Chapter 1: The Spring of the Temporary Worker
Mr. Alex rubbed his aching neck and looked at the case files for the day, and his growing age no longer allowed him to work all night.
Looking out the window at the dark night, as the director of the Paranormal Investigation Bureau in Redwood Town, he was secretly glad that there were no important cases recently, and there was no need to work overtime.
Got up, took off the black coat from the hanger made of nanmu behind him, put it on, put on the top hat, picked up the cane leaning against the chair and walked out of the office.
The candlelight flickered on both sides of the dimly lit corridor, and the cane struck on the ground with a "knock-knock" sound as you walked.
The office doors that dotted the corridor opened one after another with a "thump", and young men in black uniforms poured out of the office in twos and threes, taking off their hats and saluting Alex.
"Mr. Alex, I put the birthday present for Madame on the carriage for you. ”
A young man rushed over not far from the corridor and stood straight aside to warn.
Alex patted his head and looked gratefully at the young man standing up straight in a linen shirt.
"Without you, I'd miss the most important thing of the year tonight, Cheryl has said it many times, but I just can't remember. ”
Young people pat the right time.
"Lady Alex will understand you. ”
Despite his age, Director Alex has a sense of humor and self-deprecation.
"Of course, if my job was to knit sweaters with her, not like this...... She'll understand. ”
Caused a burst of laughter.
When the laughter was over, the director looked at the straight young man who was still standing with pity in his eyes, exchanged his cane to his left hand, and patted the young man's arm with his right hand.
"Poor boy, if you can learn magic, you should be better than anyone here by now, it's so unfair to God. ”
The young man smiled shyly, and there was a hint of pain in his eyes.
Seeing the director get into the carriage and leave, someone in the corridor shouted.
"Damn, my coat. ”
The young man came back to his senses and trotted over to fetch his black trench coat from the small room at the end of the hallway.
"Mr. Raphael, I saw that your coat was a little dusty in the morning, and I took it upon myself to clean it, sorry I didn't inform you. ”
Raphael, the tall, lanky detective, took his coat and glanced at it, exclaiming and complimenting.
"Tang Ning, without you, my work and life would be a mess, thank you so much, Mr. Director is right, although you are the only temporary worker here, you are more important than any agent here. ”
At this time, someone shouted again.
"Downing, my badge is missing. ”
The young man known as Downing waved his hand at Raphael, and immediately rushed over, took out the brightly rubbed badge from his pocket and handed it to both hands.
"Mr. Bernoor, you dropped your badge in the hallway at noon, and I saw it when I was cleaning. ”
The short little fat man Bernor took the badge and looked excited.
"God, if I am picked up by Mr. Director, I will die, fortunately it is you, my little angel. ”
He hugged the young man for a moment, then looked around, mysteriously leaning his head over and lowering his voice.
"Mr. Director will be retiring soon, the new Director will take office this week, and we will nominate you to be a full member at that time, although you can't learn magic, and you don't meet the rules for recruiting members, but the new Director wants to buy people's hearts, and for everyone's sake, he will definitely make an exception." ”
Tang Ning looked excited.
"Thank you, thank you to everyone here. ”
"Good job. Bernur gave encouragement and left.
Waiting for everyone in the entire Bureau of Occult Investigation to leave, Downing Stewart let out a long sigh of relief and trotted all the way to the other end of the hallway, looking at the locked door.
The door reads "Classified Archives of Occult Events", and in the center is a six-pointed star pattern, a magic seal.
He was thrilled that as long as he became an official agent, he could use the police badge to open the seal and enter the interior to view confidential information, which was the real reason why he worked so hard here.
"Cheng Xiao, if you work harder, you will soon be able to find the reason for crossing here. ”
Suppressing his inner excitement, he pulled out a mysterious deck made of thin metal pieces from his bosom.
"As long as you enter the secret archive of supernatural events, you can unlock the secrets on your body, find the trigger for the crossing, and find a way to go back if you know the trigger. ”
As for the origin of this mystery deck, and why I now work as a temporary worker in the Paranormal Investigation Bureau in Red Leaves, I started two years ago!
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Two years ago, he lived in a steel and concrete forest, and was a lover of archaeology and the occult, when he was traveling abroad to participate in an archaeological activity initiated by a mystical enthusiast, in which he found a set of mysterious cards.
When he came into contact with the mysterious deck, he lost consciousness, and when he woke up again, he found himself lying in a dark, narrow space.
It took him a short time to find himself buried deep in the ground and lying in the grave, and in a panic, he used his hands to dig through the decaying wooden coffin and dirt and crawl out and find the town.
After wandering around the town for a long time, he confirmed that he had left the original world and entered the new world.
In addition to the clothes on his body, the only items he brought were a Poleta 92F pistol used for self-defense when he participated in archaeological activities in the wilderness abroad, as well as a box of ammunition in his backpack, as well as a flashlight, a small shovel, climbing ropes, and two boxes of Oreos.
On top of that, there's the archaeological discovery of that mystery deck.
After accepting the fact of crossing and finding a way to settle down in the town, you must find a way back as soon as possible.
After a long search, I found out about the existence of the Magic Association and the Supernatural Investigation Bureau, and these two places in the wizarding world are the best way to get in touch with magic things reasonably and legally, and to learn the secrets of the cards.
Cheng Xiao's first consideration was the Magic Association.
The Magical Guild does not have strict requirements for recruiting members, as the group is rapidly shrinking due to the church's official position, so the Magical Guild welcomes young people to try, but after several tests, he is not able to learn magic at all.
The Magical Guild conducted research and found that Downing was not a complete whole!
Man is a combination of soul and body, and only when he fully possesses the above two can he be considered a complete living person.
In the detection of the Magic Association, it was confirmed that Tangning only had a soul, and someone confirmed that Tangning only had a body!
The strange conclusion sparked a heated discussion in the local magical association, but the final conclusion was that it was impossible to learn magic.
Then there is only one other way to try!
Bureau of Paranormal Investigation!