The Master of the Strange Realm

Jenkins asked.

"We can make decisions on our own in our lives."

"Oh..."

He thought of the so-called fate, the Epic of the Years, and Mr. Pisco, the playwright who lived his whole life waiting for him.

"Make decisions on your own... the stage of fate."

The place where Britney met her friend was the Stryker Camp outside the city. Although it was called a camp, it was more like a small town. Travelers who came to Nolan City for various reasons usually rested in the woods near the camp before entering the city. After hundreds of years, a small town of today's scale was formed.

Britney met her friends at school. Although Jenkins rarely heard that his friends went to school, they were really students of the noble girls' school whose name Jenkins had forgotten.

The town was small, but there was no trace of the blonde girl in Britney's friend's house. The young female student hesitated for a long time and didn't know how to explain it. Finally, she explained where Britney was going.

"She just went for a walk after dinner. Don't blame her, Hathaway."

The girl hesitated.

Jenkins and Hathaway easily found the [Enshix Grocery Store]. This is a real grocery store. After pushing the door in, Jenkins was shocked by all kinds of garbage inside. After lifting the curtain and going to the back of the store, he found that it was a divination room.

Hathaway's face immediately turned bad. She strictly forbade Britney to touch these things again, and it was obvious that the blonde girl lied.

Ordinary people are eager to predict their fate, so various divination methods have been invented. The things behind the grocery store are obviously tricks of ordinary people. Although Jenkins has not yet achieved the entry of divination, he can still distinguish the true from the false.

This room has no windows, and the only remaining door is also hung with a black blackout curtain. The room is extremely dim, and you can see the star map painted on the wall, as well as the white lines on the ceiling, the cards hanging from the white lines, and the statues on the wall.

The only light source here is in the center of the room. There are oil lamps and crystal balls on the square table covered with a dark blue tablecloth, and there is a huge human eye painted on the tablecloth.

Originally, strangers were not allowed to enter during the divination process, but Jenkins is very rich now, so the two walked in.

"......That's it, your love will be very smooth, but what you want may not really belong to you. Yes, I saw it, I saw the omen of fate, I saw that your future is bright..."

These are the few words he heard after approaching. From the back, it can be seen that it was Britney who was doing divination there.

He already felt that Hathaway's anger could not be suppressed, so he motioned for her to come forward and say hello, and he took the cat back to the door and waited for them to come out. He didn't need to stay inside, and it would be embarrassing if they quarreled later.

His true eye seemed to have no effect on the soul that took over the body, but the murderer still had a strange object in his hand. And if the old key keeper did not carry the gun to conceal his identity, then this person would not be a threat to Hathaway.

So he retreated back to the store with confidence, and the middle-aged owner of the store gave Jenkins an ambiguous smile.

The true eye scanned around and saw nothing, and then focused on the center of a pile of sacks that were placed in a mess. Those dirty pockets were filled with piles of small pieces of paper, which seemed to be souvenirs used by travelers to pray for blessings, and the stairs led directly to the second floor.

"What's on the second floor?"

Jenkins asked, and the boss knew that he was generous, so he touched his beard and answered enthusiastically:

"Pharmacy, selling some very convenient medicines. Get rid of fatigue, make your brain smarter, get rid of mosquitoes, or... make you stronger."

"Oh."

Jenkins immediately lost interest in there.

In fact, he was very curious about what happened behind the curtain, but at least the two people should not have quarreled now. Jenkins knew that Hathaway would never show strength in front of Britney, but he also knew that Hathaway had her own bottom line.

Because of Britney's interest in the supernatural and the occult, the two girls had a fierce quarrel, especially after that illegal spiritual communication. But no one would take the initiative to mention this to Jenkins, so he didn't know what the scene would be like when the girls quarreled.

Standing outside the door was extremely boring, and this was a grocery store. It was always bad to walk out empty-handed after entering the door, and Jenkins thought he might be able to buy something. But he remained alert, and his left hand in his pocket still held the metal block. Once the soul carrying the strange gun appeared, Jenkins would never let him go.

Section 810 Chapter 793 Salesman

What happened today made Jenkins feel that he should be better to his cat. He is now almost close to immortality, and the days that the cat can accompany him are limited.

In order to let Chocolate have unlimited fun in the limited cat life, Jenkins thought he should buy it some small toys. After all, a cat with only the metal block and the life orb all day long looks too pitiful.

"What do you like?"

He looked at the grocery store in this rural town and asked his cat. Chocolate meowed lazily, which probably meant that it didn't matter - Jenkins guessed.

"If you like spherical toys, then we can choose this, and then we also need some toys that let you sharpen your claws. I don't know about this world... ahem, is there a cat climbing frame in this place? I would like to ask you With his temperament, he should also like it.”

"Meow~"

The cat meowed softly, raising its head to look at Jenkins.

In the evening, it was the first time it saw the man crying. There was a reason he became Jenkins' pet, but Chocolate didn't like Jenkins crying anyway. It originally had the mentality of pretending to be dead for fun, so it gave it a small try, but unexpectedly, Jenkins almost collapsed.

It knows that this man is relying on it. This lonely man seems to be hidden behind the curtain from everyone. In fact, he is as easy to understand as the little boy under the lights on the stage.

"Meow~"

Cat decided to teach that damn gun a lesson, which should be easy.

It was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and Jenkins, who planned to buy toys for the cat, thought he might not be able to return to the city tonight. Before going to Hathaway's house, he had already said hello to Luen's friends and postponed tonight's party, so there was no problem in staying in the country tonight.

"I remember seeing the hotel in the town from the carriage window just now. It might be a little too late to bother Brienne's friends now, and there are so many of us."

He was thinking about this while looking at the "fully automatic cat box" in front of him. The so-called cat box was actually a cage made of metal plates and a small steam device, which could be cleaned automatically to a certain extent. But Jenkins would never buy such a thing, and the gushing steam would probably damage the chocolate. Moreover, the cat box is made of all metal, which is likely to conduct the heat of the steam oven, and the cat inside may be steamed.

In this era of booming steam industry, countless strange and bizarre inventions were born. Only a few of them can be recognized by the public, and most of them are buried deep in the dust of history due to flaws or other reasons.

Jenkins has a habit of checking the information about soliciting investment every day while reading the morning paper. It wasn't that he wanted to be involved in the projects of scientists and inventors, it was just that the descriptions of those projects seemed interesting.

"That cat box is cheaper. I can sell it to you for ten shillings."

The boss behind reminded him.

"Do I look like a scrap metal collector?"

Jenkins joked, then shook his head. The boss also knew that the thing was useless, so he shrugged his shoulders and stopped selling it.

In fact, sometimes when I think about it, Chocolate is also a very magical cat. The cat had shown a fair amount of humanity since seeing it on the corner of Privet Drive on a late summer night.

Jenkins had never known a cat to be so smart. Even before it drank the [Animal Intelligence Enlightenment Potion], Chocolate's intelligence was much higher than that of most animals.

"But as long as you don't leave me, that's fine."

The lonely man thought so.

He is not the kind of pervert who has thoughts about small animals, but after being here for so long, Jenkins still can't completely trust anyone around him. It is very painful for a person to hold secrets, so he needs to be surrounded by creatures he can completely trust.

Hathaway and Bryony stayed in the divination room behind them for a long time, but given that they had just heard the woman's loud noise, it was not convenient for Jenkins to go in. The original owner of the room, the woman wearing a black veil and a purple gauze skirt, had come out long ago and was standing in front of the counter talking to the grocery store owner about tomorrow's lunch - they seemed to be a couple.

The night is getting deeper, and in the brightly lit grocery store, the metal utensils reflect soft light. Outside the store, there are no street lights on the street, but there is not much fog in the rural town.

Jenkins looked out at the street through the window, feeling melancholy for a moment.

Looking around, a black light spot in the distance was gradually approaching.

"finally come."

Jenkins thought to himself, wanting to turn around and tell Hathaway to get ready. But at this moment, the door of the grocery store was pushed open, and a man wearing a black formal suit and carrying a suitcase walked in.

Frowning, he looked around and saw that he was just an ordinary person, his clothes were meticulous, and his black leather shoes were polished as if they could sparkle. But there is an unclear ghost floating next to him. Thick gray smoke floats on the outside of the ghost, so the appearance features are blurred and cannot be distinguished.

"what happened?"

Jenkins was not sure whether this was a coincidence. At the same time as the black light in the distance approached, this person appeared. The timing was too sensitive.

"Hello, gentlemen, does anyone need cleaning shoe polish from [Tekler Cleaning Company]..."

The middle-aged man is a salesman, and he is also a very skilled salesman. Even though everyone present was unwilling to buy expensive shoe polish, they didn't feel bad about his introduction.

The spirit next to the salesman followed the salesman honestly, as if it just happened to entangle this ordinary person and wanted to give him some "surprises" in his daily life.

This kind of thing is very common, and this kind of soul that does not have the characteristics of an "evil spirit" usually disappears in a few months. If you want to avoid being haunted by the souls of the dead, don't go to the cemetery at night, and don't get close to the recently deceased.

"But...is this really a coincidence? Why does it appear now? Making false claims?"

Jenkins stood still, looking to one side. The black light in the distance was getting bigger and brighter, which meant that the strange thing was getting closer.

He carefully picked up the cat on his shoulder and stuffed it into his clothes to prevent the sad scene in the afternoon from happening again. At the same time, he approached the salesman with his cane in his hand:

"Hello, sir, can I see your shoe polish?"

Jenkins asked in a low voice as if he was attracted by interest.

Chapter 811 Chapter 794: Feint to the east and attack in the west

"Of course, please take a look."

Seeing Jenkins' interest, the man immediately opened his suitcase enthusiastically and handed him the black viscous oil in the glass bottle. The thing looked disgusting, and it was hard to imagine how it was made.

"Oh, sorry, damn bug!"

Just as the two approached, Jenkins suddenly waved his cane. While waving, he muttered dirty words, as if there were really flies flying around him.

The waving [Spirit Striking Cane] "inadvertently" hit and passed through the spirit behind the salesman. The undead, which should not have been physically harmed, immediately showed a terrible red swelling mark. Its body quickly melted with the red swelling mark as the center. When Jenkins apologized to the frightened salesman for his reckless behavior, it had completely disappeared.

"Destroyed... Not the key keeper, is it really just a coincidence?"

While listening to the salesman's explanation of the advantages of shoe polish, Jenkins was still thinking about the undead just now. He thought that the old key keeper wanted to play a trick, let the gun come from a distance, and he himself concealed his identity and approached directly. But now think about it, the old murderer couldn't know that Jenkins could sense weird things or similar things, and he had no reason to come up with such a complicated method.

"Am I overthinking?"

The salesman's shoe polish is quite expensive. Of course, it is also possible that he deliberately wanted to rip off Jenkins. Jenkins would never spend 3 shillings on a can of black oil. He would rather buy a bunch of flowers from a flower girl on the street than buy a bottle of garbage.

When Jenkins tried to persuade the salesman to go to the grocery store owner to sell, Hathaway and Britney finally opened the black blackout curtain and walked out. Both girls looked like they had cried, and their eyes were a little red, but they should have reconciled, otherwise they would not hold hands.

"Oh, you finally came out, let's go!"

As he said this, he left the salesman who was packing his suitcase and walked towards the girls. The aura represented by the gun was still approaching here, but for some reason it was circling around. This should mean that the owner of the gun realized that he had been discovered and was looking for a way to ambush everyone.

"Let's go quickly."

Jenkins emphasized again, and his right hand dropped down to make the shape of a pistol. Hathaway nodded in understanding and agreed:

"Yeah, it's so late, let's go. We may not be able to return to Nolan today, but I think we can live in..."

Before she finished speaking, a gunshot was heard in the distance. In the long and silent night, the sound made the air tremble. The people in the store heard the sound at the same time, and the red-haired girl subconsciously stopped the blonde girl behind her.

"Damn, is the security here so bad?"

Jenkins muttered in a low voice, then took the lead to walk out of the store and took a look, then turned back and said to the people behind him:

"From the sound, the gunshot should be a few streets away. Now I don't see any suspicious people around here. I think everyone should be careful. There may be a case in the town."

In fact, the sound just now came from the gun, which Jenkins' eyes and Hathaway's ears can confirm. The reason for the shooting was definitely to intimidate Jenkins and his party.

"Would I be afraid of you?"

Not counting the people in the herbal medicine store on the second floor, there are now a total of six people standing on the first floor of the grocery store. If a fight breaks out, these people will definitely be a hindrance.

Jenkins used his eyes to signal Hathaway to use [Lullaby] to let everyone sleep for a while. Although he also has similar spells, the ability of the gifter is obviously safer.

"I think you can wait here for a while before leaving. The police gentlemen should pass by here. If you go out now, it will be bad to run into the gangster head-on."

The grocery store owner suggested, he was very kind.

And Hathaway had already taken out the silk thread that was often used as a string, but before she started playing, Britney actually hugged her right hand.

"Don't worry, Jenkins will protect us."

The blonde girl said, her face now showing a complex expression of fear and worry.

"I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. I thought this town was very peaceful."

The salesman also sighed softly. He stood slightly against the wall, a little further away from the others.

"I heard that there was a midnight serial murder case in Nolan City not long ago. I don't think that kind of thing should happen in our town."

The grocery store owner continued to speak, and Jenkins immediately looked at him suspiciously, but said nothing.

Just as the boss mentioned just now, a few minutes later, the police who heard the news hurried past the store door and ran towards the direction of the gunshots.

After confirming that the gun was circling not far from here, Jenkins reached out and grabbed Britney's hand. The latter's face immediately turned red and looked at Hathaway's expression, but Hathaway did not comment. She knew that Jenkins was protecting them.

"Let's go."

With that, he pulled Britney to the street shrouded in the night without even saying goodbye to the others in the grocery store. Hathaway followed closely behind, and the middle-aged salesman shrugged and left the grocery store after seeing that the customers had left.

The air in the country town is much better than that in the city. The night breeze is filled with the unique moisture and fragrance of the country. Jenkins is not sure whether the word "fragrance" is appropriate, but at least it is much better than the choking smell of the city air.

The grocery store is particularly warm because of the fireplace, and when they come outside, everyone can't help shivering because of the night wind.

Jenkins took off his coat and handed it to Britney, revealing the navy blue sweater that Mary knitted for him. Britney tried to hand the coat back to Hathaway, but was rejected. The latter grabbed her clothes and indicated that she was not cold at all.

The man took a few deep breaths of fresh air, first looked up at the stars in the sky, then squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the gun.

"Hathaway, where did you say we could live?"