"Oh, it's you."
Even though the bruise was healed by the ability, Jenkins could still feel the pain. This is something that should never have happened, and Jenkins interpreted this as his nerves not adapting to the changes in his body.
"come on in."
He didn't ask why he came, but directly opened the door and invited the girl to come in. I looked up and saw the cat lying on the pillow and didn't know what it was doing, so I didn't pay attention to it.
The girl timidly walked into the man's room, and instead of sitting on the chair Jenkins pulled out from the desk, she stood near the door.
"Scared? Didn't you see it before?"
Jenkins thought in his heart, so he asked directly:
"Excuse me, what's the matter? I think children should go to bed earlier, otherwise it's easy to not grow taller."
"... nothing important... thank you sir for the end of year gift."
Thanking is obviously not what she really came here for, but Jenkins said anyway:
"It's nothing, and thank you for the gift, I like that knitted wristband very much."
Fini didn't know what to say for a moment, because she gave clothes for cats. Because Jenkins cats are small, so are the sizes.
But she understands that the truth should not be told.
"Actually... there is something I want to ask for your help."
She finally spoke up.
"whats the matter?"
"It's about my aunt's house, big cousin... Later, some unexpected things happened at my aunt's house. Originally, their family was very lucky, and everything went smoothly. I heard that churches can provide believers with exorcism services, but my aunt's house I am not a sage's believer, so I would like to ask you to help me find a way... Will this be too embarrassing?"
The last voice was as low as a mosquito, and she turned around to run after speaking. Fortunately, Jenkins reacted in time and grabbed her wrist.
"Wait a minute, oh, sorry."
He felt that the girl he was holding was shaking like a sieve, and immediately let go of the somewhat rude hand:
"Exorcism? That's okay, but you know, not everything can be changed. According to you, it might just be bad luck. No one is always lucky."
"But my aunt's family has always been lucky!"
The girl argued, then realized it was wrong, and immediately bowed her head and apologized.
"Okay okay."
He thinks it is the stubbornness of little girls, minors always have weird ideas. Remembering that the entrance to the alley was just on the way to the club, he suggested:
"How about this, let's go there and have a look tomorrow morning. Although I am not a priest, I believe that my own pious belief is not weaker than the priest in charge of exorcism in the church."
"Will it be troublesome?"
Fenny asked in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter. I also want to see the sunshine in Nolan City at seven o'clock in the morning, so you can get up earlier tomorrow morning, and we will set off after breakfast."
"Okay, sir."
But Jenkins was destined not to see the morning sun, because the next morning unexpectedly fell a blizzard. The clouds and fog covered the sky, making seven in the morning as dark as night, and the city hall had to urgently extend the use of street lights.
Today is the third day of the official implementation of the Urban Air Protection Act, but perhaps influenced by the extraordinary power, Jenkins feels that the air in Nolan City is getting worse.
The most favorable evidence is that when the snow that fell on the body melted, black stains appeared on the clothes, which fully explained how much dirt was carried by the water vapor when it condensed.
Not only is the weather bad, but the temperature is also exceptionally low. When starting from the church, Jenkins and the girl Fenny shivered at the same time due to a gust of wind across the street. In order to prevent the flu in the city, they had to add more clothes before going out.
This kind of early morning dark like late night scene is very reminiscent of "the end of the world". Jenkins doesn't know what others think, but at least he knows that the end will not happen today.
He brought a black umbrella and covered the two of them and the cat under the umbrella. But the strong wind blows the dirty snow everywhere, and it doesn't make much difference whether you take an umbrella or not.
Originally, I thought about walking to the destination, but now it is obvious that I should take a horse-drawn carriage. He had already left the church some distance when he made his proposal, and there was no need to turn back, so he planned to find a carriage nearby.
After tossing for a while, it was already past eight o'clock when we reached the entrance of the alley. After Jenkins handed over the money to the coachman, he walked into the alley with Feeney.
Compared with when I arrived here last month, there is a clear sense of failure in every corner. The tree in the alley that withered due to seasonal reasons has completely died, and there are garbage and weeds everywhere in the corners. The whole alley couldn't feel any vitality, and even though it was so dark, there were no lights at all.
If it hadn't been for Fini to say that the Strese family still lived here, Jenkins would even think that there was no one living here.
According to what he learned from the church, after the alley was slaughtered, there were no new residents in the houses here. The survivors of another family other than Stress's family moved to another place in the second week after the incident, and even some inconvenient furniture were not removed. Very rare.
A stench filled the stairs of the building. Jenkins held his breath and walked up with Fenny, his eyes swept over the wall where the old man hid, and then turned around and stepped on a higher level of steps.
There are some malicious graffiti on the walls of the stairs, and I even saw traces of suspected feces when I went up. There was no such thing when I came last time.
"My cousin owes a lot of money outside."
Fenny explained in a low voice: "My uncle hasn't found a new job yet, and almost all the money I got from selling the vase to Mr. Oliver last time was used to pay off the debt."
"Obliged for what?"
Jenkins asked.
"Gambling, I didn't know about it before. I only heard about it the last time I came here. My cousin has always made money from gambling outside, but recently he has been losing, and then it became like this..."
Jenkins didn't know how to comment on this kind of thing. He blinked and looked around, and indeed found no suspicious aura, at least in his current position.
One after the other, the two came to the door belonging to the Stress family. The door was now splashed with a large amount of paint and dirty sentences were written on it. Finny tiptoed to knock on the door, but Jenkins stopped her.