"That man is also an extraordinary person."

"Oh? How can you be so sure? Esther twisted a little edge from the black bread in her arms and handed it to Xiao Qi's mouth, which was full of disgust.

Xiao Qi finally fell behind in this brief stalemate, because it didn't want to see Esther walk all the way with her hands raised, and it could only accept this boring feeding behavior.

Swallowing the bread crumbs, Xiao Qi said again: "I don't know if Xiao Wu has the characteristics of each sequence of science popularization with you. But considering that there are a bit more potential threats around you, at least you should understand some concepts. ”

"Does the majesty of Madam Hugh come from her extraordinary ways?"

"Yes, it's the same route as your bow tie, known as 'arbiter' in general and 'inquisitor' more specifically."

"That's right."

Asther was walking down the street with two bags of black bread, and she deliberately passed by the church of the East End Night Church, and glanced at it from a distance, although a few believers were talking to the pastor, but she didn't see a familiar figure.

No, there are still familiar figures.

The moment Esther saw the pair of bright emerald green eyes, she quickened her pace, lowered her hood, and hurried to the end of the street.

The black-haired young man turned his head to this side in confusion, only to see a suspicious figure with a crow on his shoulder disappearing around the corner, he raised his right hand wearing red gloves and inadvertently covered his mouth: "Old man, what have you found?" ”

"Nothing...... It's something you don't need to remember. ”

The old voice in his head muttered. The appearance of the crow gave him a very bad premonition, and it was better not to touch the strange little girl again.

As for the black-haired young man, she has long forgotten who she is.

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"Hamel" blew a "little star" at the intersection of Black Palm Street, and the attracted children soon arrived, waiting to exchange the gossip they heard everywhere for the belly-padding bread in the hands of the "harmonica elf".

Xiao Qi stood on a fence on a high place, just enough to look down and see the situation of this street.

The title was still given to the rabbit, and he was not as reserved as the other children were when they faced "Ms. Hamel". Especially after hearing about the attack on Kaping House and the fact that Penny really appeared in the Goddess Church on the East End, the rabbit is full of worship for "Hamel", and every time he sees her, he will most actively squeeze to the front, even if he leaves him, he will be the last to go.

After listening to the children, Esther learns that there are still people looking for the followers of the "Fool", but they have not obtained clues, and it seems that no members of the Tarot Society have been exposed, which makes Esther feel a lot more relieved. Workers are being called on strike in an organized manner, but the children don't know much about it, and Esther doesn't expect them to gather more targeted information.

After most of the children had finished talking, they soon began to disperse, and the rabbit remained until the end, as usual, standing on tiptoe from time to time in impatience, and stubbornly staying under the slightly reproachful gaze of the leader.

As soon as the surroundings calmed down, the rabbit jumped up to Esther's side and looked at her with burning eyes: "Hamel Hamel, someone has recently posted a very high bounty, do you want to try it?" ”

Esther replied to him with some amusement: "Since it is a high reward, it means that the other party must be difficult to deal with, and I dare not provoke the other party." ”

The rabbit looked nervously left and right, lowered his voice and said excitedly: "But you are obviously very powerful!" Or you can go to the 'Black Emperor of Rogues' for help! ”

"Okay, don't be cranky, I don't know the 'Rogue Black Emperor' at all, but who is the person who is being rewarded?"

"Hey, hey! I knew you would be interested! The rabbit puffed out his chest proudly, "A lot of gangsters are looking for this man named 'Azk Eggers', and people with Byron blood are still quite conspicuous in Beckland, and I don't know which big man he offended." ”

Esther always felt that the name was a little familiar, but she didn't remember it for a while.

Seeing that "Hamel" did not respond, the rabbit continued: "I heard that he is still a university lecturer, and he should be a person who knows a lot of things, and that is what ......"

"You mean 'erudition'?" Esther grabbed a handful of peanuts from her pocket, mixed them with a few pennies, and motioned for the rabbit to reach out and catch it, "Thank you for the news, but I have no intention of becoming a bounty hunter." At all times, safety is paramount, you know? ”

The rabbit took the peanut into his bosom, took out all the pennies, and blushed to hand it back to "Hamel": "I can't take it!" I've already eaten your bread! ”

"It's extra intelligence money, okay?"

Hearing this, the rabbit quickly stuffed a few pennies into the inside of his stocking, moving quickly, for fear that "Hamel" would regret it.

Esther chuckled, ignoring the grease stains on the rabbit's hair, patted the boy on the head, and walked leisurely out of the street.

Before she could completely leave the rabbit's sight, Xiao Qi suddenly flew down from above and nagged Esther's ear vigorously: "Hurry up, your acquaintance is here." ”

Xiao Qi didn't know Klein, and listening to the tone of his voice, there must be a big problem with this "acquaintance".

Within two minutes of Esther stepping out of Black Palm Street, another man in a soft-topped gentleman's hat approached, wearing a long gray-blue trench coat with a slim fit, a tie trimmed with gold threads, his hands in his pockets, and a pair of wide sunglasses over his eyes, covering most of his face.

He only glanced around the street briefly, then turned his gaze to the alley next to him.

A ragged boy with a stained face and the cleanest hands in his body was squatting, happily knocking on a handful of peanuts as if it were some great delicacy.

The man's hand was drawn from the pocket of his long trench coat, and a copper coin with a fivepence denomination leapt out of his finger, rolling all the way to the edge of the boy's broken shoe, reflecting the greed in the boy's eyes.

The boy, who was no more than ten years old, quickly reached out and tucked the penny into his trouser pocket, pretending not to see the man walking slowly, and continued to knock the peanuts on his own.

"Little Mouse, did you see a coin falling around here?"

"No, sir." The boy said without changing his face, "I've been eating." ”

The man grinned with his white teeth, but the smile made the boy feel very uncomfortable: "Then do you see a young woman passing by in the neighborhood?" Pale blonde hair, not very tall. ”

There was a slight pause in the boy's action of peeling peanut shells, but he shook his head casually: "You seem to be a rich gentleman, the person you are looking for should not be in the East End, I suggest you go to Jowood or St. George's District." I'm not a pimp either, sir. ”

The boy looked up innocently, his messy brown bangs hanging down in front of his eyes, revealing the scrutinizing shrewdness of his eyes below.

"Not only do you know her, you know her well. Familiar enough that you are willing to offend a strange 'rich gentleman' and mislead others about her whereabouts at the risk of surviving on the streets. ”

The man's fluttering affirmation made the boy's hand move for a moment, and the peanut that was about to be stuffed into his mouth fell to the ground.

"So, where did she go?" The man asked with a smile.

The boy only felt creepy, and all his thoughts were directly disrupted, and this strange development made him shiver all over.

The other party is like being able to see through his heart! He's got to run! You can't put the "harmonica elf" in danger because of yourself!

The boy jumped up from the ground and rushed into the nearby alley, burrowing through a line of loose barbed wire, despite the possibility of a wound on his body. The boy squeezed into the winding path he knew best, and ran far along the winding shadows on the back of the building, trying to get rid of the terrible man by his familiarity with the terrain.

The man in the sunglasses didn't make any action to catch up, he stood there and shook his head, then leaned down and picked up the peanuts that had fallen from the boy's mouth from the ground.

That's enough.

Two more.

(End of chapter)