Chapter 30 Thorn Flower
Lin Qi knew that he might have found the right place.
This is Triangle Street, a very inconspicuous street at the junction of King District, River Valley District and Gray Fog District.
There is a two-story building at the entrance of the alley. A thorn flower is carved on the door, which is considered a sign. There are two strong men guarding the door on both sides. From time to time, you can see people coming in and out quickly and covertly.
It seems to be just a very ordinary private club, no different from the thousands of clubs in the Rhine City.
The premise is that you ignore the prompts in your consciousness.
In less than ten minutes of standing in the shadow of the gas street lamp at the entrance of the alley, the prompts in my mind rang five times.
At least five strange objects passed by in a majestic manner. With such frequency, Lin Qi would not believe that it was not an industry related to mystery.
He estimated that this was probably an underground market for trading rare items.
Can you get in or not? Lynch asked himself silently.
Mrs. Bessie’s fierce reaction has not been forgotten, and Officer Natalie’s determination to go into danger alone is still before her eyes. She is just an ordinary person, armed with a few broken weapons, do she really want to break in like this? What is the difference between dying and dying?
But, she may have already gone in.
His savior, Officer Natalie, the first sincerely kind person to him since time travel, was involved because he wanted to hug his thigh. He went in to face the terrifying existence that could make Mrs. Bessie collapse just by existing.
Just watching from the sidelines? Is that still a human being?
If anything happens to the police officer, Lynch believes that even if he survives, he will never forgive himself for the rest of his life. It is better to live and die together.
What's more, it's not necessarily death. I'm weak against others, but against such a soul-devouring high-ranking being, I have a secret weapon. It should be effective, traveling companion.
【During the journey, you can see all the scenery. 】
With your words, I am even more scared, thank you.
Lynch touched the pistol and the ring, gritted his teeth, shook his cane and left the shadows, heading towards the dim entrance of the small building.
Some passers-by were already chased away by the strong man at the door, but Lynch still walked straight over.
Keep your eyes straight and be confident.
The fact that Natalie was able to bring Mrs. Maggie and little Martha in back then showed that the restrictions here were actually not strict. Under this premise, as long as there was a legitimate reason, she shouldn't be too embarrassed.
Try it and hope it’s right.
“Hey, don’t leave.” Sure enough, the strong man guarding the door blocked Lynch, “What are you going to do?”
Lin Qi took a breath, took out the fiery lady's passion and shook it: "This is my first time, there is something that wants to take action."
The two strong men were silent, Lin Qi lowered his gaze, I was nervous, but I still tried to stay calm.
"Where's the secret code? Don't know? It would be difficult for us to do without the secret code." The strong man looked at Lin Qi suspiciously.
"Well, she seemed to have mentioned a secret code, but I forgot about it." Lynch scratched his head in embarrassment.
“Who?”
Lynch chose the safest answer: “A red-haired lady always smoked a pipe. She didn’t want to accept it in the store, so she asked me to come here to try it. Try.”
"Mrs. Bessie, why have you forgotten everything? Isn't this making things difficult for us? Forget it, go in. Don't wander around for the first time. You've entered a place you shouldn't have gone. If you disappeared mysteriously, don't blame me for not reminding you. . Just go to the counter and ask the waiter, they will tell you the following procedures.”
It seems to be a normal reaction from the security guard.
Maybe it’s just a normal black market and not that dangerous?
Expecting a lucky break, Lin Qi nodded politely and walked past the strong man into the door.
After passing the first level, I...
Stepping through the gate, the moment his footsteps landed, Lin Qi suddenly felt that his eyes were blurry.
It was like a flash of snowflakes on an old TV screen, while a high-pitched buzzing sounded in my ears.
Through the snowflakes that appeared instantly, Lynch seemed to be in a dark void, looking down at the deep darkness below. In the darkness, eight bright red light spots suddenly lit up.
The illusion disappeared in a flash, and the vision returned to normal, but there was a dizzy feeling in my head, and the shaking of my head subsided.
‘Travel companion. ’ [This building is entangled with mysterious filth from the concept. When you complete the act of entering the building, your inspiration is stimulated by filth. 】
‘So this is an early warning of inspiration? Is there really danger here? It seems good to have high inspiration. ’
【Hehe...】
Come in, come here.
Lin Qi ignored the strange laughter in his mind and entered the small building with a normal posture.
Inside are two carpeted corridors on the left and right, with many doors scattered around. The corridors are quite elegantly decorated, but the light is dim and hazy.
Lin Qi looked at the waiters standing on both sides of the corridor, followed the guard's instructions, and walked straight to the front hall.
The lobby is similar to a bar. In the middle is the counter that the guard mentioned, surrounded by semi-isolated booths, and further out is a circle of private room-like doors.
Lynch glanced around and found no trace of Officer Natalie.
Don't try your luck aimlessly, let me think about how to find it.
Officer Natalie has dealt with this place before. I don’t know how much she knows about this place, and I can’t imitate her thoughts and catch up with her. But it doesn’t matter, her purpose is to track down the holiday surprise of William the Strange Object, so as long as I continue to track it down, even if my ideas are different, I will eventually return to the same road.
Let's put her aside for now. According to common sense, the traces of the strange objects point here. The most likely possibility is that the transactions completed by the strange objects here are of course, so I'll take a look first.
Having made up her mind, Lynch smiled at the waiter wearing a red vest at the counter: "Do you have a catalog for sale or purchase? Recently, I want to buy a few rare items. "
The waiter did not doubt that he was there, and pushed through several thick registration books: "From back to front, but the customers before today may not be still there. We may need to inform you by letter, unless you open a private room to stay. .”
Lin Qi nodded and opened the record book. Inside was a line-by-line registration record, divided into categories, including purchases and sales.
After reading the records of the past month carefully, not only was there no holiday surprise from William, there was not even any strange object with a name that sounded like it was related to fireworks.
No.
Lynch was a little disappointed. Seeing how engrossed the waiter was in reading a novel, and no other customers came to the counter for a while, Lynch opened the registration record of the private room again.
This is not a hotel. In addition to the names of the guests, the registration of the private rooms here also includes the names of the mysterious items purchased and sold. However, Lynch looked through all the recent records and still could not find anything similar to the target. name.
This is strange. Since the rare object is related here, it shouldn't be found in the transaction records, unless... Lin Qi's eyes fell on a box registration information from five days ago.
This is the only registration record that does not indicate the name of a strange object in the past few decades.
Everything is abnormal for a reason.
There is a problem.
Lin Qi noted down the box number, Room 8, and decided to find an identity where he could stay, and then investigate the room in depth.
Of course his identity is to sell rare items.
When Lin Qi saw the waiter looking up from the novel, he slapped the ring on the counter. The waiter in the red vest glanced at it: "Is this a rare thing? For sale?"
Lynch nodded.
"Mr. Terry, someone is selling rare items."
The man in the red vest turned back and whispered skillfully, and a moment later a man in a purple vest came over with a piece of paper.
"Fill out the form, I'll register it for you, and then you wait at your seat. If someone likes it, they will come to you. You may not be able to sell it in one day, so remember to come for a few more days. Remember, we will take a percentage of the selling price. Five. "
The purple vest-like face is expressionless, and his voice is as emotionless as reciting lines.
While taking it, Lin Qi glanced at the purple vest in confusion.
The moment he saw the other person's face, another burst of snowflakes flashed across his field of vision.
The purple vest waiter in front of him is a middle-aged man with a serious expression and an ordinary appearance, but behind the flash of snowflakes, the middle-aged man's face seems to have a double image. The ghost is like a giant spider, with a wedge-shaped head and insect-like mouthparts. Its four teeth are split horizontally and are constantly opening and closing like blades.
The two sides were separated by a counter, very close to each other, and the ghost was right in front of Lin Qi. He could clearly see that there was a row of red eyes on the insect's head, but the eyes had human eyeballs and pupils. Each pupil was staring at Lin Qi without blinking.
When their eyes met, time seemed to have stopped.
(End of this chapter)