Chapter 1895 Aliens
When Fangzheng and Francis came to Arkham City together, it was already three days later.
The entire Innsmouth was destroyed. Apart from them, there was not even half a living person, and even the vehicles were in tatters. Under such circumstances, the two had no choice but to leave the city on foot. For Fang Zheng, sleeping in the open The field has long been used to it, but it is a very rare experience for Francis, so he feels quite excited.
Along the way, Francis also asked Fangzheng a lot about him. Fangzheng was just talking nonsense about it, bragging about his experience of subjugating demons and slaying demons in other worlds, and Francis' eyes sparkled when he heard it. After arriving in Arkham, although the two of them could not be said to be good friends who talked about everything, they were still friends.
After arriving in Arkham, Francis also invited Fang Zheng to live in his mother's house, but Fang Zheng was not interested in disturbing other people's homes, but told Francis that he would live in Arkham for a while, and he would be notified when he found a house. Although Francis was somewhat reluctant to part with this, he could only nod in agreement in the end.
As for the house...
The city of Arkham is not too big, and there are many good apartments. The main problem is money. After all, this was the 1930s. There were only telephones and no Internet, let alone electronic banking. It is impossible for Fangzheng to use wool from the FBI.
But can this stop him?
Of course not.
So Fangzheng casually laid a handful of wool from the Federal Reserve. Anyway, anyone can be out of money, and the Fed can't be out of money, right?
Information manipulation is Nymph's strong point, so Fangzheng soon bought a small apartment with a garden in Arkham. To the outside world, most of the people here only learned that "there is a Wealthy gentlemen come here and buy an apartment" to that extent.
Although the size of the apartment was small and a bit expensive, it wasn't his own money anyway, so Zheng naturally nodded in view of the fact that it was fully furnished.
Frankly speaking, this world seems very boring to Fang Zheng.
But unfolding is also completely different.
Fangzheng also tried to check the status of the world through newspapers. After all, according to Fangzheng's memory, Asia at this time should not be very peaceful, but... the situation was somewhat unexpected.
Maybe it’s because the focus of each world is tilted in a different direction. In the newspaper that Fangzheng bought, there are surprisingly few political and military news, and instead there are all kinds of gossip, from the mysterious stone statue of Easter Island to the wheat fields. The strange circle is full of news that Fang Zheng would buy at newsstands at train stations when he was a child, and only published in third-rate tabloids and magazines like "Shocking Memorabilia".
In the original world, this kind of story might not be elegant at all, but in this world, it would be published and discussed in regular newspapers --- it really gave Fang Zheng an indescribable sense of humor.
Can you imagine that "People's Literature" will publish something like "Exploring Notes on the Mysteriously Disappeared 901 Bus"?
The editor-in-chief might not be Shi Lezhi.
But here, even the Wall Street Journal will talk about things like flying saucers or submarine civilizations with relish, giving Fang Zheng a feeling that all the staff are fanatical admirers of mysterious scientism.
Is this also because of the influence of Cthulhu World?
But to be honest, because of this, Fangzheng can rely on this kind of newspaper news similar to the "Talk of the End of the World" section to pass the time every day. As for Francis, he didn't go to find the other party, but gave the other party a gift after finding the house. I sent a letter, telling me my address and phone number.
But Fangzheng believes that if his hunch is correct, Francis will call him soon...
"Jingle Bell!!!"
The ear-piercing ringtone of the phone rang. The phones in this era were still the oldest ones, so the sound was naturally loud. Hearing the ringing of the phone, Fangzheng sighed, put down the newspaper in his hand that published the report on "Strange Whirlpool Village in Japan", and picked up the microphone.
"Hey."
"Ah, hello, is this Mr. Van Helsing?"
Soon, a slightly distorted voice came from the other end of the phone.
"That's right, it's me."
"Great! Sir, I'm Francis, do you have time now? I have something very important to tell you!"
Francis' voice sounded a little frightened, but Fang Zheng nodded.
"No problem, you can come here now."
"That's great! Thank you for the invitation!"
Hearing this, Francis also hung up the phone with a click, presumably he ran over in no time. Fang Zheng put down the microphone and shrugged his shoulders at Nimfu, who was sitting beside him reading a book.
"Looks like we have a visitor coming."
"Do I need to avoid it?"
"No, you don't need it now, just stay."
The main reason for asking Nimf to hide her figure before was because she wasn't sure what the situation in the world was like at the time. Now that it's been confirmed, there's no need to do it anymore.
And at this moment... the door of the study room opened.
"Excuse me, is there any visitor coming? I'll go prepare tea."
A beautiful girl with dark blue waist-length hair and fair skin walked in, smiling and looking at Fangzheng, her every move was very elegant and peaceful, she looked like a quiet beauty.
"Well, I'll leave it to you. A young man named Francis will visit later, so don't play tricks on him."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng sighed slightly, while the blue-haired girl tilted her head with a smile, showing an expression of "I don't understand what you're talking about".
"It really hurts me to hear my master say that. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
"No, but at least I should just in case."
Fangzheng rolled his eyes helplessly, looking at the girl in front of him.
That's right, what is in front of him is the soul stone that Fang Zheng drew after he got the soul scroll, the grade is silver. To be honest, when he drew it, Fang Zheng was very worried that he would draw Saya out——after all, this is a Grace In the world of Sulu, if you want to talk about the world of Cthulhu, it is not impossible to take a Saya, isn't it?
Fortunately, it wasn't Saya who was drawn.
But the role wasn't much better.
Ryoko Asakura.
She is a character that Fang Zheng is relatively familiar with, but because of the familiarity, Fang Zheng feels speechless towards her.
Anyone who has watched "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" knows that Asakura Ryoko is not a human being, but a humanoid interface for contacting organic life forms created by the Counseling Integrated Thought Body, which is Nagato Yuki's backup. Unlike Sanwu's Nagato Daimyojin, Asakura Ryoko is considered an orthodox beauty character, gentle, kind, amiable, gentle to everyone, and very popular.
Until she stabbed the protagonist Ah Xu.
From a certain point of view, Asakura Ryoko and Nimfu are actually a kind of existence, neither of them has the so-called human values of good and evil, but Nimfu looks weak because of her weak actual combat ability, while Chao Cang Liangzi has such a pure personality.
She can't even be regarded as a sick and delicate character, because she is neither sick nor charming.
It can be said that Ryoko Asakura is a bit more active than Nimfu. After all, Nimfu's character is introverted and passive. For example, she would suggest Fangzheng to engage in genocide, but if she was denied, she would not act rashly.
However, Asakura Ryoko belongs to the type of proactive personality. For the same thing, she might do it herself before reporting to Fangzheng—just like in "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", because no information can be observed Outburst, so I simply thought about killing the protagonist to see Suzumiya Haruhi's reaction...
It was this kind of proactive attitude that made Fangzheng so cautious towards Asakura Ryoko, so much so that he had to remind her many times not to do unnecessary things without his permission.
Although Asakura Ryoko agreed happily...But Fang Zheng didn't have any confidence in whether she would fully follow his instructions.
By the way, the current relationship between Asakura Ryoko and Nimfu is very similar to the relationship between her and Nagato Yuki in the original book, except that Nimfu is not as innocent as Nagato Yuki, and she also talks to Asakura Ryoko well ---Um? Thinking about it this way, could it be that Asakura Ryoko would attack Ah Xu because of her unrequited love for Nagato Yuki?
For example, "Obviously it was mine first, why do you care about Ah Xu so much!" "Why do you protect him, how far do you have to throw me before you are reconciled!"
Why does it feel like the plot is developing in the direction of a love triangle in an instant...
It seems that there is no such possibility?
Fangzheng also asked Asakura Ryoko this question, but it turned out that Asakura Ryoko did not know Nagato Yuki. She seemed to be abducted into this world by the system the moment she was created.
Well, from this point of view, it seems that I have accidentally protected Ah Xu in a certain world from being stabbed to death.
Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations.
"Ding dong."
At this moment, the doorbell rang outside, Asakura Ryoko smiled at Fangzheng, then turned and left the room, and Fangzheng also put down the newspaper in his hand. Strictly speaking, Fangzheng doesn't hate the alien trio. Of course, Nagato Daimyojin is generally the most popular, but if Fangzheng chooses, Xilue Misato and Asakura Ryoko are actually good, although there are no three. The beauty attribute is very attractive, but in reality, if you meet a character like Nagato, you will still find it quite tiring.
Soon, hurried footsteps came, and then Asakura Ryoko's voice came again from outside the door.
"Come in, Mr Francis."
Accompanied by Asakura Ryoko's voice, the door of the study opened, and then Francis walked in with a livid face, holding a small box in his arms.
"Mr. Van Helsing, I have something to ask for your help!"