Deep Sea Embers

The bus during rush hours was so crowded that there was hardly any space even at the rear of the carriage. The short Shirley was squeezed in the middle of the crowd, hunching her neck and not daring to move. She looked like a pitiful little animal.

If Duncan hadn't seen with his own eyes how she knocked over a room full of cultists with a dog, he would have truly believed that this girl was "harmless".

He slowly squeezed in next to Shirley. His tall adult body helped the girl gain a bit of a loose corner, and also left a gap for the two of them to talk. Duncan keenly noticed that Shirley's body was shaking a little. She was nervous, even nervous to the point of being a little scared.

"What are you afraid of?" He glanced at Shirley, "I won't eat you alive."

Shirley looked sad: "You...you still want to eat cooked food?"

Duncan: "..."

He could probably guess why the girl was so afraid. After all, the "Agou" had seen through his human body and described his feelings to his mistress, which must have left a deep impression on the latter. .

He didn't know what image he had in Shirley's mind now, but he thought it was similar to how the captains of the Infinite Sea viewed the Lost Home. They were both at the level where it was best to start writing a will immediately after meeting them, and they had to write it as quickly as possible. Because usually people die faster than making a will...

Duncan was also helpless about this situation. He wanted to be as friendly as possible, but he couldn't stop a demon from the deep sea who had a different "vision" from humans. The "black sun" was still asking for help from him in the illusion. Well, his attitude is quite sincere, but when he thinks of the other party's majestic appearance under the corona shell, he still feels wary?

He only hoped that his image in the eyes of the deep hound would be better-looking than the strange evil god inside the sun he saw. At least he should have facial features...

Thinking of the mysterious hound, Duncan frowned slightly and looked at the girl in front of him: "Is Agou with you now?"

"Ah... Agou usually hides in a place where others can't see it..." Shirley swallowed, not daring to answer uncooperatively, and then lowered her voice, "But it can 'know' where I am. Condition……"

"Oh, let me say hello to it then," Duncan nodded, "I was in such a hurry last time to leave, so I still have a lot of questions I didn't have time to ask."

As soon as he said these words, he felt Shirley tremble again...

"Relax," Duncan sighed helplessly. He seemed to have vaguely felt strange eyes coming from nearby. "Why are you nervous when you talk to me? I have no ill intentions towards you or Agou."

"That... that's great..." Shirley nodded stiffly, and then, as if to appear more relaxed on purpose, she tried hard to find a topic for a long time before her eyes fell on Duncan's shoulder, "You... you didn't do it this time Take your pigeons with you?"

"Pets are not allowed in the car," Duncan said casually, "I let him go hunting."

"Send the pigeons out... to hunt?" Shirley stared at Duncan dumbfounded, feeling that her vocabulary was a bit broken, but then nodded quickly, "Oh yes, you are right, pigeons are quite suitable for hunting, with sharp eyes. Hurry..."

Her thoughts were a little confused, and she almost didn't know what she was talking about, but then the bus suddenly shook, and the conductor's voice came from the middle of the carriage, interrupting her fragmented thoughts: "Sixth Street Block" !Is anyone getting off the bus?”

When the conductor shouted, Shirley was obviously relieved. She jumped to her feet and shouted to get off as if she had been rescued. Then she squeezed forward and said goodbye to Duncan in an unusually fluent voice: "I'm getting off." Nice to see you today and see you next time..."

Then before she could finish her words, she saw Duncan squeezing over, his expression changing from bright to gray in the blink of an eye.

"I'll stop here too." Duncan said expressionlessly.

The expression on Shirley's face was stiff, knowing that it would be inappropriate to say that she would not get off the car at this time - and the boss in front of her might be following her on purpose. If she continued to play tricks at this moment, she might offend him, and he would really be punished. The boss cooks it and eats it...

The girl just thought about it for a while, and then she was completely frightened. At this time, she heard the conductor urging from the side, so she shrank her neck and started to walk out with stiff steps. Search Deep Sea Embers 74 on Baidu.

As a result, as soon as she reached the door, she heard the conductor's voice suddenly: "Wait a minute, kid, did you not buy a ticket?"

Shirley was stunned for a moment, looking at the conductor in dark blue uniform with some astonishment, as if she didn't expect that she would be stopped or that her fare evasion would be discovered. But in such a stunned moment, then The conductor has determined the situation: "You didn't buy a ticket. I remembered it. First..."

"I know this kid, she may have just lost her ticket," Duncan's voice suddenly came from the side, "Let me get a replacement for her."

The conductor turned his head and glanced at Duncan suspiciously, then looked at Shirley who looked nervous. He thought for a while and said nothing, but nodded: "Okay then."

Duncan took out a few coins and paid for Shirley's ticket, then followed him out of the carriage and got off the train at an old and empty platform.

The whole bus was packed with passengers, but they were the only two people who got off at Block 6.

Duncan looked around first, but what he saw was just the most ordinary downtown neighborhood scene. Although the surrounding buildings were older and there were not many pedestrians walking on the road near the station, it was not what he imagined. Such a complete dilapidation - the old street shops are also open for business normally. Although the sparse pedestrians are not as popular as other lively neighborhoods, there are always people walking on the street. There are factory chimneys emitting smoke in the distance. , you can also see a newspaper deliveryman riding a bicycle passing through the intersection at the end of the street.

Generally speaking, this is just a relatively secluded and underdeveloped neighborhood, but it seems that the residents are living their lives normally.

The factory leakage accident that occurred here eleven years ago seemed to have some residual impact, but the impact was not as serious as he imagined...

After taking a general look around the surroundings, Duncan withdrew his gaze and focused on Shirley again.

After the girl got off the car, she stood there honestly, as motionless as a small animal trapped in a trap. Although Duncan's attention was not on her at all at first, she did not make any move to run away.

He looked completely resigned to fate.

Duncan couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the cute and harmless look of the other party. He thought that if he hadn't seen this violent girl's fighting prowess with his own eyes, he might have been deceived by her appearance at the moment.

He shook his head and came to Shirley: "What did you come to Sixth Street to do?"

Shirley stood up straight immediately: "I...I heard the scenery here is good!"

Duncan looked the girl up and down: "I've been wanting to ask you since just now, are you actually... pretending to be nice?"

"I...I'm not pretending!" Shirley suddenly stood up straighter than before, "I've always been very well-behaved!"

Duncan shook his head, thinking that he had seen too many children who suddenly pretended to be cute and cute. The girl in front of him was not very skilled at all, but he didn't say much, just looked up at the street in the distance, He spoke seemingly casually: "Sixth Block, eleven years ago, a factory leak occurred here, and it is said that there were cultists behind the accident who were sabotaging it."

Shirley blinked, as if confused, "Why did you mention this suddenly?"

"Okay, why are you pretending to be stupid? You were in the Sun Cult stronghold asking about what happened eleven years ago." Duncan glanced at Shirley and walked forward, "This is the focus of all official records. Then The factory where the 'leak' occurred is right in front of here."

Shirley was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed up, flipping her short legs quickly while looking at Duncan in surprise: "Are you... also investigating the accident eleven years ago?!"

It seemed that after confirming that the boss really didn't eat people (at least for the time being) and that both parties had the same purpose, she became a little bolder and dared to ask questions.

"Yeah, I'm a bit interested," Duncan nodded noncommittally, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped again and looked at Shirley curiously, "Do you often evade fares?"

Shirley opened her mouth: "I..."

Duncan knew what was going on as soon as he saw the girl's expression. He shook his head: "Fare evasion is not good."

Shirley almost cried when she heard this - she had been preached by Agou, her neighbor's uncle and aunt, and even the city-state's police chief, but she really never thought that one day she would be preached by someone like the evil god. The big boss suddenly preached to her, and the big boss’ sermon to her was actually not to evade the fare when taking the bus... Are the moral standards of the big bosses in subspace these days already so high?!

Ever since Agou described the terrifying existence in the body of "Mr. Duncan" to her last time, she had vaguely connected this big man with the shadow in subspace.