"Pandora, I want to ask you a question, where does your metal mask come from, and where can I buy it?"
After eating breakfast, Gu He followed Lorna and Pandora out of the fish pond and planned to go to the small flea area together. Firstly, it was about the key program segment, and secondly, he heard that there were various goods there and there might be something to gain.
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Sakai Kao originally wanted to go along, but was dissuaded by them.
Although the small flea area is not as chaotic as the voodoo area, and Pandora also said that there is no need to contact the gang this time, there are risks after all, so it is better for her to stay in the fish pond as a backup.
On the way to the alley outside, Gu He asked Pandora.
His relationship with her was not as familiar as that with Lorna, so of course he couldn't ask Pou Bao so casually, but in a serious tone.
Naturally, he wanted to buy the mask, if Pandora was willing to sell it...
"This mask was a birthday gift from Phryne." Pandora said, "She knew the kid in the basement needed it."
Gu He suddenly became speechless. Come on, it's impossible to buy it.
No wonder it was so meaningful, and he could sense it. It turned out that this mask carried her and Fulin's happy dream.
After asking this question, I lost all my thoughts of using this mask as an activation experiment.
My friend, this is not a mess.
It's just that from what he knows about these sleeping strange objects, Jane's bicycle, Lao Fan's spatula, and Miss Ayin's samurai sword, which one is not of great significance and is not a continuation of some kind of life?
Gu He glanced at the thermos cup in his hand.
"Basement kid, if you want one, I'll buy one for you today." Lorna said, "It's like giving you a share."
"I really don't need this..."
As he walked out of the alley, Gu He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. People were coming and going on the main road of Shouhui Street, and Lorna's black heavily equipped off-road vehicle was parked on the roadside.
He already knew what this car meant to her. It was a nest for homeless people and had accompanied her through many life and death adventures.
Suddenly, while still some distance away, Gu He saw the off-road vehicle light up with a bright red light.
"Haha!" He couldn't help but laugh, the deer cart, this is Lorna's deer cart.
"What's wrong?" Lorna looked at him doubtfully, smiling so treacherously.
"Lorna, I think your off-road vehicle, look at the body, the frame, and the lights, are really good."
Gu He walked excitedly to the off-road vehicle and stroked its strong steel, as if he could hear its call.
The sleeping strange objects he has discovered so far can be divided into three levels of qualifications.
First gear: bicycle, katana, spatula
Second gear: thermos cup, off-road vehicle
Third gear: fish pond sofa, hollow metal mask
There seems to be no direct relationship between the level of qualifications and the depth of meaning. This matter is random and requires time to settle.
In any case, the fact that Jian can be on the same level as Lao Fan and Miss Caiyin may be due to her low-tech ideas.
"If you hadn't said that." Lorna walked over and opened the door and got in the car, "I would have kicked her over."
Gu He was slightly startled and got into the passenger seat. What did I say?
After Pandora also got in the car, Lorna started the car and took him back to Itada's apartment. He took out 100,000 in cash from the money stored in Mr. Itada's, just looking for bargains, about 100,000.
The Sanjiao District is a taboo place for scientific research. It is mainly for alchemists and doctors, and there is a lot of research and business on strange objects, alien species, procedures, personalities, etc., but it is an underground market, and transactions can only be done if you have connections.
The small flea area is different, it is a huge "flea market".
Lorna drove an off-road vehicle from Kabukicho through the garden area and then to the small flea area.
"The program section on Dongtu Street needs long-term consideration." Pandora said about another matter, "Let's wait until the incident in the Voodoo District passes, otherwise it will attract a lot of attention and things will become troublesome."
Gu He had heard a little before that Dongtu Street was a large district with a river and lake in it.
Bank syndicates, street gangs, and sects are all very complicated.
And that program segment is an undeliverable object - that is, the data transport and transfer work, which has been kept in a warehouse of a large escort agency, but if they want to get it, they will definitely not be able to just take it.
"We need to find someone to lead us, find someone to help us come forward." Lorna turned the steering wheel and said, "We are already famous. After the storm, we won't be ignored. It's just less trouble."
"Monk Wu Zhen and Taoist Master Yu Cheng from the Red Rain Group." Gu He thought about it, "ask them if they can help?"
"Besides, isn't there Lao Fan?" Lorna added, "Lao Fan knows some people in Dongtu Street."
"Well, Lao Fan is willing to get involved in this matter? He originally committed a crime on Dongtu Street and couldn't survive, so he ran to Kabukicho with Lao Cai. You also know this. I don't think he will pay attention to us."
"So it's up to you. If you have time to praise him a few more times, maybe he will be willing to do it."
Gu He listened and thought about the possibility, but when Lorna laughed, he knew she was joking.
Who is that, Fan Debao, Lao Fan, the food and fat man? How dare they hope!
As the car passed by the main road in the Garden District, Gu He saw a completely different street scene from the Voodoo District.
There are sufficient police forces here, and the Metropolitan Police Department is really doing its job. There are many patrol officers and traffic police. On the contrary, there are almost no vagrants or street rats. Those who come by will be cleared away.
There are well-done greenings on both sides of the road, and there are residential areas with gardens, as well as museums, theaters and other places.
But soon, once outside the boundaries of the Garden District, the world became different again.
The off-road vehicles began to enter the small flea area, and the noisy voices came along with the turbid air.
"Don't you want leather pants?" Lorna said, "I bought many of my clothes from this area."
Gu He looked outside through the car window. On both sides of the relatively smooth road, when the phantoms of high-rise buildings began to disappear, the car drove more and more into the remote areas of the city, and gradually there were dense buildings painted with colorful paint.
There are also huge flea markets. Pandora said that there are often underground buildings beneath the flea markets.
The "Buck Almighty" doomsday tribe is under one of these markets.
Gu He wanted to be a guest, but Pandora said that the Doomsday Clan's basement usually did not welcome outsiders to visit.
After all, real basement kids like her naively thought that the above-ground world had been destroyed.
"Forgive him, he grew up in a wild cave." Lorna never missed any opportunity to tease her.
"It's okay if I take you as a guest. Just follow the rules after you get down. You have time." Pandora added.
It's like entering a walled city or entering a flea market. Such an off-road vehicle cannot enter.
When they arrived at their destination, "Bron Flea Market", Lorna finally found a seat and parked the car, and then the three of them walked to the market.
Gu He was a little worried about the safety of the off-road vehicle, but after all, Little Flea is not a big house. There are certain rules for doing business here. Every market has a gang cover, and every parking lot is a territory.
They gave the Bron Gang members parking fees, and there was nothing valuable on the car.
Lorna got out of the car and put on the prosthetic exoskeleton of her right hand, carrying her usual samurai sword and carrying almost everything.
As for the rare treasures of this car, only Gu He himself knew about it.
The flea market was like a pot of boiling water, noisy and boiling everywhere. People from all over the city shuttled through the small stalls, sometimes walking straight past, sometimes stopping to choose goods.
The awnings of the stalls are all eye-catching with bright colors, and there is a dazzling array of products, including clothing, weapons, handicrafts, food, old things... From ordinary people to extraordinary people, you can spend a day shopping.
Not only are products from Flowing Light City, they are also shipped from Angel City, Newland City and other Free States.
All kinds of parallel imports, pirated goods, second-hand goods, or new goods are sold.
"Living in Flowing Light City, what's better than a sharp mace?"
"The complete collection of Chiba Gibson's movies, as well as her private videos."
“Authentic fried locusts from Angel City, fresh and delicious!”
“The most authentic Dongtu food, half cheaper than Dongtu Street!”
The vendors shouted at the passers-by, each one talking more exaggeratedly than the other.
"Birds of Paradise transported from Luozhou!" A vendor wearing an exotic-style turban shouted, "A rare species."
When Gu He heard the name of Luozhou, he couldn't help but stop. He saw some live animals being sold by vendors there, including several cages of live birds with bright feathers. "Oh... do you think those are really products from Luozhou?"
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Lorna took a look and said, "I have never been to Luozhou. It doesn't make any difference to me whether it's a bird of paradise or a sparrow."
"Most of the things in the small flea area are just fake things." Pandora said, "A hundred yuan is a hundred yuan, and you can never buy anything from Luozhou with a hundred yuan." There was sadness in her voice.
Gu He knew about Luozhou from her and Fulin's plan...
He looked carefully and saw that the so-called bird of paradise was just a rooster painted with paint.
Bloem Market not only has these small street stalls, but also a connected building in the middle. The ground floor is full of various shops, like different rooms in a house, and like a maze extending in all directions, selling higher-end stuff than the street stalls outside.
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There are only a lot more tourists in this maze than outside, and in many cases people are almost crowded walking through.
When the three of them passed a clothing store selling street style clothes, Lorna walked in.
The speakers in the store were playing rock music, and she walked straight to the hangers of men's and women's leather jackets and trousers. There were black, red, colorful and other colors, some shiny leather, some matte, some full leather, and some with some accessories.
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"Secret, come here and take a look at the leather pants." Lorna started picking out some new pairs for herself.
Pandora stood outside the store, while Gu He scratched his head and walked over.
"What do you think of these?" Lorna was picking up a pair of matte leather pants with some metal and wiring decoration. Gu He asked: "You or me?" She lifted up the leather pants, showing the women's legs.
Kuan, "Can you wear it?"
"Well, it's pretty good..." Gu He looked at it, "It should look good on you."
"Then I bought it. Why do I like wearing leather pants?"
Lorna raised her eyes slightly and suddenly mentioned the question he asked in the fish pond before:
"Because I don't like to wear skirts, and leather pants are suitable for fighting and won't hurt my feet. I'm too lazy to choose so many, but I don't want to dress ugly. Anyway, I have good legs, and leather pants directly meet the above requirements."
Gu He listened and thought, this doesn't seem to have any special meaning. Does Panbao really not exist...
When the two of them walked out of the clothing store, Lorna bought several sets of clothes and pants, and also gave him a black leather jacket.
As for tight-fitting leather pants, Gu He felt that they still weren't suitable for him. Even if they were large, they wouldn't look good even if they weren't uncomfortable.
He brought 100,000 yuan here because he wanted to buy some old things that were "meaningful and had stories to tell."
The small flea area can really meet his needs.
After leaving the clothing store, they went to visit some second-hand shops. Some things are valuable only when they are old, such as stamps, books, antiques, vinyl records and other items.
"Everything here has a story." In one of the stores, the middle-aged owner said swornly, "I bought them all hand in hand. Look at this umbrella, it can block bullets; look at this knife, it can kill people."
Pass the tiger."
Gu He listened to the boss's boast, but still didn't feel that any of the old items had the potential to be a rare item.
"This knife is nice." Lorna liked its style very much. It has a health groove in the middle and the handguard looks like an eagle's wings.
"Friend Bao, I don't want to buy this..." Gu He pulled her over and whispered, "It's just ordinary goods."
"Of course they are ordinary goods. Do you still want to buy rare items here?" Lorna rolled her eyes at him.
"I really have such a plan." Gu He said.
But even though there are mountains of old things here, it’s still not easy to find treasures.
After shopping like this for a long time, Gu He finally managed to buy a shimmering vinyl record at another store.
"This was self-recorded by a girl who dreamed of becoming a singer. Her singing voice was beautiful, but she only sold a few copies at the time. She didn't become famous later, and she didn't know where she went. She was another person whose dream of being a singer was shattered."
The store owner introduced it this way. What makes this record valuable is not only the story behind it, but also the beautiful songs in it.
After some haggling, Gu He won it for 5,000 yuan, which was really not cheap.
"This stuff is for the people in the Garden District, so they can listen to it late at night and feel emotional. If you want to hear people with broken dreams sing, you can just roar a few times yourself." Lorna felt that he was a waste of money.
But after Lorna walked for a while, she suddenly seemed to come back to her senses, "For red-haired Liz? This will be something she likes."
"Friend Bao, this is for my collection. It is valuable."
The destination of the three people's trip was a small shop called "Wheel of Fortune", and they arrived there under the leadership of Pandora.
The person they are looking for is the female owner of this store, an astrologer, who keeps the key program segment numbered 5. Number 5 corresponds to the fifth house, and astrologers are one of their main duties.
Gu He and Lorna followed Pandora into the store. The door was covered with a carpet full of occult symbols.
The foyer of the store is also decorated with various mystical colors. Gu He couldn't explain it, and Lorna didn't know much either. She only recognized some ancient Egyptian-style murals, as well as the Kabbalah Tree of Life, the Road of Fire Sword, and the Tower.
Luo cards and the like.
"My friends, welcome."
A mature and beautiful woman who looked to be in her thirties was sitting at a divination table covered with black cloth. She was dressed in a gypsy-like robe. She had already made tea and was drinking it. She looked at them and said with a smile:
"Sure enough, they are some distinguished guests. Lorna, I knew your father, and I also knew you when you were a child."
