Dean calls Tribeca, who is far away in Las Vegas, through Marco's home phone.

"Dean, I forgot to tell you before." The old woman's gentle voice came from the phone, "That old guy Marco has a short temper and is still sick, if he says anything offensive to you, you can bear with him a little more, don't make him angry." ”

"Don't worry, we're getting along." Dean turned his head to look at the old man next to him, "Closer to home, I have a problem and want to ask you." ”

Dean recounted his findings and the resulting speculation.

"Your instincts are as sharp as ever," Tribeca admitted, "and no one else would have thought of it." ”

"Can the stories in the books happen in reality?" Dean asked,

"I haven't experienced it firsthand, and I haven't heard anyone who has seen it, so I can't give you a definite answer. I can only tell a legendary story for reference. ”

Dean was in good spirits,

The woman continued, "A noble ancient king had a dream of a woman of astonishing beauty, dressed and dressed like the goddess of the harvest, who was revered and loved by the people. ”

"The king fell in love with her at first sight, and sought the best painter in the world to paint the face of the goddess in his dreams, but unfortunately he could not be satisfied."

"So he taught himself to paint, honed his painting skills day and night, devoted himself to it, and didn't even bother to take care of state affairs, and after more than ten years, he finally restored the appearance of the goddess in his dreams."

"On that very night, the goddess jumped out of the picture and came to reality and married the king."

……

"This legend is a typical example of fantasy becoming reality, and although it is only a story in my book, I can help you sort out some information," Tribeca concluded with a mutter, "It is impossible for ordinary people to turn fantasy into reality under normal circumstances. ”

"It has at least three key elements."

"Tell me about it?" Dean held his breath.

"First of all, the king's status is noble, and his bloodline and background are not ordinary."

"Secondly, the king had a strong obsession, which made him willing to endure boredom and boredom, and religiously honed his painting skills for more than ten years."

"Thirdly, the object of the king's painting was not a mortal thing, but the goddess of the harvest, who embodied the faith and spirit of many people."

……

Dean kept nodding, and according to this analysis, if the plot in Lu Shu's book can become a reality, then these three conditions should also be met.

Is Luben obsessed strong?

I have loved writing since I was a child, insisted on writing for more than 30 years, lived in a humble apartment and devoted myself to creation, and was hit by the publishing house many times, but still did not give up.

Second, although the people in Luben are characters that he created based on his mother.

But the story takes place on the Virginia Street Bridge, a monumental artifact in Reno's divorce history.

Once, countless divorced couples dropped their wedding rings on the bridge, and this bridge entrusted them with the blessings and expectations of bidding farewell to the past and embracing a new life, which contained the strong spiritual will of human beings.

Dean believes that even if there is no spiritual will, it can accumulate to achieve qualitative change.

As Tame once said, human emotions contain the power to create miracles.

……

Two of the three premises are close to the same.

The survey has jumped to 50 percent!

Di's head must have been on the head, and that crappy writer of Luben might have really created a miracle!

Only the last condition remains.

He asked, holding the microphone,

"Tribeca, how much do you know about Marco's family?"

The woman on the other end of the line was strangely silent.

Behind his back, Marco couldn't help but open his mouth,

"Do you treat me like air, why bother asking her? I have the impression that our family has been ordinary people for generations, including my father. I've never seen them display any supernatural abilities, except that they like to collect bizarre scraps of copper and iron, antique objects linked to the occult, but most of them have long since been sold or lost, and only three remain. ”

Dean was slightly disappointed, but on second thought, maybe there was some kind of magical item in these collections?

"Can you show me the collection?"

"I'll be honest with you, the remaining three pieces of the collection were taken by Luben for inspiration, and then disappeared with him." Marco regretted, "You'll have to find someone first." ”

Marco snatched the microphone from Dean as he spoke, "It's me, ahem, you tell me the truth, is this detective you recommend reliable?" ”

“……”

Dean's face stiffened when he was questioned in person, and then he comforted himself that geniuses and capable people would inevitably be misunderstood by ordinary people.

……

Hanging up the phone, Marco returned to the living room couch and looked at Dean with complicated eyes, "So, do you think the dream goddess in the road book came to the real world and took him away at the Virginia Street Bridge?" ”

"That's right, can you not look at me with that outrageous look..."

"Okay. But as Luben's father, I had no idea that what he wrote could become a reality, otherwise he would have written himself a billionaire. Marco shook his head,

"You didn't hear Tribeca's explanation, it's not just about writing anything, this ability to turn fiction into reality has strict conditions, and the historical bridge in Luben's autobiography, the goddess in dreams, and the special plot composed by himself just meet the conditions." Dean replied without changing his face,

"Your words remind me of a time when I went to a psychiatric hospital to talk to a paranoid patient." Marco looked concerned,

"As long as I can find the roadbook, what if I'm crazy?" Dean didn't want to argue anymore, "And you've asked the police and other detectives to do a lot of research according to the usual methods, is it useful?" ”

Marco's face darkened.

"Don't you dare to try my method? If it drags on any longer, Lu Ben may not be able to live. ”

"Sharp-toothed boy." Marco swallowed the sense of absurdity and sighed, "Then if the plot of the book becomes a reality, how can we find someone?" ”

"Luben's destination after his disappearance should be written in the second half of his autobiography." Dean calmly analyzed,

Marco shook his head,

"It's a shame that I don't really have that book in my possession, and no one else can have it, because it's already in the Truckee River."

Here's the problem.

The two don't know anything about the plot of the second half, and they can't find Luben's whereabouts based on it.

What should I do?

……

The hall was suddenly so quiet that you could hear a pin dropping.

Marco went to fetch two cups of hot tea and waited quietly for the young man opposite.

Dean clasped his chin with his hands clasped and his eyes flashed with thought.

Puff p

A steady heartbeat is like the swinging hands of a clock.

Time passes by second.

At one point, Dean got up from the couch and walked around the living room a few times, muttering words in his mouth,

"I'm not Lu Ben, and I'll never guess what plot he wrote in the second half of the book."

"I'm not him, so I can't guess."

"And if I'm him?" A light flashed in Dean's eyes, as if lightning tore through the fog in his mind, "If I substitute for Luben, I become Luben..."

"Louder, what did you find?" Marco rubbed his ears,

Dean put "Luben Van Hersing" on the coffee table and flipped to one of the plots,

"The plot of Luben's heroic rescue of beauty takes place at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, have you checked the Virginia Street Bridge at that time?"

"In half a year, if not ten, but seven or eight times, I stayed up all night guarding the bridge without closing my eyes," Marco regretted, "but I'm 100% sure that there is no woman in red who wants to jump off the bridge, except for bats, not even a ghost." ”

……

Dean bowed.

I certainly didn't notice it when I went to the Virginia Street Bridge unprepared, because it didn't fit the storyline of the book.

But Dean has the ability to simulate and perfectly replicate the storyline of the first half.

"I first changed my shape, then I put on the face, skin, and body shape of Luben, and then put on the black trench coat, black straight-leg jeans, and black leather shoes described in the book, and got drunk at the Lover's Bar, and rushed to the Virginia Street Bridge at twelve o'clock at midnight, could I meet the Lady in Red, and then push the story in the book forward?"

"Find the whereabouts of the real Luben!"

That's it!

A flame flashed in Dean's eyes, there was nothing else he could do!

……

But then, a new problem arose.

If Dean wants to be modeled as Luben, he first needs to analyze Luben's blood sample, but Luben has been missing for half a year, where to get blood?

He looked at Marco with faint hope, and the old man was looking at him with pity, as if a doctor were looking at a terminally ill patient,

"Do you have Luben's blood on hand?" Dean asked,

"What do you want to do with it?" Marco looked puzzled, a little unable to keep up with the other party's brain circuits.

"I'm useful, anyway, if you want to find your son, you'd better help me."

The old man looked at Dean again with that strange look, and was silent for a long time,

"Well, you're lucky, Luben is a frequent drinker, and I'm worried about his health, and I can't convince him to go to the hospital for a check-up. So every once in a while, I would take a blood test for him myself... I probably still have some unused samples frozen in my clinic, but they may have deteriorated for a long time. Dean was amazed and delighted,

"If it goes bad, it goes bad. But aren't you a veterinarian? ”

"The medical technology of humans and animals is partly the same."

"Let's go, take me to see it!"

(End of chapter)