Shirley followed Duncan cautiously. The temporary quiet atmosphere not only did not relax her, but made her feel more and more depressed and fearful in the silence - she knew that this fearful emotion was actually not complete.
It comes from myself and more from "Agou".
Dog is feeling scared, and his emotions are spreading through the symbiotic shackles.
In order to relieve the depression in the silence, she whispered: "Actually, I would never have been caught for evading fares before...Agou helped me hide it..." "You mean the disguise made by the deep hound for you?"
'?" Duncan raised his eyebrows. He remembered that Shirley had sneaked into the cult's den with the help of some kind of "disguise" power from Ah Gou. The disguise seemed to be a kind of cognitive confusion ability, but soon
He shook his head and said, "It doesn't feel reliable at all. Someone saw it last time, and this time I was caught by the conductor."
As soon as Shirley heard this, she was filled with resentment - there was something wrong with Agou's disguise! Wasn't it because he was eliminated by the gaze of a terrible existence that he was exposed? Such a big shot had to be with her
Is it appropriate to make such a joke...
But she didn't dare to express her resentment, so she had to hold it in for a long time and then turned it into a string of dry laughter: "Ah haha... you are right, you are right..."
Duncan shook his head. He didn't care what was going on in Shirley's mind, he was just curious about the girl's investigation: "Why do you pay attention to the 'accident' eleven years ago?"
Shirley fell silent for a moment, as if she instinctively didn't want to respond to this question, but then pursed her lips again, as if she realized that concealing such a thing in front of an existence that was almost a subspace shadow was meaningless, so she
He spoke in a low voice: "Actually, it's nothing, I just want to find out... about my parents..."
After she finished speaking, she quickly added: "A being like you must find this kind of thing boring. I know that the obsession with family ties of us mortals is in your eyes..."
"No, I understand," Duncan interrupted the girl before she could say anything casually, because he could guess what image she saw of him in Shirley's eyes. Her words would be mixed with at least twenty pounds of sand.
"That is indeed a very important reason."
As he said that, he looked at Shirley with a serious look in his eyes: "Were your parents involved in the 'leakage' accident eleven years ago? Or were they attacked by cultists?"
Shirley looked at Duncan with some surprise. She didn't quite understand why this big shot who never wanted to take advantage of other people or interfere with other people's affairs was so concerned about this kind of thing, but she still nodded honestly: "They...are Eleven
Those who disappeared years ago...well, missing is a bit exaggerated, they are dead, but their deaths are unknown...and then Agou and I depended on each other..."
The girl's voice was a little low. These memories were not pleasant to her. Duncan did not let her continue: "How did you and Agou meet? Those Sun Cultists said you were a believer in the Annihilation Sect, and they also
It is said that only annihilation believers can summon deep demons, but you don't seem to admit this statement." Search 74 Literature Network on Baidu to see the latest chapter of Deep Sea Embers. "I don't believe in any 'sect'! I only believe in myself!" Shirley
He yelled subconsciously, but then quickly put away his voice and tried to pretend to be well-educated and polite, "Agou and I... met eleven years ago."
Duncan suddenly stopped and looked into Shirley's eyes: "Eleven years ago? So..."
"It was after the so-called 'factory leak'," Shirley quickly stopped and lowered her head to explain, "I can't remember the specific situation, and Agou said he couldn't remember...it might have been annihilated by someone.
It was summoned by a believer, but the person who summoned it must have been killed by the guardians of the Deep Sea Church, and then it was inexplicably 'tied' to me..."
Shirley concealed a lot, and too many details were skipped in her vague and brief narrative.
Duncan could feel the girl's concealment and avoidance, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
This is a very normal form of self-protection. Even if she is facing a powerful existence that she cannot resist, she will instinctively avoid exposing all her details.
He may be able to use threats to force Shirley to reveal more, but this may not necessarily lead to the full truth. On the other hand, he and this girl currently lack the most basic trust, so this topic can be left here for now.
That's it.
Duncan shook his head, looked at the slightly dilapidated streets on both sides, and the passers-by who were obviously more leisurely and slower than other neighborhoods, and said with a slight sigh: ...I almost didn’t see any children, either on the street.
Old people, middle-aged people, not even young people."
"It's like this in old cities like this," Shirley said very matter-of-factly. She seemed to understand very well. "Everyone who can afford it has moved to the cross street. Those who can't move are either old people or people who are just messing around. In addition,
It is impossible to have a community school in this kind of neighborhood, and the children will naturally not stay, they will definitely follow the adults..."
Listening to Shirley's serious analysis, Duncan just gave a noncommittal hum.
He could imagine the aging population in this old town, but even so, the bleak atmosphere on the streets was still a bit too concerning.
While thinking, Duncan's eyes noticed an old man with gray hair sitting in front of a shop on the street. The latter seemed to be basking in the sun, but he noticed the stranger appearing on the street, who was looking at him with some confusion at this moment.
.
Duncan took Shirley and walked straight over.
"Good morning," Duncan said hello to the old man sunbathing at the door, "We are here from the fourth block and would like to know...how to get to the church?"
He actually didn't care where the church was, he just found an excuse to talk to the locals.
"Church? The church is closed right now. God knows where the nun is." The old man basking in the sun woke up a little from his laziness. He sat up and looked at the stranger in front of him curiously. "It's strange. We usually don't have anything like this."
Outsiders are happy to come...what are you here for?"
"Visiting friends," Duncan said casually, "no one usually wants to come? Why?"
"It's not that damn factory," the old man complained angrily, seeming to be quite dissatisfied with the desolate condition of the neighborhood. "It's been so many years! The area around the factory is still dilapidated and barren of vegetation. Everyone said that it was leaked back then.
The chemical substances have not been cleaned up at all. Even people from nearby neighborhoods walk around when passing by. Who dares to get close to this place..."
Duncan and Shirley looked at each other, and then spoke again: "I saw an old newspaper, and it said that the area around the factory had been cleaned up..." "It said in the newspaper... it said in the newspaper
A lot of good things have happened! The newspaper also said that the new governor will revitalize the Xicheng Industrial Zone!" The old man spat to the side, "The result? Xicheng is getting worse day by day, and our old factory here is still in ruins... I
Let me tell you, this was a good place when the factory was still there. At that time, the Sixth Street was among the wealthiest neighborhoods in the downtown area. Now look at what it looks like..."
The old man kept talking a lot when he complained. Finally, a stranger came to listen to him, and the laziness he felt when he was basking in the sun suddenly disappeared without a trace. When Duncan saw this, he quickly interrupted: "That's right.
, I just noticed that there are not many children in this place... there are not many young people, have they all moved away? "
"Move? No one is moving here. After all, this poor place has everyone's old house. How can the rent in other neighborhoods be easily affordable?" The old man shook his head, "There are not many young people because they are all old."
,Child... bang..."
The old man suddenly sighed.
"No child has been born in this place for eleven years!"
"Eleven years without a newborn?!" Duncan finally opened his eyes slightly, "Really?"
"Can this be fake? I've lived here for most of my life," the old man rolled his eyes, "If you ask me, it's all caused by that factory...the land nearby is polluted..."
Duncan didn't speak, but slowly stood up straight and looked towards the end of the block, towards the location of the abandoned factory he had found on the map.
Beside him, Shirley was still chatting curiously with the old man. She was asking about the factory, the residents who stayed in Block 6, and how many people had moved away from here in the past eleven years.
However, the old man seemed to have lost his patience. He waved his hands irritably, muttered something to complain about, and mostly just ignored Shirley's questions. "Let's go," Duncan suddenly said to Shirley, where the irritable girl had an attack.
After diverting her attention before, he looked at the old man who had started to sunbathe again, nodded slightly, "Thank you."
"Oh, you're welcome," the old man waved his hand, "walk slowly."