The man was in his forties, with a beautiful mustache on his mouth, a mature and stable face, a black top hat on his head, and a black windbreaker that dragged to his heels. What caught Garen's attention the most was that he was still holding a black pipe in his hand, and he was smoking slowly with his brows furrowed. From time to time, a faint puff of white smoke would be expelled from his nose.
The woman next to the man was very beautiful, but in her twenties or thirties, her light blonde hair was tied behind her back, her body was neatly groomed, and her white windbreaker was spotless without any variegation. Coupled with the delicate and beautiful fair face, it gives people a sense of decisiveness and simplicity of a professional woman.
Garen's entry did not attract the attention of the three of them, and he happened to quietly walk up to the old man to listen.
".So, the time of committing the crime should have been last night. The exact time has to be analyzed from the scene." The man rubbed his chin and said in a low voice.
"That's right." The old man replied in a low voice, "That's it. I've said everything I can say. Oh, this is Jia Long, a regular customer who comes to my store every day."
The man checked Garen up and down, and nodded. "Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Okay, no problem." Garen replied quickly.
The man casually asked about the situation of Garen's visit to the store yesterday evening, and after nodding, he started wandering around the store with the woman in white on the other side.
The old man Ge Guo squatted on the ground bitterly, and began to pick up old books scattered on the ground, cursing the thief in bits and pieces.
"Old man! Have you been robbed?" Garen knelt down and helped pick up the books on the floor.
It's okay not to mention it, but when it is mentioned, the wrinkles on Ge Guo's face suddenly crumpled into a ball. "I didn't feel well today, so I planned to come to open the door for a while in the afternoon. You know, I didn't open the door for you alone. I didn't expect to see it just as I came in."
The two of them, the old and the young, got along very strangely, and they were in harmony with each other, a bit like a year-end friendship. Garen's heart warmed up, he knew that the old man wasn't feeling unwell, but had been like this for many days. The door was only opened for a while when he came in the afternoon, and closed immediately after he left. In fact, the old man didn't care whether he made money or not at all, and only opened the door for him just because he wanted to see the medals.
This old man Geguo was just too lonely alone, so he found something to pass the time. Maybe bickering with him every day is one of the great pleasures in life.
"Is there something missing?" Gallon suddenly became worried, thinking of the Bronze Cross.
"Some things are indeed missing, and among them is the Bronze Cross you like." The old man said with a sad face, just in time to say what Garen was most worried about
"I'll wipe it!" Garen's expression changed. "Are you sure it's really lost?" Suddenly he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said: "No, maybe you missed it, the medal is so small, there are things everywhere here, maybe it was thrown in some corner?" Immediately cheered up again.
"You don't need to look for it, the medal is indeed lost." The old man shook his head, "I've already searched for it before."
Garen was speechless. Medals are the key to his potential improvement. Now that he has searched all over Huaishan City, the Bronze Cross Medal in this store can absorb his potential. Now this sole source has also been cut off, and the bright future that Garen had originally planned suddenly became hopeless.
The two squatted on the ground, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Then those two are?"
"They are the federal detectives who are investigating this serial robbery, Mr. Terry Quicksilver and Ms. Silan. They are here specially to investigate the case." The old man introduced in a low voice.
Generally, cases in this world are solved by detectives. Famous detectives and police stations have the right to inspect the scene as soon as possible. Many cases also rely on detectives to detect. Therefore, the status of well-known detectives is still very high in society.
Garen nodded, and began to pay attention to the actions of the two while picking up the book.
The two walked around the shop for quite a while before Tali Shuiyin broke the calm.
"This is Golden Ring's method, that's right! It's exactly the same as Navis's method!" He was gently touching the edge of a table with his finger, and then put it under his nose to smell it.
"This guy runs really fast!!" Miss Si Lan frowned,
"Si Lan, do you still remember what I said last time when we uncovered Undine's Light?" Tari Quicksilver asked suddenly.
"Sir, do you mean?"
"Yes," he turned around. "If the golden ring appears, please keep quiet and don't disturb him. This criminal is extremely vicious. Don't provoke him! Casualties may occur if you are not careful!! That guy is a former special forces retired officer."
"No problem, no problem!!" "That's for sure!" The old man and Garen quickly stood up and answered,
"We didn't come here from Navis just for fun. This time... we will never let you escape again!!" Tari Quicksilver turned around and muttered, his gaze became extremely deep. "Si Lan! Immediately inform Bai Ying and the others, tell them not to investigate further, just say that we have caught the tail!"
"yes!"
Tali Shuiyin shook his windbreaker and strode out of the store. Si Lan hurriedly followed from behind.
"Sir, why don't we act together after the White Eagle arrives? The danger of the Golden Ring is so great that it is the first time we have encountered it in all our investigations."
"It can't be done, it's too late to check when they come over." Tali Shuiyin raised his head and looked at the fiery red sky in the evening, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. No matter how dangerous he is, he is just an ordinary person. There must be weaknesses!"
"Isn't this too risky? After all, Jin Huan is an officer who has been trained in the special forces. Even without a gun, he can easily knock down five or six adults." Si Lan frowned behind her.
"Don't worry, we don't need to go up and fight ourselves." Tali Shuiyin smiled gently, pinched Si Lan's face, and the latter immediately blushed and lowered her head. "Okay, let's go back."
"yes."
The two strode away along the street one after the other.
Inside the store, Garen found a chair and sat down, looking at the backs of the two of them.
"Old man, who is this Jinhuan? Is he famous?"
"He's a serial robbery and murderer. Don't you read the latest newspapers? There have been robberies and murders in various parts of the Federation. Fortunately, I didn't meet that golden ring head-on, old man." The old man Ge Guo was cursing at the child just now, but now he is glad again. "It is said that Jinhuan was once surrounded by the police station, and even shot and wounded two policemen. They escaped easily from the siege, but were shot in the arm when they were fighting with the policeman."
Listening to the old man's introduction, Garen vaguely felt that this wasn't the first time that the Golden Ring and Quicksilver in the Tower had been entangled in a game.
"Also, in a manor in the countryside a few days ago, a friend of Detective Quicksilver in the Tower reportedly fought with Jin Huan for a while, and almost succeeded in keeping him." The old man added.
Garen squinted his eyes, just in time to see that at the end of the street, Tali Shuiyin and Silan were talking with a strong man in black. The man has clear eyes and solid muscles. It can be seen from his actions that he seems to have practiced fighting and boxing. "Is it that person?" He pointed to the strong man.
The old man looked along. "Mr. Mercury is the friend he mentioned, and he came to the store just now."
Garen nodded. Judging from the man's demeanor, he could roughly see the opponent's fighting level.
"From the perspective of temperament and body shape, that is, a stronger ordinary adult, he should have practiced military fighting skills. The possibility of special explosive skills cannot be ruled out."
As a martial arts instinct, he naturally compared the gap between himself and the opponent. "If I were to face him, I would definitely lack actual combat experience. But the strength is definitely stronger than him! The limit strength of an average adult is converted into a statistic of 0.5. And I have already exceeded this statistic. As long as I burst out with all my strength and special skills, I will be able to improve my strength. It is definitely far superior to him. If the golden ring is about the same as him."
Garen's attention fell on the skill bar below his field of vision again.
"Only I am different from others. I have attribute bonuses. My strength and body shape do not match at all." He has observed other people. Strong, almost without exception. Only he is different. He has a generally strong body shape, but his own strength is fully exploded, enough to reach the level beyond the limit.
*************************
Boom! ! !
After a dull impact sound, the 180-pound sandbag was punched by Gallon and flew, dangling across the passing line.
He was naked from the upper body, and his white and firm muscles squirmed slightly on his body. He didn't wear gloves with his hands, and he hit them directly with his bare hands. At night, there was no one else in the room where the boxing strength was tested, and he was the only one there.
"It's only been two weeks, and now I can easily reach 180 pounds with my full strength. The combination of Baiyun's secret technique and explosive technique is really powerful."
Garen pulled the towel and wiped the sweat off his face.
"Baiyun Secret Art is worthy of being a secret secret law. It is the foundation of all martial arts in Baiyun Martial Arts. From the beginning to now, those students who are in the same group as me are now far behind me. The starting point and growth of intermediate secret law The speed is much higher than others. In addition, the first time I used the secret method, the effect was the best, and I happened to upgrade the secret method to use it together. Huh, it is impossible to get such a good effect in the future, and it can be matched that day The medicinal fragrance has reached a level above 0.5 in one fell swoop."
When I was just learning the secret technique, the secret technique scroll that the old man took out that day had a faint medicinal fragrance, which was the secret of intensifying the secret technique training in conjunction with the aroma burning in the fireplace.
He once again assumed the Baiyun Secret Technique posture, and a cold air flow slowly spread from his chest and abdomen to his whole body and limbs. The muscles in the whole body twitched, as if matching the beating of the heart.
The first time the secret method was used, it adjusted the body the most and improved the physical fitness the most. Garen had just adjusted that day, and he could easily reach the level of more than 120 pounds before his own strength was fully developed. Not to mention that now that the strength has improved again, the strength of the body can basically be fully exerted.
Breaking through 180 pounds easily is not a difficult task.
Standing on the secret magic pile, Garen focused his attention on the skill bar again.
"The bursting boxing in the martial arts hall is already considered a real fighting technique, not those ostentatious training skills. As long as you successfully master the bursting boxing, you can really start the rank test. With a rank, you can become an instructor in the martial arts gym and get more more salary before continuing to collect jewels with potential."
Garen thought about it in his heart, and with a ruthless heart, he simply turned his attention to the explosive fist.
"That's it!"
As the eyes focused, a cool air rushed out of his mind and entered the position of the explosive fist. The words "not yet started" on the back finally jumped slowly and suddenly changed to "beginner".
Suddenly, Garen felt his body tense, as if some tingling liquid was secreted from the inside of his body, slowly oozing out of the skin and covering the surface of the skin.
boom! !
There was a loud bang in his head.
(end of this chapter)