Even though Lin Sanjiu had woken him up from his afternoon nap, the man in red seemed to have a good temper.
Lin Sanjiu thought to herself as she studied the man.
A few minutes ago, she saw the window of a room on the first floor being pushed open and a bare foot poking out. She thought she was going to see another weird-looking man, but when she looked at him, the weirdest thing about him was that he wasn't wearing any shoes.
The man was between thirty to forty years old. He was skinny and had a slightly hunched back. His skin, eyeballs, and fingertips were so dry that they were yellowish. It was as if he had been smoking for years.
"Let's go together," the man in red said as he patted his pocket. Lin Sanjiu had no idea what he was looking for. "Are you new here? I can show you the way. "
Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows. "There are so many warm-hearted people here?"
"Oh, I forgot. I haven't put it away yet." The man in red mumbled to himself as he turned around. He walked to the advertisement board of the motel and placed his hand on the pillar.
There wasn't even the slightest gap that could be detected. The entire motel suddenly disappeared, as if it had never existed.
Lin Sanjiu stared blankly at the empty space. While she was still in a state of shock, her sharp intuition was telling her not to ask, not to ask.
It wasn't strange to keep a motel that might be a Special Item. The problem was that the effect of a Special Item was similar to her Evolved Ability. It was either dormant or dull. Even the thread left by the [Benevolent Mother] on her waist was long gone, even though it was still there.
If other people could use Special Items like him, her situation would be much worse than she thought.
The man in red obviously didn't notice her bewilderment. After he kept the motel, he stood on the road and yawned to his heart's content. He closed his mouth reluctantly, and tears welled up in the corner of his eyes.
"Let's go," he said as he wiped his tears. Then, he turned around and walked on the road.
Lin Sanjiu didn't move.
"Why are we going in this direction? Are we going to attend the conference?"
The man in red turned around. He still looked like he had been smoked by life.
"Huh? It should be, right? Isn't this the direction of the symposium … "He scratched his face and admitted," I don't know either. "
Anxiety pricked Lin Sanjiu's heart like a hot needle.
She had too few clues. Maybe the fat man had already taken a detour on the way here, or maybe he did go to the forum.
For Lin Sanjiu, who didn't know anything at the moment, it didn't matter where she went next. Whether her decision to follow them was right or not, she could only depend on her luck.
After all, following a local would at least give him a chance to gather information.
"I've never attended a symposium before." She walked a few steps behind the man in the red T-shirt and looked at his back. "What about you?"
Red T-shirt did not seem to care that his back was exposed to a stranger. "It's not strange. You look inexperienced, just like a newborn. In the past forty years, I've only participated a few times, let alone you. "
Forty years? Lin Sanjiu looked at him from head to toe.
Just like 5.85, she couldn't see anything special about him. He was probably at the level that could be found on the streets of the Twelve Worlds. Perhaps, they were like her, with their evolved abilities dulled?
Lin Sanjiu wished that she could be more anxious.
During the ten minutes she was searching for the fat man, she realized that the feeling of her "ability hibernating" was too natural. It was so natural that she didn't feel anxious at all. She had been suppressed a few times, but this was the first time she felt this way. It was as if she was soaking in a hot bathtub and couldn't help relaxing. If she didn't think about it, she would have forgotten that she could still fight.
"You don't have many symposiums?" she asked.
"There have been more in recent years. I didn't have the chance to hold a symposium in the past." Red T-shirt tapped his bare feet on the ground, but the soles of his feet weren't dirty. "Don't be fooled by my slovenly appearance. I'm actually a very motivated person who focuses on improving himself … Some people are very arrogant and believe that they are the best. They don't want to listen to other people's experiences …"
As he spoke, he seemed to spread out in all directions, which was exactly what Lin Sanjiu wanted. After listening for a while, Lin Sanjiu got the gist of it. The symposium that he was going to attend seemed to be an activity for people to learn from each other.
Lin Sanjiu searched for the fat man in her field of vision as she pondered about the symposium. There were many people in the symposium, so it would be easier for her to find out Puppeteer's whereabouts. Furthermore, the information they exchanged would definitely give her some clues. Even if she didn't see Puppeteer, she still had to go and take a look.
After following the red T-shirt for a while, Lin Sanjiu realized that she might not be able to find any clues for now. The people here seemed to be very friendly.
Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, the red T-shirt would nod at them when they saw each other. When Lin Sanjiu first saw him, she almost thought that he was meeting up with his accomplice and was finally going to attack her.
5.85 was obviously not an exception. When the others saw her, they were very friendly. They would greet her from time to time, "Are you new?" "Ask if you're not used to it", "Let us know if you need help" … Some of them were enthusiastic, some were polite, and some were shy and friendly. It was as if she had fallen into a paradise.
"But how do they know that I'm new?"
Lin Sanjiu thought about this question a few times, but she didn't ask it in the end.
They didn't seem to be hostile, but she still didn't dare to say anything. Her keen intuition wasn't an instruction manual. When she was uncertain, she would rather be more cautious and shut her mouth like a clamshell.
Just as the red T-shirt said, most of the people walking in this direction were going to attend the symposium. As the two of them walked, the number of people in front of them became more and more dense. As the number of people increased, the buildings, streetlights, and roads became more and more presentable. Unknowingly, Lin Sanjiu looked around and realized that she was already in a small town.
This small town seemed to have come from a noisy brain. It was strange, lively, and full of life.
There was a wooden western tavern from the Gold Rush Era next to a gray cement travel agency office. There was a clown with faded makeup and tattered clothes selling a bunch of dejected balloons on the street. There were a few children sitting in front of a gloomy abandoned house, counting the worms they had caught in their hands. There was a swimming pool with a large part of the ground that had been torn apart. There wasn't even a buffer nearby. If a driver parked a truck by the roadside stretched his leg out, he would fall into the water.
"Oh, I remember the person you mentioned."
When Lin Sanjiu asked about the fourth person, the person finally gave her an answer that made her heart race.
"He walked past here about ten minutes ago. Yo, I've never seen such an ugly person in all my years of living." The middle-aged woman wiped her hands on her apron as she thought, "He's a newcomer just like you, right? Why don't you pick a better-looking friend? It's so annoying when you meet him. But I don't know where he went. I was looking for eggs at that time, and when I looked up, I saw him standing at the end of the street. He was fiddling with something in his hand. It seemed like he was using it to imprison someone. "
"Imprison someone? How did you know? "Lin Sanjiu leaned forward. She almost wanted to dive into the woman's memory and see for herself. "What kind of thing? Was there someone inside? What did he look like? "
The middle-aged woman was startled, as if she was afraid that Lin Sanjiu would suddenly bite her. "He was quite far away, so I just glanced at him … Anyway, there was a big thing floating in the air. I couldn't see it clearly, but I think there was a black figure sitting in it. When I found the egg, the person was gone. "
"Isn't this too easy?"
"That's great."
When Lin Sanjiu was so excited that her hands and feet were burning, the man in the red t-shirt who had been waiting patiently by her side seemed to be relieved as well. He said, "It's so close. With your ability, wouldn't you be able to find it easily?"
"I feel like my writing is a little out of practice these two days. It's just the composition of the words, the order of the sentences. The sentence in the middle indicates that I don't know where the fat man went. I'm just reading from the English in my head … Sometimes, when I write Chinese, the first thing that comes to mind is English, and when I write English, Chinese comes to mind. Anyway, it's like using underwear as a bedsheet. There's not enough material, so I subconsciously want to use another one.
After Puppeteer left, the popularity of the story dropped a lot. This made me a little wary. Usually, I would remind myself not to use Puppeteer for the sake of popularity (even though he did have the most scenes). I still have to focus on the story.
(End of this chapter)
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