717 Books of Pulp Fiction
There are a lot of special traces of magic floating over the town, and for magicians who know it, these traces are as disturbing as poplar velvet flying in the streets.
The Gray Witch informed Zhou Shu that the entire city was permeated with this poplar velvet, which made Lord Zhou upset for a while.
He couldn't see any signs of magic, but he still believed in the words of the Gray Witch, who had been successful in his job of bringing bad news to himself, and had always been.
Fortunately, the Gray Witch also gave Zhou Shu some ways to deal with it.
The Resurrection Curse is a deadly thing that kills a person who is struck by it will immediately resurrect and consume the life force of all his living blood relatives, killing them.
Since the brake switch that triggers this mass destruction magic is 'death', it would be nice to keep the key person under the resurrection curse from dying.
The Grey Witch promised to check for Zhou Shu when the people she hired were free, and magic could find out if a person had fallen under the resurrection curse. As long as there is this sign, they can check Zhou Shu's blood relative, which is the relative of his mother, and then find the brake switch, and completely destroy his 'death', turning him into an immortal.
With the help of their older family members, it would not be difficult to make an eternal.
Zhou Shu felt a little disgusted with the situation of making his family immortal, but there was no way, if it really happened and the curse could not be touched, he really had to do this, he didn't want to kill himself.
The Grey Witch still played a witch's true character at the critical moment, and set out to investigate the magician who made Satan's Holy Grail in Debbie's mouth in the library.
Since the staff she hired was convinced that it was a master who made this thing, the chances of finding this person were quite high, and it was impossible to imagine that the guy was still alive before the forbidden event.
It's only a few hundred years old. As long as the magician has the magic power to maintain the aging body that can no longer recover the magic power on its own, it is not impossible to hold on.
Debbie and the Grey Witch had a long conversation in English on the phone, and the Grey Witch's Maoist English accent was quite funny, almost like an American deliberately learning from Russians to speak English. Debbie was talking about serious things, but she laughed vigorously until she realized that the Grey Witch was a magician of a completely different rank than her. Only then did she know that she was stern in front of her predecessors.
After putting down the phone, Debbie ran to Zhou Shu's family who were eating, and asked Zhou Shu who was eating potato chips salad in a soft voice, "That, Mr. Zhou, it's my honor to meet you." β
"There's something to talk about. Master Zhou spoke a sentence in English to see if his Chinese English could poke her laughter.
Debbie is very serious and seems to have something to ask for, but she keeps squirming and saying that she knows how to speak.
Zhou Shu is not stupid either. Guess this guy probably wants to meet the Grey Witch.
"Would you like to get to know the guy you were talking to just now?" he asked tentatively, and Debbie nodded with a look of embarrassment.
As a magician, Debbie has basically relied on her talent to perform magic, which is the kind of thing that uses telekinesis to bend a soup spoon and retrieve things from the air. This seems to be similar to superpowers, and it's just magic, talent magic, and orthodox magic is just not a lot. It's nowhere near as good as Turrell, who was born on Apple Island without a mana extraction device.
Zhou Shu pointed to the twelve-year-old adult next to him who was eating steamed buns, "This guy is also a magician." Better than you. The Grey Witch has been very busy lately, or I'll introduce you two to each other. β
Debbie had known this little girl named Turrell for a long time, and had always thought this guy was weird. Turrell speaks English, and speaks to everyone in English, but everyone responds to her in Chinese. Even Zhou Shu, a person who speaks English well, has never spoken a word of English to him.
This happens because Tourel is carrying a translator. And Debbie's native language is English, and she naturally listens to Turrell with an authentic hometown accent.
Debbie is actually quite easy-going, and the way she looks out now can prove it, although she has intentions for being so low.
When she was talking to the Grey Witch just now, she laughed at her accent at first. But she soon learned she was wrong.
The Gray Witch didn't actually say anything to her, but just briefly talked about the set of things that the same week said, that is, the discovery of magic fluctuations in the sky. What the Gray Witch told Zhou Shu was a simplified version, after all, Zhou Shu didn't understand magic. In the face of Debbie, she explained in detail.
It was this explanation that directly shocked Debbie, she has always regarded magic as a talent, not a knowledge, and compared to the Gray Witch or even Turrell, her level as a magician is much lower.
Zhou Shu was whispering to Turrell about Tiddle on the side, and Debbie saw that Zhou Shu treated herself unreliably, and introduced this little girl to herself, which made her a little angry.
Debbie isn't very good at hiding her expressions, and she's not as clever as she seems on her face. Zhou Shu waved his hand to her who looked unkind, "You find me a chair to sit down, and don't be so angry when you are a guest." β
"Well, you're right. She listened to persuasion.
Zhou Shu has been busy investigating the Holy Grail for the past few days, although he is just waiting for news in the board game store branch of the Fool store manager, he is already very impatient. There has been no clue, which makes him disheartened.
The bad news is frightening, but it has finally opened the door. Zhou Shu knows how to self-regulate psychologically, and now he regards the information of the Gray Witch as a good thing.
Facing Debbie, he felt that this guy was too impetuous. Zhou Shu didn't know that Debbie had basically familiarized herself with the bus routes in the town recently, and ran around the city all day long. She does all the work of the killer organization in the field, and it is far less efficient than others, at least they have cars and teammates in the field.
For the past ten days, there has been a blonde girl wandering around the city, inquiring about the terrible and strange murder case. This has now become a horror and strange story in the city, and many versions of American comics, American dramas, Japanese comics, Japanese dramas, fantasy literature, and local literature have developed among junior and senior high school students. There are also quite a few people who talk about it online, most of them suspect that the government is hiding some infectious disease, and there are many people who make other speculations, and one person mentions the Holy Grail. That is Zhou Shu, he was also idle and ran to break the news as a netizen, and was decisively ignored. The people in the board game store checked this piece of information, and then found that the IP was very familiar, so the fool store manager called and talked to Zhou Shu for half an hour, asking him not to get in the way for himself.
Debbie was under the gaze of Zhou Shu's gaze. I don't know why my mood calmed down, Zhou Shu pointed to Turelle, who exuded a sweet smell next to him, and said to Debbie: "I noticed that you seemed to have despised Tourel very rudely just now. β
"Yes, I admit it. It was my fault. Debbie had some resentment, but now she figured it out. Such a little girl has a strange taste of sweetness and a strange way of communicating with people. In addition, Zhou Shu said that she is a magician, so she is indeed very powerful. It's not right to judge people by their appearance, and Debbie sincerely apologizes.
Zhou Shu nodded and glanced at Turrell. Turrell waved the potato chips in her hand, "I don't care, Zhou Shu, you don't have to make a fuss." β
Judging from her movements, Turrell is really a greedy twelve-year-old girl, but judging from the tone in which she speaks, it works better than Debbie's speech here in Zhou Shu anyway.
Since he said that he wanted to introduce the two to each other, Master Zhou will do what he says. For Debbie, he actually has some interest as well. For example, the Transfiguration. He is still a little interested in the fact that a blonde girl becomes a black cat. So I asked a little about this issue, which was kind of a liaison between the two female magicians on the front line.
"I'm not very skilled in Transfiguration, but I'm already the best at it. When Debbie said this, she suddenly thought of what happened to be set on fire by Zhou Shu that day, and she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.
"What about you, Turrell?" Zhou Shu asked, "Can you show me a magic trick?"
Turrell knew that this guy was going to let himself do this next. put on a helpless face, "I'm not a trickster, I'm a researcher, I'm a scholar." β
Yu Feiniao came out of the next room at this time and said, "What a coincidence." Me too. β
Zhou Shu glanced at Debbie and said to her, "Why don't you start first, Turrell hasn't seen you use Transfiguration." β
Tourel was intrigued, she hadn't heard of magic that could transform people.
Debbie didn't care about that, she turned into a cat and walked around when she had nothing to do in her hometown. The only thing that is more embarrassing is that you need to wear a collar when you become a cat, otherwise you will sometimes be treated as a stray cat, which is very troublesome. Being chased by a stray animal shelter vehicle is nothing, and Debbie doesn't want a little girl to chase her on the street and chase her home.
Zhou Shu mainly wants to see Debbie's transformation, he watched a very stupid person turn into a snake trick in the circus when he was a child, at that time, the legend of the New White Lady was broadcast on TV not long ago, and his family got the video of the whole episode early by relying on the relationship. Looking back now, whether it's a trick or a TV series, there is a strong sense of roughness of the times.
Debbie was quite generous in this regard, standing in the living room, asking the two audience to pay attention, and then quickly disappeared into thin air, leaving only the clothes to fall to the ground, and then the black cat came out of the clothes.
Zhou Shu looked at the smug cat, as well as Debbie's clothes. He also picks up his clothes with mischievous thoughts, rummaging through his panties and bust and trying to fold them neatly, causing the black cat to jump on the table and wave his paw at his face.
Turrell let out an exclamation and clapped her hands, then said she had nothing to show for it.
"This is different from what was said...... Zhou Shuhan said.
After the gray witch turns into a cat, she can speak directly to people, and Debbie needs to slow down for a while, otherwise she will probably open her mouth to curse.
The time for rest is over, and since the Gray Witch has already taken the name of the Holy Grail maker to investigate, there is no reason for Zhou Shu to stay here and prepare to investigate the situation of the Holy Grail.
This time, he didn't bother to take his own girls out, Turrell asked her to study household appliances by herself, Yang Xi ran to the roller skating club to show her face and was not at home, and Zhou Shu also took a rare solo action-
It's said that he was acting alone, but he just took a taxi to the shop of the Fool store and asked her if she had heard of any rumors such as 'super doctors' in the city.
Since the Holy Grail has been casting the Resurrection Curse in the form of healing, there should be some such rumors in the city. In a small city, even a sanitation worker who collects money has to be reported for several days, and there should be some information when encountering some unexplained situations.
The Fool's investigative methods are not very clever. A few years ago, when everyone used mobile phone text messaging. Her board game store uses SMS interception to search for keywords in text messages sent and received by all residents of the city, and then have the backroom staff check them one by one. As for now, there are very few people who chat with text messages, and web chat tools can't do clear regional retrieval, including the hero platform. Everyone was looking for a spot to monitor, but so far they haven't been able to find one.
Listening to Zhou Shu's words, the fool store manager also sighed.
"Zhou Shu, Zhou Shu. You've kept us busy for ten days. β
The manager of the Fool store has basically been in a happy state since her stomach doesn't hurt, and the performance of the board game store has also improved a little, and it's rare to see her frowning.
This time she was really depressed, and casually took out a black business card with gold trim.
"Does anyone still use business cards these days?" Zhou Shu looked disgusted after taking it.
The fool store manager spread his hands, "As long as there are powerful people who can't use the Internet and electronic products these days, business cards will always be kept." β
For those in their fifties and sixties. For the first generation of wealthy people who have fought all the way to the world, they are fully qualified and capable of refusing to accept the convenient things of modern society. In order to be considerate of these people, the business card was not completely replaced as Zhou Shu imagined. Moreover, the style design and material of the business card can be used to show off, and it can also be called to show personal taste, which is also a more important point.
Looking at a simple name and phone number on the business card, Zhou Shu didn't understand what the use of this thing was at all.
The shopkeeper of the Fool explained to him: "This thing has been circulating among entrepreneurs in the city for several days, saying that a certain qigong master has come to the city to help the suffering, and if there are any critically ill patients at home, you can go to the master to see." It is said that the effect is good, and it seems that it is really cured. β
"Qigong Master?!"
Zhou Shu smelled the smell of farce. "Are you sure this one has a connection to the one I told me?"
The so-called qigong is something that has been mythologized under nationalism, and there are quite a lot of such things, all of which are the kind of things that will cause a war of words as soon as the truth is revealed. Copernicus's heliocentric theory at that time was forced by a group of people who refused to accept reality to publish so many years late.
It is still relatively common for fake qigong masters to deceive in China, and the media always likes to say that a big person or a big star has been deceived. I have a deep relationship with a qigong master and so on. In fact, people are not stupid, they just want to use the relationship of this 'master' to expand their connections, not to go to those gods and ghosts.
In the face of Zhou Shu's problem, the Fool store manager was very confident. "Not sure, maybe it's okay, but it's worth checking out. After speaking, she made a gesture that she couldn't help again, "But I belong to a foreign company, and I got my business card by accident, but I am not a guest of other masters." "The Fool has her own business in the city, but she has never been able to integrate into the circle of merchants in the city.
"Okay. Zhou Shu nodded and grabbed his coat, "Then I'll look for it myself." β
According to the number on the mobile phone, the Fool store manager can quickly locate the coordinates of that person as long as he makes a tentative phone call. Zhou Shu also shook his mobile phone, signaling the Fool store manager to contact him at any time, as a killer assistant to report the target location for himself.
"I advise you not to go. β
As the killer boss, she gave her own jian.
"Why?" Zhou Shu was puzzled.
"Beware of scaring snakes. β
Strictly speaking, the profession of killer does not require much combat effectiveness, and even the frail elderly are more suitable as killers than young people. This job, except for the kind of destruction of the Miè military base that the sun egg received, is to fight against ordinary people.
Humans are too fragile for modern weapons, and it's too easy to kill. The only thing to worry about is the vigilance of the enemy.
The Fool store manager forgot to tell Zhou Shu just now, and the person on this business card is nothing more than the agent of the 'master'. The name of the qigong master is 'Yunxing', and he also gave himself a rather mysterious name.
If Zhou Shu found the master's agent and provoked the liar to flee or hide, they didn't even know whether this guy was male or female, tall, short, fat and thin, and it was almost impossible to find out.
"Let's give you a JianyΓ¬, and find a rich man who may be qualified to meet that master. See him from the normal way. β
Zhou Shu suddenly felt that his life had changed from a Western illusion to an urban ability, and he was sure that he would return to the Eighth World in ten days, otherwise it would be too cruel for Tiddlelem. According to the plan, he planned to have the Grey Witch report to Tiddlelem that he was still alive in a week's time, and give her some time to buffer before going to see her. Save this guy from being too excited.
The most troublesome point for Zhou Shu is time. He didn't know if he could find someone who could help with this in ten days and let himself meet that person. And in case that guy is not his target, just an ordinary liar, he will not have time to continue the investigation.
After Zhou Shu got this Jianyì, he thanked the Fool store manager, left her territory, and went to a small hotel to open a room by himself. Now he needs to listen to the building of the Ula mystery.
During these ten days, he also asked Ula Riddle once, but did not get an answer. Ulla Mystery is certain that the clues are not enough to support himself in finding the Demon and the Holy Grail. So she returned to the Book of Summoning and told her master that a new clue was coming to her.
Now that there are new clues, Zhou Shu is exactly what he did.
In his room in a small hotel, he ordered a takeaway service from a five-star hotel. Since the public banquet has been transferred from the ground to the ground, the hotel has been forced to add many new services in order to maintain revenue growth.
When Ula Mystery appeared, he saw brand new underwear and beautiful Italian clothes on one side, and a delicate food truck in front of him. The food served on it is equally delicate.
She was not called out in a hurry as before, although this time she was also in a hurry. But there is still the effort to eat a meal.
Wu Lami investigated the place where Zhou Shu was synchronized with his own memory a little, and when he saw that he was preparing this qiΔ, he couldn't help but sigh.
"I'll admit, you did a pretty good job this time. β
Zhou Shu shook the credit card in his hand with a smile, "I'm just trying to vent my guΓ² shopping, I've had too many worries recently." β
"Understandable. Ula smiled at her. "But the money you used for Asuka to entertain me. It seems to be quite unfair to her. β
For the mystery of Ulla, Zhou Shu has always felt guilty in his heart. He couldn't understand why she was so insistent on leaving her life, and she couldn't become single-minded, she should continue to test herself. Just like the ones that have been done for myself before. He hoped that Ula would continue to help him grow, but unfortunately, Ula thought he was good enough.
Wulami is not a Chinese-style parent, and he doesn't have such a strong desire to shape, as long as Zhou Shu breaks through the few points that must be broken, the next thing to do is to maintain his dependence on himself, just like now.
The two of them ate together, as for whose money was used, Zhou Shu didn't bother to think about it, and besides, everyone would take this kind of thing seriously, so it would be a big deal to throw two tons of gold coins to the fool store manager tomorrow for her to sell. In addition, Zhou Shu felt that she had fed the birds enough in the past few days, and she should have no complaints.
It's very rare, Zhou Shu didn't have any thoughts about her after conjuring up the Ula mystery this time, or that he was already very tired in the past few days, this kind of hungry and full days made him feel very sad, and he felt a little uncomfortable with his physical ability, after all, Yu Feiniao's body was also very strong in terms of endurance.
Ula Mystery is more concerned about the serious things she has to deal with this time, and in her opinion, the Fool Store Manager's construction is the safest way at present. Although there are also some gambling notes, maybe it can be solved by relying on Zhou Shu's good luck when he is in trouble, but this kind of thing is better to be left for later, he should deal with ordinary people now, but don't become unable to communicate with ordinary people normally.
Zhou Shu responded with a smile, "I'll send you back later, I'll go find a beautiful rich lady, and then mix with her as a bodyguard, and then make her like me." What do you think of this routine?"
"It's ok. Ula was amused, "But you'd better be careful when you're experiencing these bloody episodes, and don't get people into danger indiscriminately." If something happens, you'll feel guilty, after all, they're just ordinary people. But......" Ula Mystery put on a helpless expression, "...... However, I think you can only find some nouveau riche middle-aged people, where are there so many beautiful rich ladies for you to scourge. β
Zhou Shu is more open to this. If you have it, you can have it, and if you don't, forget it. However, he felt that after Ula Mystery said this flag-like line, the possibility of him really encountering this kind of bridge seemed to increase by about 50%. (To be continued......)