Man in the old days, Lord of the Seven Sins

Chapter 71 I Heard You Are Looking for My Clinic
Old calendar April 1588, 4, rain.

A gray haze hangs over the small town of Harlow.

It started to rain early in the morning.

Compared with last night, in the early morning, three or two figures appeared sparsely on the street.

Reiner bought the special breakfast of Harlow town for everyone.

Rhodes tested it with Aesop and confirmed that no weird things had been added to these pancake-like foods.

Everyone hastily had breakfast.

John and Reiner went out to investigate and ask some of Reiner's former relatives and friends, and they needed to collect more useful information.

Little Finch and Old Finch are still awake, but under the care of Aesop, they are in better condition than yesterday, and it will not take long for them to recover.

Margaret slept on the bench in the back room to catch up on sleep.

After being used by Rhodes for half the night last night, she was still a little dizzy and needed to take a good rest.

As for Rhodes, the energetic guy in Margaret's eyes, he will start to study those black substances again.

Strong physique supported Rhodes.

"Knock knock."

There was a knock on the door.

Rhodes frowned.

He took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

10:31 pm.

John and Reiner just went out and won't come back so soon.

Old Finch said it was safe here.

So, who would have known someone was here?

He glanced at Margaret. She was wearing a blindfold and sleeping peacefully. She was dragged by him last night, so he couldn't bother her anymore.

Clean up the black substance that has separated in the glass.

Ask Aesop to take good care of the three of them.

Rhodes gently closed the door of the inner room and opened the door of the outer room.

Outside the door, stood an old man with a stooped body.

He is holding a black umbrella.

"Hi, guest from afar, I'm Ryder, the mayor of Harlow Town."

Ryder took off his black top hat, bowed his head, and introduced himself, which was his usual style, trying to make a good impression on others.

"Hello."

The response full of machinery and steam made Ryder's body stiff.

This inhuman answer made him realize that the guy who opened the door might be something extraordinary.

Looked up.

A black beak mask is approaching in front of him.

Ryder's face froze.

"What's up?"

"Um you. Hello."

All Ryder's prepared words swallowed into his stomach after seeing this mask.

"Is that so, is old Finch there? On behalf of the townspeople, I'm here to express condolences to him and little Finch. As you know, our town of Harlow is the most united."

"Old Finch is resting, if you have anything to do, you can tell me."

Under the mask, Rhodes narrowed his eyes.

Obviously, the old man knew that old Finch was here, and he had probably been staring at it since last night.

"I need to see old Finch, can you let me in?" Ryder swallowed. As a mayor, he will fulfill his duties even in the face of fear.

"of course."

Rhodes moved half of his body away and stood at the door.

He was going to knock the unsightly old man unconscious after he entered the house, and Rhodes was annoyed halfway through the experiment.

Looking at the strange man beside him, Ryder trembled. He felt that he might not be able to get out if he went in, but the belief in his heart made him feel that he had to take this step.

"Crack."

The door of the back room was opened at this time.

Old Finch came out leaning on a cane.

"Ryder, why are you here?"

There was joy on old Finch's face.

A trace of curiosity flashed in Ryder's eyes. From the analysis of the clues he got, Old Finch was probably captured or even killed by the group of weirdos who came to the town. Why is he still doing well now, and even his complexion is getting better and better?

"I'm here to see you, Finch, are you all right?"

Ryder looked at old Finch and winked at him frantically.

Finch chuckled and shook his head.

"Of course I'm fine. I even feel very relaxed. I've never felt so relaxed like today. I'm glad you can come to see me. Sit down. I have something to tell you."

Old Finch beckoned Ryder to sit down.

"Since you're awake, I'll leave him to you." Rhodes glanced at Old Finch, then at Ryder, and opened the door of the back room.

"Go and do your work, leave everything here to me."

Old Finch stood up, leaned on the chair, and saluted Rhode excitedly.

"Ah."

Rhodes accepted the gift calmly.

Some things don't need to be humble.

After all, he did save old Finch and little Finch.

Ryder watched this scene curiously, and after seeing the weird man open the door of the back room and walk in, he couldn't wait to ask old Finch about it.

"Finch, we have been friends for more than 20 years. There are some things, you know what I want to ask?" Ryder grabbed the old Finch's hand and whispered.

"Ahem, of course." Old Finch withdrew his hand calmly. "He is the benefactor of me and little Finch."

"benefactor?"

Ryder narrowed his eyes, a trace of doubt appeared on his wrinkled face.

"Yes, you know that the doctor's medicine has side effects, right?" Finch leaned close to Ryder's ear and whispered.

"Shh, don't talk nonsense about such things!" Ryder glared at Finch, his eyes full of dissatisfaction. "Including me, the townspeople firmly believe in the doctor's words!"

"This gentleman, he can completely eliminate the side effects of that medicine!!!"

Old Finch's next words made Ryder's eyes widen, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

"how is this possible!?"

"The doctor clearly said that it's not a side effect, it's a gift from the gods. When a new life is born, when the time comes, we can obtain permanent immortality!"

"There are some things that I have never experienced before. I really can't believe it." Old Finch shook his head. He leaned into Ryder's ear and cut little Finch from being sick to cutting himself. In the end, little Finch couldn't control himself. He told Ryder all about his body turning into a monster.

Ryder kept shaking his head, his eyes gradually bloodshot.

"No, it's impossible, the doctor won't lie to us!"

The reciting of ancient texts suddenly came from the inner room in a low voice.

Ryder's body suddenly trembled at this moment.

He lowered his head, and a strange atmosphere permeated the room.

Finch's body was a little stiff.

Obviously, he also felt that the state of Ryder beside him was not right, but one of his hands was held by Ryder so desperately that he even wanted to pull it out because the opponent's strength had somehow increased. Too many to escape from.

"Gala."

Twisting of skeletal muscles.

Under Finch's staring eyes, Ryder's head skeleton gradually undergoes deformed changes.

Bang!
The door of the back room was opened.

A black tentacle swept over, dragging the mutating Ryder into the back room.

After a while, Rhodes walked out of the back room with Margaret.

"The operation went very well, and Ryder's condition is recovering fairly well, Finch, you stay here and take care of them."

"Where are you going?"

Old Finch asked in a low voice.

"Go to the doctor. I have thoroughly researched that thing. For the follow-up experiments, I need to find him for further verification."

Rhodes said calmly.

"You pay attention to safety."

"Ah."

In the southeast area of ​​Harlow town, on a muddy path.

John looked at the cow dung on his new leather shoes with an extremely ugly face.

"Damn it! Enough is enough!"

Reiner stood aside, with his waist thrust forward, his face full of helplessness.

"Why is there cow dung in the grass on this road!" John complained dissatisfied.

"Perhaps, someone's calf came out to graze and just passed by." Reiner explained, and he looked forward.

"It's almost here, there is the doctor's clinic." Reiner pointed to the house with lights on the door in the distance, and he looked up at the dark clouds that almost stuck to his face.

"Sir John, are you sure we want to go there alone?" After what happened last night, Reiner felt that the doctor might be a dangerous person, and if he and Chief John acted alone, they might be in danger.

"Who said we have to act alone, we just need to determine the area where the doctor is, and then go back and tell that gentleman." John rubbed his shoes on the grass, trying to wipe the cow dung off the soles.

At this moment, a crisp voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.

"You two, I heard that you are looking for my clinic, do you need to visit it?"

(End of this chapter)