Chapter 3765

Ten minutes ago, City of Time Wheels pier, in front of the Drowned Ghost Tavern.

With the flying of red butterflies, Xivi, who was hot and quite dissatisfied in her heart, still passed through the barrier set by the Doomsday Snake itself under the escort of Grace and Helen. The red butterfly girls would also leave here. When they left, they asked Xia De if they needed them to bring Xia De out with the power of the Chosen One of Space after joining the Writer and the Princess, but Xia De refused:

"You hide in the dark and follow Xivi to the summit, protect Stella and Ellie, don't easily let them leave your sight. Although Ms. White can still restrict the Snake before the end of the seventh act, since it can appear once, it can come out a second time.

I have a way to get out myself. The safety of Stella and Ellie is left to you. The two of them are the most important now."

Because the barrier set by the Snake had the power of doomsday, it must be a complete Chosen One of Space to penetrate it completely. At this time, Grace and Helen could only send Xivi away alone.

"Then see you in a while, Xia De... I hate snakes!"

Xivi kissed Xia De fiercely with red eyes, and then left with the red butterflies. Xia De didn't need to think to know that no matter what kind of enemy this thirteenth-tier Great Witch encountered next, her attack would definitely be very heavy.

Xivi was very dissatisfied that her "good thing" was interrupted like this. Xia De was actually not happy either, but after all, it was still during the great battle, and he knew what was more important.

When the girls left the pier, the time was 0:10 AM on Saturday.

After returning from that fake yet real world, Xia De's state had fully recovered, and the short communication with Xivi also let him roughly know about the things just now and the two Unknowable-level relics. It was just that after waking up, both "Desire" and "If" disappeared, so it was impossible to rely on them to leave this area.

The matter of these two Unknowable-level relics was clearly not something to consider now. Xia De now needed to find a third way to penetrate the barrier besides Ms. White and the Red Butterfly sisters.

【Then what are you going to do?】

"She" asked with a smile. Xia De stood at the door of the Drowned Ghost Tavern and looked at the night view of the pier that seemed normal:

"I want to verify a conjecture I've had all along."

He wiped his face with his hand, changed from Xia De Hamilton to John Watson, and then turned back to the tavern. Although the group of people had just left for nearly twenty minutes, the items placed on the round table for playing cards had not been removed.

The items on the card table included those cards that were ordinary items, as well as wine glasses and bowls, and the personal items that Xia De and others had just taken out.

Xia De sat back in his seat just now, swept the rose petals on the newspaper onto the table, and then picked up the newspaper again.

The tavern was still noisy. He didn't go to read the news on the newspaper in his hand at all, but tried his best to make himself calmer. Time had passed midnight, but there were still quite a few guests in the tavern.

The noisy environmental background sound couldn't disturb Xia De from recalling everything that happened after entering the night. He wanted to determine if there were any loopholes in the plan so far.

But when he really recalled it, Xivi jumped into Xia De's head at once. He immediately shook his head to put aside the things that were not suitable for recalling at this moment, and then continued to think about the things to do after leaving this area in a while.

Soon, the sound of a chair being pulled open came from across the table, and then a voice asked:

"Mr. Watson, long time no see. It's already Saturday, why are you still reading Friday's newspaper?"

Xia De took the newspaper away from his eyes with a sigh of relief, and then saw the person sitting across the long table was a man with a very short hair, only seeing the hairy stubble, and a long face. He was wearing an old brown robe often worn by people in the desert region, his eyelashes were extremely short, and his black eyes looking at Xia De were unusually energetic.

Xia De pressed the newspaper on those rose petals, revealing a smile from the heart. He guessed right:

"Mr. Xiao En Asmon, long time no see. I would also like to see if there is any news about new royal members being assassinated in Saturday's newspaper, but unfortunately the newsboys haven't gone to the street to sell newspapers yet."

At this moment in this tavern at the pier, sitting across the round table was Xia De's friend, the demon scholar Mr. Xiao En Asmon. Since Luweiya told Xia De to carry some petals when participating in the card game through divination, Xia De suspected in his heart that he would encounter this demon scholar inexplicably again.

This was not even a guess, but experience. The scholar named Xiao En Asmon always appeared on occasions with "rose" elements, and every time he appeared, he encountered Xia De at just the right time to sit down and talk, and when he left, it was just right for Xia De to connect to the next thing.

In taverns, on the street at night, in libraries, since the first encounter in Cold Water Port two years ago, this was already the eighth time the Outsider had encountered this gentleman like this.

Seeing that the story of fate was about to end, Xia De knew that Xiao En Asmon would appear sooner or later.

And when he said goodbye to Luweiya and the others this evening, Xia De guessed that he would likely encounter him in the Drowned Ghost Tavern. It was just that Xia De originally thought the time point of this demon scholar's appearance was around the arrival of Major Lades before the card game started, but he didn't come until the card game started.

Xia De even thought his guess was wrong during the card game. Fortunately, later when the Snake required Xia De not to leave this area before one o'clock, Xia De understood that Xiao En Asmon would appear after midnight.

For the appearance of this scholar, Xia De even thought in his heart that this was not a "high probability" thing, but a "inevitable" thing. The escape plan he planned in his heart was related to this gentleman. Eight accidental encounters, plus the "demon stories" that were still being told, the Outsider who was not a fool had actually understood some things.

"Newsboys will probably be troubled because newspapers sell too well recently, but the feeling of having fresh things every day is really good, isn't it?"

Mr. Asmon was still talking. He leaned his head forward slightly, his head slightly lowered but his black eyes stared straight at Xia De, and the tone when speaking was still as strange as before:

"I came to this island last week and have been living in this tavern recently. During the day, I would go to the village of the Fatum people to visit and collect wind. I originally thought about when I could see you, Mr. Watson. I didn't expect to be unable to sleep tonight and wanted to take a walk at the pier, so I saw you sitting here.

Are you waiting for someone?"

Xia De shook his head:

"Originally I was waiting for someone, but the person has already left. Because of some things, I am temporarily unable to leave, but I will leave soon."

He was calculating in his heart how to get the other party's help. Although various probes all along showed that Xiao En Asmon was an ordinary person, after contacting 【Great Sin Brand】 and a series of ancient evil spirits, Xia De had deep doubts about this conclusion.

If all accidents were the accumulation of inevitability, then behind the eight accidental encounters, there must be some inevitable event he hadn't been able to investigate yet.

And Xia De's purpose at this moment was not only to obtain a way to escape from the area designated by the Snake, but also to probe what connection this Mr. Asmon had with the "Original Demon".

It was just that before Xia De pondered his words and wanted to speak, two black figures jumped onto the two chairs beside the demon scholar. The slightly familiar black cat stood on the chair and looked at Xia De, while the slightly familiar black dog lay on the chair and pretended to sleep.

Xia De looked at them, and then stopped his words. The scholar wearing a brown robe introduced:

"These are two travel companions I met on the journey. Although the acquaintance time is not long, they spent the Year-End Festival last year with me. They are quite smart. When I took them to visit guests who needed my help, those people who tried to seek help seemed to feel that my demon scholar identity didn't need to be doubted because of them.

In my opinion, this is a superstition about black. Black cats and black dogs have no representative meaning in demonology."

Xia De looked at the cat and the dog. A year ago, they were the butler and maid of Stone Osenfurt in the Randall River Valley, and the means summoned by that demon to deal with the "Stone Mirror Demon - Goethe".

In the late Randall River Valley Great Incident a year ago, Xia De liberated them from Stone Osenfurt, and they indeed appeared again.

The black cat and the black dog clearly still remembered Xia De, and the cat licking its paws and the dog pretending to sleep were actually looking at Xia De. Xia De then had an idea in his heart.

"In the traditional sense, people still regard white as a symbol of justice and black as a symbol of evil after all."

Xia De continued to follow Mr. Asmon's words, and the latter smiled and nodded gently:

"Yes, but fortunately I don't care about these. Being able to have two more travel companions on the journey is the most important thing in my opinion. Then Mr. Watson, since we met on this boring night, why not..."

"Sorry."

Xia De knew what he wanted to say, but this time he refused:

"Mr. Asmon, I have very important things to deal with tonight. I would very much like to continue listening to the follow-up of the demon story, but I am very sorry tonight, I think I should leave.

However, if you won't leave this island in a short time, I think I can come here to find you later."

The demon scholar didn't show any surprise or regret. He stared at Xia De and then nodded gently:

"Of course you can. The night is so deep but you still have to leave. I think you must have very important things to do... Do you need help?"

The black eyes continued to stare at Xia De. Xia De shook his head:

"Temporarily no need, I think I can solve it myself."

"Then Mr. Watson, I will look forward to our next encounter."

Xia De nodded at Mr. Asmon and got up to pick up his own items from the table and left the tavern.

After re-entering the night, Xia De walked to the pier. The night was deep, and the pier that was busy in the first half of the night had also quieted down. He stood alone on the trestle looking at the scenery in the thick fog in the distance, and soon faint footsteps came from behind.

Turning to look, the black cat and the black dog were already looking at Xia De not far from the trestle. They were about ten meters away from Xia De, and the black hair made them almost completely blend into this strange night.

"Long time no see."

"Long time no see, kind person."

The black cat licking its paws said, changing from a standing posture on all fours to a squatting posture. The voice it made when speaking was a woman's voice:

"Actually, you should have listened to that story just now. The next story is very interesting."