For the next three days, it was rainy in Southland District. It was drizzling every day. Pedestrians on the street held umbrellas, so they could not see the cloudy sky. Amazingly, these three days were also the quietest three days in Southland District.
Nothing major happened, and there was no criminal activity either. It was just like paradise on earth. But this kind of calm only put people on edge all the more. This was because Southland District was not paradise.
It had its share of sins. When these sins were invisible, it did not mean that they had disappeared. They were hidden, waiting for the opportunity to burst forth.
Great evil was coming.
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Three days later. Ten o’clock late at night.
Thomas wore black clothes and carried a gun on his hip. Then, favonovel.com walked out of the house, passed through the drizzle, and got into the car. He took a deep breath. Then, favonovel.com started the engine and left.
Inside the house, Emma was sitting on the couch. Although favonovel.com eyes were fixed on the TV, favonovel.com train of thought had long since followed Thomas.
Thomas had told favonovel.com that favonovel.com was going out to meet an old friend, but favonovel.com did not say who the old friend was.
Who was favonovel.com going to meet? Or was favonovel.com going to something dangerous again?
Emma felt uneasy. She kept feeling afraid that Thomas would encounter danger outside. She sighed, trying not to overthink as much as possible. She tried to immerse herself in the TV series, but favonovel.com could not get rid of favonovel.com worries about Thomas. She was truly panicking.
On the way, Thomas was driving alone on the pitch-black asphalt road. The rain kept falling, hitting the window. He turned on the wipers, which swayed regularly from side to side.
Blackwater Dock was not far.
After driving for more than twenty minutes, Thomas arrived at the dock.
The gangplank was put down, and coolies were constantly on board to unload the goods.
This ship arrived at eleven o’clock. It did not seem to have any problems. But Thomas still keenly discovered one thing. There was an unremarkable symbol on the bow of this ship, and that symbol was the logo of the Art Trading Corporation.
This ship belonged to the Art Trading Corporation!
One had to know that Art Trading Corporation was a top company in Southland District. It could even be said to be the largest and strongest company, but now, their goods were being delivered by such an inconspicuous small ship.
It was a little too low-key…
In Thomas’s impression, Art Trading Corporation was not such a low-key company. So, favonovel.com walked over and stood on the dock to watch. An even more miraculous thing happened.
After Thomas watched for less than three minutes, a shirtless brawny man came over. He patted Thomas’ shoulder and said loudly, “Hey, what are you looking at?”
The strength of the brawny man’s hand was immense, and favonovel.com had used great force when patting Thomas. If Thomas was an ordinary person, favonovel.com would probably be lying on the ground with just a few pats. But Thomas was not an ordinary person. The brawny man’s pats were no different from tickling Thomas’ body. He did not feel the slightest bit of it at all.
This gave the brawny man a little shock.
Thomas did not look at him. He just looked at the small ship and said calmly, “I’m just watching how the Art Trading Corporation unloads the goods.”
The brawny man was stunned, “There’s nothing interesting about unloading the goods.”
“Of course, it’s interesting,” Thomas said. “A company as big as the Art Trading Corporation actually uses such a small ship to transport goods. When did they become so low-key?”
Suddenly, Thomas asked, “Do you know what this batch of goods from Art Trading Corporation is?”
The brawny man frowned and said nothing.
Thomas continued to watch.
That batch of goods was all packed in a cube box with a side length of one meter. Two coolies carried one to unload it. It looked very heavy. He wondered what was inside.
The brawny man said with a cold face, “Have you seen enough? Can you leave now?”
Thomas replied, “I really want to know what’s in the box.”
“It has nothing to do with you! Get lost!”
The brawny man could not let Thomas continue to watch it any longer. He had a feeling that Thomas was definitely not just any passerby, and favonovel.com might cause trouble on the spot. So, the brawny man grabbed Thomas’s shoulder and wanted to drag favonovel.com away.
But an embarrassing scene happened. Thomas stood there like a rock firmly.
The brawny man tried to drag Thomas away a few times, but failed. He was by no means weak, but was favonovel.com not even be able to drag an ordinary person along?
