Then the three travelers saw a pair of beautiful eyes, watery eyes wide open, staring straight at Monica's whip.

"I've been pretending to be asleep for a long time, it's time to get up." Monica took her clothes and helped her sit up, and said with a cold face, "Either you answer our questions obediently, or hang you from the net on top all night, and give you a chance to choose for yourself." By the way, if you choose the first one, but the answer is not honest, in addition to hanging you up, it will also come with a set of whip service to ensure that you are satisfied."

"I, can I ask a question first?" The woman twisted her body, resigned herself to giving up the struggle, and finally spoke. Just like outside, the woman's voice was still gentle and gentle, but she became timid, and she didn't have the courage to die together at all, and when she saw that the others didn't stop her, she cautiously asked, "What you just said is true, my companions have been led to a safe place by you, and they have all survived?"

The three travelers looked at each other, all surprised.

"It's okay, at least not yelling, otherwise you'll even have to shut your mouth." Monica tapped her palms with a whip, looked up at the grid floor above, and said grimly, "It's quite bold, and you dare to ask anything else when you fall into our hands." I think you want to go up there and spend the night."

"I, I woke up early." The yellow-robed woman lowered her head and whispered, "I have basically heard your words, and I can hear that you are not bad people, just passing travelers, and you will not hurt me."

"Then what are you shivering about?" Monica poked the woman in the shoulder with the handle of her whip and sneered, "Pretend to be pathetic to gain sympathy?"

"Even if I know I don't need to be afraid, I'm still scared when I should be afraid, and I can't control it." The woman said aggrievedly, "Especially my companions don't know the life and death of now, and I don't have the ability to resist, of course I'm even more afraid."

Monica didn't say anything more, but gestured to Babu with an inquiring look, and Babu pondered for a moment before nodding, "You heard it right, your four buddies should be fine by now. I took them to another suitable place for camp, and your position is unknown, and I can't bring you all back here."

"I understand." The woman looked down at the rope on her body, smiled wryly and sighed, ""

"In that case, I won't scare you." Seeing that the woman had been honest, Monica regretfully put away her whip, "Just now you said that we were passing travelers, it seems that you are not, you are the living residents of the neighborhood?"

"I am Matilda, the eldest daughter of the Pinter family in Midnight City, and on behalf of my deceased father and all the members of the Pinter family, I thank you for your help. In view of the current special circumstances, the etiquette will be put on hold for now, but the gratitude of the Pinter family will not fade because of this. Thanks to the care of a few of them, and if they ask for something, the Pinter family is willing to give them a rich gift to show their sincerity."

Monica and Babu opened their mouths, but neither of them spoke, and the woman who called herself Matilda suddenly became solemn and polite, which made the two of them a little confused, and neither of them knew how to deal with it for a while. On the contrary, Judy, who had not said a word, suddenly raised her head from the book, looked at Matilda with surprised eyes, owed to the other party, and replied in an indifferent but clear voice: "Monica and Lady Monica of the Bábu Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Barb, together with Miss Anna and the maid Judy, send greetings to the Pinter family in Midnight City, and wish the Pinter family a long and prosperous bloodline. At this time, if there is an opportunity to visit, the two hosts must personally greet the owner of the Pinter family with formal etiquette. The two masters ordered me to convey that it is the duty to help you, and that there is no need to be grateful, and that the so-called care is only an expedient measure forced by the situation, and that once the form changes, you will be sent back with respect, and until then, please rest assured."

Although Matilda was tied, she still nodded reservedly, and her nervous expression eased a lot, and the whole person seemed relaxed. Monica and Babu didn't know why this sudden change was the effect, and guessed that it was Judy's answer, so they simply leaned over to Judy and asked in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, I didn't have time to discuss it with you, so I'll reply at my own discretion." Judy hesitated slightly, but replied, "Did I say it from time to time, I'm Vera

I came out of Wangcheng and worked as a maid in the local nobleman's house for a long time, so I am familiar with the etiquette between nobles. I've never heard of Midnight City, and I don't know about the Pinter family, but the routines of these great nobles are the same."

"I always think you mean something in what you just said." Babu frowned and said thoughtfully, "It shouldn't be my delusion."

"Heh, she's still scared, so she habitually wants to test our intentions, she's promising in a noble way, she has a noble status, and now that she's been captured by us, she and her family are willing to pay a ransom in exchange for her safety and freedom." Judy secretly glanced at Matilda, who was silent on the other side of the campfire, and sneered, "Seeing that you didn't understand, she started to get a little nervous. I felt that you didn't really intend to hurt her, so I took it upon myself to appease you, and I used the name of the Chamber of Commerce and you without consulting you, I'm sorry."

"You still call us master, it's even, but we still want to thank you for your timely help." Thanks to your help, otherwise we wouldn't have heard these strange clichés at all, and we might have been embarrassed in the future." Monica looked at Babu, and the two of them laughed dumbly, and she patted Judy's hand and said gratefully, "So you and her are ......."

"I just used these routines to let her know that we are also people with status, at least understand the rules of the nobility, and know what she means. Then tell her that we don't care about her and her family, and we don't plan to ask for ransom, and that we are just afraid that she will mess around, and let her go once the situation improves, so that she doesn't need to be nervous." Judy said lightly, "You don't have to thank me, I didn't mean to help you, it's just that in a city like this, there are probably some records of marginal knowledge in it, so try to have a good relationship with the forces in this world." Of course, if you really plan to stay around for a while to explore the art gallery, it's important for you to maintain a good relationship, but that's your business, not me."

"Yes, yes, it has nothing to do with it, anyway, it's our own business to thank you, we thank you, what's your business."

With a perfunctory wave of his hand, Babu pretended not to see Judy gritting her teeth, and walked over to Matilda and sat down. Matilda's body tensed involuntarily, and it wasn't until Monica came to sit next to her that her muscles relaxed again.

"Is your present world near?" The Báb asked, "The one on the other side of the river?"

"River? Oh, oh, yes." Matilda replied, "On the other side of the river is our Midnight City, an ancient city with a hundred years of history, very prosperous, and you are always welcome to visit it."

"It's midnight, and it's a century-old city." As if inadvertently, the Báb asked, "So, you also have the protection of the gods?" And have sheltered you for a hundred years?"

"Yes, Midnight City has been under the protection of Lord Jelu for many years." Even though Matilda was tied, she straightened up with difficulty, and said respectfully, "Under the protection of Lord Jeru, Midnight City has survived every disaster safely, and today it has a population of 80,000.

"It seems that Lord Jeru must have been beloved in Midnight City." Babu suddenly showed a sneering expression and said meaningfully, "But it is only because of the protection of Lord Jeru, do you dare to run into the edge at night?"

"Well, we ......," Matilda explained, blushing, with an embarrassed look, "We came out to run errands, but because of some delays, we didn't have time to get back to the present world before dark, and then because of some accidents, we alarmed the mutants, and they chased them all the way, so that they gathered more and more."

"Running errands on the edge?" Monica interrupted Matilda's explanation and asked suspiciously, "Although the resistance of you is not low, judging by the way you act, you don't look like professionals who are engaged in exploring things on the edge, what do you laymen need to do?" Isn't that tantamount to sending you to death? Moreover, can you return to this world in time, but it is a matter of life and death, what important things can you do so that you don't even have to delay your lives?"

"I, we ......" Matilda hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and explained as if in abandonment, "something was lost in the city, it may be

Thrown into the edge, in addition to a few edge exploration pairs, each family also sent dozens of squads to search for lost items in the edge, and the five of us were also one of the teams. It's true that we rarely go to the edge, but we're not ordinary people who are incapable of fighting, and it's our responsibility to solve problems for Midnight City."

"Problem solving...... Huh." Monica smiled sneeringly, shook her head, and said, "What important things did you lose that made your families send so many people, even you, the eldest daughter of the family, to send them to ...... Gone?"

"A sculpture is worthless to anyone else, but it means a lot to the citizens of Midnight City, and it must be recovered, or it will cause great trouble." Matilda took turns staring at the faces of the three of them, and asked cautiously, "You guys, you guys, you didn't just happen to meet each other, did you?"

The Báb did not answer, but smiled noncommittally.

"The timing seems to be just right." Matilda said suspiciously, "A few days ago there were a few travelers in the city, and they looked like normal merchants, there were often merchants in the city, and a group of them would pass by in a few days, and no one would care about them. As a result, at noon today, they took advantage of our other activities to sneak in and steal the statue, and then fled to the edge, and by the time we tracked them down, they, along with the responders, had been killed by the powerful mutants, their broken clothes and blood stains were still there, but the statue was never found, and the elders suspected that it had been taken by their responders."

"Couldn't it be taken over by mutants?" Monica asked tentatively.

"Unlikely, we have a special way to track down the statue." Matilda shook her head, "We can sense its location, whether it's destroyed by a mutant or occupied by a mutant, we can follow the sense, but now it's gone out of thin air. The elders say that the only possibility is that the person answering us has cut off our senses in an unknown way and escaped with something, but if you think about it, if someone happens to pass by, it's not impossible to take the statue while they were all killed by the mutants. The only question is how they will avoid our induction after they pick it up."

"It's a simple way, just put it in a storage bag." The two of them no longer hid it, and Babu asked directly, "Why did you suddenly think of us and dare to ask it in person?"

"You're asking too much detail." Matilda didn't get scared, but smiled lightly for the first time tonight, "And I remember, before I woke up, you two mentioned that our clothes were very similar to the same thing, and it just so happened that the robe that the statue was wearing was exactly the same as what we were wearing, so I think you must have seen the statue, and it was probably in your hands. As for asking me face to face, what you said before I woke up means that you don't know anything about the situation in Midnight City, and it can't be those who know us very well, so I judge that you have nothing to do with those people, and you may have passed by by accident."

"It's not possible, we just passed by by accident."

Babu didn't feel anything wrong, but seeing that Monica and Judy both showed puzzled and dazed expressions, he suddenly reacted, with the erratic nature of the current world, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for non-residents of the city to know too much about the city, but Matilda took it for granted, and Babu couldn't help but ask directly.

"I'm sorry, but this has something to do with some special circumstances in the city." Matilda's face was a little regretful, but she explained honestly, "I can't reveal it to you, and I ask for your understanding."

"It's okay, everyone has the right to keep their secrets." Babu waved his hand absently, "However, your delay in returning to the present world after that, and the accident that alarmed the mutants, also had something to do with this?"

"Not really." Matilda was even more embarrassed, her face even flushed slightly, and she shook her head and said, "The delay is because of a little personal matter, as for the accident, in fact, we don't know what it is, the mutant found me inexplicably, and no matter how we hid, the mutant chased us all the way here."

"Wait, what did you just say?" Monica took a breath of cool air, looked at Babu, and asked in a whisper, "The mutant is chasing you?"

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Well, it's been a couple of times, and you can't dodge it at all, you guys...... No......

No one answered her, Judy had already extinguished the campfire, and Barbu picked the corner of the window tarpaulin and looked out.

Nothing could be seen, but a large number of rustling sounds rang out from various locations in the square, and in the darkness, it seemed as if endless monsters were quietly wandering.