Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 9

2021-07-05

Chapter 9 is suspected to be extraordinary
"Very well, since the direction and time are suitable, then catch up Well. If you can't catch up, go directly to the church. In short, you can't think like this on the first day of the new world, otherwise I feel a little pitiful."

Shade carried such a "simple" idea, After taking his things, he set off along the low wall by the street, chasing the man forward.

In order to prevent being discovered, although the fog roaming the city was thicker as evening came, Shade still did not dare to follow closely. He's self-aware and knows he doesn't have the skills to stalk others.

So as it should be by rights, after ten minutes, when they turned the back wall of a milk delivery company and got into the alley, Shade completely lost track of the man.

"Ha~ I should say, I really lost it."

Standing in the alley blankly looking towards all around, confirming that I really lost the target, then Shaking his head, he gave up and continued searching. I didn't continue to struggle with this matter. Since I lost it, I went to collect "relief food", but——

"Where is this?"

In a completely unfamiliar city, Stalking others while preventing detection, Shade didn't have time to remember his route of action, only that he was in a narrow alley that smelled very bad.

On the left is the exterior of a milk delivery company, and on the right is the side wall of a three-story apartment building. On the walls on both sides, in addition to the rusty pipes crawling to connect different directions, there are also layers of filthy words and graffiti, and there is garbage and excrement everywhere under the walls.

Only near the entrance of the alley, there are two or three rusted thick-diameter steam pipes piled up. I don't know who abandoned them here.

"Go and see the name of the milk delivery company and find the current location on the map."

Shade has an idea and doesn't care about who he wants to track.

Turn around and go back down the alley, being careful not to step on the filthy indescribable things in the alley. When he was about to walk out of the alley, he carefully avoided it, because a team of police officers in police uniforms hurried across the street in front of him.

Among them, the tall middle-aged man with beard on his face at the end of the team also glanced at Shade, and Shade also looked towards the man with innocent eyes, so the police did not pay attention to Shade.

"What happened over there?"

Shade stood at the alley, looking in the direction the police were running. Because I don't know which street this is, I can't identify what's in that direction of the street.

"None of my business."

He said in a low voice, walking towards the door of the milk delivery company with his notepad in between. This is not a factory, but an office building for the distribution department. The yard is surrounded by a second-layer yellow building, and there is an Old Dog who looks a little old at the door.

The dog also glanced at Shade who was near here. Seeing that Shade just stopped at the door and didn't come in, he stood up lazily and changed to a position where the sunset could see.

The name of the milk delivery company is "Silver Parrot," a strange name, but it is on the map, and the former detective also marked a murder there three years ago.

The murder case has nothing to do with Shade, he walked forward with the map expanded on 1/4/2022, while constantly confirming that his position was correct.

There are not many pedestrians on the street, so walking with your head down will not bump into people. Unconsciously, in the sunset and thick fog, along the direction of the pipe with white steam out from the wall, I came to the end of the street. There is a fork in the road ahead. According to the map, if you take the road with the dessert shop diagonally to the left, the distance will probably be closer.

But the intersection was almost blocked by the crowd at this time. Near the mailbox on the east side was a silverware shop. The signboard was scrubbed clean, but something seemed to happen there. The team of police officers Shade saw at the alley just now was maintaining order and preventing people from approaching.

While stopping to observe, more four-wheeled carriages came from behind Shade and other intersections, and more police appeared here in just a few minutes. There are even some people who are like school scholars, who also come out of the carriage, not knowing what to do.

Shade didn't want to join in the fun, and now the food relief is the most important thing. But because there were too many people joining in the fun, he was unconsciously pushed to the front of the crowd when he tried to pass the intersection.

Want to step back, but the people behind don't. The police in front kept shouting for people to disperse. There is nothing worth seeing here.

He probably saw Shade being squeezed over and didn't mean to get close. The young police officer with a pen in his chest pocket to maintain order kindly reminded him to be careful of thieves.

This made Shade nervous, subconsciously touching the tenpence note in his pocket. After confirming that it was still there, Yu Guangsao saw that there was another team of police officers with guns, escorting three men in civilian clothes into the silverware store.

The tallest man is exceptionally strong, and the youngster walking in the middle is like a scholar. The last man looked familiar to Shade, and it seemed to be the primest who handed him the flyers in the afternoon.

"The biography of this world, do you still have a part-time job in the police?"

He thought about the conclusion he didn't believe, and clenched the coin and pocket watch in his pocket, thinking about it. Get out of here now, or you'll be late.

The moment I turned around and tried to squeeze back, a strange warning suddenly came from my heart. Before I could understand the reason for this feeling, I heard a sound-

bang!
The explosion exceeded everyone's expectations, and the sound of tearing the eardrums caused the crowd to burst out. scream. Although no firelight could be seen, the glass window of the silverware store shattered immediately, and the wall seemed to be skewed, causing the metal pipes on the wall to make a harsh metal twisting sound.

But fortunately, the police did not let the crowd surround the door of the store, so no one was injured when the panic shouted.

The crowd immediately dissipated like a flood. Shade, who was standing in front of the crowd, kept calm and wanted to leave. He saw a brown-haired middle-aged man running towards the door of the silverware store:
"I'm a reporter! I'm a reporter! What's going on here?"

He grabbed the notebook with one hand and shook his credentials with the other, rushing towards this side more excited than anyone, and then was caught The young police officer grabbed it neatly:
"The gas pipe exploded, sir, please don't come near."

Shade, who heard this conclusion, didn't believe at all, how could the gas pipe explode——

bang!
Another heart-stopping explosion resounded in the silverware store, and the oscillating air almost created a force that propelled people.

This time even the glass on the second floor of the silverware store shattered, and the fallen glass slag made the police officers who were maintaining order had to flee temporarily. As Shade stepped back, he saw through the window that on the second floor of the explosion, there seemed to be two people fighting in a white fog, and one of them seemed to have rays of light on his fist.

The distance is a little too far, and the fog that comes with the sunset is also reducing the field of vision, so Shade can't see very clearly.

“Amazing?”

He thought to himself.

[Yes. ]

Shade was startled by the woman's voice, but knowing that the other party would not explain much, he didn't ask, but left here quickly.

"The three people just now are definitely members of the church, and this happened after they entered. Sure enough, the church itself in this world is very likely to be a supernatural force, and it seems that it is integrated with the kingdom order. This way, the probability that the Orthodox Church can be trusted will be greatly increased, I wonder if I have the opportunity, through the channel of the church.”

Now it means that there are two choices, not only On the side of the psychiatrist, the five churches in the city also have the opportunity to let Shade get in touch with the supernatural and understand the voice in his head.

"However, why did I come across this kind of thing so coincidentally?"

He followed the dispersed crowd and walked in the original direction, while the woman's voice in his mind Said the sentence already said:
【Observe his ring. ]

Although I don't know what the female voice in my head is, Shade at least knows that the other party has no obvious malice. Immediately listening to the voice and looking around, I saw the young man wearing a pebble ring and carrying a suitcase again, walking not far ahead.

"I know it's impossible even if I think so. Wait, the explosion just now, wouldn't it have anything to do with him? How could I have such an idea, and there is no evidence now." p>

With this thought, Shade didn't want to follow. If the other party is able to create an explosion with his bare hands like the two in the silverware store, he is almost equivalent to trying to replicate the tragic end of the former detective with the other party.

"No, no."

Shade slowed down his steps, wanting to let the other party disappear into the distance of his field of vision naturally. But didn't expect the young man also stopped, took out the map like Shade just now, and then carried the suitcase into the side alley.

"Follow or not?"

The woman's voice in her head reminded the ring three times, It shouldn't be boring. But Shade, who knows almost nothing about the world, must also ensure the necessary caution.

He walked forward according to his original plan. When passing by the alley where the young man turned, he naturally glanced inward and saw that the man turned and disappeared at the corner ahead.

"To follow or not to follow."

He asked himself again, suddenly realizing that the next decision would affect his life for a long time to come.

"Follow or not?"

He was asking the woman in his mind, he heard laughter, and heard the murmured answer:

【Fate The road unfolds before you, foreign guests, are you willing to be ordinary, or are you longing for immortality? The world is like the ocean, do you have the courage to explore the terror outside the peaceful island? The path of destiny unfolds in front of you, one leads to the transcendent, the other.]

"Chase!"

Shade gritted his teeth, and also entered the alley against the wall.

(end of this chapter)