Red Moon Returns

"Ding-ling."

The lattice glass door was pushed open, and Lynch and Natalie Angle walked into this inconspicuous little house.

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

In the dim light, the house was filled with strange smells.

It was fragrant and smelly, light and strong, and all kinds of smells mixed together to form an indescribable pungent smell.

At a glance, the store was filled with all kinds of large and small, strange and bizarre man-made objects, most of which were very strange, or ugly, and looked a bit old, exuding a strange smell.

But Lynch could basically confirm after a look that these were all normal items, without any mysterious filth.

Snap, snap, huh.

Following the sound of the match lighting, Lynch saw the shopkeeper sitting at the counter.

A woman in her thirties, with red hair and beautiful looks, wearing a complicated New World style long skirt, a bit like the gypsy costumes of her hometown, holding a slender ivory pipe in her hand, her white and neat teeth gently bit the emerald gemstone mouthpiece, and her slender eyes swept across the faces of the two people who came in like a blade.

"Hmm? Natalie?" The knife-like eyes froze when she saw the police officer behind Lynch, "Shouldn't you still be trapped in Crown Plaza? You wouldn't sneak out to be lazy for such a big case."

"I never slack off, this is Victor's order." The police officer raised her hat and nodded to the red-haired woman, "Let me introduce you to a guest, Lynch Leviev."

"This kid? He is an ordinary person, the mysterious hunter newly recruited by your Watcher?"

"No, Lynch is a consultant temporarily hired by the Watcher."

"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 policewoman patted Lynch on the shoulder. "His inspiration is quite sharp, much sharper than Cui En. I think he is about the same as you."

"That's unfortunate." The red-haired woman showed a weird smile. "Good luck, young man. I hope you can hold on for a while."

Lynch frowned, remembering that the voice in his head had mentioned that high inspiration was not a good thing when he just crossed over. "Why? High inspiration is dangerous? Because the more you know, the faster you die?"

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

"Huh?" Lynch had an ominous premonition.

"Because they all died, died of mysterious events." The red-haired woman whispered, "All mysterious events are caused by unexpected mysterious contact, that is, establishing a connection with the mystery, but do you know where the connection begins?"

Lynch shook his head.

"It starts with perception, young man." Mrs. Bessie smiled strangely and tapped her pipe. "When you look at the mystery, the mystery is also looking at you, so too much inspiration is a good thing for others, but it is not a gift for yourself, but a curse of death. You will soon find that you often encounter mysterious events, and the frequency is getting higher and higher, until one day you can't resist the erosion of the mystery and become a part of the mystery. This is the inevitable result of people like us, and we can't escape even if we enter the world of the Soul Forsaken."

'Traveling companion, is this the reason 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 what a small number of people say, most people don't agree, and even if he encounters a mysterious person like you said, I will protect him." Natalie took a half step forward and protected Lynch behind her, "I don't have time for you to bully newcomers, there are serious things to do. Lynch, let me introduce you, this is Bessie, if you want to buy and sell rare items in the future, you can choose this place, she is more reliable for the soul-forsaken, and will not let the rare items leak out. Bessie, do you have a holy mystery here, it is... a god I haven't heard of, what is his name."

"Ms. Scarlet." Lynch poked his head out Said, "I remember this 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 Holy Mystery of the Falling God in the supply channel for several years, and there should be no such thing in the entire Rhine City. But I know there must be one place, and there is more than one."

"The Church of the Night?"

"Tsk, it seems that you know, then there is nothing to say, you can find a way with them." Mrs. Bessie shrugged, "Is there anything else to buy?"

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

"I also want to find a self-defense item. It's best that ordinary people can use it, easy to use, the lower the cost, the better, with a little power, and it's best that it can be effective at a long distance. I have one for close combat."

"Your ring? Well, it can be considered a close combat one." Mrs. Bessie looked Lynch up and down for a while, and said thoughtfully, "Your requirement... I really have one here, which fully meets your requirements."

Hmm?

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 guns? Who hasn't imagined having a gun 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 your cooperation in the investigation.”

"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 statue 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. Explosions, those trampled to death in the square don’t count, only those who died directly from 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 that, 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 glanced out of the door through the glass, suddenly stopped and pulled Lynch.

"Um?"

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.