musicians of old

Chapter 616 Xilan's Sister

"So-called necessary and legitimate 'regulatory' measures from the authorities? Humph, that sounds very high-sounding, but in reality, it seems that these years are not 'regulatory', but eavesdropping, peeping and other shady 'surveillance' methods. Carloen, I don't know if these things came into being after I took over, or if they were there before you left."

"I now know where the Special Patrol Office's powerful intelligence network comes from." Fan Ning's face was calm, and he paced slowly in the room. "I'm afraid this move is one of the keys, and the effect is not that simple."

"If we just eavesdrop and spy on the surface of the world, we won't be able to find out anything substantial. Anyone with a little common sense will not choose to discuss real secret intelligence and supernatural powers in the waking world. These things are more like some kind of 'overall installation art'. By continuously receiving subtle secret history disturbances nearby, we gradually increase our understanding of the shape of our dreams, and then deduce the information conveyed in the secret world."

"I didn't expect that I could see these devices after I was promoted to the third level of the Awakening. Humph, I'm afraid there are still many such things in the entire Turner Art Hall! But at least this suite is clean now. To be on the safe side, Xilan, you should move your quilt back and sleep in the living room. It just so happens that other household items in the room have not been cleared away yet."

"Okay." Xilan did not object. "Then where do you sleep?"

Fanning pointed to the sofa against the wall in the office.

After Sheeran went out temporarily, Fanning pondered for a while, walked slowly to the balcony, looked at the large garden with colorful night lights in front of him, and the dark building opposite that also belonged to the Turner Art Hall.

"Special Patrol Office? Hehe"

He took a deep breath, stepped back with his right leg, bent his knees slightly, and made the bow-drawing motion again.

The direction it was aimed at was the night sky right in the center of the Turner Hall.

The inspiration instantly burned up to 30%, then 40%, 50%, and 60%. The "Spinning Fire Arrow" became brighter and longer, gradually surpassing the distance between Fan Ning's fists, and became a two-meter-long light "javelin", illuminating the entire inner garden at night!

  If this "Spinning Fire Arrow" were to explode

But in the next moment, Fan Ning's eyes flickered as he thought, but he suddenly changed his mind.

He did not choose to release the "Spinning Fire Arrow", but instead shrank and extinguished it bit by bit.

The door of the office behind me creaked open.

Fanning turned around and saw Sheeran walk in with a blanket in one hand, and then he leaned sideways and gently closed the door.

But her other free hand was holding an open photo box, and her eyes were in deep confusion and thought.

"What's wrong?" Fan Ning felt something was wrong, so he helped her take the blanket, turned the doorknob of the living room, threw it on the bed, and stared at the photo box. He actually had some impression of the pattern and decoration of this wooden box. ".How did you bring Teacher Anton's photo box here?" His fingers touched the wooden box, and Xilan naturally let go.

"My sister, she doesn't seem to be like this. Well, maybe it's been too long, I am really a little unfamiliar with her voice, appearance and smile when she was alive."

"What do you mean?"

In the wooden box are photos of several of Sheeran's deceased family members, and Sheeran often takes them out and looks through them when he misses them.

Fanning unveiled the photos one by one, first the familiar black-and-white portrait of teacher Anton, then the less familiar photo of Sheeran's mother when she was alive, and then Sheeran's sister who had also passed away.

  This black and white photo

Sheeran did have an older sister. Fanning learned this from Sir Viadrin during his first visit to the Woodpecker Consulting Office. She was a clerical staff member of the Guidance School's branch in Uvrancel. If she were still alive, she would be two or three years older than him. Viadrin was her first piano teacher.

When she was about sixteen or seventeen years old, she was involved in a mysterious incident at school. The perpetrators were the same secret followers of the Joyful Listening Society as the one Fanning encountered later. Viadrin rescued her and she was the only survivor of the incident, but later, she was "lost".

Tonight is the first time Fanning saw the photo of Sheeran's sister. This is a close-up photo of the upper body. The girl in the photo is wearing earrings, has short hair, and smiles with her head tilted to the side. The vague view of the church-like arcade is visible behind her.

She is very beautiful, maybe not inferior to Sheeran.

After all, both the contours of her face and the refinement of her facial features are in line with Fanning's aesthetics, but perhaps because the image quality is too blurry, it is difficult to piece them together in cognition and make a decisive overall evaluation. Fanning easily remembers her hairstyle, her eyes, the curve of her chin and lips, but when she closes her eyes, she just can't restore the whole face in her mind.

  In your own opinion, what kind of person is this situation similar to?

The decision to guide out and then retract the "Swirling Fire Arrow" had already exhausted most of Fanning's inspiration. When he searched his memory at this moment, he suddenly felt a dull pain in his head and several blood vessels in his brain started beating violently.

  The original black and white photo, those delicate short hair, under the light of the gas lamp, somehow appeared slightly red.

"Miss Scarlet!?"

  As soon as Fanning said this, various images flashed through his mind, from his exposure to "The Painful Room" to his various experiences after the reversal path was tampered with to the Southland.

He really felt that this was too absurd. Even though the leader of the Joyful Listening Society and the enforcer of the "Red Pool" had hunted him down many times and even tried to invade the dream of the Enlightenment Church, in the end all the troubles were resolved in the "cracking field", right?

Even if my judgment was wrong and the trouble was not completely solved, it should have nothing to do with the current incident, right?

"No, it's impossible. This joke is a bit too much." Xilan's confusion became more intense. There was even a fear caused by the infection of unknown things in his emotions. He forced a smile and said, "At least it should be confirmed that this photo has not changed much compared to when I usually looked at it. I naturally have an impression of the appearance of my sister who used to be with me day and night. If I say it is unfamiliar, it cannot be completely unfamiliar. It is mainly because of the passage of time, the blurry photo, and the not very bright gas light. More importantly, my sister is called 'Rita', Rita Connor, and 'Miss Scarlet' is Joan's former sister. She has nothing to do with me."