AWB Chapter 354 The So-called Watcher
Chapter 354 The So-called Watcher
Chapter 354 The So-called Watcher
The woman in the photo is bright and gorgeous, the boy looks only four or five years old, expressionless, the man wears a white shirt and woolen trousers, combs his oily hair, and proudly hugs the woman's waist.
There are still a few invoices on the table, and there are meals, feet, and saunas, showing the atmosphere of ordinary people.
Chu Zihang closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again, "Let's start looking."
He put the family photo in the pocket of his coat. Now is not the time to be grateful, the key is to find what his father left behind.
If it was him when he was a child, he would not have felt anything when he saw this house, maybe he still thought it was normal.
But he knew who his father was, and he had the principal's suggestion, so this room would not be so simple.
In addition to him, Zero was also a master of reasoning. I believe it would not be difficult to find the clues left by his father.
Sure enough, 5 minutes later, Zero locked the single bed, Lu Chen lifted the bed, and there was a secret door underneath.
Lu Chen clasped the slightly deformed edge of the metal door with one hand, and violently tore it down.
There is an iron rod below for people to lift in and out.
Chu Zihang jumped down first, followed by Lu Chen, and the others waited above.
This is a silent tacit understanding, Chu Zihang doesn't necessarily want everyone to see his father's "relic"
There is a faint aroma of cigars and whiskey in the room, even after so many years, it has not dissipated. Lu Chen hasn't smoked it since he met Erika, but because he often hangs out with Caesar in the academy, he has a certain understanding of these things. Appreciation ability, you can judge that the people here must have smoked the best cigars and drank the most expensive whiskey.
On the small cabinet next to the left wall is a record player. The cabinet is neatly filled with a row of vinyl records, all of which are jazz classics. Each one is an out-of-print collection. The auction price is sky-high, but here it is only one of the men's collections.
Then came the cigars, all of which were made in Cuba, and there was not a single brand-name product. It seemed that Chu Tianjiao was an experienced cigar drinker.
There are also two columns of wine on the upper shelf of the cabinet, including the strongest island whiskey. No wonder there is still such a good smell of smoke and wine after so many years.
There are also all kinds of red wine that Lu Chen can't name, and it will definitely not be cheap.
On the other side of the cabinet are all kinds of old-fashioned cameras, and there is a full set of equipment for developing photos next to it. It looks like a senior photographer.
There is fitness equipment in the corner. The size of the dumbbells is too small for Lu Chen, but it is really big for others.
These surround a large, comfortable bed in the center, covered in soft Australian sheepskin.
Hey!
This is what Lu Chen is thinking now. He feels that Chu Zihang's father is really a coquettish man, he is a top-notch coquettish man!
And Chu Zihang's current thinking is surprisingly similar to Lu Chen's, he really wants to say, "Give me back the guilt and heartache I just had!"
He thought that his father lived a poor life after the divorce, and he could only live in the factory, living a miserable life in that simple and small space.
But this is all fake, the lower level is where Dad really lives, it's so flamboyant!
He is not short of money, but he is extremely self-disciplined in school. According to what Senior Sister Lutia once complained about him, he can go to the Middle Ages to become an ascetic monk.
But his father has a full range of records, cigars, and whiskey here, so he really enjoys it!
Chu Zihang always felt that his father was flirtatious, but it was the kind of flirtatious flirtatious, not the flirtatious Italian nobleman like Caesar.
On the workbench in the room was a dismantled Beretta pistol, the power of the modification was increased, and it looked like it was made by the equipment department. The enemy's body can explode instantly.
But when the two looked up, they were both stunned.
Hanging above the big bed are countless red threads, criss-crossing in the air. The red threads are covered with photos, news clippings or handwritten pieces of paper. Each piece of paper is an event. Some red threads are parallel to each other, and some are tangled and knotted. .
Chu Zihang and Lu Chen's eyes moved on the red line, every incident was of great importance.
On June 1908, 06, the Tunguska explosion...
On August 1900, 08, the mourning of summer...
On the night of December 1991, 12, the night of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a violent explosion occurred in the tundra in the Arctic Circle and the ice-covered port north of Verkhoyansk.
On November 2002, 11, the Greenland Sea incident...
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In the past 200 years, all major events related to the Dragon Clan have been suspended in the air, connected in series like a spider web.
And in the center of the web is always the ultimate predator, where the red threads converge, and the ancient words "Nidhogg" written in ink
Chu Zihang imagined that his father would lie on this big bed covered with sheepskin for countless nights, looking up at the red line in the sky, thinking about the flow of fate.
He finally knew what the principal meant by the watchman. That was his father, who watched over the fate of mankind.
Dad is an outlier in this city. He came to protect Nid Hogg's eggs. He knows the best cigars and the best whiskey. many experiences.
Dad is a natural beast of disguise, he can pass as a yuppie in America, a swinger in Europe, a mafia in Italy, but here he comes as a driver who loves braised sausages and spicy chicken wings , no... Dad seems to really like to eat stewed large intestine.
Father and mother fell in love. Before, he never understood how such a useless man as father chased after mother, but now he fully understands, a man who has gone south, crossed north, slaughtered dragons, and dared to kill gods. It's so easy to go after a beautiful and stupid female dancer like my mother.
But Dad is always a man who licks blood with the tip of a knife. He has an important mission, or he has already sensed the danger hidden in this city. Under the divorce agreement.
He once asked who proposed the divorce, but neither his mother nor his father answered him. Now he understands that maybe things are not what he thought.
It was not the mother who disliked the father for not being motivated or not making money, but the father who proposed the divorce.
He went to the sink where the photos were developed in the corner of the room, and there was a cork board on the workbench covered with photos tacked on with thumbtacks.
Those were all stolen photos, in amusement parks, shopping malls, and restaurants, separated by grass, glass, and rain... It was me and my mother.
He never thought that his mother would have so many appearances, laughing, staring, lonely, like a mother, like a girl, like a wife, only when he loves someone so much can he notice her every moment and take pictures of her The beauty in various poses and with different expressions, right?
He looked at the words on the cork board, full of thoughts.
Chu Zihang pursed his lips and muttered to himself, "You obviously don't have to leave."
Father Deer is also very kind to him and mother, but what kind of man can compare to the charm of father?
He didn't understand, why his father had to pretend so deeply, obviously he could make himself and his mother live a better life, so that his mother would not have so much resentment.
Did you decide to leave the moment you gave birth to me with your mother?
That's why he pretended to be so useless to make it easy for his mother to accept divorce?
He knew that it might be a kind of protection for his father to stay away from himself and his mother, but he couldn't help it after all.
But what he can't accept the most is... the days when his father is not around.
"Your dad is great."
Lu Chen sighed, everyone's opinion is different, if Lu Mingfei is allowed to come down, he might feel so lonely and awesome.
But Lu Chen simply felt that Chu Tianjiao was great. Although it might not be the best solution for the family, he did not leave Su Xiaoyan mother and son hungry, and retreated bravely at the right time.
The feeling of loving someone but letting go is unimaginable.
Facts have proved that Chu Tianjiao may have done nothing wrong. If his family of three met Odin, the result would be even worse. Su Xiaoyan is not a mixed race, far inferior to Chu Zihang, and the probability of death is extremely high.
Chu Tianjiao wants to be a good husband and father, but he is a watchman.
He once made so many promises to that woman, but was forced to smash them one by one by the mission. Seeing these things, Lu Chen had a deeper understanding of how serious people in this world are towards dragon slaying. To understanding.
Or maybe it is because Chu Tianjiao knows too much, he knows the truth that there are no eggs under the nest, he can't give up his mission selfishly, the day he left, it was not to guard the eggs of the black king, but to guard himself wife and children.
He became a watchman on another level, even though Su Xiaoyan would complain and Chu Zihang would be puzzled, he still left.
Chu Zihang sat on the big bed covered with sheepskin, speechless for a long time.
It turned out that my father loved me and my mother so much, but the prophecy of the end still crushed that invincible man...
But now it's different.
Chu Zihang's dazzling golden pupils lit up, "Brother Lu, look at the box, I'll look for other clues."
If he had anything to say, he could wait until he saw his father.
This time the mission of slaying the dragon no longer needs to be borne by Dad, he will resist the new mission...together with Brother Lu.
Lu Chen took the black card thrown by Chu Zihang, and placed a silver box under the workbench. The half-decayed World Tree emblem was printed on the box. This box was produced by the equipment department of the college and was used to store equipment.
He used a black card to slide across the card slot on the box seal, and the box opened with a snap. Lu Chen was slightly disappointed by the things lying inside, Beretta 92F pistol, M4 Super90 tactical shotgun made in the United States, Uzi submachine gun made in Israel ...and alchemy bullets of various calibers.
It is simply a small arsenal, but Lu Chen is not interested, this thing is a small toy to him.
Lu Chen and Chu Zihang groped around in the room, but they couldn't find any clues that could be useful to find Chu Tianjiao.
Didn't this man leave anything behind?
He clearly knew that he was performing a mission that could kill him at any time, but he didn't even leave a last message to his family, at least he should have left some messages to the academy, such as "Don't make any more fuss about my son" or something like that.
According to what they saw here, Chu Tianjiao should be a super elite in the executive department. How could someone like him be incompetent?
Chu Zihang rummaged and searched, and finally stopped in front of the cork board. Looking at the photos on it held up by thumbtacks, he hesitated, and took one photo down.
There are words on the back of the photo, like a diary, describing what happened on the day when Dad took this photo, but most of them are words expressing missing.
Chu Zihang was a little emotional, but not disappointed, he took down the photos on the cork board one by one, until the rare photo that only took a picture of the little boy, Chu Zihang's hand stopped.
He turned the photo over, and there were densely packed small words on it, which were not in the same category as those literary and artistic love words before!
"Oh, the person who saw the content behind this photo should be my son. If you weren't, why did you peek into other people's privacy? The one who peeked into my privacy is my son!"
The corner of Chu Zihang's mouth twitched, this was the old man he knew, with a little indecency.
But he also raised his spirits at the same time. There may be a message from his father behind this photo.
"Zihang, if you are the one who sees this photo, then maybe my mission has failed, and that damned Angers old thief even accepted you into the academy!"
"I really don't know what an excellent commissioner you are now. Well, after all, you are from my old Chu family. It is normal to be excellent..."
As always, he is inexplicably confident, but Dad actually has the capital to be proud.
"Of course you are most likely not Zihang, but since you saw it, it means that you should be from the academy. You should immediately find someone to replace me and retrieve the box. The Secret Party has kept that thing for a hundred years, so you can't It was lost at the due date."
"I may be dead, or I may have become Deadpool. If you have found my body, don't send it home, and don't tell my son and wife that they should live a peaceful life."
"If you can't find my body, then either I was blown to pieces or I disappeared. When I got tooth decay, I implanted a transmitter into my tooth. The receiver is on the second floor of the wine cabinet. Inside, you can use the clue to find the box, remember, be sure to grab the box back!"
This "suicide note" is very short, with a little cynicalism, but in the end, what Dad misses is the box.
He put a transmitter on himself, but never mentioned saving him in the past. In his opinion, the mission is far more important than his own life.
But... Dad, the person who saw this suicide note is really me. I'm not interested in that box, I just want to find you back.
"Brother Lu, I found a clue. Dad left the transmitter! It's on the second floor of the wine cabinet. Open it directly."
Chu Zihang opened his mouth and said, there is probably a secret door or something there, but they don't have to search so carefully.
Hearing this, Lu Chen took down the wine, exerted strength with his hand, and directly inserted it into the partition behind him. After pulling it out, there was a square display hidden inside.
"It seems that your father still has a backhand."
Lu Chen thought just now, how could someone like Chu Tianjiao be so unprepared.
He took out the instrument, found the power button on it, pressed it, but there was no response...
Chu Zihang came to take over the instrument and checked it. He was a little nervous, and he was relieved after tinkering with it a few times, "It should just be out of battery, just recharge it."
This thing is compatible with the charging socket of the mobile phone. Chu Zihang has seen it in the house before. After finding it, he turned on the power, and the display screen of the instrument really lit up.
"Where is the transmitter installed? Odin should find out, right?"
Lu Chen was a little unconfident. He felt that unless the transmitter was buried in his body, it would be easy to find. Chu Tianjiao seemed to have changed all his clothes.
Chu Zihang shook his head, "The probability of discovery is very small. Judging from Erika's experience, Odin is not omniscient, he will miss things that he cannot see, and Dad's transmitter was installed during tooth decay surgery. ,Internal."
Lu Chen was a little puzzled, "S-class hybrids still get tooth decay?"
Chu Zihang explained: "I also have tooth decay, it may be due to genetic factors, I had it before..."
At this point, he paused, and suddenly remembered that he had also undergone tooth decay surgery. When he was anesthetized on the bed, due to the angle, he couldn't see clearly what the doctor was doing in his mouth, so would he be pretended too? sender?
When the instrument is turned on, a world map is displayed on it. There is a conspicuous red dot at one position, which flashes every few seconds, indicating that the signal is being transmitted intermittently.
"There is still a signal!"
Chu Zihang clenched his left hand hanging on the side tightly, unable to hide his excitement. He didn't expect much from this signal tracking before.
Because even if Odin hadn't found out, the transmitter might have run out of power after all these years.
Now it seems that the transmitter must be produced by the equipment department, and the quality is really good!
"It seems that we still have to go north..."
Lu Chen glanced at the position, feeling a little emotional.
"Northeast of Siberia, it seems to be moving."
Chu Zihang frowned slightly, he didn't understand what his father was doing there, he thought that in this city's Nibelungen, his father was the current "gatekeeper"
Either they couldn't find anyone because the Nibelung cut off the signal, or Dad was supposed to be here too, but he went to the North Pole.
"Is this going back to Avalon?"
Lu Chen pondered, it was reasonable for Odin to let Chu Tianjiao finish stealing the knife and send it back to his hometown.
"No, this is not the direction to go to the Greenland waters. There are only vast ice sheets on this route."
Chu Zihang felt that something was wrong, but he still put away the transmitter first, and was going to talk to Lu Chen first, everyone was waiting for them.
The two jumped to the simple room on the upper floor, and everyone gathered their eyes.
"How about it?"
Xia Mi asked with interest, she can be said to be full of energy now.
After helping for the first time, and the stupid brother is in a state of being half-bought again, she has let herself go a little bit recently.
The so-called helping to the end, sending the Buddha to the west, she felt that it was okay to not look for herself in the battle, and to open the door when she met a Nibelungen on the road.
In this way, he will be much safer when he is ready to reveal his identity.
(End of this chapter)