The red moon returns

Chapter 25 Tracking
  "jingle."

The grilled glass door was pushed open, and Lynch and Natalie Angell walked into this humble cabin.

This is right on the Rand River, on the border of the King District and the Crown District, on the side of a narrow gravel path, on a street corner with few pedestrians. The next target, the Hall of Order, is not far away. From the store, you can already see the towering Tower of Justice of the Hall of Order, so Officer Natalie said she was stopping by.

In the dim light, the room was filled with a strange smell.

It is fragrant and smelly, light and strong, and the various odors mix together to form an indescribable pungent smell.

At a glance, there are all kinds of man-made objects, large and small, in the store. Most of them have weird or ugly images. They look like they have some history and exude a weird smell.

But Lynch could basically confirm after looking around that these were normal items without any mysterious filth.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Following the sound of a match being lit, Lynch saw the shopkeeper sitting at the counter.

A woman in her thirties, with red hair and beautiful appearance, was wearing a complicated New World-style dress, somewhat similar to the gypsy dress in her hometown. She was holding a slender ivory pipe in her hand, and her neat white teeth were gently biting the emerald green pipe. A jeweled cigarette holder, his slender eyes glanced across the faces of the two people who entered the door like blades.

"Huh? Natalie?" With a knife-like gaze, he was stunned when he saw the police officer behind Lynch, "Shouldn't you still be trapped in Crown Plaza? You wouldn't sneak out for such a big case. Just be lazy.”

"I've never been lazy. This is Victor's order." The police officer raised her hat and nodded towards the red-haired woman, "I'd like to introduce you to a guest, Lynch Leviev."

"This kid? Is he an ordinary person? The new mysterious hunter acquired by your watchers?"

"No, Lynch is a temporary consultant hired by the Watch."

"What is that?" The red-haired woman obviously didn't understand this new term.

"I don't understand either. Anyway, he is my temporary partner." The police officer patted Lynch on the shoulder. "The inspiration is quite sharp, much sharper than Trin's. I think he is almost the same as you."

"That's really unfortunate." The red-haired woman showed a strange smile, "I wish you good luck, young man. I hope you can persist for a while."

Lin Qi frowned, remembering that the voice in his head when he just traveled through time also mentioned that high inspiration seems to be a bad thing: "Why? High inspiration is dangerous? Because the more you know, the faster you die?"

"They didn't tell you? Oh, they probably don't know either." The red-haired woman smiled sarcastically, "People with high inspiration are indeed rare. Guess why?"

"Huh?" Lin Qi had an ominous premonition.

"Because they all died, died of mysterious events." The red-haired woman said softly, "The cause of all mysterious events is accidental mysterious contact, that is, the establishment of a connection with mystery, but do you know where the establishment of a connection begins?"

Lynch shook his head.

"It starts with perception, young man." Mrs. Bessie smiled strangely and knocked on her pipe. "When you look at the mystery, the mystery is also looking at you, so having too much inspiration is a good thing for others, but not for yourself. Not a gift, but a curse of death. You will soon find that you encounter mysterious events more and more frequently, until one day you cannot resist the erosion of mystery and become a part of it. This is what we The inevitable result for such people is that they cannot escape even if they enter the world of soul-shifters."

‘Traveling companion, is this why you said it was not a gift the day before yesterday? ’

【Yes. 】

"Okay, Bessie, don't scare my partner. What you said is only the opinion of a small number of people, and most people don't agree with it. Besides, even if he encounters a mystery like what you said, I will protect him. Natalie took half a step forward, guarding Lynch behind her, "I don't have time for you to bully the newcomers, there are serious things to do. Lynch, let me introduce to you, this is Bessie. If you want to buy or sell rare items in the future, You can choose this place, she is relatively reliable against soul-shifters, and she will not let the rare items leak out. Bessie, do you have a holy mystery here? It is...a god I have never heard of, what is its name?"

"Ms. Scarlet." Lynch stuck his head out and said, "I remember that's the name."

"Red Moon Goddess Luna, I rarely hear this name." The red-haired woman took out a thick account book and flipped through it for a while, "Well, I'm sure I haven't heard of this meteor god's saint in the purchasing channel for several years. It’s mysterious, there shouldn’t be one in the entire Rhine City. But I know there must be one somewhere, and there’s more than one.”

"Church of Night?"

"Tsk, it seems you know, so there's nothing more to say. You can find a solution with them." Mrs. Bessie shrugged, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Natalie moved her mouth, and just when she was about to tell the purpose of her trip, Lynch stood up from behind her.

"I also want to find a self-defense item. It should be something that ordinary people can use, easy to use, the lower the cost, the better. It has a little power, and it is best that it can be effective from a long distance. I have one for close range. .”

"That ring of yours? Well, it can be considered a close one." Mrs. Bessie looked at Lynch up and down for a while and said thoughtfully, "Your request... I really have one here, which completely meets yours. Require."

Ok?
  Lynch was originally just stimulated by the sap and wanted to try his luck. Unexpectedly, it actually happened. He turned back to look at the police officer. The lady also looked a little curious. The two of them looked at Mrs. Bessie holding up the pipe. , lazily walked towards the back room, there was a ding-dong-dong sound inside, and then he walked out holding a wooden box.

Lynch guessed what kind of strange object was hidden inside, but until Mrs. Bessie returned to the counter, the voice in her head gave no hint, as if it was deliberately trying to surprise him.

"It should have been ten pounds, but since you are Natalie's temporary partner and it's your first time here, I'll give you a 10% discount, nine pounds, and give you the matching props."

Hiss, so expensive. Lin Qi felt his heart was broken, and it took him several seconds to recover.

"Can I take a look first? I don't feel anything mysterious."

The red-haired lady made a gesture of invitation.

Lynch looked back at Officer Natalie, took a deep breath, opened the box suddenly, and saw a familiar object lying quietly in the box.     A revolver.

ha? Lin Qi's mouth twitched.

Indeed, in the age of steam, revolvers should have appeared, and the original owner of the body has also seen them. However, in the memory of the original owner, the power of gunpowder in this world is average, and the lethality of firearms is not strong, except for those large firearms that introduced steam technology. The power of seeing through.

So it’s not surprising that pistols appear, but…

Before Lynch could make a move, Officer Natalie picked up the revolver first, looked at it several times, and put it back in the box.

"Ordinary firearms, which have not been transformed by mysticism, are not contraband. Lynch, you can decide for yourself. If you buy it, I will help you go to the Hall of Order to complete the procedures."

Lynch picked up the revolver.

He doesn't know how to use it at all, but which otaku doesn't have a dream about firearms? Who hasn't imagined having a pistol when watching the show?

What's more, this thing does perfectly meet all my requirements and is quite simple to use.

The premise is that the hit rate is not considered.

"Nine pounds?"

"Well, I'll give you a box of fifty rounds of ammunition. Don't try to bargain. This is an ordinary commodity. Ten pounds is the market price. I've already given you a discount."

But it’s still very expensive.

All his possessions were only six pounds and thirteen shillings, plus the five pounds he had just picked out from V's hand to make up for it, and in the blink of an eye, he only had a little over two pounds left.

Fortunately, there is still a monthly reimbursement of five pounds from the Church of the Night, and food and accommodation are all included, so there is no additional expense. Otherwise, you will have to worry about your livelihood after buying it.

Travel companion, besides inspiration, not having money is also a curse.

[There is no curse, it is simply because you are poor, Lynch. 】

He always felt that he was being despised again, but Lynch didn't care. He gritted his teeth and took out the six pounds he had hidden, and turned to Officer Natalie with a flattering smile.

The policewoman glared at him and put the remaining three pounds on his behalf.

Seeing Lynch smiling like a fool with his new weapon, the police officer sighed, "After completing the gun procedures in two days, I will introduce you to a shooting club with coaches and a shooting range. Then we can play. Let’s get down to business now. Bessie, I need you to cooperate with the investigation now.”

"For the incident in the square?" the red-haired woman frowned, "I heard that someone caused an explosion in the crowd, but no trace of the explosion was found."

"Well, it is made of rare objects." Natalie explained. "We hope to trace the trajectory of the rare objects, including the channels from which they were transported into the Rhine City, who was involved, etc. I remember you are If you can do it, you have traced the statues two days ago.”

"That's impossible." The red-haired woman chewed her cigarette holder and thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "I can find out the trajectory of the statue because there are corpses of people directly related to it. But there shouldn't be any now. I heard that no one died. The explosions, the trampled corpses in the square don't count, only those who died directly from the strange objects."

"There is no body, but the strange objects are in our hands."

"Huh? I've got all the rare items, so what else are you tracking?"

"Trajectory." Lynch added beside him, "The most important thing is to confirm where it has appeared before."

"That's it..." The red-haired woman hesitated for a long time, then nodded slowly, "I'm not sure, but maybe I can give it a try. Come with me."

As she said this, she waved to the two of them and motioned them to follow her to the back.

The two were about to follow, but Officer Natalie just casually looked out the door through the glass, suddenly stopped and pulled Lynch.

"Ok?"

Lin Qi followed her gaze and breathed heavily.

The two saw thick smoke rising in the distance, as if something was on fire.

The direction in which the thick smoke was rising seemed to be exactly where the Hall of Order was.

I was preparing to check the case file in the afternoon, and suddenly there was a fire?

What about the case file?

The two looked at each other and realized that the fire was probably unusual. They immediately picked up the box, turned around and said hello to come back later, and then ran towards the place where the fire was.

Never be the Hall of Order, never be the Archives Room.

(End of this chapter)