Chapter 445 Chen Ke Fell Asleep?

Chen Ke was stunned.

"The stairs were removed, so the stairs from the fifth floor to the fourth floor are broken. We used the toilet below. We just squatted at the entrance of the stairs and had fun down there." Jacob explained.

Chen Ke was speechless for a moment. This was really reasonable...

"Okay, I'm going to see the children. You can come with me, or you can find a corner to rest by yourself. I'll come to talk to you later." Jacob said.

"It's okay. I'll go with you." Chen Ke nodded.

The two walked towards the children. Many of them had fallen asleep. There were quite a few girls, at least half of them, but there were limited folding beds, so some older girls also slept on the floor.

Next to a load-bearing column, Chen Ke saw a black mark, with some wooden strips and combustibles placed next to it. It was obvious that they had made a fire here.

Under the wall on the other side, Chen Ke noticed a pile of packages, with piles of small bowls and pots placed next to them. Although they were vagrants, they seemed to have all kinds of daily necessities.

"You shouldn't be short of money to buy a folding bed." Chen Ke couldn't help asking.

"We have to move at any time, so we can't bring too many things, because we really can't find a place to settle down permanently." Jacob explained.

What Jacob said is not without reason. In many Hollywood movies, the Thieves Guild and the Assassin Organization are all settled in the sewers. This is simply bullshit. Not to mention that the workers who are responsible for regular pipeline repairs and maintenance will definitely find you, just look at the sanitation of the sewers. If you don't get sick after living there for a month, you are not human.

In addition, this world is not normal. Ruins will explode and breed monsters if they are left for a long time. In the 21st century, this has become an industry, so Jacob not only has to take the children to hide from place to place, but the places he can choose are also very limited.

The awake children all cast curious eyes on Chen Ke. They held shiny knives and daggers in their hands, which were obviously used to peel fruit.

The sleeping children snored evenly, and the younger children occasionally kicked their feet and waved their fists in the air. A burst of sobbing attracted the attention of Jacob and Chen Ke.

"Why is Danny crying?" Jacob walked to the crib, where a 5-year-old girl was curled up in a blanket and sobbing, with an older girl holding her.

"She said she just dreamed of her mother." The girl looked up at Jacob.

Jacob squatted down and stroked Danny's head, took out a small pocket watch from his arms, and opened Danny's little hand for her to hold.

"Be strong, girl." Jacob said softly, looking at the girl next to him.

The emotion of missing parents will be transmitted between orphans. Tears began to flash in the girl's eyes, and the other awake children hugged their knees and remained silent.

Jacob got up and left slowly. Chen Ke looked at him, then at the little girl, and asked softly: "Is this common?"

"In fact, not too many. Some children were sent to orphanages when they were babies. When they remember things, they don't remember their parents. Danny was abandoned by her parents six months ago. Maybe they really don't have the money to support her." Jacob spread his hands.

"What will you dream about, Chen Ke?" Jacob suddenly laughed and asked.

"I haven't dreamed for a long time..." Chen Ke shook his head.

Jacob looked up and pointed to the window on the opposite corner, which was far away from the children and a secluded place.

Chen Ke understood and followed him to the window and squatted by the wall.

"Let's sort it out, huh?" Jacob said. He took a stone from the windowsill and drew on the ground in the moonlight.

"Look, we have met Sean and got the information we need." Jacob said, drawing two circles, one with diamonds and the other with children.

"You got some diamonds from Baron Mox, which proves that Sean didn't lie, right?" Jacob looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke nodded and reminded: "But I only got a part, and the other part is in Edward's hands. And I don't know who Edward is exactly."

"Well, we just need a name." Jacob drew a line at the circle of the diamond and wrote Edward at the end of the line.

"Chen Ke, you see, your case has made progress, but mine hasn't." Jacob said.

"Okay, tell me, what are you going to do now?" Chen Ke said.

Jacob wanted to save the missing children, and the reason he helped him was because his fighting ability was higher than Jacob's.

Jacob drew a line from the child's circle and wrote "orphanage" at the end of the line.

"The missing children on the street are in the orphanage?" Chen Ke pinched his chin.

"Not only that... When we were under the academy, I got to the lower level before you, and I saw Mr. William and three other people talking about the children..." Jacob said, and added William outside the child's circle.

Chen Ke didn't have that memory, so he naturally didn't know what Jacob was talking about, but he already felt that the memory he had lost was very important.

"What did you encounter down there? I've always been curious." Jacob asked.

"You should know... those things that ordinary people can't understand." Chen Ke said evasively.

"Well...you are not an ordinary person, Chen Ke. But I don't care where you come from. You can deal with those monsters and you are not a bad person. That's enough for me to know." Jacob said.

"What did I do to make you think so?" Chen Ke asked.

"Maybe it's just my intuition? Maybe it's just because you're sitting here? I don't know. Believe me, I'm a thief. I've seen all kinds of people, and you're obviously different from them. By the way, where's your partner? Isn't she really dead?" Jacob asked back.

"I don't know, but no matter what you want me to do for you or what I want to do myself, the premise is to get the remaining diamonds." Chen Ke said.

"I know that your remaining diamonds are in Edward's hands. Let's further narrow the scope. Baron Mox knows four Edwards. At least he shouldn't give diamonds to people he doesn't know for no reason, right..." Jacob said, writing four Edwards on the floor.

"Next..." Chen Ke sighed. Does he have to try his luck one by one?

"Chen Ke, I can help you with this. My children are good at collecting information. Tomorrow morning I will let them monitor the four Edwards to see which one has your diamonds." Jacob said.

Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief. Jacob helped a lot this time.

"What do the remaining diamonds look like?" Jacob asked.

Chen Ke took out the Florence set from his arms. The five orange holy diamonds glowed slowly in the moonlight. He asked Jacob to take a look and said, "That's it."

Jacob picked up one of the holy diamonds and looked at it carefully in the moonlight outside the window. The holy diamond was only as big as the shell of a thumbnail, a thin piece, really like a human nail, but the surface was not smooth, and it would emit light from time to time.

He was amazed: "This is worth a lot of money."

"I don't plan to sell them... The remaining diamonds are all this color, and there is one purple." Chen Ke said.

He forgot how many blasphemous daggers there were. There were five Angel's Elegy and one Moonlight Greatsword.

"Can you share these five diamonds in your hand with the children as references?" Jacob asked.

"No..." Chen Ke refused immediately.

These are holy objects, especially the Florence set, which was exchanged for souls. Getting rid of one is equivalent to dismantling the set, and the remaining four will be meaningless.

"Well, I don't think you will agree, but at least tomorrow morning, can you show them?" Jacob asked again.

Chen Ke nodded, that was no problem.

"What are these diamonds used for?" Jacob was still a little curious.

"They are the medium I need to cast magic." Chen Ke said.

Jacob laughed, without saying whether he believed it or not, he got up and pulled out two blankets from the bag beside him, and threw one to Chen Ke.

"Have a good rest, Chen Ke." Jacob smiled, sat under the window diagonally opposite Chen Ke, spread the blanket on the ground, lay on it and covered his face with a hat.

Chen Ke sighed, spread the blanket under him, leaned against the wall and fell into the emptiness of the sage.

The moonlight was so quiet, the children fell asleep peacefully, and Jacob snored quickly. Some children who were responsible for keeping watch looked at Chen Ke from a distance, curious and cautious, and did not dare to come over to talk.

The night was long. Chen Ke looked through the window at the Big Ben across the street. It was 1:40 in the morning, and there were still at least 4 hours before dawn. Chen Ke yawned and felt his eyelids were a little heavy.

"Wait a minute..." He suddenly realized that something was wrong. He yawned again and a strong sense of sleepiness swept over him.

"I actually... Shit, this is..."

His eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. Chen Ke closed his eyes and fell asleep for the first time since he crossed over.