dognovel Chapter 38 The Girl in the Basement
Chapter 38 The Girl in the Basement
"white?"
"white?"
Are you in your room?
The proprietress instructed the waiter about the bar, then carried a fruit platter down to the second basement level.
That's right, this small tavern actually has two floors. The first floor was, of course, where the extraordinary individuals used to gather, and the second floor...
"Recognition successful!"
A mechanical sound rang out, and the iron gate in front of the proprietress opened in response.
"Is this necessary?"
The proprietress wiped away non-existent cold sweat from her forehead.
"white?"
After calling her several times without getting a response, the proprietress couldn't help but wonder why the child, who stayed at home all day, wouldn't go out. If he couldn't go out, why didn't he respond to her calls?
The proprietress walked through the iron gate. Behind the gate was a large and messy laboratory. There were a lot of blueprints on the table and a lot of equipment on the floor. The only thing that seemed out of place in this room was the small pink bed in the corner.
"Bai? Where are you? I brought you some fruit!"
"You look malnourished. How can you not eat more fruit to supplement your diet?"
"No~"
A weak voice came from behind. The proprietress followed the sound and finally found the person she was looking for in a pile of notebooks.
She has long, milky-white hair with a single tuft of hair on her head. Her face is fair and delicate, with white pupils in her eye sockets. She is petite and a typical white-haired loli.
"Who told you to sleep here? Did I buy you a bed so you could sleep among piles of books?"
"No~"
"Hey, I'm talking to you! You'll die in a pile of books if you keep going like this!"
"No~"
"Did you stay up late doing experiments again last night? You look a bit groggy."
"No~"
"Never mind, the fruit is here! Remember to eat it. I have something to do, so I'll go upstairs first."
"No~"
"................"
After the proprietress left, the girl groggily woke up from the ground. She rubbed her eyes, and her vision cleared a little.
He took an apple from the fruit plate and then walked barefoot to his workbench.
"Hey~"
After fiddling with it for a while, she held a small mechanical bird in her hand.
There was nothing she could do; her previous one had been destroyed.
After the little bird was set up, the girl named Bai picked up a controller with a black panel on it. When she clicked the start button, a red light appeared in the eyes of the mechanical bird, and then the black screen on the controller began to display images.
Hmm... I'm a little unsure...
Then, she picked up the tools next to her and fiddled with the controller for a while, and a scene exactly the same as that seen through the eyes of the mechanical bird appeared.
"Phew~ It's finally done~"
The girl slumped in the chair. Although she loved experiments, she was actually a very lazy person.
After lying there silently for more than ten seconds, she started operating the controller again. Under the control of the controller, the mechanical bird gradually flapped its wings and took flight.
The girl wasn't surprised, after all, she was an expert in making these things.
Immediately, she manipulated the bird and began to fly towards an opening in the room. The bird flew upwards through the opening and out of the tavern's chimney.
"Let's go!"
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residential area.
As night fell, the streets began to thin out. Lin Tian walked along the street, originally intending to find the child from last time, since he had said he could take him sightseeing again next time he visited.
But seeing that it was getting late and he already knew most of the layout of Wells, he decided not to bother finding a hotel to rest on his own.
"Is this right here?"
Lin Tian asked the short, middle-aged man opposite him.
"Your Majesty, according to my investigation, this is the closest hotel to the slums."
Lin Tian nodded. As for why he wanted to find the hotel closest to the slums, it was naturally because of the mission.
If there's one place where evil is most likely to occur, it's definitely the entertainment district and the slums. He had already been to the entertainment district during the day, so naturally he chose the slums, which are closest to the residential area, for the night.
After paying the room fee, Lin Tian led the middle-aged man and the giant into the room.
"Guangmou, how's the investigation I asked you to do during the day going?"
Upon hearing the king call his name, the middle-aged man immediately straightened up and responded.
“I also went to the slums during the day. There were mostly children and the elderly there, and many of them were disabled. From what I heard, they were either tour guides for outsiders or doing low-paying jobs, barely making ends meet.”
"Although there are sometimes fights and brawls, that doesn't mean anything."
"Okay, I'll go check it out again tonight."
Night had fallen, the sun had set, and the sunlight could no longer reach everyone. In the darkness, some evil was stirring.
Lin Tian and his two companions, bundled up tightly, arrived at the slum. The air was thick with the stench of sewers, and there was virtually no light, as no family could afford to light a lamp. Some people didn't even have a home and simply slept on the ground.
Searching aimlessly like this isn't going to work!
Lin Tian and his group wandered around for a while but didn't find anything. Just as he was about to head home, Guang Mou suddenly made a novel discovery.
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"Damn, it's pretty heavy."
"Is it because you've been with too many women that your legs are weak?"
"Get lost! I haven't been there lately!"
"Hey! Speaking of women, I know one who's really pretty!"
"Who?"
"The proprietress of Mori-san House!"
"Nonsense, everyone knows that the proprietress has a great figure! But would you dare to go? You saw what happened to those women last time."
"They're just powerful superhumans, right? I heard the mayor has a drug that can turn people into superhumans directly. I know the mayor's guard captain, and I can get it for money."
"You can get it just by spending some money? Then why aren't you a superhuman?"
"I'm broke, I've spent all my money, you know that!"
“If we pull off a few more heists, we’ll have some money. Then we can each take a dose of this medicine and become superhumans.”
"Alright, alright, maybe we can even become knights! Haha!"
In the pitch-black night, two masked men stood in a narrow alley in the slums, each with a large package in front of them. Unbeknownst to them, a mechanical bird was watching them intently from the rooftop of a nearby house.