booktalesy Chapter 3798 New clues
Chapter 3798 New clues
Chapter 3798 New clues
The drizzle was thick and continued to fall from the dark clouds, wetting the streets and casting shadows of the lights and buildings.
Zuniga suddenly opened his eyes amid the rustling sound of rain.
"You finally woke up? That's great. I was thinking about sending you to a nearby clinic..."
"By the way, I noticed earlier that your lips were cracked... I poured you a glass of milk. Here."
"Although the milk has gone cold, it should be drinkable. Wait a minute, I'll go in and get you some bread!"
There was a sound next to his ear. It was a young man in a bakery uniform, talking patiently. It sounded like he cared about him.
As his thoughts came back to him, Zuniga quickly assessed the situation.
He fainted on the road because of entering the mission challenge space and was found by the clerk of the bakery, who helped him to the bench in front of the store door.
Although Zuniga was grateful to the clerk, what he cared more about at the moment was... the outsider!
Not long ago, his "urban hide-and-seek" mission failed for no reason.
This forced me to wake up.
According to Zuniga's judgment, this situation must be caused by someone from outer space!
"Sure enough, the alien is nearby!" Zuniga had previously guessed whether the alien would be able to sense the "challenge mission". Now it seems that he guessed right.
Zuniga struggled to get up, looking around.
The magic book in his hand was glowing with brilliance, and a large amount of fashionable magic was exploring the surroundings frantically as if it were free of charge.
"Gossip" allows him to hear all the tiny sounds around him.
"Traffic monitoring" allows him to perceive all the news around him that is worth recording.
"Color vision" allows him to see clues hidden in the dark.
"Hyperopia" allows him to lock onto more distant places...
But no matter how he searched, he didn't find anything unusual.
Perhaps the rain washed away all traces, and there were no clues in the dark; all that the farsighted eyes saw was luxury under the neon lights; as for traffic monitoring, although a large amount of new "news" was detected in the Tina Entertainment Building, and even involved a murder case, these were all old stories and had nothing to do with the unusual movements of the aliens.
The alien disappeared?
Or can he remotely monitor the "challenge mission" and remotely block the progress of the mission?
Just when Zuniga was beginning to have doubts, his ability to gossip allowed him to hear some tiny noises... coming from the clerk in the bakery.
The gentle-looking young clerk seemed to be selecting bread while calculating the bill.
"Although I can freely use these 100 Modern Dollars, they are still for the old man outside, so I can't embezzle them."
"However, I can take out five Moden coins from the one hundred Moden coins to buy bread. It shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, the bread is for the old man to eat."
Thinking of the skinny Zuniga outside, the clerk carefully selected the nutritious bread with meat and eggs.
When he selected the bread and handed it over along with ninety-five Modern coins, a look of doubt flashed in Zuniga's eyes.
The clerk had obviously foreseen this situation, and told you with a smile about an incident in which he had previously encountered someone who "gave money".
“…He must be a very good man!”
Although the clerk emphasized that the person who gave the money was a "good man", Zuniga inexplicably developed an intuition in his heart after listening to his story.
That person might be the “outsider”!
This intuition was like a tide of thought, instantly sweeping through Zuniga's heart. He forced himself to suppress his floating thoughts and asked the clerk for the man's information.
The clerk thought that Zuniga was just trying to "repay a favor" and described the situation in detail.
"Standing under the wall light sign at the corner of the street, I can't see his face clearly..." Zuniga thought to himself: Is it true that I can't see his face clearly, or is he not planning to show his face?
However, no matter what, this person must not be ignored.
"He gave you this money, and he even said that if I wake up, the rest will be yours. Are you sure you don't want a penny?" Zuniga looked at the clerk who was wearing a bib and looked very young.
The clerk scratched his head: "But as far as I understand, this money is for you. And..."
The clerk wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back.
Zuniga stared at the clerk, his eyes moving: "And what?"
The clerk shook his head: "Nothing."
Zuniga calmed down for a few seconds and smiled softly: "Your thoughts are completely revealed on your face. You mean to say that I need the money more than you do, right?"
The clerk was a little embarrassed, but still nodded: "Yes, but please rest assured, sir, I don't mean to discriminate against you. I just feel, feel..."
Zuniga waved his hands: "I don't feel any discrimination, I just want to say thank you."
Zuniga propped himself up and stood up. "I'll take the money. It's really useful to me. This thing is my gift in return to you."
After saying this, Zuniga handed a pendant to the clerk.
He was about to refuse, but when he saw that the pendant was just a pebble tied with a string, he was relieved.
If it was just a pebble, it should be a token of Zuniga's appreciation, so there would be nothing wrong in accepting it.
When the clerk took the pebble, he took a special look at it.
It doesn't look impressive on the outside, but there seems to be a transparent vortex in the middle, like amber. Inside, you can vaguely see a square partition, like a miniature book page?
But if you look closely, it seems like there is nothing there.
Just when he wanted to ask Zuniga, he found that Zuniga was limping forward.
"Wait a minute, it's still raining outside!"
"There are umbrellas here, at least open one!"
……
Zuniga, holding an umbrella, walked around a few steps and came to the rooftop of a ten-story shop opposite the bakery.
Here he can see the situation of the nearby streets and there is no one around, which is suitable for his subsequent "in-depth exploration".
Under the cover of night, Zuniga stood on the edge of the roof.
Holding an umbrella in one hand and stretching the other forward, a magic book glittering with light floats above.
The pages of the book turned quickly under the night breeze, making a rustling sound.
Soon, the page of the book stopped at the page about "Gossip Spirit".
When he just woke up, he used the first ability of the Eight Diagrams Spirit, "Eight Diagrams Rumors", in order to search for traces of the aliens. But the effect was minimal, and he didn't hear any rumors.
Now, he plans to use another ability of the gossip spirit: fixed-point news.
This ability allows you to know news about a designated person.
Although this ability has many limitations, such as the designated person must be within the field of vision, the news unearthed is random, and it cannot be used continuously on the same person... but even with many limitations, it is undeniable that its effect is outstanding.
Especially this time, Zuniga was very confident that he could probably dig out the information he wanted.
Because the person he was going to use was the bakery clerk.
He had just carefully observed the clerk. He was an ordinary person with a kind heart. If "fixed news" was used on him, there would generally be no response.
After all, an ordinary person’s daily life cannot be defined as “news”.
What can be called "news" must be a special event that deserves attention.
According to Zuniga's inference, the person who gave the clerk 100 Modern Coins was most likely the alien he had been looking for. Therefore, if "fixed news" was used on the clerk, the news that might appear would most likely be related to the alien.
Of course, the "pebble" that Zuniga gave him was also a special event, but this kind of strongly related event involving himself was something that Zuniga could control and conceal.
With this in mind, Zuniga slowly looked toward the bakery on the opposite block.
Almost all the shops around were closed, only this bakery was still open, and the bright warm light shining through brought a touch of tenderness to the dark and cold night.
Even from a hundred meters away, Zuniga could still clearly see him busy in the store.
One could even see that the pebble pendant that had been given to him earlier was already hung around his neck.
"I'll lend you the news and give you an opportunity. I hope you won't blame me..." Zuniga murmured softly and lightly tapped the pages of the magic book.
The ability representing "spot news" emitted a dim light, and the figure of the clerk appeared faintly in the light.
The next second, the phantom light turned into a spot of light and penetrated into Zuniga's forehead.
Then, news feedback related to the clerk came into my mind.
But when Zuniga read the feedback, his expression was full of confusion.
"Fixed News: The man from outer space once set his sights on April 1st, but it seems that he did not discover the "truth" hidden in April 1st."
Zuniga made the right bet that this news was indeed related to the "Man from Outer Space".
The person who gave the clerk the Modern Coins was definitely an alien.
But why is this news so strange?
April 1st? Is that the date?
Zuniga narrowed his eyes and looked towards the bakery across the street. With his faintly glowing eyes, he took in all the details of the store, including a purchase order on the table, which was signed... April 1st.
April 1st, is this clerk's name?! So weird...
However, if read this way, then this "fixed news" does make sense. However, the news mentioned that the aliens did not discover the "truth" of April 1st. What does this mean?
Is there something fishy going on with this clerk named April 1st?
Zuniga was very confident in his own judgment. At least under his observation, every detail on April 1st was clear and there was nothing unusual about him.
If that is the case, then why would Dingdian News give such a strange piece of information feedback?
Zuniga pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
He had originally thought of using his "fixed-point news" ability to see if he could capture more information about the alien, preferably his movements. But unfortunately, although he did capture some information about the alien, there was no particularly critical clue.
"It seems that I can only observe and analyze slowly." Zuniga was not discouraged. He chose the top of a tall building, intending to take in all the people nearby and look for and analyze those who might be the "outsider".
Just like what he did in "City Hide and Seek" before, it was even simpler than City Hide and Seek. After all, the number of fog spirits in City Hide and Seek was not of the same order of magnitude as it is now.
After making the decision, Zuniga prepared to put away the magic book.
But just before closing the magic book, Zuniga hesitated and looked at the other remaining ability of the Bagua Spirit.
——Daily news.
After using this ability, you can get a piece of news about the current town every day.
The news received is still random, but generally speaking, it will be the most explosive and eye-catching news of the day.
"It's almost early morning..." The daily news will be refreshed in the early morning.
Zuniga hesitated, wondering whether to use this ability as well.
but……
Zuniga doesn't like to use the abilities in the magic book, or rather, he is now tired of matters related to fashionable monsters and fashionable magic.
The reason why he pursued the alien was to obtain his ability to "interrupt" the challenge mission. In this way, he would no longer be chased by the fashion monster.
Therefore, even though he has the ability of "Daily News", he rarely uses it.
But during this time... maybe we can use it more.
As long as he could find the person from outer space, then maybe he could get out of this predicament.
Thinking of this, Zuniga decided to use the "Daily News". Before finding the alien, the Daily News could not be wasted, maybe it could help him find clues about the alien.
After all, during this period, the most explosive news in Modern City is most likely related to aliens.
Zuniga stretched out his finger and lightly touched the gossip spirit's illustration.
New points of light gathered at his fingertips.
The next second, a night wind blew across the entire Modern City... The wind brought news from afar...
"Daily news: A disaster that started from the Beverly Nursing Center and was enough to cause the 14th Town to fall into extinction and even sweep across the entire Modern City was easily eliminated by an outsider, silently, and most people didn't even know about it... Is this the unknown savior?"
When Zuniga saw the daily news, his eyes lit up instantly.
Beverly Nursing Center, Town 14! Outsiders!
Although it is not known what disaster the "savior" has saved, it is an established intelligence that an alien has appeared at the Beverly Nursing Center.
Moreover, the news said that "the vast majority of people don't know."
The implicit meaning of this sentence is that there must be a small number of people who know about this matter, and may even have come into contact with people from outer space!
Thinking of this, Zuniga's mind has already drifted to the Fourteen Towns!
But before that, Zuniga stayed on the rooftop to observe the surrounding situation for a while. He made sure there were no unusual people before he left the building...
Not long after Zuniga left, Angel came out of the Tina Entertainment Building and walked towards the shopping mall next door.