Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 83 Chapter 81 Old Habits
After a while, Buck woke up with a moan.He found himself lying on the floor with a rag under his head, while Zhuang Xuteng was sitting on a chair beside him, holding a glass of water and looking out the window.

"My head hurts, I'm still dizzy..." Buck squeezed his eyes and slowly turned his head to look around.There were only the two of them in the shop, and the guy who punched him before didn't know where he went.

"Don't get up in a hurry, it would be better to sit on the counter for a while." Zhuang Xuteng drank some water and said, "I heard the sound of a locomotive. It should be that Kelly is back. If you have any questions, wait for her to talk."

Kelly parked the car outside the door and hurried in. "No problem, the parts are here... Buck, why are you sitting on the ground!"

"I was punched just now. Sister, it's not Nick, but a newcomer." Buck stood up with Kelly's support, and she helped him to the chair again. "It was a very strong old man, wearing a suit. I thought it was a guest, but I didn't expect it to be a gang collecting protection money."

"He may not be a gang member," Zhuang Xuteng said based on what he learned at PCPD: "He didn't show gang tattoos or other iconic things. If he was a gang member, this behavior would be considered to be behind the gang's own back. Do it, and deal with it as a traitor."

"Could it be the PCPD guy?"

"He doesn't look like PCPD, and mercenaries don't collect protection money, so I don't know where that guy came from." Zhuang Xuteng said: "He's gone for a while, but he may come back. I don't know him. Is there anyone behind, so you have to be vigilant."

"Can't you kill him?" Buck clutched his head, complaining a bit.

"I'm not sure, and at the same time I'm worried about future troubles." Zhuang Xuteng didn't want to continue to argue with Buck, so he asked Kelly: "Are there no gangs here?"

"We've had enough with gangs, now we take care of ourselves." Kelly shook her head lightly, a little puzzled: "Why didn't anyone in the town warn? That person..."

"He said his name is Doyle, so he must be at least fifty years old... I think he is very old, and I don't think it is possible for him to act alone, so he didn't act rashly."

"You did the right thing." Kelly nodded, and then gave her younger brother a hard look: "Why aren't you alert at all? If it wasn't for Naike, our store would have been set on fire, and you would have been in a coma wonder if it is or not?"

"What the heck! He came in politely, without the gangster vibes. At best I thought he was a door-to-door salesman, kind of dumb, and chose our dump. I..."

"This is not a dump!" Callie yelled, stomping her foot.

"You two don't need to quarrel, it's better to find some weapons for self-defense. It's a pity that your location is relatively remote, and there are no neighbors nearby, otherwise you can watch each other." Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while, and said: "I can stay here for a few days... ..."

"Thank you, but I don't bother you." Kelly said: "I didn't mean to belittle you, but we don't welcome outsiders here, especially we don't accept the protection of outsiders, whether it's gangs, mercenaries or PCPD. I will Find the elders to report this matter, and let everyone be careful to guard against outsiders. This time is more sensitive, you'd better not stay here."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, he understood.After the former gangs in Hongxiu City were destroyed, the people here seized the rare opportunity to turn the town into an autonomous state.They reject all external protection and only believe in the country and the relationship between the neighbors, and they are also guarding against someone playing a red-faced trick: one party creates conflict and anxiety, and the other party takes the opportunity to pretend to be a good person, cheat trust, and thus control the town.

If he stays to provide protection, people have reason to suspect that Zhuang Xuteng is the "hypocritical red face".Zhuang Xuteng is not afraid of danger, but just doesn't want to share the pressure for Doyle.

"That person's fists are fast and heavy. He probably used a shadow implant. Be careful." Zhuang Xuteng said, "Carry a weapon with you, and keep your ears up all the time. I think there should be a hotel or a room in the town Rent it? I will live there for five days until my car is finished."

Kelly nodded and said, "Thank you for understanding this matter. Sunset Hotel in the town, tell the boss that you are an important customer of Hong Xiaoguo, and he will take good care of you."

"It's actual good care, not other meanings, right?"

"He'll cook you something delicious, let you sleep in a comfortable bed, and that's how he takes care of you." Kelly smiled and said, "Also, don't forget the armored tires. Put them on earlier so I don't have to worry too much about them." It took a lot of effort to move the car."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, asked Buck to apply ice to his head, and then went to the town to find a place to live.He used the phone number at the front desk to contact Lucy and told him his location, so that if there was an entrustment, he could be found quickly.Then he called Ge Gongdao and asked him about the tires.

"So, you didn't get to spend the night with your little girlfriend? It's not good, brother! Did you ask her if she has a boyfriend?" Ge Gongdao knew that Zhuang Xuteng paid for the phone call, so he happily chatted about gossip , until Zhuang Xuteng begged for mercy. "I've lived back here, and the wheels are here. You want four? Then you have to pay me for one wheel, because we're two for fifty-fifty, right?"

Zhuang Xuteng didn't think there was any problem with this at all, and he was actually in the spotlight.Two tires and six tires are very different, after all some models of cars have six wheels, but no bicycle needs this level of armored tires. "How about keeping the wheel as a spare wheel first?"

"If that kind of wheel can break, the damage is not ordinary. You should first think of changing the car, or giving us a new body. If you want tires, don't come here. I will send them to you, and then return the car. Your little girlfriend..."

"Her name is Kelly."

"Your little girlfriend, Kelly, is really good at repairing cars. If I didn't know the true condition of the car, I wouldn't want to return it to the car rental company. You're at the Sunset Inn in town. I'm leaving now. I'll see you later."

"Wait a minute, keep a low profile when you come here, I met a strange guy here..."

Zhuang Xuteng recounted what he had seen and heard, but Ge Gongdao yelled on the other end of the phone: "You said that man is called Doyle? Is that the real name? He is a very strong old man with a big cockroach under his eyes. A round scar? Hohohoho, this is too powerful, I'll go find you right away, that's great, that's great!"

"You know him? What does he do? Hello?! Why are you hanging up the phone? You are using a radio, pick it up..." Zhuang Xuteng dialed again, but there was only a beep on the other side.He sighed, put down the phone, and started to settle the call with the innkeeper.

"Hey, you live here too?"

Zhuang Xuteng turned his head and saw Doyle.He was standing in the corridor of the hotel, holding a small plate in his hand with sliced ​​tomatoes sprinkled with sugar, and he was eating with a toothpick.Judging from the open door next to him, he should have just come out of the room.It's just that when the door opened, why didn't there be any sound at all?

"You haven't left yet?" Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "You're quite courageous and live in the town directly. People here don't like outsiders, including gangs, mercenaries and PCPD. You are not afraid of them looking for you trouble?"

"The town is my home, and it's also my business." Doyle came over, held out a plate, and said, "Come and try, the local specialty tomatoes taste great."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and picked up a tomato with his fingers.Before he could eat it, the icing on the tomatoes looked weird, crystallized in a form unlike the natural or synthetic sugars he was familiar with. "What's sprinkled on it?"

"Honey crystallized sugar, delicious, very good mood. I think of my childhood, when I was practicing boxing with my uncle, I knocked him to the ground with an uppercut, and everyone around me laughed happily .Ha ha ha ha……"

"Is there something wrong with you?"

There was something wrong with Doyle, he put his right hand on his chest, and kept laughing happily.He smiled when he recalled the past, pointed at the lamp, smiled at the tomatoes, and was still laughing when he sat down by the wall.Zhuang Xuteng was a little nervous, so he quickly put down the tomato in his hand, and looked at the innkeeper with doubtful eyes.

"Hongxiu City will take care of its guests as well as its enemies. If I were you, I wouldn't eat what's in my hand." The shop owner handed over the ashtray, and Zhuang Xuteng quickly threw away the tomatoes in his hand.

"You poisoned?"

"That's right. A small amount of that thing will make people happy, but if you eat too much, you will be too happy. He won't die, but he will definitely be uncomfortable. We will take good care of him, don't worry."

"Don't give me this kind of food. I'm not here to make trouble."

After Zhuang Xuteng finished speaking, he was about to return to the room when he saw Doyle wiping his mouth and slowly standing up from the ground.He stretched his waist, adjusted his clothes a little, and completely recovered his previous state. "Huh... It smells so good, but it's really good stuff. I've come to the right place. Actually, I didn't come to make trouble. I really came here for the continued development of business here. And now, I am more confident. "

"Why are you all right?" The innkeeper turned pale with fright, and groped under the counter with both hands.

"Don't take out the gun, it will make the situation ugly." Doyle opened his hands, looking reassured, and said with a smile: "As for why I'm fine? Because I grew up eating this thing here, I've been used to it for a long time."

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