Chapter 19: Emergence
The atmosphere in the town has finally returned to its former calm, and many people have packed up their bags and run back to the mainland, some people greet each other with a smile on the surface, but sigh when they get home. It can be seen that the incident did cast an indelible haze on the lives of the townspeople.
Allah's Church should have faced closure, but to this day it is still open to the masses free of charge. The Self-Defense Forces found a large amount of supplies in the white building and transported them back to the mainland with the pirate ship, and the identity of the shabby-looking man confirmed that he was indeed not the so-called captain of the pirate ship, but only a prisoner captured by the pirates.
Poromo ate dessert on the table, and looked boredly at the door from time to time, the café was open from eleven o'clock in the morning, and no one came until four o'clock in the afternoon. I had such free time to investigate the whereabouts of the believers, but the roster was taken away by the Self-Defense Forces, and she went to borrow it to no avail, and the clues were broken again and again, and I am afraid that the mission will never be completed.
Compared to her depressed spirit, Kazi was like a carefree puppy, and he had been tinkering with assembling candy jars on the counter with hundreds of fruit candies of different flavors. He also became interested in the shop's Bou, an adult parrot who would say a simple greeting when a customer arrived. Only in the face of Kazi, which never swears, will it repeat one word: "Fool, fool!" ”
"This parrot god, where did it learn it?" Kazi was complacent about the special treatment he had received, and he slowly sat down opposite Poromo and ate the pudding, "Well, it's useless to investigate anyway, those people treat us as children." ”
After a while, seeing that she did not answer, Kazi said, "Do you know? There's a circus show at the Wonder House tonight, why don't you go with me? They have set up a free raffle in front of the door, and each person will draw one and have a chance to win a ticket! ”
Po Luomo still didn't respond, he simply finished eating the pudding on the plate, wiped his mouth and stood up and said, "You're not in the mood to watch it, okay, wait for me to take pictures and watch it together in the evening." ”
Kazi turned to leave, and shook the sensor by the door, and the bell rang immediately.
Xiaotong came over to help her clean up the cups and saucers, and then sat next to her, and said enviously: "Heh, he is so good to you, I also want such a childhood sweetheart." However, your attitude seems to be a little cold. ”
"Actually, he just doesn't want to be alone."
"Why didn't you say yes? Aren't you guys together a lot? ”
"Then he will never grow up, and what he depends on will leave him." Polomo smiled bitterly, his heart extremely heavy.
"I hope you're right, I didn't promise him." Xiao Tong straightened his posture, "Don't talk about this, didn't you say investigating the apostle?" That, my sister Tong knows some insiders. ”
"You know?"
"It's not so much that I know, it's that those I know know." "There is an aunt tailor outside the central market, and acquaintances in the neighborhood come to her to mend her clothes and shoes. She is also very talkative, and some customers will talk to her while they wait, talking about things in the town, as well as things at home and abroad. ”
"Surely she knows about the apostles, and you ought to meet her."
The aunt had seen her a few times, guarding an old sewing machine every day, and the neighbors would only remain neutral in whatever they told her, and give a little advice. She was married, but her husband died years ago, and now she has only one son to support her.
Everyone affectionately calls her Sister Amei, often plays with her, and usually takes care of her, but Aunt Mei and her, a dull girl, don't seem to get along.
"Thanks, I'll go." Primo had decided to visit her, but she couldn't go empty-handed, and was agonizing over what to buy.
At this time, Xiaotong came to support again, she said: "Ouch dear, you are not her acquaintance, even if you remember her, they may not remember you, if you have something to ask her, just buy some citrus." Her son likes to eat citrus, and the citrus peel can be made into tangerine peel when it is dried, and if the tangerine peel is mixed with tea and some honey, ......"
In this regard, Xiaotong is a master, and even Po Luomo is willing to bow down, and the oolong honey tea she brews is known to everyone, and she enjoys a prestigious reputation in this area.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon, when the streets were deserted, Po Luomo changed into a pair of blue pants and a newly bought printed kaftan, and carried a bag of yellow-orange oranges to the central market. Aunt Mei's stall is next to a rice shop, and it seems that the business is as deserted as the street.
She was intently mending a stained children's outfit, her jet-black hair interspersed with a few gray strands. Unable to bear to disturb her, she found a small wooden stool and sat down and placed the oranges on the cardboard.
Half a minute later, Aunt Mei raised her head to look at her and asked, "What do you want to make up?" ”
"No, I just wanted to ask you something."
"Ask me anything, my ears will listen." Aunt Mei lowered her head again, and Po Luomo understood that she could do two things at once.
"I want to know, what's going on with those people in the North Church?"
"All of them are dead, the dog catching team has captured a pair of men and women, the woman has been released, and the man has been transported back."
"Ahh Aunt Mei suddenly screamed.
"What, what's wrong?"
"I just remembered that when I cleaned up the corpse later, I found that there were two people missing, maybe only both of them were still alive, one was called Pang Fu and the other was Li Nie."
Polomo didn't put a look of joy on her face, she calmly asked again, "Then do you know where they live?" ”
"Little girl, don't blame Auntie for not reminding you, those two are very strange, they rarely deal with people, and no one knows what they are thinking." Aunt Mei deliberately turned down the volume.
"Auntie, don't worry, I'm just asking people and won't go to them."
Aunt Mei's hands are still working non-stop, she has seen all kinds of people, heard all kinds of unbelievable things, rarely deliberately remembered, forgot and forgotten. But none of them were as bizarre as the events of the other day, and they remained in her mind like an unsolvable mystery.
The only one who can clear her confusion is the little girl in front of her, Aunt Mei knows that this girl is not simple, and all the people who were caught by the dog catching team are not simple.
Another minute passed, and Aunt May threw the mended children's clothes into the basket behind her, and then, carefully, she told the addresses of the two believers.
"Thank you so much, Auntie." She smiled very politely and wanted to get up and leave, but she couldn't move away. She finally asked for information about the mysterious killer.
Aunt Mei pondered for a long time, as if searching in her mind. The corners of her eyes twitched slightly, and she said, "I'm sorry." ”
"It's okay."