Nuo began to unbutton his coat. Vertex 23S. The fastest update may be due to the season. The seaside city is always sunny, but the temperature does not match the brightness of the sun. The temperature is reflected in people's increasingly bulky clothing.
Zach watched Nuo fiddle with the buttons on his collar for a long time, and patiently poured himself a glass of wine.
"Well, I hate this coat, but Myona likes it," Nora said with a long neck.
Zach was not prepared to answer. Nuo had already proven his ability to deflect questions several times, and Zach didn't want to give him another chance.
After it was untied, Nuo began to struggle with the second button. Zach, continue to be patient and take a sip of wine.
By the time of the third one, Zach could already open his chest and wear a leather shoulder strap. Nuo spoke, "Sam went out just now. I saw that he brought a 'Colt'. The one I brought you Yeah, right?"
Zach nodded, "You brought them all, in the hands of hunters, Grande's." Recall, "You went out to Barton twice and brought back two Colts, haha." I don’t know why, but Zach just wants to laugh.
The buttons had been completely unbuttoned, and Nuo was unbuttoning the holster on his shoulder. It was a gun holster. What exactly was it? Before he could take it out, he spoke, "Well, to be precise, I went out three times. You have to count Charlie escort." This time I'm back." He put the removed holster on the desk together, looked at the holster, looked at Zach, and leaned back in his chair without speaking.
Zach was still thinking about why he was laughing inexplicably. Then, he looked at the gun holster on the table and Nuo who was leaning on the back of the chair. He retracted the smile on his face, narrowed his eyes, and put down the wine glass, "You can't You want to tell me..." Zach frowned, looking back and forth between the gun holster on the desk and Nuo's face, not wanting to finish.
Nuo adjusted his posture and said, "You should confirm."
Zach stared at the handle of the gun exposed from the holster, solemnly opened the lock and pulled it out. Uh, third 'Colt'.
"I didn't go to the central part for any commission at all. I know you must have guessed that Quest gave me some commission that I couldn't refuse, right? Well, but no." Nuo pointed to the third one in Zach's hand. 'Colt', when Zach pursed his lips and acquiesced to Nuo's words, Nuo frowned, "I received a call from the middle of the country. The owner of the store where I bought a 'Colt' for the first time."
Zack put the Colt back into its holster and poured himself a full glass. You'd better be ready for a story, wouldn't you
"At first, he just confirmed with me how the things I bought from him worked." Nuo also fell into narrative mode and had no tone. "I said it was okay. It felt strange, but I didn't pay attention. Then he started to be vague. He said he kept a record of all the guns he sold." Nuo shrugged, "It's the law, I can understand it. But then, I didn't understand it anymore, and he started stubbornly asking for a refund of my two guns. purchases.”
Nuo pointed to the 'Colt' on the table, which meant that 'Colt' was the thing he bought twice. "I said I didn't need it, but he insisted. I asked why, but he didn't answer." Nuo frowned. Eyebrow, "The first time I bought a Colt, I was tracked down by a hunter because I didn't pay attention to my whereabouts. And now that I know that hunters use 'Colt' in the middle of the country, I'm worried about my purchasing history." , and was discovered by something else, which caused me trouble, so I was also very stubborn and insisted on getting an explanation from the other party."
Zach sipped his cup, half tempted to urge. Because as far as the story is concerned, Nuo's narrative has not even begun, and we don't need to understand the protagonist's inner journey. But after all, there is no reason to urge, this is not a story.
"Then I did some things that gray professionals would do." Nuo curled his lips, "Fortunately, I helped Quest's brother arrange his life in the middle of the country and took care of some relations in the middle. I used it, and I started to show off. -Disturbed-this shopkeeper." Nobu should not be proud of what he did, "After I successfully made this ordinary citizen's life a mess, I got my explanation."
Zach waited for a while before he realized that Nuo's frowning expression was asking him to participate and asking Zach to guess.
Zach's eyes wandered for a while, "Okay, I guess... Well, you said he wanted to refund you, right?" Nuo nodded, "Then, under what circumstances will the store take the initiative to refund you?" No. This situation. But this did not stump Zach. Zach was just asking and answering questions with full participation, "Only when he, what he sold, has come back. Right."
"You guessed it right." Nuo began to shake his head. "When I bought the 'Colt' from him for the second time, he was still a little skeptical, but because of the documents I provided, uh, the law requires purchasing a gun. Provide documents. Continue, he knows that I am a foreigner, so he is too lazy to pay attention. After all, he is still a businessman, a gun dealer, and it is not special for the guns to be circulated and returned to the original place. However, there is a saying, there are only three troubles, when When he got the 'Colt' for the third time, he felt something was wrong." He just added, "He got the same weapon from the same supplier and the same purchase order. The serial number, old and new The extent, parts wear...are the same as the previous two times.”
Zach frowned, "And when he first called you, he was confirming your usage."
"Exactly, everyone is not stupid. Either I am telling the truth, then the 'Colt' he sold has not been circulated back to the market at all, and it is impossible to return to his hands. Or, I am lying, I didn't even know where the gun I bought was, twice. Before I could react to his 'telephone reminder', he saved me the trouble and took the initiative to refund the money."
"Trouble?" Zach heard something noteworthy, "This shop owner's supply of goods is not very, um, legitimate, right." Otherwise, why would he be afraid of trouble.
It was a good time to relax. Nuo shrugged, "Remember, I also bought a collection gun for 'General'. Do you think I will go to the supermarket to buy a gun?"
Well, this is realistic enough. Zach nodded, indicating to continue.
"Then I have to go to the central part of the country. What the hunters have done has fully understood the significance of this gun. I can't let anyone buy it casually."
Zach pursed his lips and said "Thank you." Just think of it as saying it on behalf of the aliens all over the world.
"Then, things started to get a little troublesome..." Nuo frowned, "I don't know if it's because I'm just lucky or something, but the hunter is also in that city, with a 'Colt' hunter."
Things can be connected, Zach continued, "So you met Father Constantine..." Zach raised an eyebrow, "You used 'Colt'." Remember, Constantine was on the phone once When describing Nuo, he said, "White hair, medium build, good with a gun" and the emphasis is, he doesn't need any care. After all, Nuo is only a human being. If Constantine thinks that he doesn't need to take care of him when he encounters a foreign race, there is only one reason.
Nuo nodded, "I have to use it, and I swear, I didn't use it out of curiosity, but to save my life."
Zach frowned, Constantine actually hid this secret... Ah! It must be kept secret! Zach looked at Nuo, "You are really lucky. If the hunter who held the 'Colt' hadn't been in the same city, this third 'Colt' would have been exposed!"
Nuo waved his hand, and nodded and shook his head complicatedly, "Logic, I can almost understand it, but I really thought I was going to die in the middle. Fortunately, your help came quickly enough, otherwise, I would really I don’t know how long I can last..."
Zach looked back out the window and saw Charlie still circling Matthew. Just go easy on him from now on. Turning around, he said seriously, "Then, Nuo, how did you get targeted by the aliens?" If you buy a gun, just buy a gun. There is no need to be involved in the battle of the aliens.
"I have to investigate these 'Colts'..." Hey, 'these' are used as the quantifier of 'Colt', "the source of goods, isn't it." Nuo twitched the corner of his mouth, "This is what makes The beginning of everything getting weird.”
Patiently, Zach waited for Nuo to adjust his mood.
"Incubus and Soul Walkers." Nuo spoke, looking at Zach, "You drive out Barton's guy, Green's son, Philip and his male nurse Sloan."
Zach frowned and glanced to the east, where a car was approaching. Never mind. "In the end what happened."
"Philip, the incubus is trapped in..." Nuo shook his head and frowned at Zach to express that he didn't quite understand what he was about to say. "I'm only paraphrasing what Sloan said. Philip is trapped in him." When trying to change the future, remember, when I first came back with 'Colt' and attracted the hunter, you were reminded by him to save me."
Zach nodded, indicating to continue.
"Sloan said that this trap is more like sleepwalking. The dream demon Philip is always unconsciously attracted into the dream at that point in time, and then gets lost and cannot come back. The only thing that can make the dream demon, uh..." continue to be incomprehensible. His expression said, "This kind of thing that originally wandered between illusion and reality returned to reality. It was Sloan, the soul walker, who found it and brought Philip back to reality. Then." Nuo's face turned ugly, "The only thing Sloan knows The thing that connects the present and that point in time is, 'Colt'." Looking at Zach, listening carefully, "So, every time, Sloan pulls Phillip back from that point in time, Phillip , will all bring back a 'Colt'!"
Zach emptied the glass of wine, stood up, and walked around, "How many."
"You can count how many nights it has been since they left Barton."
night? That's when dreams happen, isn't it.
Zach didn’t count. Do you need to? Nights happen every day. From the past to the present, from the present to the future, how to count? Zach began his second lap, "Where are the other 'Colts'."
"Sloan said he took care of it..."
"How to deal with it?" Zach was already doing his third round. "How to deal with it?" We must pay attention.
"He said he was a Soul Walker and he had a way. I didn't ask." Nuo gave a look that said, "Even if I asked, I wouldn't understand." Then he pointed to the third Colt on the table. ', "As for this one, it was an accident."
"Accident?" Zach frowned.
"Sloan admitted that the second Colt was purchased by me and was placed there intentionally by Philip because he already knew he wanted the 'Colt' you were holding to be traded away."
Zach frowned, recalling the prediction given by Phillip, uh, nothing to say.
"And the reason is that the Dream Demon and the Soul Walker have stayed in the same place for too long." Nuo's expression was a little dull, "Because it always returns to the spatial position fixed at the 'Colt' time point, I bought the first A store where they bought a 'Colt'. They were discovered by other alien races. They are not interested in dream demons and other alien races, but they are interested in soul walkers." Nuo shook his head, and his expression became natural after seeing what he didn't understand. "It was he who attracted those alien races."
Regarding Soul Walker Sloan, we have discussed it before. Remember, it is something that was born by chance due to the right time, right place and right people. It is a strange thing where people are not human and souls are not souls.
Zach frowned, "So it was his mistake not to let the third 'Colt' disappear."
Nuo nodded, "He said he was distracted and made this 'Colt' appear, but..." Nuo returned to his dull look, "He said he didn't know if it was a coincidence or something, the laws of physics, uh, What am I talking about, the laws of physics, hey, it doesn’t matter, he said that as long as this ‘Colt’ is still in that store, the dream demon trapped in the time when the ‘Colt’ appears will not be able to bring back a new one. Colt', all he needs to do is hide himself, and his life can return to peace."
Zach, who had already circled the fifth circle, stared at the 'Colt' on the table, "And you bought this back."
"Well." The corners of Nuo's eyes twitched, "So the new 'Colt' appeared again, and Sloan had to show up and start looking for a buyer. It was very easy to find me, who ruined his and Philip's endless cycle of beautiful life. ' guy." This is a progression, "He reappeared, and the aliens who were eyeing him followed." There is another layer, "I was involved in the fight among the aliens."
Later, as we all know, Zach Tonofil spread the news about giving Toledo the surname, and Charlie became No's bodyguard. This story is over.
"Why are you telling me this now?" It was a question that was bound to be asked. Moreover, Zach glanced at the backyard and asked the question in a hurry to get the answer before the angry visitor came up, ending the conversation with Nuo.
"Sloan contacted me." Nuo lowered his head. He didn't have Zach's senses and didn't know that he was in a hurry now. "He asked me to keep it secret first. I'm sorry for my evasion every time you asked." Apologize first, "He doesn't want more people to know about the matter, especially you, before there is no result. He said, after all, you are Philip trapped there, infinitely 'copying' Colt, and being 'made' in this world." 'The culprit of the murder weapon, there is no need for you to enjoy the sublimation of your 'work'."
Uh... It's really, really hard to understand Sloan's motive for saying this. Is it hatred? ridicule
Nothing matters anymore, "Is there a result now?"
"That's what he said. He shot Philip with a 'Colt' in his dream. Together with those 'Colts' piled up in boxes, the dream of the incubus was fixed and solidified into the same thing as any other time. There is also an unconnected, uh, isolated world. Philip and those 'Colts', including part of Sloan's own soul, are forever fixed at a certain point in time in the past." Nuo pursed his lips, "He Said he was going back to Barton."
At the end of this sentence, the owner of Allen Funeral Home, Mr. Allen, burst into the office. (..)