When the train pulled into the middle of the platform, I woke up.

Through the window, you can see a signboard on the platform, on which is written a line: Welcome to the town of rest.

"Wake up." I kicked the flax in the shin, "We're here." ”

*

The town of Rest is undoubtedly a town with a strange name, but at the same time, it is also the temporary residence of the doctors of Turin.

I still don't know who the Turin doctor is. Even if you ask the drone to collect intelligence, you can't know his gender and age, let alone his appearance and origin. It is only known that he wanders around the Alliance, and is considered a wandering doctor, and those who have seen him have inconsistent descriptions of his appearance. Some say he's a man, some say he's a woman, some say he's an old man, some say he's a young man, and some even say he's a child...... All in all, it's a puzzling statement, full of the suspicious atmosphere of urban weirdness.

I first heard about this man from the mouth of the Faceless Shadow. She was still working with me as "Adam" at the time, and I asked her if she knew anyone who could make the retort.

"Yes, yes, but you also need the reversing pills?" She was surprised, "Aren't your inspirations dull enough to be immune to all psychic attacks?" ”

"There is a special purpose." That's how I answered her.

Also, what she said wasn't entirely correct. Even if the "side effects of the Blood Sacrifice Ritual" are excluded, there is indeed a way in this world that can affect my psychic system. But I don't have to tell her the truth.

She was also cheerful, and immediately reported to me the name of the "Doctor of Turin", and said that he should have been temporarily living in the town of Rest recently.

Even at this moment, I don't think she's cheating on me. As the saying goes, good steel is used on the blade, and lies should also be used on key parts, and the more clever liars like her, the less likely she is to lie, especially the kind of lies that have nothing to do with the current purpose. Otherwise, if I prove that she is lying in other ways, then she will be shooting herself in the foot.

What's more, the town of rest is just outside of Beaver City, and because it is a well-known attraction, you can even go there directly from the subway station.

But this is the information that came out of the mouth of a woman like hers, and I didn't want to try it if I didn't have any other way, and now I had to find out first.

I informed Xu Shengxing of my recent trip to Anxi, but he was strongly opposed by him, on the grounds that he was not worried that my handicapped son would go far away. Although I had expected this development, it was indeed inconvenient to leave without saying a word, otherwise with his temperament, he might have left his work and followed the clues to catch up directly.

After some conversation, we finally found a compromise: I'd still go to Sabbat, but someone had to follow.

This person is flax.

*

"Flax" is just a nickname.

His real name is "Yalvis. Christopher", the number of words is so long that it is difficult to memorize. That's why I'll just call him by the nickname "flax" from now on.

According to Xu Shengxing, this person is his cronies in the bureau, but because he made a mistake some time ago, he is now suspended. People are by no means bad people, on the contrary, they have a sense of justice, they are the same on the outside, but they don't know how to be flexible. He happened to be very idle lately, and when he heard that he was going to accompany me, the "son of the leader", on a trip ("travel" was my excuse to go to the town of rest), he was very active and immediately responded.

My first official meeting with him was on the day of departure, two days after I killed Paul, at a crowded subway station.

He is very handsome in appearance, with brown hair, red eyes, and a pair of canine ears of the same color as his hair on the top of his head. Wearing a clean white shirt and black trousers, he stood out in the middle of the crowd and attracted frequent sideways glances from passers-by. To put it bluntly, like the male protagonist of some idol TV series, simple clothes can also be worn with a refined taste.

I felt as if I had seen him somewhere, even his long string of names, I seemed to have glanced at somewhere.

He was very enthusiastic, and when he met me, he seemed to be eager to remove all the canes I was holding and help me forward. At first, I thought that this guy was actually a flatterer, and he wanted to gain Xu Shengxing's favor by currying favor with me. But after the actual exchange, I felt that this person's character was indeed as Xu Shengxing said, the appearance was the same, and the enthusiastic performance did not seem to be fake.

He gave me his nickname, and I casually asked, "Why is it called 'flax'?" ”

"We fighters in the Public Security Bureau have their own nicknames. I wanted to get 'flax', but there was another policeman named flax, so I had to call myself flax. He told the truth, "This will not be the same again." ”

Hearing him say this, a rude thought popped up in my mind: if he changed the word "Ya" to "big", it would be more difficult to coincide.

With that, the train also arrived. We got into the carriage, found a seat and sat down.

I asked about the reason for his suspension.

"This ......," he said embarrassedly, "some time ago, I was taken by Captain Xu to Beaver Pharmaceutical to disguise security guards, and then I met the Facelings...... Then I didn't inform the other team members, and I also revealed the information......"

Hearing him say this, a flash of lightning flashed through my mind.

It turned out to be him!

I finally remembered that the last time I infiltrated Beaver Pharmaceutical, I did meet a supporter of myself within the Public Security Bureau, and I got some information from him. Later, in order to prevent him from regretting it, I transferred to inform my partner, and I knocked him unconscious.

At that time, he neither said his name nor took off his helmet to show his face, but now I still feel that his face and name are familiar, because he showed me his police ID last time. I had seen his face and name on the papers.

Although it is a bit wrong for me to say that, the suspension of his actions is quite lenient, probably because he is a psyker. The Beaver City Public Security Bureau is quite tactful when dealing with capable people, this is the case when Inoue Naoto was like this, and Hu Ma is probably like this now. The public security bureaus in other cities are not so lenient.

"You support Facelings?" I asked. At the same time the train moved.

His canine ears suddenly erected, and he nodded vigorously, "Yes! ”

"But, Faceling, isn't that the offender? I've heard people mention that it seems to be a bad guy who treats order as nothing and kills as he pleases. I said, "Wouldn't it be nice to support him as a police officer?" ”

Hearing this, he frowned and wanted to refute.

But after opening his mouth for a while, his canine ears hung down in frustration as if they were drenched, "It's not good." ”

I felt like he was going to say "but".

"But." He said, "I still believe that the Facelings are righteous. He did kill a lot of people, but they were bad guys. If eliminating the bad guys can save a lot of good guys as a result, then it should be done. ”

"Maybe the Facelings themselves don't think so."

"How?" He asked curiously.

"This is what my father talked to me about, and he believes that the Facelings are not fighting for justice, but have personal motives." I didn't make it up, Xu Shengxing did make up these words with me during dinner before, "In other words, the Facelings are likely to be selfish, and the reason why they kill criminals is only because it coincides with his selfish motives. ”

"This ......," he thought with a wry face, "though I don't think Facelings are like that...... But if that's the case, then I'll probably support the Facelings. ”

"Why?"

"First, regardless of the motives, the Facelings still punished the adulterers in the outcome." "Second, the Facelings saved my sister," he said. ”

This time it was my turn to be curious, "Sister? ”

"My sister, Helen. Christopher. "She said she had been taken away by a man who looked like a sheepskin killer not long ago, and then suddenly a man appeared and sprayed herself unconscious." When she woke up, the man was carrying a bird's beak mask and told her, 'You're all right,' 'You can go home,'......"

After he said this, I also remembered that there was indeed such a thing, I did save such a woman when I was killing the sheepskin killer.

"When I heard the beak mask she described, I knew it had to be a Faceling." "That's when I thought, if I meet a Faceling, I'm going to help him too." ”

"So you covered for him when he entered the Beaver Pharmaceutical?" I said suddenly. I didn't know that there was such a cause and effect, and I didn't know anything about it at the time.

"Yes." He nodded, and then said helplessly, "Although I was knocked out by him in the end." I don't seem to be trusted at all. That being said, there was no sign of resentment on his face, and he was really a weirdo.

As he spoke, the train stopped at one stop.

One group went down, and another group came up.

Among the new passengers were two conspicuous figures, one of whom was a beautiful girl in a wheelchair, with long gray hair and a white dress, and although her eyes were closed, she did not look like she was sleeping, but was blind; The other is a woman who is not good-looking, wearing a gray formal suit like a working woman, with a capable posture, walking behind, pushing a wheelchair for the former.

This combination inevitably attracts attention. I glanced at it and quickly withdrew my gaze.

The train continues to move.

*

After more than an hour, the train reached the above-ground platform in the town of Sabbing.

I woke up my flax, which was still dozing, and walked out of the carriage with the crowd, and then out of the platform.

In front of you is the town of Rest - although it is a well-known attraction, it does not look like an ancient town, it seems to be just a modern town that can be seen everywhere. In addition to the lack of high-rise buildings, it is as if you have walked from one district to another in Beaver City, and you can even see familiar chain convenience stores and snack bars here.

But it seems to me that this town has a hidden crisis.

The reason for this was a piece of intelligence that the drone provided me yesterday.

The "Inoue Renta's bodyguard" who fought with Xu Shengxing at the beginning, the withered believer "Violence", did not fall into Xu Shengxing's hands after the incident, but retreated directly and disappeared. In order to observe the possible movements of the Geocentric Church in Beaver City, I commissioned a drone to investigate whether the Violent was still in Beaver City.

This commission was carried out at the same time as the commission to investigate the doctors of Turin.

What I didn't expect was that last night, the drone sent me a screenshot of the surveillance video of the train platform in Rest Town. In the picture, Violent Chaos blends in the middle of the crowd leaving the station, walking towards the exit of the platform.

In other words, at this time, there is at least one Terrestrial Church super-psionic who is lurking in this town with unknown motives.