Chapter 159: Old Pigeon Cage

Mr. Ev is also a part-time drama actor, or just a hobby? Lu Mi wondered.

His first reaction was that Mr. Ev, as the owner and landlord of the "Golden Chicken Hotel", even if he couldn't be counted as a rich man, his economic situation could be called well-off, and, he had other industries, it was unlikely that he would part-time as a drama actor. But remembering Mr. Ev's love for money and stinginess in spending, Lu Mi didn't dare to guarantee that this guy wouldn't go act as a bit-part role when he had nothing to do. After all, he could earn some more money, not wasting precious time.

After repeatedly confirming that the bit-part role was really Mr. Ev, Lu Mi cast his gaze on the name of the poster:

"Forest Fairy"

Judging from the accompanying text, this was a classic drama of the Old Pigeon Cage Theater, the kind that would be re-staged every once in a while.

Among them, the actress who played the Forest Fairy had deep features, a temperament that was pure yet carried a bit of charm, and a pair of lake-water-colored eyes that were both innocent and holy.

But Lu Mi didn't think she was very tempting, because she was wearing bracelets, necklaces, and belts made of tree branches and green leaves, and a laurel crown dotted with many flowers on her head, which immediately reminded Lu Mi of Awa who played the spring elf in his dream, and Su Su Shanna Ma Ma Disi after letting go of her green long hair.

To him, these were not pleasant memories, especially the latter. After removing the perspective brought by the induced abnormal desires, it was completely hideous and disgusting.

"Charlotte Calvino." After glancing at the actress's name, Lu Mi looked for other clues from other posters.

Finally, he found that Mr. Ev had participated in three dramas at the Old Pigeon Cage Theater, but all of them appeared as supporting roles among supporting roles, that is, even if he was absent, someone could immediately be pulled to replace him.

Lu Mi entered the theater thoughtfully and spent 10 Rike to buy a ticket.

The Old Pigeon Cage Theater was built quite formally. At the very inside was a large stage with many gas wall lamps, thick curtains that had already been lifted, and several machines driven by steam.

In front of the stage were rows of seats, the further back the higher, distributed in a stepped manner.

Lu Mi took the ticket stub, found his seat, and sat down.

The drama currently being performed was "Princess and the Beast", and some actors were dressed quite boldly, slightly exposed, completely close to the general aesthetic of the Honest Market District.

After watching for a while, Lu Mi sighed in his heart with slight shock:

"Is this the drama level of Trier?

"Such drama performances can only nest in the Honest Market District? To what extent is the level of those theaters in the Opera District?"

He was no stranger to drama performances. Although Aurora liked to stay at home, she would have the urge to go out after staying for a long time. She would sometimes go to Madame Pualis to borrow a pony to ride, sometimes chat with the old ladies in Cordu Village, sometimes gather children to tell them stories, and sometimes take Lu Mi to Trier to watch dramas, operas, circus performances, or go to the underground book market to find inspiration.

Those drama performances were like children playing games compared to the Old Pigeon Cage.

The main actors on the stage at this time were all outstanding in acting. Regardless of expressions, movements, or lines, they seemed to be the characters in the story who had truly walked into this world, making Lu Mi, who was originally just exploring and looking for abnormalities, a little immersed in their performance, moved by the beast's inferiority, violence, pain, and the princess's innocence, kindness, and sadness.

Any one of those main actors could support a theater in Dalie.

After the drama ended, Lu Mi stood up with unfinished business and applauded.

He didn't find any problems with those actors, nor did he find any abnormalities in the theater itself when he went to the washroom during each intermission.

Out of the Old Pigeon Cage, Lu Mi looked up at the beige apartment diagonally opposite, confirming that the windows on the sixth floor all had yellowish light from gas lamps reflecting out.

According to Mrs. Fells, Mr. Ev would grow some vegetables on the roof of the building to save money, so Lu Mi speculated that Mr. Ev's family lived in a room on the top floor of that apartment, which was the sixth floor.

After a little observation, Lu Mi's gaze fell on the window with the dimmest light.

With Mr. Ev's stinginess, he couldn't bear to light an extra gas lamp.

Lu Mi then found an unmanned and dark corner, stared at the window, and waited patiently for possible changes.

As time passed second by second, a homeless man passed by here, wanting to use this corner that could block the wind as a sleeping bed tonight, but soon saw the figure sitting in the dark depths, and had to leave unhappily.

Such things were already commonplace for Lu Mi, and he continued to wait unmoved.

Just before 11 o'clock in the evening, the rather dim light of that window went out.

After another nearly a quarter of an hour, Mr. Ev, wearing a white-washed dark formal suit and chestnut tweed trousers, appeared at the entrance of the apartment.

He looked left and right vigilantly, carrying a calcium carbide lamp, and walked along the shadows of the street to the entrance of underground Trier more than ten meters away.

Lu Mi seemed to have turned into a statue, watching Mr. Ev and the light of the calcium carbide lamp disappear there.

A few minutes later, seeing that no official Beyonder was following Mr. Ev, he stood up, patted his clothes, crossed Market Avenue, and arrived at the stone stairs leading to the underground with shelter at the high place.

Lu Mi didn't try to track, one was because he didn't bring lighting tools, and only had a few candles used in ritual magic on his body, the smell was too obvious, the second was that he didn't know how strong Mr. Ev was, what he was doing in underground Trier, and which level of power it would involve.

He took a few steps back, shrank to the side of a wall pillar of a house by the street, and completed the hiding with the help of shadows.

It was another long wait. When midnight was about to arrive, the light of the calcium carbide lamp dyed with a hint of blue illuminated the underground entrance.

Mr. Ev's figure was reflected, a bit long.

Just as he finished walking the stone stairs, Lu Mi lowered his peaked cap, greeted him, and roared low:

"Robbery!"

Lu Mi wanted to test Mr. Ev's strength in this way. If he was very strong, a robber wouldn't make him take it too seriously, and he would kill him directly. In that case, Lu Mi would have a chance and space to escape, at most suffering some injuries and losing some money.

If Mr. Ev didn't show enough ability, the robbery would turn into a kidnapping, and Lu Mi would interrogate this landlord in some corner of underground Trier, asking him why he concealed the whereabouts of the previous tenant of room 504 of the "Golden Chicken Hotel", and why he went to the underground world in the middle of the night.

After hearing the word robbery, Mr. Ev trembled all over.

He took out a brown leather wallet with great resistance and extreme reluctance, and took out a 1 Jin Bang silver coin from it.

Lu Mi suddenly had a strong greed, only feeling that the little angel relief and radiating lines on the surface of the silver coin were so charming.

He couldn't control himself and stretched out his right hand, took the silver coin handed by Mr. Ev, and then turned and ran, like a real robber.

After running five or six steps, Lu Mi woke up a little and noticed the abnormality:

"Only got a 1 Jin Bang silver coin and ran away, what kind of robber is that?

"Wait, why did I rob the silver coin?"

Lu Mi suddenly woke up, relied on the flexibility of the "Dancer", forcibly twisted his body, and stopped.

He saw Mr. Ev also running wildly.

This landlord of the "Golden Chicken Hotel" crossed Market Avenue and ran into the Old Pigeon Cage Theater.

Lu Mi, who was about to chase, immediately slowed down his pace.

Mr. Ev's first reaction after being robbed was neither to run home nor to seek help from the nearby Market District Police Headquarters. His choice was actually the Old Pigeon Cage Theater diagonally opposite his house!

In his view, there are people there who can really protect him? Lu Mi frowned thoughtfully.

The next second, he turned his body and ran, playing the robber again.

He was worried that after Mr. Ev found the strong person who could protect him, he would chase over and rob the silver coin back.

With Mr. Ev's stinginess, it was entirely possible to do such a thing!

And although Lu Mi didn't care about the 1 Jin Bang silver coin, if he was caught, it would inevitably expose his identity.

During the process of running out of Market Avenue, he casually threw the silver coin to a homeless man sleeping by the street.

In the sound of *dang*, the homeless man opened his eyes and saw a silvery little cutie lying quietly under the street lamp in front.

Back to Chaotic Street, Lu Mi took off his peaked cap, took off his coat, held them in his hands, and returned to his normal walking speed.

After the test just now, he determined that Mr. Ev had abnormalities and possessed Beyonder abilities, but didn't seem to be good at fighting. Facing an ordinary robber, he chose to "give" a silver coin and run away.

"He made me suddenly want to possess that silver coin, the greed was so strong that I completely ignored the original purpose, almost losing my reason..." Lu Mi recalled the encounter just now.

This feeling made him quite familiar.

When facing Su Su Shanna Ma Ma Disi, he had similar feelings:

Once was occupied by fear, once was deprived of reason by hatred.

"The manifestation of the ability is a bit similar... Mr. Ev and Su Su Shanna Ma Ma Disi have a certain relationship? The fate of the previous tenant of room 504 is probably not very good... 'Forest Fairy', leaves, branches, laurel crown... Does the Old Pigeon Cage Theater also have a certain relationship with Su Su Shanna Ma Ma Disi?" Lu Mi analyzed while walking back to the "Golden Chicken Hotel".

He turned into the underground tavern and saw Charlie holding a beer, singing loudly with several tenants:

"We poor people

"Sleeping in the attic..."

Seeing Xia Er return, Charlie broke free from the hands and feet of others, walked to the bar, sighed and said:

"You don't know what I encountered this afternoon, that hotel manager drank my wine twice, but told me that due to the influence of Mrs. Alice's matter, he couldn't let me be a formal waiter, only a lowest-level handyman.

"It's really hateful, how can I be so unlucky?"

Speaking of this, Charlie was stunned, and muttered to himself:

"Unlucky, unlucky..."

After several times in a row, he raised his head in astonishment, looked at Lu Mi, and saw the smile on the other party's face.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 160 =====