"Hurry up, we don't have that much time to wait for you to pack your luggage!
This is not the time to go to a blind date tea party or a wealthy businessman’s dinner!
Every second you waste our boss gets angrier, and if you don't want your heels touching your mouths you bitches better put your clothes on and get out!"
"My God, I really don't understand what the point of gathering all these red-heads together is
Aren’t curvy blondes the boss’ favorite? "
"Don't complain. Maybe the boss just wants to find some different spice in his boring life."
"Bullshit, if you want to transfer, you don't have to bring an 80-year-old grandmother with you, right
I guess the bottom ones are loose enough to fit your head."
A few hooligans speaking obscene and vulgar language were sending all the red-haired women from the nearby block to the street corner.
The bewildered women cried, trembled, and cowered in panic.
They don't know what their future fate will be.
"Please, let my daughter go! She's only five years old! Here! Take it! This is all my savings! Please!"
A middle-aged woman hugged her daughter and cried.
"Tsk, who would care about that? This is an order from our mad dog boss Jonah.
If you don't follow the rules, I'll kill you. Forget it."
A small thug looked at the gold mark in the woman's hand with disdain. Although he wanted to take the money, it was not enough to pay for the bandage by the unscrupulous doctor in Black Pepper Lane.
People were "invited" one by one to the carriage by Mad Dog Jonah's men and got on the carriage.
"I didn't expect your method would actually work."
Louisa praised.
"No one knows the local residents better than the local tyrants. Although this is an unconventional approach, we don't have much time, so we have no choice but to do this."
Roz replied.
"Reiner, the carriage is almost loaded. I'd like to trouble you to run a trip."
Ross glanced at the back seat of the carriage and called out to Reiner in front.
"Well, see you at Olsinger concentration camp."
Reiner replied coldly.
"See you later."
Rhodes waved his hand and watched the carriage carrying more than fifty people leave.
"My Lord, are you satisfied?"
Mad Dog Jonah came to Ross, bent over and asked with a smile on his face.
"You did a good job. I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. You just found fifty-three people. Take them.
Here is 530 marks. Are you willing to continue the work?"
Rhodes took out the bills from his pocket and counted them one by one and gave them to Mad Dog Jonah.
Mad Dog Jonah took the money with shining eyes and carefully put it in his arms.
"I need you to contact other local bosses. Same conditions, 100 marks per person.
Please keep this map. The circled area is the meeting point.
But remember, I only want natural red hair, and I can't leave any behind, understand
Don't try to resist me, I have the most powerful man in the empire behind me.
If you offend me, at most you will suffer some physical pain, but if you offend him...
hehe."
Roz said with a smile on his face and looking directly into Mad Dog Jonah's eyes sincerely.
Mad Dog Jonah understood the threat in Ross's words and was frightened.
“My Lord, Jonah, I will definitely complete this task.
May I ask, sir, why... don't you send... the army to do it?"
If people saw Mad Dog Jonah's timid look at this moment, he would definitely become a laughing stock, but Jonah knew it in his heart.
When others asked him about it, he could pat his chest and boast to others, "That's the favorite of the prime minister!"
Others will look at you with envy.
Upon hearing this, Ross did not directly answer Jonah's question, but patted Jonah's shoulder mysteriously.
"Some things are better left to you to do. Don't ask. The more you know, the better..."
"clear!"
Before Ross could finish his words, Jonah gave Ross a clumsy military salute and happily took his men to negotiate with the local bosses in other blocks.
At this moment, Jonah felt like he was the emperor of the streets, waving the banner of the prime minister. Who would dare to disobey
This is what Jonah has in mind.
"Let's go, we should go to the municipal office."
Ross turned around and said something to Louisa, then walked away quickly.
——
"Where the hell are they taking us?"
The little girl was held in her mother's arms and asked innocently.
"Mom doesn't know either, but don't worry, no matter what, I will protect you."
The woman first secretly wiped away her tears, and then forced an ugly smile to comfort her daughter.
"Haha, don't worry. I don't think we'll live till tomorrow."
A woman sitting in the corner said.
Her heavy makeup revealed her occupation, and she looked very depressed at the moment.
"What do you know?"
The mother holding her daughter asked, only some information would allow her to understand more about the current situation.
"Need I say more? Look at us!
We are all red-haired! We are all of Irish descent!
This is a highly targeted act of genocide!
Remember the workers' strike a few years ago? Our leader was of Irish descent!
This is a Jewish revenge against us!
Damn those officials, after receiving money from those wealthy Jews, they were blinded by money!
They will skin us alive and take out our tendons, then use our skin to make lanterns and place them by our beds for us to admire every day!"
The streetwalker, who clearly hated Jews, loudly expressed her extreme ideas.
Her words were obviously recognized by some of them, and they began to applaud her.
Reiner didn't want to pay attention to these trivial matters at first, but when people with different opinions started arguing in the carriage, and saw signs that a fight was about to break out, Reiner sighed.
“May the Holy Light bless you, so that you can have a calm mind and a heart that fears the Holy Light.
Amen.
Reiner simply recited two verses of scripture, condensed a ball of holy light in the palm of his hand, and patted it on the carriage.
The ladies in the carriage instantly became silent with shame on their faces, and the warm holy light made them repent.
The white-haired old lady calmly looked at all the people who had been arguing with each other and said quietly,
"Arguing is pointless and can't get us off this carriage.
Besides, I don't think they will hurt us, do I, Mr. Ascetic?"
Reiner did not answer after hearing this, but listened silently and continued driving.
"Why would they go to the trouble of rounding us up if they wanted to kill us
Young people nowadays are too impetuous and don’t know how to think calmly.
You might as well think about it the other way around: could this be a form of protection?"
The old lady didn't speak fast, but every word she said made everyone in the car start to think.
The car fell into silence again, and Reiner raised a bitter smile on his face.
"I hope you will be safe, and may the Holy Light bless you."
Reiner silently said this in his mind.
——
"Oh, Mr. Frederick, what brings you here?"
Evelya heard the doorbell and went to open the door. She saw Frederick with sweat on his forehead and an anxious expression.
"I'm so sorry for visiting you so unexpectedly and for not bringing any gifts.
I wonder if Mr. Elphis is here?"
Frederick spoke rapidly.
"He's here, what's going on?"
Evelya couldn't help but ask when she saw Frederick's anxious look.
"Um, this is a conversation between two men. I hope Miss Evelia can understand."
Frederick replied suddenly.
"Evlea, who is it?"
Elphis' voice came from the inner room, sounding a little tired.
"My dear, Mr. Frederick is here. He wants to see you."
Evelya called out towards the inner room.
Elphis frowned after hearing this. He felt a little suspicious. He thought that the soldiers should not meet in advance at this time.
He thought for a moment and then shouted, "I'm out, please wait."
Elphis casually put on a light coat, walked to the door, pretended to be enthusiastic and opened his arms.
"Hey, long time no see, give this friend of mine a hug."
While they were hugging, Elphis whispered in Frederick's ear:
"You'd better explain why you came to release me early, otherwise..."
Frederick's face changed, but he mustered up the courage to answer Elphis in his ear:
"The authorities have taken action. They should know about the feast."
The two of them deliberately lowered their voices so that Evelya would not hear.
After the hug, Elphis said to Evelya,
"My dear, I'm going to go for a walk with Mr. Frederick. I'll be right back."
"Okay, I'll prepare dinner and wait for you to come back."
Evelya agreed.
Elphis and Frederick walked down the street, carefully found an empty corner and began to talk.
"Tell me what's going on."
Elphis took out the pipe from his pocket, lit it and asked Frederick.
“According to reports from my men, they are gathering red-haired women in every block.
Now all the red-haired women in that area of the slum have been cleared out.
Would you consider hiding Evelya?"
Frederick suggested.
"That's all?"
Elphis was stunned.
"Sir, they will search every household. Wouldn't it be troublesome if conflicts arise?"
Frederick asked.
"Then let's send her to Luthel Castle first. Prepare a car and think of a reason. It's really troublesome."
Elphis said sadly.
"My lord, this is a wise choice. I will prepare the car right away."
After saying this, Frederick bowed to Elphis and turned to leave.
Elphis looked at the sky. Although it was only daytime, he could vaguely see the brilliance of the Pleiades in the sky, which seemed to be mocking his behavior.
After seeing this scene, Elphis returned to his residence thoughtfully.
He did not immediately tell Evelya that he was going out, but returned to his room, locked the door, and found the secret compartment under the bed.
"Hey, honey. What did you guys talk about?"
Evelya saw the melancholy on Elphis's face and asked with concern outside the door.
"Nothing, Frederick seems to be in love and is a little troubled by it.
Just give me five minutes now. I'll take you out later."
Elphis replied from inside the door.
At the same time, Elphis found the evil cult book made of baby skin.
"Respected Lord in Yellow, Almighty Lord in Yellow, please clear up the confusion of your loyal servant."
Elphis muttered to himself.
He took off his coat, leaving his upper body naked, took a deep breath, and hit himself on the back with the cane.
As the pain from the whipping continued, lines of bloody words automatically appeared on the blank pages of the book.
Elphis was confused, for this was the first time he had seen such a scene; in the past he had always written it himself after receiving a trance.
At this time, the bone pen and ink had not been used yet, but the strange phenomenon appeared automatically.
Elphis understood that this was a gift bestowed upon him by the King in Yellow, who sensed his predicament.
This is a revelation of destiny.
“The farce, the joke, the ridicule.
Actors, script, director.
Life, death, eternity.
Right, wrong, and to the point.”
There was a passage of text on the page, consisting entirely of scattered nouns.
Although it looks like a poem, it has no rhyme and is more like something a child might have written while practicing calligraphy.
Elphis did not dare to take this text lightly.
Although the information conveyed in this paragraph is small, the content behind it is amazing.
As Elphis faced more and more mysteries, he became more and more confused.
He shook his head, held his breath, adjusted his mentality, and stood up.
"Honey, grab some clothes, we're going out."
Elphis put away the cult book and then put on his clothes.
He opened the door and Evelya was standing outside. She saw the blood slowly seeping through the clothes on Elphis' back.
She didn't dare to ask more questions or think too much, so she could only nod silently.
They each carried a small box and packed their clothes.
Evelya had a strong premonition that this misty love affair was about to come to an end.
She stopped packing her clothes and hugged Elphis from behind.
Evelya leaned on Elphis's back, smelling the faint smell of blood.
"Alphis, let's just go.
None of this matters, I will be wherever you are."
Elphis did not respond, but gently moved Evelia's arms away.
Elphis turned back and looked at Evelya, then he said slowly,
"Will you follow me to die?"
"Of course. You're the only man I choose."
After Evelya finished speaking, she shed a tear.