A house was brightly lit in the New Suburb of Fick on Sunday night.
One after another luxury cars were parked outside the villa, and well-dressed men and women walked into the villa, constantly saying hello to the acquaintances, and everyone's faces were filled with happy smiles.
"Oh, dear Duccio, congratulations." A woman walked up to Duccio, and the two kissed and laughed together.
The proud Duccio made no secret of his joy at the moment, even the death of his lover Luna and the disappearance of his illegitimate son could not affect his happiness at this time: "From now on, Fick New City will no longer belong to the Irish Fick is new, and the city has a new look."
The woman covered her smile with a feather fan and asked curiously, "About David's death..."
Du Qiao shook his head: "Honey, I don't know either. It is said that it is a BOI investigator, and now he is also missing."
"Oh, that's unbelievable, maybe even God can't stand the barking of mad dogs." The woman laughed.
"You're right. Well, come and enjoy this grand party, we have unlimited supply of alcohol, let's forget about the damn prohibition and enjoy this feast together!" Duccio laughed, and the guests Introduced into the villa.
Music, dance, alcohol, this celebration banquet is really lively.
However, all this came to an abrupt end when the police rushed into the party with guns.
"Hold on, police! You've been reported for holding a banquet in violation of the 18th Amendment! You're under arrest!"
The well-dressed men and women held up cups of incriminating evidence, dumbfounded.
Everything that followed was like an absurd drama. The members of the Italian gang who were celebrating were brought into the police car one by one, and everyone had sleepwalking expressions on their faces. The reporters excitedly wrote news articles all night, telling the citizens of Fick New City this exciting news.
And the "culprit" Qi Leren was driving to the old and new ports of Feike with one hand at this moment. What happened half an hour ago made the two of them fall into long thoughts and had no dialogue for a long time.
Regarding this night, the Qi Le people originally planned that Dr. Lu would return to the city hall, claim that he had been kidnapped but escaped by chance, and then order the police station to arrest the Italian gangsters who were having a banquet. On the grounds of wine smuggling, the old and new ports of Fick were besieged, causing conflicts between the police and Plum K.
This trick was taught by Chen Baiqi. She called it an opportunity. In the dungeon world, especially in the dungeon world with a high degree of reality and not a closed environment, how to use NPCs to achieve one's own goals is also a kind of ability.
This plan was originally perfect. No matter which side wins, there will only be benefits and no harm for the Qile people. He has no reason to take risks in the old and new ports of Fick, which will do him no good. Being shot in the right arm would have made it inconvenient for him to fight. Ning Zhou’s child’s body can’t compare with an adult’s in terms of speed and strength. If you fire a few shots, you have to worry about whether your wrist will be injured.
Therefore, it is the most correct way to use the power of the NPC in the copy to complete the encirclement and suppression of Plum Blossom K.
However, half an hour ago, when the big clock in Fake New City struck ten o'clock in the evening, the phone rang.
Qi Leren, who was sitting in front of the phone waiting for good news from Dr. Lu, his eyelids jumped up suddenly. He suppressed the uneasy premonition in his heart, and said to Ning Zhou with a smile: "It should be Dr. Lu's call."
As he spoke, he picked up the receiver, but did not speak.
An anxious silence came from the other end of the phone. In just a few seconds, Qi Leren sat up straight, as if facing an enemy who was ready to attack with a gun.
"Is this world real?" A hoarse and unfamiliar female voice came, and the electric current flowing along the phone line made Qi Le's hair stand on end.
"Who are you?" Qi Leren asked subconsciously.
The woman on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and a self-deprecating chuckle came, and she said, "Fake."
The phone hangs up.
Qi Leren held the phone receiver in a daze, unable to say a word.
Just whose phone? What is she saying? Why did she call him
With a "bang" gunshot, Ning Zhou, who was sitting in the living room, shot through the door suddenly, and there was a panic of footsteps outside the door. When Ning Zhou rushed to the door, there was no one outside.
"Someone sent a letter." Ning Zhou said.
Qi Leren put down the receiver, took the letter, and there was only one sentence in it.
[Mayor Plum Blossom Q and I are waiting for you at Feike New and Old Port.]
For these words, Qi Leren and Ning Zhou drove to the old port.
"Someone caught Dr. Lu and found out that he is Plum Blossom Q, otherwise, according to the agreement, he should have called us to report the situation half an hour ago... But I still feel that these two letters were not written by Plum Blossom K. .” Qi Leren said.
"Yeah." Ning Zhou responded, "It's not him who delivered the letter either, the footsteps are too heavy."
If Ning Zhou's attention was not attracted by the phone at that time, he should have noticed someone outside the door earlier.
"And if he really finds our location, he will probably come in directly and send a letter to make an appointment, which is not like his style. But who else knows our player identity besides him? The survivors now There are only four of us left..." Qi Leren pursed his lips tightly, countless questions circled in his mind, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but did he have any clues.
Could it be Su He again? Qi Leren inevitably became nervous.
No way, there was no laptop in this mission, Su He wouldn't be so idle and come here to make copies of him, right
"That phone call is very strange." Qi Leren murmured. That voice, that sentence, kept appearing in his mind, and there seemed to be a storm brewing in that woman's voice and tone.
A feeling of premonition and reasoning flashed through Qi Leren's mind, like a streetlight outside the window.
"Woman, it is very likely that she has something to do with me. There are not many such people." Qi Le whispered, "Willow counts as one, and Tequila counts as one. The voice is wrong, it's not Willow, the biggest possibility... It's the tequila that never came."
She was a lobotomized lobotomist, a return guest who had been away from Fick for many years, a woman who probably knew too much.
"Let me think about it again. If the person behind the scenes is really Tequila, she wants the two of us to go to the Old Port. She probably even made an appointment with Mei Hua K and kidnapped Dr. Lu. What is the purpose? To catch us all? She Why would an NPC do this?" Qi Leren wondered.
"She also knows our player identity." Ning Zhou added.
"Yes, this is the puzzling part. How did she know?" Thinking of this, Qi Leren was terrified.
Assuming that the call really came from Tequila who knew everything, then her question would be terribly frightening.
- Is this world real
His answer was: Who are you
This is simply a big mistake. Tequila knows that he is the killer Whiskey, and how can Whiskey not hear the voice of his long-time friend and rival Tequila? Who are you in the sentence he asked, he was telling Tequila—I'm a fake.
Not only him, but the world is also fake.
The melancholy and mocking laughter before she hung up the phone was her sneer at the true face of the world.
Fake.
"Could it be revealed by a certain player?" Ning Zhou asked.
"It's possible that K of Diamonds and Q of Diamonds are the first to go out, and they're excluded. K of Clubs... Well, this person doesn't seem like the kind of person who likes to talk about life with NPCs. Maybe it's the K of Hearts or the Q of Hearts? But they are How did you get in touch? It stands to reason that Tequila has not been in Fake New City, so she probably doesn't know much about the situation here. That's not true, she seems to know us all, and there must be some special channel." The more people from Qi Le The more creepy I thought, it was the fear of being closely watched.
Who the hell is watching them
Ning Zhou skillfully oiled the gun with the hands of a child who didn't match the gun.
"I hope Dr. Lu is okay." Qi Leren said.
"No, he's lucky." Ning Zhou comforted.
Qi Leren smiled: "Ah, that's right, he's an 'expert in lying down and winning'."
Uneasy about the road ahead, Qi Leren took a deep breath, concentrating on how to fight the next tough battle.
The car carrying the two drove from the bustling city center to the dilapidated and quiet old port, like a colorful bubble, slowly falling into the dark abyss on a windless sunny afternoon.
PS: During the Prohibition period, it was not illegal to drink at home, but the banquet was illegal. I was arrested at a celebration banquet, and I forgot the story of which boss. I watched documentaries about American gangsters a few years ago. I hope it’s not my memory.