Apostle of Cthulhu

Jia raised her head, looked at Si Wei and Qiao who were walking towards her, and asked the former, "Who is this?"

"Friend," Si Wei introduced, "Now we have to deal with some things. Do you want to come with us?"

Qiao glanced at Si Wei, but she didn't expect that he introduced him as a friend.

Jia glanced at Qiao, who was quite unfamiliar, and continued to move her eyes back to the words in the book, "Since I am your friend and you have not invited me, there is no need for me to bother you. You can go deal with the matter, as long as you are there Just come back and find me before night."

Si Wei didn't hold back, "Well, since you're not interested, forget it."

Turning around, he made an invitation gesture to Qiao, "Then let the two of us go do business, and you will lead the way."

"Okay," Qiao was not interested in whether Jia went there. As long as Si Wei was willing to follow him, that was enough, "come with me."

Watching Si Wei and Qiao leave, Jia's eyes stayed on Qiao's blond hair and she frowned slightly.

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"Slow down! Slow down!"

At the dock, a bare-chested worker raised his head, observed the falling speed of the goods, and warned the worker on the operating platform, "Are you trying to damage the goods? Let me tell you, this thing is worth at least 100,000 le. Mum, if you accidentally damage it, even your life will not be enough!"

Hearing this, the worker who put down the noose shuddered and slowly put down the goods with more concentration. One hundred thousand rams was not a small amount for him.

With a muffled sound, a coffin-like rectangular object fell to the ground. It looks like it must be a few years old. The whole thing is made of wood, and there doesn't seem to be any moisture-proof measures. I don't know why it goes through the water.

There were very delicate golden patterns on the coffin, and there seemed to be some undecipherable words carved on it.

There was a large lock on the side of the coffin. It was a little rusty, but it still couldn't be opened normally.

Someone bought the coffin and hoped to send it to Accra. It's a mystery as to who the buyer was and who it was being sent to. Anyway, the crew brought the coffin, and that was enough.

So...the coffin was placed directly on the dock without anyone taking it away.

This also caused a large number of people to gather at the pier to watch. Most people could not move the coffin and could only leave it there as a decoration.

Si Wei and Qiao didn't know this, because they had already left the dock, sat on a carriage, and entered the center of the city.

Accrazhong can be said to be a provincial city, and the wharf they were at just now belongs to York Town in Accrazhong. The destination of the two seemed to be somewhere in the center of Yorktown.

The above knowledge comes from the map Si Wei just got from Qiao.

The carriage stopped by the street, and Joe got off first and paid the fare and tip.

As soon as Siwei got out of the car, a frightening scream suddenly came to his ears, which seemed to come from all directions, making it impossible for him to locate the source of the sound immediately.

"What's wrong with you?" Qiao looked at Si Wei with strange eyes, and the latter's expression suddenly became serious, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"I heard a woman's scream," Si Wei looked around, but the people around him didn't change their expressions. Like Qiao, they seemed not to have heard the scream, "And it was very loud."

Qiao's expression gradually became confused, "Screams? Professor Si Wei, are you not hallucinating, are you? We didn't hear any women's screams."

The driver also looked confused and had no idea what Si Wei was talking about.

This is definitely not an auditory hallucination, Si Wei can be sure. If this was an auditory hallucination, wouldn't the golden blood stains he had seen before also be an hallucination?

If others cannot hear it, it only means that only he can hear the sound, but it does not mean that the sound does not exist.

"Maybe I'm over-worrying... I just came out of Aoxinsi Street, and everything was full of enemies." Si Wei didn't want to appear too abnormal, so he thought of an excuse and said, "You can continue to lead the way, I should be Hallucinated."

Qiao shrugged and pointed to a fork in the road ahead, "Our destination is inside, but before we go in, I want to ask... Professor Si Wei, can you drink?"

Si Wei glanced at him, "Although I don't know why you asked this question, I'll answer it anyway... I'm not very good at drinking, but I can bear a little."

"That would be great." Qiao's smile made Si Wei feel that something was wrong, as if there was a big conspiracy.

But now he is in an information bottleneck period, so it would be good to get some clues from Qiao.

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pier.

The noise outside kept echoing in Jia's ears. She rubbed her temples, put the books back into the bookshelf fixed on the wall, got up and walked out of the store.

I saw crowds of people on three floors outside and on the edge of the pier, like flower buds that have not yet opened, all gathering towards the inside.

When watching the excitement, people seem to have forgotten their identity. Fishermen, workers, sailors, and businessmen were almost all crowded together. Except for a few people who cared about the neatness of their clothes and etiquette, they stayed away. The entire dock was filled with water.

Jia must be very concerned about it, and naturally she won't squeeze into the crowd. So she raised her head and looked at the floors, looking for a second floor that could be climbed using the fire escape.

The apartment floors near the dock are open. Even if you are not a resident, you can still go upstairs and look at the beautiful sea view. But you can't go into other people's houses, that would be considered trespassing.

Jia Ya went up to the second floor unimpeded and looked at the thing in the middle over the crowd.

The coffin described at the beginning was the one being watched.

The moment she saw the coffin, Jia Ya's face changed. If Si Wei saw this scene, he would probably be a little surprised.

"Why is it here?" She said to herself, "Shouldn't this thing have been auctioned off? Why was it sent back?"

"Miss Jia Ya." Such a voice sounded behind her.

Jia Ya turned her head with a cold face and looked at the guy behind her wearing a black cloak and a tattoo on his arm.

And that tattoo is exactly the same as the pattern on the coin in Si Wei's hand.

"What?" Jia asked, "Does the professor and I investigate anything related to you?"

"Of course not, but we have always believed that the professor may affect our interests, so we need to 'mislead' him... You don't mind, do you?"

Jia replied coldly: "I am his assistant, do you think I will have no objection?"

The cloaked man smiled, "You are his assistant, we will not deny this, but it does not mean that you will not help us. Do you think the current professor is really suitable for investigating these things? Or do you have no understanding of the person you 'choose'?"

"You can shut up." Jia interrupted the cloaked man forcefully. The concentration of a certain substance around was rising wildly, making the cloaked man feel a lot of pressure. "I won't help you. No matter what you want to do, don't involve me!"

"Okay, Miss Jia." The cloaked man bowed slightly, "We understand what you mean, and we won't force you to do anything. So... look forward to seeing you next time."

Jia glanced at the cloaked man who was about to disappear in the darkness, and there seemed to be a flame burning in her eyes, "Don't let me see you next time."