Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

The next morning, a terrible noise awakened Quan Shi. "Get up! Undress! Get in line!" a voice with a nasty nasal tone yelled deafeningly. Quan Bu opened his eyes, and after a little sobriety, he looked around, convinced that it was the voice of the policeman Baboon standing at the door.Baboon held a small object in his hand, which looked like a radio with a speaker, and the speaker amplified his voice so much that he couldn't help but tremble. Little Blink didn't realize he was awake, so he said, "Get up, take off your clothes!" "Why are you undressing?"

"You'll see. Hurry up, or you'll get your clothes wet." Little Blink didn't say another word, put the clothes on the rack, and jumped off.I didn't know it and did it like him.When he reached the floor, he saw that all the dwarfs were standing naked in the middle of the shelf. "Turn your face away! Hands drooping!" the baboon continued to shout. Convinced that all the dwarfs had climbed off the shelf, the baboon pressed a button on the wall next to the door in the hallway.Omnipotent saw at once that the bed frame on which they were sleeping began to fall into the open rectangular holes in the floor.In less than a minute, the bed frame in the entire room disappeared, leaving only the naked dwarf.Baboon waited until the shelf was gone and the hole in the floor closed again, then he locked the door and pressed another button.Immediately, powerful jets of water sprayed out in all directions from many round holes in the wall.In order to avoid the water jet, the bare-bottomed dwarfs fled in all directions, but the water jet chased them and sprayed them stumbled.One of the dwarfs, before standing up, was hit by a stream of water and fell to the floor again.The dwarfs jumped and fell in all directions, their body parts rubbed against the floor and walls, and as they collided with each other, they involuntarily rubbed against each other, and in the end they were all clean.

Prison leaders arrange showers in the cells so that they don't have to spend money to repair the bathrooms, and they don't have to take prisoners to the bathrooms, because that also costs money, and some people may take the opportunity to escape. While the little ones are undergoing the aforementioned water bath procedure, their clothing and the bed frame on which they sleep are undergoing what is known as sanitation.It is to be fumigated by a special poisonous gas, and bedbugs, fleas and other pests will die when they smell this poisonous gas.Of course, this is not at all because the police are particularly concerned about imprisoned runts.It didn't matter to the police department whether the fleas bit the prisoner or not.The only problem was that if there were bedbugs or fleas in the cells, they would spread throughout the police station and the cops themselves would get bitten, and cops don't like being bitten.

After the water bath was over, the hole in the floor was opened again, and the bedstead was lifted up with the sterile gown.The little dwarfs who were shivering from the cold hurriedly put on their clothes. Before they finished dressing, the cell door opened, and the little ghost baboon who appeared at the door shouted: "Stand in line!" The little ones lined up quickly. "The person I've called takes a step forward!" The little ghost baboon gave the password, and then called the names according to the list: "Little goat, little barefoot, little antique, little sandfly, little nagging, little expert, little finisher, little Beads, little meteors, nothing..."

Everyone whose name was called immediately took a step forward.He didn't know he heard his name and took a step forward.At this moment, someone stabbed him on the shoulder from behind.Quan didn't know how to turn around, and saw that Little Wink was handing him the hat. "It's your hat, don't know it," whispered Little Wink. "I hid it on purpose so that the short hair wouldn't see it. Take it, or you might never come back here. The letter is in the hat." Little Wink added, and pressed a finger to his lips, reminding everyone To keep silent. After reading the list, the baboon led the dwarf whose name was called down the corridor, and pushed them all into a small room.

"Sit here and don't talk!" he ordered. The little room they were in was empty, without any furniture.All that remained of the room were light walls without windows and two doors—one facing the other—like the doors of a lock chamber. "Look!" the little goat looked around, dissatisfied. "I told you to sit down, but where should I sit?" "Why did you bring us here?" Kim asked. "Maybe to see the judge," replied the little sandfly who was most familiar with the rules of the police station. "Why are you going to see the judge?" Quan Wu asked with interest.

Before the little sandfly could answer this question, the door on the opposite wall opened, and the little baboon poked his head in and said, "Little sandfly, Xixi!" The little sandfly walked out of the room without waiting for the second order. After a while, the door opened again, and the little ghost fu said, "Little nagging, Xixi!" Next, everything goes like this: "Little finished, Xixi!" "Little string of beads, Xi Xi!" "Little meteor, Xi Xi!" In less than ten minutes, only Quan Zhi and the kid were left in the room.It seems that the judge decided the case quickly and without delay.Knowing that he finally heard his name, he walked out the door and came to a large room with gray walls and gloomy walls.Directly opposite him was a long, high table, behind which sat a policeman in a high soft armchair.He was dressed in exactly the same clothes as the other policemen, except that instead of the brass helmet he wore a pointed yellow hat with orange pom-poms and a tassel of the same orange on the top.

This was the judge that the little sandfly had told Quan Shi about.He called the judge to act as deputy.In addition to the judge's temporary agent and the police baboon, there are also the familiar little eyes of the police in the room.He stood close to the armchair where the deputy was sitting, with some thick cardboard folders under his arm.Inside are documents describing the appearance of criminals and their fingerprints. "Who is this person?" the interim agent asked when he saw Quan Wu standing in front of him. The policeman leaned over to the temporary agent respectfully with small eyes, squinted at nothing, and quickly whispered something.However, the temporary agent didn't even finish listening to what Xiaoyan had to say.

"What are you talking about! What are you talking about!" he said indignantly. "So, you think this is a handsome man?" "Exactly, Mr. Temporary Agent," murmured with small eyes and bent over submissively. "No, please see..." Small Eyes opened a folder and stuck it under the temporary agent's nose. "You're nuts!" exclaimed the interim agent angrily. "Who do you say the handsome man is? Ah!... The handsome man is a famous person! Everyone knows him. The handsome man is a millionaire! Half of the police are bought by the handsome man. If he wants to If you do it, you will buy all of us, including our heart, liver and lungs...and who is this?" The interim agent continued to shout, pointing at all. "Who is he, I ask you! Who knows him? What has he done? . . . No money for dinner? That's why he's here? He's thinking of coming here, you fools." Stuff! It's warm and bright and flea-free in here. All he fantasizes about is getting to the cell and taking advantage of the cops! This isn't a real criminal, he's an empty-pocketed rascal. He doesn't even pay for lunch himself. No, what else can you get from him? You bring me the real criminals, and you deal with these rascals in your own way. Don't fill the police station with some messy little people!"

"I originally wanted to use my own method to deal with him, but then I thought: What if he is a handsome man?" Little Eyes muttered embarrassingly. The acting agent waved his hand impatiently, then turned to Omniscient and said, "So, you had lunch?" "I ate it," Quan Zhi timidly admitted. "Then you might have some more snacks, huh? Come on, baboon, do him your way!" The baboon grabbed Omniscient by the collar, made him stand facing the wide double doors, and hit the guy with his baton in the back of Omniscient's head so hard that his eyes went black, and he rushed across the room, head-on Hitting the door, sending both doors wide open, he flew straight into the street and fell with a thump in the middle of the road.Because of the beatings and the electric shocks, he couldn't wake up for a while.Gradually he regained consciousness and was about to get up when he suddenly saw the door of the police station open again, and the little goat rolled out of the door onto the road like a spinning top.Quan Zhi jumped up quickly, ran to his side, and helped him up.

"Ruffian! Scoundrel! Criminal! Smuggler! I want to show you something!" the little goat shouted with tears in his eyes. He stood up, raised his fist and said threateningly in the direction of the closed door. "Why are they doing this to you?" Quan Wu asked sympathetically. "I don't understand myself! The donkey in the pointed hat asked me: 'My dear, are you tired of being in the cell,' and I said: 'You are tired of being in the cell, my dear, but there is nothing you can do!'' Would you like to shorten the period for you?' 'Yes,' I said. He said: 'Well. It can be arranged. Come on, little ghost, give him a shorter period.' No, the little ghost baboon beat me hard with a baton A flash in my mind! Did you see me fall on the road with a thud?" I really don't know how to comfort the little goat. "It's a good thing you have five-sixths less gravity here than on Earth," he said. "If you cluck so hard in our place, your bones will break." "These damned bastards!" the little goat said loudly while rubbing the back of his bruised head with his hands. "I don't want to have anything to do with them, or I'd have to show them something. They're supposed to let us have breakfast before throwing us out of jail!" "Why did you go to jail?" Quan Wu asked. "Just because I smelled the ring bread," said the Kid frankly. "Don't you think I'm a thief, I'm not. I've just been unemployed for too long. I ate all my money, sold everything, and went hungry. Once, I I didn’t eat anything for two days. On the third day I passed a bakery. I thought: I’ll go in and see what kind of bread there is, maybe I’ll lose my appetite. Bread, small white bread, deep-fried buns, pointed bread, cheese cakes, fried buns. That smell, it can really make people smell like a pound. The ring-shaped bread is on the counter. I picked up one and smelled it. The boss saw it. He grabbed my arm and called the police. He said, "He wants to eat my ring bread." They locked me up for three months." The kid wiped his tears with his sleeve, calmed down a little, and asked, "Where are you going now?" "I don't know myself," replied Omniscience. "Do you have money?" "No." "Neither have I. Gotta get some money somewhere before dark. We can't do without money!" At this time, Quan Wu picked up the hat that had fallen from his head, and saw a white envelope falling out of the hat. "Ah!" I don't know what to think of. "Isn't this the letter that Blinky said. The damn baboon forgot everything about me!" The little goat picked up the envelope and read the address written on it: "Twisted Street, Snake Lane, No. 6, Mr. Big Liar, the owner of the goods store of various calibers." "I know where Twisted Street is," said the Kid. "Come on, let me show you, maybe Mr. Big Liar will give us some work to do." Don't know how to put the letter in the hat, and then put the hat tightly on the head.Half an hour later, our friends came to Crooked Street, turning into a narrow alley that twisted like a snake.The tall buildings on both sides of the alley are so close to each other that the light cannot penetrate through them, so that under the buildings, where the countless shops are located, there is a mysterious darkness. Quan Shi and Little Goat saw a sign on the door of a store that said "Sells Goods of All Calibers". The first thing that catches the eye is a variety of guns with different structures, types, and calibers, all of which are neatly arranged on special wooden brackets.Pistols, long knives, Finnish knives, daggers, maces, and gauntlets of all kinds were neatly arranged on the counter.Against the walls stood some lighted display windows.In the shop windows there were exhibits of sets of burglar's skeleton keys, hacksaws, drill bits, vises, flat-nosed pliers, iron bars, crowbars for lockpicking, steam welders for cutting safes and safes.In a window marked "Police Equipment" above, there are various styles of rubber electric batons, steel handcuffs, ankle shackles, Molotov cocktails, tear gas bombs, and other daily utensils. There is also a window displaying all kinds of masks: some cover only the upper part of the face, leaving the eyes exposed, and others wear the entire head like a pointed hood.In addition to masks, there are makeup colors, wigs, fake beards long and short—everything that can change your appearance. In the right corner stands a model policeman in full gear, with a gleaming brass helmet and baton.In the left corner is a model burglar sneaking up to the safe with a large pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other.A colorful checkered scarf was wrapped around his neck, a checkered cap with a wide brim was worn on his head, the same checkered trousers were tightly wrapped around his legs, and a black mask covered his face.Both models are so exquisitely made that they could be regarded as real living people. Among these astonishing exhibits, Omniscience and Kid didn't immediately notice the salesman.The lower part of the salesman is blocked by the counter, and his upper body is wearing a gray fleece that is blurred against the background of the gray wall.At this time, there was no one in the shop, and the salesman poked motionless behind the counter, like a spider waiting patiently for a fly to throw itself into its web, but when the door slammed, he leaned forward with his hands on the counter, as if preparing Jump off the counter.Seeing that Quanzhi and the little goat stopped hesitantly, he said, "Please come in, gentlemen! What do you want to buy? Our store has all kinds of cold weapons and firearms." "We're not here to buy," said the Kid. "We want to see the innkeeper, Mr. Big Liar. We have a letter." "Why don't you say it right away? Mr. Liar is me." Quan didn't know that he took off his hat, took out the envelope, and was about to hand it to Mr. Big Liar, when a customer walked into the store.He was wearing a wide-brimmed checkered cap, a gray fleece jacket, and checkered trousers. The trousers were so thin that he couldn't walk normally, so he could only walk with his legs squatting.A pair of small black eyes rolled around like a thief, and one could tell from his appearance that he was trying to do something bad.He wasted no time buying a seven-shot "Brutal" pistol and a full box of ammunition.He loaded the cartridges one by one into the belt, slung the pistol to his belt, and left the shop with knees bent and legs splayed. Quan looked at his back without worry and said, "Maybe you shouldn't sell him the gun. What if he wants to shoot someone to death?" "Anybody here can buy and sell anything they want," explained Mr. Big Liar. "You know, no one forced him to shoot with this pistol. At the same time, no one could forbid him to shoot, because that would be contrary to the entrepreneur's freedom of movement. Every one of us here has the right to take what he thinks Action should be taken. Moreover, any prohibition in this regard would destroy the privilege, that is, the special right of the police. The police exist to fight criminals. If criminals stop committing crimes, the police will no longer need to exist, The police will lose their income, become unemployed, and the existing harmony in our society will be destroyed. If you don't understand this, you will end up in the hands of the police because your ideas are harmful, and the police will deal with it in their own way You guys. Please try to understand that." "We try our best," replied the Kid obediently. Mr. Big Liar took the envelope from Quan Zhi, opened it, and began to read the letter.When the big liar read the letter, he looked at his face curiously.It was a dark, broad-cheeked face, with a neat little black mustache and a short, pointed goatee.Mr. Liar looks a bit like Blinky.After carefully looking at it, I realized that it was not the resemblance of faces, but the eyes.Those eyes also moved around restlessly, and flickered in panic. At this time, the big liar quickly lowered his eyelids, as if trying to extinguish the light. At last the letter was read, and the great liar said, "Ah, ah, yes! So the inspectors caught Little Wink!" "What inspector?" Quan Wu asked strangely. "Well, it's the police," explained the great liar. He walked to the telephone on the side of the counter, picked up the receiver and shouted: "Hello, who is it? Is it the police station? Please pick up the chief. I am a member of Mutual Aid, Mr. Big Liar. You have a man named Blink Is the eye-eyed man in custody? Yes, yes, Mr. Wink... Mutual Aid will vouch for him. This is an absolutely honest man, trust me! This is one of the few honest men in the world... Can you Security deposit? . . . Thank you. I'll bring the money right away." Mr. Big Liar put down the receiver, opened the safe and took out the money. "Look," he said. "How good it is to be a member of the Mutual Aid Society. The entrance fee is only twenty fieldings, and after that ten fieldings a month, you can do what you like. If you go to prison, the Mutual Aid will replace you." You put up a bond and you can be released with impunity. I urge you to take part — it's worth it." "We'd love to," said the Kid, "but we don't have twenty Fieldings." "Then join in when you have it," said the great liar, kindly agreeing. "Now it's time for me to close the shop." He locked the door from the inside, then went to the cabinet where the wigs were displayed, and pressed a hidden button on the side wall of the cabinet.The cupboard immediately swished aside, revealing a rectangular hole in the wall. Mr. Big Liar stepped into the hole, waved his hands and said, "Follow me, please." Knowing nothing and the kid went into the hole and came to a warehouse with many shelves, on which were some wooden boxes containing shotguns, automatic rifles, pistols, daggers and other items.There were several wheeled machine guns on the floor against the walls, and even a small cannon. The big liar went to the iron door at the end of the warehouse and pressed another button.The iron gate opened.Our traveler walked down a narrow corridor in the semi-darkness and down a small spiral staircase to the underground garage. Mr. Big Liar found his bright yellow car, opened the door with the key, and invited his companions to get in the car.He sat down behind the wheel, pulled the car out of the garage, and sped down an underground tunnel.Omnipotent and Kid didn't even notice where the car came onto the ground and sped down the street.Before they had time to look around, they came to the police station again. "Wait a moment, please," said the big liar, jumped out of the car, and disappeared behind the car.