The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Peter, you seem a little nervous." Through the secondary brain system, Leo easily judged Peter Alcott's state of mind and thoughts at the moment from some subtle behaviors of Peter Alcott and the actions of other people around him, so he smiled, With a hint of provocation, he said, "Drink some water! It will make you feel better."

Peter Alcott did not show the embarrassment of being seen through by others, but explained with a natural smile: "I just think that sometimes it is not a bad thing to listen to other people's good advice, such as the advice for your own safety. Guard."

Afterwards, he immediately returned to the original topic and said, "Since you are unwilling to disclose information about the abandoned city, let's talk about another cooperation! I hope that when you enter the abandoned city, you can help me get Maria Take it in, and as for whether Maria will encounter danger after entering, you don’t have to worry about it, you can go about your own affairs, and she will take care of herself.”

Leo had no doubts about the ability of Maria, the psychic puppet. Without using any psychic skills, he was not sure of defeating this psychic puppet with cold weapons.

Although according to common sense, Peter Alcott asked Leo to bring Maria into the so-called abandoned capital, probably because he did not trust the masters behind those merchants, and he wanted to rely on his own strength to find the dream stone he wanted. But due to his status, he can't send anyone into the abandoned city, so he can only cooperate with Leo, a lone traveler.

It's just that Leo felt that Peter Alcott sent this psychic puppet into the abandoned city, not just for the dream stone, there must be other reasons.

"What can I get?" Leo knew very well that it was impossible for him to ask Peter Alcott his real plan, so he didn't say anything, and just asked about the cooperation conditions according to common sense.

"Isn't there some people in your Wizarding Association who have been searching for the lost knowledge of ancient wizards in recent years, trying to regain the glory of ancient wizards?" Peter Alcott believed that Leo could not refuse the conditions he offered, Confidently said: "Since you claim to be a knowledge seeker, you may be one of them. The exact location of an ancient wizard wizard tower, I don't think you will refuse this offer."

"There is still a complete ancient wizard wizard tower?" After analyzing and deducing the reaction of a wizard in the dream world through the secondary brain system, Leo immediately followed the secondary brain system's prompts, made a surprised expression, and said in a deep voice.

Leo's expression was as expected by Peter Alcott, and he explained with a smile: "Non-foggy area, of course not, but what about the foggy area?"

A look of doubt appeared on Leo's face, but he didn't speak.

If Leo didn't show any doubts at all, if he believed these words completely, Peter Alcott would be suspicious instead, and now Leo's expression just matched the judgment in his heart, so he had already prepared an explanation Said: "Although the Fog District Guard Castle led by your Wizarding Association has been guarding the border of the Fog District all year round, but when it comes to understanding the Fog District, your Wizarding Association is much worse than the Night Watch organization."

Leo asked, "Do you have a good relationship with the Night Watch?"

"It's just a few favors for them." Although Peter Alcott said it lightly, the confident look on his face showed that the relationship between them might not be simple.

Leo didn't continue to ask, but lowered his head in thought as if considering Peter Alcott's cooperation proposal, and Peter Alcott didn't bother, picked up the cup and drank the drink in it in a relaxed manner.

Not long after, Leo seemed to have thought clearly, looked up at Peter Alcott, and said, "I can agree to this matter, but the premise is that it won't affect me, so in the end your Before the maid is sent to the abandoned capital, I will suspend this cooperation transaction at any time. As for the news about the wizard tower, you will tell me when I have completed the cooperation conditions and come back to you."

"We have a happy cooperation." Peter Alcott did not object, reaching out to Leo.

"Happy cooperation." Leo shook Peter Alcott's hand, then stood up and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Peter Alcott suddenly took out a key and a card from his pocket, put them on the table, and said, "I have a house in District 23, and I rarely live there , you can live there during this period of time, and you can use some of the gadgets I made, and you can also read books. This special pass has a ten-day validity period. Inside, you can use this card to freely enter and exit the noble district, and if it is a general trouble, you can use this card to ask the city guards to do things."

"Thank you!" Leo was not pretentious, picked up the key and card, thanked him, and walked out.

When Leo reached the door and was about to leave, Peter Alcott suddenly asked, "Is that painting not bad?"

Leo stopped, turned his head, and asked calmly, "Which one?"

"That family portrait." With the help of the maid, Peter Alcott stood up, stared at Leo, and said in a deep voice.

However, Leo didn't give any answer, just smiled, turned around and left like this, leaving Peter Alcott in the room with his brows frowned and a look of doubt on his face.

After a long time, Peter Alcott suddenly asked the maid beside him, "Maria, do you think he saw that painting?"

"I don't know." Maria replied mechanically, and then a human thoughtful look suddenly appeared on her expressionless face, and she said in a deep voice, "I'll catch him back, you ask him."

"No need." Seeing Maria's answer, Peter Alcott was able to judge and think about some intelligent creatures, and he couldn't help showing a satisfied smile on his face. Then he walked to the door and saw Leo's figure Disappeared at the corner of the building in the distance, muttering to himself: "I'm sure this Leo Dodd has seen that painting, but what he experienced after seeing that painting is a question. He His origin is too mysterious, and before we figure out his origin, we can only find out his secrets through other methods."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Maria again, and said, "And the most important thing for us now is not the secrets of the knowledge seekers of the Wizarding Association, but the abandoned capital. This is an opportunity for you and me, so these few days You must be fully prepared in the sky, so as to be foolproof."

Maria didn't give him any response, just stood beside him quietly, like a patron saint.

On the other side, after Leo left the small house, he put on the special glasses he bought a few days ago, looked at the address plate hanging behind the key, and saw that it said No. 11, Baiwu Street.

Although it was the first time for Leo to come to the 23rd District, he was very familiar with the terrain and streets here, not to mention that Baiwu Street was so famous in Seventh Lake Town, it was difficult for him to know.

The reason why Baiwu Street has such a famous reputation is not because it is the gathering place of gold-selling dens in Seventh Lake Town, nor is it because of the labyrinth-like architectural form here, but because of the series of murders that happened here recently.

In just one month, three people died in the alleys of Baiwu Street, and another four people disappeared mysteriously, and even the bodies could not be found. other urban areas.

It's just that the city guards in Seventh Lake Town don't seem to take this matter seriously, because whether it's the three dead or the four missing, they are all professional prostitutes in some gold dens on Baiwu Street. The underprivileged from other lake towns in Ten-Towns.

Almost all these women were sold here because their family owed a large amount of money to some people, and their status here was inferior to that of slaves, and they were not even qualified to enter the house because of their lack of beauty. Can only stand on the street to pick up customers. Usually, the people who are received are those low-level urban residents who come here because of the reputation, but can't afford too much money. After negotiating the price, they usually lift up the skirt and complete the transaction in the alley.

Finding out why these women were murdered is not on the minds of the city guards. For them, helping the nobles find a pet that accidentally got lost in the city is more important than investigating the cases of these women.

Until this incident became too big and various rumors spread, the people who were killed in many rumors changed from prostitutes to rich people and nobles. The main customers have gone to other safe places to play, which has seriously affected the business of these gold sales dens.

For this reason, the controllers behind these gold selling nests used various methods to put pressure on the city guards, forcing the city guards to send more people to patrol the streets, so as to increase the sense of security of people who came and went here. It's just that the investigation of the murder case is still shelved by them and they don't want to pay attention to it, so the aftermath of the murder case has not disappeared yet.

"Why on earth did he give me this key?" Leo looked at the key in his hand and asked suspiciously.

If someone else arranged such a residence for him, he might only think it was a coincidence, but the person who provided Leo with a temporary residence was someone like Peter Alcott, which made him not only think about it. Is there any other meaning. What's more, the location of the arranged residence happened to be on Baiwu Street where the murder occurred, and he also gave him a card that could help him solve the troubles made by the city guards, which made him have to have some associations and guesses.

"Do you want me to help solve the case by the way?" Leo had doubts in his heart, but shook his head again, and said, "Impossible, how could he care about some unrelated prostitutes with his personality? other purposes."

Although Leo couldn't guess what Peter Alcott was thinking for the time being, he didn't mind taking this trip. It wasn't for the murder, but for the items in the house that Peter Alcott said and books. He might be able to discover some secrets of Peter Alcott from those items and books.

The naming method of the districts of Seventh Lake Town is not the regular division of ten districts arranged in sequence. The noble district is better because there are only ten districts. The city looks neat. But the outer city is different. Except for the ten outermost guarded cities, the numbers and positions of the other cities are completely confused.

Just like now, the 11th district where Leo is located, if it is logically next to the 11th district, it should be the 12th district and the 21st district, but in fact, next to the 11th district are the 27th district and the 2nd district. Thirteen districts.

These two districts are the entertainment districts of Seventh Lake Town, the twenty-seventh district mainly provides services for nobles, and the twenty-third district is for commoners. It's just that, although the gold sales dens in District 27 are high-end and gorgeous, they have long been tired of being played by the nobles and rich people. They are more interested in the low-level entertainment in District 23, so there is no The few tourists were taken away by the 23rd district.

In the murder case that occurred in the 23rd district this time, some people suspected that the rumors about the presence of nobles among the victims were the work of people from the 27th district, but because there was no evidence, this kind of accusation could not Let it go.

Originally, the 23rd district should be very lively at this time, and a large number of people who come here to have fun fill up the alleys, but now only some strange city guards can be seen patrolling the alleys, some Bold prostitutes stood in some conspicuous places in the alleys, waiting for customers to come to their doors.

When Leo came down from the suspension bridge, seven or eight women immediately surrounded him and seemed to regard Leo as a guest who came here to have fun, but when they saw the complexion on Leo's body, they all stopped involuntarily. Seven of them quickly retreated. Only a woman with ragged clothes and messy hair cut her teeth gritted her teeth, walked up, and asked Leo, "Sir, do you need..."

"Why didn't you back down?" Leo asked directly without waiting for the other party to finish speaking.

"Ah?" The woman was stunned, not understanding why Leo would ask this question, but she replied immediately: "I have nothing on me, if I don't do anything else, I will starve to death, I don't want to die."

Hearing this, Leo looked at the woman up and down. Although the woman's clothes were very tattered and old, they were very clean. It seemed that she should be washed frequently, and judging from her behavior just now, she should be a well-educated person and not Not the kind of vulgar bottom poor.

This woman looks very thin, but this thinness is not the sequelae of excessive indulgence, but the thinness of malnutrition. Her face was also too thin, which completely ruined her otherwise good appearance, and her hair was not cut by herself, but was forcibly cut off.

Leo remembered that in a book recording the customs of the dream world, it was mentioned that when a woman was driven out of the house by her husband's family, the husband's family would cut off the woman's hair to show the severance of the relationship. A woman who leaves the house.

"I need someone to take me to No. 11, Baiwu Street." Leo took out a Huzhen coin from his pocket and handed it to the woman, then ordered: "Lead the way!"