The wolves were left behind by Brunei, and the jungle southwest of College City was much quieter. Perhaps because of the large population outside the South Gate, Brunei Darussalam, a rare animal in the depths of winter, is not even seen here, let alone a dangerous predator like a wolf pack. Without the roar of beasts and the sound of insects, Brunei walked through the bright and dark forest paths, and advanced in silence.

"Ka-Ka--" The system was rarely quiet for a while, and Brunei didn't take the initiative to stir up the topic, so he enjoyed a rare peace, and he didn't know how long he walked, and when he reacted, he found that he had walked out of the jungle.

There were scattered low wooden huts in front of him, but Brunei knew that if he continued on, he would soon become earthen houses, stone houses, and when he reached his destination, he would be surrounded by brilliant lights, even more abundant than the night in College City, which he had expected.

After repeatedly checking his surroundings with the help of moonlight, he finally confirmed that he had walked to the vicinity of the casino's "gold coins", but the huge gold coin signboard that could be seen glittering during the day was now dark, and the night lighting that was common here was nowhere to be seen. If you think about it, there was no light in the small houses that were supposed to be inhabited before, and I didn't care about it before, but in the southern suburbs of the city, a place where Brunei knows that the nightlife is extremely rich, this is very unreasonable.

"......" There was a chill behind Brunei's back for no reason.

[Do you remember something?]

As soon as the system spoke, it pierced Brunei's heart. This strange situation Brunei had encountered in the past, the village full of life was unreasonably empty, and then, one after another, huge fireballs that he could not understand fell from the sky, staining the whole sky red—that apocalyptic picture, Brunei had never recalled, but now it suddenly appeared, but it was as clear and breathtaking as when he first saw it.

Brunei's consciousness was overwhelmed by that fear, and he subconsciously turned his head to see if Sal would show up there, and tapped him on the shoulder with a hypocritical smirk—but he soon came to his senses and laughed at his senseless fantasies.

[Cut, did you react so quickly? 】

“...... Scold. Brunei pursed his lips and smiled, "The people of that village have been evacuated for days, right? I've only been here this afternoon, a few hours ago, and it's been business as usual here—it's just that the sense of déjà vu you mentioned it makes me a little distracted. ”

Brunei raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door of the gold coin, which was spacious and clean, and smooth enough to reflect the moonlight. "Knock knock".

It didn't take long for Brunei to faintly hear the sound of footsteps inside, and then a faint knock on the door that might be ignored if you didn't pay attention came from inside. "Knock".

Sure enough, there are people. The corner of Brunei's left mouth twitched slightly upward, and he thought for a moment: "I'm Bruneith Carlisle, open the door." ”

There was an obvious pause, and the people inside probably heard Brunei's words and were stunned. Why? Was it because he didn't expect Brunei to come to the door at such a time? Was it related to the abnormal state of the area at the moment? Or was it because of something else that made him unable to believe that Brunei would come to the door again?

Brunei speculated on the reaction of the person inside the door, and when he thought of the end, the corners of his mouth rose unnaturally, and at this moment, a deep male voice came from inside the door: "...... Mr. Carlisle, what's the matter with you? The store is closed for the time being. ”

"Closed for business?" Brunei was also stunned for a moment, even if things really developed as he thought, it would be unreasonable to stop business, but after being mixed with the system for a long time, Brunei had already learned to temporarily ignore accidents that had nothing to do with the current situation, so he coughed: "Is that so? Sorry to disturb you." It's just that I want to put the extra money back on me back to you—because it's inconvenient and dangerous for me to hold. Can I ask you?"

"Extra money?" the man who spoke expressed obvious confusion.

Brunei frowned and muttered, "Did you guess wrong?" or just because he didn't know?"

Thinking like this, he changed his tone, still very peaceful, but faintly with a sense of order: "Don't say so much, right? It's cold outside, for the sake of my friend who holds the Fernand family coat of arms, at least let me go in to keep warm?"

“...... Please wait. The man was stunned for a moment, as if he might not know anything about Brunei.

This is good news. Ideally, your guess is correct, but the person who stays in the "gold coin" at the moment is only a part of the plan, and does not understand the whole thing. You can confirm your conjectures from their words, while avoiding any form of conflict.

However, Brunei no longer expects the situation to develop according to the ideal scenario...... While listening intently to the indistinct sound inside, he took out the box under his armpit, opened it, played with it with his hand in the beautiful piece of metal, hesitated for a moment, grabbed a handful, closed his eyes, and gathered his spirit.

[You have taken out a portion of your mental power from the external magic emblem, current status: MP=8/8, additional MP=500/500.] 】

Brunei opened his eyes again, stuffed the iron piece in his hand into the small bag close to his body, closed the lid, and clipped it back under his armpit, before he could clean up, there was a heavy metal crash sound from inside the door, and a little recall of the situation inside knew that it was the sound of the heavy iron lock on the inside of the door being opened. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the door to be pushed open.

The inside is not brilliantly lit, compared to the state when Brunei remembered when it was still open, the kind of magic lamp exclusive to the Federation was only lit in a limited area, and it seemed to have the function of adjusting the brightness, perhaps in order to save the loss of mental power, the brightness of each lamp was much darker than Brunei remembered.

Most of the shadows of the "gold coins" have lost their usual magnificence, showing a ghostly atmosphere, and the three people standing at the door are two strong men with a bit of face, and the counter waitress who is already familiar with Brunei. Instead of wearing the red uniform that showed off their muscles, they were wrapped in thick, loose cotton robes, all gray-green, like another kind of uniform. In any case, the "suspension of business" mentioned above seems to be true.

The hostess bowed down very respectfully, her attitude was not much different from usual, and she said softly, "It's really cold." Mr. Carlisle, come on in. The two strong men on either side also bowed to Brunei.

The corners of Brunei's mouth rose slightly, glanced at them, raised his feet and stepped into the door, I don't know if it was habit or what, the two strong men lined up on both sides, making a welcoming look, and the waitress also kept a bowing posture.

"Qiang-" There was a crisp sound, and the three people in Brunei's vision didn't react in particular, they weren't afraid, they weren't nervous, they didn't want to run away, they didn't want to come up to help, they just deflected their eyes slightly—they focused on Brunei's waist.

Brunei smiled a little embarrassed, grabbed the handle of the knife, lifted it up, and found that there was no place to hang it, so he simply crossed the door and nodded to a few people: "Thank you." ”

The heavy door closed silently, cutting off the air from inside and out, and it was already warm on the inside compared to the cold outside—but Brunei's eyes swept around, but there was no stove or anything like that. Brunei felt a little confused, and at this time, the strong man on the right had already brought a wide and comfortable chair to Brunei, according to Brunei's impression, there should be no such chair on the first floor, and I don't know where he moved it from.

Brunei nodded at him in thanks, looked at the other two, sat down, put the box under his armpit on his lap, and said, mainly to the hostess, "Do you remember? I took fifty thousand standard units here this afternoon—even though you owe me money, I'm really sorry to let you take out so much at once." ”

The hostess was not the highest-ranking of the three, but it was clear that communicating with a "guest" like Brunei was a natural task: "Where, paying off debts is the job of the branch." You are willing to let us owe us, and we should thank you. Thank you so much for thinking about us. ”

"Monsieur Thracian Fernando has taken good care of me, and I would not have done such a thing as a trouble to his family's estate had it not been for the great urgency of the situation. Brunei said with a smile on his face, and then, as if he suddenly remembered, he said casually, "Speaking of which, Mr. Thrace said at that time that taking out 80,000 standard units at once might affect the operation of the 'gold coin', so he proposed the current treatment plan. I took 50,000 today, no problem?"

The hostess bowed again, but she was not wearing her usual outfit, and the thick cotton robe really didn't show any temptation: "Yes, thank you for your concern." Fifty thousand standard units is indeed a large amount, but our 'gold coins' happen to be relatively rich in the past two days. That's why the money can be taken out so quickly. Has your emergency been solved?"

"'It's just right'......" The corners of Brunei's mouth curled strangely, "Well, it's solved, the 50,000 standard units haven't been used up, I'm still afraid of causing trouble to you, and I said that I will return and give it to you for preservation - it seems that it is not needed?"

The hostess was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes." Mr. Carlisle, if you are worried that you are in danger or trouble with taking so much money, you can of course leave it to us—but it will no longer be counted in the amount owed to you by the eldest young master. We will transfer it to the money bank, which is also the Fernando family property, to help you keep it, and in your capacity, there is no need to pay much. ”

"Qianzhuang, what's that?" Brunei was stunned for a moment, but his face didn't show it.

You have been ignoring me since just now, alas, under normal circumstances, you should have used one observation test and two psychology tests a long time ago, where did I provoke you? 】

"No, not right now. I've already guessed what Qian Zhuang means, and now is not the time to need your help. I can handle this myself. Brunei sat up straight and nodded at the hostess solemnly: "I understand." However, according to your words, the meaning of 'not having to pay much' means that you still have to pay a little bit, right? I'm used to being poor, and I really don't want to spend money like this, so forget it, I'm sorry to bother you. ”

As he spoke, Brunei stood up, took out a bright red mask, covered the lower half of his face and the striking wound, re-clamped the box, walked past the two strong men, grabbed the knife from the ground, paused at the door, turned around, and smiled at the three people inside: "So, I'll go first?"

"Wait, Mr. Carlisle, that knife of yours—" A strong man stopped Brunei's movements.

Brunei finally smiled with satisfaction: "This knife, it was given to me by a person I met who called himself 'Mister'." Speaking of this, Brunei couldn't help but let out a suppressed laugh and squeezed his eyes at the three of them: "Ahem, that's right, because he sees me with a kind face, so he kindly gave it to me." Do you know him?"

"Sir, for you, but, scabbard—" The strong man read in surprise, and Brunei tilted his head with a strange smile and looked at him with an unusual look, the aura that exuded made him stunned for a moment.

And at this moment, the waitress pulled his cotton robe, took half a step forward, blocked in front of him, and said with a smile that was far more respectful than just now: "No, we admit our mistakes, you go all the way." ”

Her voice trembled slightly, and sweat dripped from her head that was not very suitable for this season, and the man who was blocked by her seemed to react, revealing a terrifying look for a moment.

Brunei's eyes narrowed, and a mocking smile appeared under the mask: "So, everyone, goodbye." ”