As the fighters and soldiers left, the street fell silent.
It was obvious that the pedestrians were a little afraid. They looked at the direction in which the soldiers were leaving and lowered their voices subconsciously. The steps under my feet quickened a bit, and I stopped lingering on the street and left quickly.
"Is this what Inogova said before, is the situation in the Soma Alliance a bit turbulent?" Richard looked around and had a clear understanding in his heart.
Obviously, a city has suddenly increased its security measures, and even fights will be dealt with seriously, which means that something big must have happened.
But what exactly is this big deal
After thinking for a while and having no clue, Richard did not waste any more time and walked forward along the street. After a while, he stopped in front of an inconspicuous shop on the street.
The store didn't look like it was in very good condition. The outside walls were dark gray, dusty, and very shabby. The writing on the sign was also extremely blurry. After a long period of rain, it was difficult to see what was written. This also resulted in no customers coming to the door.
That's a good disguise... Richard raised his eyebrows, stepped forward, and knocked on the door.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk!"
Ten seconds later.
With a "squeak", the door of the shop opened, and a young boy who looked like a teenager poked his head out, with a somewhat wary look on his face.
"Guest, what's the matter with you? Our store is closed. Do you want to go shopping elsewhere?" said the young clerk.
"I'm not buying anything, I'm looking for someone." Richard glanced at the waiter and replied.
"Looking for someone?" The waiter's expression suddenly became solemn and he asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Waterfowl." Richard replied.
The waiter's eyes widened slightly, he looked Richard up and down, and asked in a low voice, "Are you the one from the south?"
"Yes, code name Gray Crow."
The clerk's expression straightened after hearing this, and he quickly opened the door and let Richard in.
With a "squeak", he closed the door again, and the clerk showed a respectful expression: "It turns out to be Mr. Gray Crow. My lord has received the news of your arrival. He is waiting for you behind now. I will take you there."
"Okay." Richard nodded and followed the young clerk towards the back of the store, taking a look at the extremely dilapidated decoration inside the store.
I have to say that this place is well disguised and really looks like a store that closed down due to poor management, but in fact, this place is a stronghold of "Spider Web".
Spider Web is an intelligence organization of the Soma Alliance. According to his current understanding, it should be directly controlled by the unknown black-faced old man Oscar. This organization is very large and handles a wide variety of things. For example, the other party was involved in the previous change of power in St. Louis City.
However, the opponent's power in the Southern Free Federation and other places is relatively weak, and most of the time they act in secret. Only those in the Soma Alliance are more powerful and can accomplish many difficult things - this is exactly the opposite of the truth.
For this reason, he did not hesitate when he came to Rice City this time. On the way, he used star pattern paper to contact the black-faced old man Oscar and asked him to provide some convenience. So that he could collect the missing metal rhenium and metal beryllium in the shortest possible time, and then rush back as soon as possible.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
With the sound of footsteps, Richard followed the young waiter to the back of the shop, opened a curtain and entered a room.
There was a black wooden table in the room, and behind it sat a man with a bit too white skin, who looked to be in his thirties. When he saw someone walking in, the man immediately stood up, exchanged a look with the young waiter, nodded lightly to signal the waiter to step back, and turned to look at Richard.
"Are you Lord Gray Crow?" the man asked.
"Yes." Richard said.
"Hello, Mr. Gray Crow, I am a water bird from the Rice City stronghold. I have received news that you are here not long ago. If you need help with anything, don't be polite." The man said with a smile.
"I will." Richard chuckled and then asked, "By the way, I have heard from many channels recently that the situation in the Soma Alliance is a bit turbulent. I just saw that security on the streets has become a lot stricter. In the end, what's going on?"
"Is this it?" the man codenamed Waterbird said with a slightly relaxed expression, "Actually, there is nothing to say. It's just that the Sika Kingdom in the west is causing trouble on the border. Since the founding of the Soma Alliance, those rigid and disgusting Western Ka Lao has been harassing the alliance's border, several times a year, and it has almost become a routine. But this time, I don't know what happened. The group of Si Ka Lao seemed to have eaten gunpowder, and their movements were much bigger than before. , and even threatened to attack with an organized army.
Although almost no one believed this, the upper echelons of the alliance were still vigilant, and they also wanted to prevent several deep-rooted subjugation forces from taking the opportunity to cause destruction. Therefore, the capital issued a decree to strengthen public security in various cities, resulting in the current situation. "
That's it... Richard understood something, nodded and said, "Now that I want to find some rare ores, it won't have any impact, right?"
"Others may do it, but you don't, sir." Mizutori smiled and said, "Our organization is considered a semi-official force in the Soma Alliance. As long as it does not obviously violate the alliance's laws, there will be no problem.
Of course, because our work requires us to hide in the dark as much as possible, we cannot come forward to help you directly, but we can provide you with a list. Adults can contact the people on the list and ask them to help you achieve your goals. Trust me, they will do it with a hundredfold enthusiasm, because it is their honor. "
As he spoke, Mizutori took out a list from the drawer in the table and handed it over.
Richard took it and glanced at it quickly, and saw seven names written on it. Behind each name, there was a brief introduction and residential address.
With his eyebrows moving, Richard noticed that a name on the list overlapped with the information provided by Pompeii Town. Information from Pompeii Town shows that the other party, as a jewelry merchant, holds an unknown amount of sweet green stone resources, which is the metal beryllium.
Originally, he was thinking about whether he could use the resources of the spider web to contact the other party for a transaction, but now it saves trouble.
He put the list away carefully and made a decision in his heart to go directly to the other party. He looked at the water bird and said: "The list helped me a lot, thank you very much."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
At this time, the water bird made a voice from behind and called out: "Well, Lord Gray Crow, please wait a moment."
"What?" Richard looked at the water bird and asked.
"There is something I want to tell you." Shuitiao said, "There is an old member of the organization who has stayed in St. Louis. He may be here in the past two days and wants to talk to you. I don't know if you have time. ?”
Old members who spent time in St. Louis City
Richard blinked and quickly thought of the skinny old man Garcia he met in St. Louis.
After the rebellion in St. Louis City was successful, the other party must have made a meritorious service and was transferred out of St. Louis City, so he could come here to meet him. But, what does the other party want to meet and talk about