The car parked outside Las Vegas, under the sign that said "Las Vegas" in Spanish.
This is a city that blooms from the desert. Even the areas close to the urban area are all pristine desert. As long as it loses maintenance for a few years, the city will inevitably be swallowed up by the desert again.
"Ah, it's such a nice weather today."
It was already early in the morning. Shangluo took the night bus that departed at dusk and arrived in the morning. It was now seven o'clock in the morning.
"It's my first time to spend the night in a bus. It feels pretty good. As expected, everyone's quality is very good after bathing in Wang Hua. Thank you." After getting off the bus, he turned back and nodded to the driver.
The driver nodded fiercely in return: "Have you brought all your luggage?"
"I didn't bring any luggage, it's all in my pocket. Do you have a schedule for your car in Las Vegas? I want to take your car when I go back..."
The driver hit the accelerator and fled towards the next stop without even having time to close the door.
"Tsk, what's there to be afraid of?"
[If I think about it from my perspective, I would be scared if there was a guard sitting in my car. 】
"Don't worry about this for now. Next, I have something very realistic but something I have to do..."
【What? 】
"I want to go to the bathroom...can you step aside for a while?"
【avoid? Are you planning to throw me out? 】
"No, I mean, maybe you can withdraw your gaze? After all, it would be uncomfortable to be stared at by others."
[Why are you in so much trouble? 】
"It's not just about going to the bathroom. There has to be some private space between us, right?"
【All right. ] Apollonia said helplessly, [Take out the music box and take a look at it and you will know. 】
His music box was in his pocket, and he took it out and opened the lid.
"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment, and the contents of the box changed. This music box originally had parts inside, which was what Senator Jefferson called the "divine body." Shangluo still remembered what it looked like inside. Inside was a mind-numbing number of non-standard parts, and there was a bullet hole in the shell before the "hammer" hit it. .
Now, however, the music box is empty. But inside the dark music box, something seemed to be shining with golden light. It was a golden ball the size of a fingernail, and the ball was lying quietly inside.
"Hello? Where is your body? Isn't it in the music box?"
No sound came through, and Apollonia lost her response.
He tipped the music box and poured the ball into his hand - the moment it came into contact with the ball, his skin felt numb like an electric shock. He subconsciously flicked his hand, and the ball as big as a fingernail flew out.
[Look, it’s like this...ah! ! ! 】
As soon as Apollonia said a few words, her voice died down as the ball flew out. The long "Ah————" still lingered in his head.
The next moment, everything was silent.
It's not that there's no sound. Standing on the road in front of Las Vegas, there is sand all around. The howling wind, the cry of vultures, and the roar of the engines of passing vehicles. But only Apollonia's voice was missing.
At this moment, he always felt like a kite with its string broken. Although there was no physical discomfort, losing control of the future did give me a feeling of suffocation that was close to drowning.
The hot wind mixed with gravel blew, and the uncrown hair was messy in the wind.
"That golden bean..."
He knew the crux of the matter. After the golden bean was thrown away, Apollonia "disappeared".
"Where did Jin Dou... where did Jin Dou go?" He lowered his head to look for it. In the vast desert, there is dust even on the roads. The color of the golden beans is very close to that of the desert under the sun, which makes them difficult to find.
He anxiously lowered his head to look for it. Fortunately, Jin Dou was lying at his feet and didn't get far at all.
"Huh...it's okay." He breathed a sigh of relief, bent down and stretched out his hand.
This time he was ready. The electric shock came again from the fingertips that touched the golden bean——
Apollonia's voice came back on.
【What are you doing! Scared me! Why did you throw me out! 】
After the connection was reconnected, Apollonia's voice was full of anger - but it was also mixed with a trace of panic and panic. It seemed that she was more panicked than Shangluo.
"Who knew you could discharge?"
[I won’t discharge at all, that’s your psychological effect. 】
"Yes, yes, it's my fault."
【...】
"Why are not you talking?"
[Next time, don’t throw me away. Only you can hear my words, no one else. If you throw me away again, what awaits the infinite divine machine 'Apolonia' will not be infinite possibilities, but infinite confinement. 】
"Yeah." Shangluo nodded and said nothing more.
When he raised his head again, he felt that the air was flowing again, and the suffocating feeling of losing control of his fate finally disappeared.
With one hand in his pocket, he always kept in contact with the "golden bean" with his fingertips. It was true that no electricity came from him, but every time Apollonia spoke, there was always an inexplicable feeling on his fingertips.
It felt like someone pointed a finger at the center of the eyebrow. Although there was no contact, there was a soreness and foreign body sensation between the eyebrows. Now this foreign body sensation originated from his fingertips and spread upwards along his fingertips, passing through his heart.
To be honest, it wasn't very comfortable. But in order to keep talking, he could get used to it.
"By the way, where is the toilet? Can you check?"
[I'm not a bad navigator, how can I help you check... How about I help you with divination? You draw a card first. 】
"I can't divine everything, right? Do I have to divine whether I step out with my left foot or my right foot before going out? And there is no diviner who always divines his own fortune all day long? Won't that shorten his lifespan?"
[Is there still such a thing? 】
"You don't know? Just forget it if you don't know."
[No...your opinion is important. Maybe I always have bad luck because I always try to peek into my own destiny. It's better to wait until the critical moment to use it. Using it too trivially is not a good thing after all. Just like Odin knew that Ragnarok would eventually come, he tried to save the gods from defeat, but his struggle only made Ragnarok closer and closer. 】
"So if I always divine the location of the toilet..."
[Although I don’t know why, I always feel that it is possible for you to divine the wonderful result of ‘you will never find a public toilet’. 】
"Isn't that a curse? If I could never find a public toilet, wouldn't my range of activities be limited to my own home and other people's homes?!"
[That’s it, so there is no difference between divination and curses that cannot change the results. You're right. It's better not to do divination for this trivial matter of stepping first when you go out. I might give you a surprise someday. Find it yourself. 】
