Chapter 927

Jianna, holding Ludwig's hand, deliberately placed her gaze on Anderson's face:

"I heard that the teacher Dan who gave us the flyer is missing. Is there any news now?"

Principal Ai, whose English name was Edwina, had her eyes dim instantly:

"He was murdered."

"Oh, heavens, did he really have an accident?" Jianna had already rehearsed the reaction she should have when asking about similar matters, even using the catchphrases that ordinary people in the dream city liked to use.

And before she went out, she had specifically put on makeup to make herself not look so good, so as not to become the focus of passersby's attention.

The dark-skinned receptionist nodded solemnly:

"We went to the police station to identify the body. Although he loved to show off, loved to be impulsive, and loved to perform a bit, he was really a very, very good person. Why would anyone murder him?"

"Robbery?" Jianna took the opportunity to propose a guess.

"His phone and the valuable things on him were all there." Principal Ai denied this possibility. "Specifically, wait for the police's investigation results. I hope the murderer will be brought to justice soon."

Her expression was a bit sorrowful; she clearly didn't want to talk about this aspect of things too much.

The foreign teacher Anderson said:

"The night before last, before he went out, he told me he wanted to ask me how to pursue a girl when he came back. I waited for him until the early morning, sent him WeChat messages he didn't reply to, called him and he didn't pick up. I thought at the time, he shouldn't have had a romantic encounter, unless he spent money, but he was very stingy. He saved all his money, saying he wanted to buy a house..."

"You felt something was wrong, so you called the police?" Jianna revealed an expression of sudden realization.

At the same time, she couldn't help but grumble a couple of times:

Clearly, we are talking about a sad thing, why do I get the feeling that you are mocking the deceased?

Is this the former strongest hunter of the Fog Sea, Anderson Hu De?

—The information given by the Major Arcana cards mentioned that Principal Ai Nana of the Dream Tutoring Center corresponds to the pirate admiral from a few years ago, "Iceberg Admiral" Edwina, and the foreign teacher Anderson Hu De corresponds to the strongest hunter of the Fog Sea in reality, Anderson Hu De. Of course, this title now has controversy; Louis Berry has quite a few supporters.

Anderson nodded:

"Yes, calling the police must be timely. If he really encountered a problem, the police might have had time to save him. If he really was just spending money to find a woman to mess around with, the police could also block him in bed. Who knew, sigh..."

Are you really concerned about the Messenger, or do you have a grudge against him... Jianna couldn't distinguish for a moment whether Anderson was joking.

Moreover, such a tragedy wasn't suitable for joking!

Jianna asked a few more questions from the side, roughly confirming that Anderson called the police less than an hour after the Messenger's death, and the police also took it very seriously, not using the excuse that an adult man must be out of contact for forty-eight hours to brush them off. Just past midnight, they went to find people near that night snack stall.

This is about the same as what we speculated. It should be that Mr. Fool's subconscious thinks this matter is very important, or, in his subconscious, the Messenger is quite important, so the police acted contrary to their usual practice and launched an investigation immediately... Jianna didn't talk much about the Messenger's death and began to pay and fill out the form, signing Ludwig up for the weekend English Enlightenment class.

She knew that in similar scenes, one had to touch less and ask less about other people's sad things, especially those involving death, unless the other party was willing to talk about it themselves.

After leaving the Dream Tutoring Center, on the way to the bus stop, Jianna looked at Anthony, who had been quiet and whom Principal Ai, Anderson Hu De, and others didn't seem to notice:

"Did you observe any unusual details?"

"The key figures of the Dream Tutoring Center are basically consistent with the descriptions in the information, and their attitude toward the Messenger's death is also normal." Anthony had a draft long ago. "But I feel that Anderson Hu De's words just now were a bit excessive, hiding some subtext, as if he wanted to tell us something..."

Before Anthony finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from behind:

"I heard you mentioned my name."

Jianna and Anthony turned around at the same time and found that Anderson Hu De didn't know when he had also walked out of the Dream Tutoring Center, only four or five meters away from the two of them.

Jianna thought for two seconds and said deliberately:

"We were chatting, you don't seem to be that sad about Teacher Dan's death, and even mocked him."

Anderson smiled, looked left and right, and said:

"Because I feel that the people around me have become a bit strange recently."

"Strange?" Jianna asked suspiciously.

Anderson lowered his voice:

"Don't you have such a feeling at some moment?

"The people around you seem to be holding different scripts to cooperate with your performance, but occasionally they use too much force, or aren't refined enough, making you notice something wrong, feeling terrified, not real enough.

"Before, they all performed very well, but recently, the flaws have increased significantly."

This... Anderson Hu De noticed the essence of this dream city? But he is just a dream image, not a real person projection. The Major Arcana cards said that Anderson Hu De in reality has no special items, nor does he exist in special contact, and cannot enter Mr. Fool's dream...

He is now like a person in a book discovering that he is just a character in a story... Jianna was shocked in her heart, feeling it was incredible.

Seeing Jianna stunned, Anderson laughed:

"You believed it?

"It seems the story I made up isn't bad, and my performance is also not bad..."

After speaking, Anderson waved his hand and walked toward the convenience store nearby.

Behind him, a bunch of students who had finished class poured out of the Dream Tutoring Center.

Jianna and Anthony looked at each other, neither was angered by Anderson's prank, but instead felt that the other party really had something hidden that he didn't say.

This person who should just be a dream image seems a bit special.

Looking at the students who had left the building where the Dream Tutoring Center was located, Jianna withdrew her gaze and continued to walk toward the bus stop.

While waiting for the bus, she asked Ludwig curiously:

"When you saw Principal Ai, you seemed a bit afraid?"

Ludwig said in a muffled voice:

"She is one of my former teachers."

A teacher from when Ludwig was in the Church of Knowledge, no wonder... Jianna realized suddenly.

…………

Inside the rented apartment.

Lu Mian finished listening to Jianna and Anthony's account, deliberated, and said:

"Currently, we are still in the stage of observing key figures. Don't make further contact with Anderson for the time being. Wait until the observation cycle ends, then find an opportunity when there are no other teachers and students from the Dream Tutoring Center around him to probe him."

Franca, who had recovered her health, also had her thinking ability return to normal:

"You suspect that Mr. Fool signing up for the Dream Tutoring Center caused problems for some teachers and students there, and the Messenger's death is a continuation of these problems rather than the beginning, and Anderson is also suspicious because he discovered a small number of details that were wrong?"

"This possibility is not small." Lu Mian stood up and said, "I'm going to cook."

He walked toward the kitchen, and Jianna naturally went in to assist.

Lu Mian had already steamed a rice cooker of rice in advance. At this time, he moved the rice into several large bowls and added spicy sauces like Lao Gan Ma.

"After Ludwig finishes eating these, he will be about seven or eight parts full, and then he can eat dinner with us normally." Lu Mian said casually to Jianna.

Jianna helped carry two bowls of rice and nodded seriously:

"Yes, the things Ludwig eats must be divided into those that fill the stomach and those that taste delicious. It can't just be things that fill the stomach."

"You quite care about him?" Lu Mian picked up the remaining bowl and laughed.

Jianna laughed at herself:

"A bit of guilt, I guess."

After sending the rice to Ludwig, Lu Mian washed the rice cooker clean, steamed another pot for himself and the others, using the quick mode.

"When we have money, we must buy another rice cooker..." Lu Mian muttered while taking vegetables and meat out of the refrigerator.

Jianna took them over, washed the vegetables at the faucet, and used the "Witch's" ability to control frost to defrost the meat.

She washed one and handed it to Lu Mian, and Lu Mian used the knife tool condensed from frost to cut them up, *du-du-du*.

The two chatted casually, occasionally quieting down to listen to how Franca in the living room was teaching Ludwig to watch cartoons, and their movements in preparing the vegetables didn't slow down at all.

Jianna looked at the sky outside the window, which was dyed with golden-red afterglow, and said:

"We shouldn't go out at night for the time being. What is the arrangement for tomorrow?"

In the observation stage, one must be careful and careful. Since the magic mirror Arrodes hinted that there is a problem at night, we won't go out after dark recently.

While Lu Mian cut quickly with the ice knife, he looked down at the increasing amount of shredded meat and said without any hesitation:

"In the morning, go to the Star Dream Grocery Store to get the reply from the Major Arcana cards, and by the way, observe the police station nearby.

"In the afternoon, go observe one of the most key targets."

"Mr. Fool's friend Peng Deng?" Jianna knew who Lu Mian was talking about.

This person Peng Deng is very special in the dream city. He is Mr. Fool, that is, Zhou Mingrui's friend, but there is no corresponding person in reality.

From the logic that the closer a character is to Mr. Fool, the more important they should be, Peng Deng's identity and status in the real world shouldn't be low. However, the Major Arcana cards and the other coin holders have never found who he represents or symbolizes.

At the same time, they didn't find any problems with Peng Deng in the dream.

Lu Mian nodded and said:

"According to my experience, a character in such a position must have a very strong symbolic meaning; it's just that we haven't found the way or method to interpret it yet.

"One reason why Mr. 'Star' became a key focus and was kicked out of the dream by the True Creator might be that he has a strong connection with Mr. Fool's 'Angel of Time.' That person is a decryption expert. If he truly comes into contact with Peng Deng, he might see something."

"Mm." Jianna finished washing all the vegetables, shook her hands, and let the water droplets turn into frost and drift down.

…………

The next morning, in front of the Star Dream Grocery Store.

Franca followed Lu Mian inside with some fear and some anticipation.

The magic mirror Arrodes indeed caused her some psychological shadows, but she was also quite curious about the brass book that was much more expensive than the magic mirror and the true identity of the shopkeeper.

PS: Selected the wrong volume, updated to the previous volume, sweat.

(End of chapter)