One Hundred and Nineteen: Gossip to save the world
"Did you hear that? Countess Peter Shuratz and her groom...... Hee-hee-hee-hee...... Shhhh And my cousin's niece's second aunt's aunt's helper maid if it weren't for the food store proprietor's eldest cousin's second aunt's distant niece's church boarding school classmates, I wouldn't have known about it, but fortunately I'm notoriously strict, and I only tell you one person, so you don't want to tell anyone......"
Poor Lord Count, it sounds as if the whole of Revel City already knows the little secret of his wife and groom except him.
What was particularly irritating was that the venerable "very strict-mouthed" lady was so smuggled that I could not understand what the Countess and her groom were up to.
As a well-cultivated and moral warrior, exploring the ** of others is definitely not something that a person of my status should do. So...... That one...... I only asked the lady six times, and when I finally confirmed that she really wouldn't tell me the details about the Countess and the groom, I calmly gave up trying---- I swore that I really didn't get the slightest bit of dissatisfaction with not getting a definite answer.
“…… Do you know? The proprietress of the tavern opposite was a widow, but every day the shadow of a man appeared in the window of her room on the second floor, and I had been squatting here for almost half a year, and I could see that every night...... Ahem...... Haha......"
This immoral voyeur should have gouged out his unruly eyeballs so that he could not peek into a lady's intimate life. I think I should even pull his tongue out and wrap it around his neck and strangle him to death---- who made him stop updating the story just when it was a pinch?
That one...... Isn't that a bit too cruel? I touched my neck and reflected deeply.
Swear by the sword of the earth in my hand. I don't have any interest in the gossip that is circulating on the streets, and I don't have any interest at all---- ahem...... Of course, there's no denying that they sometimes sound quite funny and can arouse the curiosity of a normal human---- so I'm not interested! The reason why I never get tired of it...... Ah, no. It should be uninteresting...... The investigation of these news is completely driven by a lofty and great sense of historical responsibility and mission, and there are sufficient and legitimate reasons.
For example---- saving the world, this reason is convincing enough, right?
Since leaving the gravel outpost, I have followed in the footsteps of Wagner and made my way north. I must say that this great genius madman, determined to benefit the world, is definitely the most cunning prey I have ever seen. His whereabouts are so secretive that it is impossible to trace them, and on several occasions I have completely lost all traces of him, and I am desperate to give up, but it is gratifying. At this time, there is always some clue to Wagner in the nearby towns and villages---- and the prerequisite is that you must find the unknown insider in the vast sea of people.
Gradually, I gained the experience of talking to everyone in my vision whenever I encountered such a dilemma. When they are lucky, they will tell you that some things have happened here recently, such as rotting corpses, dark shadows running in the night, screaming in terror, etc., these eight achievements are the traces left by Wagner; And sometimes they ask you to complete some irrelevant tasks. I also tried to get them done as much as I could---- because I wasn't sure if they would be able to give me some clues after completing them---- what the side effects of doing so were. In the course of six days, I moved up another level.
Sadly, most of the time, they'll tell you about trivial things in parenthood, and then quietly walk away before driving you crazy, and that's the terrible situation I'm in right now.
Everyone wants to find the only right guide in their confusion and follow the right path, but the cruel truth tells me. On the road of life. Most of your explorations and attempts are in vain, and it is difficult to find the way forward in just one or two explorations. It is quite possible that you will only get the right guidance when you are cornered in the end...... For example, you walked around a small village for more than 20 laps and questioned the only 30 or so villagers one by one twice, eager to tie them all up and torture them to extract confessions, and kept asking me until I was so anxious and crazy that I didn't get any news, and finally I was sitting under the street sign at the entrance of the village and the little kid who was muddy at night told you that two days ago, there happened to be a strange uncle with a sallow face and red eyes passing by the intersection on the left---- what made me angry to death was that this child was the villager I saw at first sight when I entered the village. But I was so dry that I talked to everyone else, even the dog in the village, and I tried to communicate with him several times before I remembered to talk to him......
In this case, Xian Ge Yayi would probably blame it on a vision defect, Fo Xiao would have thought it was a character problem, and Niu Million would definitely have put himself in the shoes of Niu Wan to wonder if I had lost my way in this small mountain village with only thirteen dilapidated thatched huts in total.
And I have an apt and succinct assessment of this matter:
I'm so *** unlucky!
Now, I think you can fully understand how noble it was with my compelled sentiments to come to these long-tongued women about all this nonsense of gossip. As I said earlier, I'm gossiping all about saving the world. Of course, you don't have to be ashamed of the little misunderstanding you just made about me, because I am well aware that in the difficult journey of seeking the truth, a pioneer like me who has the courage to take on and be faithful to his responsibilities is always easily misunderstood......
Well? What? You said that the daughter of the blacksmith's family in the east gate married with a big belly? And the child in the belly is not the groom's? What's going on? Tell me more about it...... Hey, whose hell is that kid for? Was it her cousin or the apprentice merchant? Hell, don't you keep babbling...... Hum. If you don't explain it, I'm not interested in this matter at all......
…… Not at all interested! I ordered a dress and was knocked over by a homeless man as soon as I walked out the door. The man was filthy and rude, and his body smelled like a lump of rotten meat. It stained a large patch of my clothes, and it was oily and bloody. The owner of the tailor's shop said he could help me fix it today, could you help me get it, handsome sir? I'm almost out of time for tonight's prom. "A middle-aged woman with brown hair tied up in a bun, a slight chubby body, a black mole on her lips, and a small folding fan in her hand suddenly stopped me and said to me with an anxious look on her head, her name on the top of her head indicating "Woman in a hurry to the ball."
A man with the smell of rotten meat? Also left with oil and blood stains? My heart fluttered: it sounded a lot like a clue from Wagner.
Thank you for the pervasive gossip news, and thank you for the perseverance of the gossip spirit. My own personal experience is enough to prove that gossip can save the world.
"Where did you meet him? See where he's going? I immediately asked.
"Oh my God, that's terrible, how can I go to the prom without a new dress? It's nothing short of apocalyptic. The woman was completely unresponsive to my question, screaming hysterically with her hands over her face.
"Madam, that man is dangerous, he has the potential to bring devastating ......" I was in a hurry. The solemn tone emphasized the seriousness of the matter.
"Oh my God, that's terrible, how can I go to the prom without a new dress? It's nothing short of the end of the world......" The woman ignored my words.
“…… Madam, don't you understand, this matter is very important, the whole continent is facing ...... "I finally got the news of Wagner, and I can't wait to ...... him all at once Or is it it? …… Pulled out of some dirt pit, and didn't have the heart to help this woman get some hellish dress. I was anxious to burn my internal organs, and tried hard to persuade the woman by rational means. Let her tell me where Wagner is as soon as possible. Then find someone else to help her get her clothes.
"Oh my God, that's terrible, how can I go to the prom without a new dress? It's the end of the world...... "The woman's attitude is as tough as a glacier standing on a polar plateau, with no sign of melting."
"Suck ......," I took a sharp breath into my chest, and the air flowing through my trachea brought a cool touch, so that I would not do anything cruel to this unreasonable old lady because of my hot head," ...... What am I going to say you understand? If you don't tell me where he is going soon, it could be the real end of the world. The end of the world ......"
"Oh my God. It's horrible, how can I go to the prom without a new dress? It's simply ......"
"Good. Okay, no problem, you win, I'll go, can't I go? I'm going to go to that immoral tailor's shop and get that damn dress for your stupid woman, so that you can wear it to that hell-damned ball. Madman, you madwoman...... "In the face of the woman's tenacious obsession, I finally had a nervous breakdown, and I had to let the world risk her destruction to get her a dress that was as little fabric as expensive as a suit of full-body chain armor, just so that she could show her fat in a place in full view.
I don't know if you feel this way, but many times, you simply can't understand the outlook and values of the female intelligent creature next to you, like now, the survival of the whole world in this woman's eyes is far less urgent and important than a new backless suit, although maybe her closet is already full of these flashy suggested textiles that have only been worn once, and although this dress may not be suitable for her at all. Sometimes I wonder if the first female creatures in the world came from another distant plane---- perhaps even more distant than the home of the Skywaders---- and the gods had brought them here to make the men's wills stronger......
Who knows?
Before leaving, I threw my curse in the woman's face in the most vicious language I could imagine:
"You bloated old!"
She was expressionless...... I'd rather think she's annoyed and speechless, because it gives me a little more balance.
Well, to summarize my current situation briefly: I am in a noisy city full of rumors and scandals, my ears are full of all kinds of gossip and vague gossip about the seven aunts and eight aunts, I am forced to get a dress that she is destined to wear by a stupid woman who thinks that a new dress is far more important than the danger of the mainland, and I have to take a little time out of my busy schedule to risk my life to save this fragile world. I can't imagine a worse situation.
"Jeff......" Suddenly, a crisp female voice sounded behind me on the left. At first I wasn't sure if the voice was calling me, but after a moment of hesitation, the voice called out my full name more clearly, "Jeffritz?" Kidd, here, we're here......"
As soon as I turned around, a beautiful figure came into my sight: it was a human woman, wearing a "shining crown" studded with various gemstones, a sky-blue "water spirit's ripple" robe, and a walnut two-handed staff inlaid with purple crystals, "Guardian of the Great Magire", and her body was covered with golden and expensive bits and pieces. You have to admit that she is a beautiful human woman, and she is dressed gracefully and luxuriously, but looking at her charming smile, you can always unconsciously feel a kind of erosive nouveau riche temperament. The concerned and warm gaze she looks at you always reminds people of the joy of the butcher watching the piglets he raised grow fat day by day.
"Jeffritz? Kidd, you still have four hundred and seventy-six gold coins, four silver coins, and sixty-two copper coins in your guild's account, and I have them all in your account! "The woman screamed excitedly when she saw me as if she had picked up her purse---- and as far as I could tell, the first thing she said when she greeted each guild member was this.
Well, to correct it, the worst situation I can think of would be: being in a noisy city full of rumors and scandals, with all the gossip of the seven aunts and eight aunts, being forced to get a dress that she was destined to wear because of a stupid woman who thinks that a new dress is far more important than the danger of the mainland, and risking her life to save this fragile world. The murderous wealth collector and aggregator, the greedy dragon concubine in human form, is surrounded by her empty hands and destitute as much as she is washed.
Wagner's idiot is also too slow, he should have ruined the world sooner?
I thought to myself secretly as I watched the elder approaching through the crowd......