"Dong-dong-dong! Dang-dong-dong!"
There was a quick knock on the courtyard door, and Richard walked out of the room and asked aloud, "Who?"
As he asked, he approached the courtyard door, but there was only "dong dong dong" knocking on the door, and there was no answer.
Um
Richard raised his eyebrows, walked closer, and heard a faint "Woo-Woo" sound coming from outside the door. He was stunned at first, and then had a bad premonition.
No way
Richard's eyes flashed, and his "Gaze Eyes" were released. He looked out through the courtyard door and saw Alex standing with a light bulb in his mouth, saliva dripping uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth. His eyes, which were originally as big as mung beans, were now as wide as copper bells. The expression on his face was both frightened and aggrieved.
Well, it really is.
Richard couldn't help but cover his forehead, remembering a widely circulated curse on the earth: Never, never, never warn others not to try to swallow light bulbs, because if you don't warn others, they won't think of it. Once you warn them, there will definitely be people who can't. Control yourself and try.
These people are very curious and have a spirit of scientific inquiry. They really want to find out why things like light bulbs can be swallowed in their mouths, but why they cannot be taken out. As a result, they must pay a corresponding price for this spirit of inquiry. No matter how powerful the curiosity is, it will be defeated by the special physiological structure of human beings.
Human physiological structure determines that the human mouth is like a seesaw. When there is nothing inside, either end of the seesaw can be tilted to the highest point, and the mouth can be easily opened to the maximum. But when a light bulb is filled in, it will occupy a certain space and prevent the temporomandibular joint from sliding forward. It is like putting something under one end of a seesaw. Naturally, the other end cannot be tilted as high as before, and the mouth cannot be opened as wide as possible. , the pear bulb will be fixed in the mouth and cannot be taken out.
well…
"Squeak", Richard opened the door.
Outside the door, Alex held the light bulb in his mouth and looked excited when he saw Richard, as if he had seen a savior. He kept shouting "wuwuwu" in his mouth, and danced and gestured with something. After gesticulating for a long time, Richard realized that he couldn't hear what he said anymore, so he immediately pointed at the light bulb in his mouth.
"Come with me." Richard glanced at Alex, dropped these words, turned around and left.
Alex quickly followed and followed Richard into the laboratory.
After finding a chair and letting Alex sit down, Richard found some cotton and linen and stuffed it into Alex's mouth. After fixing Alex's shaking head, he took a small hammer and hit the light bulb. With a "crash", the light bulb shattered.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Alex vomited several pieces of broken glass and saliva, some of which were stained with blood. His expression was very frustrated and embarrassed. He raised his head for a long time and said to Richard with his tongue hanging out: "Li... Sir Richard, I was wrong. I I shouldn't have disobeyed you, I shouldn't have..."
"Forget it." Richard waved his hand, brought Alex a small bottle of medical alcohol and a few cotton swabs, and said, "Use cotton swabs to remove the small glass fragments first, and then rinse your mouth with the liquid."
"Oh." Alex obeyed obediently and used cotton swabs to carefully clean out the glass fragments remaining in the corners of his mouth and between his teeth. Then he took a swig of alcohol, rinsed his mouth and spit it out.
After finishing treating the wounds in his mouth for a long time, Alex quickly glanced at Richard and saw that Richard was not paying attention, so he kicked the medical alcohol and remaining cotton swabs into his arms.
"Why have you changed like this now, Alex?" Richard said like someone with eyes behind his back, "It's not like you to take advantage of such small things, Alex!"
"Li... Your Excellency Richard, you have seen it all." Alex obediently took out all the things he had put in his arms and said with a sad face, "Your Excellency Richard, you have to be considerate of me, I am a poor person..."
"Are you the only one who is still poor? If nothing else, you have made a lot of money from me, right?"
It was okay not to listen to this. When he heard this, Alex burst into tears and cried loudly: "But all the money is lost!"
"Um?"
"You don't know." Alex cried, "I did have a lot of money before, hidden in more than ten cash boxes in my house, and I was not afraid of stealing. But... I didn't think about it after thinking about it. There was a group of damn wizards fighting near the wooden building where I lived. They had so much fun fighting that the aftermath of a spell caused my wooden building to collapse.
If it weren't for Mrs. Amanda... ahem, if I hadn't reacted quickly and ran down with Mrs. Amanda, I would have been crushed to death in the wooden building. But even if I survived, time was too short and I didn't have time to move out any of my money boxes. They were all buried in the ruins of the wooden building.
I dug desperately for several days but couldn't find one. Maybe that bastard stole it secretly. I, I, I... I am completely poor now. I can't even afford to eat. That's why I am like this. "
After listening to Alex's words, Richard first held a moment of silence for the other party, then found the key point in Alex's words and asked aloud: "A wizard is fighting near your house? What's going on? Please tell me in detail."
"What's going on? It's just a fight." Alex showed a painful expression and recalled everything, "That night... the building collapsed... My money! Damn wizard, don't let me in Find them, or... otherwise I will make them pay." At the end of the sentence, Alex's eyes were red and he gritted his teeth.
Richard thought deeply. According to what Alex said, the level of the wizards fighting near Alex's house should not be low. There were probably many of them. Their identities were not wizards from the White Stone Tower. So they might have been Solomon or Muke. A member of the mysterious organization that Ni belongs to.
What does the other party want to do
Richard raised his eyebrows, looked at Alex and asked, "Is it calm in the city recently?"
"Calm?" Alex's eyes widened, "Sir Richard, you should ask when will there be peace in the city.
It may be fine here, but things are going crazy around the slums. There are wizards fighting every day, and I don’t know why. I was so scared that I didn't dare to live in any house at all. I only dared to sleep in a tent, otherwise if a spell came over, the house would collapse again.
Let me tell you, I heard that the wizards at the White Stone Tower..."
In Alex's words, Richard slowly learned about the recent chaos in Baishi City and outlined what had happened over a period of time. After listening, his eyes flashed and he was thoughtful.
"It seems like it's really not peaceful." Richard said softly.
It is obvious that the mysterious organization that Solmen and Mu Keni belong to is constantly planning something. As the dominant force, the White Stone Tower constantly fought against the opponent, but failed to achieve any victory. If this continues, the situation will be very bad.
So what do the mysterious organizations that Solmen and Mu Keni belong to want to do
What to do
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