North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 791

Roland didn't have to wait long. After a few hours, he heard a faint sound coming from the house. Because the secret door was in the storage room, he had super hearing to be able to hear the faint sound after being blocked many times.

However, I was not sure who was in the house, so I did not knock on the door directly, but continued to wait for a while.

After a while, when he was sure that there was only one person in the house, he pulled out his revolver and knocked on the secret door above with the butt of the gun, making some noise.

Nia is now pregnant and has difficulty moving, but she doesn't stay at home completely. There are parks and churches nearby, so she will go out for a walk during the day just to keep herself physically and mentally happy. However, she won't stay outside for too long. After all, this is Brooklyn, and even though Kevin has gathered information to determine the safety level of the surrounding area, he still cannot ensure that it is safe.

After all, Nia is not an ordinary citizen. She certainly knows that the best way to avoid danger is to reduce going out, especially since she is now unable to move around easily, and it is not safe even if she carries a gun with her.

After returning home, you should find something to do. Increasing the amount of exercise appropriately will be much better for your body and will also be very helpful for the unborn baby.

Nia, who was tidying up the study, heard the sound of "bang bang bang". She immediately turned her head to look at the window, and then immediately realized that the sound was not coming from outside. She opened the drawer, took out the spare pistol inside and checked it, then left the study and began to look for the source of the sound in the direction of the sound.

Coming to the storage room next door, she put her ear against the door and sure enough, the sound came from inside. There were only some rarely used things and the door to the basement. Nia opened the door to reveal a small gap, raised her gun and aimed, moving a little bit, and only came to the secret door after making sure that there was no one in the storage room.

In order to ensure the safety of the basement, Jimmy had deliberately placed a large box on top of the secret door. Of course, it was placed across both sides of the secret door, so the pressure was mainly borne by both sides. One side was used to cover it, and it could also prevent the secret door from being opened from the inside. This was why Roland couldn't push it open.

Nia was sure that the sound came from the basement. Someone was knocking on the secret door. She did not move the box to open the door. Instead, she stepped back two steps and walked outside the storage room. She took out her cell phone and called Jimmy: "Jimmy, is it convenient for you to talk?"

"No problem, just say it."

"Someone seems to be knocking on the door in the basement, right now."

Jimmy was stunned for a moment, "You mean the basement? Wait, don't open the door, leave the house now, I'll be back soon."

Nia: "Well, I'll go to the church and wait for you now."

Nia had checked the basement with Jimmy before, and there was definitely no one or other living thing inside. Now the secret door was not opened, and something inside was knocking on the door. It didn't look like a good thing, so Nia didn't ask or open the door at the first time. She left the house with a gun in hand. After putting away the gun, Nia came to the outside of the church and looked at her house from a distance.

Jimmy did not waste time and drove back immediately. He had worried about this problem before. After all, this was a portal. If it could transmit from here to the Dark Tower world, it was naturally possible to transmit something from the Dark Tower world to here.

According to what he had talked about with Roland before, there were many different types of monsters in the Dark Tower world. Even if there was only a slight possibility, it could still have an impact on an ordinary person like Nia. However, there had been no problems here for decades, and it was not the first time that Roland had used this portal, so he had been paying attention to it during this time, but did not return to his previous apartment.

That apartment building doesn't have an elevator, and it's not a good idea for Nia to climb the stairs every day while she's pregnant. Also, the environment is indeed a bit poor. No matter how you look at it, this new building is much better than that one.

Jimmy parked the car outside the church, entered the church and found Nia. They had lived here for several months and the people in the church were already familiar to them. No one would say anything if Nia stayed here.

"Are you okay?" Jimmy came to Nia and checked her body carefully to make sure she was okay.

"It's okay, shall we go over now?" Nia did not stop Jimmy from checking. He would definitely not feel at ease if he didn't check it himself.

Jimmy also used his mind's eye to observe, and found nothing unusual around Nia, so he felt relieved, "No, you stay here, I'll go there by myself, you take my phone, if you find anything unusual, contact Father Rodney immediately. Understand?"

Nia frowned and asked, "Why contact him? Should we call some police officers first?"

Jimmy shook his head. "No, if something unexpected really happens, most people can't handle it. This is just a backup plan. If I can't handle it, others won't be able to either. Listen to me, don't get close, and wait for my notification."

Jimmy took Nia's phone and put it in his pocket, patted Nia gently, then left the church and walked towards his house.

The noise in the basement must have come from the portal. It was very likely that Roland had returned, but there was also a slight possibility that it was something else. So Jimmy did not let his guard down, and when he approached the house, he activated his mind's eye vision to observe the rooms and the basement.

When he saw a person sitting on the stairs in the basement, he realized that it must be Roland who came back from the other side. If it was some other mess, it would have made a fuss in the basement by now.

Jimmy checked the house and found nothing unusual, but the mind's vision is always flawed, so he still had to check it himself.

Roland was still very depressed staying in the basement. He had knocked on the secret door for a long time when he heard someone in the house, but the person in the house actually left. He could not hear any other sound and could only continue to sit on the stairs and wait.

Finally he heard a sound again, Jimmy yelling from above, "Who's down there?"

Roland turned his head and looked at the secret door: "It's me, Roland."

Jimmy: “Are you alone?”

Roland: "Yes, Jimmy, open the door."

Jimmy: "Wait, let me move something here first."

Jimmy moved the box on the secret door, grabbed the pull ring, lifted the secret door upwards, and pushed it aside. Roland then walked out. Accompanied by the smell of not having taken a shower for a long time, Jimmy immediately took two steps back.

Jimmy laughed and said, "How long have you been in the wild? Go take a shower first, and we can talk later."

Roland lowered his head and sniffed it. "It's only been a month or two since I last showered. That's fine."

Jimmy: "Wait, let me take a look down there. Safety first."

The lights in the basement were on. Jimmy stood on the stairs and looked around. Except for the cover that had been placed on the other side of the portal being messed up, everything else was fine. Then he left the basement, closed the secret door, and took Roland to the bathroom.

Roland only had one bag with him, but the clothes in it probably hadn't been changed for a long time. Jimmy directly took out a set of clothes he had never worn and placed it outside the bathroom for Roland. He also took out an unused bath towel from the cabinet under the sink and put it into the bathroom. Then he came out and called Nia to let her feel more at ease.

Nia was relieved to learn that there was no danger and that Roland had returned. She did not wait any longer and left the church and returned home. When Jimmy was waiting for Nia at the door, he told her that Roland was taking a shower in the bathroom. The two of them waited for Roland to come out in the living room and made a pot of coffee.

Roland hadn't taken a bath for a long time, so he simply filled the bathtub, took a shower, and then soaked himself in the bathtub.

There is no such enjoyment in the world of the Dark Tower. The so-called bathing there is nothing more than finding a small river to clean up simply, or finding a pool to soak in. It is completely incomparable with hot water and a bathtub. After a comfortable soak, you get up and leave the bathtub.

He was having a great time in the bath, so Jimmy and the others had been waiting outside for a long time. If Jimmy didn't know that he was fine inside, he would have wanted to knock on the door.

"Hi, Nia, are you and the kids okay?" Roland changed into Jimmy's clothes and came to the living room. He was about the same height as Jimmy, but he was more muscular, so Jimmy's fitted clothes seemed a little tight on him. However, they were much better than his original clothes, at least they didn't smell.

After greeting Nia, Roland came to the sofa with his bag and took out a necklace of animal teeth. "I made this myself. I hope you like it."

Nia thanked him with a smile, took the necklace and looked at it in her hands. The necklace was made of a brown rope, which looked like a braided hemp rope. There were more than a dozen long teeth underneath, and they did not look like they belonged to the same animal, as some were big and some were small.

Jimmy asked, "What animal's teeth?"

Roland: "The wolves and bears are all harvested during this period. Don't worry, they are safe."

Jimmy nodded and said to Nia, "Put it away first, and disinfect it later before taking it out."

He asked Nia to leave and put the necklace away first, then looked at Roland, "Is this okay? The animals in your world really won't necessarily get contaminated."

Roland: "It's okay to deal with them. They are just ordinary animals. They are just food."

Jimmy nodded. It was fine as long as they were ordinary animals. Although wolves and bears were not easy to deal with, for people like Roland, they were really no different from domestic animals such as pigs, cows and sheep. The only difference was that the taste might not be as good, and there were more various messy bacteria.

Roland's physical fitness was really strong, and Jimmy had to admit that. You know, Roland recovered from the penetrating wound on his calf in less than half the time of an average person. If it weren't for his special physical fitness, it would have been impossible. With the development of medicine, the assessment of recovery time for various injuries is basically very accurate. There may be a difference of a few days, but it is definitely not possible to be off by one or two months.

Jimmy: "Did you find it? This time you came back and transmitted it to the basement so accurately."

Roland nodded without saying anything. Nia had already walked back and brought a coffee pot from the kitchen. "Do you need sugar?"

Roland: "I can do it myself, thank you."

Jimmy drank sugar-free American coffee, while Roland simply added two small packets of powdered sugar. It was very important for him to replenish sugar. Even though he had come to Earth, he still had to prioritize replenishing his physical strength if he had the chance.

Nia blinked at Jimmy and tilted her head slightly towards Roland. Jimmy said helplessly, "Roland, the last time you left, Nia happened to see you on the stairs..."

Roland looked at Jimmy in surprise, then turned to look at Nia: "You know?"

Nia: "Well, it was just an accident. I happened to see you enter that door. Jimmy said you are a protector from another world..."

Roland looked at Jimmy, frowned and asked, "What did you say?"

Jimmy: "You are a protector, not a wizard. You travel between the two worlds to maintain the safety of the world and hunt demons. That's all."

Roland nodded and looked at Nia: "I am Gunslinger, the protector of the Dark Tower. Nia, this world is not safe. Please keep this secret for me, please."

Nia nodded. Jimmy had asked Nia to keep it a secret before, and she had never told anyone. "So, our basement is the passage for you to travel between the two worlds?"

Roland nodded. "Let's talk about this later. I need some time to think about it." He looked at Jimmy. "Is your house still there? I think I may need to stay there for a few days."

Jimmy: "Of course, I've kept it there. You can continue to live there. I just went to check it out a few days ago."

Roland nodded and stood up to leave. Jimmy took a backpack and put Roland's clothes in it, then accompanied Roland out of the house. Nia waved goodbye at the door.

Jimmy started the car and left. Roland said to Jimmy, "I found a portal. It has been confirmed that the two portals can be opened together, point to point, and travel safely between the two worlds. Jimmy, do you want to come back with me?"

Jimmy said as he drove, "Now is not the right time. Nia is going to give birth in more than a month. Roland, I don't want to leave her now, not even for a day."

Roland nodded. "Okay, let's wait a little longer. But I think we need to prepare some things to take over. The portal over there needs energy, and I don't know how long it can last."

Jimmy: "Does it use electricity like this side? I checked the controller of the portal in the basement, and it seems to use wires to provide energy, but I haven't demolished the wall yet."

Roland: "Don't touch this side. If something goes wrong, I won't fix it. We do use generators to generate electricity, but I don't know what kind of fuel they use. Maybe I can bring some fuel here and try it out during this period of time."

Jimmy: "Whatever it is, I'll try as long as I can get it, but no matter what, I'll wait for Nia..."

(End of this chapter)