Whispering Poems.

Chapter 10 Confused Men and Women

The alley turned into is completely the passage between the two houses, and the area is very small, so apart from the garbage and filth, there are no other things piled up in the alley.

His heart was beating wildly, and Shade knew the decision was a risk, but the voice in his head was right.If you desire transcendence, you must accept risks. Maybe the channels from the psychiatrist and the church are safe, but he doesn't know anything. Which way is actually a risk to him.

He is willing to take risks, small risks.

"If there is any problem, I will leave immediately."

Shade clenched his cane and walked forward on tiptoe as much as possible without making a sound.At the end of the alley, there are some wooden boxes with wanted notices that are almost indistinct. They seem to be serial murderers who have fled to Tobesque City.

At the entrance of the alley, you can turn left and right, and directly enter the slum in the lower part of the city of Tobesque.Xia De hid behind the wooden box, looked through the gap between the wooden boxes, and looked in the direction the man just turned in.

It was also an alley, and there was only a young man with a pebble ring.He is now standing in the middle of the alley, looking around cautiously.He even narrowed his eyes to look at the sky. After a long time, he put the black suitcase on the ground, then took off the pebble ring on the index finger of his right hand, and carefully kissed it in the surprised eyes of Xia De.

The young man seemed to have lowered his head and said something, but Xia De could not hear it clearly. The wind and space blocked his hearing.

After kissing the ring face, the young man seemed to relax a little.

He put the ring on the index finger of his right hand again, and immediately a thick smoke like fire erupted from his body.The thick smoke came out of the gap in the clothes, and soon the young man was completely wrapped in it.

A whisper was heard in Shad's ear, but not the elegant woman's voice in his head.The whisper was inaudible at all, like chewing, and like something was cursing.

There was some discomfort in the head, as if it had to walk in a straight line after turning around in place for several times.The frantic whispers grew stronger and stronger, and at one point, Shad even thought he saw the ghast rushing towards him.

Fortunately, the hallucination ended soon, but Xia De, who was gradually recovering, still suspected that something was wrong with his eyes.Because he saw that as the black smoke disappeared, the person wearing the white pebble ring came out, tapped the skirt lightly, and then bent over to lift the suitcase.

Mrs. La Soya turned her head and looked around cautiously again, the corner of her mouth seemed to be smiling.After confirming that no one saw this scene, he finally carried the box and walked to the other side of the alley.

Shade covered his mouth and leaned back against the wall, hiding in the gap between the wooden box and the wall, not daring to move for a long time.

Just now, Xia De was puzzled by the part-time investigators of the church handing out flyers, but now I understand that the other party might be like the crappy detective Xia De, trying to spy on Mrs. La Soya at the door of the club.

When Xia De walked out of the alley again, the three moons of silver, yellow and red had already hung in the sky together. Among them, the yellow moon was whiter and brightest.The nights here are as peaceful as in the past world.

The street is a bit remote, so there are no street lights.Under the dim light, Shade didn't know what his expression was at the moment.It took a long time for him to take out his pocket watch. It was almost eight o'clock in the evening. He stood in the crack of the wall for two hours before he dared to leave. He didn't even know his physical fitness was so good.

"There is no need to think about relief food."

She shook her head sullenly, feeling indescribably bad.Go down the street, in the direction of home.Even if you're going to starve, at least there's still a house to live in, so it's not too bad.

The key now is that the lucrative commission to investigate the mistress seems to be impossible to do.

Obviously, Mrs. La Soya has the ability to become a man with a ring, or a young man has the ability to become Mrs. La Soya with a ring.Of course, Shade couldn't have reported this information to his employer, and he also didn't want to hand in the dead detective's report, as if nothing had happened.

Once the report is submitted, Mrs. Lawrence will inevitably let Mrs. Lazoya know that a detective is following her without her knowledge because of the conflict with Mr. Lawrence.Even if there were no secrets involved in the report, Shade could not guarantee what Mrs. La Soya would do.

"This world is really a little more troublesome than I imagined. Does Mr. Lawrence fall in love with a man or a woman?"

Maybe Mrs. La Soya is a good person, and becoming a man is not a harm to others.However, after being in this world for less than 24 hours, Xia De felt a sense of crisis when he came into contact with this kind of thing.

"Perhaps the extraordinary in this world also follows the law that extraordinary will attract extraordinary."

Thinking a little wearily, he walked along the street.Because he was worried about being robbed by people in the dark, or being harassed by drunken men, or even bumping into some illegal trade, Xia De, who only had a cane and a fruit knife, didn't even dare to take a shortcut home.

"Today was really unlucky"

Turning left at the old John's pawn shop at the intersection, I felt even worse at the thought of sleeping in the house where someone just died.

"Since there is transcendence, then maybe there will be ghosts. Don't scare yourself. Wait a minute, where did I turn just now?"

He stopped, tilted his head and stepped back, once again seeing the sign of "Old John's Pawnshop" and the inside of the store where the gas lights were still on.

"Well, I didn't think there was such a trick. It's not unfortunate. It will get better."

Sighing slightly, he held his pocket watch and pushed open the door of the pawn shop.

In the end, instead of pawning the pocket watch, he pawned the cane.Pocket watch is a very important living tool, and walking stick is optional.What's more, the pocket watch was not of great value, and the owner of the shop, an old man who called himself John Jones, was only willing to pay 10 shillings, citing the many scratches on the surface of the pocket watch, which was perhaps often placed with the keychain.

But for the cane he was willing to pay £1s.

"Do you understand? This is the heart of a natural snow fir from the Delado Mountains, look at the texture, look at the workmanship. If you can provide information on the artisan who made it, I may have more. money."

The old man seemed to be complaining that Xia De didn't know how to do it. After confirming that he wanted to pawn the cane, he also instructed him that if he didn't come to redeem it within half a month, then the cane would be pawned.

Of course, Shade understood that the price of a walking stick was definitely more than £1s.But he was really in no mood to bargain now, and in the end he just took two 12 pound notes, signed the contract and left.

According to the price, this money is enough for Xia De to live quite well in two weeks. If he is frugal, excluding the possible rent, it is possible to support his life for a month and a half.The money was even enough for him to scoop up Sparrow Hamilton, post an obituary in the newspaper's ad section, and recreate a shabby funeral for the detective.

Of course, he didn't have this idea for the time being.

"But the short-term food and clothing problem has been solved. Regarding transcendence and mystery, what am I going to do?"

After having dinner at a restaurant close to the pawnshop, I experienced the taste of thick soup and pork chops before walking home.

It was nearly ten o'clock at night when we returned to No. 6 St. Teresa Square.

After checking that the hair that was placed when leaving is still in its original position, I entered the room.Carefully rotated the gas lamp on the wall of the living room to let the light gradually appear, and then tiredly threw himself on the sofa.From the open door to the master bedroom, you can see the bed where Sparrow Hamilton lay.

Shade is determined to get in touch with the supernatural in the near future, not the life of ignorance.Although there is no definite danger yet, the world is not simple, and Xia De does not intend to find a solution when he encounters danger.

And he currently has three methods that might help him get in touch with the transcendent.

The first is Mr. Bill Schneider, the psychiatrist who gave Shard his business card; the second is the five Orthodox churches in the city, and visiting the churches may be rewarding; and finally Mrs. La Soya herself, she must know the extraordinary , and contact with her is also a way.

There are pros and cons to each of the three, but in the final analysis, it is Xia De who knows too little about the world, and he doesn't have any channels to understand it.Before going out today, he checked the map, the city doesn't even have a public library, so that he can get free knowledge.

There are some private libraries in the city, but they must be introduced by acquaintances and pay a small fee to become a member of the library, and Xade obviously does not have the money now.

All he can rely on is the materials left by Sparrow Hamilton, but this gentleman has no habit of collecting books, and this gentleman is obviously just an ordinary person.

Through the death of Sparrow Hamilton, to trace the cause of his death, it is possible to contact the transcendent, but this is undoubtedly a very dangerous approach, and Shard's reason refuses to do so.

"Can you give me some advice?"

He patted his head, but only heard the woman's chuckle.It was the voice in his head that made him complete all the work of "investigating Mr. Lawrence's mistress", otherwise it would be impossible for him to discover the secret of the ring.

He wanted the voice to prompt again, but got no response.

"People still have to rely on themselves."

He whispered to himself, tilted his head and looked out the window, looking at the night sky where three moons appeared together that he had never seen before.So magnificent, so mysterious, so intoxicating.Especially the silver moon among the three moons, whenever I look at it, I can feel the depressed mood a little better.

"In any case, we can't wait. Although we haven't encountered danger yet, since we have the initial plan to live as a detective, we must have the power to protect ourselves, and we must know how complicated this world is. Otherwise, Detective Sparrow Hamilton is my end."

With money in my pocket for a while, I put aside the idea of ​​continuing other investigations, and moved the current main goal to Contact Transcendent.

"Church, Psychiatrist, Lady La Soya"

He is not very optimistic about the last option, because the appearance of the other party today seems to coincide with the investigation by the church and the police, so he instinctively thinks that the other party does not seem to be a good person.I am a little moved about the first option. According to a simple understanding, the Orthodox Church in this world is relatively enlightened.

But that's just his understanding, he can't make plans because of such a simple idea.Moreover, he is not a believer of any god, and he has never been to church as a homeless person. It is difficult to say whether the enlightenment of the church is aimed at people like him.

"Maybe. I can investigate for a few more days. Now I don't have to worry about starvation for the time being. Pawning some assets can last a long time. As long as the possible rent collectors don't show up, I have a lot of time to investigate. Around these three You can always find the most suitable one.”

With this thought in mind, he fell asleep in the bedroom of the original owner, Shade, and spent the first night in the new world.

In the haze, it seemed that I heard the laughter of the woman in my mind again.That laughter made Xia De unexpectedly at ease. That night, he had a very relaxing dream, sitting on the ridge looking at the silver moon in the sky.

Accidents always break the existing plan, and Xia De's three-choice plan was disrupted the next morning.

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