musicians of old

Chapter 302 The Figure in the Rearview Mirror (4K [-]-in-[-])

Fanning looked at Roy in disbelief.

Even if she wanted a dedication to the Second Symphony, Fanning felt that it was at least as expected, although in her plan, the symphony would be dedicated to all mankind, living or dead, without any special dedication. , that can also be compensated with other equal efforts in the future.

He never expected that Roy's so-called "request" would be such a thing.

The girl stared at her with a fixed gaze, her blue pupils were clear and calm.

"This is not a request, let's change it." Fanning remained calm.

"Why not?" She frowned.

"'Request' refers to something that needs to be paid by me, that is in your interest, and that can be used as compensation for intelligence."

"It doesn't require you to pay to cash it?"

"...Uh, if you agree, you can count on it."

"Then it's not in my interest?"

"?? Is this still—"

"The anomalous area has spread for at least thousands of years, and there are countless ancient civilization relics, ritual vessels, mystic classics, and rare and extraordinary materials. If you have the opportunity to go by yourself, just refuse to let me take a share, and say yes It's not in my interest...I obviously provided relevant prophecy information, but you turned your back on him and said that this is not a matter of compensation..."

The girl interrupted Fanning.

"You just said that you are not a profiteer? I think you are a profiteer."

"..." Fan Ning's face was suffocated.

For a while, I didn't know what to say, so I could only concentrate on smelling the blackberry and peach aroma in the car.

The courtyard of the manor in summer is quiet, and the soft and dim gas lamps envelope the car as usual.

The fountain next to it was not turned on, and there was only the sound of crickets inside.

"Are you thinking about the problem or smelling the fruit?" Seeing that he kept silent, Roy could only hear the slight sound of inhaling and exhaling, and he moved away angrily.

Fanning had no choice but to say:
"This is a request, but I can't agree to it. You can change to a legitimate request."

"..." Roy was almost choked to death, "If you don't translate, what is a legitimate request?"

For a while, many reasons and angles popped up in Fanning's mind.

He felt that every point was enough as a reason for rejection, but the last thing he said was:

"I can't beat even one of your parents."

"You do the work of your parents, they like you very much."

"I really can't beat it."

"...I'm sure you said that on purpose." Roy glared at him sullenly.

"Okay." Fanning let go of the steering wheel, "I'm telling you seriously, soldiers who go to participate in a war, the death rate is [-]% high, [-]% is extremely high, and what is the survival rate of those who know how to go deep into the abnormal area? , you don’t understand, right? One out of ten is not bad.”

"Besides, discussing it this way, it seems that the abnormal area is already in front of us, and we need to enter it immediately. In fact, this is an uncertain thing, right? If it is really approaching, we can discuss it again."

"Those who understand can save their lives by being careful," Roy said.

"You're not, and neither am I," Fanning pointed out.

"Not now, maybe in the future."

"It's something that's hard to pin down."

"But you said just now that it's not certain whether you will enter the abnormal zone one day."

"I said it, so since I'm not sure..."

"Carolne Van Ning!! Just promise, is it that difficult? I didn't ask you to write any promise, I didn't ask you to swear to God, if you go back on your word, what will happen? Even I may not do well I'm ready to fulfill it, I just want you to promise me verbally, I just want to hear what kind of person you promised, this, really, just, also, can't you?"

"I found out that you are really a profiteer!!!"

Fanning was stunned by Roy's sudden fury and gnashing of teeth.

He suddenly realized that her way of thinking was like this——

The approval of the premiere performance was abnormally delayed at the Special Tour Hall. She confirmed that there was no problem with "Second Symphony", and her answer must be one she trusted, and then the problem fell to the ground;

Regarding the matter of the "Apostle", she investigated the doubts about Vassius' experience and reminded herself to be careful not to be involved in a heterogeneous pursuit. When she said that she would carefully consider this issue, she temporarily felt at ease;
As for things in the abnormal area, the personality is too high and the secrets are too deep to prevent troubles by "assisting investigations" or "reminding caution". Into it, so she directly asked to agree to be together, blocking the anxiety and uncertainty in this way.

Even if she knows what it means to enter the abnormal zone, and, it may not be of any use.

Although she didn't take the initiative to mention it at all, she felt that she had finally sorted out all the so-called "troubles" she called from near to far, from easy to difficult, from the best to the worst.

Now just wait for yourself to agree to that request as a "back-up insurance".

Miss Roy, the more I know what you say...

When Fanning realized this, his hand holding the steering wheel gradually turned white.

But let go in an instant:

"Then promise."

"Great." Roy finally smiled like a thaw in the spring breeze, "I said, the information has been paid in advance to you, why do you always think about monopolizing when you have benefits and opportunities?"

"If there is a day to go in, I hope to have the opportunity to backtrack." Fanning stared at her.

"Then you must be in debt to death." Roy made an indifferent gesture, "Would you like to sit in the mansion? There are new records in the listening room. Yours, try the effect?"

"Don't go."

Fan Ning opened the car door, jumped off and walked around to the side of the passenger driver, protecting the top of the door and helping her get off.

"There's a lot of work ahead of the premiere."

After speaking, he returned to the main car, lit the ignition, started the car, and rolled the window.

"Then, see you in rehearsal tomorrow." Roy pondered for a moment, then smiled and waved, and walked to the gate of the manor to watch Fanning off.

When the black car slowly passed by her, Fan Ning saw a half-opened and closed exquisite hollowed-out wooden box on the lacquered storage compartment next to the passenger seat. Inside were more than a dozen neatly folded small hands. The white lace corner of the handkerchief. "

"Your handkerchief box was left." Fanning pressed the brake.

"Ah! Keep it as a spare for me on weekdays." Roy blinked to indicate that he forgot, then smiled and waved again.

Fanning nodded, said nothing more, turned the steering wheel, and left her behind after a turn.

The summer night wind rushes into the carriage.

The cuffs and neckline of the white shirt kept fluttering, and the face and skin were as cool as water.

The figure of the girl under the gas lamp receded in the rearview mirror.

The cream-colored rippled silk dress, the light-colored belt around the waist, the blue eyes under the fluttering hair, and the fragrance of fruit left in the car.

"Miss Roy, it's okay if you don't do this. The more I know that you are doing this, the less likely I will let you notice what the other so-called troubles are."

Fan Ning looked in the rearview mirror, and whispered the sentence that he hadn't said before.

The car drove up the white and clean straight stone brick road. He stepped on the accelerator hard, switched gears and continued to step on it.

Until the lights of Highwaller Manor in the rearview mirror completely disappeared in the darkness of the countryside.

From the dark outskirts of the small town to the brightly lit urban areas, Fanning drove alone on the roads and streets. He pursed his lips and frowned. All kinds of chaotic emotions gradually subsided, and he began to think about the beginning and end of this series of events. Come.

"Looking at it this way, what we encountered in the 'Vatsnai Town' was as suspicious as the exploration of the 'Underground Secret Door' going forward..."

"Wait... go further?..."

Fanning himself inadvertently noticed the chronological relationship in his thinking.

The underground secret door is before the town of Watznai?

The structure of the theme parts of these two places is exactly the same, the only difference is that one looks normal in color and is full of human body transmutation paint paintings, while the other looks pale, with empty displays inside.

Fanning began to recall the sequence of explorations in the secret door.

At that time, after going down to the deep well behind the secret door, the first place I went was the dark hall on the top floor of the tower structure, which symbolized the origin of Jieyuan God. Since then, it seems that some invisible trigger has been triggered, and some invisible trigger has been triggered. gaze...

The Lord of Witnesses, "The Beast of the Word of Truth"! ?

During the period between the two incidents, I did have weird dreams all the time, and the sleep phenomenon on the night before boarding the car was even more one after another.

Or to put it another way, could it be because my group first triggered some ancient and terrifying trigger in that dim hall, and then "encountered" the town of Watznai?

That’s right, the “Mr. F” in that weird art museum seems to have the knowledge about the “Ben of the Mantra” in his spirit breath, and there is also the witness symbol of the “Ben of the Mantra” in the top hat of Vassius !
In the WeChat chat history of the mobile phone, Fan Chenxun's reminder about "be careful of snakes!!" resurfaced in Fan Ning's mind again.

Regardless of Vassius' role in it...

If Fan Chenxun's hint is true, then this "Mr. F" is very dangerous, even more dangerous than Vassius, and may even be at the same level as Poglerich.

"But it's not right..." Fan Ning narrowed his eyes slightly while driving.

This is the theory, but in fact, "Mr. F" did not show any special treatment for himself. After a face-to-face meeting at the ticket gate, the two of them had no intersection until they left the town. Just one of the ordinary visitors.

I have to say something special, the only special thing? …

After issuing the visiting number plates and confiscating everyone's flashlights, "Mr. F" brought out his "old days"?

He did remember the eyes of "Mr. F" that made people feel that his whole body was swept through when they met, and the intuition that "seems to be looking for something in everyone".

But...Fanning later found out that he was checking everyone for contraband such as flashlights or animals.

Moreover, he immediately returned the "old days" that he brought out to himself.

"Does he know the true origin of the baton? It's hard to say, but he really has no intention of snatching it. I also confirm that the spiritual state of the 'Old Day' is as usual... In fact, if his personality can make the weapon The mysterious characteristics of the wreckage of the source god have changed, so it is probably meaningless for me to be wary. Judging from the research history of the source god of the major extraordinary organizations in the new calendar, a peak figure like Pogleric can only barely contain it... "

For a while, Fan Ning felt unable to determine the identity and purpose of "Mr. F", and he also did not understand why there was a third person in the world who could decipher the fragments of the sound sequence—if those light bulb password floors were If "Mr. F" set it himself, if his father Vincent was also a time traveler, and it was Fan Chenxun who reminded himself "be careful of snakes!!" in his previous life.

After driving and thinking for nearly an hour, the car drove into the garage from the north gate of the Turner Art Hall courtyard.

Fanning produced a brand-new keychain, climbed the marble steps, and opened the side door closer to the living area.

A cluster of orange gas lamps was burning above his head. As he lowered his head and twisted the lock with the key, another thought popped out of Fanning's mind.

"Key?..." His left hand caressed another key on his chest.

By the way, there is another strange thing about the "Mr. F" incident.

On the eve of departure to Santa Ramborg, when I dreamed about the key to the former Turner Art Museum, I forgot it next to the organ keyboard above the Qiming Church, so my neck was empty throughout this mysterious incident.

At that time, when I entered the Weird Art Museum and pressed my chest subconsciously, I was taken aback before I remembered it.

Why just forget?

What would happen if you hadn't forgotten and everything was business as usual?

In the corridor of the luxuriously decorated living area, Fanning walked all the way back to his office and living room on the carpet.

"Could it be that I was already fighting against that game of will in the dark at that time? It's just that I don't know if I have been reminded or influenced?"

He suddenly had a series of strange questions in his mind.

Did the "apostle" know that he was an "apostle"?

Do you know it all, or don't you know it?Or is it a strange situation?
Is that "experience officer" Erov who was rolled to death by himself with a steel plate an "apostle" who used his life to push himself to accidentally open the "door of coincidence"?
"But it's okay, this is a normal process, and the hesitation during the journey will not affect your end." Is the perfumer who said this to himself nervously an "apostle"?
Is Dean Graham, who spread the elixir of the Harmonization School everywhere and eventually became a monster himself, an "apostle"?
Benjamin, who was working hard as an investigator, suddenly determined to "see the Holy Spring"; the agent who was admonishing everyone before "Crossing the Wind" was killed; Cecil, who used his life as a container for the "phantom"...

"Damn it." Fanning, who was already in a gloomy mood today, felt the creepiness of this matter more and more. After entering the living room, he hurriedly closed the door with a "bang".

"As a member of the school, I didn't believe in the term 'apostle' at first, but now my mother thinks everyone looks like an 'apostle'."

He shook his head vigorously, forcing himself to put this unknowable proposition aside, walked to the balcony area, bent down, and picked up a drawing board leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window.

The dark green moon shines through the clouds, illuminating the outline of the dark riverbed, and the river water sparkles with sparkling waves——"Moon Night on the Dnieper River" without a signature and written title.

Afterwards, he touched the mystery trigger on the crystal chandelier and took out another painting from the cloakroom.

The ground on the top of the mountain is covered with withered grass, and the afterglow of the setting sun hits a section of the white remnant wall, causing a strange light effect. In the distance are more distant blue mountains-"Twilight and Wall on the Top of the Mountain".

These were the two paintings that gave me the inspiration of "Sunset and Moonrise" when I visited the Turner Art Museum for the first time after traveling, and finally found Vincent's work archives and "Endless Fugue" moving signposts.

Therefore, what Vassius said is completely correct.

Vincent did make a hint at the Turner Art Museum, and he did notice the saying "Sunset Moonrise" very early, including when he was thinking about how to deal with Vassius in the Weird Art Museum, he thought about it again meaning.

I just didn't expect this to be a prophecy?

Fanning is also now at a loss as to how to interpret this prophecy.

This must be related to the extremely high personality, a secret that even Poglerich can't see clearly.

But now that the two paintings are in my hands, I have noticed "Sunset and Moonrise" again.

He began to think about whether Vincent would leave any hints at the Turner Art Museum, based on the hints written in the words of the prophecy.

"To be precise, those two paintings are only the back half." Fanning's eyes flickered.

"At noon, the sun sets and the moon rises."

Since there is still the first half of the sentence, is it possible...it is the same thing as a precondition?

"Could it be that you need to be at 'noon' to find any hints from 'Sunset and Moonrise'?"

It is night now.

Fan Ning made a decision at the moment to study the two paintings carefully until tomorrow near 12 noon.

(End of this chapter)