Chapter Twenty-Three: The Invisible Tenant I
On the streets of K City, an emaciated man with a pale face wandered aimlessly.
He was in his pockets, bent over his waist, with a cut scar at the corner of his mouth, and occasionally passers-by would pause for a few seconds on his somewhat disgusting face. Then he hurried away.
Of course, Chen Xiao won't care about this, he has a very depressed thing now.
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Speaking of which, although Chen Xiao's mind has a lot of knowledge that other people don't have, and his observation ability and thinking speed are much higher than ordinary people, but in the end, his memory is blank, and now he knows nothing about himself except for a name, he doesn't know his birthday, parents, whether he has brothers and friends, where he is from, whether he went to school, and what he has done before. In short, he didn't even have a way to prove his identity!
This has led directly to a lot of difficult problems, such as the current ...... He found out he couldn't rent a house!
In the past few hours, he first walked out of the "K City Center for Disease Control and Prevention", that is, "No. 15 Anomalous Biological Research Area", and then stood on the suburban road for half an hour, and finally waited for a taxi that dared to pull himself.
There's no way, who doesn't look like a good person.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"Downtown."
"Uh...... Where in the city? β
"Whatever."
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After a few short conversations and an awkward and boring journey, Chen Xiao came to the center of this bustling and damn city. Immediately after, he began to face the "rental problem"!
"Ah, I have to think of a way! In this way, I may be detained as an illegal smuggler or something" Chen Xiao sat on the side of the road, frowning and nagging, if it weren't for the fact that this suit was still like that, he would be a homeless man.
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Maybe it's because Chen Xiao is lucky, or maybe it's to keep this unpopular story going, in short, the black phone in Chen Xiao's pocket suddenly vibrated at this moment.
"Huh? What's the situation? Chen Xiao paused slightly, and took out his mobile phone casually.
After that, he saw such a message on the screen.
"New Optional Tasks"
Naturally, he clicked on it casually.
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D-Class Optional Missions:
A new D-class anomalous reaction occurred in the XX block of K City, which is 3km away from your location.
No relevant information is available.
Do you want to accept this task?
Yesββββββ No
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"So close to me...... It feels like it was specially prepared for me. Chen Xiaonian muttered, and ordered "yes" without thinking about it.
"Hey, hey, hey~ I didn't expect the first mission to come so quickly!"
Seriously, there are basically no field staff who take the initiative to take the task, and the person who is happy to take on a task is probably only one Chen Xiao, he cracked his mouth and smiled, and even the depression of not being able to rent a house was swept away just now.
At this moment, the mobile phone screen flickered a few times, and a picture similar to a map appeared, which marked Chen Xiao's location at the moment, and two streets away from him, a small red dot kept flashing.
"Hmm...... The design is very user-friendly! Chen Xiao praised in his heart, and couldn't wait to get up and walk according to the direction of the map.
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A few minutes later, he was under an apartment building. Chen Xiao raised his eyes and took a look, and he could see that the overall decoration was not bad, close to the street, and there was a row of small shops on the first floor of the apartment building, and people were flowing in and out, and there was nothing wrong with it.
"Hmm...... At this moment, I feel that the most abnormal thing in this picture is myself! Chen Xiao habitually spit out.
In fact, this is usually the case with newly discovered D-class anomalies, and at first glance there is nothing wrong with it. The Foundation's "anomalous probes" scattered around the location and the "detection satellites" in the air can only give an approximate location, and it is impossible to determine what the anomalous object is.
And this is also the most difficult part of most D-class missions. For example, there was once an anomalous object, which was a cup, and if someone drank the liquid in the cup, no matter what it was, even if it was a bubble of urine, it would be the drinker's favorite drink. It took the poor field staff a week to find the anomaly, and in the end, they only got 20 points, and they couldn't even afford a few titanium bullets.
As such, most people on D-class missions wait until the specificity of that thing has become apparent. So as not to be thankless.
And Chen Xiao obviously doesn't care about this, since he has no clue, then he will use an incomparably great ability that human beings have evolved so far.
Language!
Well, if you can't see it at a glance, won't you ask?
So, without thinking about it, Chen Xiao walked into the nearest cafΓ© to him.
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The shop is small, with a few tables by the window, the sun shining on the floral cloth, and the smell of sweetness and tranquility in the air.
Chen Xiao walked slowly to the bar, and in the process, he habitually took in the details around him.
"Is there a cake?" He asked, trying to tighten the corners of his mouth.
Behind the bar was a man in his 20s, a little chubby, wearing a pale pink apron, looking a little cute. He glanced up at Chen Xiao's face, frowned slightly, and then immediately changed to a smiling face.
"Yes, sir, which one do you want?" He gestured to the menu on the bar.
Chen Xiao didn't even look at it: "The sweetest!" β
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After a while, the chubby clerk put a small cake in front of Chen Xiao. And Chen Xiao also tried very hard to put on a polite smile, but a trace of disgust still flashed in the eyes of the little fat paper.
Chen Xiao didn't care, and took a little cream with a spoon and put it in his mouth, looking very enjoyable.
Suddenly, he said coldly: "Anyway, have you had anything strange recently?" β
The little chubby paper was stunned, his eyes shook imperceptibly, and he blurted out without thinking: "No!" After that, he glanced at Chen Xiao's eyes very covertly, and added: "Nothing strange!" β
Chen Xiao took another spoonful of cream, pursed his lips and smiled, "Thank you!" β
After that, he took the small piece of cake and sat down at the innermost table.
This position allows you to look out the window and take in the entire coffee shop......
"I didn't expect something strange to happen, and the clerk answered me without thinking about it, which means that he is always thinking about it., but he is a little confused, but he is not panicking...... Isn't it your business? Could it be that there is always a strange customer visiting this store these days? Chen Xiao thought as he stuffed a large mouthful of cake into his mouth.
The flow of people outside the window gradually thinned out, and the sun was bored with little brilliance left, Chen Xiao was still sitting in that position, with 4 empty plates on the table. He has been sitting here for almost three hours, during which he has been observing the expression of the clerk, and in the past 10 minutes, Chubby Paper has always looked at the clock hanging on the wall, intentionally or unintentionally, for the 17th time, and more and more often.
"Looks like that strange guest is coming!" Chen thought with a smile.
Sure enough, after a while, the door of the coffee shop was pushed open, and a young girl walked in.
"About 25 years old, simple ponytail, if you remove the freckles on the face, on the whole, the length is okay, live alone, stay at home for a long time, sit in front of the computer for at least 10 hours a day, eat irregularly, just changed the living environment recently, very distressed, and very tired......" This information suddenly appeared in Chen Xiao's mind, he chewed a big mouthful of cake excitedly, and unconsciously grinned and wanted to laugh, but fortunately he immediately reined in.
"A cup of coffee...... the girl said lightly, her voice barely audible, but the little chubby paper clearly knew what she wanted, and turned around and started the coffee machine.
"I've been here a lot, at least every day lately." Chen Xiao thought, and immediately after, he saw her sitting in a position very close to the door, with her back to herself, and took out a very new but thick notebook from her bag.
"Students? Not right, writer! Recently, I wrote a new novel, and I'm still thinking about the plot or I'm stumped by something...... However, what she is worried about is not this, but ......" Chen Xiao frowned slightly: "No, I can't think of it!" β
At this time, the clerk brought a cup of coffee to the girl, she nodded politely, did not speak, just signaled to put it on the table. Then she slipped a hand into her hair and exhaled deeply in annoyance.
Chen Xiao hesitated for half a second, picked up the cake that was only half left, got up and walked over to her.
...... and sat directly across from her.
This is a very abrupt behavior, coupled with Chen Xiao's face that is not very comfortable no matter how you look at it, most people will instantly raise their vigilance at this moment to ask about the situation or leave directly.
But this girl didn't, she just glanced at Chen Xiao lightly with her spare eyes, and didn't even ask.
"Hey...... Just ignore me? Doesn't this man have a sense of self-defense? Or are the people who write novels a bunch of abnormal guys? Chen Xiao saw the girl's indifferent attitude, but he was stunned, and couldn't help muttering a few words in his heart.
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The scene lasted awkwardly for a few seconds.
In the end, Chen Xiao felt that this was not the solution: "I can't estimate this woman's thinking mode for the time being, but nine times out of ten it is a natural type, it's better to cut straight to the topic!" Chen Xiao thought to himself.
Immediately afterward, he cleared his throat and told the other party again: "Listen, I'm going to start talking!" β
Without talking, the girl on the other side suddenly raised her head violently and looked at Chen Xiao with a puzzled look, as if he had just sat here.
"Who are you?" She asked, somewhat wary.
The corners of Chen Xiao's eyes twitched, and he thought, "Hey, you're single-celled, are you so slow?" β
Spit and complain, he still immediately tidied up the collar of his suit to make himself look like a positive character, at this moment, he decided to abandon all the dialogue processes that had been thought of in the early stage. Because he has a hunch that this girl will have a lack of strings in her head in the dialogue and not follow her own routine!
Therefore, Chen Xiao said directly and without minus: "Hello Miss, I'm here to help you!" β