Chapter 5: The Prophet of Fate
The 14th arrondissement of the Tudor kings
On the second floor of the Sheriff's Office on Lister Street, Villad, a young vigilante, stood in front of the window with a cup of coffee and looked out at the clock tower in the distance.
"Think about the clock?"
A narrow voice came, and Villard followed the sound, and his expression suddenly changed.
It was none other than his sheriff Inspector Pyne, and the two had investigated Langdon the Bell Keeper only last night.
"Do you see any doorways?"
To Villad's surprise, Inspector Pine surprisingly did not reproach him, but asked with a little consideration.
"I can't see it, but the bell seems to reach the depths of the soul, as if a bell is striking in the soul."
Speaking of this, Villard explained with some embarrassment: "Of course, this may also be my delusion. β
"Your intelligence is as amazing as your curiosity!" Inspector Pine sighed.
Villard was surprised...... Guessed right?
"Those terrible evil that lurk in the secret world, who do not want to come to the world all the time, bewitch all the lost lambs. In fact, without the purification of the municipal bell tower, the abnormal cases would only be higher! Inspector Pine whispered.
Villard was surprised.
With the vigorous development of industry, the Tudor kings are like a gluttonous monster, devouring the materials and population of the southern continent.
According to official statistics, the population of urban areas alone exceeds one million.
In fact, counting the uncounted black households and illegal immigrants, the data will be doubled again.
These make kings prosperous, but they also weave sin in the shadows.
Villard had always thought that the peace of the royal capital would benefit from the protection of the town hall and the sheriff's office, but now it seems that the truth is far more than he imagined.
"Curiosity is the tombstone of death, and if I don't tell you this, you'll be able to track it down. Now that you know it exists, and it sees you, I hope you can have a good dream in the future. β
A teasing look appeared on Inspector Pine's face.
"Good dreams? The negative effects of the bell tower are...... Dream? Nightmare? Villard looked stunned.
"You'll know when the time comes." Inspector Pine made a meaningful sale.
"Boom-"
At this moment, the bell that seems to emerge from the depths of the soul ripples out and echoes in the ears, which makes people feel refreshed!
"Let's go, I just got the news that the Scarlet Sect is suspected of making a big move." Inspector Pine said again.
"Hey!"
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A chaotic darkness once again enveloped Li Shenzhi's senses.
He suppressed the fear of being deprived of his senses and waited patiently while silently timed in his heart.
"Five...... Four...... Three...... Two...... One ......"
Five seconds passed, and the chaos was still there, and there were no waves.
"Alasβit doesn't seem to be a matter of the size of the voice!"
Li Shenzhi sighed in his heart, returned to Langdon's body, and the familiar six senses returned again.
At this time, he could even hear the echo of the bell tower.
It also shows that he did not miss the bell.
"Don't rush, take your time!"
Li Shenzhi comforted himself and left helplessly.
Back downstairs, he first opened the door of the bell tower, and when he turned back to push the cart, he suddenly found that there was a bronze bell with a simple shape tied to the handlebar of the bicycle.
It looks a bit like a carriage bell.
"When I came to look at the scenery, I didn't expect Langdon to have such wild interest."
Li Shenzhi thought of the egg lamp he had tied under the back seat of the bicycle in his previous life, and casually flicked the bronze bell.
"Dingding......
The crisp sound of the bell is refreshing.
"Go home!"
Li Shenzhi perked up, stepped on the bicycle, and rode leisurely all the way home.
Tudor, who has passed the morning rush hour, is a little less noisy, but a little more pungent and strange!
It was the stench of breweries and chemical plants that had recovered in the morning.
Looking into the distance, black smoke shot into the sky, as if the end was coming.
Back in the apartment, locked the bicycle, Li Shenzhi had just gone upstairs, and the scene in front of the house made his good mood dissipate suddenly.
In front of his apartment, a ragged, lean boy was looking around, as if looking for every opportunity to start.
He looked at it for a while, and happened to see Li Shenzhi who came upstairs, his expression was happy, and he hurriedly ran over: "Mr. Langdon, good morning!" β
Li Shenzhi nodded lukewarmly: "Good morning, Mr. White." β
"This is the goods that Mr. Hansen asked me to give you, a total of 16 pieces, you can count them."
The boy held his head high and handed over a cloth bag.
Li Shenzhi took it, opened it and glanced at it, and the old pocket watches were stacked among them.
Among them, there may be "two palace" goods.
"Good work, Mr. White."
Li Shenzhi took out a few copper pennies from his pocket and handed them over.
"Thank you, Mr. Langdon!"
Young White took the bronze penny with a smile on his face, and ran away.
Li Shenzhi tossed the cloth bag and sighed.
Thinking of the terrible scenery I saw when I came, the excitement of being reborn had quietly receded.
For the next afternoon, I couldn't go anywhere.
If you're unlucky, these dozen pocket watches might be able to toss him late into the night!
"Ding Ding ......"
A breeze blew, and several wind chimes came from the apartment building, awakening Li Shenzhi's depression.
He exhaled, pushed open the door with a "squeak", and was thinking about where there was a way to make money, but unexpectedly, it suddenly went dark in front of him.
Under the hood of a cloth bag, he couldn't dodge.
"Don't scream, or I'll kill you!"
A murderous threat came, and without waiting for Li Shenzhi's reaction, his back was cold, as if something cold had been injected into his body.
In an instant, Langdon's body lost control.
"Don't cover it, he's already fainted!"
"Results so fast?"
"This is a potion from the Prophet of Fate! Don't delay, let's go. β
"Wait......"
"You're going to die, you've delayed the great event of the Prophet of Fate, and no amount of money can buy your life."
"Can't delay, can't delay!"
The deliberately muffled voice, accompanied by the rummaging of the cabinets, echoed in Langdon's ears.
This suggests that Langdon's senses are still doing his duty, but his body is out of control.
Li Shenzhi left and entered several times, trying to "restart" his body, but he wasted half a day and still found nothing.
"Gan!"
The irrepressible anger was held in Li Shen's heart, but there was nowhere to vent.
Nima!
Yesterday I ate a blow of ghost soul exploration, and today I ate a bag of stuffy sticks, who did I provoke?
He tried to get into the kidnappers.
However, in the ghost state, he can't see where the kidnappers are at all? Follow the sound and get nothing.
Apparently not everyone is Langdon?
This also proves the importance of the body of "Langdon" to him.
During Li Shenzhi's temptation, he could feel the kidnappers throw him into a bag, carry him on his back, and leave the apartment building in a grand manner.
Along the way, he could even hear the voices of his neighbors.
No one wondered what was going on in the sack that held him!
Soon he was thrown into a foul-smelling "dung truck" and flown away.
The bumps in the stone road also made him lose his sense of direction quickly.
He was like a poor caged bird, at the mercy of others.
After several changes of hands, the kidnappers finally arrived at their destination.
"Boss...... No, Prophet of Fate, man brought, you see. β
In the flattering voice, Langdon was shaken out of the sack, and the faint light also shot into the eyes that were not completely closed at this moment.
Li Shenzhi finally saw the murderer.
I saw several lean men dressed in uniforms, looking at him cruelly.
One of them, dressed in a fox fur, was faintly the head of the crowd.
He was about forty years old, his face was as black as a bear, he carried a revolver holster around his waist, and his neck was covered with scars, and he was looking at Li Shenzhi excitedly.
"Well, that's good! Gather the brothers...... Believers, let's do a big job tonight! β