Ember Gun

  Chapter 271 Rainy Season

Just like every spring in Old Dunling, cold rain washes this steel city. Although it is often maintained, the whole city is still rusty in the hazy water vapor, countless. The lights are dimmed and turned into magnificent neon.

The residents of Old Dunling have long been accustomed to such a climate. The dark umbrellas are opened one by one, and countless blooming flowers gather on the street. These black flowers follow the flow of the water, in the building and construction. Surging between the crevices.

  Joy was holding a black umbrella and stepped on shallow puddles.

  The old rainy season is here, and the city will be like this in the next few weeks. The rain is constantly falling, so gloomy, as if it will never stop. Joey felt that his soul was about to be saturated.

This mysterious conversation finally ended with Lorenzo's departure. Joey was only ordered to act and stayed outside the gate. He didn't know what was going on inside. He just saw Lorenzo leave the abomination. Looks like.

   Arthur did not reveal much information, but told Joey to observe Lorenzo's mental state after this, and he did not know what happened to them.

  Finally, before Joey came to this building again, the house number at 121A Cork Street was hanging on it.

   After sorting out his emotions, Joey knocked on the door, then pushed it away and stepped into it.

   "Has Lorenzo come back?"

  Joy stood at the door and shouted into the room. After a while, Mrs. Vanroud came out from the inside, looking at Joey with a puzzled look.

   "Huh? Didn't you take him away this morning?"

Often strange people take Lorenzo away. Of course, Lorenzo looks different every time he comes back. Sometimes he looks like a tired social animal, exhausted, and sometimes radiant, just like stealing a bank. Happy, of course, he is full of blood more often, but it is often other people's blood.

  "Has he not come back yet?"

  It seems that after leaving there, Lorenzo did not return to 121A Cork Street, which confused Joey.

As Arthur said, everyone has a place to go back. Only Lorenzo did not. Joey couldn’t think of where Lorenzo would be when he thought about it. It was here that he discovered that this guy is so unrestrained. .

   "This way..."

  It looks like he's rushed, but you don't have to worry about Lorenzo so much. Maybe that guy is in an alley in the lower city, venting his anger at a group of unlucky ghosts.

   "Joy?"

  Suddenly another voice sounded.

  Sig walked slowly down the stairs. He just heard the voice upstairs and was a little familiar. He didn't expect it to be Joey.

  Joy raised his head, and saw Sigg looking at himself with some surprise.

   Obviously Joey is considered one of Sigg’s few friends, although this way of making friends is a bit strange.

   "Are you going out?"

  Joy saw Sig dressed up and holding an umbrella in his hand.

   "There is a mutual aid meeting today, and the doctor would like to discuss with us about mental issues."

  Sieg is very concerned about mutual aid. It can be said that he can quit hallucinogens, and to a certain extent, he has to thank those patients.

  "Mental problems?"

Joey couldn't help but care about this term. After the end, Arthur always mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally. This seemed to be the main content of the secret conversation, not to mention that he came here to understand Lorenzo's mental state. .

   "After all, the doctor is from the Black Mountain Hospital. To be honest, I can always hear some strange stories about the Black Mountain Hospital, but I have never seen it with my own eyes."

  Sig said in confusion.

The city of Old Dunling will never lack those mysterious urban legends, such as the rat that knows everything, the butcher bird that eats flesh and blood, the city of machinery built deep underground, etc.... The Black Mountain Hospital is also one of them. The mental hospital is accompanied by a nursing home with a very large area.

  Some people say that there are many lunatics hiding there. They mutter some crazy prayers all day long. People who hear them will be contaminated by them and join the crazy muttering.

  Some people also say that cruel human experiments are conducted there, and Inervig is trying to create terrifying monsters to dominate the world.

  Of course, these are just some strange rumors. Under the control of the news of the scavengers, these amazing things have also become the little stories of the citizens.

  However, the Black Mountain Hospital still has some weirdness. For example, its scale is so huge, but in this crowded old spirit, you can hardly detect its existence.

  Yes, that’s it. Everyone knows that there is such a hospital, but when asked about its location, no one knows its location.

  "Black Mountain Hospital..."

  Made the name lightly, Joey tried his best not to think about his experience in that hospital.

   "Do you want to be together? Joey, it seems that you haven't been to the mutual aid association for a long time."

   Sieg asked tentatively. He really hopes that Joey can go with him. It is better to have a company than to go alone.

  Just as Joey was hesitant, Sieg continued.

   "If you are looking for Lorenzo... he usually comes back at night, and you never know where he will be until he comes back? Waiting is waiting anyway, right?"

  Joy was silent for a while, and looked at the gloomy rain curtain outside the window. They crashed down. The hazy fog seemed to be some kind of unknown monster, engulfing the pedestrians one by one.

"Ok."

  He replied like this.

  ……

  In fact, Joey’s mental state is not very good. Although he is normal on the surface, sometimes he feels that he and Lorenzo are somewhat similar, but to be precise, they are both a bit negative.

Lorenzo has a serious tendency to self-destruct. Although it sounds negative, this guy on the road to death is always full of enthusiasm, and Joey is a little unclear. He just sometimes feels that doing nothing makes sense. Can't afford to have strength.

  This may be related to fighting with monsters. Enemies with that kind of evil creatures are more or less traumatic.

   seems to think of those bad pasts again, Joey forces himself not to think about them, it seems that those pasts do not exist.

   "How are you doing recently?"

  As he marched under the rain curtain, Sieg asked suddenly.

  He was slightly shorter than Joey, and Sieg raised the edge of the umbrella and looked at him with a smile.

   "It's okay."

  Joy said briefly.

  Probably not wanting to make the topic too quiet, he looked at the hazy rain curtain, and then said.

   "I quite like rain."

   Joey raised his head as he spoke. The gloomy sky was covered by torrential rain, as if the sea and the sky had been replaced. The giant steel whale slowly walked through the rain curtain, making melodious whale sounds from time to time.

   "They say rain angels are depressed," Sieg said.

   "Precisely speaking, the daylight is missing."

  Joy said that humans are like plants and need the blessing of sunlight, but Old Dunling is not a friendly city to humans, and there is rarely that clear sky here.

   "Is that so?"

   "Almost, I remember what the doctors in the Black Mountain Hospital said. The rain only aggravated all this."

The two chatted casually. Soon after, the White Church gradually showed its original appearance in the hazy rain and fog. It seems that the place has indeed been re-used. The accumulated debris and weeds have been cleaned up. There was a faint singing voice, and it seemed that a group of people were holding hands and praising the sacred.

  "Sometimes rainy days always remind me of my hometown."

  Sig said suddenly.

  "I haven't been back since the day I left home. It's been too long, and I can't remember it after a long time. Only in rainy days, the fuzzy outline may be clearer."

  Higg said halfway, and smiled kindly at Joey. Joey didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned these things. Maybe this was the so-called heart of conversation.

   "It was a coastal town... I can't remember clearly. The only connection with the outside world was a railroad track that crossed the wilderness. At that time, I thought that town was a cage, and that railroad track was the only way to escape.

  Because of the coast, there will always be some storms spreading there, heavy rain pours at night, lightning and thunder. "

   "You don't look like someone who will actively talk about this." Joey asked. Sigg is a somewhat introverted guy, but an introverted guy is not.

   "Yes, but people always have to make changes. Change is a good thing. Just like the steam engine has changed the world, sometimes our lives need to be changed."

  As he approached the Whitechapel, Sieg’s expression had a hint of joy that could not be hidden.

  "Is it because of the mutual aid association?"

  Joy suddenly became vigilant for some reason, and he didn't know why this happened.

   "Almost, everyone has different flaws, but here everyone encourages each other to overcome those flaws and become a better self and a more true self."

  Sig said and looked at Joey with a strange magic in his voice.

   "Joy, aren't you? You can see that you and I are similarly confused."

  Joy was startled, and it took a long time.

"maybe."

Every member of the decontamination organization has to conduct psychological evaluations on a regular basis. Joey has always been normal, but he is very clear that the data on paper is only good. As long as the psychological quality is good enough, these can be disguised. He also knows his own loss, but he has been Resist and consult a doctor.

  It's a process of opening up, but not everyone wants it like this. Behind every door is a hidden secret.

"Hello everyone."

  Higg’s overly hearty voice brought Joey’s thoughts back to reality. The cold water vapor was isolated as the door closed, and warmth slowly approached.

I can see a group of people sitting together in the candlelight of Ruhai. Just as Joey saw at that time, they are different in age, gender, and social status. But it is such a different group of people sitting in harmony. Being together is like a close family.

  At the front of the crowd, the man looked at you with a smile.

  Joy can see the difference between men at a glance. His position is above the stairs. Although he seems to be close to everyone, he is high above him.

  He wears glasses, giving people a peaceful temperament. Unlike the fierce doctors in the Black Mountain Hospital, he gives people a peaceful temperament, like the warm sunshine under the rain curtain.

  For a doctor, this kind of temperament is very convenient. Without your excessive words, your patients will see you as confidable, open their hearts, and reveal the hidden sinful things.

  It seems that only the doctor has noticed the arrival of the two, and the others are still making noise and talking non-stop.

Outside the window is the world filled with rainstorms, cold and lonely, and under this white brick fortress, different people gather together warmly, and talk to all of their hearts. The contrast between all these is so great, under the cold world, here How warm it is

  For a moment, Joey couldn't help but want to fall into this warmth, but soon he realized the strangeness of this feeling, Joey instinctively felt the strange danger, but he didn't know where the danger came from.

  But soon he realized the difference.

Joey still remembers the appearance of these people when he came last time. Everyone was a kind of repentance, but now that confession is over. Everyone has a positive attitude towards life. This positivity is so tough, like acting too much. Just like using force, there is an unspeakable sense of violation under the warmth.

  Sig also blended into this, they smiled and laughed, but this weird feeling was like some kind of gathering.

  Joy resisted the weird feeling in his heart, and then slowly raised his gaze, facing the man.

  He is sober, and Joey is sober.

  The strange atmosphere permeated this church, and everyone except the two of them sank into the inexplicable beauty.

  Joy made a calm judgment. He couldn't tell where the strange feeling came from. Now he can only try to pretend that he doesn't know anything, and just treats all of this as an ordinary mutual aid association.

  Then the man walked over. He wiped his glasses as he walked, and put it on.

   "Joy Joshua, I remember you."

  The man did not wait for Joey to speak, he said first.

   "I wanted to say hello to you last time, but you left before I could speak."

   Joey did not respond. He stared at the man in front of him, trying to get enough information from this face, trying to get rid of the weird disguise.

  But soon he gave up. The disguise was so perfect, so perfect that its only doubt was that it was too perfect. Joey could only see an unknown blank on this face.

  Suddenly the man stretched out his hand, as if watching Joey's silence, he took the initiative to introduce himself.

  "I am currently a consultant physician of this mutual aid association."

   There was a thunderbolt passing by the window, and the pale thunderbolt was reflected on the man's lens. It seemed that a blazing firework rose briefly at this moment, overlapping with the thunderbolt, and then dissipated.

   "James Moriarty."

  This is the man's name, like a weird spell, echoing in Joey's mind.

  (End of this chapter)