Before dawn the next day, Qi Yan took a map at the front desk of the hotel and got up to go to the only tailor shop in town.

Although the design of the hotel is in the style of the Middle Ages, in fact the date of the copy is closer to the fifties and sixties, and the style of the hotel is only a personal preference of the owner, as the film photos in the basement and the Coke in the hands of the little boy at the front desk speak for themselves.

A grey road stretches over the brown wilderness, perhaps because the town is too remote for a long time without a car, and the train platform not far from the hotel looks like a long-abandoned one, with peeling buildings in their original form.

The horizon at the end of the road is illuminated by dawn, the boulder-covered wilderness is covered with cacti and sage, the air is filled with the freshness of the wilderness, and all the sleeping creatures are gradually awakening.

By the time the sky was getting brighter, Qi Yan had arrived at the market center of the town.

The town was depressed, and there were no vendors and residents who came to catch the morning market, only a few shops began to make tinkling sounds, and the woman who pushed the door of the shop had not had time to wash, yawning lazily and not seeming to be enthusiastic about the day's business.

Qi Yan followed the guidance of the map for most of the circle, and finally found the only tailor shop in the town.

The façade of the shop is very small, and it would be difficult for tourists to find it if it were not for the coordinates marked on the map.

The wooden sign on the door that says "OPEN", the peeling paint and the rusty lock are enough to indicate that this is a long-established store.

The door was hidden, but Qi Zhen still knocked politely.

"Please come in, I hope you weren't the drunk who knocked on the wrong door last night." The old tailor joked, and a little surprise flashed across his face when he saw that the guest who had pushed the door in was a strange priest.

Qi Zhen got straight to the point and said: "Sorry to disturb me early in the morning, I urgently need a set of dresses for the wedding, so I want to ask for your help." ”

The old tailor warmly greeted the long-lost guests: "No problem, I just don't have any work at hand, and I am skilled in more than 30 years of craftsmanship, and I can generally design clothes for guests within five days and rush them out, of course, it depends on the difficulty of making clothing." ”

Qi Yan handed the design drawing of the groom's uniform to the old tailor: "If you don't need to design it, how long will it take to do it directly according to the design on the drawing?" ”

"I'll look at the drawings first." The moment the old tailor unfolded the design, his brows twisted vigorously, and then he made a "huh" sound.

Qi Zhen originally thought that the tailor master was surprised to see that the priest was going to customize the groom's dress, but he didn't expect the old tailor to think for a while and then said: "This guest, I have made the same style of dress, and I also made two sets at that time, one of which is left in my tailor's shop, you can come and see if it is the same." ”

The old tailor continued to explain while leading Qi Zhen to see the finished product: "I remember that this was the case, a customer came to me with a design manuscript to make a wedding dress, and this is the manuscript, but there is also a design drawing of the bridal dress. ”

"I was able to meet the agreed seven-day deadline, but unfortunately, my old partner Lackey accidentally got excrement on the groom's dress... Although I cleaned it thoroughly, I told the customer truthfully, and the customer said that he was very mindful, so I extended the construction period for a day and a half to make a new set, and the contaminated groom's dress was left in the store. ”

"Raki: I'm sorry! Ratchey: I'm sorry! A loud voice came from the tailor's living room.

The old tailor whistled: "I forgot to say, my old companion Ratchey is a parrot." ”

Rakhi: "Welcome! Welcome! ”

The old tailor opened the curtain of the display case, and a new groom's dress was displayed in front of Qi Yan's eyes.

Qi Ji repeatedly compared the dress in the window with the design drawings obtained in the basement, and confirmed that it was indeed the same set of clothes.

Qi Zhen: "The previous guest... Is the former owner of the Highway Inn? ”

"Yes, what happened at the wedding is well known to the people of the town, and as the tailor who made the wedding dress for him, I am very sorry." The old tailor replied.

Qi Zhen: "Do the people in the town know the poor bride?" ”

The old tailor shook his head: "As far as I know, the identity of the bride has always been a mystery. ”

"That's right," the old tailor's answer confirmed Qi Jiu's previous guess, "I want to order this dress in the display case, how much will I pay you?" ”

Since there is an exact ready-made dress, Qi Zhen doesn't need to stay here for three more days, and his bride can be seen wearing her wedding dress after midnight tonight.

Although the perverted groom's hotel was decorated in a bad way, the wedding dress he designed was still very good.

After the wedding, they can take Xiao Qi Zhen back to the real world, find the welfare home located in the northern city, and start their cycle in the real world.

The old tailor replied, "This suit is void to me, and if you don't mind, give me ten coins." ”

Qi Yan nodded: "Originally, what was the price of the innkeeper who came over to order it?" ”

"Forty-five coins." The old tailor answered truthfully.

Qi Ju handed the old tailor forty-five coins, looked at the parrot that was chattering non-stop, and said with a smile: "Hard work, your old partner helped a lot this time, if it hadn't soiled the groom's dress back then, I might have to stay in this town for at least three more days, so it should be given to you at the original price, and the dress is clean and there is no damage." ”

The old tailor hesitated for a moment before taking the money: "You are such a generous priest, may the Lord bless you." ”

"However, in this town, everything related to that bloody wedding is considered ominous, and I, as a tailor, liked the design of this dress so much that I didn't bother to throw it away, but covered it with a black cloth that was opaque, and you bought it like that... Is it really okay...? ”

"Don't get me wrong, Father, I say this so that my guests can know all the truth before making a decision." The old tailor was an honest craftsman who would never hide anything from his customers.

"No problem, I know the story of this bloody wedding, and this time I'm here for it." Qi asked.

The old tailor didn't ask much more, he took off the dress in the window, carefully packed it and handed it to Qi Jiu: "Father, I hope you have a good trip." ”

"Thank you." After getting the props for the wedding, Qi Yan waved his hand at the old tailor and his old partner, and then left the shop.

By the time he returned to the inn, several players had already returned from collecting clues from the town, including the young man who had been polite to him.

"Mr. Priest, we followed your instructions last night to inquire, and your speculation is correct, many of the girls in the basement photos appear in the register of missing persons, according to local residents, many years ago the billboard of the town market was full of pictures of missing girls, because they all came to travel and disappeared, and there are still no reliable clues." The young man informed Qi Zhen of what he had learned today.

Qi Zhen nodded: "Thank you for telling me this, judging from the pointing of many clues, it is basically certain now that the bride was not a 'living person' long before the bloody wedding, she was a 'doll' put together by the perverted groom with the limbs of the missing girl, but something happened before the wedding, and the bride who was pieced together with corpses turned her resentment into a soul and killed all the guests on the wedding day." ”

"The legendary group of murderers may or may not exist, but it doesn't matter, it's enough for us to know the real experience of the bride, who wants to make this wedding a little bloodier than anyone else."

The young man realized: "In this way, there is a reasonable explanation for the strange wording of the main quest..."

"But we are still standing still, and now we haven't even found a clue on how to summon the groom, how can we recreate this bloody wedding?" Another player hung his head in frustration and kept rubbing his face with his palms to relieve his agitation.

Qi Yan wrote lightly: "To change our thinking, it would be good for us to choose a traveler to be the groom." ”

In an instant, the air in the hotel was still, and the players whose minds were instantly opened up froze on the spot.

After a long while, a player cautiously asked, "So does being the groom's traveler mean..."

He dodged the gaze of the crowd, and his voice grew quieter and quieter, until at last he could not be heard at all.

Qi Jiu: "That's right, the groom will take a very big risk tonight. ”

"Isn't this dungeon's way of clearing the customs at the expense of the traveler who became the groom in exchange for everyone's chance of survival...?"

The moment the player speaks, everyone's eyes turn to him because he bluntly tells the truth that no one dares to say.

"So... Who wants to marry this bloody bride? ”

This sentence was like a stone in the sea, and after waiting for a long time, no player was willing to say anything.

Until Qi Jiu, who was sitting opposite the players, stood up and smiled casually: "If no one wants to, then I'll come." ”

Chapter 248: Replicants (10)

For a while, everyone looked at Qi Yan in disbelief.

"Father, what do you mean?" asked a player cautiously, trying to confirm further.

Qi Yan showed a generous and friendly smile, and his tone was affirmative: "Everyone, I can be the groom." ”

The young male player frowned: "Priest, is it really okay for you to do this?" After all, you are a clergyman, and the midnight bride may be wary of you, and the wedding may not happen..."

"And we don't know how to be a groom yet, do we?" Some players questioned it.

"If you put on the groom's dress and appear in the church, you will be the groom in the eyes of everyone, isn't it so simple to hold a wedding?" Qi Yan maintained a calm smile on his face and reassured everyone, "Don't worry, I have found a way to attract the midnight bride to show up and hold the wedding, and I have already made the groom's dress." ”

For a moment, the players who were originally full of doubts instantly quieted down.

"Father, when did you start planning all this—" the young man looked incredulous.

Qi Zhen: "Probably from the moment you summoned me out of the coffin. ”

The young man looked puzzled: "But as a clergyman, why did you do this..."

Another player immediately covered the young man's mouth and whispered in his ear: "Don't say it, what are you doing, isn't it a great thing to have NPC characters working for us?" What should I do if the priest regrets it? None of us players want to marry that bride..."

The young man's expression was complicated, and after some serious consideration, he chose to follow the advice of his teammates and honestly shut up.

Qi Yan looked at the players with calm eyes: "Since I have been awakened by you, as a clergyman, these are what I should do. ”

He said it with reason and sincerity, and no one could see his real motives, especially in such a situation that would be beneficial to both parties, and no one could refuse the offer of a priest who had taken the initiative to "dedicate himself".

After learning the information with the players, Qi Yan walked to the boy who was dozing off at the front desk.

"I'm sorry, I want to ask, this map clearly draws the coordinates of the church, but when I went to the town today, I didn't see the buildings on the corresponding coordinates, do you know what is going on?"

In order to "marry" the midnight bride, he had to put on the proper wedding dress, hold a blood-stained rose, and wait in front of the wedding chapel when the clock strikes twelve o'clock in the night, as the song says.

But after stepping on the spot just now, Qi Yan found that the coordinates of the map were only a wasteland of rubble, and the lyrics mentioned that the wedding chapel seemed to have disappeared from the town.

The little boy shrugged: "Since the bloody wedding, no one dares to go there to hold a wedding, and would rather go to the church in the town than the bloody curse repeatedly at his wedding, so this church was abandoned, and not long ago the town government demolished the abandoned church and wanted to build a new school there." ”

Qi Jiu: "But the wedding chapel sung in the ballad is the coordinates of the map, right?" ”

Little boy: "Yes, that's where the murder took place, and although the building is gone, it's right there." ”

"Thanks, I see." Qi asked.

The little boy raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him: "Priest, are you really going to the church to get married?" ”

Qi Yan smiled, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

The little boy whistled: "Wow, the priest who got married on the ruins of an abandoned bloody church... Good luck. ”

079 said to Qi: "When I passed by the church ruins just now, I was sure that the concentration of pollutants there was higher than anywhere else, and it should be the outlet for the system to release pollutants, but the demolished church must be recreated before the entrance can be opened." ”

"I see, the system periodically opens the discharge inlet through the plot of the "Midnight Bride" dungeon to discharge pollution." Qi Ji said thoughtfully.

079: "Yes, if you leave the entrance open all the time, it's too risky for the main system. ”

Qi Zhen: "When the bride shows up at midnight tonight, the abandoned church will be recreated in the town, after all, this poor bride wants to see the bloody wedding in the church again." ”

*

"The bridegroom, who has come from afar, dresses up in proper wedding clothes and holds blood-stained roses in his hand, and when the clock strikes twelve o'clock at midnight, the bridegroom, who waits in front of the wedding chapel, will meet his most beloved bride."

The little boy at the front desk of the road hotel hummed a nursery rhyme that was passed down in the town and served dinner to Qi Jiu, who had ordered at the bar.

The afterglow of the setting sun spread like blood over the whole wilderness, and the gray roads and brown earth were gilded with a bloody red.

At this point, players are worried that the torture of the bride's skinning will happen again at midnight tonight, and even more worried that they will be the unlucky ones who are randomly chosen, and no one will have the appetite to eat dinner, except for Qi Ji, who is going to "marry" the midnight bride tonight.

After dinner, he ordered a gin-based Negroni at the bar, and the boy at the front desk of the hotel sat on the porch of the hotel with a few friends who seemed to have the same bad temper, lazily playing the guitar.

Qi Ji also sat on the porch like them, I don't know if it was an illusion, Qi Ji felt that there was blood in the oncoming evening breeze.

The wilderness road shrouded in night looked calm, but everyone knew that the blood of death was brewing under the calm night at the moment.

But this does not prevent Qi Yan from sharing the moment with the guy in his body.

"079, do you think tonight will be my last night in the Rules Illustrated Book," Qi Yan took a sip of the spicy sweet wine, which also had an attractive bright red color, "After all, I'm going to enter the pollutant outlet after midnight, and from there I will be back to the real world." ”