Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 111: First visit to Backlund
"Alas, it is so difficult to disguise myself using Blood Chant."

Getting off the steam train, Star looked at the crowd around him who were avoiding the train with fearful expressions, and muttered to himself.

Does he look so scary now?

Because Star wanted to experiment with the disguise effect of the legendary "Rose Bishop", and he also wanted to put on a vest.

So he started to adjust it on his face.

As a result, Star had several bloody scars on his face.

Moreover, the flesh-red color was too bright and obviously abnormal, like an old soldier who had just retired from the battlefield.

But Backlund had been at peace for a long time, and apart from the war on the east coast of Balam, there had been no news of war.

Therefore, people around Star naturally kept their distance from this kind of person who looked difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, this state is maintained by Sta using the "Blood Chant", so it is not considered disfigurement. Once the spell is lifted, he can restore his appearance before using the ability.

Otherwise, Star wouldn't really use this ability.

But he thought in his heart:

"I haven't even turned into Deadpool yet, and you're already scared. That's too scary."

While complaining, Star took his luggage and walked to a hidden corner of the train station. After covering the effect of "incomprehensible", he lifted the effect of "Blood Chant".

He certainly didn't have any habit of appearing scary like this, not to mention that with such obvious features, he would be more easily recognized, which would not achieve Star's purpose of using a vest to do his job.

Star just used this method to cover his tracks when he left Tingen for Backlund.

He didn't want to give Mr. Z any chance to track him down.

To this end, he deliberately fabricated signs that his original self, Sta Sator, had mysteriously disappeared during the Aurora Society's attack, and reported the news to Klein.

After listening to this, Klein was speechless for a while. He seemed to have understood the true meaning of frame-up, and seemed to have learned some nesting doll technique. He could only sigh that the senior was indeed a senior. He had clearly seriously injured the Aurora Society's visitor, but he was so low-key in turning the tables...

Standing at the exit of the train station, Star thought with some joy:
Perhaps, the news that he was murdered by cultists is appearing in the newspapers of Tingen City now.

I just hope that Mr. Z doesn’t think that he is really a Beyonder of the “Alien” Path and flees out of fear of punishment.

As for the original social relations, Star just disappeared mysteriously, there is no conclusive evidence that he died. We will talk about it when we need it.

Moreover, Star doesn't really need the legacy of his original self. His most important relationships now are, first, his identity as the best-selling novelist "Warrior of Love", and second, his identity as the "First Follower" of "The Fool".

These two things cannot be taken away by faking your death.

Not to mention the latter, just talking about his identity as a novelist, he did not use his real name when submitting his manuscripts.

At this moment, what was revealed was Star's new disguise.

The black hair is thick but slightly messy, giving people a sense of freedom and uninhibitedness. This is the result of Star deliberately combing his hair, adding a bit of the novelist's casualness.

The afternoon light shone on his face, highlighting his healthy complexion and well-defined features.

This is not only different from the image of the "battlefield veteran" just now, but also different from Star's original handsome appearance. It is more inclined to be free and elegant.

The face shape has also been slightly adjusted, and the formal clothes he is wearing are different from usual. Even if you look closely, he is not very similar to the previous Sta Sator. It seems like another style made by the same model.

Although this kind of dress still has some flaws, but Sta is not a "Faceless Man" yet, so it is enough to hide his original identity.

In order to achieve this goal, he also specially compiled some knowledge of disguise and made a judgment by "rolling the dice".

Thus, a new novelist, Allan Doyle, officially appeared on the scene.

Star, under this alias, came to the entrance of the Backlund subway station and looked at a zoning map of Backlund that he had seen before, which was restored by his part-time "art student" in his hand.

Just like when Xiao Ke first arrived, choosing a house to live in is a very important thing.

Star looked at the areas in front of him, then looked at the number in his account, which was 7569 pounds after rounding off, and thought of the spell business that was profitable without any investment. He simply didn't need to spend time thinking about which area to choose, nor did he need to consider whether the rent was expensive.

Just be more generous and rent a few more houses in Backlund.

One of them is used for living, and the others are used as "safe houses".

Closing his eyes, he emptied his mind and did a "dice roll" blessed by "Between Reality and Illusion".

[Dark Dice]

【Luck: 4/38 (Great Success)】

Then I randomly clicked on a few areas on the map and left it to "luck" to decide the area where I would need to rent a house next.

This is very "fate path".

He opened his eyes and saw that these areas were Queens, Hillston, Cherwood and Docklands.

The number is four, neither more nor less. If there are more, the inspiration given will be vague, and "parallel imports" will inevitably be mixed in. If there are fewer, it will not conform to Star's idea of ​​"a cunning rabbit has three burrows".

When Star saw the Queen's Borough here, he wanted to rule it out first - this area belonged to the aristocrats and top wealthy businessmen, and the lowest rent was at least 3 pounds a week.

Although Star could afford to pay several hundred pounds a year in rent for the house, there was no need to do so.

After renting it, you still have to pay for servants to maintain the house, which is really a bit extravagant.

However, when he thought that "this is all fate's choice", he hesitated.

"Haha, this is too mysterious. Without even a hint of enlightenment, they want me to rent a high-end house in the city center."

"Besides, because I offended the Aurora Society, even if I was in disguise, I didn't really want to live in Queens where Mr. A was holding parties."

After thinking about it for a while, and looking at the "dice rolls" that were successful after being judged as difficult, and the results were still one of the few great successes, Star still chose to accept this suggestion.

Fate was whispering in his ear, what reason did he have not to accept it? Was he going to refuse a toast and drink a forfeit?

As this realization came to his mind, the "Lucky Man" potion in Star's body was digested a little more.

"I just don't know what the benefits of going to Queens are?"

Star felt bad for his wallet and hoped that the place would at least bring him some fun.

He thought he was rich, but he still couldn't escape the pain of his wallet...

Next, Lista looked at the remaining areas and began to think.

Go to Cherwood District to rent No. 15 Minsk Street, where Xiao Ke was originally going to develop his career. If possible, also see if you can rent the adjacent house next door.

Being Sherlock Moriarty's neighbor and possibly even providing him with a house in the future, this is reasonable, right?
As for whether it would be a waste to rent two houses in the same district at the same time, if you want to rent a house in Queens, do you still care about this?
In the dock area, we can rent a house using the image that "Blood Chant" has just maintained.

Although that appearance made it difficult to deal with people, he didn't really plan to live there.

It can also keep people away from their own houses, so that the "safe house" will not be robbed when you are not there, even if Star will not put anything in it...

I just don't know if there are any relatively complete houses there for people to live in.

Finally, in the Hillston area, there was a house for rent in the house rental section of the newspaper that Star saw, which just happened to meet Star's requirements.

"If it's this address, it looks like there will be a lot of 'acquaintances' there."

He muttered to himself silently, then waited in line for a few minutes, walked step by step to the ticket office, and embarked on a journey between several areas.

In the next few days, not only will Star have to deal with the lease issues, but he will also have to buy necessary items for some of the houses. Star will be very busy...

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