Deep Sea Embers

During rush hours, the bus is overcrowded, and there is hardly any space at the rear of the carriage. The short Shirley is squeezed in the middle of the crowd, shrinking her neck and not daring to move. She looks like a pitiful little animal.

If Duncan hadn't seen with his own eyes how she knocked over a room of cultists with a dog, he would really believe that this girl is "harmless to humans and animals".

He slowly squeezed to Shirley's side. The tall adult figure helped the girl get a loose corner, and also left a gap for the two to talk. Duncan keenly noticed that Shirley's body was trembling—— She was nervous, even nervous to the point of fear.

"What are you afraid of?" He glanced at Shirley, "I won't swallow you alive again."

Shirley cried: "You...do you still want cooked food?"

Duncan: "..."

He can probably guess why the girl is so afraid. After all, the "dog" had seen through some of the "real conditions" under his human body, and the other party must have described it to his mistress after fleeing. It must have left a deep impression on the latter.

He doesn't know what image he is in Shirley's mind now, but he thinks it's similar to how the captains of the Boundless Sea view the Lost Homeland. They belong to the level where it's best to start writing the will immediately after meeting, and you have to write it as quickly as possible. Because people usually die sooner than making a will...

Duncan was also very helpless in this situation. He wanted to be as friendly as possible, but he couldn't stop a demon from the deep sea with a "vision" different from that of humans. The "black sun" was still asking him for help in the illusion Well, the attitude is quite sincere, but when he thinks of the other party's face under the corona shell, he still feels vigilant?

He only hopes that his image in the eyes of that deep hound can be better than the weird evil god he sees inside the sun, at least he must have five senses...

Thinking of the deep hound, Duncan frowned slightly, and looked at the girl in front of him: "Is Agou by your side now?"

"Ah... Ah Gou usually hides where others can't see..." Shirley swallowed, not daring to answer uncooperatively, and then lowered her voice, "But it can 'know' where I am. Condition……"

"Oh, let me say hello to it then," Duncan nodded. "The last time we parted in a hurry, I still had a lot of questions that I didn't have time to ask."

As soon as these words came out, he felt Shirley tremble again...

"Relax," Duncan sighed helplessly, he seemed to have vaguely sensed a strange gaze from nearby, "Why are you nervous talking to me, I have no ill intentions towards you or Agou."

"That...that's great..." Shirley nodded her head stiffly, and then, as if trying to relax on purpose, she tried to find a topic for a long time before her gaze fell on Duncan's shoulder, "You...you didn't With your pigeons?"

"Pets are not allowed in the car," Duncan said casually, "I let it go hunting."

"Send pigeons out...to hunt?" Shirley stared at Duncan dumbfounded, feeling a bit broken, but then nodded quickly, "Oh yes, you are right, pigeons are quite suitable for hunting, with sharp eyes and flying eyes. Hurry up..."

Her train of thought was a bit confused, and she was about to lose track of what she was talking about, but then the bus shook suddenly, and the voice of the conductor came from the middle of the carriage, interrupting her fragmented train of thought: "Sixth Street ! Did anyone get off?"

When the conductor yelled, Shirley was obviously relieved. She jumped up and shouted to get off the bus as if she was rescued, and then said goodbye to Duncan very fluently while pushing forward: "I'm going to get off the bus Nice to meet you today and see you next time…”

Then before she could finish speaking, she saw Duncan squeezed over, and the expression on his face changed from bright to gray in the blink of an eye.

"I'll stop here too." Duncan said blankly.

Shirley's expression was stiff, and she knew that it would be inappropriate to say that she didn't get out of the car at this time—and the big guy in front of her might be deliberately following her, and if she continued to play tricks at this moment, she might offend the other party, and it would really be punished. The boss cooked it and ate it...

The girl just made up her mind, and then she was very scared. At this time, she heard the conductor urging her, so she shrank her neck and started to walk out with stiff steps.

As a result, as soon as she reached the door, she heard the conductor's voice suddenly: "Wait a minute, kid, did you not buy a ticket?"

Shirley was stunned for a moment, and looked at the conductor in dark blue uniform in astonishment, as if she never thought that she would be stopped by someone, or that her fare evasion would be discovered, but just because of such a dazed effort, then The conductor has confirmed the situation: "You didn't buy a ticket, I remembered, first..."

"I know this child, she may just have lost the ticket," Duncan's voice suddenly came from the side, "Let me make up for her."

The conductor turned his head to look at Duncan suspiciously, and then looked at Shirley who was full of nervousness. After thinking for a while, he didn't say anything, just nodded: "Okay then."

Duncan took out a few coins to make up for Shirley's ticket, then followed her out of the carriage, and got off beside an empty and old platform.

The whole bus was packed with passengers, but they were the only ones who got off at the sixth block.

Duncan first looked around, but what he saw was just the most common street scene in the downtown area. Although the surrounding buildings were relatively old and there were not many pedestrians walking on the road near the station, it was not as he imagined. Such a completely dilapidated level - the old shops facing the street are also open for business normally, although the sparse pedestrians are not as good as other lively neighborhoods, there are always people walking on the street, and there are factory chimneys emitting smoke in the distance , and a newspaper deliveryman on a bicycle can also be seen passing through the intersection at the end of the street.

Generally speaking, this is just a relatively secluded and underdeveloped block, but it seems that the residents are living normally.

The factory leak accident that happened here eleven years ago seems to have left some impact, but the extent of the impact is not as serious as he imagined...

After taking a rough look around the surrounding situation like this, Duncan withdrew his gaze, and his eyes fell on Xueli again.

After the girl got out of the car, she stood obediently on the spot, motionless like a small animal trapped in a trap. Although Duncan didn't pay attention to her at all at first, she didn't run away at all.

Completely look like listening to fate.

Duncan couldn't help thinking about the cute and harmless appearance of the other party, and thought that if he hadn't seen this violent girl's heroic fighting posture with his own eyes, maybe he was really deceived by her appearance at the moment.

He shook his head and came to Shirley: "What are you doing in the Sixth Street?"

Shirley immediately stood up straight: "I... I heard that the scenery here is beautiful!"

Duncan looked the girl up and down: "I've wanted to ask since just now, are you actually...pretending to be cute?"

"I...I'm not pretending!" Shirley immediately stood up straighter than before, "I've always been very well-behaved!"

Duncan shook his head, thinking that he had seen this kind of child who suddenly pretended to be cute and cute, and the girl in front of him was not skilled at all, but he didn't say much, just looked up at the street in the distance. He casually said, "Sixth Street...Eleven years ago, there was a factory leak here, and it is said that there were cultists wreaking havoc behind the accident."

Shirley blinked, as if confused: "Why did you mention this all of a sudden?"

"Okay, why don't you pretend to be stupid, you just inquired about what happened eleven years ago in the stronghold of the Sun Cultists." Duncan glanced at Shirley and walked forward, "This is the focus of all official records, then The factory where the 'leakage' occurred is just ahead."

Shirley was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed, and looked at Duncan in surprise while tumbling her short legs: "Are you... also investigating the accident eleven years ago?!"

It seems that after confirming that the boss really doesn't eat people (at least for the time being), and that the two parties have the same purpose, she has become a little more courageous, and she dared to ask questions at this time.

"Well, I'm interested," Duncan nodded noncommittally, but he stopped suddenly after walking a few steps, and looked at Shirley curiously, "Do you often evade fares?"

Shirley opened her mouth: "I..."

Duncan knew what was going on when he saw the girl's expression, he shook his head: "Fare evasion is not good."

Shirley almost cried when she heard this—she had been lectured by Agou, the uncle and aunt of the neighbor, and even the magistrate of the city-state, but she really never thought that one day she would be attacked by someone who was like an evil god. The big boss suddenly preached to her, and what this kind of big boss preached to her was not to evade fares in the car... Have the big bosses in the subspace have such a high moral level these days? !

Since Agou described the terrifying existence in the body of "Mr. Duncan" to her last time, she has faintly linked this big man with the shadow in the subspace.