Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 111

[Chapter 111 Coincidence]

the city-state of Purland, in an antique shop in the lower city, Duncan was sitting behind the counter with a city-state weekly newspaper in his hand, looking as if he was casually reading the contents of the newspaper.

Suddenly, his eyes blinked twice, and his originally slack eyes refocused. Then he glanced at the newspaper in his hand, and calmly turned it upside down.

The headlines on the front page of the newspaper were printed on the major events that happened in the city-state recently—His Excellency Valentine, the Bishop of the Deep Sea Cathedral, will preside over a large-scale prayer event in the near future. Bell and pull the siren to call upon the power of the Storm Goddess to bless the city.

And as a warm-up for this prayer event, Consul Dante Wayne expressed his congratulations to the cathedral last night and gave gifts… The

face of the city-state consul was printed on the front page of the newspaper—that is A middle-aged man with a serious expression, gray hair, tall and thin, the most striking thing is that he has a rather scary scar on his face, and a prosthetic eye has replaced his original eyeball.

It was evidently the mark of a fatal accident.

Duncan’s gaze slowly swept across the newspaper, but the face of the young judge named “Vanna” emerged in his mind-the judge also had a scar near his eye, although it did not affect his eyesight. But also eye-catching enough.

He recalled the information he had collected recently:

Dante Wayne, the consul of the city-state, was the uncle of Inquisitor Vanna, and the scars on their faces were said to have come from the same accident, eleven years ago , Dante Wayne and Vanna Wayne were injured by the mob after a factory leak and a cult riot in the “Sixth Street” near Cross Street. They have now become staunch supporters of the Deep Sea Church, and they are actively cracking down on cult activities in the city-state…

This information is not a secret in the city-state, it belongs to the content that can be found in official records and folk rumors. Just ask around in the lower city. It was these things that were heard.

It was eleven years ago again, and it was the “factory leak” in the sixth block…

Duncan turned the newspaper to the next page in silence, and combined and sorted out all kinds of clues he had collected recently in his mind.

The fragments of the sun, the fire in Nina’s memory, Nina’s recent nightmare, the accident that happened between Judge Fanna and Consul Dante, and the girl “Shirley” who seems to be investigating the truth and whose origin is unknown… all These things are all surrounding the “factory leak” in the sixth block eleven years ago, and now the Sun Cultists are about to move in the city again, and the “Sun God” behind them is a burning thing that looks like an evil god .

That thing is still calling for help.

Duncan didn’t plan to deal with that sun god yet, but he was a little worried that the nameless fire that was smoldering in the darkness would reach Nina.

He released the pigeons early in the morning to search for clues of the cultists in the city-state, and they are still wandering outside. Nina is packing up books upstairs and will leave for school in a while. The street outside the shop is gradually becoming lively , The sound of cars and passers-by passed through the door, bringing fresh vitality and vitality.

The sound of brisk footsteps came from the stairs suddenly, and there was a slight creaking sound from the old wooden floor. Nina trotted and appeared in Duncan’s sight, with her schoolbag in her hand and the bread for lunch in the other hand: “Uncle I’m going to school!”

“Run slowly, don’t fall, it’s still early,” Duncan looked at the girl helplessly, and then thought of something, “By the way, today is your day to go to the museum?”

” Yes! I have an appointment with a classmate!” Nina turned her head, with a bright smile on her face, “I won’t come back for lunch, I will go to the museum with my classmates directly, and you can get something to eat yourself.” “

Yes Got it now,” Duncan waved his hand with a smile, and reminded again, “Slow down, watch out for cars on the road…” “

Okay, goodbye uncle!”

accompanied by the girl’s crisp shout, brisk footsteps and the bell at the door Clinking, Nina’s figure disappeared from Duncan’s sight.

She crossed the road in front of the antique shop and ran quickly into the morning light of Prand.

Watching Nina leave, Duncan recalled the previous “home visit” and what the old Mr. Morris told him:

Nina has very few friends in school, and most of her classmates don’t like to deal with her very much. .

But no matter how few friends there are, it seems that there are one or two classmates who have a good relationship with her. Some people are willing to invite her to the museum together, and she seems to be very happy, which is of course a good sign.

He had already inquired about it yesterday. The classmate who went to the museum with Nina was a quiet girl who also lived in the downtown area. The two had just become friends recently and their relationship was not bad.

Duncan put down the newspaper in his hand.

Nina has already gone to school, and she won’t be back in the afternoon. Today is another working day, so there shouldn’t be any business in the antique shop.

It’s a waste of time to stay here and look at the store, maybe you can go to the city and, by the way… investigate some things.

Duncan perceived Ai’s current location in his mind, gave the pigeon the command to “continue hunting”, then put on his coat, hung the wooden sign for a temporary rest at the door, locked the store door, and came to the nearby on the station.

There were a lot of people at the station, and this time was the peak time for people to go to work and school by bus. Duncan mixed in the crowd, came to the signboard next to the station, and looked at the route map on it.

His eyes fell on one of the lines – it had a location clearly printed on it: Sixth Street.

Officially recorded where “factory leaks” once occurred.

Duncan withdrew his gaze and waited patiently among the crowd. The buses came and went, and several buses driven by steam engines took away half the people on the platform. After a long time, he finally saw an old bus. The bus came wobbly from the end of the road, and the number plate on the front showed that it was the one he was waiting for.

Duncan squeezed into the car with a large group of people.

The old bus was overcrowded, and citizens rushing to work occupied all the seats and open space in the corridor. Duncan silently squeezed to the place near the back door, waiting patiently for the car to start.

Accompanied by the hoarse and strenuous roar of the steam engine, the heavily overloaded car started, and the conductor began to walk through the sardine-like crowd with difficulty, and while calling people to buy tickets, he arrived near Duncan. All changed shape.

“Sixth Street.” Duncan gave the conductor a friendly smile.

However, the conductor who was crowded into the crowd was obviously taken aback when he heard Duncan’s voice, and asked as if he didn’t understand: “Ah? Where are you going?”

Duncan frowned: “Sixth Street— —I saw it on the route map, isn’t this train going?”

The conductor was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the route map posted on the next carriage, and then nodded quickly as if waking up from a dream: “ Oh, of course, no one usually goes there, I forgot… four pesos.”

No one usually goes to the Sixth Street? Eleven years have passed since the accident, hasn’t the area around the factory been rebuilt yet?

Duncan felt a little doubtful in his heart, but he still bought the ticket calmly, and then watched the conductor squeeze back into the crowd like a warrior rushing left and right among thousands of troops.

The next step is to wait silently for the bus to arrive at the station.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a vision coming from nearby.

That gaze was very short, as if it just glanced at him accidentally and then quickly moved away. However, Duncan’s sense was extremely keen. Not only did he feel that the gaze was indeed “pointing” at himself, but even when the gaze averted At that time, he vaguely felt a…fear and dodge, which made him immediately follow the feeling in his heart curiously.

In the next second, he saw a short figure trying to dodge back among the crowded passengers at the rear of the carriage.

He saw that figure, and that figure also saw him—then the other party stopped instantly, and stood stiffly in place, as if he didn’t even dare to dodge.

It was a girl in a black dress, who looked about the same age as Nina, with a strange collar around her neck, and a small bell hanging from the collar…it

was Shirley.

Duncan raised his eyebrows immediately, never expecting that things could be so coincidental, and then squeezed towards the girl – the latter had completely stiffened at this time, but looked at her nervously and even with some fear. Duncan, who was walking towards him, didn’t even dare to turn his head, let alone continue to dodge.   Duncan came to the other side slowly like this, and greeted the girl with a smile

: “We meet again—at this time, are you going to school?”

In front of Agou, she said carelessly that she wanted to hug the big brother’s thigh, but at this moment, after realizing Duncan’s horror, she smiled uglier than crying: “You… hello…” (End of this

chapter )