my cthulhu game

Chapter 236 The Straight Lines and Curves of History
The scene became tense.

In the end, it was Hong Zhou who rescued Gu Shun.

"Oh, I think he is indeed Gu..."

Hong Zhou's eyes flickered with faint blue light, and he said in a sad tone.

"Hong, show me the evidence." The majestic man sensed that Hong Zhou's tone was wrong.

"...He is indeed Gu. But he may not be the Gu of this era."

Hong Zhou stared at the corner of the table, as if it was not an ordinary corner of the table, but a striking magic circle.

"How do you know?" Mrs. Nahab frowned.

"What are you looking at?" The fat man was more sensitive.Only Hong Zhou was not human, and his senses were sharper than human mages.

"The Hounds of Tindalos," Hong Zhou said calmly, "are coming."

"..."

In the smoke, a thin, blue-skinned monster waved its sharp claws, and gradually emerged from the different dimension.Due to the relationship with straight-line time, this terrifying hunter can materialize through any angle not greater than 120 degrees in the real world.

The six great magicians, you look at me, and I look at you.

"Solve your own troubles by yourself," the fat man said.

"Anyway, this is our territory," said the majestic man, "we won't let it go. But Gu, you understand."

"..."

Let me resist the harm, right? I understand, Gu Shun thought desperately.Normal attacks can't do anything to "Hound Dog", but these great magicians still have some tricks.

"With your method of immortality," Annie said with a devilish smile on her face, "the mere Tindalos Hound should not die, right?"

……

"Ah!"

In the reception room of the old Arkham Sanatorium for the Mental Health, Chen Qiang sneezed.

Someone must have been scolding me just now... Chen Qiang sniffed.

The Lord of Sanity Fortress is still unaware of the trouble Gu Shun has caused to "Silver Twilight".

After all, being targeted by the hound is a probabilistic thing, and Chen Qiang does not think that the hound will "accurately" help him deal with the enemy.

Relying on Mrs. Megan's British accent, Chen Qiang successfully met the person he wanted to meet without much effort, the boy who was attacked in the suburban mansion in the newspaper report.However, the poor guy couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Lily was standing outside the reception room.She had a relationship with that crazy boy on campus, but Lily had a bad impression of him.

Slick and bold, she thought, she didn't deserve sympathy for killing herself.Lily didn't believe in the "haunted house" theory. According to the report, the boy frightened himself insane in a big house in the suburbs. Lily thought he probably regarded the broken sheets in the basement as ghosts.

A woman in purple came from outside.She gave Lily a small smile.

"Is Mr. Chen Qiang inside?"

"That's right," Lily nodded, "You are the psychotherapist Mr. Chen mentioned?"

Just now Chen Qiang told Helena to come to the lunatic asylum with a systematic reading.With the help of the Bayaki sent by Mrs. Meghan, Helena traveled from the hills on the south bank of the Miskatonic River to the madhouse on the north bank in less than 10 minutes.

"It's me." Helena said gently.

"Can you tell him what happened yesterday?" Chen Qiang immediately asked as soon as Helena walked in, "It needs to be detailed."

"Time is limited, I will do my best," Helena said.

She placed a simple incense burner on the table.However, the Arkham Asylum 100 years ago was extremely dilapidated, and the reception room was not much better than a prison, so everyone did not feel more relaxed.

[Helena failed the hypnosis check with penalty 98/60]

Chen Qiang sighed.

Things didn't get any better for the boys.In addition to repeating his name over and over again, another word that keeps appearing in boys' speech is "hunchback".

[Mrs. Megan failed the psychology test 86/80]

[Chen Qiang failed the psychology test 74/73]

【Burning Lucky】

[Chen Qiang succeeded in the psychology test 73/73, currently lucky 57]

The word "hunchback" reminded Chen Qiang of Bigby, but no matter how hard he asked, the boy couldn't say anything.Chen Qiang suspected that what the "hunchback" had done to him made him look like this.

"It seems that I have to go there myself." Chen Qiang said in his heart.

At the door of the reception room, Lily watched everyone's actions and blinked.

Whether it's Mr. Chen, Mrs. Meghan or this new woman, these people seem to be very good. I don't know why they are so concerned about such weird and absurd things.

Abandoned mansion in the suburbs... Lily thought, although it sounds boring, it might be a good idea to pass the boring time in the long summer nights?
……

In a mansion in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

A plump lady is arranging her husband's clothes in front of the mirror.The wife keeps asking this and that ("Is this okay?" "Oh, how about this bow tie?"), but her husband hardly ever speaks, and when it comes time to answer, he hardly ever uses a word or two Answer all questions ("very good" "yes").

News related to Commander Harding was being broadcast on the radio in the distance.The Hardings are on a transcontinental trip.

"Maybe we should go back." The wife suddenly became uneasy.

Rumors circulated among the ladies of the capital: Mrs. Harding had had enough of her husband's way of life; she was getting close to some people from Innsmouth;

"I'm serious." Seeing that the husband didn't speak, the wife was a little anxious. He must know more secrets, "Calvin, after all, you are..."

"It's their business, not ours." Calvin said gently.

"But……"

"Grace, there are cabinet members in the capital; let's do our own thing." Calvin said succinctly.

Since childhood, he has been a man of few words.When he was young, he lost his sister Abigail, who was two years younger than him. It was not until a few years ago, after he became completely successful, that his farmer father told him that his sister was still alive in the world and had run away with a Norwegian sailor. It made him angry and relieved at the same time.

His unpopular Norwegian brother-in-law has died after a strange incident in the Pacific, leaving only a daughter named Lily.His wife, Grace, who had always wanted a daughter, treated her as her own, Calvin acquiesced, and even Grace changed Lily's surname in the registration file to be the same as the couple (she still called her by her biological father's surname, however. Own).

"Leave the rest to God." After this incident, Calvin thanked God a lot more.

If history had been a straight line, the representative of the "Roaring 20s" would have stayed home, heard of his partner's death 48 hours later, and headed to the capital to take office, surrounded by reporters. Grand Commander.

However, due to some unseen influences, the reality is slightly different from the well-known reports...

"Honey, you're right," Grace breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, let's go and see how our Lily is doing. There are always bad rumors around Arkham, so let me tell you A little worried, Calvin."

Calvin nodded and picked up the pocket watch on the dressing table.The pocket watch is engraved with a line of bold words, "To our beloved former Governor-Judge of Massachusetts".

Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge walked out of the house side by side.The driver was already waiting for them at the door.

"Let's go to Arkham."

　Still trying two updates today. PS: There are indeed rumors that Harding was poisoned by his wife; Coolidge did have a sister named Abigail who died at the age of 16.Unspeakable things are always hidden in the dark corners of the real world.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)