Tokyo underground city

Chapter 259 Thief

"...What kind of work did Hara Yumu let you read?"

Lin Huai'en was silent for a moment, with a bad premonition in his heart.

""White Night Journey"?"

Tanya looked at her vocabulary book, tilted her head, and answered.

"...It's really something weird."

Lin Huai'en couldn't help but groaned: "I know that Hitchcock Controller will never tell you anything normal..."

"Wouldn't it be better to watch "Legal-High"? You have to watch such a morbid work..."

"Lin, don't you like it? "White Night Walk"."

Tanya tilted her head and looked at Lin Huaien and asked.

"It's not that I don't like it..."

Lin Huai'en hesitated for a moment and considered the words: "In fact, because of a senior, I have read all the works that Higashino Keigo has rated better - the 'all' refers to about ten books."

""White Night Journey" is considered to be one of the better works by Keigo Higashino, but how can I put it..."

"It is not appropriate to understand urban women according to the portrayal in "White Night Walk"."

After all, the heroine in the original work is a murderer who suffered a tragic childhood...

No wonder Tanya describes her as a "wild wolf".

However, Lin Huaien could feel from Tanya's description that she did not have much malice towards the description of "wild wolf", which was different from most people living in cities.

"But I quite like this work."

However, Tanya made Lin Huaien shake his head in surprise: "The social relationships described in "White Night Journey" are more like what I felt when I was in Siberia - Xuesui (the heroine) and her lover are like The beasts in the forest, those pedophiles and the 'hunters' who pounce on her victims, are like jackals in the forest and sharks in the ocean. They will pounce on the beasts when they are at their weakest and kill them. Tear to pieces.”

"Even if Yukiho and the others continue to resist, they will still be chased by a steady stream of sharks and torn into pieces."

"This story is very good. It is very realistic. It does not use a fairy tale ending to whitewash the truth of the society we live in."

After hearing Tanya's answer, Lin Huaien was silent for a moment——

"Are you actually using this perspective... Sure enough, our life backgrounds are different, and our thoughts will be very different..."

"Lin, don't you think so?" Tanya blinked and glanced at Lin Huai'en.

Her snow-white skin and long hair were spotless, as pure as an angel falling into the world.

But at the same time, there is also angelic cruelty and transparency.

"...I don't think most people think like this."

Lin Huai'en shook his head slowly, walked to the cupboard, and made a glass of milk.

""White Night" describes the mental journey of two murderers. Although I have not watched the TV series, I have read the novel, so I understand the causes and consequences."

"For the 'real jungle', the 'beasts' are eaten by 'other beasts', but the two protagonists in "White Night Walk" were defeated by that society."

"The society 'described' by the writer."

Lin Huai'en added, then took a sip of coffee, and gradually followed the reason why Yuan Ximu recommended Tanya to watch "White Night Journey": "So, in the 'wilderness', the threats from beasts and hunters mainly come from the 'environment' .”

"And in the big environment of 'city', the threat of 'beasts' mainly comes from 'other beasts'..."

"Yuan Ximu recommended you to watch "White Night Journey". It should be to warn you to be careful of the 'wolves and beasts' around you..."

As a member of the 'wolf beast', Lin Huai'en couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Miss Xiyang Xixue's unique black sense of humor slowly seeped out from her actions that she didn't know whether to say were deliberate or not.

"...That's true."

Tanya thought for a moment and understood what Lin Huaien meant: "On the ice field, even if I meet other people, the first thing that comes to my mind is cooperation. Even if both of them have no food, as long as they work together, they will be able to achieve success." There is a greater probability of catching larger prey and thus surviving.”

"But the society in "White Night Walk" is quite scary. No matter where the heroine goes, she will encounter all kinds of perpetrators. Her dual identity of being a victim and perpetrator at the same time, and she is also like a hunter. The smell of blood coming out of the stream intensified the desires in the sharks' hearts..."

"A truly pitiable person." Lin Huai'en shook his head and recalled the plot in the novel, "and then he turned into a hateful person."

"So Lin, do you hate this person? Or do you feel sorry for her?"

Tanya looked at Lin Huaien and tried to ask him what he thought.

Looking at the girl's lake-blue eyes, Lin Huai'en thought for a moment, and his eyes stayed on the coffee in his hand——

He was a little annoyed.

He just wanted a glass of milk.

As a result, as soon as I started chatting with people, I habitually added coffee to the milk.

"Damn...capsule coffee is too convenient."

Complaining secretly in his heart, Lin Huaien didn't pay much attention to Tanya's question——

"The old society turned people into ghosts, and the new society turns ghosts into people."

"No matter how wonderful and tragic the story of "White Night Journey" is, in essence, it is just a story."

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Three days later, when Yuan Ximu had some free time, Lin Huai'en arranged this month's dungeon exploration trip.

This commission was arranged by Minister Xiao. According to Minister Xiao, the daytime thief team had been on the ranking list for several days without any movement.

As the only "Four Crowns" in the entire Changying dungeon that has hunted four "Abnormals", many people are looking forward to the birth of the first "Five Crowns" team in Changying dungeon.

Lin Huai'en naturally had no interest in this false reputation, but he became interested in the content of Minister Xiao's invitation——

"Stealer?"

Lin Huai'en was a little surprised when he looked at the paper file that Minister Xiao handed him.

"Yes, after all, you are still nominally candidates for the [National Explorer]. In the team of three, there are two special A-level observation subjects, and there is also a special A-level association explorer specially sent by the Moscow Association. Among the other While the explorers of the Association are busy non-stop, I can’t let you continue to be idle——"

Minister Xiao put his hands on his desk and looked at Lin Huai'en's smile, which made Lin Huai'en a little embarrassed——

"Isn't it just after the New Year...I haven't regained my form."

Lin Huai'en lowered his head and looked through the files, hiding his embarrassment.

"Speaking of the Chinese New Year...I didn't receive your registration for returning to your hometown, won't you go back?"

Minister Xiao is somewhat concerned about Lin Huai'en's daily life.

"My relationship with my family is not good. It would be awkward to go back now. I plan to wait for a while before going back."

Lin Huai'en shook his head and didn't pay too much attention.

He and his father were the only two people in his family. It was not good for the two of them to spend the holidays alone. It was too painful for him to force his father to smile while watching other people reunite with their families.

It's better to let him sigh alone at home and go back after a while, so that the two of them can chat about home life like ordinary father and son.

"A single-parent family..." Minister Xiao had obviously read Lin Huaien's family information and sighed slightly: "It's not easy for parents. You'll know when you get to my age."

"Yes, I understand."

Lin Huai'en nodded, and then couldn't help but glance at Minister Xiao——

"Boss Xiao, you look younger than Hara Yugure. You said 'my age'...how old are you?"

Minister Xiao looked at Lin Huai'en and blinked.

Just like a teenage junior high school student, he raised a finger and said "Hey"——

"secret!"

There is really no sense of dissonance at all.

Lin Huaien shook his head and put the file in his hand on the desk.

"I know the general situation. In short, with the continuous development of Changying Undercity, some association explorers discovered something deep in the 18th floor that was originally thought to only appear in the deep space below the 35th floor. Rare creature [Colorful Deer].”

"So a large number of thieves were summoned?"

Minister Xiao nodded: "We have urgently blocked the Changying underground city customs, but there are still many foreign explorers who have arrived in Shangdu through ground routes."

"There are still some people who use dungeon skills to sneak across. I need you to assist other association explorers to catch all these thieves!"

"And the reason why these thieves are so eager for the [Colorful Deer] is..."

Lin Huai'en looked down at the information in his hand and couldn't help but click his tongue.

[Colorful Deer] has many functions, and the most important one is to make——

【Panacea】.