Ivy's arrival brought a new resident to the third floor of the hotel. Mu Hua discovered that the conflicts between the Benson family's descendants seemed to be more acute than he had imagined.
Tabitha has always treated Ivy with a calm attitude, so calm that she almost ignored her.
Ivy always had an unconcealable contempt for Tabitha, but she was also on guard against her, as if Tabitha was ready to grab her and slap her at any time.
Even if the two would say hello when they met, they would stay far away from each other, and Ivy would never take the initiative to communicate with Tabitha.
Tabitha always hangs out with Vivian, Icarus and Eve. These four girls are more like sisters, and Clark is like the stereotyped younger brother who is always teased by them. Tabitha also cares about the people in the logistics team.
Ivy spent more time accompanying Gray. They would go out to get along with Ajel, who was sent by Odysseus to scout the way. After confirming that Mu Hua was the Inspector General of the Raiders Association, when Ivy and Gray met Mu Hua, their expressions were obviously more uncertain.
And Mu Hua didn't try to get close to Ivy for the time being, as too much is as bad as too little.
Mu Hua has been looking for an opportunity to attack Ivy, the kind where the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.
Unfortunately, she and Gray were too close, and Mu Hua couldn't find an opportunity for the time being. He wanted to use Ajel to separate the two, but he was worried about complications. In addition, there were many adventurers wandering around the town recently, so Mu Hua gave up the idea for the time being.
Deman was in charge of the hotel affairs. As a hands-off boss, Mu Hua was originally planning to go to the Abyss Island to smelt the magic stones sent by Paji, and by the way, he should also call Tuesday to go out.
But Mu Hua was very surprised that the small town's "arms dealer" Old Morey suddenly came to the hotel, and what's more, the old guy actually invited Mu Hua to have a drink in the hotel.
Did this guy fall out with old Barron? He even supported Deman's liquor business.
“嘿,伙计,难道尤多拉夫人爱上了老巴伦,你想让我帮你揍他一顿么?”来到吧台附近的酒桌旁,穆骅坐在老莫雷的身边,接过一杯加了橄榄汁的杜松子酒。
"Haha, Eudora's eyes are full of my shadow. Mu, I have something serious to talk to you about." When Old Morey said this with a smile, Mu Hua unexpectedly discovered that he was actually wearing formal clothes, and the usual ruffian look on his face seemed to be much less.
"What's wrong? You give me a bad feeling. What happened?" Old Morey's strange behavior made Mu Hua stop joking.
He could be considered the first person Mu Hua made friends with after arriving in Loren, and it was also thanks to his introduction that Mu Hua was able to integrate into the town so quickly.
Although the two of them usually joked and made noises, and made some irrelevant jokes from time to time, Mu Hua still treated him as a friend.
"No, don't worry, I'm fine. I just came here to ask you, how do you feel about Hobert?" Old Morey waved his hand and asked.
"Hobert? Your son-in-law? Why would I care about what he does? Man, just tell me what's going on." Mu Hua said inexplicably.
Old Morey turned his head and looked around. The lobby on the first floor was very spacious, and many guests had gone to the courtyard recently, so there were not many people around the two of them.
Old Morey didn't look nervous. This action was just like gossiping about someone in a bar. It was just a habit.
"Mu, Pete has been getting more and more outrageous recently," said old Morey.
"Well, I know. Don't you want to remove him? No problem, I support you." Mu Hua said casually.
Citizens' right to vote and to be elected is essentially like taking off your pants to fart, but knowing how to use a feather as a token of authority and actively ignoring and giving up are two different things.
Ever since the establishment of the Cairns City project, Mayor Pete has become a little arrogant. Recently, he has not informed the townspeople of many matters related to the town. He has not learned much skills as a politician, but he has become more and more pretentious. Mu Hua does not mind putting obstacles in his way.
"Yes, we want to remove him, but you also know that from now on this place will be the City of Cairns."
"If we really push him out of office, what if Bridges sends us a mayor or district chief? Those people are coming for Cairns City and they will definitely not be on the same page with us," said Old Morey.
Bear Pig Town originally belonged to Hayman City, and Hayman City was a city under the jurisdiction of Earl Bridges. Now Bear Pig Town is under the jurisdiction of Caines City, separated from Hayman, but still under the jurisdiction of Bridges.
"You mean..." Old Morey's statement was not groundless. Bear Pig Town was originally located in a remote area and had nothing. Naturally, it would not attract the attention of the big men, and no politician was willing to come here.
Nowadays, huge investments are being made in urban construction. Regardless of whether it is for speculation or planning, regardless of whether they are sent or run their own way, I think there should be many people who come here to raise flags.
Local officials, local officials, you are an outsider who comes to serve as an official in a local area. You say you will work hard for the welfare of the local area? No one believes it.
Of course, after the town became the city of Cairns, the term "place" gradually became blurred and changed. Perhaps only the original inhabitants of the town were more persistent in the original meaning of "place".
If they are not persistent, it doesn't really matter. At most, they will not complain when "outsiders" bully them in their hometown in the future. Instead, they will give up their own land, close their own businesses, and go to tighten screws for others.
But obviously, the unruly people in Bear Pig Town are not aware of this for the time being. Mu Hua also instantly understood that Old Morey intended to defeat Pitt and then push one of his own to the stage to take his place.
"Yes, that's right. What do you think about letting Hobert be the mayor?" Old Morey asked Mu Hua.
"I think... even if I think there's no problem, it's not something we can accomplish by just squatting here and having a couple of drinks, right?" Mu Hua said with a smile. No wonder old Morey personally took part in the battle, it seemed like he wanted to fight against his own son-in-law.
"I have informed some people in the town about this matter. Ivan, Gena, Dorn and Selma all support it. Now it's up to you." Old Morey stared at Mu Hua, and there was a bit of momentum in his old eyes that he wanted to persuade people to join the Liangshan movement. Ivan and Gena were both wealthy people in the town, and they controlled large tracts of land. Although one was a lumberjack and the other a farmer and livestock breeder, they had a lot of say in the town.
Including those bosses who run factories and businesses, no matter how glamorous they look on the surface and how high their profits are, when it comes to the affairs of the small town, it is not that they are unwilling to get involved with the town's bumpkins, but they know very well that they have no right to interrupt in front of Ivan and Gena.
Dorn is a doctor family in the town. In the early years when the town was deserted, townspeople would rely on Dorn's family to take care of headaches and fevers.
From treating eyes to constipation, from treating people to treating animals, Dorn can do it all.
Well, no matter in which world, throughout history, there are only two abilities that can last forever, one is killing, and the other is saving.
So Dorn is quite influential in the town.
As for Selma, who sells magic materials, she is considered a veteran in the town. In the early years, she was also the only resident in the town who knew some magic knowledge and taught it to the children in the town.
In addition, old Barron, who had been in charge of the town's "entertainment venue" for many years and had been on the same side with old Morey since childhood, won the support of this group of people, which meant that old Morey almost won the support of all the townspeople.
But gaining the support of the townspeople does not mean that his son-in-law can become the mayor. After all, they are just a bunch of unruly people. . .
This is Bear Pig Town under the rule of the Magic Empire. Public opinion is very important to the empire, but you can't do whatever you want.
I think even without Mu Hua's reminder, it is impossible for old Morey not to understand this.
"What do you want me to do?" Mu Hua asked old Morey.
"I heard that you have a lot of skeleton followers?" asked Old Morey.
"Who told you that?" Mu Hua was stunned. Everyone in the town knew that he was a necromancer, but he did not summon a large number of skeletons in front of the villagers, and the townspeople could not tell whether the skeletons he created were his followers or not.
"I heard it from Tricia." Old Morey whispered.
"Tsk~, you actually persuaded her?" Mu Hua's eyelids twitched. This old guy was so awesome that he even dared to tease the wandering witch.
"Well, as long as she's still in the town, no other witches will be allowed to open shops in the town." Old Morey said.
"Very good. If Hobert hadn't gone up, I would have tried my best to persuade Tricia to spare your life." Mu Hua twitched his mouth.
"Don't talk about this. How many skeleton warriors do you have? Can you gather a hundred of them?" said Old Morey.
"Who are you looking down on? How dare you use a make-up word when there are less than 500 of them? What do you need them for?" Mu Hua curled his lips. He really did have a lot of skeleton warriors.
"Hiss~~, are they all your followers?" Old Morey gasped.
"Well, that's not the case. If you give me a few hundred devil leather scrolls, I will sign them all." Mu Hua shook his head.
The devil's skin scroll is very cheap. It can be made from the skin of a little devil. It's not that Mu Hua can't afford the devil's skin scroll, but he finds it troublesome.
Mu Hua found it troublesome to create skeleton warriors, which were "by-products" created to swipe skeleton mages, so he simply asked them not to kill each other and did not sign slavery contracts with them one by one.
"Then how many followers do you have? I dare not use them if they are not followers." Old Morey rolled his eyes. It's not that he couldn't afford the devil's leather scroll, but mainly because he didn't believe that Mu Hua could turn all those skeleton warriors into followers.
"You need it? You... forget it, the followers can probably gather two or three hundred, what exactly do you want to do?" Mu Hua was stunned and waved his hand and asked.
"Two or three hundred? Well, how about two hundred? You provide two hundred skeleton warriors, and I will equip them with weapons and ammunition."
"I think we should let Hobert form a guard to maintain the law and order of our town."
"Besides, isn't the Star Patrol Conference about to open? Let Hobert take them to show off. He's just a mayor, and with such armed forces in his hands, he should be able to gain some benefits, right?" Old Morey analyzed.
Mu Hua was stunned: "Maintaining public order? Hobert is not the mayor now, so your membership in the security team is fake, right?"
"I've discussed it with Sheriff Loraini, and it's no problem," said Old Morey.
"Old man, why didn't I know you were so awesome before. But, what's the use of the Star Patrol Conference? Your first-level exorcism bullets are nothing?" Mu Hua really admired old Morey. It was not in vain that he found Hobert as his father-in-law.
"Level five, level five exorcism bullets. Kunna is willing to cooperate with us. She can provide level five exorcism bullets." Old Morey said proudly.
"..." Mu Hua was silent. Good fellow, even Kunna has joined the gang. Even if Pete doesn't step down, he will probably have no place in the town in the future. (End of this chapter)