The Last Gentleman

  Chapter 533 The Plague Bed

  William stared at this tall tower that only appeared in the dark, and began to think about something in his heart.

   One thing he can be sure of is that if the city lord is still alive, his strength is absolutely terrifying, and it may even reach the regular baseline of the circus chief.

  After all, the other party was a person from ancient times, and he was personally recognized by the Lord of the Cancer Palace by beheading the tumor knight, not to mention that he was inextricably linked with the moon.

  Even if she has been decadent for so many years, she will not be so weak.

   In William's view, the tower is temporarily inaccessible, otherwise people who have not gone to the abyss may be gone.

   "Keith, has the castellan never left the tower since the moon shattered?"

   "Anyway, from my birth until now, I have never seen the city lord, and the rumors are the same... The shattering of the moon completely extinguished the fire in the city lord's heart, and sealed himself in the dark moon tower forever.

   There is another rumor that said that the city lord had participated in that war, killed many invaders, and stayed in the tower for many years to rest because of his injuries.

  With the fall of the moon, the city lord wanted to create a new moon with his own strength, but he couldn't do it until now, because the rules of the old world have been blocked and no new things can be born.

   The same is true. The city lord has become increasingly depressed and does not care about world affairs. "

"Um."

  William also contacted the guy hiding in his body who had been afraid to speak since entering the city.

  『Little Putao, is your plague sensor inside this tower? 』

  『No… no longer this tower, it’s to the left.

   It should be a relatively conspicuous place, after all, even if I am completely hidden now, I can still have a relatively strong induction. 』

   After getting the answer from Xiaoputao, William also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it is not this tower, he can say anything.

   "Keith, I seem to smell a very strong plague, which seems to be coming from the left."

"Ah! You can smell all of this? As expected of the boss, the stone used in the [Plague-bed] is second only to the tower, and it is basically fully enclosed. Logically, you shouldn't smell anything. "

   "[Plague bed]?"

  "Yes...Because the city lord has blocked himself in the tower, he doesn't care about the world.

  Mouse City gradually became chaotic, and when there was no one to manage it, the adjutant of the original city owner stepped forward.

  He believes that the old world after the war is about to undergo fusion, all kinds of resources will become more and more precious, and the Cancer Palace itself has also been severely damaged, so it is impossible to care about this remote mouse city.

   To survive in the post-war world, changes must be made, so the "Proliferation and Plague Code" was promulgated, trying to create a plague city that can be self-sufficient and has a certain strength.

  The plague bed is the core building in this transformation. It was built by the adjutant himself and is also his own fortress.

  It is specially used for the research and development of the plague, and any ratman in the Rat City who has expressed potential in "infectious diseases" will be brought there.

  The so-called 'potential' is not just those who are talented in disease infection,

   Every month, the "quarantine officer" of the plague bed will collect blood samples from every household. As long as there are new infectious diseases in the blood, they will be directly pulled to the plague bed.

   There is a very small probability that this rat will become a quarantine officer.

   And in most cases, the selected guy will never be seen.

   It is also because of the plague bed that Rat City rains plague every day and builds a high wall made of corpses. Even if someone came to Mouse City with the idea of ​​mining, he would eventually leave because he couldn't bear the plague. "

  William asked with some doubts:

   "Even if the whole city's ecology, governance and other factors change...the city lord of the Dark Moon Tower still hasn't moved? Not even a single verbal instruction?"

"No."

   "Okay, by the way, can we go to the so-called [Plague Bed]?"

   "This...isn't so good~ I just said that once the mice selected by the plague bed basically never return, and it is an important area second only to the Dark Moon Tower.

  My current relationship can’t help…”

   Seeing Keith's uncomfortable face, William no longer felt embarrassed, and lightly patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, then we won't go! Today's leading the way ends here, go back, I will stay at your house tonight."

   "No problem, but the environmental conditions of my house are relatively poor, and a big person like you, the boss, may not be used to living there."

   "It's okay. When I was young, no one could be trusted. On the contrary, the mice in the dark corners can become my friends, and I sometimes sleep with them."

  【civilian area】

  On the roadside close to the city wall, there is a cave covered with wooden boards every ten meters apart.

  Open one of the burrow planks and walk down the damp and dark passage to Keith's house, or a rat's nest is more appropriate.

  The oval space structure is only 2m high, and the space is about 30 square meters.

   What William didn't expect was that there was another white-haired mouse living under it, wearing a relatively neat white dress with embroidered patches, which was cleaner than most of the civilians William had seen along the way.

   "Husband, could this be the 'big boss' you mentioned! Teresa has met you."

  The female mouse, who was over the middle of the year, held the hem of her skirt with both hands and saluted William. The latter also instinctively took off his hood, put his right hand on his chest and returned the salute.

   "Teresa quickly vacated our room, and went to buy some fabric to make a bed. The boss will spend the night with us tonight."

"yes!"

  Seeing this, William quickly raised his hand to stop:

   "Don't be so troublesome, I don't want to affect your life because of my arrival... By the way, besides the two of you, is there only the living room left here?"

   "There is also a smaller basement with some old stuff under it."

   "The basement is pretty good, so I'll live in it."

   "This... has not been tidied up below for a long time, and the space is very small. Why don't you wait, Teresa and I will go down and tidy up first."

   "It doesn't matter, I can fit anywhere, even sleeping while standing up.

  Anyway, don’t bother me when I’m down there, I’ll take the initiative to find you if I need anything. "

   "Okay... okay, as long as you can adapt, boss."

  At this time, Teresa the female mouse brought a glass of homemade "sage wine". William looked at the clear reddish color and politely chose to accept it.

  Open the wooden plank in the corner, there is no ladder, and William squeezed into it with a jump.

  The basement space is indeed pitifully small, but the airtightness is very good, which is in line with William's personal needs.

   "Nice place!"

  With a flick of William's finger, ten coins flew directly upwards as the accommodation fee for tonight. The Keith couple didn't ask any more questions, and deliberately took out a red carpet to cover the entrance to the basement.

   What William will do next is not to rest, but to absorb the skin and repair the clothing.

  The encounter last night is still fresh in his memory, and this is the first time since he cooperated with Huang Pi, Huang Pi himself was traumatized, even seriously.

   Before William asked about the status of the yellow skin, the yellow text had already appeared on the retina.

  ≮Quickly absorb the "Apostle Skin", my condition is not very good...≯

  William first put his palm on the wall of the basement, allowing the chains to spread out, sealing off every corner of the room and forming a seal structure used by the monastery to guard the prisoners.

   Make sure that the breath of the apostle's skin will not leak out.

   While taking out the skin bag,

  William also took out the "Skin Bible" that had been blackened by himself,

  The Bible appeared, and the basement was covered with a special layer of skin again, further sealing off the underground space.

  『Yellow skin, I need you to hold on for a while... Before absorbing it, I need to transform the skin into a "black dead skin" that suits me. 』

  ≮There is no bathtub here to soak the skin. If your death liquid seeps out, it will definitely attract the attention of the rats. After all, that kind of thing happened last night. ≯

  『Don’t worry, I’m already prepared. 』

  William took out a compressed and folded black box from the depths of the suitcase, and it would unfold automatically with a light touch, forming a larger black lucky draw box.

   This is exactly the magic box William used when performing in the circus.

  The inner wall of this prop from Jain himself has the abyss attribute, which is enough to serve as a "reaction container".

  William cut his own head and poured the black liquid into it. After waiting for a while, the magic box made of special material was indeed not damaged.

  Then carefully stuffed the apostle skin bag into it, and then gently stirred it with the arm... When the black liquid mixed with the skin bag, a certain reaction began to occur.

  At the gate of the leather factory far away, Pim, the gatekeeper crouching under the river of blood, also felt a tingling pain in his body.

  (end of this chapter)