Volume I: The End of the World 76
Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. I don't know if I'm prepared for this opportunity, and I don't know if it's still a joke to give me this opportunity. However, it came, and I couldn't let it go when faced with the only chance to find Ralph.
I frantically searched the rooftops and alleys for clues. After a few broken clues, I didn't hesitate to choose a sixth sense that I didn't trust much. I feel like I have to find him faster, catch up with him, find him!
This is the second time I've used my sixth sense to find my way. The first time it was lucky, this time it ...... Not really. I still seem to have lost the clue.
I'm not convinced! I can't accept such a mockery!
Return to the corpses again, and once again look for clues that may have been overlooked.
"What's wrong with you?" Uther asked me.
I don't agree. He asked me again. I shoved him away.
"Bill? What happened to you? Those patients ......"
"What do those patients have to do with me! If it doesn't work, let them die! I can't save them! I turned around and rushed to the roof. I searched carefully again along the footprints.
Gradually, the sky grew brighter, and then brighter and brighter. Standing on the shore of Lake Lordamere, I looked at the lake in a daze. Now I feel a little unable to remember any clues in my head, so I searched for half of the city, and with my own feelings, I came to the lake outside the city.
The water is not completely frozen, and gently laps against the slightly frozen shore. There was fog on the lake, and the foggy distance made my heart as confused as the lake.
I don't know how far I walked along the shore of the lake, and a small boat was thrown diagonally on the shore.
"Could there be a clue to this? Could this be the one left behind by the bunch of tongueless guys? "That's what I had in my head, and I couldn't wait for that.
The snow on the boat turned my slim hopes into disappointment. Standing on the side of the boat, I suddenly remembered the fish boss again......
In the morning, the city did not come alive with the blessings of the church, and the sparse peddle of vendors in the market made the otherwise noisy street even more bleak. The curtain of the fish shop was also hanging lifelessly.
The two watchdogs at the door were gone, so I lifted the curtain and walked in. The boss was sitting in front of the brazier roasting his hands, and when he saw me come in, he had a look of surprise on his face. "I didn't expect you to be alive."
My face twitched, and I was surprised by what I said at this point. Dragging a stool across from him, I stared into his eyes. I didn't expect me to be alive...... Ha! "I wasn't that easy to get killed." My tone was unceremonious.
"There's no fish to sell now, brother."
"There is no fish to sell, and the shop is still open?"
"As long as it doesn't go out of business, it has to be open."
"But there are fish in the lake, aren't they?"
"Somebody has to buy it."
"Did anyone buy it the other day?"
"Nope." He looked at me, but didn't answer me immediately.
"I want to." I leaned forward.
"You didn't have that thing you asked last time."
"How do you know I'm going to ask about that thing?"
"As long as you come into contact with that thing, even if you smell it, you will poison it, and you can't stop it! Apparently you have been exposed to it. ”
"There's this stuff in the lake now!" I say.
"Oh?" He looked a little surprised.
"You don't know, do you?" I say.
"I really don't know." He narrowed his eyes.
"Last night they slaughtered their own people in the church territory." I say.
"You should rest in moderation and not stay up late often." He pointed to his eyes.
"They've come to you." I say.
"Hah! Sir, you're really joking. ”
"What did they buy from you?" My tone was tough.
"I think you're a little insane." He tilted his head and looked at me. "I'll tell you if I have one, after all, this news is worth it."
I kept my mouth shut, he seemed to have a point, but I still had a feeling in my heart that he must have seen the silent ones. The guy who rushed out of the quarantine must not have run away for no reason. Since their accomplices killed him nearby, it must not be a coincidence, let alone an unavoidable guardian. The guy I crippled must have been infected......
Other words! The reason they killed him must have been because they found me! I'm still under their watch!
I rushed out the door. rushed to the quarantine center.
The body had been carried away, and Uther looked at me in amazement, "What's wrong with you! ”
"Corpses! Where did that person come from? "I yelled at him!
"What?"
"Where did you pick up that guy who was shot?" I grabbed him by the shoulder and shook it vigorously.
"This has to be asked by the patrol!" He pointed to the man behind him.
Standing in the house where the guy was found, he checked every nook and cranny inch by inch, from the first floor to the second floor and then to the attic, and from the house he found the courtyard outside the house. They did live here, and there were bloody bandages, a mess of bedding, and a pile of excrement in the attic.
I couldn't wish it was Ralph's! But it doesn't seem to be, after all, there are still large pieces of meat in the food that has been spilled on the ground! Would they give Ralph such food?
I'm not a dog, and I can't find a dog that can smell and tell me if this is Ralph's life!
Looking around this courtyard, what other details did I not find? The yard was empty, except for the pile of firewood and grass!
I frantically opened the firewood and grass, and a sliding door to the cellar suddenly appeared in front of me!
Drawing the sword from my waist, I opened the cellar door! A foul smell hits your face! My heart instantly cooled in half!
Resisting the stench of feces and urine inside, I went down the wooden ladder to the cellar. The light of the torches illuminated the cellar, and the rows of shelves in the cellar did not know what was placed, and behind the shelves revealed an indecipherable thing, which seemed to be a blanket!
My heart was beating wildly, and I kept telling myself that I would accept it even if it was really like that! I can take it! I'll be able to handle that!
The raised sword was trembling slightly, and I slowly turned my face to the side!
At this moment, I can't describe it as a mixture of joy and sorrow in my heart!
There is no Ralph there! There is no corpse of Ralph! But Ralph's blouse was ripped and thrown there! That's Ralph's clothes!
There was blood on the ground, but not much! I lifted the bowl that had been knocked over on the floor, and the food that had been spilled on the floor was all the dregs they had eaten. There were also bandages with blood on the ground, severed ropes. I looked at the messy footprints on the ground and the marks left behind. All this information makes me a little happy in my heart!
Ralph is alive! He's alive!
Again, I carefully inspected the walls and every nook and cranny. Ralph, the idiot, didn't leave me a little, even a little bit of useful information! I laughed and cursed softly.
This news makes me feel better! He's alive! I've got to find him!
Standing diagonally across the street corner from this house, I stared at it and kept thinking about it. Why didn't they kill Ralph? Did they get any useful information from Ralph? Lone wolf ...... Did you give up on us?
The more I think about it, the more confused I become, but there is always one thought in my heart that cannot be dispelled. Boss Fish is lying!
Back at the Seongnam Market, I did my old job again and lurked in the shadows.
From daytime to dusk, the afterglow of the cold wind and bleak sunset blew cold. There were also candles lit in the houses of the living. Finally, a big man walked up to the fish shop, looked around, and got in.
By the time I climbed up the window, the conversation between the fish boss and the big man in the house seemed to be over. Boss Fish patted him on the shoulder and handed him a small bag. There were several small bags piled up on the table behind him.
"You're urging them to keep an eye on these idiots! Especially the outsiders who have been in the city for a long time. Anything you have to report to me about this. ”
The big man nodded, took the money bag into his arms, and turned to go downstairs.
Foreigner...... Is he talking about me?
The big man got out of the fish shop and walked down the street humming a little song. It's not easy to follow a person on this kind of street where no one is around, and it's easy to find or get lost!
I can't make any more mistakes!
The man walked from the market in the south of the city to a blacksmith shop in the north of the city. This man's figure is quite in line with the impression of a blacksmith. But the strange thing is that he came out within a minute of going in!
I wanted to go up and see what was going on, but I hurriedly dodged and hid back. The man got out of the smithy and turned into the alley, and I followed this guy half a city around! I cursed in my heart! I saw him go straight into a tavern.
At first glance, I knew that this was not a serious tavern at all, much less serious than the one I was staying in...... It's called Big Tavern.
If it weren't for the plague, the business would have exploded, because even now, there are still many customers in the shop. Of course, listening to the name of the tavern, this group of men did not come just to drink.
I'm not going to lie out the window and watch the heat that might be going on in the house, it's too cold! I also need some warmth.
Pushing open the door, I strode inside.
"Ahh Welcome, welcome! A woman with a half-aged with a crisp breasts and half exposed makeup greeted her, which was very much in line with the impression of this kind of person in my mind.
I stared at her and leaned in, and the old woman smiled and only looked me up and down, then stared into my eyes. Behind her thick red lips were a mouthful of yellowed teeth.
"It's a very wise choice to come here to warm up on such a cold day!" The old woman took her little folding fan and gently nodded at me, and seeing that I was not responding, she stretched out her slender fingers and touched my arm.
I tilted my head and didn't speak, holding out a finger to pick her chin, her pale face the same color as her neck.
"I'm picky!"
"You're satisfied."
"I'll have to pick."
"Hahahaha! Of course, this side please. ”
There was a conservatory behind the bar, and when I opened the door, I was greeted by a rich smell of rouge gouache, which was a little choking, but much better than the cellar where Ralph was.
There were more than a dozen girls in the room, and they all looked at each other.
I frowned, why is she here?