Mystery: I can change things in books

Chapter 20

"What's going on..." Chris muttered subconsciously and looked back, the door had been closed silently, and the box of wine had also been moved in.

Adhering to the principle of doing more than doing less, he didn't pay any more attention and left the apartment quickly.

Walking out of the hall, Hugh Dill looked at Chris, who had empty hands, and asked, "Has the delivery been finished?"

"Well," Chris nodded, "Are you Hugh Dilcha?"

He took the initiative to speak in order to become familiar with her. After all, she was the future "Judgement" lady, and he might still ask for help from her in the future.

"you know me?"

Hugh Dilcha tilted her head and looked at Chris. She didn't remember seeing him.

"You don't know me, but I know you, the famous bounty hunter in the Eastern District, the 'Arbitrator', Hugh Dilcha."

"Ha," she chuckled, "am I already so famous, don't people in the East District know me?"

Erdogan asked: "Miss, why didn't you just hand those two bastards to the police? You can do that."

"Leave it to the police? There are many thieves, liars and gangsters in the East District, and the police can't control them. And these people don't care about being caught. They like to attack outsiders. As long as you don't come to the East District, nothing will happen to you."

She took out a three-edged thorn from her pocket, hid it in her cuff, and then said:

"Of course, the main reason is that I have business to do now and I can't waste too much time."

business?

Chris thought to himself.

Could it be the case in which a so-called "gentleman" was seriously injured?The case that landed her in a makeshift jail?

"Are you going to 'visit' a 'gentleman'?"

——Chris regretted it as soon as he asked.

"Ok?"

Hugh Dilcha's eyes were sharp and he asked in a deep voice: "How do you know?"

She used the extraordinary ability of "Arbiter"!

An invisible aura of majesty emanated from her body, making Chris involuntarily want to obey.

But a warmth came from his wrist, waking him up.

He scratched his wrist and lied:
"I, I guessed. I heard someone say that someone in the East District borrowed a loan shark, but was cheated by the creditor and couldn't repay it, so I guessed that he might have asked you to help solve this problem."

The invisible majesty disappeared, and Hugh Dilcha put it in his trouser pocket: "You don't have to be so polite, what's your name?"

"Chris, Chris Doty."

"Okay, Chris, I know you. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me."

After saying that, she turned around and left, walking further along the road.

"Boy, what are you looking at? Let's go!" Erdogan stood at the intersection and shouted to him.

It was already past seven o'clock in the evening when we returned to the pub, and many people came to have a drink after a long day's work.

After listening to Chris's embellished story, Jason held his forehead and said bitterly:
"The tavern has never delivered goods to Backlund's East District before, but this time we ran into gangsters the first time we delivered goods... We thought it would be safer for the two of us."

"The East End is terrible." Chris raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

He handed the empty glass to Jason and asked, "Thank you, Jason. By the way, do you know Hugh Dilcha?"

"Hugh Dilcha? Don't know him." After returning to the room, Chris began to think about the problem he had been deliberately ignoring: the tingling sensation in his wrist.

After closing the curtains, Chris recited His honorable name in Hermes.

"The author of all living things, the controller of the trajectory of the universe, the supreme eternal existence..."

This time, there was no longer a vortex in front of my eyes, but a stone seemed to break the surface of the water. Everything in front of me suddenly began to break from a point in sight, forming ripples.

The ripples grew bigger and bigger, and two pictures even appeared in front of Chris. One was the Star Island in the center, and the other around it was the guest room of the Tequila Tavern. There was a clear dividing line between them.

Chris had a splitting headache, and it felt as if someone had filled his ears with water and poured it into his brain.

He gritted his teeth and began to meditate, focusing all his attention, gathering his spirituality, and imagining the "Lord of Mysteries" that did not exist in this world.

After the book appeared in his consciousness, his spirituality gradually stabilized, and the picture in front of him gradually became clearer.

The light appeared again, and Chris finally arrived at Star Island.

He lay on the rocking chair, breathing deeply.

After he calmed down completely, he began to think.

I had a tingling sensation on my wrist just after serving the woman a drink, but what did the tingling mean?
When was the last time you had a tingling sensation that was "something in a book"?

No, when the "Book Transformation" succeeds, it feels warm, but when it fails, it feels like an electric shock like an electric current spreading through the body.

When Hugh Dilcha used the extraordinary ability of "Arbiter" on me, there was a warm feeling on my wrist, which helped me resist her pressure.

The tingling sensation is... Lanerus!
When I met Lanlwuth at the steam train station, I had a tingling sensation in my wrist, the same as today!
Isn't she also related to the secret organization?
Maybe when I was downstairs, the woman with messy hair and sunken eyes was standing by the window, staring at me expressionlessly!
And I don’t even know who she is!

Chris swore a curse word. He felt that this time was even more terrifying than the experience he had just traveled to the mysterious world in the Misty Village. Before, it was the Moss Ascetic Order, and this time he didn't know which secret organization he had messed with.

By the way, Backlund, the East Area...the hotbed of evil gods!

Chris gasped and slumped down in the rocking chair.

It is now less than a month before Zhou Mingrui travels through time, and the last thing he solved in Tingen City was the incident of the arrival of the evil god.

And the Backlund smog should still be around for half a year...

Chris sighed. Although he could predict the future, he couldn't help at all.

Should I contact Nighthawks?Of course, those responsible for the area of ​​Tietan Street in the East District may also be the Machinery Heart and the Punisher.

Should you call the police?Who should be reported to?I'm in Tingen now.

Moreover, calling the police will draw the attention of the police again, and they will definitely trace the Tequila Saloon, which will cause unnecessary trouble to Baggio and Jason.

Chris thought about it, and finally decided to tell Jason about it, and then let him consider whether to tell Baggio or call the police.

The most important thing for me now is to quickly digest the magic potion of "The Secret Peeper". It is better to do less than to do more...

After returning to the first floor of the tavern and helping Jason through the peak hours of the tavern, the two of them were finally free. There were still customers now, but not as many as before.

Chris approached the bar, took a cocktail Jason made for him, and asked:
"Jason, do you know who the client who lives at 1350 Iron Carbon Street is?"

Jason took out a notebook from under the bar, flipped through it, and replied:

"Is that the customer today? Let me look for you...well, her name is Claire, and she is a garment worker."

　In Chapter 18, a reader who started with 2022 said that Chris’s honorific name was not well thought out. I thought about it and deleted the part about Chris creating his own honorary name in the previous chapter, because I felt that firstly, I thought the honorific name was too bad. It's really not very good. Secondly, there is no need for him to create a honorary name at the moment. If the plot requires it later, we will talk about it... Then when I changed this paragraph, the comment left by the reader who started in 2022 also disappeared. To you Apologies...thanks for the advice :)
　　PS: The honorific name Chris gave himself before was: the traveler who does not exist in this world, the omniscient being of the trajectory of the universe, and the supreme lord of the outstanding stars.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)