Chapter 9: Curses

On Friday morning, when the first rays of sunlight pierced through the terrible smog over Beckland and sparkled through the window into a house near the Bar of the Brave, Abner finally woke up from his coma, expertly took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and sighed, "Sure enough, it's still six hours." ”

Although the price is not light, his harvest is also quite rich. Last night, the Pure White Eye was opened twice, and for the first time, it successfully analyzed a kind of auxiliary material for Sequence 8 'Reasoning Student' from the extraordinary characteristics. Although the second time was short, I memorized hundreds of words in the ancient Forsak language in that learning material, which is not inefficient!

And more importantly, Abner found that reading study books with his pure white eyes open had a strong effect on the digestion of the 'reader' potion, and in just a few seconds last night, the appearance of his potion power unconsciously overflowing had completely converged.

"The role of the reader is also known from the name to read more books and broaden knowledge. The meaning of its connotation should be to understand the laws of nature, humanity and even the transcendent through reading, and to achieve omnipotence because of omniscience! Of course, it is impossible to reach the level of omniscience in a mere sequence nine, but the essence of this sequence should be like this, and the subsequent reasoning students, knowledge keepers, and polymaths are actually analyzing, analyzing, imitating, and so on...... And my pure white eyes obviously fit this theme very well in the process of using it, and it is no wonder that it can promote the digestion of potions. ”

"At this rate, as long as I insist on reading and learning all kinds of knowledge with pure white eyes every day, maybe I can digest the 'reader' in half a month? Maybe I'll be able to reach Sequence 8 before the Fool comes, right? ”

Just as Abner was in a reverie about the future, there was a knock on the door.

"Caspars must be here." Abner looked at his pocket watch again, and he had a judgment in his mind.

So he stood up, removed the spiritual wall, and then walked out of the hallway, carefully opening the door.

Surprisingly, there was no one outside the door, and Abner was stunned at first, then blinked, the whiteness of his eyes flashed away, and finally he looked ahead, and then saw the figure of Caspars on the road separated by two courtyards. He couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and laughed at himself: "As for such an exaggeration? Am I not good? ”

Caspars, on the other hand, looked at Abner outside the courtyard for a long time before he hobbled to the door of the house and said expressionlessly: "I have seen someone open the door unsuspectingly, and then be swallowed by the monster that the extraordinary inside the door has become out of control!" ”

Abner's expression froze, and before he could say anything to ease the atmosphere, the other party directly handed over a gun bag.

"This is the revolver you want, 3 pounds!" Caspars held the bag and said it succinctly.

Abner's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly counted out the three-pound bill from his purse and handed it over, then took the pouch and took out the contents on the spot.

The eye was drawn to a silvery-white revolver with an elongated barrel, and its handshake was made of walnut.

In addition to that, there were fifty rounds of yellow bullets neatly placed in the box.

Abner tried the empty gun, then loaded the five rounds and put the revolver back in the pouch and hung it on the inside of his coat in the armpit position, while he loaded the rest of the bullets into another pocket close to his body.

Caspars checked the authenticity of the banknotes in front of the sunlight before saying, "Our deal is complete, and if you have anything to do in the future, you can go to the Bar of the Brave to find me." ”

Hearing this, Abner nodded and said, "Thank you so much this time, if you have any trouble in the future, you can also ask me for help." You know, I'm an extraordinary person now. ”

Caspars sneered and said, "Little guy, don't be too confident, the extraordinary are also flesh and blood, don't rely on some ability to be reckless." ”

Abner could tell that he was actually a well-intentioned admonition, so he was not annoyed, but secretly made a note of his promise in his heart.

After the two talked for a while, Abner took the lead in saying goodbye to the other party, he had a lot of things to do today, and he didn't have time to delay much.

When Abner walked away, a figure appeared out of thin air, it was a mature man with short yellow-brown hair, wearing a white shirt and a brown waistcoat. As soon as he appeared, he smiled at Caspers: "It seems that I didn't come in handy, you little friend is still very stable." ”

Caspars shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that he will rely too much on his ability and cause more trouble......

When the man heard this, his expression straightened and said, "Caspers, don't underestimate that little friend too much, although I don't know which path he is in Sequence 9, he should have discovered me just now!" ”

"Really? Zerrell, are you sure? Caspars was visibly surprised.

"Don't underestimate the observation and judgment of a detective, Caspers. Although I am not a detective in the reader's way, I can still perceive his obvious nervousness and guardedness through my vision. Zerell looked at his watch, and then continued, "Well, I've seen your little one here, and I'm going to make breakfast for my little ones in the house." ”

"Zereel, do you still have those street children?" Kaspars looked sideways.

"They're good assistants to me as a detective, aren't they?" Zarrell replied with a smile.

Caspars frowned, not saying anything more, as he watched as Zeriel's body slowly vanished.

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On the other side, Abner, who had returned to the East End, also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, he had subconsciously opened the pure white eye for a second when he opened the door, and then saw that there was a figure hidden next to Caspars. He was really startled at the time, but fortunately he soon realized that the hidden extraordinary person should have no ill intentions, but came to help Caspars deal with possible out-of-control events. Only then did he secretly guard and complete the deal with Caspers.

"My pure white eyes don't have spiritual vision so far, and I can't see any spirit for the time being, so that person should not be in a spirit state...... So what is it...... The trick of the master of tricks? A magician's illusion? Mental interference of scammers? These three are also the only ones who are good at this hand in the low sequence. Well, the principle of these abilities should all be to influence people through spirits, so my pure white eyes also have the effect of resisting or peeking through spirit spells? Hey, there's so little information that we can't say for sure yet. ”

While thinking about his thoughts, Abner walked into the restaurant he had been visiting every day since he had traveled along. He looked around, but found Hugh in the figure.

That lady's investigation should still be ongoing...... This thought crossed his mind, and Abner didn't care, although he knew that the so-called 'two-faced man' Rosen had fallen into the trap for the original father, but he only inherited the memory of the original body, but he didn't have the other party's feelings, and the feeling was not deep, so he was not in a hurry, just waiting for the time to make that person pay.

After breakfast, Abner put his study materials home before heading to the nearby subway entrance.

Beckland's metro was born twenty-five years ago as a connection to the two banks of the Tasok River, and today it has expanded to several major urban areas, although there are not many stops.

Because the riverside street in the St. George's district where Abner was going was too remote and the horse-drawn carriage took too long, it was more convenient to go by subway.

Coming to the ground floor, Abner looked at the price sign near the ticket window:

"During peak hours (7 a.m. to 9 a.m., 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.) every 10 minutes, the rest of the 15 minutes, 6 pence for first class, 4 pence for second class, 3 pence for third class, 9, 6 and 5 pence for round trips, annual passes are £8 for first class, £5 for second class and 10 sules, and there is no annual pass for third class."

The price is okay, even if I take it every day to practice guns, I can afford it.

While the thought was spinning in his mind, Abner took out four copper pennies, handed them to the conductor, and bought a ticket for a second-class seat.

Arriving at the platform leading to the fourth station in St. George's district, he did not wait long before he heard the whistle of rolling echoes like thunder, and saw a huge steam locomotive with a majestic sense of power break through the light of the gas lamps on both sides, and stop with a clang.

Its massive shape, sinuous body, black iron color and intricate machinery are mixed together to create a unique beauty.

"That's really a bit of a steampunk!" Abner couldn't help but whistle, and at the same time vomited in his heart the squid's behavior of selling dog meat on the head of a sheep in the introduction of "The Master of Mystery", although he also knew that the steampunk in this novel was just a background embellishment, and he couldn't delve into it, but now that he was involved in it, he finally felt the power of steam and machinery!

Not long after getting on the train, in the clattering noise, the steam subway began to run from slow to fast, and ten minutes later, it began to gradually slow down again, slowly stopping next to the predetermined platform.

Abner hadn't reached his destination yet, so he sat in his seat and waited for it to start again. At this moment, with the sound of powerful footsteps, a petite girl with stray hair entered the carriage, and this was none other than Hugh Dilcha, the future Tarot would 'judge' Miss.

"Hugh?" Abner was surprised, but he thought to himself: Will he be too close to this young lady? It had been less than four days since he had crossed over, but he had met her for three days.

Hugh apparently saw Abner at this time, too, so he walked straight to the empty seat next to him and sat down, and greeted, "Good morning, Abner." What a coincidence, where are you going? ”

"Good morning, Miss Hugh. I was planning to practice my marksmanship at the shooting club on Riverside Street. Abner didn't think much of it, and replied honestly.

"Riverside Street...... Is it the shooting club at 33 Riverside Street? Hugh paused for a moment before he asked in a complicated tone.

"That's right! Miss Hugh, how do you know? Have you been? Abner's question was just about to come out, but suddenly he found that Hugh's expression seemed to be a little wrong, and her expression changed back and forth, mixed with a variety of different emotions such as nostalgia, confusion, and unwillingness, and she was deeply immersed in it.

He couldn't help but be shocked, and thought: Even if it may be that his own words touched Hugh in some way, but as the 'arbiter' of Sequence 9, how could she lose her temper like this in front of someone like me, who is not very familiar with me? That's not right!

At this thought, Abner immediately opened the 'Pure White Eye', and then saw that Hugh's forehead was entrenched in a strange black pattern!

"It was my father's property, and I used to play there when I was a kid......" Hugh seemed unaware of his problem, still muttering about the past.

But when she unconsciously turned her head and glanced at Abner's pure white pupils, she shuddered violently, and the whole person was completely awake.

"Hugh, listen to me, you first sort out your emotions and empty your thoughts! You should be cursed, and this curse may be taking advantage of your extreme emotions! Seeing that her eyes had regained her composure, Abner rubbed her somewhat dazed head, and continued, "We will get out of the car at once and find a safe place to talk." ”

As he spoke, he grabbed Hugh with one hand, reached into the pouch with the other and grasped the handle of the revolver, and then strode towards the platform while the train had not yet started.

Hugh, as a wild extraordinary, although he lacked occult knowledge but was extremely experienced, did not hesitate at this time, trotting to keep up with Abner's pace.