[Comprehensive British and American] 280 days of tragedy

What I didn't expect was that when they arrived at Times Square in New York, they ran into nothing and asked around several times. No one knew where the leopard-print mutant had gone.

Ye An did not give up and asked around the entire New York City, but still did not find the mutant.

Seeing her asking people over and over again, a few well-meaning mutants couldn't see it, and came forward to suggest that Ye An go to Caliban.

"Caliban?" she repeated the name. "Prospero's servant in The Tempest?"

The mutants looked at each other, apparently not understanding why Ye An suddenly mentioned opera.

"You never heard of Caliban?"

Ye An shook his head.

"Caliban is a black market dealer here, he is at the intersection of the New York subway and the sewer." Mutant A said.

"Black market businessman? Isn't this illegal?" Ye An frowned strangely. It was still on the border of New York. Why didn't the guards take care of it?

Mutant A: "It's not like you don't know, Caliban has existed since the guards opened here, and most of the guards have to rely on Caliban to act."

... She really didn't know, it was the first time she heard about it today.

"I think you might as well go to Caliban to try your luck instead of staying here all day." Mutant A said, "Remember to bring money."

"Oh." Ye An nodded blankly, expressing that he understood, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." They hugged Ye An one by one, "I wish you good luck."

"Good luck to you too."

After they said goodbye, Harry waved his arms and asked Ye An, "Are you going to Caliban?"

"Just try your luck there."

Ye An raised his hand to lift Harry up a bit as he said, he always likes to slide down, what's the matter?

Just as he was still thinking about it, Harry slid down a little more.

After more times, Ye An became a little distressed: "Is it uncomfortable for me to hold you like this?"

It shouldn't be so, those cats used to like Ye An hugging them like this, and the cat's head could just rest on Ye An's shoulder in this movement, so that she could pluck them.

Not uncomfortable.

As a cat, it should be very comfortable to be held like this, but as a man... it's a bit difficult to say, because this movement makes Harry's belly right on Ye An's soft chest.

If Harry was in a human state at this time, Ye An would definitely be able to see the reddish roots of his ears, but it is not much better now, his ears are flying backwards against his scalp, which is a cat that only appears when it is nervous. symbols of.

Originally, Harry was held by the bodyguards, but after Harry was almost hit for the third time, Ye An finally couldn't bear it anymore, and she insisted that Harry be held by her, otherwise he would be asked to return to the car Waiting on it.

In the end, under Ye An's insistence, Harry was still hugged by her, and he never let go of this hug.

"No." He was strangely silent for a few seconds before answering Ye An.

Unknown, Ye An stroked the ends of his hair, and decided not to pursue this issue any more.

According to the address given by the mutants, Caliban was not far from where Ye An was, so she hugged Harry, followed by two bodyguards, and walked towards that place.

The entrance of Caliban is at the door of an abandoned drainage hole. It seems that no one has used it for a long time. The surrounding walls are covered with moss, but the ground is exceptionally clean. It can be seen that there are people walking around every day.

There were two people guarding the door.They leaned silently against the door with their waists bowed, and their height exceeded two meters by visual inspection. They looked like huge versions of the gray skulls in Pan's Labyrinth, except that their hands were smooth and flat, without eyeballs, and their faces were covered with The yellowish bandage was wrapped tightly several times, only a thin gap in the mouth was exposed.

They waved the sticks in their hands and crossed them in front of Ye An. After the thin gaps opened, they almost cracked to the root of the ear, and the sharp teeth were densely squeezed on the gums.

"Mutants, pass."

"Humans, stop."

Surprisingly, when they spoke, their voices were like sounds of nature, with melodious and beautiful voices.She thought that even the robins, the messengers of God's voice, might not be able to sing more beautifully than them.

"The sound of nature." She praised in a low voice.

The alien didn't speak.

Ye An turned his head and said to the bodyguard behind him, "Go back and wait for me in the car."

"This..." The bodyguard shifted his gaze to Harry in Ye An's arms.

"It's okay, I will protect Harry." Ye An thought the bodyguard was worried about Harry, and said calmly, "I don't know what's going on inside. If possible, you'd better get closer to the human range."

Harry in Ye An's arms nodded slightly calmly.

The bodyguard nodded silently, retracted his hand from the position where the gun was placed on his chest, and looked at the aliens standing on both sides vigilantly: "Then I will wait for you in the car."

Ye An responded, and they watched the alien and retreated slowly, turning and leaving after a certain distance.

The sticks of the guardians moved away from each other, revealing a gap that only one person could pass through.

"Thank you." Ye An walked through the gap, politely thanking the alien behind him.

After Ye An walked over, the sticks were crossed again, and the aliens were silent like stone carvings embedded in the wall.

She walked in with Harry in her arms.

The corpses of cockroaches and mice can be seen everywhere in the gloomy secret passage. The twisted lamp holders on both sides seem to be picked up from anywhere. The candles on the lamp holders that fade and disappear with the wind pull the shadows of the tunnel. Even more terrifying.

Crackling, the sound of lights exploding echoed in the tunnel.

She turned her hand and pressed Harry's head to her neck, "It smells a little bad, if you feel uncomfortable, lean against me first."

"I'm fine." Harry stretched out his paw and pushed Ye An's shoulder.

Ye An smiled silently, hugged Harry tightly, and walked faster than before, but still very calm.

After a few minutes, the waterway finally came to an end, and a small black door appeared in front of Ye An. As soon as she approached, the door opened by itself.

"New client." The speaker had a pair of weird yellow eyes that occupied his entire eye sockets, his eyes lightly turned around Ye An and Harry, and his tone of surprise was as smooth as an opera, " Caliban knows you, Miss Hermit at Xavier's School for the Gifted."

Hermit is the code name used by Ye An during his activities.

"Then this is..." Caliban's eyes moved to Ye An's arms, Harry's body, his expression became very strange in an instant, his fingers touched lightly, and his smile was kind, "Caliban is not Knowing you, there is no mutant that Caliban does not know."

He slowly turned around Ye An, his lime-yellow eyes glide wetly over Harry and Ye An like a poisonous tongue.

"Strange... very strange, Caliban can feel that there are two mutants, one is you... the other... is in the body of the cat in your arms."

Ye An turned his body sideways, slightly covering Caliban's gaze.

"Are you Caliban?" She interrupted Caliban's behavior bluntly, her eyes were very vigilant, and she held the devil's note in the palm of her hand.

"Caliban meant no harm."

Caliban stopped in his tracks, turned around and walked back behind his counter, put his hands on the table and asked, "What can Caliban do for you, Hermit."

She let go of her fingers, and the book fell back into her pocket with a dull sound, and the three eyes on her body also moved away when she let go of her fingers.

"I wonder where the mutants that make people grow cat ears are in Times Square, New York."

"Did you bring any money?"

"Of course." Ye An nodded, pulled out the wallet from his pocket with one hand, and opened the zipper, "How much does it cost?"

"Hundred dollars."

Ye An raised his head slowly, and looked directly into Caliban's eyes. There was only eighty dollars left in her wallet...

After a long silence, she said calmly, "Can I get a discount?"

Harry didn't expect that Ye An only brought eighty dollars with him when he went out, and in his current situation, he didn't bring a wallet at all.

This is definitely the first time since his birth that he asked for a discount because he didn't have enough money.

"For the sake of new customers." Caliban spoke very slowly, with a peculiar tone, "Caliban has an offer for you."

He took the eighty dollars from Ye An's wallet, counted them carefully, and stuffed them into the drawer after making sure the amount was correct.

"She is now in the guard." Caliban stretched out his slender fingers, touching the table and dawdling lightly back and forth, "Dora's residence permit has expired and is being reissued. If it is fast, she can be in the guard's office." found her on the street."

"Thank you." Ye An breathed a sigh of relief, took out a business card from his pocket, stuffed it to Caliban, and said, "Next time you need help with anything, you can come to me, as long as it's not a crime."

"Caliban remembered." He flicked the business card, and put it in the drawer just like the banknotes just now.

Ye An nodded, carried Harry away from Caliban's place, and was about to walk towards the parking spot when a figure suddenly appeared in front of Ye An.

"Ye An? Why are you here with a cat in your arms?" The person who came was Su Rong, who was in charge of Ye An's prosecution in the guard last time. She was wearing a long brown trench coat. Spinning a circle handsomely in the air.

"Su Rong?" Ye An came to his senses, remembering that Su Rong was an employee of the guard, he reached out and grabbed her sleeve: "Can you do me a favor?"

"sure."

Su Rong agreed without even thinking about it. Anyway, she has nothing to do next, and she is quite free, "What's the matter?"

"Let's get in the car first, I'm going to the guard."

In the car, Ye An briefly explained the matter to Su Rong.

"You mean... this is your little boyfriend?"

Su Rong couldn't hold back, paused the time, laughed at Ye An and the immobile Harry, and then returned to reality, serious face, said to Ye An: "I understand, I just now I have already sent a message to Edgar, asking him to keep the mutant."

"Thank you." Ye An breathed a sigh of relief, and exchanged glances with Harry who was sitting on her lap.

When explaining in the car just now, Ye An told Harry by the way that Su Rong knew about his situation, but she assured that only a few people knew about it.

The journey to the guard was smooth, and it was just five o'clock when the bodyguard sent them to the guard.

Su Rong took Ye An straight to Edgar's office. Inside the door was the leopard mutant who had a relationship with Ye An yesterday. She was terrified and huddled in a corner of the room, not daring to move.

The other one was a handsome man with short blond hair. He was writing a document with a serious expression. When he raised his head, even Ye An, who was dull, felt the temperature in the room drop by ten degrees instantly.

This is... Edgar, the head of the American Guard.