In front of the garbage disposal station, Mayer Lada was like a gold digger. He plunged into the stinky garbage, opening up bag after bag of garbage.
Mr. Pulin couldn't help but open his mouth … With such a scene, he would probably curse when the sanitation workers arrived before sunrise.
He shook his head and tried to clean up the garbage Mayer Lada had opened up. "Perhaps, you can tell me what the thing you lost looks like. It is better and faster to find it with two people than one."
Mai Lada abruptly stopped. His gaze was fierce as he stared at Teacher Pu Lin. He said coldly, "Human … Why are you treating me so well? Do you want to obtain some benefits from me?"
Mr. Pulin was surprised at first, then he sighed and said with a calm voice, "Being good to others … have you heard of it?"
Mayer Lada sneered. He threw away the garbage in his hand and straightened his chest. "I only know about the arrogance, greed, cruelty, and treachery of humans … Good? Don't joke around. "
Mr. Pulin opened his mouth and then asked curiously, "This … this mister, do you have some misunderstanding about humans?"
"Misunderstanding?" Mayer Lada snorted. "If there is kindness, it is only the comfort when you humans lick each other's wounds when you humans are weak … When you humans grasp power, what is left is only evil and aggression."
"Aggression?"
Teacher Pu Lin furrowed his brows and sized up the person in front of him who was wearing a black robe … More or less, his attire was somewhat incongruous with that of an ordinary person. From his observations, this tall and thin man with a stern expression was only an ordinary person.
"You come from a war-torn country?" Mr. Pulin thought for a while and asked probingly, "… have you killed people before?"
Mayer Lada just sneered and didn't say anything. He continued to rummage through the garbage … Mr. Pulin shook his head and continued to tidy up the place Mayer Lada had messed up.
When it was about time, Mr. Pulin reminded him, "This part is probably even older. I have been looking for it for so long, I can roughly judge that it is very likely that the thing has been taken away … So, are you really not going to report it?"
"Mind your own business!" Maio Lada said angrily, "What I do, how I do, it is not up to a puny human like you to interfere … While I still have patience, hurry up and get out of my sight, otherwise, I …"
Coo coo —!
The sudden gurgling sound was especially loud at dawn … Mai Lada's face stiffened, but he still clenched his teeth to make himself look even more vicious. "You will regret this …"
Gugu —!!
"There's a cafeteria not far ahead. It's open 24 hours a day." Teacher Pulin smiled. "Do you want to go?"
"Me! I don't need your help … "
Gugu —!!!
…
Teacher Pulin ordered a cup of black coffee and sat quietly, reading a hardcover book with relish: [Grimm's Fairy Tales].
On the opposite side of the table, Mai Lada was wolfing down a plate of spaghetti with meat sauce … The way he ate could be described as a hungry man.
This was actually the fifth plate of spaghetti with meat sauce — but Mai Lada's stomach was like a bottomless pit. The waiter who brought the plate was amazed by his amazing appetite.
"The taste of this food is not bad, what is it called?" Mai Lada suddenly raised his head and asked.
Teacher Pulin put down [Grimm's Fairy Tales] in her hand, looking at the man whose lips were covered with gravy and even grabbed the noodles with his hands, curiously asking, "Haven't you eaten spaghetti with meat sauce before?"
"How can I eat human food!" He instantly sneered and disdained … but his expression soon became a little embarrassed.
He quickly wiped his hands covered with gravy on his robe, and his expression became serious, saying indifferently, "As I said, if you take me to the garbage disposal station, I will fulfill one of your wishes … Including this meal, I will add one more. Tell me, what is your wish? Wealth? Power? Land? Women? "
"I'm quite curious." Teacher Pu Lin took off his round-rimmed glasses and asked while slowly wiping them, "What do you think? Why would I think that you're capable of realizing … realizing the things you're talking about for me — for someone who looks as terrible as you do now."
"You look down on me?" Mai Lada was like a wolf whose tail was stepped on, his eyes wide open.
Teacher Pu Lin tilted his head and suddenly said, "You should be a little younger than you look … Is it because you look more mature?"
No matter how one looked at it, Mai Lada looked like a man of 35 or 36 years old, like Teacher Pulin's age. At this age, he should be calm, even if he was the type with a fiery and impulsive personality, he shouldn't be so inflexible, which was why Teacher Pulin asked this question.
Mai Lada didn't say anything and grabbed the fork to stab at Teacher Pulin.
Only, this sudden attack was blocked by Professor Pu Lin in the end with the [Grimm's Fairy Tales] in his hands … Mai Lada furrowed his brows. Even though he had lost all his strength and was even troubled by hunger like an ordinary person, this attack was already unexpected.
He had blocked it … and he had done so in an unhurried manner.
Mai Lada slowly took back the hand holding the fork and frowned, asking, "What are you trying to do by following me?"
This seemingly harmless man in front of him might be the same as that old human mage, a [Inhuman] hidden in the crowd … Mai Lada, who had already lost all of his power, had even lost his sharp senses. He could only make a simple judgment, and thus couldn't be sure.
However, Mai Lada knew that the [Inhuman] in the [Inhuman Domain] had always maintained a close relationship with the modern world, and many [Inhumans] even lived directly in the modern world.
"I don't have any intentions." Teacher Pulin shook her head, "First of all, you are a new face, so I feel strange. Second, you seem to be troubled by trouble. "
Mai Lada sneered, obviously not believing Teacher Pulin's words.
"Since you don't want anything, then don't approach me." With that, Mai Lada retreated step by step until he walked out of the 24-hour restaurant.
However, what Mai Lada did not expect was that just as he walked out of the restaurant's entrance, several strong beams of light came toward him … … he saw that there were two police cars and three motorcycles parked outside the restaurant's entrance … … six police officers were pointing their guns at him.
"Don't move! Don't try to resist —! "The police officers shouted at this time.
Mai Lada obviously did not expect these people to find him so quickly … He was startled, and then clenched his fist, but the surging power had long since disappeared, and he had no choice but to let go of his hand dejectedly.
"Raise your hand high! Turn around! Give up resistance! "
Mai Lada clenched his teeth. He had seen these firearms created by humans … he knew the power of these firearms – half a day ago, he was not afraid of these firearms at all, but now …
Mai Lada could only slowly raise both his hands, feeling this extraordinary shame and humiliation, secretly swearing … he slowly turned around. At this time, through the glass door of the restaurant, he saw Teacher Pulin walking toward him.
Mai Lada couldn't help but be startled.
In front of the restaurant's entrance, a thick greyish white fog suddenly rose up … several police officers couldn't help but panic.
However, this thick fog came in a strange way, and at the same time, it also left very quickly. But when this thick fog dissipated, they had lost track of the fugitive … Mai Lada had disappeared at an unknown time.
…
Outside a few alleys, Mai Lada furrowed his brows and shook off Teacher Pu Lin's hand that was grabbing onto his arm … Within the thick fog, Mai Lada was directly pulled by the other. Soon after, he quickly walked over to this place.
That was not the speed that an ordinary human should have, but Mai Lada was not too surprised, because he had already determined that the other party was not simple.
However, this kind of fast walking made him, who had lost his strength, look very miserable … he tried to adjust his breathing to make himself look more normal, but he was unable to cover up his pale face.
"Why did they want to capture you?" Teacher Pulin turned around and asked expressionlessly.
"You don't know why they captured me … why did you save me?" Mai Lada threw back a question.
Teacher Pulin said indifferently, "There will always be times when one takes the wrong path … if one takes the wrong path, it will be fine as long as they correct it."
Mai Lada couldn't help but sneer, "How do you know that there is a possibility of turning back from this wrong path? Do they all want to see him die? "
Teacher Pulin sighed and said faintly, "Then at least, let me be one of them … let him know that there is at least one other person who wants to tell him: Hey, you took the wrong path."
"Childish." Mai Lada snorted coldly and then looked around the surroundings … but this time he was much more careful.
"If you go out like this, you will be easily caught." Teacher Pulin reminded him.
Mai Lada said disdainfully, "They are just some ordinary people with firearms, if not for me … humph!"
"It will be dawn soon, after dawn, it will be more difficult for you to hide." Teacher Pulin said indifferently, "Since you lost something and want to find it back, then at least don't let yourself get caught."
Mai Lada turned around and muttered, "You have a place to hide?"
Teacher Pulin nodded silently.
…
"I live here." Teacher Pulin pointed at the house that looked like it had been abandoned for a long time and said.
Mai Lada looked at the house in surprise … why was this guy not joking? This house did not look like it had been abandoned for a long time, but more like a building from another century – compared to the surrounding houses.
"Usually no one comes here." Teacher Pulin smiled and said, "The police usually don't come here … there was a murder case here before. When I came here, a ghost lived here and liked to scare people."
Teacher Pulin didn't say what happened to the ghost later, but Mai Lada could easily think of several possibilities, so he didn't bother to care about a small ghost.
He casually leaned against the wall of the house and sat down, not caring that the floor was covered with dust … In order to avoid the pursuit of the Magician Association, he had stayed in an environment a hundred times worse than here, so he naturally didn't care about this at this time.
Teacher Pulin turned on the tap and gave him a glass of water.
He took it but didn't drink it, instead, he said, "You are going to help a person, aren't you afraid that this person is unpardonable, and the crimes caused by him are enough to kill him thousands of times?"
"Of course I am afraid." Teacher Pulin shrugged and said, "But the most frightening thing is that he is not willing to turn back even if he knows that the end of the road is destruction."
"What a hypocrite …" Mai Lada sneered, "If this person killed your loved ones and let you spend the rest of your life in pain … can you still be so determined?"
Teacher Pulin slowly sat down facing him — also on the floor, "I was abandoned at the door of a church when I was young, and the priest of the church adopted me."
Mai Lada frowned, not knowing why he suddenly mentioned this.
Teacher Pulin said, "When I was ten years old, a thief broke into the church and was discovered by the priest … In the struggle, the thief stabbed the priest's heart with a candlestick."
"You killed the thief?" Mai Lada's eyes didn't blink.
Teacher Pu Lin looked at him and didn't say a word. Mai Lada subconsciously avoided his gaze and only then did he continue to speak. "Ever since I was very young, I had some abilities that were different from ordinary people … That time, I was somewhat unable to control myself and I almost killed this thief."
"Almost?" Mai Lada opened his mouth.
Teacher Pulin said indifferently, "Before my godfather died, he asked me to forgive the thief."
"You let him go?"
"I did." Teacher Pulin nodded his head, "After I grew up, I met him again. His time was up, and he was knocked down by a car while crossing the road … in order to save a child."
Mai Lada refuted, "Perhaps he was originally a good person, but he had no choice but to go steal from the church … thus, he saved the child. But do not forget, some people are born evil! "
Teacher Pulin shook his head and said, "I am not telling you this because I want to argue with you. I simply want to tell you that this is the environment I grew up in, and the reason why I am doing this … in the end, whether you accept it or not, I do not intend to force you. Simply put, I see that you can still be saved, so I want to help you. "
Mai Lada quibbled, "If I were to go kill someone tomorrow, kill those policemen who are chasing me, would you regret helping me now?"
Teacher Pulin shook his head again, "Within my range of sight, I will not let you do this. But in a place where I cannot see, no matter what you do, it will not affect me, because … that is your fate. Time will give you the fairest judgment. "
Mai Lada opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't refute anything. Then, he wrapped himself in his robe and said in a low voice, "Good night."
Teacher Pulin smiled casually, then found an indifferent sofa and sat down. Then, he opened Grimm's Fairy Tales and began to read again.
Although the lights in the room were not on, he was able to read clearly … because behind him, there was a faint flame – a pale white ball of flame floating in the air … a will-o '-the-wisp.
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