The layered routine of vest essence

At this time, the old gentleman who was named "Invisible Shadow" was standing in front of an old watch shop. There were also some elderly watchmakers wearing presbyopic glasses, engraving the dial on their hands intently, and did not notice any uninvited guests. 's arrival

"Oh, old man, do you accept antique watches?" The old gentleman lowered his high hat and turned up his collar, leaving only a pair of glowing red pupils, exuding a happy mood.

"Ah? What kind of watch?" The old watchmaker put down the tools in his hand and raised his head with great interest, "If the quality is good, my price is definitely right."

He has been making clocks and watches all his life. He claims to have excellent eyesight, and he is not short of money. If he encounters any good things, he will not treat the seller badly.

The old gentleman handed out his pocket watch.

"Oh, let me see, what technique is used to carve the pattern on the back? It's a bit floating." The old watchmaker was amazed, "The pattern is delicate and the workmanship is neat. Although you can't see the faction, it is indeed rare. Precious pocket watch."

"Sir, do you have a price in mind?" His tone was unconsciously filled with excitement. If he judged correctly, the value of this pocket watch could even buy his small store.

Generally, a person who owns a pocket watch of this value cannot choose to sell it at all, unless he does not understand the value or there is a change in his family.

"Of course I have a price!" The old gentleman slowly raised his cane, pointed at the old watchmaker's chest with the end, and let out a pleasant laugh, "I don't need money, and I don't want your thanks, then you Think for yourself, what else can you give me?"

His shadow was distorted under the bright incandescent lamp, as if the abyss had come again.

"If... it's lower than my price, then I'll personally take what's on your body to make up for it!"

The old watchmaker's white beard trembled, his body stiffened and he felt the hard texture of the cane poking his chest, and he didn't dare to act rashly for a while.

It is impossible for him to be an idiot at such an advanced age, but he can still open a shop in Wil state by himself. After seeing this man's behavior, he naturally understands that this old guy is not good at coming, and after hearing his words It was a weird nagging tone, and the old watchmaker suddenly thought of some possibilities.

"Speak up, old man, hehehe, could it be that you don't like my pocket watch?" The pocket watch in the old gentleman's hand opened and closed, which made the old watchmaker who loves watches a little sad.

"Uh, why don't we sit down and discuss it?" He wiped the sweat from his forehead, tapped the end of the cane lightly, and said cautiously, "Sir, you must be tired from holding it like this."

"Are you going to bargain with me?" The old gentleman's eyes became more blood red, showing a greedy look, "You smell very good, very fragrant and delicious."

The old watchmaker's face was almost green. He had lived for almost 70 years, and this was the first time he heard such a compliment.

At this moment, the doorbell rang again, and a young man with a hood quickly ran in.

"Master! I'm late today! My aunt asked me to milk him first."

"Hey, do you have guests here?"

The young man scratched his head, "Are you...?"

The old watchmaker's eyes were completely desperate, how could he forget that his idiot apprentice was coming to the shop today!

"Thinking that we have passed down the making of clocks and watches for three generations, I didn't expect this craft to be broken by me..."

The old watchmaker said tremblingly: "This gentleman is here to sell watches. I have something to talk to him about. You should go back first."

The old gentleman seemed to have only the old watchmaker in his eyes, which made him subconsciously relieved.

The apprentice who came to learn the craft excitedly was kicked out by his teacher and father in a daze. He didn't know what to do for a while. He kicked the stones on the road and was attracted by the video played in the open air next to him.

"Many unknown people appeared in the state of Virginia today, and some of them are extremely vicious. I hope that the citizens will not go out alone on weekdays. If you find suspicious people, please report them in time..."

There are also a few blurry portraits released below, encouraging citizens to actively report and pay attention to safety.

The little apprentice took a closer look, good guy, isn't that mysterious customer in his master's watch shop the wanted criminal who smiled arrogantly in the video?

"Oops!" He suddenly thought of the series of unusual reactions from his master, and with a thump in his heart, he hurried to the nearby phone booth and called the police station, reporting the situation incoherently, regardless of whether the other end of the phone was still waiting. At the end of the speech, dragging some worn-out shoes, he rushed towards the watch shop.

The little apprentice almost lost his shoes when he ran, and it felt like he was running such a short distance at ordinary times, but now he seemed to be racing against time. He only heard a "boom", and the watch shop built in a remote location suddenly collapsed, and many The clock parts shot out and landed squarely on his head.

The little apprentice subconsciously touched the place where the mouth was hit on the head, warm blood flowed out slowly, his nose came out instantly, and he shouted in a rough voice: "Master——"

"Cough cough cough, the brat is calling his soul..." The old watchmaker, whose ears were buzzing from the explosion, sat up and pulled the ruins, looking at the various clocks and watches that he had dismantled into the ground with some distress.

"Master, you're fine!" The junior apprentice lost one of his shoes, so he simply kicked off the other, and helped the old watchmaker up with his bare feet.

The old watchmaker shook his head: "Another strange person appeared, and the two of them suddenly fought."

After saving their lives, the two of them just sat on the side of the road in a daze, watching the live broadcast that seemed like a fighting scene in a movie scene.

The tall hat of the old gentleman had been swept away by the blast for a long time. His gray hair was exposed, and his hollow ear sockets were also exposed.

"This is my place!" He roared loudly, looking at the figure on the opposite side, he wanted to eat his skin and bones.

It's a pity that the opponent didn't seem to want to answer his words, so the scene that was still on fire turned into a one-man show for the old gentleman-the scene was a bit embarrassing for a while.

Now that he was provoked to the top of his head, the old gentleman's original joyful mood disappeared. He let out a low growl, and the "click" sound of the pocket watch became extremely crisp. The old watchmaker and his apprentice saw strands of black flames coming from the It appeared in the air, and the extremely high temperature distorted the air for a while.

Standing opposite to the old gentleman was a monster that looked more like a monster, with a human body and a fish head, with a head of fresh algae on top of his green skin. He had no nose, and a pair of slightly protruding dead fish eyes looked calmly at the two black holes. Watching the old gentleman act as a demon.

When the black flame reached his side, it was extinguished by the invisible water vapor, leaving only wisps of white smoke scattered in the air.

"Where the hell did you come from?" The old gentleman's scarlet eyes were full of fear, "I've never seen you in the Demon League before."

"You are a newborn strange? No, I have never felt the fluctuation of energy here."

The fish-head monster stared blankly, and walked slowly towards him. Without taking a step, a small puddle would appear on the ground. Relying on his good eyesight, the elementary school student even saw a small live fish in it Bounce.

The old gentleman opened his pocket watch and took a look. Seeing that the hands on it were beating wildly, he felt as if he was about to fall apart.

"Damn it!" he yelled, "the time is almost up."

The River God ignored the old gentleman's actions, but slowly raised his hand. His skinny dark green claws looked like rotten dead wood, but they strangled the old gentleman's neck with great strength.

"Ah!" The little apprentice who was watching by the side couldn't help crying out, "He, why didn't he hide!"

"It's obviously so slow."

The old watchmaker couldn't see the details clearly, but he could barely see the general idea. He squinted his eyes and explained: "That green-skinned monster is obviously stronger. When he sent me out, he used an invisible thing The one who picked me up, I think I can use that kind of thing to control the old man."

"Catch it! You're here!" The River God's voice is like a tape on a disc, but it is obvious that a little flower is blooming in his heart, and the rising end is an irrepressible joy, "I, take you away .”

The old gentleman who had been strangled by the throat of fate had white eyes, looked at the surrounding open terrain and the thin shadows in the sun, and let out an unwilling "ho ho" sound in his throat.

A blank card the size of a business card suddenly appeared in the hands of the River God, and it was pasted on the old gentleman's forehead. In the next second, he turned into a pocket watch and fell into the palm of the River God.

"Master! He has turned into a pocket watch!" The little apprentice who was eating melons happily yelled in amazement, "Will the watches in your store also transform?"

"Stinky boy, if your master has such a great ability, can he still stay here?"

The old watchmaker pulled his apprentice back a few steps, watching the green-skinned monster's actions from afar.

The God of the River didn't care about the crowds of humans watching. He looked at the pocket watch that stopped turning in his hand with satisfaction, and went back to do business in a flash.

The police, who were always late, only found a piece of ruins at the scene, and a pair of mentors and apprentices who were thinking about whether their property could be recovered through the insurance company.

"Tell me, name, identity."

"Arthur Virgil, owner of the clock shop, this is my apprentice."

"Have you seen the incident?"

"Well, first one of the weirdos said something threatening to me, and then my apprentice went out to call the police, and then another weirdo came over and threw me out, and they started fighting themselves."

"Your losses should be registered first. This incident is an accidental disaster, and it is within the scope of compensation." Huaguo attaches great importance to property issues, and shortly after the strange incident broke out, this type of damage was counted as an accident In the middle, except for the insurance company being tricked, the rest of the people feel at ease and have a stronger sense of belonging to the country, so the police in Huaguo are very skilled in handling these things.

After sending away Virgil's mentor and apprentice who was even reimbursed for medical expenses, the police handed the report to Jonathan who was sitting in the office.

"Well, are there any casualties?"

Jonathan, who was notified by the police about the suspicious person at the beginning, did not choose to go directly, but returned to the office and asked other police officers to go to the scene to take pictures first; while other police officers who were asked to go to the scene were timid. Shrinking the yang and obeying the yin, he held a telescope and "recorded" the images with his eyes far away. After everything was over, he slowly went to pick up the master and apprentice who were sitting on the ground eating melons.

The police retrieved the monitoring from the intersection not far from the watch shop, combined with the testimony of Virgil's master and apprentice, and presented it in front of Jonathan.

Jonathan didn't sleep last night, the strange threatening words were still echoing in his mind, making him always worried that he would be reduced to ashes without knowing it, and even the bones would not be left behind, so he couldn't help but find a bunch of bodyguards Watching outside the door, he also found a model with a good figure to spend the night with.

As a result, his face is now pale and pale, and his body feels weak for a while. It looks like he is on drugs. It is worrying that he will die suddenly in a second.

"It's the old guy."

The video starts with an old gentleman wearing a high hat walking into the watch shop. His unique dressing style and walking stick make it easy to spot his true identity, without even the slightest sign of concealment.

"How did he show up?"

Pulling the screen forward, I saw a small flashlight shining on the wall in a corner where the sun can't reach, and from the small circular light shadow, a swimming snake shadow appeared, and the shadow expanded and turned into a human shape , the old gentleman straightened his collar, opened his pocket watch to check the time, and walked towards the watch shop not far away with satisfaction.

Jonathan squinted his eyes, his mind was spinning wildly, and then he said to the assistant: "You bring the file here, the condition for this old thing to appear is not the shadow, but the unnatural light emitted by other objects without sunlight."

"Hmph, I thought how strong it was..." Jonathan sneered, "As long as I turn off the lights at night and let the moonlight enter the room, what will he use to get close to me?"

"It's just... why can he move freely in the sun?"

The assistant replied cautiously: "Is it because of the pocket watch? I saw that he often took out the pocket watch to check it in the video, and it was still opening and closing."

"It's possible." Jonathan pulled the video back and saw the part where the house exploded and the river god appeared, "How did the house blow up?"

"Is this also the ability of that 1775?"

The video was played over and over several times, and the assistant's archives increased by several pages. In the end, Jonathan, who had gone on a business trip and did nothing, let out a sigh of relief, "Okay, let's end it like this, we can go back."

The assistant looked at him questioningly, as if thinking about how to help this unreliable boss write a report.

"What do you see me doing?" Jonathan rolled his eyes, "Didn't you hear what that 1775 said? They obviously have an organization called 'Demon League', although I don't know which of these two weird ones, but it can also explain There are some powerful, rational weirdos in this world who have formed their own organization."

"No matter what, I'm just one person. I'll ask the commander for assignments when I go back this time. I'll leave the other tasks to those capable people from the Buda Kingdom who aren't said to be very capable." He said coldly He laughed softly, "Do you really think my life is not my life?"

"What do you think about the strangeness of the fish-headed human body?" The assistant had a bitter face, obviously unable to start with the upcoming report.

"Do you need me to teach you? The explosion was caused by the collision between the fish head man's water and 1775's fire. Another ability was used when he forcibly grabbed 1775. You can name it yourself. The negative effect is mine. do not know either."

Jonathan shrugged. He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he desperately wanted to go home, pushed away the unreliable assistant, and casually called the policeman standing guard next to him: "Take us to the airport."

The assistant hurriedly chased him out from behind and closed the door loosely. No one noticed the place where Jonathan was sitting just now. It scattered all over the place.

On the other side, when Virgil's master and apprentice went back to clean up the mess, the junior apprentice suddenly found a purple hexagram suddenly appeared on the ground in front of the watch shop, with a slight lavender light, and he wiped it with his hands without any blurring. trace.

"Master, what is this!" He yelled curiously, and suddenly felt some itching on his face, so he scratched his face with his dusty hands indifferently.

The old watchmaker Virgil Ben was still looking for his treasure that had survived in the ruins. When he heard his apprentice's cry, he raised his head reflexively, and his expression changed drastically.

"Sam!"

Some young apprentices who were at a loss only heard the master's terrified cry, which became the last call he heard in his life.

"Tick tock", on the dusty ground, a simple and exquisite pocket watch fell, its cover was flipped up, and the pointer inside moved slowly again.

……

Another dimension, MIA headquarters.

Wearing big sandals, the river god raised his feet cautiously, took a step and looked back, fearing that he would make the clean and white ground full of puddles, he walked a short distance for a long time in a daze.

The layout of MIA is comparable to that of an ant nest. Corridors of various solid colors are jumbled together in a haphazard manner. Traveling depends on facial recognition, and walking depends on thoughts. The private rooms of members are intertwined with other weird rooms where they are detained. Foreign enemies invaded, and it was impossible to find the door he wanted to enter, and it might turn into rations for the weirdos.

Once there is a new weirdness that needs to be suppressed, MIA's confinement room will have one more on its own, and they only need to stuff the weirdness into it.

The long-lost trip abroad and easy tasks made Heshen feel very happy. The pair of thin eyebrows on Wushen's eyes curved into a lovely arc, which Ran Ran who happened to come out keenly noticed.

"Hey, isn't this the God of the River? You seem to be in a good mood?" Pixiu, who just took a bath and had a full-body massage, was also in a good mood, and greeted his colleagues enthusiastically, "You really do what Liang Xiao said mission?"

The River God nodded slowly, a hint of red appeared on his green skin: "Very, simple."

Ran Ran took out melon seeds from her hands like magic and knocked them. Before the melon seeds fell to the ground, they turned into golden light spots and disappeared into the air. How many of them?"

The River God shook his head, and took out the card from his pocket, with a small pocket watch pattern printed on it.

"Hmm... I don't know." Ran Ran took a look and changed the subject, "I don't know why the leader wants to organize a team building, and the location has already been determined. It's in the country of Sakura, and I'm planning to go there. Inform them, do you want to go?"

The river god's skinny paw accepted the invitation letter handed out by Ran Ran with some embarrassment, and forced a shy smile.

"Hey, you don't need to be so cautious. Although I haven't met your ex and don't know what changes have happened to you, it's good to be alive." Ran Ran waved at him, "Send this to the confinement room first. Well, I'll go find someone else first."

The God of the River suddenly said: "Liang Xiao, will you die?"

The smile froze on Ran Ran's face, and she waved her hands and said, "What are you thinking, his disaster is almost over, and there must be no accidents."

Seeing the God of the River turning around and walking towards the confinement room in a daze, Ran Ran turned around and patted his chest with his hands, "Huh, is this guy so sharp?"

"That fellow Liang Xiao..." Ran Ran muttered, "I also hope there are no accidents for him."

On the other side, the River God, who entered the confinement room, pasted the card on a blank space next to the railing, and the light flashed. The strangeness that should have appeared in the small compartment did not appear, and an old pocket watch "patted ” landed on the ground, revealing the intact smooth back—the hollowed-out serpentine pattern was gone.

The God of the River stared blankly at the pocket watch on the ground, and whispered softly: "Fake?"

……

Flower country.

Jonathan and his assistant had already boarded the exclusive plane to fly back to the headquarters. In addition to the two of them, there were four service personnel in the car. Even if it was only a short journey of more than an hour, it was necessary to ensure his perfect enjoyment.

Jonathan ate the high-end desserts provided by the plane, drank extremely strong pure coffee, and discussed with his assistant the strange things that have attracted more attention in Huaguo recently.

"Number 1352, code-named Forest Knight, danger level: low. Known ability: only appears in densely wooded areas, does no harm to unarmed ordinary people, but will actively attack poachers, although the methods are cruel, but are popular with forest guards Human respect, currently rated C, uncontained."

"Number 0859, code-named rag doll, danger level: high. Known ability: Children who hear her singing will take her home involuntarily. On the third night, the child will turn into a new rag doll, and her body will randomly Spawned in another location, possibly even in another country, currently rated S, uncontained."

"Number 0355..."

"Number 2597..."

The assistant looked up the information without being connected to the Internet, and put together some weird things that had something in common.

"All of these weirdnesses will leave a purple hexagram pattern after launching an attack or appearing, and they all look like a weird organization that cooperates."

Jonathan pointed at the opened mobile table and said: "We have long discovered that advanced monsters have intelligence similar to that of humans, but it is difficult to guess how they are connected."

"By the way, how is the bride in the box?"

After all, it was the starting point that led him to step into the extraordinary. Even after half a year, Jonathan still paid attention to this strange existence.

"It's still the same, it hasn't moved, it just appears more and more frequently, and three observers have been changed."

"I've already sent the record to the headquarters." The assistant's fingers fluttered across the keyboard, using encrypted signals to send out the hot data summary.

Jonathan's heart was swollen, he covered his chest with one hand, frowned and said, "Damn it, bring my medicine, I'm having heart palpitations again."

The assistant opened the backpack and took out the medicine, but felt that the temperature in the plane had dropped a bit, and the crisp cracking sound suddenly sounded above her head.

The assistant quickly handed the medicine to Jonathan and rang the service bell.

Accompanied by the ringing of the bell and the sharp alarm, Jonathan clutched his chest, ignored the coffee and spilled himself, quickly took out the pills and poured them into his mouth without even counting them.

"Sir!" The assistant looked at the shattered glass with some trepidation. She had followed Jonathan on missions four or five times, so she was naturally familiar with his abilities, "Your abilities are out of control, stop quickly!"

At this time, the other flight attendants in the cabin also took action. The parachute and oxygen mask were placed beside them properly, and they waited for the command from the captain's room to jump out of the plane or make an emergency landing.

But Jonathan felt his heart hurt more and more. The severe pain made him curl up into a shrimp on the seat, and even struggled to drop the oxygen mask put on him by his assistant.

"No, no." His forehead was full of sweat, "I'm so hot..."

"It's so hot!"

Seats and glass shattered in response, and the strong air pressure poured into the cabin, snatching the last breath of oxygen that people breathed. Black flames attached to all tangible things, mixed with the flames produced by the explosion of the plane, emitting extremely High heat.

"Burning, burning, it's the sound of crackling bones~"

"Enthusiasm, enthusiasm, is my loyal response to you~"

An eerie ballad echoed.

The huge body fell into a mountain forest, instantly causing a mountain fire, which spread with the cold wind.

"Hmph, green ghost, I will find you next—"

The old gentleman with a tall hat bowed towards the mountain fire, humming a little tune, Shi Shi ran through the panicked and curious crowd, and stepped into the setting sun.