Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 23 Outliers, and [Link] from Bloodborne

Outside the public phone booth, the snow was overwhelming.

Large flakes of ice had already formed on the glass in the public phone booth. Under the dark sky, the glass seemed to be tattooed with religious prayers, mysterious and dangerous.

"It's...wonderful."

In the microphone, the joke finally disappeared from the man's voice.

"As a reward, Mr. Chen, as my personal reward to you, I can tell you one thing."

He changed to a "slightly" closer address, and the teasing in his voice reappeared.

"I can tell you that the company will issue you the whereabouts of that mobile phone."

The sudden surprise caught Chen Yan off guard.

But after the surprise, the expression on Chen Yan's face became awkward.

The mobile phone issued with the employment notice was stolen. This was a completely unpredictable and man-made disaster-it was the fault of the thief.

But in the eyes of the company's people, it's all because he didn't keep it well——

They only think that if they open the email when they receive it and take their mobile phone with them, they will not be stolen later.

The voice in the microphone became serious.

"When I found out that your phone was stolen, I was very angry.

Because mobile phones are very important things. "

The man puts emphasis on the word "important".

He seemed to know a lot, what puzzled Chen Yan most was, how did he know?Where do you know?How did you know that Chen Yan had lost his phone?
For Chen Yan, in some respects, the mystery of the man brought him even more confusion than the strangeness that appeared in front of him.

"The mobile phone is very important, even more important than your life."

"If the mobile phone fell into the hands of certain people, it would cause unimaginable damage to the Byron Weiss Group."

"That kind of loss is irreparable for you, and it is also unbearable for the branch affiliated to the zoo."

Chen Yan's expression was extremely ugly.

The tone of the man in the microphone became relaxed again in the next sentence.

"Okay, as your boss, I have expressed my due attitude."

"Right now, I'm only talking to you on my own behalf."

There was almost hyper-excitement in his tone, and gloating with an obvious smile!
"You are such a genius! Mr. Chen! You even lost Byron Weiss's most important mobile phone!
I've hosted dozens of interns and you're the first to lose your phone! "

"Haha! You're going to piss off the dean!"

Chen Yan was a little annoyed by his tone.

"But I am not the dean, no matter what punishes you,

I also use money to work for others. I work for others just like you. I am a busy worker for a little bit of hard work.

Why make it difficult for beating workers? "

"Here, I want to send you a kind reminder,

Mr. Chen, the mobile phone is the status symbol of the Byron Weiss Group members,

Each employee has only one mobile phone in his life, and only one mobile phone. "

Chen Yan was wary of the meaning of his words.

"The good news is that if you stay the same -- if you stay on Byronweiss and you're not fired and you're not dead, you'll always find the phone."

"Alternatively, the phone will find you."

Chen Yan shuddered when he said this, and couldn't help asking:
"What does this mean... the phone... is alive?"

The voice in the microphone suppressed a laugh.

"You will know when the time comes, the mobile phone is one of the most wonderful creations in the world~"

Chen Yan immediately asked: "Is what you said also one of the rules?"

The answer from the other end of the microphone was ambiguous: "Yes, but not entirely. The boundaries of some rules are not clear, or even vague."

Chen Yan couldn't help asking: "What exactly is the [Rule]?"

The microphone gave a succinct answer:

"It's [extraordinary power], Mr. Chen. As I said before, this is one of the important research directions of the zoo."

The man on the other end of the microphone obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, so he changed the topic away.

"Mr. Chen, can you guess who I am?"

Chen Yan replied calmly: "Mr. Lawrence Argent, the first agent, what should I call you?"

The result of his guess on the other end of the phone is not surprising: "Just call me by my name, smart Mr. Chen."

Chen Yan nodded slightly: "Lawrence, thank you for your reminder."

The first agent, Lawrence Argent, obviously did not expect that Chen Yan would not say a word after thanking him.

He thought Chen Yan would ask more.

He had prepared many answers,

About the weirdness in this zoo, about the price of violating the rules of the zoo, about the weird environment Chen Yan is in now...

Chen Yan didn't ask a single question.

Now, these questions were held in his mind, making him suffocate.

"Don't you want to know something else, Mr. Chen?"

He was looking forward to Chen Yan's inquiry.

At this moment, Chen Yan's eyes were fixed on the direction where the road started—it was also the direction they came from.

In that direction, in the snowstorm, a small shadow appeared.

It's a little girl.

The three people on the bus platform also obviously noticed the girl's arrival.

"Fuck..." The third uncle was angry and helpless, so he could only brave the blizzard, step over the knee-deep snow with difficulty, and once again head towards the other side of the road.

In the public phone booth, Chen Yan watched the clumsy and embarrassed figures of the three disappear into the blizzard,

Asked his only question to First Agent Lawrence Argent.

"Lawrence, please tell me, what is this little girl?"

The person on the other end of the phone let out a long breath, as if feeling refreshed.

"It's the [Outlier] in the [Moon Family]."

"Families who believe in the same gods not only have firm beliefs and the same blood source, but also [links] between each other."

“[Link] is the link between individuals of the same family group,
Mr. Chen, please keep this matter firmly in mind,
When encountering some incomprehensible events,
The definition of [link] will be your key to open the door of the answer. "

Chen Yan pondered: "Her current situation..."

The phone continued to explain: "She and other Moon Familia lost [link], became [outliers], and some bad things happened, so that the [tainted blood] in her body happened spoiled."

Chen Yan repeated Lawrence's words.

"Something bad happened to her."

The tone on the other end of the phone was very serious, and there was no hint of a joke.

"Yes, something that posed a serious threat to her life."

Chen Yan said in an affirmative tone: "This matter must not be [violating the rule that you cannot turn left],
Breaking the rules is just an incentive.

The root cause of her becoming like this is [that incident]. "

The other end of the phone affirmed: "Yes, even if she doesn't violate the rules, she will soon become what she is now."

Chen Yan continued: "[That incident] happened before she entered the zoo."

The tone on the other end of the phone is still positive: "Of course."

(End of this chapter)