Ring of Fate

Chapter 933 The Weekend is Coming
"Not bad, a passable popcorn movie." After leaving the cinema, Franca savored the movie for a few seconds and sighed sincerely.

Beside her, the disbanded crowd poured into the closed mall and walked towards a set of escalators that were still operating under the dim lights.

Janna was silent for a moment, then said with longing and depression:

"With the advent of movies, will no one watch drama anymore?"

Franka understood why Jenna said this, and said in a comforting tone:
“There are still people who watch them. Dramas and operas have their own characteristics and charms that are different from movies and TV series. They are still appreciated by a large number of people, but they are no longer the mainstream of society.

"and……"

Franka deliberately made her tone light:

"Theater actors are actors, and so are TV and film actors."

Janna instantly turned into a thinking state:
"Yes, but the performance scene has changed, and many performance techniques have to be changed, otherwise it will appear exaggerated..."

When the crowd thinned out, Lumian said thoughtfully:

"If the power of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' can penetrate Mushu Hospital, will people in the acting industry be easily affected?"

"Uh..." Franca hesitated and sighed, "It's possible that some of them are obsessed with money and desire."

Lumian nodded, holding Ludwig's hand, and followed the audience in front of them, walking towards the set of elevators for movie theater users to leave after the mall closed.

Along the way, Franka felt that the environment was very dim. The few lights that were still on could only illuminate the road and obstacles, preventing people from tripping or bumping into them.

"It has the atmosphere of a ghost story." Franka did not forget that she and others went out tonight to test the boundaries of the phrase "Be careful at night", and she knew from the information provided by the Major Arcana that the "Fortune Teller", that is, Sequence 4 of the "Fool" path is called "The Trickster", so she deliberately used the "trick" of "the trickster" to describe the story instead of the "ghost" of ghosts.

Hearing these words, Janna, who was already highly focused, became even more alert.

Lumian walked into the elevator with Ludwig as if nothing had happened. But when Franka and Janna followed him in, he still pressed the door open button and smiled at the others in the elevator:

"Excuse me, I have a companion who hasn't come in yet."

The audience who were leaving the venue instinctively looked outside the door and found that there was no one in the elevator room and no footsteps could be heard in the distance.

Their hearts suddenly hung in the air.

Lumian released the button and said to everyone with a smile:

"Okay, okay, he's coming in."

The eyes of the other people in the elevator suddenly froze.

They didn't see anyone enter the elevator.

Pah, Franca patted Lumian's shoulder and said with a smile:
"It's fun to be naughty, isn't it?"

After entering the dream city, influenced by online information and daily environment, she gradually regained the tone and way of speaking of the "locals".

After she finished her scolding, she quickly apologized to the others in the elevator:

"I'm sorry, my friend's brain often gets choppy, please forgive him for his bad mental state."

The angry audience members who were leaving the theater felt too embarrassed to make a fuss when they saw such a beautiful woman apologizing sincerely, and just turned their eyes to Lumian.

I have to apologize too!
Lumian immediately bowed:
"I'm sorry, I took my joke too far."

The people in the elevator looked at Franca and Lumian. Some felt sorry that such a beautiful flower was given to such a dorky young man, while others thought that the young man's face was wasted and really wanted to raise funds through crowdfunding to fix his brain.

At this time, the elevator door slowly closed and descended.

Suddenly, the lights inside the elevator flickered.

Everyone here felt their heart was in their throat.

Franka and Janna remembered the words "Be careful at night", while the others recalled Lumian's previous prank.

Fortunately, the flickering lights did not affect the operation of the elevator. Some of the departing audience left on the first floor, and some went to the underground parking lot with Lumian and others.

Back in the rented gray car, Franka did not sigh, "Everything is normal, what just happened was just an episode within an episode."

She firmly resists any behavior of setting up flags.

She turned her head to look at Lumian and asked doubtfully:
"Why did you suddenly start playing pranks just now?"

Lumian laughed and said:

"At that moment, it occurred to me that if Anthony's 'psychological invisibility' could not be controlled, would something similar happen? Then I gave it a try."

Hearing the name Anthony, Franca and Janna turned their heads and looked towards the back row.

After seeing Anthony, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, I did get on the bus.

I just remember him getting in the car!

Lumian continued:
"Besides, with such a not-too-excessive prank and the relatively sealed environment of an elevator, coupled with the night factor, it's possible to experiment with something without being targeted."

"Did the experiment reveal anything?" Franca asked.

“I’m not sure if the subsequent flickering of the elevator lights was a product of the experiment,” Lumian replied thoughtfully.

"Does this count?" Janna thought it was just a simple mechanical failure and it didn't cause any abnormalities afterwards.

Lumian laughed.
"Don't you think the elevator lights are flashing, and it feels more like a spooky story?
"The prank I pulled was also intentionally meant to go in the direction of a spooky story."

After driving the car out of the parking space, Franka suddenly realized:
"This is based on the description of the 'Strange Mage' in the data. Let's see if we can trigger the subconscious instincts in the dream and bring about certain, controllable changes?"

“This is more likely to happen at night. It’s one of the evil and bad side of dreams.” Lumian had similar thoughts before he went out.

They did not dare to conduct more experiments and took a car back to the community where they rented a house. This was because they were afraid of upsetting Tianzun and attracting his attention.

Nothing happened along the way.

Back in the rental house, Lumian looked around and said:

"From a preliminary perspective, if you don't come into contact with Mr. Fool or important figures in dreams, or investigate occult issues, you are unlikely to encounter any anomalies even if you go out at night.

"Of course, this is just the result of one night's experiment. It cannot be turned into a conclusion yet. It needs to be repeated many times to verify."

Franca and Janna breathed a sigh of relief and felt less tense.

Ludwig showed joy on his face:
"Can we go out for a barbecue?"

Franca glanced at the innocent little boy and muttered in her heart:

The main reason why I don’t take you out for barbecue at night is not “be careful at night”, but because I’m poor!

…………

Weekend, in the rental house.

A frosted blackboard was pasted on the wall, with sketches and photos pinned to its surface. Around each sketch and photo were words and descriptions written on sticky notes of different colors.

These sketches and photos correspond to different target persons. The white sticky notes contain the team's observations. For comparison, the information provided by the Major Arcanas is also excerpted and recorded on light green sticky notes, which are then pasted on the ice board next to the white sticky notes.

In order to reduce the burden on his brain, Lumian, whose "Conspirator" ability was suppressed to Sequence 7, stood in front of the frost blackboard, stroking his chin, looking back and forth, trying to find details that might be problematic and not discovered by the Major Arcana cards.

"There was nothing particularly valuable to gain, except for that misfortune." After reading it seven or eight times, Franca shook her head.

Anthony nodded.

Janna glanced at her phone and said:
"It's time for us to go to the dream cram school."

Ludwig, who was watching a cartoon and constantly "ordering food" according to the content of the cartoon, suddenly fell face.

"Yeah." Lumian retracted his gaze and stuffed the frost blackboard into Janna's "traveler's bag".

After the car stopped diagonally opposite the Dream Tutorial School, Lumian pushed the door and got out with Ludwig.

He said to Franca, Janna and Anthony:

"From now on, you will keep your distance from me and Ludwig. No phone calls or WeChat messages. Ludwig and I will not go back tonight. We will meet up with you tomorrow morning after we confirm that there is no problem."

Franka and others nodded seriously without objection.

This is because Lumian is likely to meet Zhou Mingrui, the dream image of Mr. Fool, in the dream cram school and have a conversation with him. This may be discovered by Tianzun and he may be kicked out of the dream. Therefore, the team must be separated and one person cannot be kicked out and implicate the whole team.

Each person can only be kicked out of the dream three times, so don't waste it!
After closing the car door, Lumian took Ludwig across the road at the crosswalk and entered the Dream Tutorial School.

"Li Lu is here." The dark-skinned receptionist recognized Ludwig.

He wasn't impressed with the little boy, but with his mother.

Ludwig had a dark face and did not respond.

The dark-skinned receptionist turned to look at Lumian:

"Need to sign in, who are you?"

"I'm Li Lu's father." Lumian replied calmly.

The dark-skinned receptionist was stunned:
It’s fine that Li Lu’s mother doesn’t look very old, but why doesn’t his father look very old either?
Early love, early marriage, and early childbearing, right?
After signing in, Lumian was led by the front desk to the door of the English introductory class.

Foreign teacher Anderson was standing in front of the classroom, covering his left fist with a handkerchief, and said to the children in the room with a smile:

"Guess what I can conjure up?"

"Flowers!" "Ping pong!" "Panda!" The children cooperated happily.

Anderson removed the handkerchief and found nothing.

"I become air!" he announced loudly.

The children made mocking noises, but Anderson continued to smile.

He saw Lumian and Ludwig at the door, walked over and said to Lumian:

"Are you here for the English introductory class as well?
"Although I'm a little older and my mind is set, it doesn't matter. Being willing to learn is always a good thing. Of course, good things don't always lead to good results."

"I'm Li Lu's father." Lumian pointed at Ludwig, not feeling provoked at all.

He said:
"Teacher Anderson, can I add you on WeChat? If Li Lu doesn't perform well, you can always contact me."

Anderson looked at Lumian for a few seconds and laughed:
"it is good."

By scanning the QR code, Lumian added Anderson Hood on WeChat.

This foreign teacher’s WeChat name is “A name that will leave a deep impression on you”.

(End of this chapter)