Zhou Jinru looked straight at the black and white screen in front of him and said softly: "This is probably not a coincidence, Miss Adela."
"Is this what your master is telling you?"
This tone fell on Zhou Jinru's ears, and he immediately thought that he was still Shiva Ash's manservant, and Adela was referring to the man behind him.
Sure enough, meeting the protagonist is not the main plot. She is just telling a story. As for Shiva Ash's message, sorry, it does not exist.
Adela pursed her thin lips and said again: "Why are you following me?"
Zhou Jinru shook his head: "I said it was a coincidence, but you don't believe it."
What is this lady’s status now?
Depending on the development of the plot, the identity of the heroine will change greatly. Sometimes she is a political rose, sometimes she becomes a business celebrity, and sometimes she becomes a world-famous explorer. The supporting plots are ever-changing and difficult to figure out.
"You count three silently in your mind and continue watching this movie. I never appeared."
Is this hypnosis?
Zhou Jinru was stunned. Any method that could actually affect his spirit would not be effective on him, let alone such low-level techniques as hypnosis.
"etc."
Adela stopped and looked at the calm man in front of her in surprise: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Zhou Jinru turned his head slightly, rolled his eyes, and looked at the heroine beside him. He quickly reported an address. It was the bar where he first entered two years ago in the plot, and Croissant worked there as a bartender.
"The bar you mentioned no longer exists. I don't know why, but if you want to know more, you might as well go there and take a look. That place opened today."
Opening today?
Zhou Jinru's eyes narrowed and he thought, could it be the red stage he saw in the newspaper?
Adela quietly left her seat and glanced at the man who was sitting motionless. She thought to herself that he was indeed a member of the Shivaash family, as difficult to deal with as his master.
Half an hour later, Zhou Jinru stood up and moved his stiff body. The development of black and white movies in Victoria two hundred years ago was still in its infancy. A movie only lasted about twenty minutes, excluding the beginning and the end. Is it worth the ticket? It’s hard to say the price, but it’s not cheap anyway.
When he walked out of the theater, he reached out to stop a carriage: "Go to the Red Stage."
The driver didn't ask any questions and took him on the road.
As an outsider, Zhou Jinru could not recognize the changes that had taken place in Londinium in two years, but when he came to that crossroads, he finally found a sense of familiarity.
Sure enough, as Adela said, the bar that once existed no longer exists.
Zhou Jinru looked at the newly painted exterior wall after renovation, as well as the specially enlarged red stage sign above his head, and more than a dozen waiters in brand new uniforms standing in front of the door. With a smile at the corner of his mouth, he stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me for a long absence." As a returnee from my hometown, I once had some friendship with the bar owner here, but now I don’t know where he is.”
The front office manager of the Red Stage received him. When he heard this description, he said in a regretful tone: "Sorry sir, your friend unfortunately passed away due to an accident two years ago. You can find him at this address." tombstone."
Zhou Jinru walked out of the red stage holding a piece of paper, which recorded the public cemetery in Londinium. To be precise, it should be the place where the ashes are stored.
"Many incredible things happened in that bar, which eventually led to the bar owner choosing to commit suicide. I don't know if it was the monster I released that did it, but it's not impossible to find out."
He recalled an address that Yuan Shan gave him when he said goodbye, saying that two years later in the plot, her character should still be engaged in divination work, and he could look for her outside the largest city hospital in Londinium.
"This is normal. There is a church outside the hospital, and the priest..."
Zhou Jinru remembered for no reason that when he came out of the back door of the hospital, he could see a row of fortune tellers sitting on the roadside, but you couldn't find these in Rhode Island.
An hour later, he came to the back door of the city hospital, followed the house number, stood in front of a wooden door, looked at the notice posted on the wall, and fell into a long silence.
"A divination expert can help you divine good luck and drive away bad luck. Each divination only costs 10 gold pounds."
Zhou Jinru didn't know for a while whether she was reliable in the plot...
Boom, boom, boom.
"Please come in."
A girl's light voice came from inside the wooden door. Zhou Jinru raised his head, his eyes full of doubts. The girl inside didn't have the voice of a distant mountain. Could it be her female assistant?
It seems that Yuan Shan has a lot of money in the plot and can actually afford a female assistant.
He pushed the door open and stepped into the divination room. He suddenly felt that the light in front of him became much dim, with only the fluorescent lamp above his head providing illumination.
What appeared in front of him was not the distant mountains in his imagination, but a girl with long dark blue hair. She was wearing a white women's shirt, sitting in front of the desk, and her dark blue skirt extended to her ankles.
The girl looked over, and in a daze, Zhou Jinru saw the bright stars in her eyes, which was intoxicating.
"Good morning, sir."
The girl stood up from her seat, raised her long skirt and saluted. Zhou Jinru took off his hat and returned the gift. He hung his cane on the hanger in front of the door, sat opposite the girl's fortune teller, and looked at the girl in front of him carefully.
This quiet girl's appearance and temperament are very unique, and the starry glow in her eyes is even more impressive.
Star pole.
Zhou Jinru silently recited the girl's name in his heart. This was an operator he never had. The description of Yuanshan and the appearance in the sitcom all showed that the person traveling with her was Xingji.
"Sir, what do you want to divine? I am good at crystal ball divination and horoscope divination. If you want to divine tarot cards, I recommend to you my colleague, Miss Toyama."
She is very sincere and tells what she is good at and what her colleagues are good at. She is a girl who is easy to get along with, provided that she is willing to get closer to her.
Zhou Jinru nodded: "Crystal ball divination, I think it's appropriate."
"What direction do you want to divine?"
Of course, he wouldn't say anything like "Come and tell me what I'm going to tell you", so he got right to the point: "The predecessor of the Red Stage, the real reason why the bar was ruined."
As he spoke, he took out his wallet, took out a 10 gold pound note and placed it on the desk.
The girl fortune teller sitting opposite bit her lower lip. Unexpectedly, the man in front of her did not divine herself. He came with a goal. Such people are extremely difficult to deal with, and if fortune telling is not good, bad things will happen. matter.
Why didn't I do some divination first when I was on duty?
The girl had no time to regret it. She held up the crystal ball in front of her with both hands. The next second, a faint blue light emitted from the crystal ball. After a minute, everything returned to calm.
"Sir, you can find relevant clues in the city garden."
"Are there any directional targets?"
The girl shook her head: "The results of the divination are very vague. I am not sure whether it is good or bad. If you can, please contact the Mist Hunters. They will handle this matter well."
It is better to contact the mist hunter than to contact Sir Chen, and I am the mist hunter.
Zhou Jinru pushed the banknotes away from Xingji, stood up and left. When he went out a few steps, he heard some movement from behind. He turned his head and saw the fortune teller girl quickly hanging a "Closed Today" sign at the door. , then quickly retreated in and locked the door tightly.
"..."
He pressed his hat, no expression on his face, and quickened his pace to leave.
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The urban garden in Londinium is not much different from two years ago. Apart from daily cleaning, no facilities have been added, and there has been no expansion or reduction in scope.
Zhou Jinru quickly found this place and found that there were still many people who had lost their jobs resting here. Even though the sun was still high, he still saw that the garden benches were almost full of poor people in ragged clothes.
Maybe basking in the sun is how they stay warm.
Xingji said that clues can be found here. Is it like last time that he rolled a dice and was taken away by the police?
Speaking of the dice, when Zhou Jinru entered the sitcom again, he could no longer find the dice on him. He didn’t know where it had landed in the past two years.
Walking through the city garden at a fast pace, he found no relevant clues or people related to it. When he came to the other side of the garden, a sign appeared directly in front of him, marking the disaster two years ago. The names of the unfortunate victims.
"The disaster two years ago?"
This incident should happen after the first act and is a hidden plot?
He walked over quickly and looked at the unfamiliar name on the stone tablet. There were only a few characters, no description, no prayer, nothing.
Suddenly, Zhou Jinru realized that someone was watching him. He turned his head and saw Croissant with short orange hair. Now she was no longer the bartender she was before. She was carrying a big package. She was obviously going somewhere. Passed by here.
"Croissant!"
Miss Fengti ignored him and left without looking back.
Now that Zhou Jinru had found Kesong, he was not willing to let her go. He quickly chased after her and reached out to pull her.
"Help! Help!"
Croissant suddenly started shouting, carrying a big bag, and ran towards the nearest patrol officer. The latter obviously noticed something strange here, took out his whistle and blew it violently. Several police officers nearby wearing dark blue police uniforms and coats Patrol officers gathered around one after another, and some even drew out their batons.
"Sir! Stop! Get away from that lady!"
yelled the closest patrolman.
After Croissant passed through them, he accelerated his speed, got into an alley, and disappeared without a trace.
Zhou Jinru was stopped by several patrol policemen, so he had to take two steps back and raised his hands to show that he was not hostile.
As he got closer, he noticed that the man in front of him was wearing a decent formal suit and showed no signs of panic or timidity. The patrolman slowed down and asked, "Sir, what happened just now?"
"It was an accident. I left here for two years and finally met an acquaintance, but she didn't seem to want to see me."
Recalling what just happened, this gentleman found a former acquaintance after his return. The other person did not want to communicate too much because of his current poor situation, so he yelled for help and ran away.
The patrolman believed that he had found the truth of the matter, and that these things were not uncommon in Londinium. He nodded understandingly and said: "Sir, what your friend needs is a quiet environment and enough decency. When you meet next time In a more gentle way, maybe she would be willing to communicate."
"You're right, I was the one who was abrupt."
Zhou Jinru nodded, indicating that he understood. He seemed to remember something and asked politely: "I lost my temporary ID. Where can I get a replacement?"
"The local police station is easy to find."
Several other patrol officers gathered together and after sharing the situation, they all expressed their willingness to assign a companion to take Zhou Jinru to the police station to register.
If something goes wrong, go to the police. This sentence is applicable no matter in which world you go.
Zhou Jinru said seriously: "Okay, please."
For insurance reasons, he did not take out his wallet to tip because he was worried that it would be regarded as a bribe.
A patrolman led him to the police station, and he asked curiously: "I saw a monument there, but it didn't exist two years ago. Some tragedies happened in this city?"
The patrol officer was obviously happy to explain: "It was indeed a tragedy. The bar located in the center of the city was set on fire by the bar owner for some reason. Unfortunately, some nearby buildings were affected by the fire, and the flammable source of gas was detonated. pipeline, many people lost their loved ones in the explosion. To commemorate that tragedy, a monument was erected opposite the city garden."
"Detonate flammable source of gas?"
Zhou Jinru recited this sentence silently. In his impression, the current utilization rate of Originium is already very high. Originium gas is no longer used as fuel, and the safer Originium liquid is used instead.
Ifrit's flamethrower does still use high-concentration Originium gas, but with the advice of the equipment department, it has been improved to liquid Originium.
It seems like something big did happen two years ago.
Zhou Jinru came to the police station with only one purpose, Sir Chen.
I had found out on the way that Sir Chen was still a special operations team member at the beginning, but now she has been promoted to the head of the police station, in charge of all affairs, and is responsible to the headquarters in Londinium.
"Please come in."
In the office of the head of the police station, Chen, who was reading documents, moved his sore neck, put down the documents in his hands, and looked towards the door.
Squeak.
The door was pushed open, and a man wearing a long black trench coat walked in. He took off his hat and saluted: "Hello, Chen."
Chen stared at the man in front of him, recalling his face carefully, and finally settled on one person, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou, I didn't expect you to dare to stand in front of me!"
Zhou Jinru: "?!"
What's the situation? He didn't know that he had offended Sir Chen!
Then by coming to the police station, wouldn't he be throwing himself into a trap?
"Chen, there must be a misunderstanding here."
"Is there any misunderstanding? You don't remember what you said to me back then!"
Chen slammed the table and said in a sarcastic tone: "You were the one who made each other's vows at the beginning, and you were the one who abandoned me. What else do you have to say?!"
