my cthulhu game

Chapter 232 Thank You for Taking Care of Keshira

21st century.

Dagon and Hydra crouched near the mouth of the Miskani Tok River.They were out of range of Arkham before dawn and were not teleported.

Dagon: "We lost Missy."

Xudra: "Yes, yes."

Dagon: "If something happens to Missy, we will be in trouble."

Xudra: "Yes, yes."

Dagon: "But that man also went back with the eldest lady. I think the eldest lady will not encounter any danger."

Xudra: "Yes, yes."

Dagon said angrily, "Honey, can't you say something other than 'yes, yes'?"

Xu Dela: "Yes, yes. I was thinking, why can't we play around the earth once we come to human society? La'lyeh is so boring."

Dagon: "But we're all soaked back into the water... Well, my wife, you are right... Happy Octopus Trading Company has a cruise ship, I will let them prepare the boat ticket..."

……

In a used bookstore.

Boarding in the dormitory of the University of Michigan, middle school student Lily Johnson, who came to the store with her senior sister Margaret, was coaxing Keshila to play.

They "picked up" Keshira on the way to the second-hand bookstore.At first, the two girls wanted to send the lost little girl to the police station; but when I thought of the poor Arkham police station, there were only [-] police officers including the sheriff (the sheriff often complained that this job could not be done) However, they decided to pick up the little girl first, and then publish the announcement in the "Arkham Gazette" and "Arkham Advertiser" the next day.

Compared with the wilderness of Mount France where there are rumors of wizards, at least the female dormitory at the University of Michigan is safe.

There was not much business in the store today, Lily took Keshira to rummage through the pile of books.Khashira said little, but showed an incredible love for the novel.

Around nine o'clock, two strangely dressed customers appeared in the store.

"Ksheila, you are here."

Seeing Keshila squatting reading a novel, Chen Qiang showed a gratified expression.Keshira leaned towards him obediently, still holding her novel in her hand.

The two girls watching the shop blinked.

There were two customers, an oriental man and an old lady.The oriental man was tall, wearing white cedar and trousers made of excellent fabrics, with a shallow and natural smile on his face, which was quite different from the Huaguo or Dongying people they had seen.

In fact, Helena also wanted to come here, but she still has more important work to do.

"You are……"

There are a few foreign students in the University of Michigan who are funded by the Chinese government, and there are also Dongying people. It is said that they are from high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but none of them can be compared with the man in front of him.He exudes a poised self-confidence and gentlemanly demeanor, which is not inferior to those at the top of the American high society.

"Oh, we are the guardians of this child." Chen Qiang pointed to Mrs. Megan next to him calmly.

[Chen Qiang’s punishing speech test was successful at 14/70]

"Thank you for protecting her." Although Mrs. Megan didn't understand the situation, she still followed Chen Qiang's tone.Dressed in gold and silver, she spoke polite British English, reminiscent of aristocrats across the Atlantic, if a bit outlandish.

[Mrs. Meghan's credit rating check with penalty is 50/60 successful]

Mrs. Meghan is obviously unable to command the relevant British institutions in this era, but her status is still settled as a "credit rating", which left a good first impression on Lily and Margaret.

"Oh, it should be..." Lily and Margaret clearly believed in Mrs. Meghan, a noble British lady.

Mrs. Megan put a box on the counter according to the original plan.

"We are tourists from England," Mrs. Meghan said, "We were robbed on the road yesterday..."

"...Our cash was stolen," Chen Qiang said with a straight face. "When we caught the thief, we were too hasty, and we got separated from this kid. We originally planned to pawn something in exchange for cash, and then go to the police station on the North Shore to call the police. Now It saves a step."

[Chen Qiang's Speech Skill Check 64/90 succeeded]

His rhetoric makes sense, but...

Lily and Margaret felt that this combination was really weird, but they couldn't think of anything wrong with it.

[Margaret failed the psychology check 49/25]

[Lily's psychology test failed 99/40]

Indeed, both of them have a wonderful temperament, Lily thought.They are absolutely not lying.In particular, this oriental man looks young, but he is a learned, sincere, simple, and master of thought who lives a simple life, and he can never be deceiving.

"Our cash was stolen, and now we need some cash," Mrs. Meghan said, taking out a large book from the box and slapping it on the table. "Let's estimate the price."

At the beginning of the journey, there was no currency at all, and Arkham's pawn shop was on the north bank of the Miskani Tok River. For the convenience of movement, everyone decided to buy the book "The Order of the Great Universe" that Chen Qiang originally planned to fool Pickman. sell.

Of course, technological creations in the 21st century are easier to sell. In the roaring and chaotic 20s, even if you openly sell future creations, you may not be discovered in the first place.

But considering the existence of the "Tindalos Clan", no one intends to interfere too much in the process of history: the cost of guarding against "Hounds" is too high. Even if the time and space gate is built, everyone will not be able to travel frequently, let alone Stay here long term.

[Margaret failed the valuation check 90/25]

Margaret picked up the big ancient Greek book and looked at it: she couldn't understand it at all.In her opinion, the book may have a high price, but it may be worthless.

[Lily Johnson's occult check was successful on 20/21]

"It's Greek." Lily barely recalled something she had heard in a lecture given by a history professor long ago.

"Then how much should we pay...?" Margaret hesitated. She mainly collected old textbooks and the like, costing tens of cents, and occasionally expensive books were only a few dollars.

"With all due respect," Lily thought more than Margaret, "If the two of you need cash, borrowing money or going to a pawnshop to pawn jewelry is a better choice...?"

Lily's doubts are reasonable, but Chen Qiang has already thought up his words.

"We can't trust the pawn shops here," Chen Qiang said, "I know their virtues very well. The shops in the countryside first charge us a cabbage price, and then sell the things at a high price, even if we want to redeem them, we can't get them back... ..."

He paused: "...we have already lost the cash, but we don't want to lose the jewelry. Ancient books are different from gold, silver and jewelry, and the channels for selling them are extremely limited. As long as we don't leave the United States, we have to get them back no matter what. .”

[Chen Qiang’s punishing speech test was successful at 37/70]

(End of this chapter)