World War I

Chapter 56 A Thief
Luo Ye knew that Director Knuckles was not just here to visit. Was he here to get the money for renting the submarine? Obviously not.

He and Andre had reached a 100 percent understanding.

Luo Ye's behavior before and after losing his memory was like two different people. Even Luo Ye himself felt it was abnormal, let alone Andre and Knuckles.

Although he passed the test of that strange instrument, Andre must still be wondering what the reason was. There must be a connection between Luo Ye and the secret of the base. Andre just didn't grasp the connection point for a while.

"Where was Brando Michael sent for treatment?"

"Why do you ask?"

"He and I became friends at the base."

"He's being treated at the State Workers' Hospital. Do you want to go see him?"

"let's discuss it later."

"Work hard, you have a bright future. You've become a favorite in Andre's hands. I envy you."

I don't know whether he was sincere or hypocritical when he said this, but there must be a "conspiracy". Andre sent a large number of people to monitor him.

It can be imagined that Andre will soon know everything Luo Ye does now.

After Director Knuckles staggered out of the office.

Luo Ye used the key to open the fourth drawer and took out the nesting doll, which was not much bigger than a thumb.

I have seen it countless times. There is nothing unusual about this nesting doll. It is so beautifully carved. Why did she throw it away and then look for it everywhere. When she couldn't find it, she said it was stolen by a thief.

Luo Ye has been very conflicted these days. He wants to return this thing to her, but he also wants to keep it.

Luo Ye also has a nesting doll, which was given to him by someone else, his deskmate when he was in elementary school. Her name was Bertha.

Because of his father's work, Luo Ye stayed in Russia for seven years when he was a child, and spent half of his childhood in Russia.

When he was in the second grade, his father returned to China, and he followed him back.
Bertha was his childhood playmate, and they had been together since kindergarten.

At that time, Luo Ye was the class monitor and Bertha was the deputy class monitor.

Luo Ye was about to leave Russia. Bertha cried so hard at that time that she hugged Luo Ye and refused to let him leave when she saw him off at the airport. Finally, Bertha gave him a gift. She gave Luo Ye her favorite gift.

A Russian nesting doll.

However, the nesting doll has nine layers.

In Russia, no one would buy nine-layer nesting dolls.

Nine-layer nesting dolls, which according to legend contain the curse of a murdered princess.

This is a taboo and terrifying legend. Never buy a set of nine dolls, or the consequences will be disastrous. If someone really buys a nine-layer Russian doll, they will encounter terrifying events and meet scary people for nine consecutive years. In short, it is unlucky and bad luck will haunt them until they can no longer bear it.

There are two versions of the legend, the more convincing version is this:

There was a young man named Ivan who met a beautiful girl named Maria in the forest.

Maria tells Ivan that she is a princess imprisoned in a tower by an evil wizard. Only by finding the nine nesting dolls hidden by the wizard deep in the forest and opening them all can the magic be lifted and she be freed.

Ivan went through a lot of hardships in the forest and finally found the nine nesting dolls.

He followed Maria's instructions, but when he tried to open the last and smallest nesting doll, he found it was locked tightly and could not be opened. He shook the smallest nesting doll vigorously and heard something moving inside.

At this moment, he heard Maria's voice: "Ivan, hurry up, I can't wait any longer."

Ivan looked up and was horrified to find that Maria had turned into an ugly and scary old witch. It turned out that Maria was the evil witch who used magic to transform herself into the appearance of a princess and tricked Ivan into helping her find the nine nesting dolls.

These nine nesting dolls are actually magical instruments made by a wizard using black magic, which seal the wizard's soul and power. As long as the last nesting doll is opened, the wizard will return to his original form and release infinite evil power.

The wizard used his sharp nails to tear open the smallest nesting doll, and inside was a bright red heart that was still beating.

The wizard grinned and placed the heart on his chest, which immediately emitted a blinding light. After the light faded, the wizard had transformed into a tall and mighty demon, holding a flaming sword.

He said to Ivan: "Thank you, stupid human, you helped me complete my plan. Now, you can die." After that, he swung the flaming sword and cut Ivan in half.

From then on, the wizard began his slaughter and conquest. Using dark magic, he created countless monsters and demons, attacking and destroying entire nations and cities. Humanity was plunged into unprecedented disaster and suffering. Only a few brave and righteous people formed a resistance army and fought a desperate battle against the wizard. They searched for the only weapon that could defeat the wizard: nine nesting dolls. Legend has it that by reassembling the nine dolls and sealing them with divine power, they could regain the wizard's soul and power, transforming him back into a helpless old witch.

Luo Ye only learned about this saying when he was in his third year of high school. He didn't encounter any bad luck and his parents didn't ask about it.

So, he kept the nesting doll as a treasure.

But after he returned from Russia, for some unknown reason, his parents did not let him look for Bertha and Bertha's parents again.

Is it because of that nesting doll?

Luo Ye didn't know where she got the nesting doll. She was only six years old at that time and had no idea what was evil or not. But her parents were both Russian and they would understand.

But Luo Ye still hasn't figured out why Bertha's parents allowed Bertha to keep the nesting doll and make it Bertha's most beloved toy.

They can secretly replace the nine-layer nesting dolls with ones with other numbers of layers.

But Bertha's parents didn't do that.

Someone knocked on the door, and Luo Ye quickly put the nesting dolls into the drawer like a thief, closed it, and then said: Come in.

Ever since he picked up this nesting doll, Luo Ye always felt like he had become a thief, and he became less steady in doing things. Whenever he thought of this little thing, he would feel uneasy, and then he would hesitate to return it to Yekalinan.

(End of this chapter)