Ten minutes later, Zhao Zhou, who had finished washing, hurriedly walked out of the room.

The Sea Serpent's Tail is located in the Kennekots port area, on the straight street leading to the marina – although there are several roads leading to the marina, only this one is called the straight street.

The inn is at least a few decades old, and is mainly a three-and-a-half-story building, with the first floor being used as a restaurant and tavern, and the second and third floors for rent to foreign tourists, with about seven or eight rooms on each floor, both for long-term and short-term rentals, and a loft for miscellaneous items.

In the early morning three days ago, the fishermen who were about to leave the port found the unconscious Zhao Zhou on the beach, and after notifying the local police station, Zhao Zhou, who was suspected of being shipwrecked, was settled in this Sea Snake Tail Hotel, which can be regarded as a place for Zhao Zhou, who has just arrived in this strange world, to have a place to stay.

This also made Zhao Zhou have a great affection for the owner of the inn, Mr. Lake Bales, who was rough looking and imposing, but in fact very good at talking, because this gentleman allowed him to live in the hotel on credit, which provided Zhao Zhou with great convenience, otherwise he might have to ask the local police station for help.

When Zhao Zhou arrived on the first floor, the Belles family was preparing for breakfast under a few dim ceiling lamps: Mr. Bells was sitting at a table cutting sausages, Mrs. Bells was serving food, and the couple's only daughter, Melissa, was spreading jam on bread.

"Good morning, Mr. Bells, Mrs. Bells, and ...... Melissa. ”

Zhao Zhou took the initiative to say hello, to be honest, he was not very used to this way of greeting.

Hearing his voice, Mr. Bales turned his head and nodded at him.

This is a very tall and burly man, Zhao Zhou is more than 1.9 meters tall, and under the "detection" of Ex, Mr. Bells has a body shape that is suspected to be "more than 6 feet tall and weighs more than 200 pounds", and the whole person is as strong as a bear, and the kitchen knife used by normal people is unusually small when he holds it in his hand.

Even when he first saw Mr. Bales three days earlier, that part of Eckes's consciousness instinctively had to warn him, because Ackes keenly noticed that the calluses on Mr. Bales's hands were definitely not like those of a normal operator.

[Be vigilant! This could be a pirate in disguise ......]

Ex's consciousness chattered to Zhao Zhou to warn Zhao Zhou, reminding the "host" to be vigilant against the man in front of him, which made Zhao Zhou once again affirm that Exx's consciousness should be missing a large part of "human subjectivity" and no longer a complete human consciousness individual, and this may also affect Exx's ability to make judgments on things autonomously.

For example, this Mr. Bells in front of him, even if this Mr. Bells was once a pirate, so what?

Zhao Zhou has already made up a plot in his mind: a battle-hardened and experienced pirate comes to Kennekots, meets Mrs. Bells, who was still a girl at the time, and both go to love, and then Mr. Bells gives up his career as a pirate, runs the inn with Mrs. Bells, and gives birth to his daughter Melissa.

It's a very common example, isn't it?

Just as Zhao Zhou was making his own judgment in his heart, Mrs. Bales invited him to join the family in a warm but not overly affectionate way: "Mr. Kiu, if you don't dislike it, I would like to invite you to have breakfast with us." ”

I have to say that this is really a reserved and gentle lady, although she is more than ten or twenty years older than Zhao Zhou, but the years and the experience of giving birth to a daughter have not affected this lady, Zhao Zhou has no doubt that Mr. Bales gave up his career as a pirate because of this woman - assuming that Mr. Bales was really a pirate.

"Thank you very much, I mean I'm honored, I love your mushroom soup. …… How can I help? ”

Zhao Zhou replied a little stiffly, he was still not very accustomed to the local speaking habits, but his compliment still made Mrs. Bells cover her mouth and laugh happily, and then said with a smile: "No need, you can just sit." ”

This also made Exx make a passive judgment again: she should be a well-born woman and very educated.

Compared with Mrs. Bales's reserve, Melissa seems much more easy-going, except for calling Zhao Zhou "Mr. Kiu" at the beginning, she has already called "Jon" and "Jon" in the past few days, probably because the age difference between the two is not much older, and besides, Zhao Zhou's appearance and temperament are not so vigilant.

Unlike Mr. Bales, who is stressful when he says a word with a calm face, and unlike the sailors and fishermen who are in the inn, most of them are sloppy and drunk.

The breakfast of the Bells family is not much different from the diet of Westerners in Zhao Zhou's memory, vegetables, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, bread, and mushroom soup, although it is not very in line with Zhao Zhou's eating habits, but it is not unacceptable, especially the mushroom soup that Mrs. Bells is good at, which really makes Zhao Zhou have to give a thumbs up.

During the meal, Mr. Bales recounted what had just happened: "I just got a call from the police station, and I asked Missy to inform you......"

Seeing that Zhao Zhou nodded that he had received Melissa's message, Mr. Bales asked casually, "Have you decided to go to the police station to join the company?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Zhou nodded, and did not hide his intentions: "You know, I am very interested in those extraordinary professions, and ...... I also want to pay off my bills on credit as soon as possible. ”

He glanced at Mr. Bales with some embarrassment—though Mr. Bells had graciously allowed him to live at the inn on credit, he could not take the kindness of others for granted.

Mr. Bells was stunned for a moment, and an expression of approval appeared on his face: "I'm glad that you are a very responsible person, but like I said, child, you don't have to rush to make a decision. ”

On the other side, Mrs. Bells also kindly persuaded: "...... You may not understand what it means to be a police officer, Mr. Kiu, but that's a dangerous thing to do. ”

Dangerous?

Of course, Zhao Zhou knew about the danger, because the police department he was about to apply to join, the department composed of transcendent beings, was not originally set up for ordinary law and order situations, and that department dealt with greater security threats.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time these days, and I'm interested in the transcendents and want to be one of them."

Zhao Zhou tactfully explained his decision to the belles.

To be honest, becoming a transcendent is the first place in Zhao Zhou's current "wishlist", followed by finding clues to return to the world where he used to be - how can he miss this opportunity when he finally came to a fantasy world?

Probably hearing that Zhao Zhou had made a decision, the Bales no longer persuaded them, but their daughter Melissa was very supportive, and even more happy than Zhao Zhou.

After breakfast, Mrs. Bells began to put away the dishes, and Zhao Zhou wanted to help to express his gratitude, but Mr. Bells called him to the other side.

He said to Zhao Zhou: "Commissioner Alison's police station is at 115 Bailey Street, do you know how to get there?" ”

This is difficult for Zhao Zhou, not to mention that he has just come to this world, even if it is "suspected of being a human individual in the current world", he did not respond immediately, obviously, assuming that Ex was really a person at one time, he was not a native of Kennekoci, and he had not even been to this city.

At this moment, Melissa, who was helping her mother clean up the dishes, heard the conversation between her father and Zhao Zhou, and offered to help: "Dad, I can take Jon there." ”

"Missy." Mrs. Bells spoke up, not knowing whether she thought it was too rude for her daughter to call a guest she had known for only three days, or if she was trying to stop her.

In any case, Zhao Zhou sensed Mrs. Bales's concern, so he politely refused: "Thank you, but I think I can find ......"

He also smiled at Melissa, but after hearing his words, Melissa became a little depressed, and opened her mouth several times but didn't say anything.

Seeing this scene, Mr. Bales was silent for a moment, then turned to Zhao Zhou and said, "Child, can I trust you to take care of Missy?" ”

Zhao Zhou was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Bales, I ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Bales wrapped his strong arms around Zhao Zhou, took him a few steps away, and said in a low voice: "You don't know, child, Missy's greatest wish is to become a transcendent, since she was twelve years old, she has asked me to take her to the police station every year to do relevant tests, but ......"

Zhao Zhou finally understood, and at the same time realized that the excuse he thought he had just meant was not.

He embarrassedly made a plea to Melissa to redeem the hurt he had just done: "Uh...... Can you please take me there? Melissa? Please! ”

"I'm going to change my clothes."

The seventeen-year-old girl's face suddenly turned for the better, and she ran upstairs with a word, leaving Zhao Zhou to look at Mrs. Bells with an embarrassed gaze at him.

"I promise I'll protect her."

Faced with Mrs. Bales's scrutiny, Zhao Zhou made an awkward assurance.

In contrast, Mr. Bales reached out and rubbed Zhao Zhou's head with an attitude of recognition and satisfaction, comforting his daughter: "Don't worry, Mary, this is a very responsible young man." ”

Perhaps hearing her husband's words, or Zhao Zhou's personal assurance, Mrs. Bells stared at Zhao Zhou for a moment, and finally smiled: "Then please, Mr. Kiu." ”

"Uh, no thanks?"

Zhao Zhou's answer made Mrs. Bells smile again.

After a while, Melissa changed her clothes, and Mr. Bales also took two pounds of change and handed it to Zhao Zhou as the two of them for their travel expenses and lunch.

Zhao Zhou wanted to politely refuse, but was told by Mr. Bales, "Do you want my daughter, a young lady, to pay for you?" "Keep your mouth shut.

A few minutes later, the two left the hotel and walked down the cobbled street to a stop for a public carriage.

At that site, an old-fashioned gentleman in an khaki suit and khaki top hat was standing, waiting for the public carriage with a cane, as if he had spotted Zhao Zhou and Melissa walking towards the site, turned his head to look at them, and smiled in return......