Chapter 157: Gattuso
Newcastle could not count on much help in the current situation, and he could not control the affairs of the Ministry of Security, let alone the special departments under the official government.
Hannibal Lecter's role as someone's spokesperson is worth enough in his own right that he can't find a reason to refuse.
Moreover, as the deputy director of the epidemic prevention center, it is not very difficult for Newcastle to issue a notice.
Either way, it's better to make a difference than to sit in the office and wait for bad news to come to you, isn't it?
"At 3 o'clock this afternoon, I will hold a press conference to mention the admission of seriously infected people and raise the epidemic prevention alert level of Qianfan City again. ”
After a short period of thought, Newcastle gave an affirmative response, he originally planned to find an opportunity to disclose part of the epidemic information to all sectors of society, in order to attract widespread attention, and the time to cause confusion in the province, crumpled the paper in his hand to record the main points and threw it into the trash, and continued,
"Before the press conference begins, I will ask the epidemic prevention institute to transfer a few patients in the name of epidemic observation, Mr. Lecter, you should understand that at present we have no means of cure, and seriously ill patients may die at any time, which will have a certain impact on epidemic prevention...... I would like to know the reason for this. ”
"I'm sorry, Deputy Director Newcastle, I'm just a messenger, it's hard to explain, but the next time Mr. Rhone contacts me, maybe I can help you ask?"
Zhu Jue, who was watching the religious program in the shop window, still did not open his mouth to explain, he was an honest spokesperson, and he could not reveal the information of his employer at will.
Even if the employer is himself.
Newcastle didn't mean to embarrass Zhu Jue, after all, in his eyes, Hannibal Lecter was really a messenger, so he could only suppress his curiosity for the time being.
Hanging up the phone, Zhu Jue retracted his gaze on the TV screen in the window, this talk show mentioned a lot of interesting information, and the number of "awakened people" who can see illusions seems to be quite a lot, thinking that there is a chance to find someone to ask and turn around and walk into the store.
said that it was a religious supplies store, but Zhu Juefu was startled as soon as he entered the door.
On the left and right sides of the store, there are mechanical structures, the image is probably the "Heavenly Soldier and Heavenly General" puppet, the eyes are filled with small lights, lit with light red light, and the crown on the top of the head is an iron crown outlined with heavy oil paint, all of which are held high in the left hand with an iron shovel, posing in an independent posture of a golden rooster, and the right hand is stretched straight forward, the index finger and middle finger are together, because the soles of the feet are placed on the table as a cushion, and the four fingers are poked at the position of Zhu Jue's temple.
It seems that the next second is going to slap the people who enter the store full of peach blossoms, which makes people look a little weird.
The space in the store is not large, barely enough to fit a few rows of shelves, from half-height crosses to palm-sized Buddha statues.
The open space against the wall was also utilized, and several wooden windows were put together to display all kinds of small objects.
"I didn't find anything similar in the store, but Ginkgo found a picture of a lantern in a book. ”
Suzi noticed Zhu Jue entering the door, stepped forward, and turned sideways as he spoke, revealing Gu Ginkgo who was holding a religious book and flipping through the shelves behind him.
It was her spiritual world, although it was possible to create objects through self-imagination, but it was not a dream after all, it was unrealistic to imagine out of thin air, and if she wanted to avoid help, she had to be familiar with all aspects of the camouflage details in advance, preferably with a clear reference.
"Newcastle has promised to help us issue the 'Action Order', and the specific release time should be 3pm, so we have to prepare as soon as possible, at least before dinner, because I just found a Chinese restaurant on the Internet, and they have braised soft-shelled turtle that I like!"
Inform the two people who were traveling with them of the situation, and the so-called "action order", that is, the notice that will be issued by Newcastle himself, is naturally for the members of the Ouroboros organization.
Relying on Gu Ginkgo's help to enter the Gadamon Illusion Realm, the biggest gain was undoubtedly to discover the bone tree in the illusion and the interaction between the members of the Ouroboros organization and it.
Cultists use the souls of infected people to feed bone trees as fertilizer or energy, which in turn affects the real world, which means that they need a lot of souls.
Zhu Jue wants to find where Gadamon is, he definitely can't rely on mistakes, he must have a clear goal, and the bone tree is his opportunity.
On the premise of knowing that there will be a large number of seriously infected people in the epidemic prevention center.
Zhu Jue is almost certain that under normal circumstances, cultists hiding in the Middle East and Tibet in the real world will undoubtedly take advantage of the protection of Gadamon's illusion to "strike hard".
All he had to do was wait for the rabbits and find a way to get valuable information out of their mouths.
On the premise of knowing what they want to do and how they are going to do it, this is not a difficult task, the key is whether he can play the "stake" well!
And this depends on whether Gu Yinxing, the "prop master", can be powerful.
"Can you reproduce just a picture?"
Zhu Jue leaned over and looked at the page in Gu Yinxing's hand, there was only an illustration and a few words of description on it, and he couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know, it would be much better if there were actual references. ”
Kneading her eyebrows, Gu Ginkgo endured the mental discomfort, relying on moonshine wine and incense, her mental state had actually recovered a lot, but there were just some sequelae.
Actual Reference...... You wait. ”
Zhu Jue's eyes circled around the shelves, and then walked quickly to the counter near the door and knocked on the table.
"God bless you, what do you want?"
An old man sitting behind the counter looked up when he heard the sound and asked.
His outfit is very pompous, yes, Zhu Jue thinks that this word is simply tailor-made for him.
Wrapped in a white turban on his head, holding a rosary in his right hand, but there is a cross necklace hanging around his neck, if you look closely, you can find that there seems to be a colorful bead string behind the cross, and the body is a gray cotton robe, and in front of him is the Taoist Sutra with the Bagua Diagram printed on the cover.
"You're really busy, you usually spend a lot of time praying, don't you?"
Zhu Jue stared at his "avant-garde" appearance for a while, and said with a somewhat strange expression.
"I don't pray, oh, you mean my clothes, I need to eat, I can't help it, I wear it like this, don't you feel closer...... Child, let the light shine on your path. ”
The index finger bent on the forehead and stagnated for two seconds, and then drew a religious posture on the chest like a decent, seeing that Zhu Jue did not react, he subconsciously touched his beard, and then changed his posture, and turned back to pick up the dust that was placed behind him.
"Stop, I'm not a believer, this set is omitted, I want to ask you if you have any tools and materials to make lanterns, which are lanterns of this type. ”
Bring the illustration on the page to the old man.
"I have tools, I'm a grocery store, but the materials...... If you can afford it, just remove the things from the shelves. ”
The old man was also a cheerful person, pointing to the shelf behind Zhu Jue and said.
A problem that can be solved with money is not a problem!
Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some time left before 3 p.m., Su Zi and Gu Yinxing began to hand-create the lanterns on the illustrations with the items in the store.
Zhu Jue found the store manager named Gattuso, this guy is pompously dressed, and it is clear that he is an old fritter, and he runs a religious supply store, and it is estimated that he usually interacts with believers.