Chapter 110: The Hand of the Ghost (Part II)
"Turner syndrome" is a congenital chromosomal abnormality caused by the loss of all or part of one of the two sex chromosomes, and the affected woman will be lifelong infertility, developmental delay, inconspicuous sexual characteristics, and short height, but unlike dwarfism, Turner syndrome will not affect the patient's mental development and physical proportions, and the patient will maintain the appearance and figure of a girl even if he grows up.
It is impossible to judge the real age of the woman around her from her appearance, no matter from which angle, she is sitting next to an innocent little girl, the faint smell of soap on her body shows the purity of the girl, white dress, white stockings and black leather shoes, a red bow is tied to the blonde hair tied into a ponytail, and there is no trace of makeup on the face that can be blown and broken, Gu Tie peeked at this adult Lori who had brought disaster to the country and the people, and his fingers quietly touched the pistol trigger in his pocket.
The door of the carriage slammed shut, and regular vibrations were heard, and the carriage began to move. To Gu Tie's surprise, this seemingly simple wooden carriage has good sound insulation, and the background noise from the outside world is cut off at once, and the cabin is as quiet as the back seat of a top luxury car.
"Relax, there's no need to use a gun. The blonde girl lazily leaned back on the thick leather seat and stretched out the tulip to Gu Tie's eyes, "If I were an enemy, your corpse would have begun to get cold." "There was a dark green spike in the middle of the delicate flower, and the tip of the thorn shone with an ominous blue light, and the Chinese would not have been able to distinguish it from the stem unless the girl specifically pointed it out.
"It's old-fashioned. ...... Why do you want to help me?" Since he had said this, Gu Tie simply relaxed, collapsed comfortably in the soft seat, and rested a pair of big feet on the small wine cabinet opposite.
"Because you're important. The girl turned her head to look at the people around her, "You probably don't even know how important you are. Is it a polymer mask on the face? It should be a very expensive kind, German?"
"Russian goods. It's a lot cheaper than the Germans. Gu Tiedai looked at the other party in surprise, since using this polymer molten mask, this was the first time that someone could see through the disguise. From the appearance, this mask is almost exactly the same as the real skin, the only flaw may be the slight color difference between the edge of the mask and the skin, due to the different daily sun exposure time, the color of human skin is actually changing at any time, and there will be a faint dividing line around the polymer mask that cannot be adjusted in real time, but this dividing line is hidden in the shadow of the hairline, behind the ears and jaw, and it is impossible to distinguish it if it is not a particularly observant person.
The girl nodded, "But it's disposable, isn't it? The Germans' latest mask uses programmable nanotube technology, and a mask can be reused five to eight times." ”
"yes, that's tough. But I'm not going to spend money on anything like that. The Chinese pouted and stared at the blonde woman's eyes: "Don't you introduce yourself?"
"You can call me Eva. "Or whatever name you like, names are insignificant." ”
Without waiting for Gu Tie to ask further, the vibration of the wheels stopped, the door opened from the outside, and the coachman bent down with a smile: "The Gruzensky bar has arrived, sir, miss." The fare is ten zlotys. ”
Gu Tie stepped out of the carriage first, and Eva then jumped down with an angry face: "What are you talking about? At most five zlotys so close, do we look like slaughtered tourists? I'm going to report you to the Transport Committee!"
The coachman immediately said with a sad face: "Okay, okay, five zlotys, I'll take it and leave, don't bother with the reported matter, miss!"
The Chinese pulled out a small bill and handed it to the coachman, who jumped into the carriage and walked away with the sound of two beautiful chestnut horses. Gu Tie watched the text of the dialogue roll through his field of vision, and secretly laughed in his heart that these two people were extremely proficient in saying this, like a counterpart, and he didn't know how many times he had to rehearse it every day. He also understands that this way of dialogue is to cope with sound detection, in addition to the ubiquitous microphone, directional eavesdropping technology is also very mature, if there is indeed a powerful enemy, every street in the city may be within the range of surveillance, except for word of mouth whispers, no other party can escape the surveillance of those who have intentions.
The so-called Vaski Danash Road was a narrow cul-de-sac, and the carriage put the two of them at the end of the cul-de-sac. Eva led Gu Tie to a nearby six-story building, which had the Gothic façade and red spire of the old town of Warsaw, but the water-stained façade and dilapidated roof showed that it was severely lacking in maintenance, climbing vines covered the walls below three floors, eight of the ten glass windows were shattered, and dirty curtains fluttered behind the decaying window lattices, how it looked like a scene from a ghost movie.
Gu Tie didn't expect that the bright-looking ancient city of Warsaw also had such a dilapidated corner, he estimated the age of this building in his heart, the ancient city was built in the seventeenth century, but it was razed to the ground by angry Germans during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, and all the buildings seen now were rebuilt as they were between 1949 and 1963, this building is no more than a hundred years old, and the age of a hundred years is not worth mentioning in the European continent that respects historical monuments, and it is really unexpected that this building can be destroyed to this extent in such a short period of time。
"This way, uncle, watch your step. Aiwa said with a crisp smile in her voice, jumping in front of her to lead the way, Gu Tie couldn't help but feel a chill when she thought that this woman might be the same age as herself. When he reached the door of the building, he noticed a bar sign hanging crookedly, written in Polish, and he couldn't understand what it meant, "Can this building still be inhabited?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Of course not, uncle. The little girl looked back at him in disgust and disappeared into the doorway.
The confused Chinese approached the dirty door and found that the staircase up had long been abandoned, blocked by old televisions, broken furniture, and a mess of bicycles, and the stairs leading to the basement were intact, and Awa's golden ponytail flashed around the corner and disappeared into darkness.
"Damn, love not to die. Gu Tie hesitated for a second and walked down the stairs. Smear walked a few stairs and turned a corner, and at the bottom of the stairs appeared the same Polish bar sign, with a few cheesy neon signs glowing weakly.
He walked to the bottom of the stairs, pushed open a broken wooden door that seemed to break in two with the slightest exertion, and entered a strange bar. Needless to say, this is indeed a bar, with a cabinet full of base drinks, a string of barstools in front of the bar, dim lighting barely illuminating the smoky space, two men playing billiards, and a record player playing Tom Waits' old songs, old men from the last century humming incantations in their over-smoked voices. The strange thing is that the atmosphere here is not like a bar at all, all the bars that Gu Tie has been to, whether it is a Qing bar, a Di bar, a performance bar or a beer bar, there has never been such a quiet place, and there is no noise in the whole room except for the sound of poor music from the gramophone. The sound of talking, the noise, the laughter, the sound of ice hitting the walls of cups, the sound of slapping tables, footsteps, hitting balls, the sound of billiard balls colliding, the sound of lighters lit, the sound of tables and chairs rubbing against the floor, nothing. It's a very strange feeling, like being trapped in an island of sound, and it makes you want to shout loudly.
Several people in the bar stopped what they were doing and silently turned their heads to stare at the newcomer. Gu Tie took half a step and flicked the pistol's safety again.
The door closed behind her, and Eva jumped on a barstool and regained her languid look: "Come here, what's the drink?"
"What did you say?" Gu Tie saw her lips open and close, but he didn't hear what she said.
The girl waved at the bartender behind the bar: "Gis, turn down the falloff, turn on the interference, don't be afraid of electricity, the person we have to wait for is finally here." ”
A tall, thin man with only half of his face nodded, put down the rag and glass in his hand, and reached out to twist the knob on a machine,—— Gu Tie originally thought it was a radio - as soon as the indicator light on the machine turned on and off, the familiar background noise immediately recovered, and Chinese let out a sigh of relief, feeling like he had been reborn.
He walked over to the bar and sat down, greeting the strange-looking bartender. The left side of the tall man's face had strangely disappeared, as if it had been cut off by a sharp blade, and even his skull had been deflated in half, and the wound was covered with layers of flesh-colored scars, and it was unknown how he had lived with half a brain, an eye, a nostril, and half a mouth.
"Hello. Nice to see you. The guy named Keith greeted him in textbook English, and Gu Tie looked away a little embarrassedly and shook the other party's hand: "Hello, can you have a double glass of Scotch whisky? ”
"Of course. Guise, who was half faced, turned to pour the wine.
Gu Tie turned around for half a circle and nodded to the men in the bar one by one. In addition to himself and the bartender, there were two men playing billiards in the bar, and a man sleeping on a small round table.
"What the hell is this place, who are you?" Gu Tie turned to Eva and asked in English.
The twelve-year-old girl took a sip of a glass of strong rum, and the image seemed to be full of incongruous beauty, "This is our bar. We are the right hand of the ghost. She replied in English as well.
"What do you mean?" this answer made the Chinese even more confused.
"And you, Gu Tie, are the ones we have been waiting for. —or is it more appropriate to call you 'Adam?'" Eva said, narrowing her eyes.