In the corner of the foyer is a long corridor.

The corridor leads to the end, and there are some rooms on both sides, the doors are mostly closed, and occasionally one door is open, but no one is seen, and there are mostly desks and chairs inside, and there are documents and files piled on the desktop.

Cleaning company?

Ryan had more doubts in his mind.

The floor of the promenade is made of patches of oak wood, perhaps because of the age, some of the floors are a little loose, and walking on them, sometimes there is a creaking sound, which echoes in the silent corridor.

The promenade is not long, it is only thirty or forty meters, and it will go to the end in a while.

Ryan counted, there were thirteen rooms in the corridor on this floor, seven on the left and six on the right, and the reason why there was one more room on the left was because there was a staircase on the right that led to the second floor, so there was one room less.

The staircase was at the end of the hallway, where Albert's office was, and the door was facing the staircase.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The knock on the door rang out rhythmically.

The sound echoed through the silent space, like the sound of a heartbeat.

Tess turned to Ryan and smiled, then turned to the door and whispered.

"Sir, the boy is here......"

Then, the door opened, silently.

Tess took a half-step back, her expression looking a little nervous, and she looked at Ryan and motioned for Ryan to come over.

Ryan took two steps forward and came to the door, his pace faltering slightly.

He had a feeling.

It was as if the wind was blowing.

It's like a real gaze.

Someone is quietly watching you in a dark corner, as if looking at something, making you involuntarily cranky, and all kinds of messy memories also surface, and that feeling is very uncomfortable.

In the sea of knowledge, the golden light ripples, warm as water, dispels the inexplicable cold feeling.

Ryan turned his head, a smile on his face, like the sunshine of late spring, and he smiled and nodded to Tess and said thank you.

Tess's expression was a little weird, Ryan's reaction surprised her, and when she saw Ryan thank you, a smile bloomed on her face, and then she waved her hand, and laughed as well, saying that it was no longer necessary, and then, stepping away.

Ryan pushed open the half-open door and stepped inside.

Inside the house, there is a faint yellow light.

The light came from a lamp on the right wall, and the bronze lamp had a statue of a cuckoo, and the cuckoo was transparent, and the light came out from there, spreading evenly throughout the room.

I don't know if there were no windows, or if there were windows that were not opened and were covered by thick curtains, it was about one o'clock in the afternoon, but the light in the room came from the lamp on the wall.

It wasn't an ordinary oil lamp, and although Ryan hadn't seen it much, he knew that it was a magic lamp that had used magic stones.

It's like an electric lamp on the water blue star, but the electric light needs a generator, and it needs wires to transmit electricity, and the magic lamp only needs magic stones, and the magic power contained in the magic stones is energy, which can be converted into light through some special devices, and the magic stones will not be extinguished as long as there is magic power, and of course, the magic lights can also be controlled by simple switches.

Very convenient and also very expensive.

It's the same during the day?

Why not open the windows and let the sun shine in?

Ryan muttered in his heart.

The room is not big, there is a magic lamp on the right side of the door, a row of bookshelves on the left, and directly opposite the door is a huge desk, and on the chair behind the desk, there is a person, and at this moment, he is getting up from the chair.

It was as if the man was in a thick fog.

Even if the light fell unobstructed, even if he looked at it carefully, after that, Ryan didn't have the slightest impression of his face, and the memory seemed to be swallowed up, falling into the fog.

He blinked, looked again.

This time, it was seen very clearly, and it was not forgotten.

It was a gray-haired, hunchbacked old man, dressed in gray lounge clothes, with his hands propped up on his desk, his face wrinkled, his face without a beard, his eyes slightly squinted, looking himself up and down.

An old man who looks very ordinary.

"Boy, come here. ”

The old man asked Ryan to come forward, and there was a chair in front of his desk, and the old man motioned for him to sit down.

Ryan walked over slowly, he knew that the old man was observing him, so he acted very carefully, acting according to his own person, cautiously and slightly cramped, and there was naturally a trace of nervousness in his eyes.

Then he sat down.

Lean your upper body forward slightly, and your shoulders and backs stop, not next to the back of the chair.

The old man sat down, leaned back, and let out a sigh, from which tiredness escaped.

"I'm Albert Estin, and you're Ryan Shire?"

The old man's voice was a little hoarse, as if it was rusty.

Ryan nodded and whispered.

"Yes, sir, I'm Ryan Shire. ”

Then, Ryan took out the business card and placed it on the desk.

Albert glanced at the business card.

The reason for asking is that it is just a program, and no one will come by impersonation.

In the past, he owed Devin a favor, so he gave Devin this business card, saying that there was something to come to him, and the old guy didn't know the preciousness of this business card, so he used it here.

On the phone, Devin briefly said about Ryan's situation, which should be kind and want to give the child a way out.

Although he didn't say much, Albert knew that it wasn't that simple.

There should be trouble with this kid.

However, this trouble was nothing to him.

The main problem is not here.

It's not a job that anyone can do, and it requires special talent.

However, the young man was able to enter this room, which was considered to have passed the first level, and it seemed that the previous arrangement had no effect on him.

Ryan had previously felt that peeping was not an illusion, but a small spell that bewitched people's hearts, the teenager should have hallucinated at that time, entangled by the fear in his heart, before, there were also some teenagers who did not pass this test, most of them would be frightened to turn around and run away, and some guys would even collapse and urinate, which was also the reason for Tess's solemn expression at that time.

Cleaning up is her business.

Ryan easily passed that level and walked into the room.

Some teenagers are strong-willed and nervous, and they can pass that level as easily as Ryan, however, whether they can do this job or not, the second test is crucial, and whether they have talent or not depends on this.

Until Ryan finishes this ordeal, Albert doesn't want to talk much.

Sitting in this position, he has seen too much.

It is equivalent to a door, the world behind the door is different from the real world, and being able to walk into that door is a blessing, but also a danger, auspicious or vicious, and it varies from person to person.

There were many people who walked through that door under his gaze, but now, there were not many who were still alive, and even fewer who were still alive and well.

To this, he has become numb.

With a slight press of the mechanism under the desk, the empty wall next to the magic lamp creaked open, revealing an additional painting.

Ryan couldn't help but look over.