592 Banquet Part 2 (2/2)
next time, Mr. Watson.”
”Is this your revenge?” Watson said, helplessly.
”If you say so.” Lola shrugged.
Pretty soon, a thin figure wearing a white raincoat came out of the darkness
and nodded to Lola. ”Madam, it's all settled.” In the man's hand, a dog-leg
shaped saber was covered in blood, which the rain had not washed it off the
blade.
”Who are you…” The director unbelievably looked at those people. He could
not believe that all the men he had positioned around were taken out. It was
done in just several seconds!
Staring at Watson, he said, using all his remaining strength, ”who are those
people?”
”Who else can they be?” Watson blew out a mouthful of smoke and said
coldly, ”they are the Fifth Department. You denied its existence, remember? I
told you, this place is not in my charge. It is the premise of higher-level
departments. But you don't believe me.”
He smoked the cigarette. Then, he flipped the rest of the cigarette into the
blood shed by the agent head. Blue fire burst out, as if the cigarette was
tossed into a pool of burning oil.
”Oh, I almost forgot.” Watson waved his hand. ”Thank you for your cigarette.”
The flame devoured the body of the agent head, which was burned into
nothing in a few seconds. There was only the arrow and a man-shaped mark
on the wall.
Watson turned back. The warehouse was almost full of people, of whom some
wore peasants' clothes, some wore expensive clothes and a lot more wore
tight clothes with weapons.
As he said, they are the Fifth Department.
According to the plan Ye Qingxuan gave him, he transported all the fighting
crew of the Fifth Department to Avalon. To this end, he booked all the capacity
of two shipping lines, asked all the favors he could get and rented all the ships
in Anglo by money or even threat.
He selected the best fighters and minimized the number of them as mush as
he could. Within 3 days, a total of 5700 people arrived in Avalon.
It was all as Ye Qingxuan had ordered.
Watson looked at the more than a dozen of commanders and nodded
satisfactorily. He stretched his hand to take from his subordinate a thick pile of
documents and then tossed the pile on the table.
”It's almost time. No need to wait for the signal. Here is the plan. Finish
reading it in ten minutes and, eh, follow aunt Lola's lead to have fun.” Watson
smiled, ”wish you all have a good time!”
He barely finished his words when there came a huge boom from afar.
Through the heavy rain, they could see the fires in the center of the city and
hear the noise of riots everywhere. Then, a burning holy emblem flied up into
the sky, shinning like a burning sun in the rain.
Watson could not help but smiled. ”That bunch of old fellows were doing quite
well. The older the wiser. It is really true. We need to speed up here…”
While he was murmuring, a man came up from the rain. He took out a new
wheelchair from a water-proof bag, helped Watson sit in the new chair. And
finally, he put another new blanket on Watson's knees. It was the same as the
previous one.
”Yes. This feels really good.” Rubbing the blanket on his knees with his
fingers, he nodded satisfactorily. ”Derek, you always know what I want! You
should be my steward instead of a 'executioner'.”
Derek answered, ”if you want, sir.”
”Of course not. Have you heard of any steward who hire another steward to
work for him?”
Watson smiled and wheeled the chair into the rain. Derek followed him closely
and held a huge black umbrella for him.
”Everyone here?” Watson asked.
”Yes, sir. As you ordered.”
”What are you waiting for then, an invitation?” Watson said, waving his hand,
”if anyone want an invitation, I can get some for you next time. But now, show
those bureaucrats what you can do. Derek, tell them this: you received your
payment long time ago, now is the time you do your job.”
Derek nodded and took a heavy whale-bone horn off his back and raised to
his lips. Then, he took a big breath, his chest bulging out like a grave, and
blew the horn with all his strength.
Nothing happened.
Yet, in the rain, long echoes were heard. They were like the songs sung by
the whales when they were wandering in the ocean. The songs pierced
through the rain curtain and transmitted to every direction.
Wherever the song goes, numerous rings of bronze bells were sounded.
Pretty soon, one of the doors was pushed open. and then, a second door, a
third…
From the houses that had been burned, from the ruins of collapsed buildings,
from under the wet and cold bridge, blood-shot eyes were brightened on
hearing the sound.
After a while, the violent thugs pushed open the door of their shelters and
went into the rain, breathing the air of freedom eagerly.
Anglos, Sicilians, Asgardians, Indians and Orientals who had fled their
countries all followed the call of the horn and went back into the streets, with
swords and irons in their hands.
Hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands of people.
They walked in the alleys and streets through the storm.
Finally, they gathered in front of Watson, forming a dark ocean of people.
”Everyone's here. Good. The steak I've ordered will be here very soon. Let's
make the long story short as time is limited.” Watson blew some warm breath
onto his hands and rubbed them. ”God know how difficult it is to order a
premium rare steak in Avalon. I should cherish it and be thankful. You
understand? This the basic table manner, and a very important thing. I hope
you can treat it as seriously as I do. This is the only thing you need to pay
attention to. Besides that, you can do as you wish…”
While he was speaking, the tower bridge boomed far away.
In the violent explosion, the iron gate broke, and the jammed road between
the central city and the lower city was cleared.
Watson smiled happily, as if he had heard the ringing of the waiter when the
dishes were served. ”Gentlemen, it's dinner time. This is a really precious
buffet, so enjoy your banquet.”
The iron-grey pupils of the people, lightened up by the fire in the sky, turned
into blood-red like those of the demons, full of violence and thirst.
”Hope your appetite is as good as mine.” Watson said.