"I thought we were a united front."
I shrugged and said, "Of course it's a united front. Even if I can't find the reason, I will continue to do it. Now I'm just trying to find some psychological comfort for myself, because I feel that what Rebeth said is not accurate."
Kyle Rath tilted his head and made an incomprehensible sound from his mouth.
"Huh? The way you looked just now almost told me to give up."
"Hey, I'm a sentimental human being, not a ruthless three-headed hell dog."
Kellas bared her teeth and said, "Who are you calling me cold and heartless!? Oh no, haven't you already said that I am callous and heartless?!"
After saying that, Kellas opened his mouth suddenly.
Just when I thought I was about to attract quite a bit of gnawing, I remembered the voice of Kellas.
"Lianluoluo, do you think I'm going to bite you again?" Kellas snorted and said, "I'm not a ruthless hell dog. I'm wise and brave, and I'm kind and righteous!"
Of course there's no problem with Yong, but let's forget about Zhi.
"Leaving this matter aside for the time being, have you noticed that there are fewer people nearby?" I twitched my eyes slightly and decided to ignore Kyle's intermittent convulsions.
"Ah? Abortion?" Kellas said in a daze, "What kind of abortion?"
"Forget it, we didn't pay attention to our surroundings because of what just happened..." I covered my head and said with a little helplessness, "Generally speaking, if you want to hide a place like this, you have to hide it in a sparsely populated place or in a large place. It is hidden in the city and placed directly around the most densely populated areas.”
Kellas suddenly realized: "Oh, oh, you mean, this execution ground or something is placed underground?"
"It's very possible, because according to what you said, the underground is actually the easiest place to achieve this goal. After all, the land here is quite valuable, and there is a great possibility that the above-ground buildings will not meet the needs of the cells."
Kellas patted her chest and said, "Ah, I know this as soon as you tell me! I am the best at underground space."
You are not a major in underground engineering.
I shrugged, and then carefully spread out my perception to keep it sensitive to the surrounding environment. However, in the underground part, the perception did not penetrate well, so I could only walk slowly on the surface at the speed of a walk. Walk slowly.
Kyle Russ is quite excited. I feel like if there weren't so many people here watching, Kyle Russ could do things like transform on the spot and then smell it.
After all, she is not good at digging holes.
After walking the entire street, I still hadn't discovered where the cell was, but just when I began to doubt whether my guess was correct, I discovered some underground structures.
Well... to be more precise, it is a structure that has been destroyed and buried.
I raised my head and looked around, and there was nothing unusual. At this time, Kyle Russ also came over and whispered: "Lin Zhihe, wow, I found that there seems to be something down here. It looks like …tents and stuff like that.”
"Tent...? Could it be something left over from when this town was built?" I said in surprise.
Kellas hesitated for a moment and then said: "It looks like...a mudslide or something like that. It doesn't seem to be what we are looking for."
"...let me think about it."
After finally finding the traces underground, we found that it was not what we wanted at all, which made me a little frustrated.
"Wait...I have another idea."
I looked at the crowd around me and sighed inaudibly.
"Hello, may I ask... how many years have you been coming to this place?" I stopped a young-looking man and asked a little apologetically.
The person who was stopped was a little surprised, even a little... excited?
"Ah, this? I have actually been here for 30 years!" the young man said happily, "You are new here, right? I heard the aunt next door said that you are the first one to come here in the past 20 years. People are here!"
"No one has been here for 20 years?" I was a little surprised by this unexpected result.
The young man rubbed the back of his head and said, "Yes, I was expecting someone to ask me about this in the previous ten years, but in the end no one came at all in the next twenty years."
"Oh? Why do you expect someone to ask you this?" I asked curiously.
"Hey, this is actually because... immortality is a great thing, isn't it?" The young man said a little embarrassed, "Many people who come here can't believe it, so in the early years, I often saw these people asking questions. , but later it was discovered that he was actually immortal."
"But if we don't die, wouldn't there be quite a lot of social problems?" I said in pretended surprise, "If someone commits a crime, wouldn't there be no way to deal with that person?"
The young man rubbed his head in embarrassment and said: "It's really a troublesome problem... What you said is very strange, but no one comes to commit crimes. After all, there is no need to worry about livelihood in this place, and there are no deaths. If you are tortured or even sick, you can just go to Lady Rebes and it will be resolved.”
"Really? The people here are really happy." Although I looked happy on the surface, in fact I didn't get what I wanted at all.
But just when I was about to leave, the young man scratched his cheek gently and said with some hesitation: "This matter... I always feel like you are some kind of sociologist."
His throat moved slightly, and then he said: "In these thirty years... don't tell others! I actually feel a little bored. After all, Lady Rebes never lets us go out, and it keeps going. After thirty years of living like this, you will inevitably feel bored, so you always feel that something is not quite right. What you are talking about, I have heard of someone who has said the same thing as you before. He is also a sociologist..."
I was a little shocked, but I quickly adjusted and said with a smile: "Sociologist? I can probably be regarded as a sociologist. I am in charge of the people's livelihood work in the fortress outside recently."
The young man hesitated and said, "Then I also hope that I can change it a little sometimes. Such an unchanging life is really boring."
"Do you know where the other sociologist lives?" I said with a smile, "Maybe I can have a chat with him and make some suggestions with Rebes... sir."
The uneasiness on the young man's face dissipated a little, and he smiled and said, "It would be great if we could really be allowed out!"
Sorry, maybe I can't fulfill your wish.
I could only apologize in my heart.
With the young man's guidance, I easily got the sociologist's address from him, and headed to his home while checking.
This is a rather beautiful-looking small bungalow. It is not in a secluded place, but it is also far away from the hustle and bustle of the busy city. It can be seen that the owner of the house does not hate a little noise.
I went up and knocked lightly, but after waiting at the door for a long time, no one came to open the door.
The old man who was sunbathing next to me glanced at me and said, "Are you here to see Mr. Top Hat? It should be time for him to walk his dog, so he is not at home."
The old man asked; "What do you want to see him for?"
I maintained the corresponding courtesy and said with a smile: "I have some questions I would like to ask him."
"Ah, then we have to wait." The old man didn't smile either. He looked indifferent from beginning to end, which made me frown slightly.
Kellas came closer, turned around to cover his finger pointing at the old man and said, "I always feel a little uncomfortable talking like this."
"This is... nothing." I smiled, "But since the old man said it, let's wait a little."
Fortunately, we didn't walk for too long, and a middle-aged man wearing a tall hat and holding two puppies appeared at the end of the street and walked in this direction.
This middle-aged man was slightly fatter, but he was still wearing a well-fitting tuxedo. The expression on his face was relaxed and comfortable, but his eyes were looking around, making those who saw him realize that he was not as simple as he seemed.
When he saw us standing at his door, he was not too surprised. Instead, he walked up to us and said hello like acquaintances, and then said: "Come and talk first."
After saying that, he opened the door and walked in with the two poodles.
He seems to... know that we are coming?
I looked at Kellas with some surprise, and then followed him into the room.
After closing the door, he knelt down and opened the collars of the two poodles.
The two poodles immediately scurried away.
And he opened the wine cabinet next to him, glanced at us and said: "Although I want to know what is happening outside now, for the time being, I'd better entertain you according to reasonable etiquette - tea? Coffee? Wine? Unfortunately, wine They are all home-brewed, and the climate here does not produce any good grapes.”
"Tea will do."
"You have discernment! The tea here is quite good." The middle-aged man praised it.
He sat down and boiled the water, then poured the tea through the water, shook it slightly, and then poured the undiscolored water into the bucket next to it, and then poured the warm water into the teapot.
After a while, he picked up the pot and poured the tea into the cups, then gently pushed it in front of us.
His movements were smooth and flowing, as if he had done them many times, and were full of an inexplicable sense of ritual.
He held out his hand and said, "Please."
I picked up the teacup, took a sip and sighed, "Good tea!"
He smiled and then said: "My dear Gilbert, I am a... financier and sociologist, but unfortunately, the most useless things in this place are finance and society."
"I don't think so." I put down the tea cup and smiled, "May I ask how long it has been since you came to this town?"
"I didn't come too early." Gilbert took a sip of tea, with a trace of thought in his eyes, "It's probably... forty years, right? Maybe there are a few more single digits, but time is here. Not an absolute unit of measurement for everything.”
"Then you must have learned a lot about this place, right?" I said bluntly without intending to hide anything.
"Indeed, if you want to inquire about something, it is of course best to find a boring sociologist." Gilbert said unequivocally, "But before that, I still want to find out... How's it going outside?"
"It's a pity that the weather outside has changed."
Gilbert raised his eyebrows in surprise, gently turned the teacup in his hand and asked, "Is it because of... civil unrest?"
"That's right." I looked at him in surprise. He seemed much more powerful than I imagined.
“This possibility is too low, but since it has happened, there must be some other additional impetus... Could it be that the Papal State is putting pressure, so the king’s successors and the like are fighting to seize power? Gilbert shrugged and said, "That is the most likely option. If it is denied, I won't be able to find any reasonable guesses."
"Unfortunately, it's not the case, but the internal cause is definitely unexpected. I'm sorry I can't tell you yet." I said with a smile.
Gilbert sat upright, raised his eyebrows in surprise and said, "Your identity seems to be unusual... You are not an immortal, right?"
I subconsciously asked: "Why?"
He waved his hand and said: "Hey, anyone who comes to ask me questions must not be a normal person. Either they have ulterior motives or they have other demands. You must want to know the exact situation of this place from me." .”
"...You are really straightforward in what you say."
Gilbert said helplessly: "The main thing is...it's useless to fight. I haven't done that for a long time. I guess it has degenerated now, right?"
He took a sip of tea and said, "Okay, what are you going to ask me about?"
"I'm here for academic exchange... What do you think is the problem in society here now?" I smiled and did not go straight to the topic.
"Problem? What problem can there be?" Gilbert said disapprovingly, "This is a place where people live and work in peace and contentment. It's quiet and peaceful. Aren't everyone very happy?"
"Your words are full of sarcasm." I said helplessly, "Can you please be more sincere and not so obviously sarcastic?"
"I'm serious." Gilbert sighed, "If there really is such a place...if it really exists, then I won't be of much use!"
"...Sure enough, there is still a problem with this place, right?"
"If someone commits a crime, wouldn't there be no way to deal with that person?"
