Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 10

2021-06-23

Chapter 10 Confused Men and Women

The alley that I turned into was a passageway between two houses, The area is very small, so apart from rubbish and filth, there is no accumulation of other things in the alley.

Heart beating wildly, Shade knew the decision was a risk, but the voice in his head was right. If you desire transcendence, you must accept risks. Maybe the channels from the psychiatrist and the church are safe, but he doesn't know anything. Which way is actually a risk to him.

He is willing to take risks, small risks.

"I'll leave immediately if I have any questions."

Shade clenched his cane and walked forward on tiptoe as quietly as possible. At the end of the alley, there were some wooden boxes with arrest warrants with barely legible text on them, which seemed to be serial murderers who had fled to Tobesque.

You can turn left and right at the entrance of the alley and go directly to the slum of the lower part of the city of Tobesque. Shade hid behind the wooden box, and through the gap between the wooden boxes, looked towards the direction the man just turned in.

It was also an alley, with only a young man wearing a pebble ring. He is now standing in the middle of the alley, watching all around cautiously. He even narrowed his eyes and looked towards the sky. After a long time, he put black's suitcase on the ground, then took off the pebble ring on his right hand index finger, and carefully kissed Shade's surprised eyes.

youngster seemed to bow his head and say something, but Shade couldn't hear it clearly, and Wind and Space blocked his hearing.

After kissing the ring face, the young man seemed relaxed.

He put the ring on the index finger of his right hand again, and immediately a thick smoke like fire came out of his body. The thick smoke came out of the gap in the clothes, and soon the young man was completely wrapped in it.

Shade heard Whisper in his ear, but not the elegant female voice in his head. The whisper was inaudible at all, like chewing or cursing.

There is some discomfort in the head, like turning around in place for several times and then walking in a straight line. The frantic Whisper grew louder and louder, and at one point Shade thought he saw the ghast rushing towards him.

Fortunately, the hallucination ended soon, but Shade, who gradually recovered, still suspected that something was wrong with his eyes. Because he saw that as the black smoke disappeared, the man wearing the white pebble ring came out, tapped the skirt lightly, and then bent down to lift the suitcase.

Lasoa turned her head and looked towards all around cautiously again, the corner of her mouth seemed to be smiling. After confirming that no one saw this scene, he finally carried the box and walked to the other side of the alley.

Shade covered his mouth and leaned back against the wall, hiding in the gap between the wooden box and the wall, not daring to move for a long time.

Just now Shade was puzzled by the part-time church investigators distributing flyers. Now I understand that the other party may be the same as the crappy detective Shade, trying to spy on Mrs. Lasoa at the door of the club.

And when Shade came out of the alley again, the three moons of silver, yellow and red were already hanging in the sky together, and the yellow moon was white and brightest. obvious. The night here is as calm as the world in the past.

This street is a bit remote, so there are no street lights. Under the dim light, Shade didn't know what expression he had at the moment. It took a long time for him to take out his pocket watch. It was almost eight o'clock in the evening. He stood in the crack of the wall for two hours before he dared to leave. He didn't even know his physical fitness was so good.

"You don't need to think about relief food."

She shook her head in despair, feeling unspeakably bad. Go down the street, in the direction of home. Even if you're going to starve, at least there's still a house to live in, so it's not too bad.

The key now is that the lucrative commission to investigate the mistress seems to be impossible to do.

It is obvious that Mrs. La Soya has the ability to become a man with a ring, or that a young man has the ability to become Mrs. La Soya with a ring. Shade of course impossible to report this information to his employer, and he also doesn't want to hand in the dead detective's report as if nothing happened.

Once the report is submitted, Mrs. Lawrence will surely let Mrs. Lazoya know that a detective is following her without her knowledge because of the conflict with Mr. Lawrence. Even if there were no secrets involved in the report, Shade couldn't guarantee what Mrs. La Soya would do.

"This world is really a little more troublesome than I thought. Did Mr. Lawrence fall in love with a man or a woman?"

Maybe Mrs. La Soya is a good person, a change Being a man is not a matter of harming others. But it was less than 24 hours after coming to this world to come into contact with this kind of thing, and Shade felt a sense of crisis.

"Perhaps the extraordinary of this world also follows the law that extraordinary will attract extraordinary."

He thought a little tiredly and walked along the street. Because he was worried about being robbed by people in the dark, or being harassed by drunken men, or even bumping into some illegal transactions, Shade, who only had a cane and a fruit knife, didn't even dare to take a shortcut home.

"I'm really unlucky today"

I turned left at the old John's pawn shop at the intersection of the street, and I felt even worse when I thought about sleeping in a house where someone just died. .

"Since there are supernatural beings, there may be ghosts too. Don't scare yourself. Wait a minute, where did I turn just now?"

He stopped and tilted his head toward After stepping back, I saw the sign of "Old John's Pawnshop" again, and the interior of the store where the gas lights were still on.

"Well, didn't expect to have such a trick, it's not unlucky. It will get better."

Wei Wei sighed, he was holding his pocket watch , pushed open the door of the pawn shop.

In the end, instead of pawning the pocket watch, he pawned the cane. Pocket watch is a very important living tool, and walking stick is optional. What's more, the pocket watch was not of great value, and the owner of the shop, an old man who called himself John Jones, was only willing to pay 10 shillings, citing the many scratches on the surface of the pocket watch, which was perhaps often placed with the keychain.

But for that cane he was willing to pay £12s.

"Do you understand? This is the heart of a natural snow fir from the Delado Mountains, look at the texture, look at the workmanship. If you can provide information on the artisan who made it, I will Maybe some more money."

The old man seemed to be complaining that Shade didn't know how to do it. After confirming that he wanted to pawn the cane, he also asked him to redeem it if he didn't come to redeem it within half a month. , then the cane is a pawn shop.

Shade understands, of course, that walking sticks cost more than £12s. But he was really in no mood to bargain now, and in the end he just took two 1 pound notes, signed the contract and left.

According to the price, this amount of money is enough for Shade to live quite well in two weeks. If it is thrifty, excluding the possible rent, it is possible to support a month and a half of life. The money was even enough for him to dig up Sparrow Hamilton, post an obituary in the newspaper's ad section, and recreate a shabby funeral for the detective.

Of course, he didn't have this idea for a while.

"But the short-term food and clothing problem has been solved. Regarding transcendence and mystery, what should I do?"

Having dinner at a restaurant very close to the pawn shop, I experienced After tasting the taste of the thick soup and the steak, I walked home on foot.

It was nearly ten o'clock at night when we returned to No. 6 St. Teresa Square.

After checking that the hair that was placed when leaving is still in its original position, enter the room. Carefully rotated the gas lamp on the wall of the living room to let the light gradually appear, and then tiredly threw himself on the sofa. From the open door to the master bedroom, you can see the bed where Sparrow Hamilton lay.

Shade is determined to touch the extraordinary in the near future, not the life of ignorance. Although no definite danger has been encountered yet, this world is not simple, Shade does not intend to encounter danger, and then go to find a solution.

And he currently has three methods that might help him get in touch with the transcendent.

The first is Mr. Bill Schneider, the psychiatrist who gave Shade's business card; the second is the five Orthodox churches in the city, and visits to churches may be rewarding; and finally Mrs. La Soya In person, she must know the transcendent, and contact with her is also a method.

There are pros and cons to each of the three, but in the final analysis, Shade knows too little about this world, and he doesn't have any channels to understand. Before going out today, he checked the map, the city doesn't even have a public library, so that he can get free knowledge.

There are some private libraries in the city, but they must be introduced by acquaintances and pay a small fee to become a member of the library, and Shade obviously does not have this money now.

He can only rely on the materials left by Sparrow Hamilton, but this gentleman has no habit of collecting books, and this gentleman is obviously just an ordinary person.

Using Sparrow Hamilton's death to track down the cause of his death, it might also be possible to get in touch with the transcendent, but this is undoubtedly a very dangerous approach, and Shade's reason refuses to do so.

"Can you give me some advice?"

He patted his head, but only heard the woman's chuckle. It was the voice in his head that allowed him to complete all the work of "investigating Mr. Lawrence's mistress", otherwise it was impossible for him to discover the secret of the ring.

He wanted the voice to prompt again, but got no response.

"People still have to rely on themselves."

He whispered to himself, tilted his head and looked towards the window, looking at the night sky where three moons appeared together that he had never seen before. So magnificent, so mysterious, so intoxicating. Especially the silver moon among the three moons, whenever I look at it, I can feel the depressed mood a little better.

"In any case, I can't wait. Although I haven't encountered any danger yet, since I have the initial plan to live as a detective, I must have the power to protect myself, and I must know this world. How complicated it is. Otherwise, Detective Sparrow Hamilton is my end.”

With money in my pocket for a while, I put aside the idea of continuing other investigations, and moved the current main goal to contact the extraordinary .

"Church, psychiatrist, Mrs. La Soya"

He was not very optimistic about the last option, because the appearance of the other party today seemed to overlap with the investigation of the church and the police, so instinctively that the other person does not seem like a good person. I am a little moved by the first option. According to a simple understanding, the Orthodox Church of this world is relatively enlightened.

But that's just his understanding, he can't make plans because of such a simple idea. Moreover, he is not a believer of any god, and he has never been to church as a homeless person. It is difficult to say whether the enlightenment of the church is aimed at people like him.

"Maybe. I can investigate for a few more days. Now I don't have to worry about starving to death for the time being. Pawning some inheritances can last a long time. As long as the possible rent collectors don't show up, I have a lot of time. Go and investigate. Around these three options, you can always find the most suitable one."

With this idea, he fell asleep in the bedroom of the original owner Shade in the apartment, and spent First night at New World.

In the dimness, it seemed that I heard the laughter of the woman in my mind again. That laughter made Shade unexpectedly at ease. That night, he had a very relaxing dream, sitting on the ridge looking at the silver moon in the sky.

Accidents always break the existing plan, and Shade's three-choice plan was disrupted in the early morning of the second day.

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