At 11:39 a.m., it was late at night.

The sea breeze in Innsmouth is cold, and the cold through the slender and curvy alleys is as sharp as a knife, making people who go out late at night can't help but shiver.

The wind was strong, but it couldn't disperse the thick fog that covered the overhead.

It is even more impossible to blow away the shadows on the heads and psychology of the people living here.

Along the way, Li Zu could clearly feel the change in the attitude of the Innsmouth people towards him, from rejection to malice, the Innsmouth people already rejected outsiders, if it wasn't for Li Zu to clearly perceive the malice, it would be difficult enough to find something on that stiff face.

Li Zu laughed at this.

……

hotel

The dilapidated bus is still parked on the side of the road, waiting for the late night to depart again.

The driver bent over and whispered to the hotel owner at the front desk, but they did not notice Li Zu standing outside the hotel door.

But yes, who would have thought that someone could stand five or six meters outside the door and still hear people whispering.

"Something went wrong in Thomas's house"

"It has been said that until then, the old drunkard showed the way for the stranger."

In a closed town, the news was like the wind in a thick fog, flowing faster than Li Zu's feet, faster than the heavy feet of the people of Innsmouth, who seemed to have flippers.

Li Zu walked all the way back, and he couldn't even match their whispers.

"These strangers always like to find trouble!"

The innkeeper said, "We have to keep him!" ”

"I'm going to tell him that the engine of the car is broken," said the old Innsmouth driver, "he has to stay here, hehehe~"

He couldn't help but laugh weirdly.

From the chat, it's not the first time they've done this.

Squeak! Li Zu pushed open the door at the right time,

"Oh, that's too bad~" Li Zu said angrily: "I don't want to sleep on the streets, there is no other place for me to live, fortunately I caught the last bus, I'm afraid I will trouble you, Mr. Driver." ”

And the smile on his face was like a spectator waiting for what kind of antics the two clowns in front of him would use to please him.

"The engine of the car is broken," the driver said the line he had prepared a long time ago, but the expression of the foreigner in front of him made him a little uncomfortable.

"yes, that's really bad......" Li Zu turned his gaze to the innkeeper, as if to say, it's time for you to perform.

"You're lucky, you happen to have a room, come with me!" The innkeeper took the key out of the counter.

"yes, I've been lucky." He thinks so.

Li Zu followed the innkeeper upstairs.

The hotel was large enough, with corridors large enough to accommodate five people at once, as if it had been built to allow some kind of large animal to pass.

There were not many lights in the hallway, it was dim, and many corners were hidden by shadows.

Li Zu glanced at the surrounding walls, the dried bloodstains, especially the cracks in the door, and he didn't even bother to tidy them up.

People who come to Oakmont with curiosity seem to have met the same fate in this inn.

That may be Li Zu's final fate.

And along the way, the whole layer ...... There are no guests.

"Your room, it's the key" The innkeeper handed over the key, which smelled of fish.

After the innkeeper gave the key, he turned around and left, without disturbing Li Zu at all.

The room was spacious, with wardrobes, and the toilet and bathroom were separate.

There is also a single bed.

The windows are open, and the rows of tin roofs can be seen in the factory area to the east of the town.

After closing the door and blocking the door with a wardrobe, Li Zu lay on the bed, as if waiting for a certain program to start at a regular time, with his eyes open.

At 1 a.m.,

The moonlight struggled to tear through the fog and spill into the windows.

There was the sound of footsteps, and whispers.

"Did he sleep?"

"Definitely slept"

It was the chatter of two Innsmouth, who were approaching Li Zu's room.

Someone was digging out the keys, comparing them one by one, and the sound was very loud.

With a click, the lock was opened, but they tried to push it open, but failed.

"Damn it!" The Innsmouth no longer hid their cover, they howled and slammed the door hard.

Again, and again,

With heavy force, the empty wardrobe was knocked to the ground.

"Damn outlanders!" The old driver of Innsmouth, who was carrying a crowbar, rushed towards Li Zu.

Poof—

The tip of the staff goes in from the chest and out from the back.

Li Zu stepped on the body of Innsmouth who fell to the ground, and slowly pulled out his cane, which also took away the last bit of strength of the Innsmouth driver.

"Drink!" The innkeeper is in the prime of life.

waved indiscriminately, pressing Li Zu in an orderly manner.

A short cane, no matter how sharp it is, can it still stab itself in the face of a strong attack? So the innkeeper thought.

Li Zu, who was standing in front of him, suddenly took two steps back and waved his cane at him from a distance of two meters.

Syllable~

A string of hideous barred teeth, reflecting the moonlight, knocked the innkeeper down.

There were footsteps again.

"Kill this stranger!"

The Innsmouth who rushed upstairs was still "young", and there were not many strange features on his body.

Some of them carried machetes, others with shotguns.

With three or four shotguns pointed at his head, Li Zu could only choose to escape.

He "flew" out of the hotel window and leaped between eaves, walls, roofs.

Eventually, Li Zu stopped on the top of a tall building on the edge of town and managed to shake off the tracking Innsmouth.

"I thought you guys could be more interesting...... Li Zu leaned over and looked out, a few hours ago, the dead and silent town was now covered with roars.

Everywhere you go, you'll find Innsmouth people with flashlights.

The martial law town of Innsmouth looks a little more "lively", and Li Zu is still in the mood to ridicule the situation in front of him at this time.

Stand high on the edge of the town and look out into the distance.

On the sea, there is a pitch-black reef, on which there are several figures of "deep divers", as if they have received some signal, rushing towards this side!

"Maybe our ghoul friends especially like these little fish in the sea~"

Li Zu was preparing to pour out the monsters of the entire ghoul kingdom and flood the town.

"Ahh The woman's cry of pain caught his attention.

It was the short-haired woman.

She was captured by two Innsmouth, along with a pistol.

Syllable!

Syllable!

The iron whip exploded, and the Innsmouth were already whipped away and dying.

“…… Call! The woman looked up and looked at the person who had saved her: "Thank you"

As she spoke, her eyes stayed on the whip-like metal weapon in Li Zu's hand, and as Li Zu lifted it gently, the iron whip quickly contracted and combined into a cane. She looked away from the magical weapon and moved to Li Zu's face.

"Those Innsmouth are crazy, we outlanders are going to die! Come with me! She immediately decided that fellow foreigners must help each other to survive.

"Wait!"

Under the woman's puzzled gaze, Li Zu walked up to the body of the Innsmouth man, bent down and picked up the pistol that belonged to the woman. He had no intention of returning the gun.

After a brief check of the bullets, he said, "Let's go."