Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Chapter 655: Blood-Red Wedding (Middle)Ключевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарии

Chapter 655: Blood-Red Wedding (Middle)Ключевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарииAfter staying in the mechanical room of Big Ben for a while, Liu Xing left with Dio, as there was nothing much to see there.

After leaving Big Ben, Liu Xing bid farewell to Dio and went home. As Liu Xing was about to take out the key to open the door, he suddenly stopped.

Because Liu Xing felt that he should go find Miss Wang.

So, after confirming with a text message that Leon and Jill had already gone to the cafe, Liu Xing knocked on Miss Wang’s door without worry.

After all, Liu Xing was quite concerned that Leon and Jill might be at home and watching through the peephole, so if Jill and Leon discovered that he was secretly going to see Miss Wang, Liu Xing felt that he might get into some trouble.

Soon, Miss Wang opened the door.

"Is there something wrong? Shouldn’t you be with Leon and the others trying to capture those Ghouls?" Miss Wang asked curiously.

Liu Xing shrugged and said, "I have some private matters to attend to today, so I didn’t go with Leon and the others. Miss Wang, can we go inside and chat?"

Miss Wang nodded and led Liu Xing into the room.

Then, Liu Xing told Miss Wang everything he had seen and heard at the Dreamers’ Guild today. "I think now is a good opportunity for us to rally the Dreamers’ Guild. After all, given the current situation of the Dreamers’ Guild, they must be looking for a suitable backer, so as long as we can offer a sincere cooperation plan, I believe the Dreamers’ Guild will be very willing to join us. The most important thing is that we can not only use the Dreamers’ Guild to deal with the Cthulhu cultists, but also have the Dreamers’ Guild go undercover under the Cult of the Cadaver, and even use the Dreamers’ Guild to trick the Gralki cultists."In Liu Xing’s view, for the various forces currently trying to seize the projection of the "Sacred Book", the Dreamers’ Guild is definitely a coveted target, as the Dreamers’ Guild’s strength is quite impressive, and there is only the Dreamers’ Guild as a neutral force in the London area.

So as long as it is handled properly, the Dreamers’ Guild can be a jack-of-all-trades, and at the very least, they can wait for the highest bidder. Unfortunately, Robert and Dio do not know about the existence of the "Sacred Book" projection, so they are currently completely misjudging the situation, mistakenly thinking that they are the lambs to be slaughtered, and almost being fooled by the Cult of the Cadaver.

But to be honest, Liu Xing is also trying to trick the Dreamers’ Guild.

"Chris, your idea is very good. We can indeed try to rally the Dreamers’ Guild to serve us, but from the current situation, we can’t go directly to the Dreamers’ Guild to negotiate cooperation, as that would be too abrupt. So I plan to wait until the Dreamers’ Guild wants to contact the Gralki cultists, and then intercept them halfway, because the Gralki cultists will never give the Dreamers’ Guild very good terms," Miss Wang said seriously.

Liu Xing nodded and said, "Just do as you say, Miss Wang. I definitely can’t take the lead in this matter, so everything is up to your arrangement. Well, it’s getting late, I need to go find Leon and the others now."

"Then I won’t see you off, we’ll keep in touch if there’s anything," Miss Wang said bluntly.

After leaving Miss Wang’s house, Liu Xing went home to get his Weapons and Equipment, and then headed straight for the cafe.

On the way to the cafe, Liu Xing couldn’t help but think about the doggerel on Big Ben. If it weren’t for KP Time reminding him that this doggerel was an Easter egg, Liu Xing would have thought it was a "work" created by a drunken employee.

Although currently in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall, the players in the Cthulhu area are offering high prices to buy Easter eggs, and the same Easter egg can be sold to multiple buyers, so now an Easter egg is worth about 10,000 points.

The most important thing is that although the currently known Easter eggs are basically useless for 99% of the Cthulhu area players, the Cthulhu area players are still willing to spend this "wasted money", because these Easter eggs may save their lives.

Therefore, Easter eggs are never short of buyers in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall.

However, since the currently known Easter eggs are really too few, the players in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall don’t mention Easter eggs much in their daily lives, just like the glass-type imperial green jadeite in the jade gambling circle, although the people in the circle have basically heard of the name of the glass-type imperial green jadeite, but since most people can never personally extract the glass-type imperial green jadeite from the raw stone in their lifetime, they only mention it when chatting casually.

Therefore, Liu Xing’s understanding of Easter eggs is not too much.

So now Liu Xing is completely at a loss about the Easter egg he has obtained, and although he wants to analyze it carefully, he can’t find a place to start.

It’s really a case of "the book is not enough when you need it".

So when Liu Xing arrived at the cafe, his progress in cracking the Easter egg was still zero.

At this time, the cafe was only occupied by Leon and Jill, as Chief House and the others had gone out to deal with some matters.

"The captain said he’s accompanying Chief House and the others to deal with some matters outside, so he asked us to wait here in the cafe," Leon briefed Liu Xing on the current situation.

Liu Xing nodded and asked, "So, is there any new information?"

Leon thought for a moment, with a strange expression on his face, and said, "In the past few days, we’ve installed a lot of surveillance cameras in the monitoring area, and we’ve actually captured some Ghoul activity, including one that was identified as the youngest child of that family of five, making some provocative moves in front of a surveillance camera. So it seems these Ghouls are quite confident in their hiding place."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, not expecting these Ghouls to be so playful, daring to go to the surveillance camera and make some provocative moves against the police in this situation.

"Have you been able to track the movements of that Ghoul?" Liu Xing asked further.

Leon shook his head and said helplessly, "That Ghoul was obviously well-prepared, so apart from that surveillance camera, we didn’t find any trace of it in the other surveillance cameras, so Chief House is very angry about this and has taken people to the location of that surveillance camera to re-arrange the placement of the cameras."

Liu Xing furrowed his brows and said with some concern, "What if this is a trap set by those Ghouls? Are they trying to lure Chief House and the others to the site to launch a sneak attack?"

"Chris, you don’t need to worry. Chief House has also considered this possibility, so he has brought a large force to the incident site this time, and it seems they even brought machine guns," Jill, who was standing beside him, spoke up.

Hearing this, Liu Xing felt relieved.

So, Liu Xing and Jill chatted until 6 o’clock in the afternoon, when Wesker finally returned to the cafe, covered in mud.

Seeing the dirty Wesker, Liu Xing couldn’t help but laugh and say, "Captain, didn’t you go to the subway to check the situation? How did you end up like this? Did you go digging tunnels?"

Wesker nodded and said gloomily, "You actually guessed it right. When we arrived at the incident site, we found a hole in the blind spot of the surveillance camera. At first, we didn’t pay much attention to it, as these Ghouls’ tunnels are not suitable for us humans to enter, and these Ghouls are like ants, with their tunnels criss-crossing like a maze, so we had given up the idea of digging the tunnel."

"However, just as we were inspecting the incident site, that Ghoul suddenly popped out of the tunnel and made a mocking sound that we humans couldn’t understand but could feel was taunting us, and then it went back into the tunnel. Seeing this, we didn’t pay too much attention, as the possibility of us catching that Ghoul in the tunnel was almost zero. So, Chief House arranged for a few people to guard the tunnel entrance, and they would shoot it directly if the Ghoul dared to show its head again."

"As a result, that Ghoul did dare to come out again, but it also knew that we were waiting in ambush, so it came out from a different position to taunt us. This time, it angered Chief House, as it seemed that the Ghoul would continue to do the same thing. So, Chief House ordered us to expand that tunnel, to ensure that if the Ghoul dared to come out and provoke us again, it would have to expose its entire body within our line of fire."

"So, we started digging and expanding the tunnel, and just as we were about to succeed, that damned Ghoul used magic to cause an explosion in the mud, and although this explosion didn’t cause any substantial damage to us, everyone present was more or less splattered with mud. As I was closest to the tunnel at the time, I ended up in this state, and Chief House isn’t much better off either, so he went back to change his clothes first."

After listening to Wesker’s account, Liu Xing was shocked, as he didn’t expect that family of five to learn Magic Spells so quickly, although the practicality of this Magic Spell remains to be seen...

But this is not good news.

"Alright, everyone, after we finish eating, go get ready. I’ll go home and change clothes, and then we’ll go to the subway station. You guys help me keep an eye on the guns," Wesker said, placing his handgun on the table and then leaving the cafe.

The night passed without incident.

Possibly because those Ghouls knew that their taunting skills had been a great success that afternoon, and to avoid further angering Chief House, which might lead to him ordering them to be dug out, these Ghouls did nothing at all that night.

Before going home, Chief House suddenly found Liu Xing with a large bag.

"If I’m not mistaken, Chris, you probably haven’t prepared a suitable suit for Locke’s son’s wedding yet, right? You know, Locke’s family is powerful and influential, and the people attending his son’s wedding will all be from high society, so you need to dress well so as not to draw attention to yourself," Chief House said with a smile.

Liu Xing nodded. Although he had a suit, the quality was a bit low, so if he wore that suit to Locke’s son’s wedding, he would likely stand out.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing readily accepted the bag from Chief House’s hand and said, "If Chief House hadn’t mentioned this, I would have forgotten to buy a suitable suit. I’ll take this suit and have it dry-cleaned after using it, then return it to you."

Chief House waved his hand and said generously, "Keep the suit. It’s the one I bought when I was young to impress girls at parties, but I’ve been too busy with work to wear it, so I don’t need it anymore."

After thanking Chief House profusely, Liu Xing and Jill went home with the others.

Back home, Liu Xing, Jill, and Leon chatted for a while before each retiring to their own rooms.

Tonight, Miss Wang did not come to "raid" Liu Xing.

Early the next morning, Liu Xing received a message from Dio.

Dio’s message was simple, asking Liu Xing to tidy up his appearance so as not to stand out too much at Locke’s son’s wedding.

Liu Xing stood in front of the full-length mirror and examined his appearance. Although he was still very handsome, he looked a bit disheveled due to the busy days spent chasing the five Ghouls in the subway.

So, Liu Xing called Jill and Leon, and under Leon’s guidance, he went to a famous barbershop in downtown London to have his hairstyle fixed.

Under the careful trimming of Stylist Tony, Liu Xing instantly transformed from a disheveled middle-aged man into a fresh-faced young man.

Upon returning home, Liu Xing was then teased by Jill and Leon in various ways.

In short, with his new image, Liu Xing gained a new nickname - "Playboy".

Wearing the suit Chief House had given him, Liu Xing, looking at himself in the mirror, did indeed look like a playboy...

And so, Liu Xing rode in Dio’s car to the venue of Locke’s son’s wedding.

Seeing the luxuriously decorated mansion in front of him, Liu Xing couldn’t help but say nervously, "Dio, you know I’m just an ordinary person. How am I supposed to pretend to be from high society? I’m in a hurry, so please help me."

Dio chuckled and patted Liu Xing’s shoulder, saying, "Don’t worry, Chris. Just treat the others as if they don’t exist."

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