Chapter 186 - The Train
Qianyu once visited Charing Cross Station once when he was studying at Imperial College, but the architectural style at that time was obviously different from now. The station ceiling in the game is much more gorgeous than when he went there. In fact, the beautiful one in the game
The vaulted roof collapsed in December 19o5, and it was replaced with a much tackier structure and reopened in March 19o6.
However, the structure of the platform is still the same, so Qianyu is fairly familiar with the terrain here.
On the six platforms, only one train is still on the platform at this time.
This is very fantasy...because at this time, there should be more than just this train at Charing Cross Station...
No... It should be that Noah's Ark artificially deleted the trains on other platforms, otherwise there should be a sea of people on the platform now. European trains wait for the train to arrive on the platform, a bit like our urban railways
At this time, a group of train workers were throwing something under the front of the train, and raging white smoke was rising from the front of the train.
Jack the Ripper ran into the train ticket checking station from the nearest carriage door? Was he attracted by the explosion in the Opera House?
At this moment, the jet at the bottom of the front of the car also began to emit thick steam.
"Let's get on the train quickly!" Qianyu immediately realized that the train was about to start and said quickly.
Conan, Mao Lilan and Qianyu also rushed into the train from the same entrance before the train moved.
With a long deflation sound, the locomotive began to move forward slowly. After advancing for more than ten centimeters, it was suddenly pulled. The connecting ring between the locomotive and the carriage was pulled straight, and the driving wheels and the rails were rubbing in place.
Countless gravel was thrown up. At the same time, a "bang" sounded from the middle of the train.
"!?" Qianyu and others had just entered the carriage through the door, but the originally stationary carriage was suddenly jerked forward. Mao Lilan was knocked to the ground by the sudden movement, and Conan and Conan who were already lying on the ground were knocked over.
Qianyu, who grabbed a bulge on the side, also fell to the ground.
Qianyu was a little helpless, but didn't say anything because he really couldn't demand that Mao Lilan and Conan knew what to pay attention to.
The era of steam locomotives has passed for a long time. If Qianyu hadn't studied steam locomotives, he would never have grabbed the handrail when the steam train started. Conan and Mao Lilan are both new generations, and they have never been exposed to steam.
train.
The power of the steam locomotive itself is not enough, so it is impossible to pull all the stationary carriages at once. Therefore, before the steam locomotive goes out, it must first move backwards and loosen the tight hooks between the carriages. In this case, the front of the locomotive can move
The kinetic friction of pulling the carriages one by one is much less than the static friction.
Therefore, when the train has pulled all the carriages it can pull, it will be dragged by the next carriage. After a while, it can move forward again, and then it will be dragged by the next carriage again until all the carriages have been dragged.
Therefore, every time the train is dragged by a carriage, the train will shake. The vibration just now was because the train happened to be dragged by the carriage where Qianyu and the others were, so it was exaggerated to the point that it could shake Mao Lilan and Conan.
Shake down.
It took a lot of effort for Qianyu to crawl out from under Conan and Mao Lilan. Just as he was about to help Conan and Mao Lilan up, he heard something sound coming from outside the car door not far away.
The voice was very soft, so soft that Qianyu thought he was hearing something, or was it just a hallucination?
But Qianyu's heart drove him to take a look outside the door.
The closer I got to the door, the more obvious the strange sound became. It was the sound of something dragging on the ground.
Qian Yu felt even more uneasy and walked quickly to the door.
They did not close the carriage door when they came in, but now that the carriage door is closed, it is more likely that someone outside the door has grabbed it, causing the carriage door that opened inward to remain closed.
Qianyu approached the car door and looked out through the car window. A look of surprise and anxiety immediately appeared in his eyes.
Haibara Ai was clinging to the handrail outside the door, her feet dragging on the ground due to the height of the train.
This girl...why do you have to follow me?
"Why are you here?" Qianyu asked subconsciously, but then he realized that he shouldn't be entangled in this kind of problem now. He had to pull Haiyuan Ai up first!
Qianyu pulled the door back hard, and Huihara Ai, who was hanging on the door, was pulled in at the same time.
"Why are you here?" Qian Yu asked angrily when Hui Yuan Ai was kneeling at the door and panting slightly.
"Why can't I be here?" Haiyuan Ai raised his head and shot back. "I should be free to go wherever I go, right?"
"You're free enough to open the train door?" Qian Yu said angrily. "You are seeking death!"
"I'm willing to die, but you care about me?" Hui Yuan Ai was also angry.
"Aijiang probably came here because Qianyu-kun is here, right?" Behind Qianyu, Mao Lilan said with a playful expression.
"..." Beside her, Conan narrowed his eyes in anticipation, looking at Qianyu and Haihara Ai, wondering what would happen next.
"No!" Haiyuan Ai jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on and retorted loudly. "I'm just... just... I'm just trying to catch Jack the Ripper!"
It was indeed this reaction, Conan smiled.
So, will Qianyu's reaction be the same as he imagined?
"In order to catch Jack the Ripper, I risked my life!" Qianyu complained. "Idiot!"
"You are the fool!" Haiyuan Ai stared at Qian Yu fiercely.
Conan covered his face with his hands to hide his smile. Every time this happens, both of their faces will be very red... although if they were asked to explain themselves, they would probably say it was because of the noise.
Face flushed.
In the end, Mao Lilan, who had been smiling all the time, pulled Conan and left together. Behind them, Hiroki Morohoshi looked at the two people who were quarreling with a half-smiling expression.
Although it may be ridiculous to use such words to describe children like them, the two of them...are really like a couple who bickers every day...they don't like each other very much, but they feel empty when the other is not around.
Their attitudes towards each other are not very friendly verbally, but they are very honest physically...
Looking at Qianyu and Haibara Ai who were still arguing, Zhuxing Hongshu smiled and shook his head.
"You two, we should do something serious now, shouldn't we?"
"..." There was a hint of relief in the eyes of Haiyuan Ai and Qian Yu, but their expressions still looked like "I'll spare you this time." "Hmph!"
Chapter completed!