Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 141: Wait a minute, I’m going to kill two people

"Boom..."

When the bell is struck, the sound waves are like ripples on the water surface, spreading in circles in the mist-filled air.

After this heavy bell rang, I suddenly heard the long and increasingly clear ringing sound of "dong", "dong" and "dong".

The two different bells overlapped, as if they were gradually overlapping with another time and space.

Su Lun felt a flicker of light and shadow in front of his eyes, and the surrounding scenery began to change rapidly.

He was already familiar with this situation and knew that he had been sucked into the cursed space.

.......

It was a cold night.

The scene before his eyes changed, and Su Lun found himself at an "X-shaped" intersection.

He quickly looked around his surroundings.

On the left hand side of the intersection is a towering red brick bell tower, a hundred meters high, with a light on the top of the tower;

The "dong dong" sound in my ears is still echoing.

Looking up at the time on the clock tower, the black pointer on the white dial pointed exactly at twelve o'clock.

This is the stroke of midnight.

A hundred meters away on the right is a majestic white monastery.

The street at midnight was deserted and quiet, with a thin black mist filling the entire street.

The ground is made of wet stones and is not spacious. There are obvious thin strips on the light snow, which look like the marks of a carriage.

There are retro-style hexagonal gas lamps on both sides of the street, and black iron flowerbeds surround the roadside flower beds.

There is a row of residential houses with red roofs in front of them, with dim yellow firelight swaying on the frosted glass. It was the light from the burning firewood in the fireplace that shone through the glass window, adding a touch of warmth to the cold winter night.

Is it snowing?

"Will it snow in Auroville in a thousand years..."

Su Lun looked at the intact buildings around him and saw the scene in Dawn City a thousand years ago.

At this moment, a bright black carriage and carriage happened to be speeding past on the road in front of them. The bell around the neck of the maroon horse made a clear ring, and the horse's hooves clicked on the stone road...

Through the car window, you can still see an old gentleman sitting in a well-dressed dress.

The carriage ran across the street, picking up a gust of snowflakes, and the cold wind filled the collar of the windbreaker.

It makes people shudder.

There are figures, lights, and white smoke slowly rising from the chimney.

There are fireworks that look like the real world.

This feeling is amazing.

As if you have traveled through history, the historical picture is vividly displayed before your eyes.

"Mr. Johnny? Where are we?"

Besides, a little boy wearing thin clothes shouted tentatively, with a basket of matches in his hand.

The little match boy?

Su Lun did not recognize Tommy, but heard his tone and responded lightly, "Curse the space."

He looked at Tommy's outfit, guessed something, and asked: "What do you think I am wearing now?"

Tommy said: "Patrol uniform."

Su Lun looked at himself in a hunter's attire with a sudden look in his eyes.

He looked at the actual badge on his chest.

[Auroville patrol police badge]

Shock +3

Detailed explanation: An alchemy jewelry, the identity certificate of Dawn City patrol officer; with it, you are a patrol officer with law enforcement rights. But be careful, it will attract the murderer's attention.

"I'm a patrolman? Cursed space in role-playing mode? It's a bit interesting..."

Su Lun looked at the reminder that it was easy to attract monsters and raised his eyebrows indifferently.

He looked down at his hands again.

There is an extra kraft paper portfolio in my hand.

When I opened it, it was a case record.

[Patrol Police Confession File on Bell Tower Street Homicide Incident]

Case code: MST-07 Serial Murder Case

Case status: Unresolved

Sheriff: Flower Scott

Witness/Assistant: Patrolman Johnny

The file records are as follows: A male corpse was found in the alley of No. 44 Bell Tower Street this morning, with his face and internal organs eaten; this is the seventh homicide in this block. The murderer’s method of committing the crime is similar to The first six cases are completely consistent; someone witnessed a cloaked man wandering near the intersection of 'Hongtalou Street' at midnight; if it is a suspected aberration incident, please handle it with caution and apply for support from the city guard's special organization if necessary...

"This is a cursed space with a plot background. Do you want me to find the murderer?"

Su Lun quickly glanced at the file.

However, the contents of this file can easily be misleading.

He had previously seen through the Eye of Omniscient that the name of this cursed space was [The Legend of the Hunchback of Notre Dame], and he also guessed that the murderer was probably located on the red brick bell tower on his left hand.

Moreover, the way to get out is not to catch the murderer.

But to fulfill some last wish.

The point of this file is to find the murderer...

But since the Omniscient Eye judged it to be a "D level" difficulty space, Su Lun was not anxious at all.

Besides, the gun is there, the storage ring is there, and the living corpse sickle is also there.

There is more than one way to break the situation.

But having said that, this scene is really real.

Looking at the vivid ancient street scenes around him, he was no longer interested in the murderer.

The prosperous Dawn City a thousand years ago is even more curious!

.......

Entering the cursed space for the first time, Tommy looked a little nervous: "Mr. Johnny... where are we going now? Are we going to find the source of this cursed space?"

"Yeah. But there's no rush."

Su Lun nodded, looked at the two sneaky guys not far away, and said: "You wait here, I will kill two people."

Kill?

Tommy was stunned when he heard this.

His tone was as calm as if you were waiting for me to buy some oranges.

Su Lun had already walked over before he could ask any more questions.

He took out his police badge and said to the two guys wearing black trench coats with pipes in their mouths: "Hello, please show me your ID cards."

The two of them were a little confused and seemed to have not yet fully realized their new identities. "We are detectives and want to investigate..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Lun asked: "A member of the Fighting Knife Regiment?"

"How did you..."

Before the man finished speaking, Su Lun pulled out his gun without expression, and punched a **** hole between the eyebrows of the two men with two "bump" shots.

The corpse fell to the ground. Su Lun harvested a wave of experience and pulled out the storage ring from the corpse.

He thought in his mouth: "There are ten in total, and there are eight more."

After killing the two people, Su Lun turned his head and looked at Tommy who was stunned, and said, "Let's go."

Tommy trotted over quickly and asked: "Mr. Johnny, you...why did you kill them?"

He was also very smart and guessed something: "Were those two people from the Fighting Knife Group just now?"

Su Lun: "Did you recognize them?"

Tommy: "Yeah."

Su Lun didn’t explain much, “You’ll know in a minute.”

Tommy: "Ah... where are we going now?"

Su Lun: "Go and see what Auroville looked like a thousand years ago."

Go out?

After coming to such an interesting place, it would be a waste of opportunity to go out like this.

It was just a casual plan to clear out the Sword Regiment.

The most important thing is that he has 100% confirmed that this accompanying space is related to the "Weeping Witch", so he still needs to find some key clues in the space to clarify the ins and outs of the incident.

.......

Su Lun led Kai walking down the street. He did not go to the bell tower or the monastery first, but went directly to a large red-roofed house with lights on at the intersection.

Tuk, Tuk, Tuk!

Knocking on the door, Su Lun looked at the name of the householder on the nameplate beside the door, and shouted to the person inside the door: "Sorry to disturb you late at night, Mr. Smith. I am Officer Johnny, and I have something to think about. Asking you."

He quickly adapted to his role.

A female voice responded from inside: "Oh, it's Officer Johnny. Please wait a moment."

Listening to the rustling sound, it seems like I am putting on clothes.

After waiting for half a minute, the door opened, and a blond lady wearing a Victorian-style tutu opened the door.

She looked at Su Lun, as if she knew him: "Officer Johnny, please sit in the room."

Su Lun was not polite and walked in.

The room was elegantly decorated, with crystal chandeliers and mahogany furniture. The table was decorated with delicate ceramic vessels and silver plates. The fire was burning brightly in the fireplace. There was also a stuffed deer head and a shotgun on the wall.

This is a wealthy family.

Suellen entered the room and quickly looked around, "I'm sorry to bother you to rest, Mrs. Smith."

The blonde woman muttered: "Oh, you have to go out to patrol the streets in such heavy snow. Officer Johnny, you are working too hard. Is there another murder? Oh my god, it's so scary. Well, there’s bad news every day lately.”

After a pause, she asked again: "Coffee or black tea?"

"Tea, thank you."

Suellen replied casually, stepped into the role of a patrol officer, and asked: "Mrs. Smith, have you noticed anything unusual in the neighborhood recently?"

Mrs. Smith fiddled with the kettle on the fireplace, poured Suellen a cup of tea, and said: "When the clock struck midnight last night, I seemed to hear a very painful cry from the direction of the clock tower... ."

When she bent down, Su Lun saw a large snow-white ravine through the collar and the steel frame girdle around her waist.

"Oh."

Su Lun did not sit on the sofa, but went to the decorative bookshelf nearby and took down a thick gold-gilded classic.

After flipping through it, there was no writing on the page.

The other books are almost the same. Only one book, "Basic Alchemy Encyclopedia", has some scattered fragments of ancient Niederic text.

Seeing this, Su Lun was not too surprised. He looked through it again and again while continuing to ask questions.

"Have you heard anything from Sir Isaac lately?"

"No, not..."

"Does your family have any plans to install mechanical prosthetics?"

"..."

"Do you know a tall black tower?"

"..."

"Do you have any research on alchemy?"

"Sorry, I'm not a warlock. It was a book bought by my alderman's husband to decorate. But he hasn't come back for three days..."

"Is there an alchemist nearby?"

"That old nun in the white monastery opposite seems to be a very powerful warlock..."

"Will Mr. Smith not be back tonight?"

"Oh, Officer Johnny, you are too direct. Maybe you should be more tactful..."

"..."

"I would like to ask the monastery opposite, have you noticed anything unusual?"

"Except for a few of your nuns and the pigeons that coo all the time, there is nothing unusual there."

"Do you have any special impression of those nuns?"

"I only remember a little girl named Alice. She was very beautiful. She would often play the harmonica alone in the attic of the convent. Oh, it was a sad song that made people shed tears... ."

"..."

After asking a few more questions, Su Lun knew that he probably couldn't get any more information.

A very mechanical and stereotyped answer.

This cursed space is a memory fragment of the "curse source". The street scene can be restored in the memory, but it is impossible to restore a group of living people with souls.

These characters are like NPCs in the game. They can make simple responses but don't have too complicated emotions.

Issues that are beyond cognition or have nothing to do with task events will be selectively "inaudible".

(This is a low-level space. The higher-level cursed space, the closer it will be to the real world)

.......

Suellen did not stay in the house longer, but said to Tommy: "Just stay in the house and don't come out no matter what."

Tommy was a little confused: "Why?"

Su Lun said: "That monster will come out to kill people at midnight, but in the file all seven people died on the street, so the house should be relatively safe. Just stay with this Mrs. Smith, and remember to Don't come out."

Tommy: "Oh. Mr. Johnny, what about you?"

Su Lun: "I'll look for some clues."

After a pause, he said to the blond lady: "Mrs. Smith, could you please help me take care of him? I will be back soon."

Mrs. Smith responded, "Of course. Officer Jonny."

Su Lun knew that this cursed space was a "D level" to him, but to others, it was an "A level" with high casualties.

Taking Tommy around might be dangerous.

And Su Lun also has some guesses.

Since they all have their own "roles" when entering this cursed space.

Then the possibility cannot be ruled out that both of their "characters" died on the street.

Otherwise, the police badge on the chest would not remind someone of being “particularly attracted to murderers,” nor would it be so “real.”

The rules of the cursed space of the plot flow are very simple. Everything is constructed from the memory of the murderer.

Things do exist, but they do not exceed the murderer's knowledge.

It's like the murderer hasn't read the books on the bookshelf, it's just blank. Only the one I read has text.

Only when the murderer has the concept that "the police badge is an alchemical object", it will identify it as an alchemical object.

This is a space where the plot is very simple as long as you sort it out carefully.

As long as you investigate a little bit of information, you will find that all the clues point to two places, the red tower clock tower and the white monastery.

But the difficulty is that this is the focus of the background story, but not the focus of the method to break the situation.

......

Su Lun walked out of the door and stepped on the wet stone street again.

The snowflakes falling from the sky fell on the shoulders and hat, accumulating a thin layer from time to time.

Su Lun patted the snowflakes on his shoulders and walked down the street.

The cold wind made his thoughts particularly clear.

Then I visited several more and collected several ancient books with scattered information.

I asked a few questions and the situation was similar.

Whenever the nun named "Alice" is mentioned, these NPCs will talk a lot.

There is also an old lady with a window in the attic facing the bell tower. She said she once saw a strange man on the bell tower...

This is critical information.

The patrol officer who investigated back then should also have found this information.

The original process is that "players" need to collect this information, and then be pointed to the red brick clock tower to find monsters.

But Su Lun was in no hurry to go.

Different choices will lead to different endings.

Just like playing those open-ended plot games, Su Lun can directly kill the monsters in the clock tower or fulfill his last wish, and he can pass the level without understanding the game background.

But the plot is over.

He lost the meaning of coming to this cursed space.

So, Su Lun chose the second option.

He went to the street, planning to visit the monastery and see how the Weeping Witch was formed.

Now that it is confirmed that this is not the "space of the Weeping Witch", the monastery will not be in great danger.

That's an ordinary scene.

But it will complete a very important background of the story line.

...........

While walking, with his thoughts racing, Su Lun unexpectedly discovered a few lost lambs.

In a tavern, he saw a table of guys dressed as detectives arguing about something.

Although their appearance had changed, Su Lun could hear the origins of several people from their words.

"Damn! What is the answer to that question? Zoro answered 'ugly', Martin answered 'not ugly' and were killed, and Zeke was killed even if he didn't answer! I suspect that the cloaked monster just wanted to Killing for fun..."

"Stop complaining and think of other solutions. We are safe in the house now, but are we stuck in this cursed space for the rest of our lives and can't get out? I just got some information from the bartender, saying it's a clock tower There are weirdos over there..."

"..."

This group of people is also thinking of a way to crack it. It sounds like the three people who were not present have been killed by the "murderer".

Su Lun walked in and without saying a word, he drew his gun and started shooting.

A gunfire flashed across the tavern.

Although the tavern was destroyed by the explosion caused by the enemy's counterattack, five people, including the captain "Bomb Maniac" Collins, were all killed.

Su Lun put away the explosion-proof puppet, as if he had done an insignificant thing.

He walked out of the tavern and continued walking towards the monastery with the white walls.

There would be a monastery in a city of alchemists who do not believe in gods?

This is what Su Lun is most curious about.

And what does the nun named Ellie have to do with the weirdo on the bell tower?