Chen's collar in anger.
"TMD, I'm talking to you-"
boom!
Jiang Chen kicked out without any warning. Liu Mang felt as if his chest had been hit by a giant hammer. He flew backwards like a kite with its string cut off, jumped over a table, and smashed straight out of the door.
The bartender glanced at Jiang Chen in surprise, put down the glass in his hand, and silently pressed the alarm bell next to the bar. Seeing that there was a good show to watch, everyone whistled, shouted and cheered.
"Fuck! Beat him." Seeing the boss being kicked away, a group of bandits immediately picked up the guy and greeted him.
Jiang Chen calmly dodged a stick sideways, activated his madness instantly, raised his hand to grasp the stabbing dagger, easily pulled it aside with his soaring strength, and plunged it into the shoulder of a gangster.
"Ah!" The gangster screamed and fell backwards in embarrassment.
Jiang Chen's hand didn't stop, and he pulled the gangster whose right hand was pinched to his chest, blocking the sticks that were coming at him.
"Haha, nice fight."
"Straight punch, give him a taste of the uppercut."
"Use a stool, idiot!" Most of the onlookers were good-hearted people. Sometimes they cheered for Jiang Chen, sometimes they cursed the gangsters for not living up to their expectations, and a group of people beat one person and still got such a stain.
There was a ping-ping-pong-pong sound, but the gangsters were unable to touch Jiang Chen's sticks. Those who picked them up almost all hit their own people.
Madness is lifted.
Cheers rang out, and the onlookers cheered for the winner. The woman who had just struck up a conversation with Jiang Chen looked at him with brighter and brighter eyes, licking her seductive red lips. But Jiang Chen still didn't even look at her.
Jiang Chen clapped his hands and glanced at the minion lying on the ground.
The young man sitting aside and drinking alone laughed and said, "I'm going to wait until you can't beat me and blackmail you for two drinks."
"Obviously you have no chance." Jiang Chen shrugged and smiled.
"Fuck you, if you dare to hit me, Liu Mang, I'll see if I don't beat your legs -" Liu Mang walked in crookedly, cursing on his lips. But when he saw the little brother lying on the ground and the mocking expressions on everyone's faces, his mouth froze.
Facing Jiang Chen's half-smiling expression, he looked at his little brother on the ground again, as if he couldn't accept this reality.
"You, do you know who I am?" Seeing that he couldn't beat me, Liu Mang started to talk cruelly, looking at Jiang Chen with vicious eyes.
"Oh? Who are you?" Jiang Chen lazily picked up the E fruit flavor, brought it to his mouth and took a sip. The sweet taste almost made him spit it out.
Damn it, some people drink this stuff
Everyone was equally dumbfounded and thought to themselves: Damn it, someone actually drinks this stuff
Jiang Chen put the drink back calmly, with the same half-smile expression on his face.
"I, I am very familiar with the people from the Gray Gu Mercenary Group. Haha, you have been wandering around in this generation, you can't have heard of their names every time, right?" A sinister smile slipped from the corner of Liu Mang's mouth, staring at Jiang. Chen opened her eyes, hoping to find a hint of fear in his pupils.
However, Jiang Chen's reaction was destined to disappoint him.
When Jiang Chen heard the name Gray Gu Mercenary Group, Jiang Chen almost laughed out loud.
"Are you familiar with them?" Jiang Chen looked at him playfully.
"That's right, if you don't want to step into the coffin before your front foot has stepped out of Sixth Street, you'd better apologize to me, and then-"
"And then pay for mental damages?" Jiang Chen laughed and said nonchalantly.
Liu Mang was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was wrong with this man's reaction.
"That's right, if you know what's going on, you'd better take Ya Jing out as soon as possible."
Jiang Chen glanced at him and said slowly: "Since you are so familiar with them, do you know where they are staying now?"
"Haha, aren't we from Songjiang's generation? I know their boss very well." Liu Mang said proudly.
"No, they are in Qingpu." Jiang Chen shook his finger, "The body was coated with formalin and hung from the street lamp."
Liu Mang was stunned and looked at Jiang Chen in disbelief, "Tell me, what nonsense are you talking about? Are you fucking dreaming? If you know what's going on, tell me right away—"
"He didn't lie to you." The young man sitting at the bar smiled and pointed at Jiang Chen with his wine glass in hand, "Because this guy killed those idiots." (.)