Reincarnation Train Restart [Unlimited]

"We buy knives."

After Wu Xiajiu said this, the blacksmith looked them both up and down, and after a while he lowered his head and continued to knock on the iron block, asking hoarsely, "Buy a knife? Who are you?"

"The new regulations in Zhuangfu Town, now you need to register when buying a knife. Seeing that you are wearing police uniforms, are you from the police station?"

Wu Xiajiu said: "Well, we followed Director Li and arrived at Zhuangfu Town yesterday."

Hearing this, the blacksmith paused, then raised his head again and said, "Director Li...is that the one who stayed at Cheng Cheng's house last night?"

"Last night, there was a lot of movement in the Cheng family. I guess the whole street could have heard it. There was a zombie scene."

"Why, the zombie went back to the dealer, and this time it's the Cheng family's turn again?" At the end of the speech, Blacksmith's face stiffly curled the corners of his mouth, as if he was laughing at something.

Wu Xia glanced at him for a long time, but didn't speak.

Shi's deputy team lazily raised his eyelids and said, "That's right, there are zombies. In addition to the zombies turned into by Mr. Zhuang, there are also five zombies who came out of Zhuang's village."

"However, these six were all caught and set on fire."

The blacksmith's eyes flickered, and the movement to get the pliers stopped again.

He said, "Master Zhuang? Hasn't he already been buried? How could he turn into a zombie and harm the Cheng family?"

Shi's deputy team seemed to be in a good mood, raised his brows, and chatted with him with a smile: "Master Zhuang was dug out again and made into a zombie to live."

"We suspect that in addition to the plague, there are zombies in Zhuangfu Village. Someone is secretly harming Zhuangfu Village and Zhuangfu Town behind the scenes."

"The villagers of Zhuangfu Village are all dead, so there is no guarantee that it will not be the turn of the people of Zhuangfu Town."

"That's not it. Director Li appointed us to go to Zhuangfu Village to investigate the truth of the matter. That's why I came to you to buy a knife for self-protection."

The blacksmith muttered to himself, "Master Zhuang turned into a zombie? How come..."

Vice-team Shi: "Someone put two Zombie Gu in Master Zhuang's body, did you know about the Gu? It's a Gu made from countless worms."

There was a "thump".

The iron tongs held by the blacksmith fell to the ground, and he seemed to be awakened and said: "I don't know, I've never heard of it."

As he spoke, he bent down to pick up the iron tongs that fell on the ground.

The deputy captain Shi looked at his back, narrowed his eyes slightly behind the lens, and said inexplicably, "Really."

The blacksmith straightened up, put the iron tongs on the table casually, and said, "Will you buy a knife or not? If you don't buy it, hurry up and leave. Don't delay my business."

"Buy it, but I have to choose it myself." Deputy Team Shi said.

Blacksmith: "There are dozens of ready-made knives in the house, just go in and choose them yourself, and pay for them when you choose them."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the existence of Wu Xiajiu and Shi's deputy team, and continued to bow his head and strike iron.

Seeing this for a long time, Wu Xia followed Shi Shi's deputy team into the room to select.

This room is a rented small house, with a simple wooden bed placed inside for sleeping and rest, with curtains hanging beside it.

The ground outside is full of debris, and there are all kinds of knives on the walls and shelves.

Wu Xiajiu looked outside, and said in a low voice: "This blacksmith, he has a problem. Could it be that he has enmity with the banker and the Cheng family?"

Shi deputy team said those words to deliberately test.

As it turned out, there was indeed something wrong with the blacksmith.

Especially when the deputy team member mentioned that Master Zhuang had turned into a zombie and that there were Gu worms in his body, his mood fluctuated significantly.

Although it was only for a moment, it was noticed by the two of them.

The deputy captain Shi replied softly: "The scar on his face was healed and then he was burned repeatedly. It is even very likely that he did it himself."

"Of course, it doesn't rule out that someone may have a deep hatred with him and want to ruin his appearance."

"But that's very unlikely."

"After all, if the scars on his face and body were left by someone else, wouldn't he be afraid when he saw those blacksmithing tools?"

"If he faces the things that have severely hurt and tortured him all day long, won't he feel fear in his heart? Will he not have nightmares at night?"

"How important is the face to a person."

"What's more, this is still a branding and scalding. When the scald is on such a delicate skin, the pain left behind is indelible, and the psychological damage caused is also indelible."

"No one can remain indifferent to the tools that have tortured them."

"Or, the injury was caused by him on purpose, are you right?"

At the end, Deputy Captain Shi smiled lightly at Wu Xiajiu.

"Yes, that's right." Wu Xiajiu looked at him and replied.

- Post-traumatic stress disorder.

The clinical manifestations of patients will have symptoms such as avoidance, high alertness, and startle.

But obviously, after suffering such a serious disfigurement, the blacksmith still chose to engage in related work that hurt him.

That already shows to a certain extent that this injury was caused by himself.

He stayed in Zhuangfu Town with a purpose, but he didn't want to be recognized by others.

and also……

At this time, the deputy team's observation ability is very strong.

Not only can he adapt to the situation, he can immediately think of testing the blacksmith, and his force value is also very high.

Wu Xiajiu still clearly remembers the kick he gave Master Zhuang last night. The zombie that Cheng's servants couldn't stop was kicked out by the Shi deputy team.

In addition, he felt an inexplicable familiarity to himself...

"What are you thinking?" Seeing the person in front of him who seemed to be in a daze, Shi's deputy team approached and lowered his head and asked.

The distance between the two is a little closer, beyond the scope of ordinary relationships.

So close, as soon as he raised his head, he could look into the eyes of the deputy team through the lens, as if he had entered the stars.

Wu Xiajiu immediately regained his senses, stood aside, lowered his eyes and said, "It's nothing, let's pick up the knife."

But he didn't realize that the slightly deep eyes of the deputy captain seemed to be fixed on his eyelashes, which were really long.

Not long after, the two picked out the knives and other tools for self-defense, went outside to pay, and then left the blacksmith's shop.

Wu Xiajiu and Shi's deputy team didn't go far. Instead, they turned around an intersection and hid sideways behind the wall to observe.

They took away two bundles of knives tied with ropes, wrapped in a layer of burlap to prevent people from accidentally touching the tip of the knives and scratching their fingers and other places.

But when the knives are close to each other, it is inevitable that there will be a little iron sound of bumping between the actions.

At this time, the deputy captain said: "Who do you think he will be?"

Wu Xiajiu: "Since he chose to destroy his own face by himself, naturally he doesn't want anyone to recognize him here."

"And he seems to care about the Zhuang family and the Cheng family..."

"I think, I don't need to go on, the deputy team should have some guesses about this."

Shi's deputy team chuckled and said, "Yes, but it still needs to be verified."

Wu Xiajiu said: "But if he doesn't act today, we will leave for Zhuangfu Village early tomorrow morning."

Vice-team Shi: "No hurry, I bet he will make a move."

The luck of the two of them was good. The blacksmith started to pack things after a short while of beating.

He locked the door of the blacksmith shop, looked around, and then left, in the opposite direction from Wu Xiajiu and Shi's deputy team.

Shi's deputy team said: "Give me the things, we will follow."

Hearing this for a long time, Wu Xiajiu hesitated for a second, then handed the knife to the deputy captain Shi, but he didn't see how he was holding it with his hands. During the action, the knife did not make any clinking sound.

The two quietly followed behind the blacksmith.

After a while, he came to a place - a two-story ancient building that was almost in ruins, with burn marks everywhere.

On the top of this ancient building, there is still a half-burned plaque, revealing the two characters behind it-"What moon building".

Wu Xiajiu suddenly thought of something.

'Caiyue Building'?

[Congratulations to the passengers who discovered Caiyue Tower and obtained relevant information - the tragedy of Caiyue troupe (to be explored)]

Really...

Wu Xiajiu's eyes couldn't help flickering. Seeing the blacksmith look around, he pushed open the dilapidated and dusty door of the theater building and entered.

The door closed again, and his figure quickly disappeared.

"Do you want to go in?" said the deputy captain.

"Come in." Wu Xiajiu replied.

They have already followed here, how can they not go in and have a look.

"Then go."

The two then came out of their hiding place, walked to the gate of Caiyue Tower, gently pushed the door open and entered inside——

Theater buildings in this period can also be used as teahouses or restaurants. After entering through the door, you will pass through a corridor, which is the hall, which is open-air.

There are tables, chairs and benches in the middle, and an opera stage is built in the front, where the opera troupe sings.

And go to the second floor through the stairs, that is, the rich can sit and watch from a better view...

"This used to be a theater building." Shi's deputy said in a low voice.

Of course he could see it.

Although the things in this building have been almost burned down, the original appearance can still be seen.

The floor of the middle hall is covered with black ash, but the path in the corridor is clean, which shows that the blacksmith probably left here.

Where does this corridor lead?

"The troupe's backstage, where they stay before performing on stage." Deputy Team Shi said.

"Walk."

The two walked towards the clean ground without black ash, but they didn't notice it.

——Just as the figures of the two gradually disappeared in this small corridor, the hall of the theater building began to be slowly covered by thick fog.

And just after the thick fog completely surrounded the entire hall and stage, footprints appeared one after another on the black ash on the ground in the middle.

These footprints seemed to be printed on it out of thin air.

On the stage, there was suddenly a soft and endless opera sound, humming softly, intermittently...

It's like, there is an opera performance that no one is watching or performing.