After the two men had a lunch with the crew on the ship, they drove the base jeep into Rio de Janeiro, which by this time was considered one of the largest cities in South America. The two sat in the jeep and took a sightseeing tour along the way, with de la Torre giving Elrond a tour of Rio's scenic features as he drove the vehicle to his home.
De la Torre's home is under the statue of Jesus in the City of God, which in later times was the world's largest slum, with all sorts of criminal activities so numerous that the police didn't dare come in to enforce the law. Of course the government hadn't officially relocated all the slums over here yet, so the world's largest slum wasn't even in sight yet. But Elrond could tell at a glance that the environment over here was very poor, and couldn't help but open his mouth:
"I say, old Ray, is this where your family lives?"
"Yes sir, this is the cheapest house here. Our family is so large that all of our income depends on my salary, so we can only afford to live in a house like this." De la Torre said, slightly embarrassed and rightfully so.
"It doesn't make sense that with your income you would be living in such poor conditions!"
"It turned out that my family was a little better off, but my mother had a serious illness a few years ago and all the family's savings were used for medical treatment, plus my son contracted pneumonia after swimming in the water once, which dragged on too long because it wasn't treated in time, so now he also has to take medication every day, and luckily now there is penicillin. Although it is more expensive, it is much better now. This time, thanks to your allowance! The last time I went home, if it wasn't for the allowance you gave me, my son would probably be gone."
De la Torre spoke easily, but Elrond listened with a heavy heart, the current level of medical care was not high enough for the people to afford to get sick. But there was one word in de la Torre's words that did catch Elrond's attention.
Penicillin this special drug anti-inflammatory drugs, in this era now is a miracle drug like the existence of Elrond's impression can always be more than the price of gold, Elrond's impression of this kind of special drug, there is no patent restriction, and I do not know whether Brazil now has mastered the production technology of this drug.
"What's the point of talking about this, it's all because you've earned it with your own serious work, I know what you just said about penicillin, it's really a good anti-inflammatory drug, I wonder where the one you got in Brazil was made do you know?"
"Only a few countries, England and the United States, have the technology to produce penicillin nowadays, and the ones we can buy in Brazil are made in the United States. I don't seem to have heard of a factory in Brazil that produces this drug."
De La Torre's words sent Elrond into a deep thought and his mind began to wonder silently. The two chatted as they watched the endless crowds on either side of them, and soon arrived at de la Torre's home.
De la Torre's family has six members, in addition to the couple there are parents and two sons, the eldest son is twelve years old, but because of pneumonia is not in good health, the youngest son is only seven or eight years old, his mother is bedridden for a long time, his father is already more than seventy years old, and can not work, so the family's conditions are very poor, the wife has to be in the house to take care of the family, basically relying on the salary of De la Torre alone to live.
The family was very enthusiastic when they heard that it was de la Torre's officer who had come to the house for a visit, and Elrond duly handed over the gifts he had long since equipped to visit de la Torre's ailing mother and son.
De la Torre's wife is a typical Brazilian mixed race, with Brazilian unique passionate, very enthusiastic to invite Elrond to bathe together, Elrond knows that in Brazil the highest courtesy of the hostess to treat the guests is to accompany you to bathe together, although the original body has always stayed in Brazil, to this kind of etiquette is commonplace, but as a child born in a Chinese family, but also can not accept this kind of etiquette.
Not to mention that Elrond, who had traveled across the world, felt very embarrassed, but Elrond knew she couldn't refuse, it would hurt her master's heart. Also can only be reluctantly rinsed, and flew out. Also on the side, De La Torre explained:
"Lao Lei, I'm really sorry, we Chinese feel that bathing is a very private thing and are not quite used to this Brazilian etiquette, please do believe me, I have no intention of looking down on your family!"
"Haha ..... Sir, I understand what you mean, don't worry about it. I'll explain it to my wife." De la Torre looked at Elrond who was full of embarrassment, although it was strange in his heart, he didn't care too much about it, he just thought that it was because Elrond seldom visited other people's homes.
Seeing that de la Torre wasn't offended by his rudeness, Elrond let his heart drop a little.
The two were at De La Torre's house again, and after a dinner that wasn't particularly hearty by any stretch of the imagination, Elrond suggested that De La Torre report back to the ship tomorrow, while he himself prepared to drive back to the base.
But just as Elrond stepped out of the narrow alleyway and was about to go out to get his car, he collided lightly with a figure that brushed past him, and both of them looked back at each other, and Elrond realized that the other person actually had the same Asian face as his own, and was about forty years old or so. Apparently the other man had also noticed that he had the same Asian face and was wearing a military uniform.
The other man hastily expressed his apology with a low, stooped bow. What the man didn't notice as he bent over was that Elrond's eyes narrowed slightly. But without waiting for the other to get up, he simply stepped away.
The Japanese man got up, saw that Elrond had left, and muttered in Japanese, "Bastard, how rude!" Turning around, he continued on his way.
But he did not notice that after he left, the rude guy in his mouth but secretly followed him, because the slums of the more houses, alleys connected to alleys, Elrond in uniform did not dare to follow too close for fear of being discovered by the other side, and as a result, after turning two corners, lost the other side of the figure.
After looking around, Elrond didn't dare to scare the snakes and quietly retreated back. Once again, he knocked on the door of De La Torre's house, and when De La Torre saw that it was Elrond who had returned, he thought that Elrond had gotten lost, and hurriedly welcomed Elrond into the house. Instead, he saw Elrond make a silent gesture, De La Torre was stunned, but his alertness as a soldier made him immediately understand what Elrond meant, that there was a situation.
After glancing alertly out the door and seeing nothing out of the ordinary, he closed the door behind him and walked into the room with Elrond, asking in a low voice, "Captain, what's wrong!"
"Call your family out and I'll ask something."
Soon De La Torre's parents, wife and children came out and looked at Elrond, and were wondering how the guest who had just left was back. Only to hear Elrond open his mouth and ask:
"Sorry to bother you all again, but I wanted to ask if you've noticed two Japanese people coming around the neighborhood lately, Asians with the same skin color as me."
Seeing as how several people were shaking their heads, it was clear that the family was the type that rarely left the house. While Elrond was thinking there was no luck, De La Torre's youngest son timidly spoke up, "There seems to be two of the people Uncle said were next door to Toby's house."
Elrond was overjoyed and spoke up quickly, asking, "Have you seen them, little friend?"
"Uh-huh! I did see them yesterday when I went over to Toby's house to play."
Elrond turned his head to look at de la Torre and said, "Do you know where this Toby's home is?"
"Of course, Mr. Captain, is there something wrong with these two Asians you speak of?"
"Yes, you take me to the road first, and we'll confirm the exact location together, which might improve your family's living conditions."
Elrond's words made De La Torre froze, what did it mean that two Asians could change their family's living environment! However, De La Torre didn't ask, but instead just got up and was about to head out with Elrond.Elrond quickly stopped it; "The two of us will change into civilian clothes, so we don't let them find out."
Yes, the person Elrond accidentally ran into this time was one of the two Japanese spies who escaped in Sao Paulo, Ono Shouichi, the right-hand man of the Brazilian Black Dragon Society president, Kato Eagle I. Elrond couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It's really hard to find a place where you can't find a place where you can get a place where you can't get a place where you can't get a place where you can't get a place where you can get a place.
Originally, Elrond was thinking about financing his first mate, Mr. Mister. As a result, now, well, the walking five thousand dollars came to his door.
Soon after the two changed into civilian clothes, they were led by de la Torre to Toby's house as his youngest son called it, Elrond took a look at his surroundings, wasn't this the same place where he had lost his target?
The two didn't stop and just looked inside as they walked right past the house like passersby. After making another large circle, they returned to the De La Torre house.
Elrond explained to De La Torre in a low voice, "When I went back to Sao Paulo this time, the Sao Paulo Police Department cracked a Japanese spy case, two of the spy leaders escaped, and the Sao Paulo Police Department is offering a bounty for the two men. Just now when I went back I accidentally ran into someone who was one of the two. You work hard tonight, keep an eye on the compound. I'll inform my friends in the Intelligence Bureau. We'll try to catch these two assholes tomorrow and take them down in one fell swoop. At that time, the two of us will earn some bounty as well."
De la Torre couldn't help but get serious when he heard that there was such a thing, and nodded his head in a hurry and climbed up to the roof, looking like he was ready to spy on them directly from the roof.