Whispering Verse

"If this business goes well, maybe I can really try and stay here as a detective. Wait until my life is stable before contacting Chaofan, and try to see if I can find hope of returning home."

Watching the leisurely entrance to the club, Shade couldn't help but sigh as a stranger thought of his far away hometown.

After estimating the time, since Mr. Lawrence also entered the club, it was impossible for the two of them to come out within an hour.

"They have something to do, should I find a place to rest?"

He thought to himself, looked around, and successfully saw a tavern called "Screaming Hound" on the corner of the street.

This kind of pub that is open on the main road and is open during the day is usually not particularly chaotic, especially since it is only two o'clock in the afternoon. Shade pinched the ten-pence note in his pocket, licked his chapped lips, confirmed the time, hesitated for a moment, and then walked over.

When I opened the door of the tavern, I saw a row of gas lamps on the wall at first sight, illuminating the somewhat dim interior. There was a mixed smell of alcohol and fermented food in the air, which made him uncomfortable as he was still hungry.

Shade now knew that the lamps used in this era were all gas lamps. In addition to gas pipes, there are usually steam pipes climbing on the wall. Gas pipes are slightly thinner ones, and the outside of the steam pipes will be covered with heat insulation.

The round wooden tables in the tavern are all empty. There is no one there now. There are only three customers sitting around a wooden table away from the bar and against the wall playing cards. There is also a picture of a snow mountain hanging on the wall next to the table. Landscape oil painting.

They were three men who did not look wealthy. Although there were no patches on their clothes, the dark clothes were washed white and the hats placed on the table had obviously been used for a long time and were piled up in wrinkles.

Maybe they just wanted to take a rest on this leisurely summer afternoon. Shade didn't interrupt and walked to the bar where the bartender was standing, thinking just to buy a glass of ice water. But I heard cheers from one of the card players:

"I win again this time!"

The middle-aged man with a beard and messy hair stood up and threw the cards in his hand on the table with great dignity:

"Look, it's exactly 21 o'clock."

He said and looked around proudly, but unfortunately he and his friends were the only ones here. Seeing Xia De who had just walked in the door, his eyes lit up:

"Buy this gentleman a glass of rye!"

The man who won the card but was not rich said to the bartender. Shade turned around and looked at him in surprise. After a moment of surprise, he nodded slightly to express his gratitude:

"Thanks for the kindness, but I think a glass of ice water will suffice."

He is not good at drinking, and he does not know the content of the so-called "rye". He is still performing detective activities, so there is no need to be exposed to alcohol.

Obviously, the price of a glass of water was much lower than the price of a glass of wine. The three men thought that Shade was saving money for them, and they immediately liked him. Seeing that Shade had no companions, he invited him to play cards with him.

But Shade didn't know how to do it, so he could only watch them play from the sidelines. The men were also very enthusiastic about teaching "Rhode Card" skills to Shade.

The cards in this world are very similar to the playing cards in the previous life. There are also four suits, a total of 54 cards, but the four suits are sun, moon, stars and flowers.

The mainstream method of playing cards is based on rules similar to "blackjack", which is called "Rhodes Cards". There are also other rules such as Solitaire, ghost cards, and small and large comparisons, but the Rhodes card game is popular all over the world. It is said that this kind of card playing method is popular all over the world. The inventor of the gameplay is named Rhodes.

Playing cards are generally made with a picture on the front and a suit and number in the upper left and upper right corners. Therefore, some series of playing cards with special patterns issued in special eras are particularly valuable.

The most recent special series of Rhodes cards released, with only 1,000 sets released, is called the "Fairy Tale Series".

The three men playing cards are not rich, and they don't know much about the so-called special series of Rhodes cards, and they can only give a rough idea.

They only know that some people among the nobles are crazy about pursuing those rare cards. In particular, some cards not only have special card patterns, but also contain special game rules.

Those cards are extremely valuable. It is said that Ford Auction House sold a special card for 12,000 pounds last year.

Shade quietly calculated the prices and thought about the "Sun 3" sandwiched in the diary. He didn't want to laugh, but he had deep doubts about whether the card he inherited was genuine.

But if the card with the woman sitting sideways and holding up the Silver Moon card was authentic, his last worry about his future life would disappear.

After chatting with three men playing cards in the tavern for an hour, Shade stood up and left. When he returned to the door of the newspaper office, the seat next to the mailbox was occupied by a young man wearing a brown vest and glasses.

This was probably a real reporter, so the young detective moved to stand next to the black iron street light pole.

Street lights are generally cylindrical, and they also use gas as energy. Shade was standing nearby leisurely, but his eyes accidentally saw the nameplate. The nameplate clearly states that you should never smoke under a street light pole, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.

Shade imagined what might happen and subconsciously stayed away from this dangerous place.

The sun was gradually setting in the west, and Shade had been waiting patiently. After the feeling of hunger reached its limit and disappeared in the afternoon, my body felt much better. He planned to wait until around five o'clock, and if Mrs. Lasoya didn't show up yet, then he would go to the [War and Peace Church] church to collect relief food.

By the way, you can also take a look at what is going on in the church in this world and confirm whether the church has extraordinary power.

"However, I have that voice in my head. I won't be captured as soon as I enter, right? There are also secrets about outsiders..."

He was also a little worried about this, but without knowing anything about the situation, there weren't many choices that Shade could make.

Perhaps he noticed that Shade thought of her again, and the woman's voice in his mind sounded again:

[Observe his ring. 】

This sentence has appeared before noon, but then the personal pronoun was female, but this time it is male.

Shade immediately looked up at the door of the club, and sure enough he saw a young man carrying a suitcase walking out. On the finger of his right hand was the white pebble ring he saw on Mrs. Lasoya's finger at noon.

Because the shape is so unique, Xia De believes that there is no mistaking it.

Both of them put the rings on the middle fingers of their right hands without any further prompting from the voices in their heads.

"It's really interesting. Why did the owner of the ring change?"

Shade was thinking, after seeing the man wearing the ring leave the club, he did not look for the empty carriage, but blended into the crowd in the evening, followed a fat man who was in a hurry with a briefcase under his arm, and walked eastward along the street. Go.

The fog in the steam city blurred his figure. If he didn't chase him, Shade would soon lose the man's whereabouts.

"Should I catch up? The voice in my head is definitely not talking nonsense."

He thought to himself, turned around to avoid the direction of the club entrance, unfolded the map in his notebook one-eighth, and looked for the direction of the [War and Peace Church] church. The church that distributes relief food is to the east of its current location, and is now very close to five o'clock.