Chapter 62: Entering Diamond City for the First Time
Zhang Lin and Alice followed Piper into Diamond City, and at this time, most of the city's residents began their daily routine, some wandering on the road, some leaning on shabby benches, holding some old magazines as classics.
The tin houses scattered on the baseball field and the discarded items all over the ground make it feel like a scrap recycling station, and the clerks and owners of the wasteland-style shops start to brag about the quality of their products.
"Dead sticks, dead sticks, all handmade, let's defend ourselves!"
"Homemade prescription medicine, low price, amazing efficacy!"
"The most popular hairstyles in the high-rise grandstand area to keep you on the bandwagon."
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"Sister, are you back?" A girl wrapped in a scarf, wearing the same red leather coat as her sister, and a lace skirt that could not wash away the radiation dust, and a mixed and matched style girl ran over, forgetting to put down the newspaper she had just sold in her hand.
"Hey, little ghost, how's our newspaper selling?" He screamed at the little ghost, but Piper stroked his sister's hair dotingly.
"It's not good, the citizens don't seem to like what we've reported lately, and our photocopiers are a little overloaded, and if we don't replace the engine, it might break down."
"You've said this several times, isn't that old guy still running normally, don't worry, I'll go to the office to rest, I'm tired of going out for a few days, if you see that mayor and that guy sending someone to look for trouble, just whistle and call me." Saying that, Piper made a whistle gesture, and looked at Zhang Lin and the two again, "I'm sorry, I can't entertain you for the time being, there is anything I can talk to my sister Nat, she knows a lot, you can also go shopping first, come to me later, I'm here today." ”
With that, Piper walked into the humble newspaper office.
"Eh, what's wrong? Piper? Nat was a little speechless at her sister, who didn't care about anything, but she could hear something from Piper's words.
"Sir, you're new here, this newspaper is for you, can you tell me what Piper has done?" Nat is like a little adult, begging for a living in the wasteland, even a child is not innocent.
"Your sister had some conflicts with the mayor because of the newspaper, and she almost couldn't enter the city." Zhang Lin didn't hide anything for Pep, but told her sister bluntly.
"I said that she should pay attention to the scale of the report, but it still went wrong, and if she was kicked out, it would be over!" With his hands staggered, Nat rested his right hand on his chin and frowned, apparently worried about how bad life would be if he and his sister left the city.
Suddenly, Nat felt a small hand touching her head, and turned her head to see that Alice, who was originally next to Zhang Lin, was standing on the wooden box she used to make up for the height gap with adults when she sold newspapers, although she didn't speak, but those big eyes looked at her so cutely.
This is the easiest way to comfort little Lori, who looks only a few years older than Little Lori, but Nat, who has already borne a lot of pressure in life, has been affected and recovered from her low mood.
"Remind you, Diamond City is not so safe, this sister doesn't matter, the academy only kidnaps adults, you have to pay more attention to this gentleman, so as not to be kidnapped." In return, Nat felt the need for a good reminder.
"That's kidnapping, that's the academy recycling synthetic ......"
Before Zhang Lin could finish his words, the door of the newspaper office, which was originally half-hidden, opened, and Piper ran out and looked at Zhang Lin with a very interested look.
"Hey, I knew you weren't an ordinary person, sure enough, you must know a lot of news about the academy, are you from the academy?"
"You, didn't you say you were going to rest?"
Zhang Lin obviously didn't expect this female reporter to still play eavesdropping behind the door.
"I want to rest, but I suddenly heard some exciting news, how can I give up as a reporter?" Piper looked like he was taking it for granted, and how could he call eavesdropping on his own doorstep, "Quick, tell me about the academy, I think I can write a big news." ”
"Please allow me to refuse, I'm here to find someone, not to give you an interview."
"Don't do that, Xiao Hei, I can pay you."
"What the hell is Blackie, is that calling a pet?"
"Because you're wearing black all over your body, if you're wearing the one-piece suit from the Vault, maybe I'll call you Little Blue, little brother~"
"Can you change your name, how old are you?"
"A woman's age is a secret."
"Vault 111 is in frozen mode, and I'm more than two hundred years old, much more than you." Zhang Lin deliberately used the excuse that he said before that it was a shelter, wanting to pretend to have an advantage in age, completely ignoring the eyes of Alice's owner on the side.
"Oh, people from more than 200 years ago, should I call you old grandpa, or old popsicle?" Piper seemed to be serious, but the corners of his mouth showed a playful smile.
"Ahem...... Forget it, so be it. In terms of lip service, Zhang Lin found that he didn't want to compare with a reporter, even if it was a reporter in the wasteland civilization, and the old popsicle was Knight's good fight.
"Then, if you don't change the way, I'll help you find someone, and let me follow you as a condition, I always feel that there will be more news waiting for me around you."
"Let me think about it." Zhang Lin thought about it, and it was better to be perfunctory first.
"Then I'll be responsible for the expenses in Diamond City!" Piper patted his chest and said, although he was wearing a leather coat, he could still see that the "capital" of this reporter was not small.
"Then let's continue talking, do you have specific information about the person you are looking for?"
"I'm sorry, for the time being, I only know that she is a woman, and her skills will definitely not be bad, if she doesn't deliberately hide it, she should be able to make a lot of fame." Compared with Alice, Zhang Lin feels that his game characters are much stronger than his current self, and he is sure that he will be famous in the wasteland, and she who has not seen her will definitely be able to.
"Huh? Are you sure you're here to find someone, just a little bit of information? Piper smiled and said, "If you have specific information, you can find Detective Nick in Diamond City, but let's try our luck at the bar." ”
Zhang Lin also wanted to come to Diamond City to find the synthetic detective Nick, but the detective and the actor Knight had more contact with his son, maybe he didn't have time to help himself, since Piper, a local, was willing to help, it was better than running around like a fly without a head with himself and little Lori.
"Oh, well, thank you, and in return, please have lunch, and of course, your sister with you."
"Did you invite a lady like that? And as I said, I'm responsible for the expenses in Diamond City. Piper rolled his eyes at Zhang Lin, which made Zhang Lin embarrassed for a while.
"Let's go, let's eat Takahashi ramen"
Well, the so-called Takahashi ramen is just instant noodles......