Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 175 [Gathering]

Although the other party is most likely here to investigate the whereabouts of Cardinal Casar, and may still want to capture Vincent.

Ethan was not too nervous.

Because Casar disappeared directly in the sea and left almost no information, the other party must have known very little.

And everyone who knew Vincent's identity was dead.

If they wanted to break the deadlock now, it seemed that the only person they could rely on was Ethan.

This is instead an opportunity.

Ethan decided to meet with the other party first.

The meeting was scheduled for the next afternoon. The person who came was the other party's nominal top leader, Father Otto in White, who was also the president of the New World First Bank, a Sun God bank that came to Winster to open this time.

He will be based in Winster from now on.

This was a man in his early forties. At first glance, he didn't look like a clergyman at all. Even though he was wearing the robes of the Sun God Cult, there was not a trace of piety between his brows.

When Ethan saw him, he felt that he was shrewd from head to toe.

This is a businessman.

It's strange to say, in the past two days Ethan first met a man who looked more like a believer than a captain, and then met a guy who looked more like a businessman than a believer.

"Oh, Mr. Ethan, you must be Mr. Ethan. I've already heard about your greatness from dear Palen along the way. After arriving in Winster, I read a lot of newspapers and talked to many people, and I know even more about how important a person you are. It's such an honor to work with you."

This guy named Otto can really be described as flattering.

Ethan seemed to enjoy it very much. He asked him to sit down and asked Anya to bring him a glass of Brando coffee produced in the Old World.

Ethan already knew that this guy loved drinking coffee.

Sure enough, as soon as he picked it up, he was pleasantly surprised: "Is this the beans produced by Brando this year? This aroma, oh, it's intoxicating..."

"If you like, take some away later." Ethan said with a smile.

"No, no, you're too polite." Although he said he didn't dare, his eyes clearly showed that he wanted to have more.

After drinking coffee, the two of them had a preliminary discussion on some issues related to opening a bank, including procedures and policies.

In the end, we had a very pleasant chat.

But Ethan didn't mention anything about looking for someone or any other topic in that regard, and Otto didn't say a word either.

Very patient.

But Ethan was not afraid that he could keep his composure. Originally, he wanted to show his strength today and reveal his needs.

Only when both parties have needs will the other party be willing to ask him to do something.

After seeing Otto off, Ethan received a call from Marvin.

"Heisenberg is here, and I've said everything I need to say."

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Heisenberg arrived at Winster in the morning.

He went directly to the Prohibition Bureau building.

At the time, Marvin was handling a newly discovered bootlegging case.

This is certainly the case Ethan gave him.

After he completely surrendered to Ethan, Ethan promised to give him enough bootleg liquor every month to complete the task.

But correspondingly, Marvin cannot really punish too harshly those people that Ethan handed over, and they should be released at about the right time.

That's balance.

And Ethan promised that when the time was right, he would give him a great enough achievement to earn him a promotion.

It cannot be said that Ma Wen enjoyed what he did, but his heart had indeed become calm, and he did not feel the slightest bit of shame for bowing to his enemies and criminals.

Or perhaps, all his emotions had already been completely dissipated in the laughter he laughed after meeting Joseph that day.

So after seeing Heisenberg, he didn't feel any emotion at all. He didn't blame him for being so late, or anything else.

Instead, Heisenberg looked at him with a guilty look.

"I'm sorry, Marvin. I should have come earlier, but I was really stuck. How are you doing lately?"

"Not bad. Originally, I was a little overwhelmed by the pressure from the Kingdom Statistics Bureau, but who is Joseph's fault for making such a stupid mistake?"

Heisenberg also laughed when he heard this.

"That's good... Is there any news about the King of the North Sea?"

He asked the latter sentence in a low voice.

The King of the North Sea, the King of the North Sea again. When Marvin heard this name, he felt a deep sense of disgust.

These people only care about their own affairs. Who really cares about them?

The emotions that surged in an instant were immediately suppressed by Marvin.

"No news."

"Marvin, I've also heard about Aberlin. Although I look down on him, don't worry. He's my brother after all. Now that I'm here, no one can bully you anymore."

Heisenberg patted Marvin's shoulder hard.

Marvin nodded, seeming to appreciate the situation. "But the biggest event in the city right now is probably the Winchester University anniversary. I have a feeling something is going to happen between Ethan and Osvaldo. And...if we're really talking about the King of the North Sea, Osvaldo is actually very suspicious."

This last sentence was naturally Ethan's instructions.

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The anniversary of the University of Winchester is getting closer.

The festive atmosphere in the whole city is becoming more and more intense.

But on this morning, the second to last day of April, something not so festive happened.

seaside.

The very spot where Sandro's castle once stood, now razed to the ground, was briefly reclaimed from the sea and is now submerged again.

It was at this location that seawater backflow occurred again.

In addition to invading the land again, the sea water also brought many strange things from the sea.

There were many carcasses of deep-sea fish, as well as some ancient sunken objects that had been buried deep in the seabed and had not surfaced for who knows how many years.

There are remains of buildings, statues, murals, and stone slabs.

And without exception, these things all have one characteristic.

It is a strong image of sea god worship.

This situation once again caused panic among the people, and the voices against land reclamation, which had originally faded, were raised again.

People gathered outside the city hall to protest again, and it took the city hall a lot of effort to suppress the protest.

In addition to these voices from ordinary people, some people have also paid attention to this seawater backflow.

Especially the anomalies, those strange things that were rolled up.

Why are there ancient relics of sea god worship in the sea?

Is this really a warning or punishment from the Sea God?
Or was it Osvaldo who initiated the land reclamation project and did something unknown in it?

In a dark tide.

The anniversary of Winchester University is finally here.

It was a sunny day.

The sun is shining and there is almost no cloud in the sky.

(End of this chapter)