The biting chill ran down the backbone and rushed straight to the nerve center.

What is that, a crappy urban legend?

He shuddered, feeling incredulous and instinctively fearful at the same time.

Maybe the light is not good, and there is water in the corners of the eyes, so it looks bad.

When he came out, Jiang Shuo had already settled the account and was standing at the door of the store.

"What's wrong? You're looking bad. ”

"Nothing. Have you figured out where to go?"

"I take the subway on East Street, and I don't remember the shopping center on Wuzhan Road. ”

“...... Don't. ”

"What are you thinking, the game city on the fourth floor has been renovated for more than a few months, and we have never been there. ”

"That's right. ”

He walked silently behind Jiang Shuo. It was already completely dark, and Anseong looked back at the western sky, and there was only a glimmer of orange light. It's shallow, shallow.

The black of the heavy ink fills the sky little by little, eroding the last of the warm colors.

A place like a shopping mall...... Only Yasuhisa likes it.

Anjo thought of a suitable opening sentence to bring up the topic.

"You said your boss...... What's the origin? ”

"What do you want to do" Jiang Shuo looked at him vigilantly, "Don't fight feudal superstition and smash my job." ”

"No," he quickly explained, "I just want to, try to ask ......"

"She's a charlatan, what do you want. ”

"Oh......"

It was past eight o'clock in the evening. The streets are still full of cars and traffic. Although the location of a university town is usually remote, it is already a lively place relatively speaking.

There are no seats on the subway, and there will still be many office workers who have just finished their day's work. Everyone was playing with their phones in the carriage with blank eyes.

Anseong's phone was running out of battery, and he stared blankly at the flashing advertisements outside the car window.

"By the way, there's a strange thing today. Jiang Shuo said this as he stuffed his phone back into his pocket.

"What?"

Anseong withdrew his gaze and turned to him.

"Moon...... We have a regular customer who dropped a pendant when he went out today. Picked up by the next guest and handed over to us. Then another girl who had been coming late, and saw that the pendant said it was hers, and proved it to us. Justified. ”

"It's just a pendant, what's so strange about crashing. ”

"Say what...... Luxury brands, what giveaways are limited to the world. Anyway, it looks like that, it does look like hers. ”

"It doesn't have to be lost by the last guest, maybe it was dropped around there and just happened to be picked up. ”

"I can't say exactly. ”

"Ah, it's nice to be rich. Ancheng suddenly sighed.

"Who's to say it isn't. Don't talk about that new girl, she is very generous. said that there are no other relatives in China, and both parents are working abroad, and they don't care about anything else every month, just money. ”

"I'm envious. But a girl, it's not safe. ”

"Well, it's not safe. About half a month ago, there was an accident. In the middle of the night, on the pier, people were pushed down from a height. There is also consciousness, I took first aid by myself, but I fainted just after the fight. ”

"Oh my God, what about later?"

"It took a lot of effort to pull it up, and the hospital sent it a little late, and I was blind. ”

"Really?"

"Lie to you what to do. Have a surgery, it's almost fine now. Luckily, there was nothing wrong with the optic nerve, but when I fell, my glasses shattered, and all the glass shards ran into my eyes. ”

Anseong gasped.

"How can a girl cause trouble? And at night, go to such a dangerous place as the dock?"

"Who knows. Hey, what's the point. ”

The two of them chatted without saying a word.

The night sky was terriblely dark, and the sky was a little gloomy. The thick clouds blocked the moon, and it could only emit a faint light, as if it were separated by a thick veil.

It makes it seem more distant, far less real.

At the same time, Koney was still in the store. Even though her shop opens late, the closed doors make it difficult to tell if it's open.

She was reading a book, which was given to her by Miss Ultramarine. The book was interesting and a bit brain-draining, and she was hooked just by reading the prologue.

At this time, someone pushed open the door of the store.

It was a silent girl. She didn't knock on the door, she didn't greet her, she just walked in on her own and rang the bell at the door. Other than that, she didn't make any sound.

She knew, but her eyes were still fixed on the pages in the candlelight. The ringing was not enough for her to look up from the book.

The girl walked forward step by step, and the debris piled up on both sides of the road did not arouse her the slightest interest.

It's so quiet. In this sense of disobedience, Konai finally raised his head and looked at this figure from far and near. She was tall and thin, wearing a loose smock.

She approached, half-bowed head. She had short, jaw-length black hair, and thick bangs that blocked part of her eyes like a curtain. Her eyes were dark brown, and her small pupils were filled with faint timidity.

It seems that there is still a bit of indifference that does not belong to this world.

"Good evening, guest, what are you doing?"

"I'm looking for someone......"

Her voice is a little deeper than half of the women's. Konai rested one hand on the page and propped up his face with the other. The jewels shimmer brightly. She asked her:

"Is that your old friend? When was the last time you saw him?"

"No, I'm not here to consume, I'm ......" She quickly explained: "I'm here to find Jiang Shuo." ”

"Oh?"

Konai raised an eyebrow, as if he had heard something interesting.

"Are you his classmate?"

"Well, yes. ”

"Have you ever tried calling him?"

"I did, but no one answered. ”

"Maybe he's wandering around with his friends and doesn't know where he is. ”

"You're saying he's not here anymore?"

"Yes. What are you looking for him?"

"It's not a big deal...... It's just that when he said that he couldn't get in touch, he could come here to find him. He works here. ”

Konai carefully weighed the meaning of the sentence. He didn't often tell anyone about the job, except for one Fa Xiao she had only heard of but hadn't seen, and no one should know about it anymore.

It must be important to be able to leave the address as well, right?" she thought.

"Hmm...... But he is not here now, and should not be back until tomorrow afternoon. You can try to call him tomorrow. ”

"Good. ”

"What's your name? ”

"Immortality. ”

"Okay Miss Changsheng, is there anything else that can help you?"

A brief silence, very brief. It's just like blinking your eyes, or frowning slightly.

It was a short moment of hesitation.

"No thanks. ”

Konai still keenly captured the silence. But she couldn't read anything else.

"You're reading a book. ”

"Hmm...... It was given to me by a previous guest. ”

This chapter is about paradoxes. ”

"Yes, I saw the brain in the vat. ”

You've had your brain cut off by an evil scientist and kept alive by soaking in a nutrient solution. Your cranial nerve endings are connected to a computer, which transmits to you all the illusions that you are still alive.

You feel like everything is still alive. The glimpses of the light around him, the alternation of hot and cold at hand, the sound of the wind in his ears, and the whispers on his lips.

Everything you see, hear, think – and it's all very real.

The brain in this tank can even be fed or read information. Now let's type down a string of code:

Your brain feels like you're reading a funny and ridiculous text.

Changsheng nodded, and she said that the book was interesting.

"It's interesting to have these contradictory texts. Koney smiled.

After a few innocuous greetings, Changsheng prepared to leave. She walked to the door on her legs, her steps a little sluggish.

When she opened the door, she raised her voice and shouted to the back room because of the distance:

"Miss Conai, do you know a similar statement?"

"What is it?" she asked a little louder.

"I'm lying. ”

- "Paradox" · Fin -