Chapter 587 Missing Jacob

The sky gradually darkened, Chen Ke went out from the other end of the alley and returned to the street.

The dark blue painted the sky, leaving a touch of red in the west, and the small moon was looming in the east.

There were fewer pedestrians on the street, and the occasional empty carriage passed by ran very fast, and everyone seemed to be in a hurry to go home.

Chen Ke also found that there were an unusual number of patrolling sheriffs. They walked from one end of the street to the other in a team of more than a dozen people, as if they were on guard against something.

He ran quickly towards the house that Jacob and the children had temporarily lived in when he came last time. He hoped to meet them there.

After nightfall, Langdon became a little cold, and the air was mixed with a sweet smell, which was the sour smell of mud and garbage mixed together.

After a while, Chen Ke finally arrived at the bank of the Thames. The big house in his memory had turned into another look. It looked like some kind of workers' dormitory. The door was not closed, and the orange light seeped out of the door. Several workers were squatting by the ditch in front of the house to wash.

"Well, Jacob, it seems that you and your cubs have moved." Chen Ke sighed.

How can I find Jacob?

Chen Ke rubbed his temples, closed his eyes and meditated for a while, and he suddenly thought of a way. Jacob is the leader of the Langdon Thieves Group. If Jacob is still alive, he should continue to adopt abandoned children and child laborers. Just pay attention to the streets and find a little pickpocket, and you should be able to ask Jacob's whereabouts.

However, it is now night, and it is not easy to find those little pickpockets. Besides, those children 29 years ago should have grown up. Are they still active in the streets stealing things?

If this is true, then Jacob is in disguise training generations of Langdon thieves, although his original intention is to protect those homeless children.

"I have to find a place to spend the night." Chen Ke said to himself.

He was penniless and didn't know anyone else here. Even the coffee shop that the foundation set up here was burned down in 1859. In desperation, Chen Ke came to the park in the city and found a bench to sit down.

As time passed by, Chen Ke looked up at the bright moon and closed his eyes to pass the time. That night, he thought about many things, and what he thought about most was about witches.

The description of Angel's Ashes once said that there can only be one witch in each era, but it did not mention what would happen if there were multiple witches.

There is no doubt that there were four witches in 2009. The Flame Witch Diana and the Illusion Witch Shreli were born when Chen Ke seized the power of other witches, while Yasra's Illusion Witch Fujiwara Makoto and the company's Rage Witch Oliveira both traveled from other time and space.

To be honest, Diana and Shreli are the witches of the 2009 generation. When Oliveira and Fujiwara Makoto coexisted in the City of Opportunities, Chen Ke didn't feel anything strange happening in the city.

Of course, if you have to make sense, Oliveira may have traveled from other times to 2009 recently, and when she arrived, Fujiwara Makoto was just killed by Chen Ke.

Why can witches resonate with the green holy diamond? This is also something Chen Ke can't understand. Oliveira has one in her hand, and Langdon in the 19th century also has one. They should have tried to activate it, but only when activated in the Dream Center can these holy diamonds play their value, which is enough to explain their relationship with themselves.

Either this thing originally belonged to Chen Ke, or the Dream Center had something that was missing in the dream world. In short, these holy diamonds could work in Chen Ke's hands. Whether the result was good or bad, only facts could tell.

Chen Ke was thinking wildly, and he stayed until dawn. After all, staying in the Dream Center, time could not be lost, and every time the dial was turned, it would take a long time before it could be turned again. It would be better to think of a way in this world.

Sitting like this until dawn, Chen Ke, leaning on the back of the chair with his eyes closed, looked like he was asleep.

Chen Ke felt someone quietly pulling the corner of his clothes. He opened his eyes slightly and saw a child trying to turn his shirt pocket.

Chen Ke's mouth corners rose slightly. He was thinking about whether he could meet a few pickpockets early in the morning, but he didn't expect to be sent to the door. He pretended to be asleep and let the child grope on him.

If he got up and caught him and asked him now, he might not be able to ask anything, and it would be a waste of an opportunity. It would be better to wait for him to leave and follow him from a distance to see where their nest is.

"Tsk...poor bastard."

The pickpocket searched for a long time but didn't find a penny in Chen Ke's pocket, so he said with disdain.

Chen Ke still closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. This pickpocket reminded him of the little Jack in the past, the little boy who followed Jacob. I wonder if he is doing well now. After 29 years, little Jack should have become big Jack.

Slightly opening his eyes and seeing the pickpocket leave in disappointment, Chen Ke got up quickly and followed him from a distance. The two walked through the streets and alleys one after the other, and Chen Ke always appeared in the blind spot of the pickpocket's vision at the right time.

Early in the morning, the streets began to get busy again. The freight carriages rolled over the bumpy roads, and the factory whistles sounded. The newsboy stood at the intersection and read the headlines of the newspaper loudly.

"Headline! Headline! The mysterious man killed again, and another woman was disemboweled. The Public Security Bureau was helpless!"

The pickpocket went after a few easier targets, and then reunited with two friends in front of a cafe.

"Kevin, how was your harvest?" asked the friend.

"Not much. I met a homeless man in fancy clothes in the park. I thought he was a rich man who spent the night in the park after drinking too much." The pickpocket called Kevin said.

"Oh? What happened later?" the friends asked.

"He really had no money. I thought I could have good luck." Kevin shook his head and sighed. He looked like a businessman who had lost money in his business, like a little adult.

"If he had no money, then his clothes must have been stolen." The friend said.

"Who knows, by the way, do you want to go to the Thames to skip stones?" Kevin said.

"Well, I didn't succeed this morning... But if it's just skipping stones, it won't take long." The friend couldn't resist the temptation.

"Let's go, let's go. It's still early. Those who get up early are workers. The rich don't come out until noon." Kevin smiled.

The three children were smiling and running towards the Thames. It seemed that even if they were pickpockets, they were still children and liked to play.

Chen Ke continued to follow them, watching the kids playing in the countryside, catching fish and skipping stones by the river, and lying on the embankment to kill time. They didn't look like professional pickpockets at all.

When the three children noticed that the sun had passed overhead, it was already afternoon. They got up and hurriedly ran towards Big Ben. Chen Ke also stood up from a bench nearby and followed them slowly.