Chapter 123 – The Figure at the Edge of the Square
Chapter 123 – The Figure at the Edge of the Square
After asking where the rescue point near the square is, Heidi left on her own with her head covered, but Duncan had no intention of dealing with the “officials” there – mainly because now he has a Shirley next to him, and this girl who can summon a deep demon clearly does not want to deal with the Church of the Deep. The girl who could summon a demon clearly didn’t want to deal with the Church of the Deep.
After watching Heidi’s figure fade away, Duncan exhaled softly, and first turned his head to Nina: “Are you hurt?”
“No,” Nina was still a bit stunned, she had been subconsciously grabbing Duncan’s sleeve, and only then did she suddenly let go of her hand as if reacting, and then looked at Duncan with a bit of surprise, “You haven’t said anything yet, why did you show up at the museum?”
“I happened to be in the neighborhood on an errand,” Duncan said with a smile, “and then suddenly I heard about the fire in the museum and came over to save you.”
Then before the other man could say anything else, he reached out and rubbed the girl’s hair again, comforting the newly frightened Nina, “Alright, it’s all in the past, it’s good that you’re not hurt.”
“…… I’m not a kid anymore!” Nina shook her head, immediately after the gaze then saw Sherry standing beside her, she just wanted to open her mouth, but her face suddenly surfaced a trace of strange look, as if instantly recalling certain things that defy the rules, she looked up and down the girl in front of her, “Sherry …… why do I suddenly feel that …… you’re a bit ……”
Shirley a second ago the attention is still all on Duncan, at this time to see Nina’s reaction suddenly face then revealed the flesh visible panic, she slightly widened her eyes, panic and then looked at Duncan, the color of the face will be more a fear to come.
Duncan took one look at this change in the other party’s expression and his heart was moved, because the girl’s look was simply exactly the same as when she was caught skipping the ticket on the bus before, he thoughtfully glanced at Nina, and slightly recalled his own dealings with Shirley and the identity that she was now playing-
It is known that he dealt with Shirley twice when Nina was in school, it is also known that Shirley’s real character is so bad and rude that she is not a “good and quiet child”, and it is also known that one of the powers of Dog, the demon of the underworld, is to interfere with the judgment of the ordinary people, in order to achieve the disguise of identity. ……
Her current “identity” is Nina’s new friend from school, which is full of holes.
Duncan rubbed his chin, put his hand on Nina’s shoulder, and pointed his chin in Shirley’s direction, “Do you really know her?”
“I know her, her name is Shirley, she’s my new friend, but ……” Nina frowned, “But for some reason, just now, I suddenly can’t remember when she showed up at school ……”
Duncan turned his head and gazed quietly at Sherry, who was already trying to minimize her presence, for a long time before speaking softly, “You still have a chance to explain yourself, or me …….”
His side of the words just fell, Shirley crackled popped up a large series of out, “I’m sorry I’m wrong I just want to investigate things so mixed into the school but I really did not hurt Nina ah And just now in the museum I also helped her block the wood smashed down you really believe me ah I really do not know that this is your dependents I do not understand the interests of such a big man as you ah please put me A ……”
Duncan this has not yet had time to say the words behind it, was this whirligig dog girl with a crying voice popped out a large series of shocked, his first thought is that this woman is outstandingly talented, perhaps it can be used to give the goat’s head as a companion ……
It was only then that he coughed lightly twice, interrupting Sherry’s crackling, “Not a dependent, this is my niece.”
As he said that, his eyes also noticed Sherry’s hands.
There were traces of being burned by the flames, and although there were already only light scars left under its amazing healing power, it seemed like she had indeed been injured in the museum.
If she wasn’t lying (and presumably didn’t dare to), then she should really have been trying to protect Nina.
Shirley of course had no idea what Duncan was thinking, she was pretty much in a state of brain deflation at this point: “You …… you say niece then it’s a niece ……”
Nina only vaguely reacted at this time, she was surprised to look at her uncle a glance, and then looked at the “friend” in front of her: “Wait, do you …… know each other? And Sherry why do you …… know each other?”
“Casual acquaintance,” Duncan said lightly, not letting Shirley speak because there was no telling what the guy might reveal in front of Nina, “Looks like we have a lot to talk about, don’t you think, Shirley?”
Shirley was on the verge of tears as she looked at Duncan with a sobbing face, “You say yes then ……”
“You say yes.”
“Uh, yes.”
“Uncle, don’t be so mean to Shirley,” Nina was still confused at this time, but she could tell that this new friend of hers was somehow very afraid of her uncle, who was also not very polite to Shirley, which made her a little uneasy and confused at the same time, “I’m having a messy brain right now s …… Can someone explain to me how this is going to work?”
“Let’s go home and take our time,” Duncan exhaled softly, glancing up at the museum that was billowing smoke and turning his head back in the direction he had come from, “It’s too messy here and you two need to get back to the house for a shower and a change of clothes now that you’re in such a grimy state. ”
Shirley stammered, “I …… I have to follow too?”
Then she nodded vigorously to herself without waiting for Duncan to speak, “You’re right!” Duncan sighed a little tearfully, it looked like no matter what Shirley was trying to do by approaching Nina, she would definitely be harmless next to Nina in the future, then he shook his head, and then he was ready to leave with the two girls.
Just then, his gaze happened to sweep over the edge of the museum square.
A figure standing near the crowd at the edge of the square suddenly caught his eye.
It was a figure wearing a black jacket, with his back facing this way, looking in the direction of the fire, judging from his back, it seemed to be a tall and thin male, the style of the jacket on his body was somewhat like a long trench coat, with the long hemline almost covering his whole body, and the most strange thing about this figure was that he was wearing a very large black umbrella on this sunny day.
No wind, no rain, the sun is not too strong weather, a tall and thin man wearing a long trench coat stood on the edge of the square with an umbrella looking out over the fire, no matter where this scene will appear a little strange, but the edge of the square gathered a lot of people, but no one looked in the direction of the man with an umbrella.
“Uncle?” Nina noticed Duncan’s sudden stop and looked curiously in the direction the other man was looking, “Is there something over there?”
“There’s a strange man over there with an umbrella on a sunny day.” Duncan said casually.
“A man with an umbrella on a sunny day?” Nina was baffled for a moment, “Where? I didn’t see it ……”
“I didn’t see it either,” Shirley rubbed her eyes as well, curiously following Duncan’s line of sight, “You’re afraid you’re not mistaken ……”
“Neither of you saw it?” Duncan instantly frowned as he glanced at Shirley and Nina, but after he redirected his eyes in the direction of the square in the next second, the figure with the umbrella had disappeared at some point.
“Uncle?” Nina looked at Duncan with some concern, “Did you just inhale a lot of smoke and now you’re not feeling well?”
“…… I’m fine, maybe it was a ‘misreading’.” In order not to let Nina worry, Duncan just shook his head and said bashfully.
However, his gaze still remained over at the square and gave one last deep look over there before withdrawing his sight.
If it was just a weirdo with an umbrella, then this wouldn’t be a big deal.
But if it was a figure that only he could see, the situation was a different story.
He made a mental note of the figure.
……
Vanna arrived near the Marine Museum with a team of elite guardsmen, but by the time she arrived, the sudden fire had reached its end.
A grizzled Deep Sea Priest arrived before the Inquisitor with several Guardian warriors who had also just rushed out of the fire.
“The fire subsided suddenly and on its own,” the deep-sea priest said immediately after saluting Vanna, “but we found no traces of residual transcendent power at the scene.”
“Self-abated?” Vanna’s expression became serious once she heard the priest’s report, “…… Did you find any clues when you led the team into the fire?”
“There was widespread excessive panic and hallucinations and ravings among the citizens fleeing from the scene, and I suspected that there was transcendental contamination in the museum,” the priest nodded, “but we searched around inside and found nothing… . the only anomaly was that the flames suddenly subsided on their own.”
With that, the priest made a gesture of prayer to the goddess and added, “But it was also because the fire subsided that the guardsmen and I were able to exit unharmed.”
Vanna thought briefly and nodded gently, “Good, after the fire is completely over I will arrange for the manpower to search the museum thoroughly once more to see if there are any signs of mutation in the collection ……”
Only after a brief command was given did the young Inquisitor raise her head, her gaze sweeping over the citizens who were receiving aid and pacifying guidance, as if she was searching for something in the crowd.
And just then, a voice suddenly came from not far away, “Vanna! I’m here!”
Vanna looked up and was seeing the wretched Heidi waving hard at herself from the crowd.
(End of chapter)