Chapter 906: Racer (Second update seeking guaranteed monthly votes)
After reading the information quickly, Jenna sighed in disbelief:
"Mr. 'Fool's' identity in the dream is actually so ordinary."
Can't see that he is a great existence at all!
"What should we do next?" Franca looked at Lu Mian. "Find an opportunity to contact Mr. 'Fool'?"
That information had already roughly written down the daily itinerary of Zhou Mingrui, that is, Mr. "Fool's" identity in the dream. As long as Lu Mian and the others weren't too unlucky, they would soon see Mr. "Fool" and contact him.
Before, when seeing the name Zhou Mingrui, Franca's heart skipped a beat.
She hadn't expected that the name Mr. "Fool" used in the dream wouldn't be the set from the Northern and Southern Continents, but instead very close to the style of the country where she was before transmigrating.
Of course, this was consistent with the situation of the current city. But if the name "Zhou Mingrui" belonged to the Celestial Worthy instead of Mr. "Fool," Franca could understand and accept it even more, because the honorific "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Xuanhuang Xuanhuang Tianzun" itself was in the style of the country where she was before transmigrating.
Could it be that the Celestial Worthy had the upper hand, to the point that Mr. "Fool's" dream city was the same as her motherland, and even took a name like "Zhou Mingrui"? While Franca was muttering in her heart, Lu Mian thought for a few seconds and said:
"Don't contact Mr. 'Fool' yet. Observe the people and things around him for a few days."
As the captain, Lu Mian wouldn't just give orders. He explained simply:
"Mr. 'Fool' himself must be strictly monitored by that Celestial Worthy. If we rashly contact him, it's easy to be discovered by the Celestial Worthy, lock onto our identities, and be kicked out of the dream.
"In addition, although the information given by Lady 'Justice' has Mr. 'Fool's' daily itinerary and the people he often contacts, I still want to observe them for a period of time myself. This isn't distrusting the ability and brains of the Major Arcana cards, but feeling that they know too much pre-information, which might cause interference in their judgment and make them unable to discover problems hidden in the details."
"Mm, cognitive bias," Franca used a term with the style of the current dream world to summarize what Lu Mian wanted to express.
Lu Mian nodded:
"Some people mentioned in the information might no longer have contact with Mr. 'Fool,' but I will still observe them to find possible commonalities and differences."
"Then let's go to one of the places marked on the map to rent a house and settle down," Jenna held the city map taken from the brown-yellow official document bag.
The few locations marked were all close to Mr. "Fool's" current residence, where one could overlook that area but not be too close.
"I have no opinion," Franca said subconsciously. "Then I'll call a taxi."
As she spoke, she reached into the pocket of her small red jacket, but only after digging a few times did she react and say:
"No mobile phone..."
She immediately made a suggestion:
"Let's buy five mobile phones nearby, no, four, plus a children's watch.
"Without a mobile phone, one will live very painfully and inconveniently in this city. Sometimes, what can be achieved with a mobile phone doesn't need to rely on extraordinary abilities, which makes it easier for us to expose our identities. I feel that the previous lucky coin holders might not have paid attention to this aspect, and were in a hurry to contact Mr. 'Fool,' which is why they were discovered by the Celestial Worthy and kicked out of the dream so quickly."
"Okay," Lu Mian, holding Ludwig who was eating a sausage, nodded slightly.
He looked left and right and said:
"Then, where should we buy them?"
Franca smiled:
"Lend me the 'Lie' earring."
After putting on the silver-white earring, she adjusted her hair color and eye color, slightly modified her nose bridge and facial contours, and instantly she was in the same style as the passersby around, only with a bit of mixed-blood feeling.
At this time, a slightly fat young man passed by. Franca approached a few steps and smiled:
"Can you do me a favor?"
That man was dazzled by the bright smile and beautiful face and blurted out:
"What is it?"
Franca said a bit embarrassedly:
"My mobile phone is lost, can you..."
The slightly fat young man took out his mobile phone subconsciously, then came back to his senses and asked vigilantly:
"You aren't trying to borrow my mobile phone to make a call, right?"
Such an ancient scam!
Franca sighed:
"I just want to borrow some money to eat."
Before the man on the opposite side could respond, she revealed a smile again:
"Just kidding. How could I use such a rotten scam?
"I just want to ask where there is a shopping mall or mobile phone store nearby. If you don't know, can you help me check it with your mobile phone?"
It sounded like there was no problem, and the mobile phone was always in his own hand... The man checked vigilantly and pointed the way for Franca earnestly.
Franca waved her hand with a smile:
"Thanks!"
The man's eyes flashed and he asked:
"Do you want to be a star, or a streamer?"
"Are you a talent scout or from an MCN company?" Franca asked curiously.
She hadn't chatted with others for a long time.
The man came back to his senses and laughed awkwardly:
"Neither, but if I could sign you, I'd want to be a talent scout, and I'd want to open an MCN company!
"Beauty, leave a phone number."
Franca finally understood that this guy was beating around the bush to praise her for being good-looking. The front part belonged to the routine, and the back part was the point.
Tsk tsk, people nowadays... When I played murder mystery games, there weren't so many routines... Franca sighed inwardly, said sincerely:
"Didn't I tell you? My mobile phone is lost, and the phone number will have to be changed later."
After speaking, she didn't give the other party a chance to have thoughts, waved her hand, and ran back toward where Lu Mian and the others were.
The slightly fat young man looked over and said to himself with envy:
"A group of two-dimensional people..."
Half an hour later, Franca led Lu Mian and the others out of the nearest shopping mall and came to the roadside.
They had already used the identification documents and cash given by Lady "Justice" to buy four mobile phones, one junk children's phone watch, and five mobile phone cards, totaling 2,400 yuan.
But except for Franca who was constantly pressing the screen, Ludwig who was licking his children's phone watch from time to time, Lu Mian, Jenna, and Anthony were all holding them like bricks, temporarily not knowing how to use them.
"I'll teach you after we settle down!" Franca bound the identification documents and affiliated bank cards with corresponding apps, didn't go to nearby business halls or ATMs to deposit money, borrowed a small loan directly, and started calling a car.
Just then, a motorcycle made a buzzing roar and sped past her almost sticking to her. The wind it scraped up hit her face.
Franca looked at the motorcycle angrily and cursed in a low voice:
"Racing on the street, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the motorcycle turned to the side to avoid a light truck from a moving company. As a result, there was a pit dug for road repairs in front, and the pit was surrounded by yellow metal fences.
The motorcycle emergency drifted and "bang" hit a utility pole on the side of the road, shaking the cement pillar significantly.
Accompanying this movement, motorcycle parts flew toward the surroundings piece by piece.
Franca was dumbfounded and muttered to herself:
"It has nothing to do with me..."
Although "Witches" are indeed good at curses, they aren't realized by language!
Just as she was about to dial the emergency number to see if the motorcyclist could still be saved, the guy who didn't even wear a helmet stood up as if nothing had happened and pushed the severely deformed motorcycle away from the scene.
"Nothing happened?" Franca blurted out in shock.
She immediately had a thought and whispered with Lu Mian:
"Beyonder?"
Lu Mian immediately said to Jenna and the others:
"Go over and take a look."
Taking advantage of the green light, several people crossed the intersection and came to the place where the car accident happened, seeing that the utility pole was a bit deformed and cracked.
Lu Mian cast his gaze toward the ground, squatted down, and pulled out a white paper figure that looked quite ordinary from the flower bed nearby.
That paper figure was already tattered.
"'Paper Substitute'? Was that motorcyclist just now a Beyonder of the 'Seer' pathway?" Franca made a judgment quickly.
Jenna frowned:
"The Celestial Worthy's subordinate?"
"It's possible. Wait a moment, I'll use 'Dream Divination' to recall his appearance," Lu Mian nodded, stuffed the paper figure back to its original position, and quietly eliminated the traces he left behind with "Witch" black flames.
Franca grumbled:
"That guy just now didn't look like a Beyonder of the 'Seer' pathway at all. He was racing on the street and even caused a car accident. Which 'Seer' pathway Beyonder I know isn't cautious and cunning, full of schemes?"
Amidst the complaints, she booked a vehicle with her mobile phone.
Not long after, a white sedan stopped in front of several people.
Although they had been popularized by Franca about what internal combustion engine sedans and new energy electric vehicles were, after truly sitting in, Jenna and Lu Mian still received a small shock.
Ordinary new energy electric vehicles similar to rental carriages were full of luxury, as if the words "civilization" and "technology" were written everywhere.
Anthony sat in the front passenger seat, while Jenna, Franca, and Lu Mian holding Ludwig squeezed into the back row, but even so, the space wasn't too crowded.
The cold wind from the air conditioner blew away the heat of summer, and the vehicle carried Franca, who was inconvenient to popularize in similar occasions, and the silent Lu Mian and the others, arriving at their destination in twenty-plus minutes.
When getting off the car, Anthony signaled Lu Mian with his eyes to look at the driver.
Lu Mian walked to the outside of the car's front door, focused his gaze, and found that the driver had a wide forehead, a thin face, black short hair that was slightly curly, and pupils that were nearly pure black. A monocle that looked like it was carved from crystal was clipped in his right eye socket.
Amon!
The driver suspected to be Amon seemed to recognize Lu Mian, waved his hand with a smile, and then started the car, disappearing at the end of the road in a flash.
"Amon?" Franca and Jenna also saw the driver's appearance clearly. "How did He get in? A fake image created by Mr. 'Fool' in the dream?"
"It should be real. He clearly recognized me," Lu Mian answered in a low voice.
Franca sighed and comforted:
"It's okay. Lady 'Magician' said that in the matter of making the Celestial Worthy sleep and Mr. 'Fool' wake up, that one is on the same side as us."
Lu Mian looked at the intersection where the car had left before and said in a low voice:
"But Lady 'Magician' also said that that one might not want Mr. 'Fool' to wake up too early."
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