Hearing the sound of "welcome", Richard raised his eyebrows slightly, without making any exaggerated vigilant movements like Bobo Bo Vicki, and walked in the door with a calm expression.
After walking in, you can see that it is a typical tombkeeper's cabin. The furnishings are very simple: a wooden bed, a cabinet, a wooden table, a few wooden chairs, a stove, a copper kettle, and a water storage A can, a box for carrying groceries.
The copper kettle was being burned on the stove. It seemed to be boiling. A large amount of white steam came out "Puff-Puff-Puff." .
A black-faced old man walked to the stove, lifted the copper kettle, walked to the wooden table, and poured the water into a gray pottery bowl with a chipped mouth.
Then he took out a heavy piece of black bread from the cabinet. He held a somewhat rusty table knife in his right hand, "squeaking" like a saw, and cut off slices of bread about half a centimeter thick with difficulty.
Break the sawed bread crumbs into small pieces and put one piece into a bowl filled with boiling water. It can be seen with the naked eye that the brown bread pieces softened little by little when they came into contact with the boiling water. After waiting for a while, they changed from hard to soft.
The black-faced old man sat on a chair, stuck a piece of bread into his mouth with a fork with one broken tooth, blew on it, chewed it hard a few times and swallowed it, with a satisfied expression on his face.
After that, the black-faced old man soaked more bread cubes in the boiling water. While waiting for the bread cubes to soften, he finally raised his head and looked at Richard and Bobo Bo Vicki, who had walked into the room for a long time.
"Nice to meet you." The black-faced old man said, "I'm sorry for making you wait for such a while before talking to you. But considering that you are more than half an hour late, I think we are actually talking nonsense. flat."
Bobo Bo Vicki's face turned slightly red. He knew exactly who was late and opened his mouth, not embarrassed to explain.
The old man didn't seem to care about this matter very much, and said again: "Okay, since you are here, let's not talk nonsense. In your residence, you should have seen my phantom, so you should Now that you know my name is Oscar, I won’t introduce myself anymore and get down to business.
The reason for looking for you is very simple, that is, I know that you will join a relatively mysterious organization recently. And I am somewhat interested in this organization. I hope you can be my insider and cooperate with me to understand the information of this organization. What do you think? "The old man asked very directly.
"The organization you are talking about, is the Truth Society?" Popo Bo Vicki asked aloud.
"Yes, that's it. Is there any problem?" the old man asked.
Bobo Bovich stopped talking, his eyes moved, and his expression changed rapidly.
Is there more than just a problem? There is a huge problem!
He couldn't figure out the identity of the old man at all now. He was not sure whether the old man was really interested in the Truth Society or whether someone from the Truth Society was testing him. Once the answer is wrong, you will be in big trouble.
Thinking of this, Bobo Bovich couldn't help turning his head to look at Richard, wanting to see if Richard had any good ideas.
In fact, Richard also had Bobo Bo Vicki's concerns, but his expression was relatively calm. He glanced at the old man and asked: "You asked us to be your insiders, I understand. But one problem is, your identity is What? I'm a little suspicious. Maybe you are someone from the Truth Society who deliberately tested us, so we can't just agree to you."
"What, you think I'm from the Truth Society?" The old man shook his head, "But I'm not from the Truth Society. In fact, I'm not from the Southern Free Federation. I'm from the north. I'm just interested in the Truth Society. I will stay here and will leave soon.
If you two really doubt my identity, I can do some proof, but it will take some time. In short, you two can rest assured that I will not deceive you about my identity. "
Richard looked at the old man and clearly felt that the temperature of an accessory on his chest remained unchanged, neither cold nor hot. He suddenly said: "Are you relieved? Well, after listening to your words, I am indeed relieved. But, I'm relieved." , you may have to worry."
"What?" the black-faced old man asked, a little confused, "What should I worry about?"
"Don't you think the timing of our appearance in your sight was too coincidental? You wanted an inside line, so we showed up, and then we came here very cooperatively, just like it was deliberately arranged."
Richard looked at the old man and said seriously: "Maybe you are not a member of the Truth Society, but... don't you doubt that we are members of the Truth Society? You are interested in the Truth Society and want to investigate the Truth Society, and the Truth Society also They may be aware of your presence and take countermeasures.
In your eyes, we are potential insiders, but in the eyes of the Truth Society, we may be bait, specially designed to lure you, the big fish from the north, to take the bait. What do you think of it? "
"Me!" After hearing what Richard said, the black-faced old man said in surprise, and his face changed instantly. However, because the skin is too dark, the change is not very obvious. You can only see that the eyes are getting sharper.
Richard felt more real. He could clearly feel a small ornament under the clothes on his chest, suddenly bursting out with a winter-like chill, which made his hair stand on end.
The black-faced old man stared at Richard, as if he was about to take action at any time. Bobo Bovich stayed aside nervously, his hand already quietly reaching into his arms, ready to take out the potion and deal with it at any time.
However, Richard smiled a little "heartlessly" and looked at the black-faced old man.
The old man was stunned, suddenly figured out something, and said loudly: "No, you are not the bait of the Truth Society, you are testing me, right?"
"Ha." Richard responded, "It seems that you have seen through my unflattering methods. Yes, I am indeed not a bait for the Truth Society. On the contrary, I and the people next to me are all members of the Truth Society. enemy."
"Even?" the black-faced old man became interested, "Enemy? Can you tell me why?"
"It's very simple. The Truth Society has hurt the people around us." Richard said sternly, pointing at Popovich. "For example, his friend died at the hands of the Truth Society. And one of my partners was also killed. The other party was so injured that he is still unconscious.
For this reason, we want to take revenge on the Truth Society, but as we learn more about the Truth Society, it becomes clearer that we cannot act blindly, because the other party's organization is very large and mysterious. Maybe it would be better for us to hide our identity, infiltrate the other party's organization, and then make a decision after finding out the other party's details. "
The black-faced old man was doubtful. He looked at Richard for confirmation and asked, "Is this true?"