Strasbourg, France-This border city on the Rhine River, even in midsummer, the temperature is still not very high.
It seems that there is a will in the dark that does not welcome the two underworld executioners who have come from thousands of miles. The dark clouds in the sky are so dense that they can be seen clearly even in the middle of the night. They are like witchcraft. Coming from all directions to gather on the top of the head, and showing a downward pressure posture.
Although the raindrops are very small now, hitting the body is like a tadpole rubbing against the skin. But Ashin can smell a strong smell of earth from the cold wind. A heavy rain is about to arrive, right
Sure enough, as soon as he walked out of the airport's exit, the rain suddenly became stronger, just like countless stubborn bear children in the sky shooting people with high-pressure water guns.
The doctor and Ashin who were on the road in a hurry did not prepare rain gear. Fortunately, there was a tram for 24 hours at the airport.
"Quack, quack..." The doctor let out a frightening weird laugh, and dragged Ashin all the way into the tram. The other passengers in the car were taken aback. They thought this was a schizophrenic tramp, so they all sat down. Far away.
A credit stared at the doctor with reproachful eyes: "Is it good to consider the image? What if you are seen by other supernatural races? Do you want to lose the face of the condemned person to Europe?"
After listening, the doctor put a smile away, turned his head and looked out the window without saying a word. It seemed that he was also embarrassed.
But just as Ashin was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the doctor sang softly in a tone that was extremely irritating: "No matter how vast the world is~ I have my self~ You rookie don't want to control me~ (see Yu Quan Hasit)"
Although the tone was very low, it happened to make Ashin hear clearly. A Xinming knew that the doctor was deliberately pissing him off, but he was still completely stunned.
A Xin shrugged his head down a little discouragedly: "I rely on, count you as cruel..." But at the same time he felt very happy, because he knew: The more serious the doctor, the stronger the strength he held in his heart.
With the extension of the driving route, people continued to get off at the station, and the passengers in the carriages gradually became sparse late at night. The sturdy middle-aged driver held the steering wheel listlessly, with a stubborn yawn on his greasy face.
The quiet and gloomy street scene looks like a continuous stage under the car lights, continuously appearing in the field of vision, and then being left behind and disappearing.
The doctor danced like an epileptic monkey, and pointed out the window: "Hey! Axin! That is the Cathedral of Our Lady in Strath, one of the four cathedrals in Europe. It was designed with two bell towers. However, after repairing one, I found that the human and financial resources could not be hurt, and the other enthusiastic bell tower could not be built, so it is now the Unicorn Cathedral. But even so, it is bigger than Notre Dame Cathedral. Hey! Look!" He twisted Ashin's ears and pulled him to the car window.
Ashin was screwed and grinned: "Pain! Pain! Pain! It's about to fall!" He reluctantly glanced out of the window. The cathedral at night was magnificent under the lights, except for pink sandstone tiles. The stone seemed to be coated with blood under the damp night, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
An elderly couple stared at the doctor with fear. They looked at Ashin with sympathetic and concerned eyes and asked in a low voice: "Young people...do we need us to call the police?"
A Xin gave an apologetic smile helplessly. Although he knew from the old man's expression that the other party was caring about himself, he didn't understand French at all and couldn't respond with gratitude.
Instead, the doctor suddenly smiled and said: "Sorry to scare you, I just drank too much."
The two old people laughed: "It turns out that they are drunk, young people are really energetic! If you need help, just tell us."
The doctor's eyes rolled: "Thank you very much, can you tell me something abnormal happened here recently?"
The grandmother among them embarrassedly grasped the woolen bag in her hand: "We are just a pair of elderly people who live in a simple way. We don't pay much attention to outside affairs. Moreover, we have been to our daughter's house who lives in a foreign country. We don’t know much about the matter, I’m really sorry.”
The doctor swept away his wretched temperament, and politely greeted the old man: "Where is it, you are too polite!"
The grandfather on the side opened his mouth: "You can go to the tavern to ask questions. The wine bugs like to chat about all kinds of things, so the news is very good. If you want to have something in Straths, the people in the tavern absolutely It was the first to know." He looked at the doctor worriedly: "But you... are already drunk..."
The grandmother smiled affectionately and held the grandfather's hand: "My dear, let these two Eastern children live in our house."
Grandpa nodded: "Yeah, I think so too. Young people, haven't you found a good hotel? Come to my house?"
The doctor froze for a moment, and he waved his hand and jumped back: "Thank you, thank you! Thank you so much! But we have already booked our guest room, so we don't have to worry about accommodation. Then... I wish you both health and longevity!" He suddenly seemed to carry a burden The same grabbing Ashin by the back of the neck and leaping out of the car window.
The grandmother covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice: "My God! Dear, have you seen it? They know how to work, they must be Chinese!"
The grandfather nodded slightly in surprise: "Well, yes! It must be Chinese." He smiled happily: "Healthy and longevity... Chinese language is really art..."
Ashin, who was thrown on the ground by the doctor, complained in surprise: "Ah! I wanted to take a nap! What kind of horns are you crazy? Sitting well, why suddenly jump out to get caught in the rain?" Perfectly turned into a soup chicken.
The doctor pouted: "The old couple invited us to live in their home, so..."
After hearing this, Axin nodded silently, and said nothing more.
The law of punishment is absolute when handling the case! absolute! absolute! It is not possible to overlap with ordinary people who are not related to the case, because this is likely to involve them in danger, so this behavior of the doctor is very correct.
The doctor looked at the drifting tram and said in a deep voice: "This world is in a mess, and there are fewer and fewer people like this kind of people. They should be protected like treasures." He looked around, and his eyes shot excitement. Xiao Guang pointed to the corner not far from the church: "Ha! Tavern! Great! Axin, let's go and fill our stomachs first!"
Under the dim light, the sign of the tavern swayed sleepily in the wind and rain, and there was a picture of a mermaid raising a wine glass, and the noise inside could be faintly heard.
Ashin sighed: "You want to tease women by drinking again, right?"
The doctor walked toward the tavern with joy: "What do you know? The tavern is the best source of information. Learn to order you~ a hot little rookie!"
Ashin followed the doctor with a black line: "Don't call me a rookie, you move the insect nest..."
"A sleeping pill for martial arts~"
"The king of wretchedness!"
"Talking sleeping pills~"
"Rogue celestial master!"
"A sleeping pill that can walk the way~"
"… you are vicious!"
Along with the half-bicker and half-ridiculous dialogue between the two condemned men, the door of this Salsa special tavern was pushed open by the doctor.
The cold night breeze, with the fresh smell of rain, poured on everyone in the tavern. The golden retriever lying on his stomach at the door raised his head lazily, looked at the guests who had just entered the door with wistful eyes, and then went to sleep.
The smell of alcohol, cigarettes, sweat, and the smell of vomit were all mixed together in a harmonious and disorderly manner, forming the iconic dirty warm air of the tavern, which severely stimulated Ashin's olfactory nerves.
A bearded man behind the bar and the people at the table laughed. Couples in motorcycle jackets were kissing by the pool table. The music of old records was on the beams, and the shelves were filled with handmade sausages and greasy bagels. .
Just like some gluttonous monster ate all the sounds, all the noisy sounds stopped when Ashin and the doctor walked in. Only the old-fashioned jukebox was still playing the record uninterestingly.
All eyes in the tavern were instantly focused on these two late-night visitors, and there was no lack of guard and hostility among them. After all, it’s not common to walk into two guests from a foreign country in the midnight of heavy rain in such a pub where locals gather.
The doctor walked to the center of the pub with a grin, took out a pile of toilet paper-like crumpled banknotes from his body, and laughed in fluent French: "Aha! Men! Sisters! I have all the expenses tonight! !!!"
The air in the tavern solidified for a few seconds, and then everyone burst into enthusiastic cheers. Several mobsters wearing Harley motorcycle headscarves ran over and threw the doctor over their heads and caught them, as if he had returned from the battlefield triumphantly. Like a big hero.
The doctor happily talked with other people, and from time to time he amused them, and in a matter of minutes, he became one with everyone in the tavern.
This foul-fast blending speed made Ashin stunned. He even suspected that the doctor did not rely on communication skills, but on some strange lowering of his head.
The doctor seemed to know what Ashin was thinking. He made a grimace, picked up a plate of croissants and slammed it in his mouth: "Going out, rich and easy to do things~ Learn to order, enthusiastic little rookie. Ha. Hahahaha..."
Ashin didn't bother to pay attention to him, and found a quiet table in the corner of the pub to sit down and gnawed the bagel viciously. It seemed that he must be treating that thing as a doctor's head.
The doctor raised his cup to the bearded man behind the bar and asked, "My friend, is there any news in this city lately? The kind of unusual one?"
The beard suddenly widened his eyes: "News?!" He looked at the other people in the pub, and suddenly pointed at the doctor and laughed: "For example...some pub in the middle of the night, two friends from the East came to invite everyone to drink? This But something rare! Hahahahahaha..." The people around also burst into laughter, and they raised their glasses to the doctor and Ashin one after another: "Respect you! Friends from the East!"
The doctor also raised his cup: "For everyone's health! Cheers!"
After drinking a large glass of beer, the beard said to the doctor: "This is a tourist city, and there are all kinds of lace news every day. If you want to hear strange things, you can't finish it in a month!"
The doctor looked casually chatting: "Oh, that's it. Um... Then tell me about the Oriental news, right?"
The bearded rubbed his temples, trying to clear his mind: "Oriental people...no news, but it seems to have heard a strange thing that is not too strange!"
A hint of joy flashed in the doctor's eyes: "Oh? Isn't it a weird thing? What's that?"
The beard shook his head: "Well... I don't remember clearly. But the person who knew about this happened to be there." He waved to a young man at the pool table: "Hi! Abel! Come to our Eastern friends. Tell me about that Chinese person!"
Abel staggered over and sat next to the doctor: "What's the matter with that Chinese? What is his name? Oh, Gu...Xiao...Hua? Are you his friend?" He said in a very vague voice. That name.
These three words sounded too pleasing to the doctor, and he shook his head calmly: "No, I'm here to ask him for debt."
In an environment of uncertainty, the identity of a "debt collector" is obviously more advantageous, and doctors with countless experience certainly understand this truth.
Sure enough, Beard and Abel laughed happily after listening, and they also used high fives to express their happiness.
The doctor thought: "It seems that this guy named Gu Xiaohua is very popular..."
Abel put his arms around the doctor's shoulders and sprayed his mouth full of alcohol on his face: "Oh, my friend, I'm so glad you have nothing to do with him! We all hate him! You came to him for debt? Great. Sue him! Sue him if he doesn't pay the money! Sue him until there is nothing left!" He laughed and gave a high-five to the beard again.
The beard also echoed: "Well said! We all hate him!"
The doctor frowned, "Oh? Why do you hate him?"
The bearded man patted the bar angrily and said, "That bastard thinks it's great to have money!"
"Yes!" Abel sneered: "And showing off to others all day, what a disgusting nasty!"
Others gradually joined their conversation: "He also bought the manor on the Rhine! That is the pride of our ancestors! Why let that kind of stupid pig live in?"
Others also booed dissatisfiedly.
The doctor was overjoyed: "The manor? Very good, getting closer and closer. This is much more convenient than searching slowly by yourself. It really came to the right place."
Abel opened his hands and said loudly: "The most important thing is that that little white face can do nothing but fool around in a luxury car all day. I really don’t know how his parents taught him! Could he only spend money all day long? ?"
"Fuck the money!" A motorcycle girl holding a billiard cue raised her middle finger: "That man has no demeanor at all. I would rather go on a date with a pig!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter in the tavern.
"Oh, that guy does look like this." The doctor also agreed, and he moved closer to Abel: "Friend, I heard you know something about him?"
Abel said drunkly: "It's not a big deal. It's just that we used to see him go out looking for women everywhere, but for a while, we couldn't see his shadow at all. We felt a little strange when this pesky didn't show up. "He pointed to the doctor and laughed: "You must know that you are coming to him to collect debts, so you are so scared to go out? Hahahaha..."
The doctor also laughed: "Hahaha! It must be so, is there anything else related to him? I just arrived, and I don't want to go to the door rashly. After all, this man's character..."
Abel patted the doctor on the shoulder: "Yeah! I understand, friend, I understand! The other things are fine, but he seems to have raised a big bird recently."
The doctor's eyes jumped: "Big bird? What kind of big bird?"
Abel shook his head: "It's too dark to see. I can see a big bird flying into his manor every night recently. He should have raised it? My friend, you should really look at the big black. Birds, it’s terrifying! If it’s a dangerous carnivorous raptor, it’s awful!" He clenched his fists: "Damn bastard, brought such a large alien species here! Complain! Be sure to complain!"
The doctor drank the wine in the glass: "Thank you, Abel, forget about today's affairs and have a good sleep." He stroked Abel's face with his hand, and the latter immediately fell asleep on the bar. go with.
The doctor jumped on the bar and took out a lot of money from him. He raised his hands up and said loudly to the people in the bar: "Handsome guys! Beauties! It's nice to meet you guys, I'll also ask for tomorrow's copy!"
The beard smashed a rhythmic voice on the bar with a wine glass: "Haha! This guy is such a good person!"
Everyone cheered around, and it seemed that they were going to lift the doctor up again. But suddenly a group of bugs flew into everyone's mouth from the doctor's cuff, their smiles solidified on their faces, and they fell straight back.
Ashin, who had been eating and drinking, was startled: "Doctor, what are you doing?"
The doctor grinned: "Work~ The information is already in hand, what are you still wrestling with?" He pointed to the people on the ground and said, "I don't know how the situation will develop next, so in order to be cautious, we must put these people's minds about It's good for them to clear our memories. Let these people who stay up all night clubbing get a good sleep~" He turned and pushed open the door of the tavern and walked into the night.
Hearing the words "good sleep", Ashin's throat grumbled: "Hey... after finishing the case, he must have a big sleep!" He looked at the people lying on the floor enviously, and walked out of the tavern with a sense of loss.
The night rain outside the tavern was much softer than before, and Ashin followed the doctor's figure to leap like a dragon to the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral.
The doctor pointed in the direction of the Rhine and said, "According to Abel's words, Gu Xiaohua's manor must be in that direction."
Ashin looked in that direction, the fog on the Rhine River was filled with coldness, and the shadow of the manor was deep and silent, as if it was solidified with bottomless darkness.
A terrifying thunder from the horizon swept across the earth, and from time to time, the thunder light illuminates the true appearance of the manor, like a ghost that will suddenly show its hideous face to scare people.
The world is miserable and gloomy, and the cold wind and bitter rain rages by, as if to indicate to Ashin an unpredictable future full of unknown omen... (End of this chapter)