the last gentleman

Chapter 59 Sewers

The four walked into the city of Vinal,

Edmund's brief analysis of the upcoming 'hunting plan':
"The "False Moon Incident" took place only two months ago, and the "lunarizers" who survived by accident grew up in the ruined city without a leader.

Unless Mr. Li has a gentleman background and takes a whole bottle of secret medicine, it is possible to become a "severely ill patient".

Other Lunatics transformed from ordinary citizens can only reach the level of "sick" at best.I believe that most of the survivors are still in the early stages of infection, and their consciousness is not yet sound.

The ruins of the urban area that have been mopped up once by the organization should not be much more threatening than Green Lake Town.

Considering the "time" issue, we can slowly increase the hunting speed.Before the time limit expires, try to obtain as many moon skins as possible to increase your chips. "

While Edmund gave his action analysis, he reached out and scratched the pinhole on his neck.

The skin around the pinhole has grown white hair similar to that of a mouse.

Yi Chen also pretended to scratch the position of the pinhole, pretending to be uncomfortable.

He did not inform the team members that the little grape had been attached to the arteries immediately after the injection to suck away the pathogenic agent.

The reason is simple, so that they can share the psychological pressure with Edmund.

After entering the city,

The four of them did not search for the Lunarizer aimlessly, but went to an area clearly.

The destination was the area where there was a sense of "peeping" when I was riding a carriage across the city yesterday... The source of peeping is most likely the target of everyone's hunting.

but,

You didn't explore a suspicious building, ruin, or sewer,

Instead, he deliberately chose to walk back and forth in conspicuous areas such as open roads, top floors of broken buildings, and intersections, pretending to be serious about investigation.

Just 10 minutes of this wandering.

An eye contained between the teeth suddenly opened, and Xiao Putao felt the sense of peeping again.

"Hooked~ southeast, Old John (Old-John) Theater... there seems to be more than one, there are multiple grapes looking at this place at the same time."

When the team got this important information, they didn't go directly to it.

Keep pretending to investigate,

Turns naturally into a side street that just blocks the theatre.

click!
Dagbert removed the manhole cover with the city abbreviation [WN] printed on it.

When the four fell into the sewer one after another, the scene below was enough to be described as 'hell'.

A mass of mutilated, decayed and vermin-infested remains of flesh,

Or float among the foul-smelling drains,

or piled in the aisle,
It can be seen that during the 'false moon incident', many citizens who were not affected by the moonification chose to take refuge in the sewer at the first time... But the final outcome is still inevitable death.

Not far away, everyone found a fresh 'trace' in the sewer.

According to the blood stains left on the ground,
And some traces of rummaging among the piles of corpses,

It is basically possible to determine what has been active in the sewer for a long time, to pick some good corpses for food, or for other purposes.

Touching the nearest blood stain that hadn't dried up, Edmund's eyes lit up,
"There are still unexpected gains... Let's deal with the guy who fell into the sewer first, and then go to the theater."

Follow the bloodstains left by dragging,
Everyone is more or less nervous or excited about the 'unknown'.

After all, this is the first time to face this kind of rare 'lunar disease', which is fundamentally different from the 'ichthyosis' in Green Lake Town.

Such rare diseases have the potential to confer unexpected abilities on those infected.

"it's here……"

Juliana in the team seemed to have a special tracking ability, quickly locating a rusty iron gate.

The fork space connected to the sewer behind the door used to belong to the living place of some urban homeless people.

When peeking into the depths through the iron gate, there was still a faint light of fire, and it was almost certain that something was hiding inside.

Pour the lubricating liquid you carry on the door shaft to ensure that there is no noise during the door opening process.
turn off the kerosene lamp,
The path close to the side wall gradually deepens,

The firelight projected from the depths is getting brighter and brighter, and even the hoarse cry of some firewood burning can be heard,

At the same time, a huge monster shadow was projected onto the passage wall, which looked like a four-legged beast, gnawing on the corpse.

"get ready!"

When the fully armed four people came to the deepest point, it was not a monster that caught their eyes.

It was an old man who was bare-chested, wrapped in rag trousers, thin and silver-haired around his waist.

He was sitting cross-legged in front of a bonfire he had built, grilling the freshly collected limbs.

There is a very conspicuous "moon seal" on the back of the neck.

Beside the old man sat a white chihuahua obediently, enjoying the fragrant barbecue that the old man handed to it.

If you put aside the source of the meat, such a picture is quite warm.

"Oh... Are there any guests here? If you just pass by by chance and don't mind the environment and food here, you can come and sit, eat and chat.

If you are here with a purpose, please wait a moment.

'Rice Grains' She hasn't had such a good appetite for several days, let her eat more before going on the road. "

Yi Chen didn't sense any hostility for the time being.

He motioned his teammates to stay still, and stepped forward, sitting cross-legged by the campfire.

"Wait for William to talk...he seems to have such experience."

Having had the experience of killing the enemy together last night, Captain Edmund acquiesced in such behavior,
of course,

His right hand had already been placed on the pistol at his waist, as long as the old man showed any hostility or made any suspicious movements, the bullets would be fired immediately.

before the bonfire,
Yi Chen noticed that the old man had a pair of silver eyes of the same color as his hair between the old man's face full of age marks... Such a special eye structure made Xiao Putao's saliva constantly ooze.

When the old man handed over the food, Yi Chen took it calmly,

but,

He didn't eat it himself, but handed it to his 'pets' like the old man... Although the little grape mainly eats eyeballs, he is also willing to accept other meats and is not very picky.

Yi Chen stared at the silver eyes of the old man, and first asked a question:
"Why don't you get out of here?"

"The sewer is my home. Compared with before, I have more food and a more comfortable environment. Why do I have to leave? Even if I leave, where can I go? Be someone else's food?"

Yi Chen continued to ask questions: "We also found some survivors 'similar' to you among the ruins of the city. Why do they still stay here?"

"You're talking about the group of guys gathered at [Old John's Theater].

Recently more and more survivors have started to gain sanity and all are invited to the theater for what is called a 'Leader Screening'.

They came to invite me too...but I'm not interested.

I guess after they elect the so-called 'leader', they will organize everyone to leave together.After all, if you want to find a new place to live, it will be more effective to act together. "

"Leader screening."

quite important information,
If what the old man said is true,

Yi Chen and others didn't need to run around, because all the Lunarizers had already gathered in the theater.

"Do you know roughly how many people are in the theater?"

"That's not clear... I'm a bum, and I don't care much about the things above.

In other words, you should be special human beings who came here on a special trip to clean up the survivors after the "False Moon Incident", that is, those of us who survived by accident, right? "

"That's right." Yi Chen didn't deny it.

"It should be more than the four of you. Are there more humans waiting in secret to clean up the city?"

When the old man said this,
Yi Chen glanced at his silver eyes keenly, and responded with a smile:

"That's right.

We are just the scouting team at the forefront. Once we identify the survivors among the ruins of the city, we will immediately notify the large troops to come and clean them up quickly.

Also, I want to criticize your poor acting.

At the beginning, I deliberately revealed some information about the theater, trying to lower my defensiveness.

Halfway through the conversation, I couldn't help but tentatively asked if there were other companions on the ground besides the four of us.

Try to distance yourself from the theater as much as possible, but just set your "nest" on the sewer road that is close to the theater and must pass by.

He even deliberately let out a faint firelight and left bloodstains, so that passers-by would be aware of it.

Too deliberate, sir~
If my guess is correct, you are a member of the theater, the [Watchdog] who is in charge of the sewers, right? "

The voice just fell,

A silver bullet had already hit the old man's head.

(End of this chapter)