But Thales ignored him at all.

The young Duke stared at the opening that was getting farther and farther away, unconsciously holding his chest, his eyes blurred:

"In the past, if you were lucky, beggars could get unexpected harvests here."

for example……

One is enough to change your destiny...

silver.

Gilbert sighed helplessly again, no longer trying to persuade the prince who was in a difficult mood, but calmed down his expression and listened quietly.

The knights kept moving forward, and soon, more and more things aroused Thales' emotions.

"You know, if you keep walking in this direction and walk through three living blocks filled with low-class people, you will reach the lower city."

Thales gestured towards a dilapidated doorway in the distance:

"Then you'll see the dark streets."

The legendary underworld.

Facing the silent Gilbert, Thales slowly shook his head and said in a low tone:

"Anyone who wants to settle there must be ruthless enough or brave enough."

Or...desperate enough.

"There is a low-lying street not far away. Everyone calls it an underground street."

Underground street.

Thales breathed in a daze, and unknowingly the object of his story was no longer in front of him:

"Every time it rains, it floods, so the houses and shops there, including the Grove Pharmacy on the corner, always have a musty smell."

Grove Pharmacy.

The more Thales kept talking, the more confused and complicated his mood became.

"Except for the Sunset Bar, which has the highest and best location, it rarely floods except for a back alley that is often filled with garbage. But what's even better is that few people dare to run wild there, so you have to be careful about your targets.

Don’t mess with the wrong person.”

Sunset Bar.

The young man paused, feeling a little choked for a moment.

Before a graceful figure entered his mind, he calmed down his emotions in time:

"And next to the underground street..."

Thales took a deep breath and looked at the streets of Yongxing City, feeling that his right hand was shaking slightly.

Next to him, Gilbert pursed his lips.

"beside……"

Thales swallowed his throat.

"It was an abandoned stone house."

His voice became a little shaky.

"Half the city has gathered homeless..."

"Wanderer."

The sound of the team's horses' hooves was still there, and the guards' vigilance remained unabated.

But Duke Xinghu in the team slowly lowered his head.

Even Gilbert looked solemn.

A few seconds later.

"Gilbert, I didn't have time to ask before."

The young man's voice sounded faintly on the horse:

"But about what I asked you to do in the past six years..."

Gilbert's expression changed slightly:

"Oh, of course, your collection of certain books includes gifts for the Grand Duchess..."

But Thales interrupted him:

"No, Gilbert."

The prince raised his head, his eyes slightly dazed, but regained his clarity after a few seconds:

"You know what I'm talking about."

Thales stared at Gilbert closely, as if that was the way out for the lost.

Gilbert sighed.

"Lord Marius just said..."

But the Duke interrupted him again.

"Gilbert."

"I'm begging you," Thales said with a slight urgency in his eyes:

"please."

The team was still moving forward and had unknowingly left the western part of Yongxing City. The messy paths and side roads had disappeared, replaced by wide, flat, horizontal and vertical avenues.

"No, Your Highness."

Finally, Gilbert exhaled, unable to conceal his exhaustion:

"I'm very sorry."

Thales said nothing.

He just waited quietly.

"I asked several favors from the City Hall and even the Police Department to launch several raids on Xiacheng District and Xihuan District in the name of cleaning up the city and streets..."

Sure enough, Gilbert spoke with shame in his words:

"But as you know, at that time, apart from arresting a few 'evil forces' to appease the people and let people continue to praise social stability and better life..."

Gilbert paused:

"Overnight, those ugly and dirty people and things disappeared mysteriously, making it impossible to trace them."

Thales stared at the ground.

Gilbert looked at the young man's expression and felt a little afraid to face him:

"My friend, they swept all the underground streets and abandoned houses as you mentioned."

Gilbert shook his head in disappointment:

"Of course, as usual..."

"That day, the underground streets turned into antique shops and funeral areas, as well as stinking garbage dumps. The eyes of the gravediggers and corpse-carrying people were stupid, sincere, innocent and helpless. No matter how picky and harsh the police officers were, they could only arrest them.

Some trivial thefts led to a large number of poor people struggling to have food and clothing, and they complained, forcing the authorities to stop."

"As for the abandoned house, just like dozens of previous inspections by the city hall, it has turned into an empty garbage dump and an ominous corpse dumping ground, with only a dozen homeless people and inarticulate speech.

madman."

"No one was found."

Thales clenched his fists.

At that moment, he only felt a dull pain in his chest.

It seems that the wound from six years ago is still burning.

As the team passed by a crowd that seemed to be gathering to watch the sideshow, the prince's horse neighed, causing the surrounding horses to stir uneasily.

The royal guards quickly calmed down the commotion of the mounts, changed their formation, and moved away from the circus.

But Thales didn't care about this.

He was thinking about other things.

In the face of power, whether it is the Underworld Brotherhood or the Blood Bottle Gang, they have their own methods.

Break it into parts and cut off the tail to survive.

Wait until the wind blows over before leaving the nest.

And everything is business as usual.

Thales breathed hard:
To be continued...