After asking where the rescue point near the square was, Heidi covered her head and left on her own. However, Duncan had no intention of dealing with the "official staff" there - mainly because there was Shirley next to him now, and this girl who could summon deep demons obviously did not want to deal with the Deep Sea Church.
Watching Heidi's figure gradually go away, Duncan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Nina first: "No one is hurt.
Bar
"No," Nina was still a little shocked. She had been holding Duncan's sleeve subconsciously, but suddenly she let go of it and looked at Duncan in surprise. "You haven't told me yet, why are you in the museum?"
"I was just doing some work nearby," Duncan said with a laugh, "and I heard about the fire at the museum.
I came to rescue you."
Before the other party wanted to say anything, he reached out and rubbed the girl's hair, comforting Nina who had just been frightened: "It's okay, it's all over, as long as you're not hurt.
I'm not a child anymore!" Nina shook her head, and then her eyes fell on Shirley standing beside her. Just as she was about to speak, a strange look suddenly appeared on her face, as if she suddenly remembered something inappropriate. She looked up and down at the girl in front of her, "Shirley... Why do I suddenly feel that... you are a little...
Shirley's attention was on Duncan the previous second, but when she saw Nina's reaction, her face suddenly showed visible panic. She widened her eyes slightly, and glanced at Duncan again in panic, with more fear in her expression.
Duncan was moved when he saw the change in her expression, because the girl's expression was exactly the same as when she was caught evading the fare before. He looked at Nina thoughtfully, and recalled his dealings with Shirley and her current role -
It is known that the two times I dealt with Shirley were when Nina was in school. It is also known that Shirley's true personality is extremely bad and rude, and she is not a "quiet and good child" at all. It is also known that one of the abilities of the deep demon Agou is to interfere with the judgment of ordinary people in order to achieve a disguised identity...
Her current "identity" is Nina's new friend at school, and this identity is full of loopholes.
Duncan touched his chin, put his hand on Nina's shoulder, and pointed his chin in Shirley's direction: "Do you really know her?"
"Yes, she's Shirley, she's my new friend, but..." Nina frowned, "But I don't know why.
What? I suddenly couldn't remember when she appeared in the school. Duncan turned his head and stared at Shirley, who was trying to reduce her presence. After a long while, he spoke softly:
You still have a chance to explain yourself, or I...
As soon as he finished speaking, Shirley said a lot of things: "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I just wanted to investigate the matter so I sneaked into the school, but I really didn't hurt Nina. And just now in the museum, I helped her block the falling wood. Do you really believe me? I really didn't know this was your roll. I don't understand the interests and hobbies of a big shot like you. Please let me go..."
Before Duncan could finish his sentence, he was shocked by the dog-swinging girl's crying voice.
Shocked, his first reaction was that this woman had extraordinary talent and could perhaps be used as a sparring partner for Goat Head.
Then he coughed twice, interrupting Shirley's chattering: "It's not Juan, it's my niece."
As he spoke, his eyes also noticed Shirley's hands.
There were traces of burns from the fire, and although only faint scars remained due to its amazing healing power, it seemed that she had indeed been injured in the museum.
If she wasn't lying (she probably wouldn't dare to), then she must have really been trying to protect Nina.
Shirley certainly didn't know what Duncan was thinking. Her mind was almost blank at this time: "If you say she is a niece, then she is a niece...
Nina only vaguely reacted at this time. She looked at her uncle in surprise, then looked at the "friend" in front of her.
"Wait, you two... do you know each other? And Shirley, why are you...
"We just met by chance," Duncan said calmly. He didn't let Shirley speak because he didn't know what she might reveal in front of Nina. "It looks like we have a lot to talk about, don't you think, Shirley
Shirley was about to cry. She looked at Duncan with a sad face and said, "If you say so, then...
"You said so."
"Yes."
"Uncle, don't be so mean to Shirley," Nina was still confused at this time, but she could see that her new friend was very afraid of her uncle for some reason, and her uncle was not very polite to Shirley, which made her a little uneasy and confused. "My mind is in a mess now... Can someone explain to me what is going on?"
"Let's go home and talk slowly," Duncan exhaled softly, looked up at the museum where smoke was coming out, and then turned to look in the direction he came from, "This place is too messy, and you two look so dirty now, you have to go back and take a shower and change clothes."
Shirley stammered: "I... I want to follow too?"
Then she nodded vigorously without waiting for Duncan to speak: "You are right!"
Duncan sighed with a bit of a smile. It seemed that no matter what Shirley wanted to do by approaching Nina, she would be harmless around Nina from now on. Then he shook his head and prepared to leave with the two girls.
At this moment, his eyes happened to pass over the edge of the museum square.
A figure standing near the crowd at the edge of the square suddenly caught his attention.
It was a figure wearing a black coat, with his back to this side, looking in the direction of the fire. Judging from the back, he seemed to be a tall and thin man. The style of his coat was somewhat like a long windbreaker, and the long hem almost covered his whole body. The strangest thing about this figure was that he was holding a large black umbrella on this sunny day.
In the weather without wind or rain, and the sun is not too strong, a tall and thin man in a long windbreaker stands with an umbrella
Looking at the fire from the edge of the square, this scene would look a bit strange no matter where it is placed, but the people gathered at the edge of the square
There were many people, but no one looked in the direction of the man holding the umbrella.
"Uncle?" Nina noticed that Duncan suddenly stopped and looked in the direction he was looking at curiously. "What's going on over there?"
What?"
"There's a person holding an umbrella over there on a sunny day. It's very strange," Duncan said casually.
"People holding umbrellas on a sunny day?" Nina was stunned for a moment, "Where? I didn't see it..."
"I didn't see it either," Shirley rubbed her eyes and curiously followed Duncan's gaze. "Are you afraid
I must have seen it wrong..."
"You didn't see it?" Duncan frowned instantly. He glanced at Shirley and Nina, but when he turned his gaze back to the square the next second, the figure holding the umbrella had disappeared without him knowing when.
"Uncle?" Nina looked at Duncan with some concern. "Did you just inhale a lot of smoke? Are you feeling unwell now?"
Uncomfortable? "I'm fine, maybe I saw it wrongly." In order not to make Nina worry, Duncan just shook his head.
Said indifferently.
But his eyes still lingered on the square, and before he looked away, he took a last deep look at the
Eye.
If it was just a weirdo with an umbrella, it wouldn't be a big deal.
But if it is a figure that only you can see, the situation is different.
He took note of the figure.
Vanna brought a team of sharp guards to the vicinity of the Ocean Museum, but when she arrived, the sudden fire had already come to an end.
A dusty deep-sea priest came before the Inquisitor with several Guardian warriors who had just rushed out of the fire.
"The fire died out suddenly on its own," the deep-sea priest said immediately after saluting Vanna, "but we did not find any traces of supernatural power left at the scene."
"It will go away on its own?" Vanna's expression turned serious when she heard the pastor's report.
You lead a team into a fire scene.
Did you find any clues?"
“There was widespread excessive panic, hallucinations, and delirium among the citizens fleeing the scene. I suspect the museum
There was supernatural contamination in it,” the priest nodded, “but we searched inside and found nothing... The only abnormal thing was that the flames suddenly subsided on their own.
At this point, the priest made a gesture of praying to the goddess and added: "But it is also because the fire is extinguished.
Only if we retreat can the defenders and I retreat safely.
Fanna thought for a moment and nodded gently: "Okay, after the fire is completely over, I will arrange for someone to search the museum thoroughly again to see if there are any signs of abnormalities in the collections...
After giving the brief instructions, the young judge raised his head and glanced at the people who were receiving assistance and
The citizens who were being comforted and guided seemed to be looking for something among the crowd.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from not far away: "Vanna! I'm here!"
Vanna looked up and saw Heidi, who looked disheveled, waving at her vigorously in the crowd.