Listen, what is this word? If it weren't for the fear of not being able to beat him, Joey would show her the three-point color.
"Clean up and come with me." Annie turned her head and glanced at the room, with no intention of going in.
It's not that Joey didn't expect Annie to come looking for him, but he didn't expect that she would be so anxious. The person came the next day.
"Why don't you come in and wait?"
"Need not!"
Seeing the expression on Anne's face, he didn't bother to persuade her, so he went into the bathroom, tidied up briefly, changed his clothes, and followed Anne into the carriage waiting outside.
Facts have proved that the life of rich people is very different from that of ordinary people.
Ordinary general-purpose carriages are pulled by two horses in front. Without a driver, they will only follow the established route. For slightly more complicated routes, the horses cannot judge by themselves.
Most of the means of transportation were researched and invented by the Church of Machinery and Knowledge. They would place a small magic circle on the car so that the car could commute according to the established route, which greatly reduced labor costs.
Of course, this is limited to civilians, and the car he and Annie are riding in now goes beyond the scope.
Not only is there a groom, the space inside the car is larger, and people don't feel bumps inside.
Through the window, watching the scenery outside retreating little by little, Joey couldn't help but ask:
"Where to go?"
Annie sat opposite him, closed her eyes tightly, remained silent, and seemed not to want to pay attention to him.
He was too lazy to ask for trouble, so he was woken up so early in the morning that he could just catch up on some sleep.
The carriage drove forward for a while, and a light rain began to fall from the sky.
The rain curtain gradually expanded, accompanied by the dissatisfied complaints of pedestrians. Those who ran slowly were wet all over by the sudden change of rain.
Joey's eyes were closed, he was leaning on the soft seat, breathing evenly, and he was obviously asleep.
I don’t know how long it took, but the carriage slowly stopped.
He woke up immediately, looked at the scene outside the window, and took a deep breath. There was a slight chill in the air after the rain.
He moved his stiff neck and looked outside through the window.
At this time, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a narrow alley, not far away, was a closed door.
The car door opened, and the groom trotted to hold an umbrella for Annie. He made two trips back and forth to bring the two of them under the eaves of the door, and finally bowed respectfully before turning around and leaving.
"What is this place?" Joey asked.
"Just follow me," Anne replied expressionlessly.
Then he pushed the closed door open, and he could only shut up and follow behind.
From time to time, there was a deafening roar in my ears. The rain might not stop for a while.
After passing through the gate, there is a long corridor. After turning a corner, you can see the stairs winding down.
It could be vaguely seen that the walls on both sides of the passage and the floor were covered with a layer of black sawdust-like dust.
You can clearly smell a burning smell between your nose.
He smelled carefully again, and there was still a pungent odor in the air.
This smell was very familiar to him, and he couldn't help but think: "This is the smell of a rotting corpse."
"Annie, is this a hospital?"
Annie walked in front and said without looking back: "Yes, this is the first floor underground of the hospital."
"Huh?" He exclaimed softly: "Why did you bring me to the hospital?" That shouldn't be the case. Even if it rains heavily, it's impossible not to see a single person in the hospital. He couldn't help but begin to doubt the authenticity of Anne's words.
Anne's plain voice sounded again: "There is no one here now. There was a fire last night and everyone in the hospital has been evacuated."
'Evacuate? 'If I remember correctly, there is only one large hospital in the entire Port of Lia. Even excluding the patients, there are nearly a thousand doctors and staff alone. They evacuated just when they were told to evacuate?
"In other words, this is an empty building now?"
Joey found that since he woke up from the coma, everyone seemed to be strangers, although he was not very familiar with Annie and the other seven people before that.
But I always feel that after leaving the island, everyone seems to have changed.
Just like Annie who is walking in front now.
There was no sign of claustrophobia at all.
At this time, the two of them had descended to the second underground floor. The place was empty and pitch-black. The only light was a gas lamp in Anne's hand. The dim light could only illuminate two or three meters in front of her.
He couldn't figure out the current Anne.
"Not here yet?" he asked again.
It is said that there are only two places where most people die, one is the battlefield, and the other is the hospital. Is there something hidden under this hospital? He began to think wildly.
In the darkness ahead, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded.
Anyone else? He looked warily at the place where the sound came from.
After waiting for about ten seconds, a figure slowly appeared in the field of vision.
"Why did you bring him here?"
Joey opened his mouth slightly, looked at the speaker, and said in shock: "Margaret, why is it you?"
"Okay, let's get down to business first." Annie waved her hand and moved her gaze behind Mag: "Are everything ready?"
He also followed Annie's gaze and looked over, but there was nothing there.
"It's all done, come with me," Mag said, leading the way.
"What are you two talking about?"
He was sleeping peacefully before being woken up by Anne inexplicably and brought to this place inexplicably. Now his mind is full of questions.
Margaret paused, turned her head, looked at Anne suspiciously, and said, "You didn't tell him anything?"
"Let's go, there's no need to tell him anything."
"Fine!"
"Hey," Joey snorted angrily, "What do you mean, you're taking me for granted." As he said that, he stopped in place.
Anne and Marge had no intention of waiting for him. After about ten seconds, they heard an indifferent voice: "You don't want to save your sister?"
"Here I go, I'll give you a lantern"
Joey stepped forward with a smile, took the gas lamp from Annie's hand, and walked to the front to explore the path.
Just like that, after walking for a while, Annie suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
I saw her take out a crystal clear glass ball from her arms and throw it to the corner pillar.
"Okay, let's go!"
This action was repeated more than ten times, and the pungent stench became stronger as we went deeper.
By the end, it was difficult to even breathe.
"Isn't it over yet?" Looking at the expressionless two people, they both wondered if they had no sense of smell.
After a moment of silence, Anne turned her eyes to Mag, saw Mag nodded indiscernibly, and then said: "Okay, let's go back."
The three of them started walking back, and when they were near the exit, Mag stopped and watched Joey and the two leave.
On her face, there was a smile that Joey had never seen before.
She waved and said, "There's only so much I can do, and I'll leave the rest to you."
Although she was smiling, Joey caught a strange emotion in her eyes, including relief, pain, and reluctance.
Joey had seen that look before, in Senegal, and on Captain Vader.
Vader looked at him like this when he begged the captain to leave with him.
Outside, the rain has stopped, and there are gradually more pedestrians on the road.
"What are you doing?"
His intuition told him that Annie was doing something very dangerous, which might involve a dream.
"Don't ask, it won't do you any good to know these things. You just need to complete our cooperation. When the time comes, your sister will come back safe and sound."
It feels uncomfortable to be led by others. He still prefers to take the initiative in his own hands.
"Even without you, I can still find the person I'm looking for."
Annie shook her head and said:
"Believe me, even if you are a high-ranking gambler, you can't find anyone without my help."
gambler? Which sequence is this? His eyes flashed imperceptibly, and he said silently: "Did you mistake me for a transcendent of this path?"
He looked at Anne with feigned surprise.
"Don't look at me like that. I've heard this sequence of gamblers before. You hide it very deeply. If it weren't for some details, it would be difficult for me to guess which extraordinary path you belong to."
It seems that I have to find an opportunity to ask Azrael what the extraordinary ability of the gambler sequence is.
He had already planned to take time to visit the Round Table Hall.
While he was thinking wildly, Annie had already walked some distance.
As she walked, she said: "Thanks to you, I recovered my memory earlier than originally planned."
Gambler~
memory~
Two words went back and forth in Joey's mind.
He stared at Annie's back in astonishment, guessing in his mind. Could it be that the spirit body in this body is someone else?
"Joy" she suddenly stopped, turned around, stared at Joey without blinking, and said two words solemnly: "Thank you."
Just as he was about to say something, a deafening sound came from the huge copper bell at the top of the church.
Dang~dang~dang~
The sound made people's eardrums hurt, followed by a rich and majestic male voice.
“The Lord said, this world is in a state of turmoil.”
"The Lord says that those who are ignorant will eventually go to hell."
"The Lord says that darkness will eventually dissipate and light will shine on the earth."
"Foolish people of Port Lia, this land has been polluted, please pray to our Lord for salvation."
"Before the sun rises, destroy the Guangming Church and the Lord will forgive your sins~"
'Zhengyang' means twelve o'clock at noon in Leah.
While Joey was still in a daze, a burst of noise broke out around him, the windows of the house opened one after another, and the people inside stuck their heads out to look outside.
Immediately afterwards, the rumble of horse hooves reached his ears.
Police officers from the Sheriff's Department rode horses and a group of seven or eight people hurried to the church.
The leading police officer waved the horsewhip in his hand and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, the Public Security Department is arresting heretics, and get out of the way of irrelevant personnel."
Joey had never seen the Sheriff's Department dispatch police so quickly. Without thinking too much, he hid sideways, not forgetting to reach out for Annie.
After about ten seconds, I watched the team from the Public Security Department walk away.
"Can you let go of my hand now?"
"Ah~" Joey laughed dryly, and then he realized that he was still grabbing Annie's little hand, and quickly retracted it, complaining: "The pagans nowadays are really arrogant, and they even ring the big church bell blatantly."
As he spoke, he kept watching the changes in Annie's expression: "Do you really think she is a believer of Heavenly Father?"
One of the seven gods, 'Heavenly Father', most of his followers appear as missionaries.
However, unlike the Church of Light, the missionaries of 'Heavenly Father' will only appear in the upper world.
For example, Faerûn, the capital of Rasvegart, and Islamton, the capital of Isamot.
Again, there are some wealthy cities, but remote and poor towns like Leah, where missionaries cannot appear.
There is a classic saying in the teachings of 'Heavenly Father'.
'The Lord only saves those who are destined'
The so-called destined people can be summed up in one sentence: rich people.
Unlike the Church of Light, which vigorously develops believers, Heavenly Father has very limited followers, but they are all the elites of the upper class.
Anne looked at him with a half-smile.
He said softly: "Is this important?"
"Isn't it important?" Joey muttered, paused, seemed to have thought of something, and said in shock: "You are a believer in Heavenly Father."
As he spoke, his eyes wandered back and forth between the church and Anne.
"Did you do it?"
Anne stared at the church in the distance with her amber eyes and laughed at herself: "The Lord will not pity the world, He will only save those rich people who have money."
Joey wanted to ask something else, but at this moment, the rich male voice sounded again.
"Fools, you have offended my lord, prepare for my lord's punishment."
. . .
"punish?"
Joey looked at the time that was about to approach noon, looking forward to what the so-called punishment would be.
Obviously, the people from the Sheriff's Department rushed to the church but failed to catch the prisoner, and they seemed to have annoyed him.
On the streets paved with bluestones, as far as the eye could see, there were so many people, and the residents were attracted to come out.
The sunshine after the rain breaks through the clouds and shines on the ground. The slightly dry water drops reflect the brilliant colors.
In mid-air, a rainbow appears and disappears, as if it is guiding the way to the light.
Anne's fiery red hair looked particularly beautiful under the sunlight.
Facing the golden light, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Joy, will you pray to God for salvation?"
"Pray?" He stretched out his index finger, pointed at himself, and said with a smile: "Yes, I am God, and I pray to myself every night when I sleep."
Perhaps he was too serious, and Anne didn't know for a moment whether he was joking or not.
She sighed softly and murmured: "You are very special. I thought you were a loyal believer of the goddess."
A gust of wind blew up and messed up Annie's hair, and her expression suddenly turned serious.
“The time is coming”
She said something incomprehensible, and Joey said softly: "What did you say?"
She said two words from between her teeth in a calm tone: "Noon"
Her eyes slowly moved towards the complex building, which was where they came out just now - the hospital.
Somehow, when Joey looked in that direction, his heart beat wildly.
The spiritual warning from the Lucky Master told him to leave, there was danger there.
"What did you and Margaret do in there?" he asked with a stern look on his face.
In his mind, he recalled Margaret's expression before. At this moment, he was extremely convinced that the meaning in that look was farewell, farewell to death.
As he spoke, he wanted to rush back to find out.
Anne's voice came from behind:
"Time is up"
The moment these words were spoken, a rumble of explosions came from the front.
