At dusk, the sun had gone down and disappeared, and the western sky was full of burning clouds, Li Rui disguised himself as a middle-aged man with a beard and came to the lighthouse square, sat on a leisure chair to rest, wearing a new-style Tang costume, looking a little steady, holding a newspaper in his hand, and observing the surroundings while reading the newspaper.

Not far from the grass, a group of gray pigeons are walking as if no one is looking, occasionally looking for something to eat on the ground, a few children under the leadership of adults, the face in their hands is torn apart and thrown over, attracting the pigeons to scramble, the lighthouse palace on the periphery of the square is full of people and cars, very prosperous, that is the political power center of the lighthouse federation, not only the president of the lighthouse federation works in it, many important departments are also in it.

Li Rui looked around, his eyes fell on the Statue of Liberty opposite the Lighthouse Palace, the distance was a little far, and he could only vaguely see a vague outline, the Statue of Liberty holding high the torch of freedom, like a lighthouse, becoming a spiritual beacon for people who yearn for freedom, illuminating the direction of everyone's struggle.

At this time, Luffy came back in a hurry with some food, sat down next to him, and said with a smile: "I ran a few streets and found a company that sells roast goose, has been roasting goose, has been roasting chicken, a bag of small steamed buns, and a few bottles of water, is it enough for you to eat?" I see you have a very good appetite for every meal, right? ”

"No taboo, thank you for your hard work, can you eat here?" Li Rui said with a smile.

"Yes, just go back and clean up." Luffy said with a smile, put the food bag in his hand between the two, tore off a chicken leg and nibbled on it, drank a few sips of water, looked at the Statue of Liberty in the distance and smiled: "This is a strange federal country, it obviously believes in the Statue of Liberty, but it is named the Lighthouse Federation, some people say that this federation is too strong, too hegemonic, and hopes to become a beacon for the whole world, or even the entire universe." ”

"It's a self-centered mindset, there's nothing right or wrong, it's just a different choice, what do you want to say?" Li Rui also tore off a chicken leg and asked while eating.

"This country wants to be a beacon of humanity, self-centered, advocating freedom, but not giving freedom to others, but using the so-called freedom to bring disasters to others, everything centered on its own interests, this idea is deeply supported by the people of this Federation, but it has brought more disasters to the world." Luffy said with some dissatisfaction.

"You're still quite angry?" Li Rui said with a smile.

"That's necessary, is it also an attitude, a kind of personality, but I know when to say it and when not to say it, in short, brothers live happily, everyone has money to spend, other freedoms, democracy and bullshit lighthouse theory, to hell with it, it has nothing to do with us people, no matter what, we are always second-class meritorious in this federation." Luffy laughed self-deprecatingly.

As he was talking, a phone call came in, Luffy immediately connected, listened for a while, and said happily to Li Rui: "Brothers, keep up with the goal, in Triumph Street, four blocks away from here." ”

"How long have you been following?" Li Rui asked in surprise.

Luffy asked, and simply handed the phone to Li Rui, Li Rui took it, and heard a voice say: "We found that the target has been following for three minutes, and the target has been moving forward, two black business vehicles, turning into Liberty Avenue and heading towards the Liberty Bridge, we continue to follow." ”

"No, withdraw immediately." Li Rui suddenly realized that something was wrong, a group of amateurs followed for three minutes, it was impossible for the Scorpion King not to notice, and it was impossible to do nothing if he was aware of it, there was only one possibility, that is, he was fishing, deliberately letting everyone follow, there were traps in it.

"Huh?" The other party was surprised.

Li Rui handed the phone to Luffy and advised: "Hurry up, let all the brothers withdraw immediately, if you don't want to die, leave the scene quickly, leave the city and hide, and come back in a few days when the wind has passed, I feel wrong, there is a conspiracy here." ”

"Huh? Good. Luffy was taken aback, and hurriedly said a few words to the phone, and then sent a message to all the other brothers who were watching, asking everyone to withdraw, regardless of whether they were exposed or not, all of them hid and said, Luffy saw that Li Rui didn't seem to be joking, and he was very nervous, knowing that it was not simple.

Li Rui didn't speak with a gloomy face, and he regretted a little in his heart that he let the people who stole the door participate, everyone stole things, it's no problem to make a mess or something, just keep an eye on a professional like the Scorpion King, don't have that strength, I take it for granted, fortunately, I found it early, and it didn't make a big mistake.

After a while, Luffy looked at Li Rui and said uncertainly, "Door master? ”

"Luffy, I was wrong." Li Rui interrupted, raised his hand to signal Luffy not to say any more, and added after a moment of silence: "The opponent is very cunning, deliberately revealing his identity and location, attracting me to make a move, and secretly has already set up a trap waiting for me, fortunately, the opponent's target is me, and I didn't make a move, otherwise the brothers will be in trouble." ”

"It's so serious." Luffy said in surprise.

"You can't overstate how serious you think, they have very professional anti-tracking capabilities, huge resources and capabilities, maybe the brothers who are tracking have been exposed a lot, at least the brothers who have followed must have been exposed, the brothers' information has been checked by them clearly, no, immediately arrange for them to return to China, take the fastest flight, and hide for a while." Li Rui said with a solemn face.

"Ah, okay." Luffy also realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly agreed.

Li Rui realized that he had made an unforgivable mistake, and he took it for granted, thinking that the thief disciple was familiar with the terrain and environment, and it was no problem to find someone, in fact, it was indeed no problem, but he ignored the danger behind, fortunately he did not make a big mistake, and regretted it, this kind of professional tracking should not involve outsiders, it is not capable enough.

After thinking for a while, Li Rui realized another problem, the Scorpion King found that the person he was following suddenly disappeared, what could he think of, would he do it in advance? In a hurry, he immediately said: "No, Luffy, where is Freedom Avenue, I'm going to fill in the position, keep up, the target won't suspect if he finds that there are still people following, start in advance, and the brothers will have time to evacuate and return home." ”

"So serious? Over there, the second parallel street. Luffy said in surprise and quickly pointed in one direction.

"Give me some cash, and you'll be right home." Li Rui said in a deep voice, as a result, the cash handed over by Luffy quickly walked in the direction of the target, crossed the square to the street, just as a taxi stopped to pick up the passengers, Li Rui got in, and after the guests went down, he said to the taxi driver: "Freedom Bridge." ”

(End of chapter)