Chapter 25 Tracking
“Ding Bell.”
The grid glass door was pushed open, and Lynch and Natalie Angell walked into this humble cabin.
This is right on the Rand River, on the border of the King District and the Crown District, on the side of a narrow gravel path, on a street corner with few pedestrians. The next target, the Hall of Order, is not far away. From the store, you can already see the towering Tower of Justice of the Hall of Order, so Officer Natalie said she was coming on the way.
In the dim light, the room was filled with a strange smell.
It is fragrant and smelly, light and strong, and the various smells mix together to form an indescribable pungent smell.
At a glance, there are all kinds of man-made objects, large and small, all kinds of strange in the store. Most of them have weird or ugly images. They all look like they have some history and exude a weird smell.
But Lynch can basically confirm after looking around. These are normal items without any mysterious filth.
Crack, click, call.
Following the sound of a match being lit, Lynch saw the shopkeeper sitting at the counter.
A woman in her thirties, with red hair and beautiful appearance, wearing a complicated and complicated New World style dress, somewhat similar to the gypsy dress in her hometown, holding a slender ivory pipe in her hand, white and neat His teeth gently bit the emerald green gemstone cigarette holder, and his slender eyes glanced across the faces of the two people who entered the door like blades.
"Huh? Natalie?" With a knife-like gaze, he was stunned when he saw the police officer behind Lynch, "Shouldn't you still be trapped in Crown Plaza? It won't be this big. Case, why don’t you sneak out and be lazy?”
"I've never been lazy. This is Victor's order." The police officer raised her hat and nodded towards the red-haired woman, "I'd like to introduce you to a guest, Lynch Leviev."
"This Boy? Is he an ordinary person, your new mysterious hunter?"
"No, Lynch is a temporary consultant hired by the Watcher."
"What is that?" The red-haired woman obviously didn't understand this new term.
"I don't understand either, after all, he is my temporary partner." The police officer patted Lynch on the shoulder, "The inspiration is quite sharp, much sharper than Cui En. I think he is almost the same as you."< br>
"That's really unfortunate." The red-haired woman showed a strange smile, "I wish you good luck, young man, I hope you can persist for a while."
Lin Qi frowned, remembering that the voice in his head when he just traveled through time also mentioned that high inspiration seems to be a bad thing: "Why? High inspiration is dangerous? Because the more you know, the faster you will die?"
"They didn't tell you? Oh, they probably don't know either." The red-haired woman smiled sarcastically, "People with high inspiration are indeed rare. Guess why?"
"Huh?" Lynch had an ominous premonition.
"Because they all died, died of mysterious events." The red-haired woman said softly, "The cause of all mysterious events is accidental mysterious contact, that is, the establishment of a connection with mystery, but do you know where the establishment of a connection begins?"
Lin Qi shook his head.
"It starts with perception, young man." Mrs. Bessie smiled strangely and knocked on her pipe. "When you look at the mystery, the mystery is also looking at you, so too much inspiration is harmful to others. A good thing, but not a gift for yourself, but a curse of death. You will soon find that you will encounter mysterious events more and more frequently, until one day you can no longer resist the erosion of mystery and become mysterious. This is the inevitable result for people like us, even if we enter the world of soul-shifters, we cannot escape.”
‘Traveling companion, is this why you said it was not a gift the day before yesterday? ’
[Yes. 】
"Okay, Bessie, you can't scare my partner. What you said is only the opinion of a small number of people, and most people don't agree with it. What's more, even if you encounter a mystery like you said, I will also protect him." Natalie took a step forward and protected Lynch behind her. "I don't have time for you to bully the newcomers. There are serious things to do. Lynch, let me introduce you to this. From now on. If you want to buy or sell rare items, you can choose this place. She is relatively reliable against soul-shifters and will not let the rare items escape. Bessie, do you have a holy mystery here? It is... a god I have never heard of. What’s coming?”
"Ms. Crimson." Lynch stuck his head out and said, "I remember this name."
"Red Moon Goddess Luna, I rarely hear this name." The red-haired woman took out a thick I flipped through the ledger for a while, "Well, I'm sure that I haven't heard of this Holy Mystery of the Meteor God in the purchasing channel for several years. It should not be found in the entire Rhine City. But I know that there must be one place, and there is more than one."< br>
“Church of Night?”
"Tsk, it seems you know, then there's nothing to say. You can find a solution with them." Mrs. Bessie shrugged, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"
Natalie moved her mouth. , just when she was about to tell the purpose of her trip, Lin Qi stood up from behind her.
“I also want to find a self-defense item. It is best that it can be used by ordinary people, is convenient to use, the lower the cost, the better, has a little power, and it is best that it can be effective from a long distance, and it is best to be effective at close range. I have one for myself.”
"That ring of yours? Well, it can be considered a close one." Mrs. Bessie looked at Lynch up and down for a while and said thoughtfully, "Your request... I really have one here, which completely meets yours. Request.”
Huh?
Lynch was originally just stimulated by the sap and wanted to try his luck. Unexpectedly, it actually happened. He turned back to look at the police officer. The lady also looked a little curious, and the two of them looked at it together. Mrs. Bessie held up her pipe and walked lazily to the back room. There was a tinkling sound inside, and then she came out holding a wooden box.
Lynch guessed what kind of strange object was hidden inside, but until Mrs. Bessie returned to the counter, the voice in her head gave no hint, as if it was deliberately trying to surprise him.
“It should have been ten pounds, but since you are Natalie’s temporary partner and it’s your first time here, I’ll give you a 10% discount, nine pounds, and give you the matching props. . ”
Hey, it’s so expensive. Lin Qi felt his heart was broken, and it took him several seconds to recover.
"Can I take a look first? I don't feel any mysterious atmosphere."
The red-haired lady made a gesture of invitation.
Lynch looked back at Officer Natalie, took a deep breath, suddenly opened the box, and saw a familiar item lying quietly in the box. A revolver.
Huh? Lin Qi's mouth twitched.
Indeed, in the age of steam, revolvers should have appeared, and the original owner of the body has also seen it, but in the memory of the original owner, the power of gunpowder in this world is average, and the lethality of firearms is not strong, unless those who introduced steam Only large-scale firearms with advanced technology have appreciable power.
So it's not surprising that a pistol appears, but...
Before Lynch could make a move, Officer Natalie picked up the revolver first, looked at it several times, and put it back in the box.
"Ordinary firearms, which have not been transformed by mysticism, are not contraband. Lynch, you can decide for yourself. If you buy it, I will help you go to the Hall of Order to complete the procedures."
Lynch picked up the revolver.
He doesn’t know how to use it at all, but which otaku doesn’t have a dream about firearms? Who hasn’t imagined having a pistol when watching the show?
Besides, this thing does perfectly meet all my requirements and is quite simple to use.
The premise is that the hit rate is not considered.
"Nine pounds?"
"Well, give me a box of fifty rounds of ammunition. Don't try to bargain. This is an ordinary commodity. Ten pounds is the market price. I have already given it to you. Discounted.”
But it’s still very expensive.
My entire possessions only amounted to six pounds and thirteen shillings, which I needed to add to the five pounds I had just picked out from V. In the blink of an eye, I only had a little over two pounds left.
Fortunately, there is also a monthly reimbursement of five pounds from the Church of the Night, and food and accommodation are all included, so there are no additional expenses. Otherwise, you will have to worry about your livelihood after buying it.
Travel companion, besides inspiration, not having money is also a curse.
[There is no curse, it is simply because you are poor, Lynch. 】
I always felt that I was being despised again, but Lynch didn't care. He gritted his teeth and took out the six pounds he had hidden, and turned to Officer Natalie with a flattering smile.
The policewoman glared at him and put the remaining three pounds on his behalf.
Seeing Lynch smiling like a fool with his new weapon, the police officer sighed, "After finishing the gun procedures in two days, I will introduce you to a shooting club with coaches and a shooting range. , we’ll play later, now let’s do serious business.”
“For the incident in the square?” The red-haired woman frowned, “I heard that someone is here. There was an explosion in the crowd, but no trace of the explosion was found.”
"Well, it is made of rare objects." Natalie explained. "We hope to trace the trajectory of the rare objects, including the channels from which they were transported into the Rhine City, who was involved, etc. I remember you are You can do it. You tracked the statue two days ago."
"That's impossible." The red-haired woman chewed her cigarette holder and thought for a while, shaking her head. "I can find the trace of the statue. It's because there are corpses of people directly related to it. But there shouldn't be any now. I heard that no one died in the explosion. The trampled corpses in the square don't count. They have to die directly from the strange objects."
"There is no body, but the strange objects are in our hands."
"Hmm? We have all the rare objects, so what else are we tracking?"
"Trajectory." Lynch added beside him, "The most important thing is to confirm where it has appeared before."
>"That's it..." The red-haired woman hesitated for a long time, then nodded slowly, "I'm not sure, but maybe I can give it a try. Come with me."
As she said this, she waved to the two of them and motioned them to follow her to the back.
The two were about to follow, but Officer Natalie just casually glanced out of the door through the glass, suddenly stopped and pulled Lynch.
“Huh?”
Lin Qi followed her gaze and breathed heavily.
The two saw thick smoke rising in the distance, as if something was on fire.
The direction in which the thick smoke was rising seemed to be exactly where the Hall of Order was.
I was preparing to check the case file in the afternoon, and suddenly there was a fire?
What about the case file?
The two looked at each other and realized that the fire was probably unusual. They immediately picked up the box, turned around and said hello to come back in a while, and ran towards the place where the fire was.
Never be the Hall of Order, never be the Archives Room.
(End of this chapter)