Chapter 16: Lost (1)

The reader snapped the book shut, and Kirton opened his eyes as if out of a story. The masseuse's hand left his head and said, "Today's massage is over, sir." ”

Kirton had gotten used to the form, and without saying much, he got off the massage table and put on his shoes. Before he walked out of the private room, he turned around and asked, "Tomorrow...... It's the last day of a course of treatment – I'll hear the end of this story, right? ”

"Yes, sir, you are welcome to come back tomorrow." The reader said with a smile.

Kirton walked out of his room, and almost at the same time, Lu Hua, Sean, and Lancey also walked out of their respective rooms. The masseurs and reading people throughout the large room stood up and politely escorted them out the door.

Walking out of the massage room, Kirton saw that the eight people who had served them had all entered a staff break room on the far right and closed the door. His mind turned, and an idea suddenly popped up, he pulled Sean, who was about to go to the service desk to pay, and said, "I'll go to the toilet, you guys wait for me at the door." ”

Sean nodded, "Hurry up." Then he walked to the service desk with Lu Hua and Lan Xi.

Kirton walked inside, tilting his head sideways, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the three Sean who were paying, their bodies just blocking the gaze of the waitress. Ratton seized the opportunity and walked over to a closed massage parlor, reached for the doorknob, and turned it slightly. Great, the door is not locked.

Kirton was about to push open the door of the massage room when he suddenly felt someone grab him by the shoulder, and he looked back to see that it was the man he had just read a story to. At this moment, contrary to his usual gentle expression, he looked at himself with a cold, even slightly hostile gaze, which was similar to the two of them a few minutes ago, and he asked, "Sir, what are you going to do?" ”

Kirton looked at him with his mouth stammered, and two questions quickly arose in his mind: Didn't he enter the lounge on the right, how could he have walked behind him without realizing it in just a few seconds? Also, what does his nervous and hostile attitude mean? Could it be that there is some secret in this massage room that I am about to push open?

The reader reached for the doorknob, pulled the door together without saying a word, and said to Kirton, "Sir, there are other guests in here who are massaged, please don't disturb them, okay?" ”

Kirton opened his mouth to say something, but he sensed a tough attitude in the gentleman's tone, as if there was no room for negotiation or explanation, and he closed his mouth in amusement. At this time, the three Seans came over and asked, "What's wrong, Kirton?" ”

Kirton glanced at Sean and then at the man, and was surprised to find that his face had returned to that kind and gentle, smiling expression, as if nothing had happened just now, and he had just said hello to himself. Kirton frowned, pulled Sean and said, "Let's go, it's nothing." ”

The four of them walked out of the Night's Tale Lounge, and Sean seemed to feel that something had really happened just now, and he continued to ask, "Kirton, what happened just now?" I turned my head and saw what the man was talking to you. ”

"I wanted to push open the door of another massage room and see what was going on inside, but he suddenly appeared behind me and stopped me very harshly." Kirton frowned, "That look was very strange, as if I was afraid that I would see what was going on inside." ”

"Isn't the service form different for each massage room?" "Or is there something unsavvy going on there?" Why else would he be so nervous to stop you? ”

"I don't know." "But I'm more certain now that there's something wrong with this club!" He turned to the side of his three friends, "Forget it, don't worry about this for now—we're going to go according to plan." Before we forget what we just heard, tell the story we have heard. ”

"Who's going to speak first?" Lancy asked.

Kirton thought for a moment and said to Lu Hua: "You talk first, Lu Hua, repeat what you heard today, don't even miss the details!" ”

"Let's go down to the shade of that tree." Lu Hua pointed to a row of big trees diagonally across the road and said.

The four of them stood under a lush tree, and Lu Hua began to tell the third story he heard today, "The Story of Jute and the Moroccans." Since he had heard it just now, Lu Hua did not bother to repeat what he heard as it was. As he finished, he noticed Kirton's eyes widen.

Kirton stretched out his hand, compared it in front of Lu Hua, and said word by word: "Demon Capital, Prophecy Book...... And the book of prophecy called "The Centuries" was stolen by the man named Judt, right? Here's what you've heard this afternoon! ”

"Yes." Lu Hua lifted his glasses, "What's wrong?" ”

Kirton's mouth was open, unable to utter a word for a long time. Lan Xi anxiously urged, "What the hell is going on?" Is there anything wrong with the story Lu Hua told? ”

Kirton looked at his three friends and said incredulously, "These are the things that came up in the story I listened to. However, it is from another perspective...... If the two stories are put together, it is equivalent to explaining some of the doubts in the story to each other......"

"What do you mean?" Sean was completely confused, "You can be clear." ”

Kirton thought for a moment and changed to a more direct and clear expression: "I mean, although Lu Hua and I are listening to two completely different stories, some important contents of the stories are intertwined. ”

"Does that mean anything?" Sean asked.

"I don't know, but I'm sure it's a deliberate, elaborate arrangement, no coincidence." Kirton said with a serious expression. After that, he looked at Lancey, "What story are you listening to today, Lancey?" Tell it out. ”

"I'm still listening to the story from Grimm's Fairy Tales today – 'Snow White', but ...... It's a strange version, very different from what I read in books when I was a kid. The dwarfs are not seven, but three. ”

"It doesn't matter what version it is, you can tell it."