Zhou Lin

Chapter 77 I know a guy

2218, December 1, Golden Lion County, London.

On a secluded side street, a small bookstore opened quietly.

The word "BOOKS" is written in capital letters on the black signboard. I don't know if it is old or retro decoration, giving people a sense of time and space.

No one knows when this store opened here, and almost no one will visit it. It is the kind of street store that you pass by every day but never go in. It maintains a unique style. A subtle sense of existence.

At noon, Zi Lin pushed open the wooden store door and walked into the store with a creaking door axis.

This bookstore is a single-story building. When you enter the room, you will find that the space inside is much larger than it looks from the outside, but it still feels crowded because... there are books everywhere.

In this bookstore with a cross-shaped overall layout, whether it is on the bookshelves against the wall, on the table, on the floor, or in various nooks and crannies... as long as you glance over, you will definitely see books piled up in your sight.

These randomly stacked books create a chaotic and strange space, filled with the unique smell of paper and leather.

In the depths of such a shabby shop where it was difficult to even stand and walk, there was a desk. Behind the desk was a sofa chair. On the sofa chair... sat a man.

He looked to be in his twenties or thirties, with messy hair. He was wearing a black casual suit with an open collar and a slovenly appearance.

He is the boss here, his surname is Tian.

When Zi Lin walked in, Boss Tian didn't even raise his eyelids.

He just sat there lazily, reading with a book in one hand, and slowly stirring a cup of coffee on the table with the other hand.

"I'm back." Zi Lin walked all the way to the desk and spoke.

"This is not your home, why are you coming back?" Boss Tian still didn't look up.

"Then I have to say hello when I enter the house," Zi Lin said.

"You see, I just hate this about you..." Boss Tian finally put down the book at this time, looked at the other person, shrugged and said, "You are too educated."

"Haha..." Zi Lin laughed dryly and complained, "Sometimes I wonder... what kind of people came to your place in the past. Did they start swearing or pulling out guns as soon as they entered the door?"

"That's impressive..." Boss Tian scratched his hair, "There are also polite young people like you, but we can talk about that topic later, now..." He suddenly paused For a second, he asked a question, "How's it going?"

"Let him run away." Zi Lin replied, "Why do you ask again when you clearly know?"

"Ha!" Boss Tian also laughed dryly, "I know that 'Faceless' ran away. I was asking...how do you feel?"

"You want to ask me how I feel about 'failure'?" Zi Lin responded, "That's quite a lot... I think I could talk for hours. Are you sure you want to listen?"

"No need." Boss Tian continued, "Just tell me which part of this 'failure' you think is your own responsibility, which part is objective factors, and which part is my problem..." ”

"Isn't this nonsense?" Zi Lin replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "I am responsible for the action, and it must be my responsibility alone."

"Oh...that's it." After hearing Zi Lin's answer, Boss Tian showed a half-smiling expression, muttered these few words, and took another sip of coffee to calm down his emotions.

"Wait a minute..." After a few seconds, Zi Lin seemed to realize something, "You said you wanted me to do 'two things', one is to set up a trap to test Chao Wuchen, and the other is to recruit Wu Mian... you actually lied to me. Right?" He thought in hindsight, "Did you run away from the Faceless Society from the beginning? So for you, the real second thing is to 'observe my reaction after failure'?"

"Well...since you have thought of it yourself, then remember it and learn from it." Boss Tian put down his coffee and continued, "Sometimes, the shortcut to the destination is not a straight line, take some detours as appropriate... By intertwining multiple threads, you will get twice the result with half the effort.”

"Use your strategy to your advantage, don't limit yourself to things... I know, you told me." Zi Lin said.

"There is still a long way to go from 'knowing' to 'knowing'." Boss Tian said, "There is not much time left for you, so keep working hard."

Hearing this, Zilin was silent for a moment.

After thinking for a while, he said: "By the way... before you act, tell me that there are currently two active people in the world who can imitate the appearance of others. Apart from 'Faceless', the other two are Who is the other one? Can we consider recruiting him?"

"Impossible." Boss Tian replied without thinking, "This kind of person with the ability to disguise himself will be a hot commodity in the coming 'chaotic times', and the other guy has long been pulled over by other organizations."

"Okay..." Zi Lin curled his lips, "Anyway, I have a backup plan. The judge will bring the 'doctor' during the 'trial', so the number of people is still enough."

"The number of people has never been a problem." Boss Tian added emphasis to this sentence, "The key is... there are a few special ability users, and their abilities are 'necessary' and will arise at some point. play an irreplaceable role; regardless of whether there are enough people to participate in the 'trial', these people, or these abilities, must be under the control of the Anti-Cross."

"So sooner or later I have to find 'Wumian' again?" Zi Lin asked.

"Yes." Boss Tian said, "But next time you go to find him, you don't have to 'recruit' him. You can just kill him."

"What do you mean?" Zi Linxu said, "You are saying that his ability is 'necessary', but at the same time..." When he said this, he suddenly thought of something, and after an abrupt pause for a few seconds, Zi Linxu He raised his eyes and said, "Is there something you didn't tell me?"

"I haven't told you a lot of things." Boss Tian said confidently, "The reason is the same - the time has not come yet." At this point, he changed the subject, "But right now, you have no one to recruit. Since the above action has failed, I can tell you about this..."

"Okay, okay, I'm all ears." Zi Lin tilted his head, with a look of helplessness on his face.

Boss Tian moved forward at this time, put on a mysterious expression, and lowered his voice and said: "I_know_a_guy..."

Zi Lin didn't know why the other party suddenly started speaking English to him, but he was also quite good at playing. He immediately put on an expression similar to that of Boss Tian, ​​raised his eyebrows and said, "So?"

"Before the trial starts, you have to set up a trap to get him." Boss Tian replied.

"We still need to set up a trap..." Zi Lin said feebly, "What kind of monster is this time? You can't just go to it?"

As a result, Boss Tian not only did not answer his question, but he also glared at him and asked in a contemptuous tone: "You forgot what I just asked you to learn?"

"OK, OK...my_bad." Zi Lin raised his hands, making a gesture similar to surrender, and responded with a smile.

"Of course... you really want to go there yourself." Unexpectedly, Boss Tian immediately changed his tune.

"Where are you going?" Zi Lin was too lazy to complain and asked the key point directly.

Snapped--

The next second, Boss Tian snapped his fingers and pointed to a world map hanging on the wall of the bookstore: "South America."