eurekapd Chapter 39 Preparation
Chapter 39 Preparation
Anjiu went to the black market on the 44th floor alone.
There is currently a fruit knife and a rubber stick in the space, but with her current strength, they can easily be taken away and turned into weapons to hurt herself.
She didn't intend to show it until it was absolutely necessary.
She hoped to find a smaller weapon on the black market.
"I don't have the stuff you're talking about." The bearded man shook his head. "Don't waste your time. No one here has it."
Anjiu nodded in thanks and lowered his hat to leave.
The bearded man stopped her and said, "Wait, do you have any food in your hand? We can exchange it."
He patted his bulging pocket and looked at Anjiu expectantly.
Anjiu now has only one thing to eat...
She considered that if she couldn't buy weapons, she would have to find a way to fill her stomach, which would increase her chances of survival.
Approaching the bearded man, she lowered her voice and said, "There really is one, but it's a little dry. Do you want one?"
"what?"
"orange."
The bearded man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked around vigilantly, "This is not the place to talk, follow me."
Since he never concealed his appearance, almost everyone who had been here knew him, and after a while they had figured out his style of doing things. Now seeing him leading people somewhere else, the people who had been secretly keeping an eye on this place became anxious and followed behind him stealthily.
The bearded man ignored it, turned a few corners and came to a door. Just as he was about to push it open, he heard the sound of An Jiu coming from far behind him.
"This is a good location, let's go here."
The bearded man turned around and saw Anjiu standing at the corner, staring at him with a pair of bright big eyes without blinking.
"?"
He was about to open his mouth when he immediately realized that the other party was worried that he would kill someone and steal the goods.
"Okay, that location is fine too."
Approaching Anjiu, the bearded man looked down at the edge of her wide hood and had a new understanding of her cautious nature.
He said, "Let me take a look at the goods first."
This was a reasonable request. Anjiu took out the dehydrated and shriveled orange from the space.
She held it in her palm, and the dark yellow-brown color that appeared between her fingers made the man involuntarily take a deep breath, trying to smell the long-lost sweet fruity scent.
Anjiu used his body to block the outsiders' view, and showed the orange with his backhand, explaining: "The weather is too dry, and I couldn't bear to eat it, so it became like this."
The skin, which should have been orange and shiny, turned brown due to lack of water and lost its fruity aroma.
But the bearded man was obviously in high spirits, and he said cheerfully, "I understand. What do you want to exchange? Food? Or something else? Tell me what you want. As long as I have it and it's suitable, I'll exchange it."
An Jiu tried, "You really don't have anything suitable for me?"
The bearded man shook his head. "Really? The Hive has strict controls. If it's not made in an underground factory, it will be easily detected if you carry it on your body. I advise you not to have any bad thoughts."
He looked at Anjiu meaningfully.
Some things cannot be said explicitly.
An Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and he calmly changed the subject: "Do you have any meat and steamed buns?"
The other party probably meant that the hive prohibits the private possession of things from other worlds, especially weapons, and there are instruments to detect them.
As for what kind of instrument it was, Anjiu guessed it was a transmitter.
"Hiss, you are not polite at all. Although the fruit is rare, it is not filling after all. At most, it is just for tasting. No one except me will buy this."
The price was too high, and the bearded man was gritting his teeth in pain.
An Jiu put the orange in his pocket and said, "It's different. Just like your hands are wrinkled, it's actually due to lack of vitamins. Eating oranges is just right, and the peel can be soaked in water to drink. If you go to buy medicine, it will be more than just this."
The bearded man looked at his fingers in surprise, "You know all this?"
An Jiu said briefly: "I heard it from others."
This sentence can be used to explain it. After all, who knows what happened in the mutant world?
The man fell into deep thought, and it was obvious that he understood this as well.
Don't rush to drink the wine, let him think slowly.
About three minutes later, the bearded man slowly said, "I can give you the steamed buns, but I can only give you a small can of meat."
"Let me check out the goods first."
The bearded man agreed. He asked Anjiu to wait here while he went back to get the things.
Anjiu leaned against the wall, half-closing his eyes to rest. People were coming and going in the corridor, and they all kept a certain distance from each other.
Most people like to drag their feet when they walk, as if their legs have no strength - they are hungry because they don’t have enough food. So when a person who walks upright with the corners of his clothes fluttering in the wind appears in the environment, he or she will be very conspicuous.
Anjiu saw him stop in front of the door where the bearded man disappeared, and raised his hand to knock.
"Who?" The bearded man poked his head out from the crack of the door. After seeing the other person's face clearly, he immediately smiled and opened the door wide. "Why are you here? If you need any help, just tell me."
"Exchange something with you."
As soon as the tall man's magnetic voice appeared, An Jiu was stunned. Almost at the same time, Pu Huai's face automatically appeared in her mind.
Why is he here too?
The bearded man laughed heartily: "Haha, no problem, whatever you want."
"Just food that can fill your stomach."
"Oh, that's a pity," the bearded man pointed his finger and said bluntly, "I just agreed to exchange the buns with her."
Pu Huai turned around and followed the direction of the finger. He saw a short man with a big hood on his head that completely covered his face.
He looked away, "You only have steamed buns?"
The bearded man spread out his palms and said innocently, "I also gave her a can of meat. I'm going to keep the last can for myself."
"..."
The bearded man was puzzled: "How can you be a captain, and still be short of food? Just go to Cailutong Store and buy some. It's very close."
Pu Huai said coldly: "I bought some glass."
"Oh." The bearded man reacted. "Huh? You spent all your contribution points? At Boss Zhang's place? No way, he's a notorious rip-off. It's reasonable to buy some food, but why... hey, why are you leaving?"
The footsteps were getting closer, and Anjiu shook his head slightly to lower his hood even lower.
Pu Huai walked past her within the range of the hat brim and the "mask", and his scorching gaze swept over her head.
An Jiu heaved a sigh of relief only after making sure he had left.
At this time, the bearded man came over with something and handed it to Anjiu generously, "Take a look, I can't bear to eat it myself."
It was a steamed bun wrapped in kraft paper, as big as two fists, yellowish in color, and became very hard after being dried for a long time. It felt heavy in the hand.
The other one was a glass can without any instructions. It was a very small can, weighing only about 100 grams, and the seal on it had not been opened.