"Do you know what this place reminds me of?" Kidd left the haunted house with Busujima Saeko. Looking at the thicker fog, he took out two masks, handed one to Busujima Saeko and said.
"where?"
"London used to be the city of fog. It was just like here, full of fog. What's even worse there is that the air smells like sulfur," Kidd complained.
Fog City... London... That era should be the 20th century. It seems that the timeline of his original world is relatively early, but it is also possible that it is just a city with the same name.
Busujima Saeko thought to herself as she put on a mask.
Soon, the two arrived at the location of the library. The only library in the town was located right in the middle of the haunted house and the castle. The fog floating in the air here was a little more serious than other places. Even if you looked closely, you could directly see the floating objects in the air.
The library has three floors in total. The outer surfaces of the top two floors are all opaque glass. Even Kidd can't see through them to see inside. The bottom floor is even more exaggerated. It doesn't have any windows at all.
Passersby also covered the lower half of their faces with long scarves, and the only thing revealed was a pair of cold eyes. There was no emotion in those eyes at all, as if everyone was living with the idea of "It's none of my business".
Kidd and Busujima Saeko followed the crowd silently, trying their best to ensure that their behavior patterns were similar to those of these people so as not to be too conspicuous.
There was no queue at the library entrance, because it seemed that no pass was required to enter or exit. The gate was simply divided to separate the entrance and exit.
After the two looked at each other, Kidd silently quickened his pace a little, while Busujima Saeko slowed down a little, and the two kept a distance of about five meters.
Drop~
A sound like a reminder sounded when Kidd passed through the gate, and all the citizens who heard the sound looked up at Kidd.
Busujima Saeko's palms were sweating from nervousness. She separated from Kid in the hope that if something happened, at least she would have someone to look after her so that she wouldn't be implicated. Now the situation seems to be very bad.
Kidd patted his white clothes and walked in naturally, as if it was not him who caused the prompt sound. As a result, the people here believed it, and after Kidd went in, they also lowered their heads.
Busujima Saeko breathed a sigh of relief and followed suit by entering the library. As the only two people who triggered the alert sound, the two of them maintained a good distance between themselves, ensuring that the other person was within their sight while not looking like someone they knew.
The library on the first floor is very large, but the bookshelves are basically empty. The seats on both sides of the bookshelves are already full of people, each holding a book and reading it intently.
It is precisely because of this that, although there are many people in the entire library, there is really no sound at all, and the silence is a little scary.
In this extremely quiet environment, Kidd could clearly hear his own heartbeat and even caught the sound of his blood flowing.
Looking around, Kidd didn't find the stairs to the library, but compared with the height of the building seen from the outside, there should be at least one more floor here.
With no way to go to the second floor for the time being, the two began to scan the bookshelves one by one. There were really very few books on the shelves, so their efficiency was still quite high.
But what they didn't realize was that every time they passed a bookshelf, the readers behind them would put down the books in their hands at the same time and silently stare at the backs of the two people.
It was not until the two of them scanned the bookshelf to the middle that the people next to them withdrew their gaze.
Busujima Saeko carefully picked up a book from the bookshelf in front of her, opened the table of contents and took a look. After finding that it was not a biography, she put it back, and repeated this process over and over again.
Suddenly, Kid knocked lightly on the bookshelf with a book. After a slight collision, he moved the book a little towards Busujima Saeko.
Busujima Saeko calmly put down the book in her hand, then reached out and took the book that Kid had found.
As soon as she opened the catalog, Busujima Saeko read only two pages before she saw a bunch of familiar terms, such as a strange house and a bloodthirsty long sword. It seemed that they were lucky this time and found what they needed shortly after arriving.
When the book was closed, four big words were written on the gold-embossed leather cover: The Book of Mysteries!
At this time, Busujima Saeko tried to open her personal space to put the book in, but this was a bit far-fetched. There was a very strong repulsive force between the book and the entrance to the personal space, as if the book itself was resisting approach.
There is no other way but to lend this book out through formal channels.
"I'll go try and see if I can lend it out. Please keep an eye on the situation here for me and alert me if anything goes wrong."
"No problem, go ahead."
The two communicated with eye contact and brief gestures.
After the conversation, Busujima Saeko started to act. She first looked at both sides of the bookshelf with a book in her hand, then acted as if she was distressed because there was no space. Then she walked towards the door, pretending to find a seat, but actually wanted to go out directly from the door.
There's nothing she can do. This library is the weirdest one that Busujima Saeko has ever seen. Not only does it not require security checks or tickets to enter, but Busujima Saeko has never even seen a service desk. It seems like everything depends on one's own conscience.
"Ma'am...books in the library are not allowed to be borrowed." A hoarse voice reached Busujima Saeko's ears.
Busujima Saeko turned her head and saw a hooded, extremely thin man sitting in the front seat looking at her.
"I know, I'm just looking for a place." Busujima Saeko said, turned around and walked back. After they were far away from the exit, the man lowered his head again.
"That person is watching. If we force a breakthrough, something unexpected may happen. Do you have any other ideas?" Busujima Saeko put the book on the shelf, tapped it lightly with her fingers, and talked to Kidd in Morse code and eye contact.
Kidd nodded, "Leave it to me, let's get out first, there's something wrong here."
After typing the Morse code, Kidd placed the books neatly on the bookshelf, then walked towards the door with Busujima Saeko. This time no one stopped them, but the man at the door kept looking at him when Kid left.
"What's inside..." Busujima Saeko was halfway through her words when Kidd, who was walking in front of her, grabbed her hand, interrupted her, and continued walking forward without looking back.