Chapter 17: Las Vegas
The car was parked on the outskirts of Las Vegas, under the sign that read "Las Vegas" in Spanish.
It is a city that blooms from the desert, and even the places within easy reach of the city are untouched desert. As long as it loses maintenance for a few years, the city will inevitably be re-engulfed by the desert.
"Ah, it's been a great day."
It's early in the morning. Shang Luo took the night bus from the evening to the morning, and it was seven o'clock in the morning.
"The first time I spent the night on the bus, I felt pretty good, and sure enough, everyone's quality was very good after bathing Wanghua. Thank you. After getting out of the car, he turned back and nodded to the driver.
The driver nodded in return: "Have you brought all your luggage?" ”
"I didn't bring any luggage, it was all in my pocket. Do you have a schedule for your car in Las Vegas? I'll want to take you when I go back..."
The driver fled, making a sensation on the accelerator and fled to the next stop, without even having time to close the door.
"Tsk, what's there to be afraid of."
[Think about it from another perspective, if I have a brocade guard sitting in the car, I am also afraid. 】
"Leave this alone, I've got something very realistic, but I have to do..."
[What? 】
"I want to go to the toilet... Can you dodge it? ”
[Avoidance? Are you going to throw me out? 】
"No, I mean, maybe you can take your eyes back? After all, it's very uncomfortable to be stared at by others. ”
[Why are you so troublesome?] 】
"It's not just a matter of going to the toilet. We have to have some personal space between us, right? ”
[Okay.] Apollonia said helplessly, [Take out the music box and look at it. 】
His music box was in his pocket, and he reached out and pulled it out and opened the lid.
"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment, and the contents of the box changed. There were originally parts in the music box, which Senator Jefferson called "the body of God." Shang Luo still remembered what it looked like inside. Inside is a whole bunch of non-standard parts that make your scalp tingle, and there is a bullet hole in the shell before that "hammer" goes down.
Now, however, the music box is empty. But inside the pitch-black music box, something seemed to be shining with golden light. It was a small golden ball the size of a fingernail, and the ball was lying quietly inside.
"Hello? What about your body? Not in a music box? ”
No sound came, and Apollonia lost her response.
Tipping the music box over, he poured the ball into his hand - the moment it came into contact with the ball, his skin felt like an electric shock, and he subconsciously shook his hand, and the ball with the size of his fingernail flew out.
[Look, it's like this... Yes!!! 】
As soon as Apollonia said a few words, her voice flew out with the ball. A long "Ah————" was still ringing around his head.
The next moment, everything was silent.
It's not that there is no sound. Standing on the road at the door of Las Vegas, surrounded by sand. The whistling wind, the call of vultures, and the roar of the engines of passing cars. However, there was no voice from Apollonia alone.
At this moment, he always felt like a kite with a broken string. Although there was no physical discomfort, the loss of control over the future did make me feel like I was suffocating from drowning.
The hot wind blew mixed with the gravel, and the uncrowned hair was messy in the wind.
"That golden bean..."
He knew the crux of the matter. After the golden bean was thrown away, Apollonia "disappeared".
"Golden Bean... Where did the golden beans go? He looked down. In the vast desert, there is sand and dust on even the roads. The color of the golden bean is very close to the desert in the sun, which is not easy to find.
He hurriedly lowered his head to look for it, but fortunately, Jin Dou was lying at his feet, and he didn't get out far at all.
"Whew... OK. He breathed a sigh of relief and bent over to reach out.
This time he was prepared. The electric shock came again from the fingertips that touched the golden bean-
Apollonia's voice reconnected.
[What are you doing!] Scared the hell out of me! Why are you throwing me out! 】
When reconnected, Apollonia's voice was filled with anger - but there was also a hint of panic and panic in it, as if she was more flustered than Shangluo.
"Who knew you would discharge?"
[I don't discharge at all, that's your psychological effect.] 】
"Yes, yes, it's my fault."
【...】
"Why don't you speak?"
[Next time, don't throw me away.] Only you can hear me, and there is no second person. If you throw me away again, what awaits the infinite god machine 'Apollonia' will not be infinite possibilities, but infinite confinement. 】
"Hmm." Shang Luo nodded and didn't say anything more.
When he looked up again, he felt the air flow again, and the suffocating feeling of losing control of his fate finally disappeared.
With one hand in his pocket, he always used his fingertips to keep in touch with the "Golden Bean". It was true that no electricity was coming, but every time Apollonia spoke, there was an inexplicable sensation in his fingertips.
It felt like someone was pointing a finger at the center of their eyebrows. Even though there was no contact, there was a soreness and swelling of the foreign body in the center of the eyebrows. Now the sensation of a foreign body came from his fingertips, spreading all the way up the fingertips, all the way up through the heart.
To be honest, it's not very comfortable. But in order to keep talking, he can get used to it.
"Where's the toilet? Can you check it? ”
[I'm not lacking in virtue navigation, how can I help you check... Why don't I do a divination for you? You draw a card first. 】
"I can't do everything for a while, can I? Do I have to do divination with my left foot or my right foot before I go out? And how can a soothsayer always divinate himself all day long? Wouldn't that be a loss of life? ”
[Is there such a statement?] 】
"You don't know? If you don't know, forget it. ”
[No... Your opinion matters. Maybe I'm always unlucky, because I'm always trying to spy on my own fate. It's better to wait for the critical time to use it, it's not a good thing to use it too trivially after all. Just as Odin knew that Ragnarok was coming, he tried to redeem the fate of the gods, but his struggle made Ragnarok closer and closer. 】
"So if I always divinate the location of the toilet..."
[I don't know why, but I always think that you may have the wonderful result of 'never finding a public toilet'. 】
"Isn't that a curse! If I never find a public toilet, wouldn't my range of activities be limited to my own home and other people's homes?! ”
[That's it, so there's no difference between divination and curse that can't change the result.] You're right, don't divinate this kind of trivial matter of going out and taking your left and right feet first, maybe I'll surprise you someday. Find out for yourself. 】