45 minutes by car, taxis stop on the side of the road in front of the clergy hospital.

When I got out of the car, I saw a hospital in front of me that looked very old, which was in stark contrast to the surrounding high-rise buildings.

Walking along the flowerbed road to the hospital, the lobby is noisy and the smell of alcohol and disinfectant fills the air.

On the way here, Ji Xiu checked the relevant information of the clerical hospital.

This clerical hospital was originally established by the Yu Jing Church, as a way to do good and spread the faith, the original way of treating diseases is also very primitive, the diseases that can be treated and the number of people is limited, with the excavation of the scientific and technological heritage of prehistoric civilization, a large number of new technologies have emerged, so that the positioning of the clerical hospital has changed, and gradually become the current modern model.

According to the sign, Ji Xiu took the elevator to room 608 of the inpatient department.

Take to room 608 of the inpatient department.

Pushing open the door, there is a single room, with an area of about 60 square meters, fully equipped, and a little girl with closed eyes and pink carvings on the white hospital bed against the wall.

This is Li Tan's daughter Li Mumu, she is wearing a respirator, and her body is connected to the medical equipment placed next to the bed in many places, and the lights on the instrument screen flicker alternately with the girl's breathing.

Since his wife fell ill and left, Li Mumu is the only sustenance in Li Tan's life.

Came to the chair next to the hospital bed and sat down, looking at the sleeping Li Mumu, perhaps under the influence of Li Tan's body, Ji Xiu suddenly felt extremely distressed.

At this moment, Li Mumu's eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing him sitting next to the hospital bed, the corners of Li Mumu's mouth turned up, and a smile appeared on his face:

"Dad, you've come to see me."

This shout made Ji Xiu feel pressured, but he still responded with a smile:

"Well, are you feeling better?"

"It's much better, the doctor uncle said that as long as I receive one more treatment, I can be discharged from the hospital, and then I can go to school...... Dad, you said you were going to take me to the Museum of Prehistory, and you would go when I was ready. ”

"Well, I'll go when you're healed."

Using Li Tan's identity as a father, Ji Xiu initially felt pressure, and gradually adapted to the rhythm of chatting with Li Mumu in small talk.

It can be seen that Li Mumu's longing for a new life after recovery, talking about the plan for a new life after the hospital, his expression and eyebrows danced, and his hands also danced.

After hours of communication, seeing the nurse arrive with lunch, Ji Xiu decided to leave.

Before parting, Li Mumu suddenly began to cry, pulling the corner of his clothes and sobbing quietly:

"Dad, I know you are usually very busy, Mu Mu will be obedient in the hospital, remember to come to see me when you are free, I am so lonely here alone."

Hearing the word loneliness from the mouth of a 7-year-old child, Ji Xiu's heart twitched.

"Well, Dad will come to see you when he has time, remember to rest well, and listen to the doctor's uncle and nurse's aunt here."

"Well, Mu Mu is very well-behaved."

……

Leaving the hospital, Ji Xiu felt heavy.

Carrying the emotional bond with Li Mumu as Li Tan made him feel pressure.

In fact, Li Tan had already made plans for Li Mumu's future.

As a killer, Li Tan imagined the outcome of his mission failure, so he began to plan Li Mumu's future very early.

Ji Xiu searched for a lot of adopter information at home.

It can be seen that Li Tan has already prepared for the worst.

When I got home, it was already 12:45 p.m., and there were still 7 hours left before the trading time.

The rest of the time Ji Xiu spent looking through Li Tan's mobile phone and checking online information to deepen his understanding of the world.

At 5:30 p.m., after dinner, Ji Xiu took a taxi and went straight to the place where he received his payment.

The transaction took place on Liuli Street in City C, 48 kilometers away from his dream apartment.

The scenery along the way changes from dilapidated to bustling, with low-rise buildings gradually replacing high-rise buildings, more vehicles traveling, and roads becoming congested.

After arriving at the destination, getting off the bus and paying the fare in cash, Ji Xiu walked through the square to the pedestrian street in front of him.

It is crowded with young people, and the walls of every nearby store are printed with a blue flag representing the Yujing Church, and there are projected 3D avatars in front of almost every store to attract customers.

The degree of modernization of Yu Jingguo is very high in some aspects, but there are still many conservative ideas in thought.

Especially in the field of religion, when the canons conflict with modern laws, the canons will still prevail, which also leads to the deity of the Yujing Church to have a transcendent status above the law.

This kind of system is not only disadvantages, but also one of the advantages of streamlining execution, efficient operation without layers of progression, and a high degree of unity of a single religion is one of the keys to the rapid rise of the kingdom.

It is only today that the influence of the Yu Jing Church has been weakened, causing the country to gradually slide into turmoil.

When I came to the agreed tavern, I opened the door to a room covering an area of about 100 square meters, which was lit with warm soft lighting, and there were several oil paintings hanging on the walls, and soothing music was playing.

Finding a corner to sit down by the window, Ji Xiu glanced at the tavern.

The tavern was stylishly decorated, with a black instrument resembling a piano in front of his seat, and a nearby bar lined with various instruments on both sides of the wall.

At this time, there were only a few people in the tavern, and there was a couple in the opposite corner, leaning comfortably on the sofa and chatting in a low voice, and an old man in a black hat in the front left was sipping bottled beer, and the air was filled with a faint and elegant fragrance.

At this time, the waiter came to the side with a trolley, lowered his body and asked with a smile:

"What do you want to drink?"

Ji Xiu was not interested in wine, but there were still 47 minutes before the agreed time, so he had to ask for a menu.

The names of the wines on the menu are very distinctive, and they are basically related to the sea.

Ji Xiu, who didn't know much about the wine culture of this world, finally ordered a glass of "Stormy Waves".

Waiting for time, Ji Xiu's eyes always observed the flow of people coming and going outside the window, and as time went by, the number of guests in the tavern increased one after another, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.

The time came to 7:10.

A thin, white-haired figure pushed open the tavern door, and the bell hanging on the door shook and made a "jingling" sound.

Ji Xiu looked up.

The figure who arrived had a thin face, pale skin, and no emotion in his deep eyes, perhaps because he was old, his figure was slightly curled, and his white hair hung down on his forehead like silver threads.

Ji Xiu also noticed that his hands were very rough, and he was wearing a dark gold ring on the middle of his left hand, on which was carved a demon head.

He was familiar with this demon avatar.

In the second timeline, he lives as Tong Wan for a month, and is eventually killed by a man wearing a demon mask in a rented room where Tong Wan lives.

The demon mask on the face of the man who killed him at the time was also in this shape.

But Ji Xiu didn't think that this old man was the black-clothed killer who killed him at that time, because he didn't have a red halo on his head.

The old man's gaze scanned the tavern, then focused on him, and then came to sit down in front of him.

Ji Xiu didn't speak, his eyes looked directly at the old man, waiting for his next move.

But the old man's next behavior made Ji Xiu dumbfounded.

I thought that if I called him to trade in person, the old man would take out cash or an anonymous stored value card to pay the reward, but I saw that the old man reached out and took out a scratched lottery ticket from his pocket, and said with an indifferent expression:

"Go get the prize as soon as possible...... Remember to pay your taxes. ”

As he spoke, he pushed the ticket in front of him.

This sentence of remembering to pay taxes made Ji Xiu almost unable to hold back his emotions.

The notorious Black Hole Killer Organization actually paid in this way...... It's really exquisite.