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James was nestled in the corner of the bar, his body hidden behind the beer barrel. In the middle of the bruised and swollen eyelids, a pair of ridiculously squeezed eyes that were almost gone were scanning the bar all the time.
He couldn't tell clearly now whether he was on a mission to search for a target or just wary of Seth.
But it didn't matter. His coat had been torn apart under Seth's constant ravage, revealing his strong body. His eyes were looking around nervously. One person could tell that there was something wrong with this guy. And in his state, the bar actually allowed him to enter. James felt that he was at least in the right place.
"It's a hard life." Behind the old wooden bar, a man in his thirties dressed in casual clothes placed a cup in front of James. The wine barrel next to him filled the cup. "You look like you need it." Order something stronger." The waiter smiled and said, "But I don't think you have the money. This drink is for me."
James' eyes moved from the full glass of beer in front of him to the guy, and without saying anything, he held the glass.
Seth hasn't appeared for a while, and James never knew how Seth could say such words as 'I won't give it to you, I will follow you'. But James refused to think about how his mission and his thoughts were discovered by a thug under the 'General'. In fact, if you think about it with a little bit of brainpower, you can get it clearly, but James refuses to spend this little bit of brainpower. He is also willful enough.
James picked up the wine glass, and the corners of his eyes twitched as soon as his lips touched the beer. Seth's attack was indiscriminate, and the alcohol was burning on the wound in his mouth. James frowned. He raised his head directly, his throat was rolling up and down, and the beer still covered with foam was quickly finished.
Snapped!
The thick-bottomed beer mug was placed on the bar, and the dull knocking sound made several middle-aged drunkards slowly look over and then slowly turn back.
The guy smiled a little. Looking at James, who was leaning on the bar with his arms and his head lowered, with veins popping out on his forehead, he reached for the empty glass and gave James another glass.
"Buy me another drink." The guy piled the beer in front of James, "Try to make it last a little longer. If the boss finds out there is no wine in front of the guest, I will be scolded, thank you."
James raised his face, which was suppressing his blush, and glanced at the guy again. Still said nothing, but reached out and held the beer glass.
This is not the first bar that James has entered. The information compiled by Newton City has already given a very thorough description of the 'Fight Club' model. Bars and clubs are places where it is easy to interact with strangers. It is the main place for their recruitment.
And in the history of the Newton City Fight Club membership, the bartender, uh. Not that senior, the bartender is in a senior position. People who go out for drinks may not pay attention to the guy who comes to talk to them. But always have a word or two with these guys, they are the easiest people to talk to.
But now Barton is facing a very embarrassing situation. They have no reason to arrest a bunch of bartenders at will and then interrogate each other whether they have committed a crime.
'Ah, sorry, I drank too much that day. Thinking that the street sign was one of my enemies, I kicked him twice. '
If such a crime is found during trial, it will be meaningless to the case.
James would stay in each bar for more than ten minutes before, and Seth, who had been hanging in the back, would appear. In front of a room full of people, he beat James up, then waited for James to escape, and then slowly chased him.
James didn't know that Seth had a clear purpose, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. At least along the way, the characters he plays have become more and more lifelike. This literally means that there is no part of James' body that is not in pain now.
James gritted his teeth, took a sip of beer, and continued to wander around the bar.
"Please." The waiter very thoughtfully placed a small basket of nuts in front of James. I really don't know what he was thinking, as if James' pain wasn't obvious enough.
James looked at the guy, stared closely, put his thumb and index finger into the nut basket, crushed one, turned his eyes, and continued to scan the bar.
The waiter didn't mind James' actions that much. He smiled and walked around in front of several other people in front of the bar. After working for a while, he stood in front of James again and said, "I've never seen you before. Is this your first time here? "
This is in Paising. James glanced at the sign before entering. It is also an all-day bar. In Paisiying, most people have irregular working hours, and this business model is the norm.
James glanced at the other party and said nothing.
There were not many people in the bar, and there was no one to greet the waiter. It was fine. He leaned sideways on the bar in front of James, supporting his body with one arm. His eyes did not stop on James. He was wandering around the bar in boredom. He glanced at the guest, looking like he was chatting casually, "You are the kind of silent guy, don't you like to talk?"
"I don't like it." James spoke with a federal western accent.
"Outlander?!" The guy seemed a little interested. "From the West?" He turned around and stood in front of James.
James pursed his lips and frowned, looking annoyed that his identity had been exposed.
The waiter raised his eyebrows, looked at James' cup, took out a beer cup, filled it up, and touched James' cup, "Then welcome, welcome to Barton."
The guy drank quickly. After one gulp, he stuffed the dirty cup under the bar and raised his hand to the other customers. "If you don't show off to the boss, the next round will be free! How about it!"
"Yeah!" scattered voices sounded in the bar, and the waiter smiled, no longer caring about the drunk guys, and approached James again.
"How long have you been here?" The guy's face was a little rosy because he drank a large glass of beer. His beer-smelling breath hit James' face, making James frown.
James stared at this guy with a very unfriendly look. His character was that of an outsider who didn't feel 'welcome' at all. He's embodying that.
"Hey." The guy patted James' shoulder familiarly, "Please..."
James moved very quickly, holding down the guy's weak arm with his backhand and pressing it on the table, "Touch me and I'll break your arm!"
"Uh..." The guy didn't seem to expect James to be so violent. I really don’t know what he was thinking. Normal people would stay away from a guy with tattered clothes and bruises on his face. But this guy actually took the initiative to strike up a conversation. Is this a case of like-minded attraction? That's great, James wants this effect.
"I just want to say, I bought you a drink. At least we can chat, right!" The guy's arm was pressed against the bar by James. He tilted his body and explained quickly.
James waited a moment, increased the strength in his hand again, gave a final warning, and then let go.
The guy looked a little embarrassed. He took a few steps back and kept rubbing his sore shoulders. Several drunkards laughed softly and seemed to be very happy to watch the show.
James held the wine glass tightly. This mission was time-limited. Analyze according to the model of Newton City. From recruitment to training to vicious incidents, it takes about two months. Now in Barton City, the first month has passed, and James needs to catch up quickly, otherwise when the evil incident happens, his 'recruit' training on the periphery will be meaningless.
So he has to show enough 'talent' to jump up the ranks. Just like Wes, he has to show enough destruction to quickly enter the upper middle level of Fight Club, face to face with the leader behind the scenes, and then he can be handed over to Seth. All he had to do was identify the body and the case would be over.
James was actually a little anxious, he didn't want to delay for too long.
The guy brought the free round he promised to the people in the bar and returned to James. James was still frowning. In fact, he was thinking. He began to think that this guy might be the target.
"Can we chat now?" The guy smiled unnaturally and stood behind the bar politely, "I don't mean any harm, but you saw it too." He turned around and glanced at the scattered people in the bar, "Every day These are all these people." He lowered his voice, "It's boring."
The meaning is clear, this is a guy who is tired of his unchanging life.
James glanced at him and pushed away the free beer in his hand, "Whisky."
The guy turned his head and the beer was pulled directly in front of him. He took out the cup under the bar and tipped the bottle. He then gave away spirits as much as beer.
"Then..." James no longer refused the guy's invitation to chat. The guy directly took the beer that James had before and touched it on the whiskey he pushed to James, "How long have you been here?"
"a period of time."
"Uh, where do you live?"
"there."
"Well, what do you do?"
James frowned and looked at this guy without speaking.
"Uh, oh." The guy looked at James again and smiled awkwardly, "Sorry."
You can tell by looking at it that it either doesn't exist, or it's terrible, and it's not an element of friendly chat.
The guy thought for a while and said, "I guess the place where you stay doesn't welcome outsiders, right?"
James continued to look at the guy and remained silent.
"All people in Barton are like this." The man smiled, "We all think that we built this city, but in fact, it has nothing to do with us. Those were our previous generation, and they were all outsiders, haha... haha... "
The guy seemed to want to tell a joke, but James' silence made him realize that it wasn't funny.
The waiter stopped smiling, drank in embarrassment, and approached James without warning, "Hey, do you want to have some fun later?" (My "Barton's Fantastic Incident" will be on the official WeChat platform There will be more fresh content on the website, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign on the upper right to "add friend", search the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (..)