shadow of britain

Chapter 160 Agares' Real Purpose

The sky in London is foggy, but through the changes in the light and dark light of the sun behind the clouds, it can still be seen that the sun has already passed the midline. As time goes by, it will gradually slant westward until it is submerged in the Thames The dark waters of the river.

On the avenue of Baker Street, a black and gold-painted open carriage was driving steadily. On the seat of the carriage was a dignified and serious British gentleman with shiny back hair.

A standard yet novel bow tie is tied on the stiff wide stand-up collar washed and dyed white with starch starch, and the lace pleated breastplate used to decorate the chest of the white shirt can be seen between the bow knot and the gap between the deep black waistcoat .

And on their outermost layer is a streamlined black slim tuxedo, with an open stand collar like a lily petal, and a careful design that tightens at the waist like a glass vase to protrude the wearer's figure, plus The same pitch-black tapered trousers, as well as the shiny silver-white brocade glove on the left hand and the brand new cane held in the naked and slender right hand.

At first glance, one can only feel that this gentleman exuded an indescribable aristocratic atmosphere from top to bottom.

The cold wind at the end of October blew past, and the moisture in the air covered Arthur's face, making him feel a strong chill. He couldn't help picking up the black top hat on his lap and putting it on again, taking a deep breath. breath, and then slowly spit out.

The Red Devil was lying sideways on the seat opposite him. Agares looked at his outfit carefully and nodded in satisfaction.

"Arthur, it's a very good outfit. You will wear it like this at the banquets in the future. I will keep you so charming that those aristocratic ladies who are ignorant of the world will cry for you."

Normally, Arthur would mock Agares' flattery at such times, but now, he really wasn't in the mood.

He only felt that this dress made him more uncomfortable than the uniform of Scotland Yard. Perhaps it was because when he ordered this dress before, he specially emphasized the importance of this dress to the tailor, so the tailor, in order to pursue absolute fit and beauty, The shoulders, abdomen and other parts have been tightened.

At this moment, Arthur had some doubts, whether as long as his biceps exerted strength, the clothes would be completely torn, causing him to have to be naked on the bustling Baker Street.

If it's just uncomfortable to wear, then that's fine, but it's also very difficult to put on this dress, especially the bow part of the stand-up collar. He specially asked Dumas, a dinner expert, to make it for him. He couldn't get such a thing by himself. .

For Arthur, it might be easier to use a rapier to carve a dragon and a phoenix on the criminal's body instead of asking him to tie a delicate bow and make a pleated hem.

What's more serious is that the price of this outfit far exceeded Arthur's psychological expectations. The top and bottom of these clothes cost him a total of 15 pounds and 6 shillings.

Even though he is now a superintendent of Scotland Yard with a weekly salary of 2 pounds 12 shillings, it still feels too extravagant for him to spend more than a month's salary on clothes.

Agares saw the twitching corner of his mouth, and understood what he was thinking.

The Red Devil reassured: "Arthur, since you care about money so much, why do you need to develop the bad habit of visiting bookstores? The "London Social Guide" you bought yesterday sold for 23 shillings a copy. Just take a copy For two or three volumes of novels, I dare to charge you two or three pounds, forty or fifty shillings.

And you, who are extravagant and want to own a large box of books.Although I appreciate your greedy thirst for knowledge as a little villain, sometimes you have to properly control your insatiable appetite.

Don't you understand?Like reading is also one of the reasons why you were once poor. "

Arthur endured it again and again, but after hearing this, he finally couldn't help it.

He counterattacked calmly: "Agares, you can solve all the mysteries in the world by yourself, so you don't allow me, a humble human being, to properly explore the fields you already know? Or, do you want to Do I remain ignorant in order to continue to increase your own worth?"

Hearing this, the Red Devil couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering: "Oh, Arthur, don't you think too highly of the knowledge you humans possess? You've read so many books, so you should understand a truth.

The more a human being knows, the less he knows.The less a human being knows, the more he thinks he knows a lot.

That's why I don't like to make pacts with ignorant humans, because even if you teach him the truth, he will think you are farting. "

Arthur heard the words, and couldn't help but replied: "Isn't that what you want? To deal with that kind of people, you only need to follow their words to gain their trust. It's easy to cheat their souls."

Agares picked his ear with his little finger, and he said, "That's too boring. Arthur, to a certain extent, you and I have the same personality, and we both like challenging jobs. Not only is it meaningless for human beings to live, but even the life of devils is meaningless, so we all have to find some fun for ourselves, just live for the sake of living, so what is the difference between humans and monkeys?"

When Arthur heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "Don't mention monkeys anymore. This word has been so frequently used recently that I began to wonder if Charles' research results are so meaningful. Alexander, Elder, Charles, and I had been attacking each other with monkeys every day, only to find out, sitting up in a dying panic, that the monkey was myself.

In addition, Agares, I must also remind you that I am not in the same personality as you at all. I don't like any challenging jobs.My greatest wish in life has been, is, and will be sustainable lying down.The reason why I got to where I am today is all because of your fucking force.

If you had let me go to the American colonies safely, I might have made my first pot of gold by selling water or sewing jeans by now.With this money, I can go to California to buy some family property, such as buying a large piece of land in the Santa Clara Valley. In this way, no matter what Apple, Google, or Facebook is, it will all depend on our Hastings family complexion. "

Agares frowned. He stared at Arthur with a face like a fool: "Wake up, Arthur, I think you are crazy about reading, and Facebook is out, I think you might as well Learn more from Elder, read more Erotology Book.

And you're not doing badly now, as a young superintendent of Scotland Yard, if you're embarrassed, wouldn't it be easy to earn five or six hundred pounds a year? "

When Arthur heard this, he just wanted to loosen his tight collar, but he put his hand on the collar, only to realize that it was wrong to do so.

He said helplessly, "It's easy for you to say."

Hearing this, Agares couldn't help showing a smile: "Look, you said you wanted to lie flat, but you felt sorry for yourself. Don't you understand why you made yourself like this?

You, like me, want to stand up and make money.That's why I was cast out of hell.And you, if you don't correct it in time, it won't be long before you will repeat my mistakes like me.You're still fighting to get into the zone you should have been in long ago, but Arthur, I have to tell you, you're meant to be there.

You have to understand that civilization is the work of an elite few, who are at the top of the pyramid.And the purpose of the bricks that fall on the bottom is just to raise them higher, so that they can be closer to the sun.

You can reason with one brick, two bricks, but you can never reason with a bunch of bricks because they are all oddly shaped and jagged.

So, to make them all understand, you can't tell them 'we're square bricks or round bricks', you can't even tell them 'we're bricks' because some of them don't think they're bricks.

You can only yell at them 'we're all going to the top' and you can only be accepted with this simple, ridiculous logic.

Even if you want to drive them, don't talk to them about the complexity of the world, and don't explain or explain. At this time, intelligence will often shake their minds and weaken their fighting ability.

Because all the general beliefs in this world are a kind of fiction, they never stand up to scrutiny, and they will die if they are scrutinized.

After all, you also know that there is only such a small place on the top of the pyramid. If every brick is piled there, it is not called a pyramid, but a foundation that everyone can step on. "

When Arthur heard this, he stared at Agares, and couldn't help asking: "Agares, I have to say, I can't understand you more and more. You devil, what do you want to do from me? get something?"

The Red Devil didn't answer when he heard the words, he just sniffed the parchment scroll in his hand lightly, and then passed away with the wind.

When his figure condensed again, Agares had already appeared not far away, the spire of the Gothic clock tower of the Royal Academy of Music made of red bricks.

He watched Arthur's carriage disappear at the end of the street, and then picked up the quill in the parchment roll with great interest, and took out a dry ink bottle from his pocket.

He widened his eyes and glanced into the ink bottle, the ink in it had been used up by him long ago.

Seeing this, Agares took out a fresh small colored ball from his pocket and threw it in.

There was only a wail of pain that could tear apart the soul, and then a drop of bright red ink finally condensed in the dry ink bottle.

Agares dipped the quill pen into the ink bottle lightly, then stared at the pitiful drop of ink on the bright red nib for a long time, then glanced at the blank parchment scroll in his hand, and finally couldn't help it cursed.

"Damn it, it still doesn't work... If you let him go on like this, sooner or later you will end up in a loss-making business... No, I have to give him something new through this banquet..."

(End of this chapter)