my cthulhu game

Chapter 261 A Trip to Dunwich Countryside

Near the campus, Miskatonic Hotel.

This is the most luxurious and expensive hotel in all of Arkham.The furnishings in the hall on the first floor are chic and elegant, with a fireplace and a piano, and a pianist who looks like an Eastern European is playing beside him.

Chen Qiang and Pickman sat down on the sofa in the corner of the room - the curious Lily was also sitting at the side, and the vigilant Sissy was still standing nearby.

[Cecile's detection check was successful 19/46]

Cecilu noticed that on the other side of the street, beside a brand new Duesenberg sedan, a well-dressed and well-groomed middle-aged man was constantly looking over here.

Cecilu didn't recognize the level of cars in this era - but the envious, jealous and hateful looks of passers-by watching the top-notch vehicles remained unchanged for 100 years.

There was a noble lady sitting in the car, and two strong men who looked like bodyguards, looking around vigilantly.

"Calvin," the lady said eagerly, "have you found Lily?"

"I found it." Calvin replied concisely.Lily seemed to be with the oriental guy, talking to that strange man.

[Calvin Coolidge’s detection check was successful at 43/45]

Calvin also noticed Cecile on the opposite side.This lightly dressed girl has been paying attention to this side since just now, blocking everyone's sight with her body.From Calvin's point of view, only the bodyguards or guards of important people would do this, and the girl in front of him was obviously well-trained.

Calvin is also well-informed—he has seen female police officers and even female detectives, but the temperament of the people in front of him is more like that of soldiers or bodyguards.Female soldiers or bodyguards!It was the first time he met.

"Grace," Calvin turned to look at his wife, "you hired a female detective for Lily as protection?"

"No, honey," Grace said in surprise, "I didn't even know there was such a person. If I had hired someone, we wouldn't have to search for Lily all over the campus in broad daylight."

"That's right." Calvin said to himself.

The object of the girl's protection is obviously not Lily, nor the gentleman who looks like a local, but the young oriental man.As a high-level official in the United States, he has met many people from all over the world, but Chen Qiang feels extremely noble, even those high-ranking officials from Huaguo and Dongying are not as good as them.

"Let's take a look." Calvin whispered.There is no daughter between him and Grace, and Lily, the niece, is the sweetheart of the couple.

Lily seemed to trust the oriental man very much.At that time, Lily's mother and Calvin's sister Abigail fell hopelessly in love with the Norwegian sailor Johansson. Calvin's father's forcible interference only accelerated Abigail's running away from home.

If—if there really was that eventuality as he imagined—Calvin thought, he would definitely not make the same mistake as his father...

……

Chen Qiang didn't know the future—from his point of view, the past—the commander of the United States was staring at him, and he focused on negotiating with Pickman.

"So," Chen Qiang shook the red wine in his hand, "You plan to form an alliance with me."

"Mr. Chen, there is an old saying in Huaguo," Pickman said in Chinese, "'We are the same people who have fallen in the end of the world, why should we know each other when we meet again', you and I have also fallen here, and only by supporting each other can we get out of the predicament."

Actually, I don't need your help, Chen Qiang thought.

Bigby and Shani have already been killed by me, I wonder if I can kill you now, can I complete the mission of the god of the shrine?

But...it doesn't have to be such a violent solution every time.

"If you want to cooperate, why don't you go to Shani?" Chen Qiang asked tentatively, "He is your old ally."

"He went away by himself," said Pickman angrily. "His . . . well. He was called away, anyway."

Chen Qiang was expressionless.Poor Mr. Shani didn't know until his death that Miss Yi and the others had secretly communicated with him.

Believe that the outer gods will be fooled...

Chen Qiang signaled Lily to take a few steps away.Although Lily showed a dissatisfied expression, she obediently listened to Chen Qiang's words.

"I understand your desire to find a new ally," Chen Qiang held his chin, "but why me?"

"Because you are very strong," Pickman said without hesitation, "I can't tell whether you are the aspect of a god, or the spokesperson of a great existence. The strength shown by the future 'Fortress of Sanity' alone is enough. A better ally for me than Shani."

Chen Qiang glanced at him.

Pickman is surprisingly honest...

"Not long ago, I was still testing you," Chen Qiang shook the wine glass in his hand, "You trust me so much, I'm really 'deeply frightened'..."

Chen Qiang squinted his eyes.

There must be a reason why Pickman asked him so much.

"Will you kill me?" Pickman smiled, took a deep breath, and stared into Chen Qiang's eyes, "However, you are willing to listen to me so much, which shows that you are still interested in the help I can provide Yes. I have very important information, and the only one who can understand it is you."

[Pickman psychology check 6/85 success]

"If this is also good for me." Chen Qiang blinked.

"As you know," Pickman whispered, "in this day and age, I have to be careful to live lest I bump into my past self or be seen through. But, I found..."

Pickman paused for a moment: "This parallel world is a little... slightly different from the history I have experienced."

Chen Qiang made a "continue" gesture.

"History... has been changed," Pickman said eagerly. "I don't know who changed history and why, but this era has gone wrong before our arrival. Some events have changed."

"Pickman, what exactly do you want to say?" Chen Qiang frowned.

"My kindred in Arkham," said Pickman, "as far as I can remember, they lived well in Arkham until the middle of the century. But when I visited them this morning, them……"

Pickman's eyes became more bloodshot.

"...they are all dead," Pickman adjusted his emotions to calm down the impact of the decrease in clarity.

Chen Qiang didn't speak.

"That's the kind of death I can't even imagine," Pickman said. "Look, Mr. Chan, I don't know who killed them, and by what means; but I know it's the same as what I know. The history of the world is completely different. This world was caught in some unknown parallel world long before our arrival, and we..."

He was silent for a while.

"We had to do something," he said, "not for my dead people, but for our own safety."

[Chen Qiang succeeded in the psychology test 14/72]

Chen Qiang thinks that Pickman is very honest at the moment - although it is not surprising that he can have this level of acting skills if he has received enough training.

"You know how to care about your companions now." Chen Qiang crossed his legs.

He knew that there were quite a few tribes of ghouls, many of which were not under the control of Mordiggian, the god of the mortuary, and it was not surprising that there were deep feelings among the tribes.

"I have some of my kindred in Dunwich, outside of Arkham, and I intend to contact them," said Pickman, lowering his voice, "but Dunwich ... has something special. I don't want to go there alone, I therefore pray for your assistance."

(End of this chapter)