Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 510

2021-12-05

Chapter 509 Accidental Landing
"Miss Galina even wondered if I was a man."

Standing on the ramp in front of the bridge entrance, Shade explained to Luvia while watching the river for those occasional red halos:

"It's funny, the gods admit it Yes, I'm a man."

"That's good."

Luvia looked like she wanted to laugh.

Darkness gave up swimming at the bottom of the river and moved quickly near the water's surface after entering the lower downtown area in the northern part of the city. When he finally chose to go ashore, in order to avoid being discovered by the church, he chose to move directly from the water to the shore by moving through the dark vortex.

Without the water flow to block the line of sight, this time it was easy to find the moving direction of those blood-colored halos.

Shade and Luvia chatted while turning from the boulevard along the river to the side alley. Darkness did not pass on other people's roofs. Instead, every time he encountered a fork, he would use a dark innate talent to move, leaving no trace at the fork.

He circled the neighborhood very cautiously for several times, so that Shade and Luvia, who were wandering around, almost caught the attention of the residents in the neighborhood.

In the end, Darkness walked out of the alley abruptly, and then moved all the way to the east.

He did not leave the area of the lower city, but presumably thought he had escaped the pursuit, so he did not circle again. Finally, he got into Rotten Fish Alley, the alley where the blind musician Mr. Mandis once lived.

Walk down the grey suspended corridor between the two towers, then pass an empty building with a fire, and enter a slightly open alley. Continue to the east, passing through the dilapidated apartment buildings standing in the lower city with peeling walls, following the direction of the steam pipes, and finally arriving at the five-fork junction with the big locust tree as the center.

"I walked down this road when I came to the late blind musician Mr. Mandis."

Shade and Luvia said, knowing that there was a pile of feces ahead And the alley of garbage, so I covered my nose and mouth with a collar in advance.

"So where did you start?"

Luvia asked.

“The Anthem Square, which is the center of the lower city.”

“I often come here. The black market around the warlock in the lower city occupies 6% of the city. Ten's share."

The two almost reversed the way Shade had come last time, out of the tangled and complicated slum alleys to the street north of Anthem Square, and then in this mist-shrouded In the morning, together with the bustling crowd, they actually entered the Anthem Square.

"His foothold is near here?"

Luvia was a little surprised, while Shade stood by the square, watching those blood-colored halo targets enter straight in He found a place he knew well:
"What's more surprising."

"What?"

"He lives here."

Following the direction of Shade's finger, Luvia passed the street vendors and people on the square, and saw the hotel next to the square, which occupies most of the eastern part, and saw the image of three cats on the wooden signboard, and "Three Cats Hotel". "The name.

"Are you sure he lives here?"

Luvia couldn't believe it. When the two came, they discussed the possible hiding place of Darkness, such as the following The underground sewer pipes in the city, such as the drainage ditches beside the river, such as the cracks in the wall at the end of the alley, such as the old haunted house that has been abandoned for a long time and uninhabited.

However, unexpectedly, the other party actually lived in the Three Cats Hotel.

"I don't even think that he lives here, and the church still can't find him."

Shade is also a little surprised, but [Echo of Blood] can't go wrong of. This is the tracking of the three forces of blood, time, and space. Unless Darkness detects that someone is tracking him with this ability, it is absolutely impossible to take countermeasures.

"The other party may have the ability to disguise. Maybe when we find him, his appearance is different from what you see."

Luvia reminded, Shade Nodding and hesitating for a while;
"Although it is confirmed that the other party is in the Three Cats Hotel, we still go in and take a look for the sake of insurance. We don't have to see him with our own eyes, but to determine the specific location of the other party. Once confirmed, go to the hotel immediately. Report the information to the church."

In such a crowded location, Shade and Luvia didn't want to fight Darkness.

"No problem, but wait."

Luvia took out a coin and flipped it:
"No problem, although the divination result may not be completely correct, at least I'm sure we don't have mortal danger this time."

"Okay, please come with me."

From the intersection on the edge of the square, it merges into the Anthem Square, Xia The sun at the end of noon came in here from the rear of the ring square building. It was already ten o'clock in the morning, and Shade even thought that if things went well, they could have lunch together at noon as Shade pulled Luvia through the crowd.

And if there are no accidents, this should be Shade's last adventure this summer.

Shade is already familiar with the situation in the Three Cats Hotel. After entering the hotel, instead of approaching the counter, he first found a table next to the female bard playing the lute and sat down. , and called the waiter to order some drinks and food.

Luvia observed the situation on the first floor and borrowed the Rhodes card from Shade for divination.

Shade's eyes carefully observed the stairs on the first floor, because what he saw was the silhouette left by Darkness within 24 hours, so the red halo on the first floor was quite a lot.

Through the depth of color, you can effectively distinguish the distance of these red halos from the present moment. Shade found the halo that he had followed all the way, and then compared it with other halos. It was basically certain that Darkness did not come down after returning here last night.

This created a new problem. Although no other traces of his movement were found near the Three Cats Inn on the way here, this six-ring warlock with demons on his body may still be here, But it does not rule out the probability that he uses other means to leave.

The waitress brought a plate and brought the "goat's milk beer" characteristic of the Three Cats Hotel to the two of them. The hops floated above the liquid level, and when a full glass of drink was placed on the wood-grained tabletop, there was a ton of noise.

Luvia took the cards back to Shade, and after the waiter left, she whispered under the sound of the lute:
"Darkness is probably still here, but I Not entirely sure. Shade, for safety's sake, we can't just go upstairs."

"Yes, I understand. But we can't just leave"

Shade looked up and thought for a moment. :
"It's 10:03 in the morning, let's sit here for half an hour, don't make any extra moves. After my [Blood Echoes] state disappears, if Darkness hasn't come downstairs, I'll think of another way."

"No problem."

Luvia said, took a sip from her glass, and frowned:
"Oh , this is really unpleasant."

At ten twenty-seven in the morning, Shade's eyes returned to normal, but Darkness still did not show up on the first floor of the Three Cats Inn. During this period, four people came down from the upstairs, and none of them were ring warlock.

Seeing that it was almost time, Shade brought Luvia to the counter. Hotel Boss Mrs. Sammy apparently also knew the detective who won the [King's Secret Order · Double] from her, so she wiped her hands with a towel and laughed jokingly said:
"Oh, isn't this Hamilton Detective? Come to us again. Here? Look, you brought another girl this time, it's so pretty, is this your new assistant?"

Luvia raised her eyebrows.

"Mrs. Sang Mei, good afternoon. I still want to ask you for help this time, but this time I don't have time to play cards."

Shade greeted familiarly , and I hope this time will be as smooth as last time.

"Don't worry, I don't want to give you the cards I've worked so hard to collect until I figure out what to do with you."

Mrs. Sammy put down the rag and then Curiously asked:

"Then detective, who are you looking for this time?"

Shade didn't want to rush the ordinary person into the warlock's grievances, even more how Darkness is no ordinary ring warlock.

Just as I was thinking about raising language and trying to convince the other party to give me the ledger directly, instead of asking the innkeeper for clues from the other party, the voice in my ear suddenly rang:
【 Outlanders, be careful behind you. The high ring warlock entered the hotel. ]

"What? Gaohuan warlock?"

His eyes widened slightly, then he shook his head at Mrs. Sang Mei:
"I want to ask again this time. Miss Mary last time, the client is really troublesome and has other requirements. But this time I can't go to her directly, she is full of lies, I want to know something from you."

Sang Mrs. Mei didn't know Shade's original intention, so she didn't see that he changed the subject abruptly. But Luvia knew what Shade wanted to ask. Although she was puzzled, she stood by and didn't speak.

[It's coming in your direction. ]

"I really don't want to deal with this kind of tech worker, but she obviously didn't say something last time. Oh, I left Mr. Mandis's relics with her, and she still Lied to me."

Shade complained, standing at the counter.

"It seems that you rarely deal with such professionals, they always do."

Mrs. Sang Mei shook her head, as if she was used to it:

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"They're people like that, I'm used to seeing them."

"Ma'am."

[It's him. ]

The man who is a little shorter than Shade and a little thin, walked to the counter, took off his hat, and knocked on the table while opening his mouth. He looked rather kind, and he looked sick. The temperature at noon in the late summer of Mingming is still not low, but he is still wrapped in a coat.

The coat was dark red, even a little close to black, with all the double-breasted buttons on, as if they were worried that they would freeze to death if they were unbuttoned.

He laughed apologetically to Shade:

“Sorry sir, I have something urgent to ask this lady, can I speak first?”

said Pushing a coin, Shade nodded, and Shade understood it, and took a seat next to Luvia.

PS: Guess who this is.