Linn instinctively wanted to call out to the other party.
Because everyone he saw showed a corruption value, and the [Awakened One] logo was the only one he had seen so far except himself.
There is not only the joy and excitement of meeting "similar people", but also the thirst for knowledge to find out what "awakened one" means.
But in the end, he did not stop the other party and controlled his surprised expression.
Its corruption value as high as [100] made Lin En wary and he did not dare to contact it rashly. Moreover, a doubt arose in him.
Why does the other party seem to completely ignore me?
[Awakened Ones] are undoubtedly rare. When meeting the same person, no matter what, he should not look so indifferent that he seems not to have seen himself.
Is it possible...
That person doesn’t know that he is also an [Awakened One]?
Lin En was shocked.
If this is true, it means that your situation is even more special than imagined.
The ability to see other people's corruption values and marks is only available to you.
But is this really the case? What is so different about me that makes me worthy of having the ability to see through other people's backgrounds?
Or is it that the man actually saw his identity, but just didn't take it to heart at all?
"Hey, friend." Lin En decided to make a confirmation, and he loudly called out to the man who had not gone far.
Wearing a windbreaker and a cold expression, he looked at the man who was about the same age as Lin En and stopped, turned around and narrowed his eyes.
Lin En could feel a sense of coldness from his body: "Excuse me, is this Reddy's Tavern?"
"Yeah." After replying, the man turned and left.
"Brother, of course this is Reddy's Tavern." Matt didn't understand why Lynn would bother with it before entering the door.
"It's okay, let's confirm." Lin En prevaricated casually, and the guess in his heart was slightly confirmed.
That man should really not know that he is also an [Awakened One], otherwise logically he shouldn't behave like this.
While contemplating, Matt also pushed Linn into the tavern, which was full of people and smelled of alcohol and sweat.
The inside of the tavern is similar to the outside, decorated with festive decorations, but it still cannot hide the old and rundown behind it.
Located in the middle of the hall, the spiraling staircase makes a squeaking sound with every step that drinkers take. The once delicate handrails and railings no longer bear support.
The grandeur of this place seems to have been taken away by the rich when they left, and then was taken over and polluted by decay and squalor as the poor came in.
"It's so lively." Lin En looked at the spacious hall with great interest. A group of people were sitting at the wine table chatting and drinking. On the other side there was a band singing low-key music, and whispered to himself.
"There are too many people. We are still a little late." Under such a festival, the pub was already overcrowded and it was difficult to find two empty seats. Matt felt a little ashamed. Because of the delay in work, they at least
Came two or three hours late.
"It's okay, wait, or let's go shopping somewhere else." Lin En's mentality has always been good, and his disability has not become a reason for him to continuously release negative energy to others.
"How about we go get something to eat first? There's a restaurant upstairs." Matt raised his chin toward the stairs and raised his voice because it was too busy and noisy.
Lin En had a headache when she saw the stairs: "Can I go up?"
"Of course!" Matt smiled, first pushed aside the drinkers, pushed Linn to the stairs, then carried him on his back, and climbed up easily while holding the wheelchair with one hand.
"You're very strong." After reaching the second floor and being helped back into the wheelchair, Linn praised with a smile.
"What's this? Come on, let's go get something to eat." Matt didn't care and pushed Lynn into the restaurant on the second floor.
Compared with the lobby on the first floor, the environment on the second floor is relatively better, but there are also many people eating and drinking in the restaurant at this time. Fortunately, there is finally a free seat. Matt immediately pushed Linn over to sit down and ordered two
Fried fish, fried potatoes and pickled cucumbers.
The food was relatively rough, but undoubtedly much better than brown bread. Linn couldn't help but have an appetite. She didn't care about the curious looks from other guests and enjoyed it with Matt.
"Lin! En!"
Just as he was concentrating on finishing half of the food, someone suddenly approached Linn and Matt and made a rough sound.
Linn looked up and saw two tall and strong men surrounding him and Matt.
"Lynn! Don't you remember us?! We worked together in the cannery a few years ago!" One of the men, who only wore a black vest in the cold weather and showed off his muscles, patted Linn vigorously and said.
"Burton, Chad?" Lin combined his memory and could barely tell that the two of them were the tavern owners Matt mentioned - the Buzzell brothers.
"Yes! Haha!" Brother Burton, who was wearing a black vest, invited the bald Chad to sit opposite Lynn and Matt. "This is your...brother, right? I remember that you were not always frugal in life.
Does your brother study? How is he now?"
Matt had never met the Barzel brothers, not to mention that they were now important figures in the slums, so he couldn't help but seem a little reserved when he answered: "I...I'm working as a chimney sweep in the city now."
"Ah, it's not bad. The salary is not much, but the advantage is stability!" Burton nodded, "What a pity for your brother! Linn, are your legs still like that?"
"Well, I can only use a wheelchair." Lin En smiled bitterly.
"Who told you to offend someone you shouldn't have offended!" Burton said with a look of regret, "But you are lucky, you only lost your legs, at least you are still alive!"
Lynn could only laugh it off.
The original parent's parents died one after another when they were very young, and the two were dependent on each other. Since the original parent was older, he took on the heavy responsibility of making money to support his younger brother's education.
A few years ago, the original body was still in good health, and he worked in a nearby cannery with the Barzel brothers and many other people from the slums.
One day when he got off work, he accidentally saw a group of young powerful people driving a car to deliberately intimidate and drive away a mother and daughter for fun. He couldn't help but stepped forward to help rescue them.
The price of this act was that he was retaliated by the offended nobles and had both of his legs run over by a car.
After that, no one tried to uphold justice for him, and the noble men fled. Not only did he not receive compensation, he also spent a lot of money on hospitalization and owed a foreign debt.
In the end, his younger brother Matt, who was good at studies, had to become the last pillar of his miserable life. He gave up studying and started working odd jobs outside to make a living, pay off debts, and try to save money to take his original body to the capital.
The hospital looks at the legs.
A very brave act and a very touching brotherhood.
It's a pity that as time goes by, the passionate original person becomes decadent, sensitive, and irritable. The younger brother who might have had a bright future can only carefully protect the original person while doing the dirtiest and worst job.
fragile emotions.
"We haven't seen each other for three years, so you should drink more and spend more at my place today!" Burton said cheerfully.
It can be seen that Burton is quite stingy.
When facing an acquaintance who is living in poverty, he just reminds him to spend more money, but does not offer a discount in a humane way.
"Definitely, definitely." Matt was afraid that the words of the Bazell brothers would irritate Linn, so he quickly agreed and secretly prayed for the two of them to leave as soon as possible.
"Okay, let's go. If you need anything, come to us on the third floor." Burton said a few words, then with a ruthless look on his face, his younger brother Chad, who had never spoken a word before, stood up and spoke respectfully and politely to the others.
The customers said hello, took two bottles of wine and returned to the third floor.
"The third floor is the casino. It's very messy, so we won't go there." Matt was afraid that Lynn would be immersed in bad memories of the past, so he deliberately changed the topic, "Brother, this fried fish is delicious, isn't it?
Do you want another one?"
Linn didn't reply.
"Brother? How about... let's go down for a drink?" Matt became increasingly uneasy, racking his brains to think of how to get Lynn back into a good mood.
Lynn ignored Matt at all. He stared in shock at the corner of the stairs where the Buzzell brothers finally disappeared, and a cold voice from an unknown source echoed in his ears.
【Congratulations, awakened one.】
[You have been selected as the cleanup personnel of this L1 contaminated area. Please find out the murderer of Bazel Burton and Bazel Chad before midnight. 】
[Success, you will receive 200 points as reward.]
[Fail, you will become the murderer’s next target.]
[Since this is your first time participating in the cleanup mission, you can observe the environment and suspicious persons at will in the ten minutes before the death of Bazel Burton and Bazel Chad.]
[Countdown begins, nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds, nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds——]
"...Matt." Linn, who was still in a state of shock, glanced around and his breathing became rapid unknowingly, "We have to go up."