Are you strangers from outside the town?

The sudden question interrupted Wu Ming's original train of thought, he turned his head suspiciously following the voice, and saw a middle-aged woman standing not far from them, with a headscarf on her head, clothes that were convenient for work, and an apron with a little oil stains on her delicate appearance, although the years left some traces on her face, it did not affect her beauty, but added a lot of mature charm to this middle-aged woman.

Although Wu Ming was still immersed in the confusion of who the blonde girl was, he still felt a little surprised that a townsman took the initiative to talk, nodded his head, and repeated the cliché that he wanted to find a place to borrow before.

It's just that unlike those townspeople who spoke ill of Wu Ming, this middle-aged woman had a hospitable smile on her face: Sure enough, it's a foreigner! I've been paying attention to you since you entered the town, so you were just asking the townsfolk for a place to stay? Oh, it's not for me to say, there has been a little bit of an incident in the town recently, some townspeople have had some conflicts with outsiders, and some townspeople are very resistant to outsiders, and violent clashes may even break out, so I don't think it is likely that someone will let outsiders borrow their homes

She crackled like a cannon and said a lot, but these words were repeated over and over with one meaning, and the townspeople would not let outsiders borrow them. But she didn't say anything to death, and always gave people the feeling that there seemed to be a turning point in this matter, as if she was hinting at something to Wu Ming and others.

Is there no place to live in that town? Wu Ming asked knowingly following her intentions.

The middle-aged woman's eyes lit up, and the long-term foreshadowing was for this moment: It's not that there is no place to live, I am different from those feudal and conservative townspeople, if you can give the right price, my hotel is always open to generous outsiders

Otto asked with a serious expression: Can I take a hot bath?

A sly smile flashed in the proprietress as she rubbed her index finger and thumb lightly and made a gesture of money: Of course you can, but you have to add money to take a hot shower.

All right! It's no problem to add money! Anyway, this money is from Alex! Otto, who had experienced many days of eating and sleeping in the open, suddenly jumped up happily, and the old hunter looked at him like this and did not refute, he and Wu Ming exchanged a little look, and after seeing that the latter had no opinion, he sighed and said, Boss, where is the hotel you are talking about?

It's just around the corner of town, not far from here, and I'll take you there!

The proprietress was familiar with the road and took Wu Ming and a few people to shuttle through the roads in the town, and the group soon arrived at the hotel that the proprietress said, but when Otto was excited to see the hotel that he had dreamed of when he was sleeping in the wilderness, his face suddenly fell.

The building standing in front of Wu Ming and his entourage was not so much a hotel as a large wooden house that looked weathered and crumbling.

A fresh breeze blew, and the big wooden house, which seemed to be a dilapidated house, immediately creaked.

Is this a hotel? Otto looked at the rickety wooden house that felt like it might be blown down by the wind at any moment, and swallowed with difficulty, why do I always feel that this is a dangerous house, this house will not collapse in the middle of the night and bury me in it

The proprietress didn't seem to notice the loss in his tone and expression at all, and even ignored the other party's doubts about safety and security in the second half of the sentence, and her eyes were full of money: That's right, the first floor is where the townspeople come to drink when they relax, and there are a few rooms on the second floor where you can stay, if you want to drink or eat, you can also say in advance that I will prepare it for you, but since you are staying here, the price can be cheaper for you

While speaking, the proprietress enthusiastically took Wu Ming and Ziegfei into the room first, leaving only Otto, whose dreams were shattered, and Alex, who was like an old father.

Otto: I want to go home, I want to take a shower

Alex stretched out his hand and patted him gently, and whispered comfortingly: "It's an extraordinary time, let's just take a moment."

As the hostess said, the first floor looks like a tavern layout, and when you enter the door, you can see a curved ruler-shaped bar, and there are many bottles and cans that look like wine on the cabinet behind the bar, and several round tables and chairs are randomly arranged in the tavern

There is a staircase that extends to the second floor next to the bar, and the guest room that the proprietress said is from here, but it is said to be a guest room, in fact, no one has lived here, after all, the townspeople basically don't need the hotel, and this closed town has little contact with the outside world, and it is unlikely that there are often outsiders who come here to stay

I don't know what kind of madness the proprietress had to smoke to open a hotel in this poor and remote town, where there are no outsiders at all.

Then, in the process of the proprietress smiling and counting the money, Wu Ming and his party finally got the residence in the town, there are only four rooms on the second floor, and don't expect this kind of broken hotel in the town to have a good hardware foundation and service, there is only a hard bed, a table and a chair, and the guest rooms on the second floor don't even have a serious lock, judging from the cost of travel, this kind of room is not worth the price at all, but almost no one cares about these except Otto.

For Alex, if they want to investigate witches in this town, they must have at least one stronghold, even if it is only a temporary stronghold, it is very convenient, whether it is to investigate in the town, or to find companions from other transcendent organizations to investigate.

And for Wu Ming, it doesn't matter, all his activity funds and salaries are provided by the firm, plus there is a teleportation module, even if he is not used to living and teleporting home to move the bed directly to sleep, living here is just to make it more convenient to investigate and control the changes in the situation.

After deciding on a place to stay, Alex took Otto out of the house, and he also had to go to meet with his companions from other transcendent organizations, and try to cooperate to investigate the witch's traces, after all, the agency and the church have responded to the organization's request for information, if they also sent people to this town in advance, then the strangers mentioned by the boss lady before are likely to be the companions of other transcendent organizations.

And Qi Gefei still maintained his former quiet and reliable, and returned to the first floor with the Scarlet Queen and Wu Ming in his arms, and saw the proprietress who was happily calculating the accounts.

Boss, just now you said that something happened in the town, so the townspeople are very hostile to us outsiders When the proprietress sat on the first floor and happily counted today's income, Wu Ming brought a chair and sat down, and Qi Gefei silently found a chair and sat down, the movements of the two interrupted her action of counting money, and in her puzzled eyes, Wu Ming asked: We foreigners still like the scenery here, so we want to stay here for a few more days. You can see the situation today, I think in the next few days, in order to avoid conflict with the townspeople, so I want to ask you in advance about what happened before, by the way, I also want to know if there are any things that can't be done in this town, or things that the townspeople are more taboo to avoid what we have inadvertently done in the past few days of stay, and what misunderstandings will cause trouble for the boss.

Although Wu Ming's twists and turns made the proprietress a little confused at first, she gradually came back to her senses, she smiled and nodded: You think about it quite thoughtfully, you know that the townspeople don't want to see you, so you asked me to ask for information

Well, it's not a big deal to tell you these things, anyway, in my opinion, they are all feudal superstitions, but the proprietress didn't pursue Wu Ming's careful thoughts, she waved her hand and said indifferently, there seems to be a murderer who plays the flute in the town some time ago, or some kind of abductor, anyway, as long as you hear the melody of the flute at night, someone will definitely die or disappear the next day, but many older generations in the town say that this is the curse of the witch and it is back, so you have to hurry up and prepare for the ceremony of the witch's trial

Wu Ming didn't expect to find suspiciously useful information as soon as he arrived in the town, so his eyes lit up when he heard the word witch, but when he saw the disapproving look of the boss lady, he also judged the attitude of the boss lady in his heart, he temporarily suppressed the excitement in his heart, like a normal person who has received a scientific education and does not believe in magic and witchcraft, showing great incomprehension: witch trial? What age is this, and why is there such witchcraft persecution?

You think so too, right? Seeing Wu Ming's reaction, the proprietress chattered endlessly as if she had met a bosom friend: the mayor of the town and the priest of the town also thought so, they all said that the witch was nonsense, and there must be a serial killer in the town, so they wanted to stop the young people from coming to protect the peace of the town, but the old stubborn people in the town didn't listen at all, and still stubbornly wanted to do it

The witch trial set and shouted to end the witch's ravages and curses again, so the people in the town split into two factions, and the relationship has been tense until now

Wu Ming felt a little confused when he heard her say this: But what does this have to do with rejecting outsiders? Because the killer is an alien?

No, if it hadn't happened before, in fact, the rejection of outsiders by the older generation would not have been so heavy. The proprietress shook her head, but later, a stranger came, and she stopped the witch trial ceremony of the older generation, saved a little girl who was wrongfully accused of being a witch, and injured many people, so she was hated.

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