The moment he saw the chips being crushed, Zhou Yu quickly stepped back without any hesitation. He took out the switchblade from his pocket and popped the blade out with a click.
"Oh, oh, relax, little girl."
Ausier still stood where he was, slowly blowing off the crystal shavings from his hands. He glanced at the knife in Zhou Yu's hand and said: "I didn't plan to do anything. But strictly speaking, you guys are a little overtime - when you and the little master found me, the moon was below the horizon at our height. .”
"So you're going to deny the results?"
"Denied? Why? No, no, no, no, no, no. I like to be found. You know? When you design a game, it is to make the players work hard and break their brains - but they can still pass it in the end. This is very important. . A puzzle that cannot be solved is nothing, and you can't even evaluate its quality... I have to admit that you guys did a good job, so it's not a big deal to let it go."
Auster pulled up a chair and sat on it with his legs crossed. When he put his hands on his knees, Zhou Yu saw a silver ring on the ring finger of his left hand.
"Sit down, little girl. I promise I don't mean any harm." He raised his left hand with the ring on it and assured lazily, "The young master and the gentleman are in the room below, but I don't want to take the opportunity to do anything. , just curious.”
"What are you curious about?"
"I'm curious about what you think. You have to know, dear little girl, I have noticed you for a while. Probably since... last October? I was bored at that time and looked here all day long. There. When I saw a karaoke bar... No, what do you call it? KTV? Anyway, it was a fun time! I saw you wake up, confused and forcing the unlucky guy to crawl around on the ground. The door almost got lost. Hahaha... That was so funny that I was speechless. Then I have to keep an eye on you to see if you will come to my territory again. According to my experience, this If there is one thing, there are two."
He spoke cheerfully, tapping his leather shoes on the silk carpet to beat the rhythm.
"Look, as expected, you will come again in less than two months. This time I am ready. As soon as you come out of Red Maple Leaf School, I will push the road and take Mr. Huang Mao to you. In front of you. I was planning to continue scaring you, but I didn’t expect you to bump into the little master, but this is quite interesting... Anyway, I will confess what I have done here. Then, I have to ask you next .Dear little girl, why did you run back to your hometown so soon after being sent back to your hometown by our enthusiastic princess? What do you want? Of course, let me tell you frankly first. My dear little lover is completely hopeless!"
Zhou Yu was confused by all this.
Seeing Zhou Yu's expression, he showed a strange smile.
"Can't even remember? Of course, little girl - I have to say I don't value souls very much, so no matter what's in there, I'm going to keep calling you little girl - you've got yourself into big trouble. But I I guess you can’t remember it yourself, well, this is the characteristic of a troublemaker..."
Zhou Yu frowned impatiently.
He was not interested in anything this strange guy said, but was full of alertness. Rather than listening to these cloudy words, he wanted to find Hongye as soon as possible.
"Shhh—patience, patience."
Osier seemed to read his thoughts, put his fingers between his lips, and let out a long hiss. Then, the host raised his hand and waved casually, and the door of the banquet hall slammed shut on its own. He hooked his fingers again, and the banquet chair closest to Zhou Yu slowly slid out from under the table and stopped behind Zhou Yu.
"Please take a seat, if it will help you focus."
Seeing his mask-like smile, Zhou Yu understood that this was not a request or suggestion. He sat down silently.
"Yes, yes. Good preparation and a positive attitude are the first steps to successful communication. Now, let's talk about it - you see, I have privileges in this city, I can know who you are, and what have you learned from Where do you come from? If I want to help you, you can get it in less than three minutes. But I can't do that because it breaks the rules."
"Oh? Are these your rules?" Zhou Yu asked lightly.
"Of course not. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have no rules. However, the master I serve is not very easy to talk to... It's a long story because you know too little, so we have to start from the beginning. The two of us The two are actually very similar, and you will understand this after listening to my story."
Ausier took out a cigar from his arms and lit it leisurely.
"When I was as old as you, and maybe a little younger, my family's situation was very bad - in your words, extremely poor. Six brothers and sisters, one drowned in the river, and was kidnapped by robbers. One, I became the biggest one. I thought that farming was a dead end, so I went to the city with a few friends to make a living...Oh, it wasn't this kind of city now, that was quite a long time ago. At that time I've worked in all kinds of messy jobs, usually as a porter and a handyman, and when I'm lucky, I've also done some easier jobs - for example, some ladies are happy to find a decent-looking companion when they're bored. Son……"
He chuckled maliciously. In response, Zhou Yu just sat expressionlessly.
"But this is also risky. You have to learn how to climb the balcony, otherwise you will not be able to avoid eating the man's knife and stick. I can't hide from the man's dog every time! This business has not been around for a long time. So I quickly returned I changed my job and worked for a casino owner. Most of the time I was a bodyguard, and sometimes I was responsible for collecting debts. This was an experienced job, and you could meet all kinds of people. Once, I was sent Find a gambler who's in debt. He's said to be a wizard - that can never be proven. Anyway, from chopping off his fingers to wrapping them in sand and throwing them into the sea, everything goes smoothly. Plus, I found in him A very interesting book."
When he said these words, the smile on his face was bright and unabated. But there was no smile in those eyes, staring straight at Zhou Yu like two empty holes.
"The book contains something... special. A ritual? A sacrifice? Anyway, there was nothing to do anyway, so that night I found an unlucky guy who couldn't pay off his debts, dragged him to a blind corner of the alley and killed him. Yes. I promise, I didn’t believe in witchcraft, curses, or magic at that time... I just thought it was weird and fun."
"...Do you kill people for this reason?"
"Well, little girl, well, why not? In Narenshev, this is commonplace. You can pass three corpses in the time it takes to eat, so let's not argue about such a trivial matter. Anyway, I Killed the unfortunate guy and smeared the corners with his blood. Guess what, someone came to me that night. A very special guest, who played the lute very well. I admired his ability, so I also I didn’t chop off his head because he broke into my house. The two of us chatted in the room for a while. He asked me what I wanted. I said I wanted to try to be a rich man, so he invited me to have a fight. bet."
Ausier suddenly laughed nervously. He laughed so hard that he choked and coughed.
"Ahem... that fucking lunatic! He played the piano for half the night, and then gave me a goat horn... Oh my god, a shabby and old goat horn... Hey, I laughed at him and said this crappy thing Even a silver coin wasn't worth it, so he filled the horn with mud, water and gravel, and when he poured it out - guess what? Everything inside turned into gold sand! A steady stream of gold sand poured out!
"It was then that I realized that the old gambler did have something. But he was not blessed to enjoy it himself, so he left me the method of summoning the devil!"
