Section 3680 Reduction of Recognition

At first, Starworm didn't know how Geralt was going to help them, until the train arrived at the station, he watched Geralt quickly pull them out of the gate.

Then, like a secret agent, he dodged the patrolling mechanical police dogs in various ways, and finally hid in the concave gap on the side of the train.

The most important thing is that along the way, Geralt only avoided the mechanical police dogs, and did not avoid the ordinary people around him at all.

Even Starworm saw that the sheriff and the ticket inspector clearly looked in their direction.

Moreover, they must have seen their group.

But Geralt didn't care at all.

Geralt patted Starworm's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as the police dogs don't find us, no one else will take the initiative to expose us."

"For them, it's very troublesome to report us or arrest us. It's better to have less trouble than more. Anyway, we are just hitchhiking and won't do anything dangerous."

Starworm still didn't understand Geralt's reasoning, and... they were in this concave gap, isn't this a dangerous thing?

It's not like he hadn't seen the speed of this train.

It's almost like speeding. If they hide here, they will not only be exposed to the wind, but also be thrown out easily. Isn't this dangerous?

Geralt: "It seems that this is your first time riding a train."

"Don't worry, every train in Modern City has invisible paint painted by fashion magicians on the outer shell. Once it starts, these paints will form a defensive film, and then the outside of this gap will be wrapped. We will not be in danger."

Starworm wanted to say something, but Gleipnir gently pulled his sleeve and pointed behind him.

At Gleipnir's signal, Starworm looked back.

He found that five people wearing wasteland-style jackets, like homeless people, were walking towards them.

When they saw that there were already three people in this gap, the five people whispered and discussed and arranged two teenagers to come over.

"Can we squeeze in?"

Geralt smiled and made way for the two teenagers to arrange some space.

The three people outside saluted them and went to other recesses to find empty seats.

Seeing this, Starworm already understood that these people were probably from the underground block.

Seeing them squeeze in so familiarly, it is likely that they usually do this... or in other words, the people in the underground block may all sneak on the train like this.

No wonder, the people around them are completely indifferent.

This has probably become a kind of public tacit understanding: we don't make trouble, you don't report it, and we don't enter the carriage to take your seat, and everyone lives in peace.

"It's a very strange ecology, but it feels quite harmonious for some reason." Starworm thought to himself.

Because there were two more strange boys, Geralt didn't say anything, and Starworm took this time to observe the two new boys.

They dressed very similarly to Geralt, also in the style of wasteland.

However, Geralt was wearing a military green jacket with mixed camouflage as the paint; while the two boys were wearing the same gray leather jacket with obvious stains on them.

But what people care about most is not their dress, but their faces.

One face seems to be stamped, a black emblem, with a weird mocking expression in the middle.

Another face has a piece of fat, half of it is a handsome boy, and the other half is like an alien.

Starworm looked at it for a few times before slowly retracting his gaze.

This scene was seen by Geralt. His eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something, but he didn't say anything.

About half a minute later.

The paint on the train shell was activated.

A transparent film covered the entire train.

As the train started, glowing words and various changing patterns appeared on the film.

Looking closely, you will find that these words and patterns are... advertisements.

Ignoring these details, Starworm touched the film at this time and clearly felt the hardness. Even if he leaned against the film, he didn't have to worry about the film breaking.

The most important thing is that in this glowing film, they couldn't feel the wind blowing in at all, and they couldn't even hear the sound of the wind.

You know, the speed of the train has reached its peak at this time.

From his perspective, the street lights on the floating rails that kept flashing outside have blurred into a line of light.

It is enough to see that the speed is extremely fast.

But even so, the depression where they are located has no effect at all. No wonder Geralt just told him to rest assured that the paint of the fashion magician is indeed extraordinary.

About a minute later, the new platform arrived.

However, they did not need to get off at this platform, but the two teenagers walked down at this station.

In an instant, the depression became much wider.

After another minute, the train started again. When the film rose again, new advertising words and slogans also appeared on the film...

Starworm still remembered that the previous advertisement seemed to be a real estate advertisement.

I wonder which industry's advertisement this time?

When the starworm was curiously observing, Geralt, who had been silent, suddenly said: "You... are very different."

As soon as he spoke, the starworm's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that their identities have been discovered?

The Starworm looked over and happened to meet Geralt's eyes, which made the Starworm feel even more guilty.

It’s just that Starworm forgot that he sees people through the hole in the brick mask, that is, the hole at the mouth; and when Geralt looked at him, he could only see a dark mask with no features. outlet, so the eyes of the two of them cannot be "right" from Geralt's perspective.

Geralt looked at Starworm and spoke out of pure respect.

"Why is it different?" Gleipnir's voice came from one side.

Geralt looked away and looked at Gleipnir: "There are generally only three types of people in the underground neighborhoods. Refugees, deformed people, and sinners."

"But you don't look like any of them. You seem to be unfamiliar with the modern city and even the people in the underground neighborhoods."

"You are more like young men from the modern inner circle who are not deeply involved in the world."

"But what the inner circle young masters are most proud of is their identity. It is impossible for them to give up their identity... Therefore, you who have no identity can only be people in the underground neighborhood."

"But unfortunately, you don't look like the people in the underground neighborhood at all."

There is no doubt that from Geralt's words, he has begun to doubt the identities of Starworm and Gleipnir.

But this is normal.

Because they had no legal status, Geralt regarded them as similar people in the underground community; but almost everyone in the underground community was an "old fool", but Starworm and Gleipnir were indifferent to everything. Strange, not like an "old fritter" at all.

This obvious contrast naturally made Geralt suspicious.

After Geralt finished speaking, he waited silently, wanting to hear how they would respond.

However, both Starworm and Gleipnir tacitly chose to bow their heads and remain silent.

Looking at the two people facing each other in silence, Geralt thought for a moment and waved his hand: "Forget it, everyone has their own secrets. I was too abrupt."

The moment the words fell, Starworm and Gleipnir received a prompt from Wonderland at the same time.

"Geralt's recognition level has decreased."

Starworm didn't know why.

But Graipnir immediately realized: Sure enough, if you want to trigger Geralt's side mission, you need to increase Geralt's recognition.

Because of their silence, Geralt's recognition of them has decreased, which means that the threshold for them to accept side quests has also increased.

But that's okay.

Anyway, Gleipnir never thought of taking on this side quest.

After the first round of main missions, she tried to find a way to get out of the dungeon as soon as possible. Whoever wanted to pick it up could pick it up, but she wouldn't pick it up anyway.

After that, Geralt didn't speak to them again.

Soon, the train arrived in the North 9th District.

Gleipnir and Starworm also got out of the car. When they said goodbye to Geralt, Geralt was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know who you are."

"But since you have no identity, I will temporarily identify you as people from the underground neighborhood."

"As fellow human beings, please don't forget my previous advice."

"Those who dress exaggeratedly and behave erratically are probably fashion magicians who are dressing up to seduce the attention of fashion monsters. You have no identity, so try to stay away from these people to avoid becoming a scapegoat."

"That's all, please remember."

Even though Geralt's recognition of the two of them has decreased, as a kindred spirit, he still wants to give them a heads up to prevent them from being in danger.

From this point of view, there is no doubt that Geralt is a... good person.

Gleipnir's eyes flickered. Since the other party was a good person and guessed that their "identities" were impure, he might take this opportunity to ask key questions.

They had to say goodbye anyway, and there was no telling whether they would see each other again.

Thinking of this, Gleipnir said: "Can I ask two questions?"

But not waiting for Geralt

Answering "yes or no", Gleipnir had already stated his question first.

"Where do fashion monsters usually stay? I mean, where do they stay when there's no fashion magician to lure them in?"

The main reason why she asked this question was that she had Angel as a real-time "plug-in". If she knew the whereabouts of the fashion monster, then maybe Angel could force the fashion monster out directly without having to go out of his way to seduce it.

Geralt gave Gleipnir a deep look: "Before, I questioned whether your teacher was not responsible enough, but now I am very suspicious, does your teacher even exist?"

Although Geralt was curious, just like before, he just clicked and didn't care about their answers.

Immediately afterwards, he continued: "There is no clear answer in the academic community about where the fashion monster usually is. The current mainstream belief is that the fashion monster may usually be hidden in another hidden time and space; as for whether this is the case, I don't know."

"However, my teacher once told me another answer."

Geralt was silent for a moment, as if hesitating whether to speak out.

But looking at Gleipnir's firm and inquiring eyes, Geralt still said: "My teacher said that the fashion monster is hidden in the human heart."

After waving his hand, Geralt said: "I have already answered, you can go."

However, Gleipnir did not leave immediately, but quickly said: "Wait a moment, I have a second question."

Still the same as before, before Geralt could refuse, Gleipnir had already asked the question: "If we want to reach the top of fashion, we don't know what to do?"

Geralt originally thought that Greipnir was a bit greedy. He had already answered one question and now he still wanted to ask.

His brows were already furrowed.

But after hearing Gleipnir's question, he suddenly smiled.

"The top of fashion?" Geralt chuckled: "This question is not difficult to answer. If you want to be on the top of fashion, it is very simple. You need to win the championship of the three competitions, and you must defeat the three competitions in front of everyone. champion."

"Once you achieve this achievement, you can be called the magicians at the top of fashion."

Gleipnir was stunned for a second: "Three major tournaments? Not two major tournaments?"

She still remembered that Wonderland Tips mentioned two major competitions in Modern City: one was the "Beauty Pageant" hosted by Prada Media Company, and the other was the "Modern Fashion Show" hosted by Tina Entertainment.

Why would Geralt say it's the three major tournaments now?

Geralt glanced at Gleipnir in confusion: "Of course there are three competitions, namely the 'Prada Beauty Pageant', the 'Modern Fashion Show', and the 'Dark Competition'."

"Dark Lord? What is this?" Gleipnir caught an unfamiliar word.

Geralt looked at Gleipnir and said calmly: "The Dark Competition is the highest event held in the underground community. This should be a fact that every citizen of the underground community should know."

Having said this, Geralt stopped and looked at Gleipnir.

The meaning is self-evident.

As a citizen of the underground neighborhood, you know the other two major competitions, but why don't you know about the "Dark Competition"?

Graipnir naturally understood what Geralt meant, but she definitely wouldn't answer and didn't know how to answer.

"The mechanical police dog is here, let's go first. Finally, thank you Mr. Geralt for the information."

Gleipnir hurriedly said something, then pulled Starworm and quickly left the shuttle train.

With their departure, reminders of the wonderland also arrived.

"Geralt's recognition level has decreased."

Seeing this, both Gleipnir and Starworm remained silent.

Fortunately, Geralt only lowered his recognition level and did not get out of the car to stop them.

If Geralt really got out of the car to block their questioning, Gleipnir really didn't know what to do.

Graipnir silently apologized to Geralt in his heart and walked towards the platform elevator.

As before, just avoid the mechanical police dogs and others will ignore them completely.

After successfully riding the elevator, it didn't take long for them to leave the unknown building and come to the street outside.

Judging from the distribution of high-rise buildings, this is obviously much more than the previous South 13th District. Therefore, the street conditions here are also more complicated than those in the South 13th District.

Even if they know the map, it is still difficult to quickly lock the target.

However, Gleipnir is not in a hurry because they still have a lot of time.

"Countdown 1:09:33"