When Fangzheng and Francis arrived at Arkham City, it was already three days later.
The entire city of Innsmouth had been destroyed. There was not a single living soul other than them. Even their vehicles were in tatters. Under such circumstances, the two had no choice but to leave the city on foot. Fangzheng was already used to sleeping in the wild, but this was a rare experience for Francis, so he was quite excited.
Along the way, Francis asked Fangzheng quite a number of questions regarding himself. Fangzheng naturally answered them in passing, bragging about his experiences of vanquishing fiends in other worlds. It left Francis's eyes sparkling as he listened. When they arrived at Arkham City, although the two were not good friends who could talk about everything, they were at least friends.
When they arrived at Arkham City, Francis invited Fangzheng to stay with his mother's house, but Fangzheng had no interest in going to someone else's house. He told Francis that he would be staying in Arkham City for a while and that he would inform him when he found a place to stay. Francis was a little reluctant to leave, but in the end, he could only nod and agree.
As for the place...
Arkham City was not a big city. It was not that it did not have good apartments, but it was a little troublesome when it came to money. After all, this was the 1930s. There were only telephones and no internet, not to mention electronic banking. It was impossible for Fangzheng to borrow the FBI's money.
But could that stop him?
Of course not.
So, Fangzheng conveniently borrowed the Federal Reserve's money. After all, anyone could be poor, but the Federal Reserve was not, right?
Information manipulation was Nimf's forte. Soon, Fangzheng bought a small apartment with a garden in Arkham City. To the outside world, most people only knew that "a rich gentleman came here to buy an apartment" through Nimf's information manipulation.
Although the apartment was not big and a little expensive, Fangzheng was not spending his own money anyway. Seeing that the furniture was complete, Fangzheng naturally agreed.
Frankly speaking, this world was boring for Fangzheng.
But the way it unfolded was completely different.
Fangzheng also tried to find out about the state of the world through the newspapers. After all, according to Fangzheng's memory, Asia should not be very peaceful at this time, but … the situation was a little unexpected.
Perhaps it was because the focus of each world was different, in the newspapers that Fangzheng bought, there was surprisingly little news on politics and military. Instead, there were all kinds of gossip, from the mysterious stone statues on Easter Island to crop circles. They were all news that Fangzheng would buy at the newsstand at the train station when he was a child.
In the original world, this kind of story would not have made it to the public, but in this world, it was published and discussed by the official newspapers. It gave Fangzheng an indescribable sense of ridicule.
Can you imagine People's Literature publishing something like "The Mysterious Disappearance of the Route 901 Public Bus" or something like that?
The chief editor would probably be Shi Lezhi.
But in this world, even the Wall Street Journal would discuss things like UFOs or undersea civilizations with great relish. It gave Fangzheng the feeling that everyone in the newspaper was a fanatic worshipper of mysterious scientism.
Was this also because of the influence of the world of Cthulhu?
But to be honest, it was also because of this that Fangzheng could rely on newspaper news similar to the "Tales of the End of the World" section to pass the time every day. As for Francis, he did not look for him. He only sent him a letter after he found the house, telling him his address and phone number.
But Fangzheng believed that if his hunch was correct, Francis would call him soon ….
Ring ring ring!!!
An ear-piercing ringtone rang. The phones in this era were the most ancient ones, so the sound was naturally very loud. When he heard the phone ringing, Fangzheng sighed. He put down the newspaper that published "Japan's strange whirlpool village" and picked up the phone.
"Hello."
"Ah, hello. Is this Mr. Van Helsing?"
Soon, a slightly distorted voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yes, it's me."
"That's great! Sir, this is Francis. Do you have time now? I have something very important to tell you! "
Francis sounded a little scared and uneasy. Fangzheng nodded.
"No problem. You can come over now."
"That's great! Thank you for your invitation! "
Hearing this, Francis also hung up the phone. He must have run over immediately. Fangzheng put down the phone and shrugged at Nimf, who was sitting next to him reading a book.
"Looks like we have a guest coming."
"Do you need me to leave?"
"No, not now. Just stay here."
Previously, he asked Nimf to hide herself mainly because he was not sure about the situation in this world. Now that he was sure, there was no need to hide anymore.
At that moment, the door of the study opened.
"Is there a guest coming to visit? I'll prepare some refreshments. "
A beautiful girl with waist-length dark blue hair and fair skin walked in. She looked at Fangzheng with a smile. Her every move was elegant and peaceful, like a quiet beauty.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. A young man named Francis will come to visit later. Don't play tricks on him."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Fangzheng sighed slightly. The blue-haired girl tilted her head with a smile, showing an expression that said "I don't understand what you're talking about".
"I'm sad to hear Master say that. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
"No, but at least I have to be prepared."
Fangzheng rolled his eyes helplessly and looked at the girl in front of him.
That's right, in front of him was the Soul Stone that Fangzheng drew after getting the Soul Scroll. It was a silver grade. To be honest, when he drew it, Fangzheng was worried that he would draw a Saya — after all, this was the world of Cthulhu. It was not impossible to draw a Saya in the world of Cthulhu, was it not?
But fortunately, it was not Saya that he drew.
But this character was not much better.
Asakura Ryoko.
She was a character that Fangzheng was more familiar with, but because of that, Fangzheng was speechless.
Anyone who had read "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" would know that Asakura Ryoko was not a human, but a humanoid interface created by the Unified Thoughts Consulting System to contact organic life forms. She was a backup of Nagato Yuki. Unlike Nozomi Nagato Akami, Asakura Ryoko was a traditional beauty. She was gentle, kind, and gentle to everyone. She was very popular.
That was until she stabbed the protagonist, Hollow.
From a certain point of view, Asakura Ryoko and Nimf were actually the same kind of existence. Neither of them had the so-called good and evil values of human beings. But Nimf looked weak because she was too weak in actual combat, while Asakura Ryoko had a simple personality.
She could not even be considered a sickly character, because she was neither sick nor delicate.
It could be said that Asakura Ryoko was relatively more proactive than Nimf. After all, Nimf's personality was more introverted and passive. For example, she would suggest that Fangzheng carry out a genocide, but if her suggestion was rejected, she would not act rashly.
However, Asakura Ryoko was the proactive type. She might do the same thing herself before reporting to Fangzheng — just like in "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", where she wanted to kill the protagonist to see Haruhi Suzumiya's reaction because she could not observe the information outburst....
It was this proactive attitude that made Fangzheng a little wary of Asakura Ryoko. He had to remind her many times not to do anything unnecessary without his permission.
Although Asakura Ryoko agreed very readily, Fangzheng had no confidence that she would follow his instructions completely.
By the way, the relationship between Asakura Ryoko and Nimf was very similar to the relationship between her and Nagato Yuki in the original work, except that Nimf was not like Nagato Yuki. She also talked to Asakura Ryoko nicely. Huh? Thinking about it this way, could it be that Asakura Ryoko attacked Void because her love for Nagato Yuki wasn't reciprocated, so she did something extreme?
For example, "I was the one who did it first, why are you so concerned about Hollow!" "Why are you protecting him? How far must you leave me before you are satisfied?"
Why did it feel like the plot was developing in the direction of a love triangle...
That seemed to be a possibility.
Fangzheng also asked Asakura Ryoko about this, but he found that Asakura Ryoko did not know Nagato Yuki. She seemed to have been abducted to this world by the system the moment she was created.
Well, it seems that I have inadvertently protected Hollow from being stabbed to death in a certain world.
This was worthy of celebration, worthy of celebration.
"Ding dong."
At this moment, the doorbell outside rang. Asakura Ryoko smiled at Fangzheng, then turned and left the room. Fangzheng put down the newspaper in his hand. Strictly speaking, Fangzheng did not hate the alien trio. Of course, Nagato Akami was the most popular. But if Fangzheng had to choose, Himuru Minato and Asakura Ryoko were not bad either. Although the three beauties were very attractive, it would be tiring to meet a character like Nagato in reality.
Soon, the sound of hurried footsteps came, and Asakura Ryoko's voice came from outside the door again.
"Please come in, Mr. Francis."
Following Asakura Ryoko's voice, the door of the study opened, and Francis walked in with a pale face. He was holding a small box in his arms.
"Mr. Van Helsing, I have something to ask for your help!"
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