stand-in creed

"Yeah, yeah." Dongfang Xiansuke blinked, "Let's go and have a look."

-

(400 words for free, 155 words for the points table)

Chapter 19

in the tavern.

After Nero paid back Dongfang Xianzhu's money, he and the old man came to the tavern according to the invitation.

Waiters cook wild roasts at tables, and bottle after bottle of expensive champagne sits in ice buckets.The Indians who seemed to be called "sand men" ate without saying a word as if there was no one else around, while Nero looked around and found that there seemed to be a little less people here.

"Yo, champion!"

Stroheim held up the champagne and shouted loudly at Nero.

Immediately, Schuttrogheim seemed to think of something again, and asked quite curiously.

"Could it be lemonade after winning the championship!"

"I don't just drink lemonade, I just refuse alcohol. That kind of thing will only affect the speed of my brain's thinking." Nero and Suzumi sat beside Schuttheim very familiarly, At the same time, he looked at another man on the table who was not drinking.

Ulmud Abdel.

"You don't drink too?" Nero asked.

"According to the teachings, we can't drink alcohol, but I don't mind the people at my table enjoying delicious food, because you are not bound by our teachings." Abdel said seriously.

"Oh? You are so knowledgeable, you are completely different from the wild Abdel on the field!" Nero said with emotion.

"It surprised you at the time, Mrs. Zeppelin. But even so, I don't intend to apologize to you for the "collision".Colliding is not a foul, and the people who will be hit by my camel can only be said to be amateur riders who don't know how to control the horse to avoid risks, and they can only blame themselves!No matter how many times I come back, I will make the same choice. " Abdel said seriously.

"Jello will probably be angry when he hears what you say?"

Nero had already grabbed a large piece of roast meat at some point.

However, at this moment, a familiar voice came to Nero's ears.

"Hey, hey! I've already avoided that camel! It's obviously you who elbowed it on my Valkyrie!" Jie Luo sat down angrily and lay down on the back of the chair. Grinding his teeth angrily.

"To compete with you group of professional riders, I must have some "skills"!Right, Johnny? "

"Ah, um!"

Not far away, Jonny refused the waiter's support and walked over slowly.

The corner of Schuttrogheim's mouth twitched.

"Hey, hey, can that kind of thing really become technology? I saw with my own eyes the horrible scene when you fell downhill!"

Everyone looked at Nero curiously.

However, Nero had no intention of explaining to them at all, so he didn't answer the question at all, and changed the topic: "Speaking of which, why do I feel that there are a few people missing in the restaurant? Where is that guy named Diego?"

"That guy, just said something like "not number one, damn it" and then went to feed the horse. "

The one who answered Nero was the host who came out of nowhere.

Stephen Steel, who is over half a century old.

Stephen sat among a group of players quite familiarly, and chatted with Nero quite naturally.

"I didn't expect such a big news to appear on the first day of the competition. The No.1 to No.1 of the 3st stage were taken by the "Zibelin family".Just now a reporter friend asked me to ask you, what is your background? "

"Don't make me repeat it so many times, this guy and I just happen to have the same last name." Nero said casually.

"Huh? Is that so?" Stephen was taken aback. "Where are those two Mr. Zeppelin from?"

"..."

Jie Luo pretended not to hear, and ate the barbecue, but his eyes were quietly looking at Nero.

Nero rolled his eyes.

"Rome.

"I grew up in Rome all my life."

It's not Rome here though.

Stephen also nodded, as if the answer did not exceed his expectations.

"Nero Claudius, the tyrant of Rome, even the entry number is 666. Those reporters probably like these gimmicks the most... Are you interested in being interviewed by reporters? Because the whole United States has started" Bet" who will win the championship of each stage, the reporters are very interested in your information! "

Stephen said enthusiastically.

However, Nero just stood up slowly, picked up the coat on the back of the chair and draped it over his shoulders.

"Just let the reporters write, I don't have time for interviews.

"I'm going to start the race on the 2nd stage tomorrow morning, right? The whole race is 1200 kilometers. Compared with the interview, the more important thing now is to pack the luggage, and then exchange feelings with my Claudius, and by the way, from the beginning to the end Read the rules of your eccentric contest.

"Then everyone, eat and drink well, let's go first."

After saying this, Nero and Suzumi slipped away.

Leading the horse to the stables of the hotel to tie it up, Nero began to fetch water to clean the horse's body and mane seriously, and by the way gave Claudius a comfortable ripple massage from head to toe, so that the The young pony blossomed comfortably.

However, at this moment, Nero suddenly spoke.

"Is there a problem?"

"Are you serious when you say you come from 'Rome'? "

The man in the shadow spoke slowly.

Nero raised an eyebrow.

"What good would it do me to deceive you about such matters, Gerald Zeppelin?"

"..."

The figure of Jie Luo slowly stepped out of the shadows, his eyes were extremely sharp.

Nero's attention remained on his own Claudius, and he spoke slowly.

"Where I come from, does it matter to you?"

"Very important. At least confirming that you are "Italian" is very important to me, but this is not the only thing I want to ask you!It's not that I want to ask you what's going on with your inexplicable giant strength. I'm not curious about that kind of thing... No, although I am indeed a little curious, but this is not the point of my question. "

Gero pointed a finger at Nero, holding his iron ball in his palm.

"Where did you learn the "turn" you used when you broke my iron ball? ! "

"turn around……?"

Nero was taken aback.

However, at the next moment, Nero thought of the scene where the iron ball that Gero destroyed by him used high-speed rotation to raise sand and dust on the rocks, creating a mirage, but he suddenly thought about it.

"I see, the official scientific name of this technique is "turning". "

"Um……?"

Gero froze for a moment.

Nero's words sound like... don't understand gyrations at all?

"My "Golden Cutter" is a skill I discovered by accident when I felt the "natural beauty" of this world.I don't know what kind of wonderful association you had with me before. If you have misunderstood me, I... am not going to apologize to you at all, because I didn't do anything wrong. "

"..."

Jie Luo didn't speak, and left without looking back.

Nero turned his head, looked at the back of Gero's leaving, and fell into deep thought.Suzumi Sugimoto also looked at Gero's back.

"That guy feels like he's hiding a lot of things?"

"That's right. If Luhan was here, he probably couldn't wait to turn Zero into a book, right?"

"Luhan... I don't know how everyone is doing."

"..."

Nero didn't know how to answer this sentence, he just sighed softly, and gently embraced his wife's shoulder.

Lingmei was stunned for a moment, and then whispered: "Sorry, Nero, I distracted you."

"It's okay because...

"...I miss everyone too."

Chapter 20 Intermission Part Two

The west feels good to Nero.

Whether it is the comfort brought by the sea breeze gently blowing by the Pacific Ocean, the excitement brought by galloping on horseback, or the satisfaction brought by being the focus of tens of thousands of people, Nero enjoys it quite a lot.When Nero completed the necessary nursing care for Claudius according to the education of Mr. Joni, he even once had the idea that such a country seemed good.

However, at this moment, a noise in the street attracted Nero's attention.

"Please!

"My child is sick, I have to take my child to see a "doctor"! "

It was a young woman holding a baby in swaddling clothes, her face was severely burned from something she had experienced, and she looked a little frightening.

And standing in front of the woman were two justices of the peace.

"Madam, we have not prevented you from taking your child to see a doctor, you have this "freedom to see a doctor"!But according to the law, in order to ensure the perfect image of the city, especially during this "SBR" contest!"Ugly" people like you should not appear in the streets and public places, and you who violate the rules must pay the corresponding fines! "

"But if I pay the fine, I won't have money to see a doctor..."

"Then you can also choose not to pay and go to jail "immediately". "

As he spoke, the magistrate took out the handcuffs and wanted to handcuff the woman.

The woman was terrified and wanted to back up and run away with the child, but found that the sheriff had already touched the holster around her waist. This made the woman dare not move at all, and could only watch the sheriff approaching him in despair.

"I beg you, let me take the child to see a doctor before..."

"No! You have affected the image of the city, and you cannot pay the fine. You must be imprisoned immediately!"

The magistrate decisively rejected the woman's cry.

However, at this moment, a hand grabbed the sheriff's handcuffed wrist.

"Who... ah, champion?"

The sheriff was taken aback.

Nero wandered back and forth between the sheriff and the disfigured woman with confused eyes, and expressed his doubts.

"Mr. Magistrates, what are you doing...?"

"Arrest criminals according to the law, Mr. Champion."

"What law did she break?"

"The Ugly Law, my lord!"

The sheriff said of course.

Nero fell silent.

Nero may not know equestrianism, but as a master of law at the University of Rome, he has heard of this notorious law while reading extracurricular books.

In 1867, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a decree prohibiting begging and announced that certain people were not allowed to appear in public places on the street, otherwise they would be fined or imprisoned.This bill quickly spread in the United States. In 1881, the "Chicago Statute" issued a law: anyone who is sick, deformed or physically disabled will be fined and may be imprisoned if he appears on the street or on the highway.

Such laws have almost swept across the entire United States.

It was not until World War I that a large number of veterans returned from the front line with disabilities that this act was gradually phased out - by the way, Chicago repealed this act in 1974.

"...that guy over there is also a disabled person, why didn't you catch him?"

With a gloomy expression, Nero pointed to Jonny who was feeding the horses in the stable not far away.

Johnny saw Nero pointing at him from a distance, and tilted his head, not knowing what was going on.

The sheriff just said seriously.

"That's a 'rich' man, how could he be ugly? "

"Ha! Perfect, Benjamin Harrison!"