Deep in the Living

Chapter 92 Dinner for Two
【University】

During the entrance examination, students who rank in the top 200 in the city in academic subjects can be directly admitted to local universities.

If your scores are in the top 100 in the region, you will have another chance to go to the capital [Earth City] before admission.

The cultural geniuses from each city district will undergo a comprehensive interview there, facing extremely tricky questions that are difficult to find in books.

At the same time, a comprehensive consideration will be given to logical thinking and basic physical education.

In the end, one hundred people will remain and have the opportunity to study at the best universities in the country.

Directly under the World Affairs Bureau (EIA), the "Dyatlo University" located in the capital is named after Igor Diatlo, the first Soviet explorer who made great contributions to the exploration cause.

People usually like to refer to it as [Luo Da].

The nature of teaching at Luoda is completely different from that at other local universities. The people to be trained here are not librarians, school teachers or clerks.

Instead, they work directly with the World Bureau to train research specialists specifically for "corners".

The campus has extremely rich resources. The large library located here contains the most comprehensive knowledge documents in the country on pseudo-humans, abnormal events and deep monsters.

Luoda is not exclusive, and people from both inside and outside the school can enter.

However, every entry and borrowing of books in the library requires a certain price, and on-campus staff will receive discounts and privileges.

Deep inside the library,
A young man wearing black round-frame glasses and a high bun is looking for what he wants in front of rows of bookshelves that are so old that they even seem older than the country's history.

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and counted with his free left hand.

The alertness between his brows quickly switched to normal.

"Come down, if the administrator finds you, you won't be able to come in for the whole year."

Soon something jumped down from the top of the bookshelf, its body almost blending into the environment, gradually fading out from the edge of the bookshelf.

Under the light, a young girl with black hair appeared, and she didn't even look like she was eighteen years old.

"You found out all this! I'm so angry!"

The young man did not even glance at the girl, but continued flipping through the book in his hands.

"What's going on?"

"Master wants you to go to the North Sea... Ugh~ Go to Pluto City."

"Why? The capital doesn't have enough manpower right now, and you want me to go there?"

The girl trotted forward, stood on tiptoe and whispered in the other's ear:

"I'm not asking you to go over there and deal with abnormal events, but the connector who survived the "Four Middle School Incident" not long ago is also in Pluto City, and it seems that he will be released from the mental hospital soon.

Master wants you to try this person.

If this person is really good, he will definitely come to the capital in the future. Isn't our department short of people now? If we can establish a relationship in advance, we can let him come directly.

Besides, the other party is also Chinese, and if he can come into the department, we can communicate in Mandarin in private."

"The Fourth Middle School incident... Then I'll go there."

……

Pluto City, Chinatown, Liao Jie Earthen Pot Chicken

This is a local restaurant with a good reputation and has locked private rooms.

The waiter was carrying a huge pot for 4-6 people to the private room at the back, and his eyes unconsciously fell on the blonde female diner.

She has worked here for so many years and occasionally goes shopping outside, but she has never seen such a strong young woman. Her muscles are comparable to those of the strongmen in TV shows.

The boy sitting opposite her also had a good figure, but he was much smaller in physique.

The waiter also found it hard to imagine what the scene would be like if the two were a couple.

Close the door and don't disturb me anymore.

“Chinese food is still delicious.”

Anna was eating meat with big mouthfuls and blowing on a beer bottle, with her two long, muscular legs spread out to the left and right. She didn't look like an eighteen-year-old girl at all.

Luo Di, who was sitting opposite, was still eating normally and didn't drink a drop of alcohol.

The two have hardly spoken to each other since they met in the mental hospital.

It was mainly because of Rody. No matter what topic Anna brought up, his answer would never exceed three words, so the conversation couldn't go on normally.

Anna also noticed that Rody's attention was focused on his left arm on the way from the hospital to the hotel. Since he didn't talk much, she simply stopped talking. However, Anna was not angry, she just waited patiently.

When the clay pot chicken was almost finished and there was only one bottle of beer left, Rody suddenly took the initiative to speak.

“What are you doing after graduation?”

Anna did not respond directly but took out something similar to a passport from her inner pocket. The letter [I] engraved on the surface of the document with pure silver was particularly conspicuous.

She then put on a show-off attitude:
"Hehe! I ranked 29th in the school and top 50 in the city! I successfully became a trainee investigator at the Jupiter City Investigation Bureau, and I also handled an unusual incident with my seniors a month ago.

Do you remember that the Research Bureau owed me a reward for a practical accident?
I also took this opportunity to obtain the "Cornerization Tool" and am now a qualified trainee investigator.

In fact, my original plan was to go directly to work at my dad’s firm after graduation. After all, it was really hard to get into the Municipal Investigation Bureau.

Now it’s good. After that internship, my performance has improved by leaps and bounds. Now I am the second investigator in the family… a trainee investigator.”

Anna also glanced sideways at the backpack next to the seat, indicating that a corner weapon belonging to her was inside.

Roddy was not clear about the specific differences between an apprentice and a formal investigator. He only remembered that the former investigator had left a deep impression on him. The overwhelming strength directly suppressed and contained the Spider-Woman in the community.

"Shouldn't a trainee investigator be very busy? Why are you here?"

“Except for the capital, I can apply to go to other cities to help deal with local abnormal incidents, but of course I still have to stay in my hometown most of the time.

There haven't been any suitable events in Jupiter City recently, so I thought about visiting the surrounding cities, and then I suddenly thought of you, Rody, who was in Pluto City.

After all, we are friends~ So I thought of coming to see you, but I was so lucky to see you being discharged from the hospital."

"Oh." The word "friend" made Luo Di pause.

"By the way, Rody, your left hand?"

"Bionic arm."

"Oh, no wonder it looks so real." Anna quickly changed the subject after noticing that it was not the right topic. "Are you planning to go back to Jupiter City later? If you are sure you are going back soon, we can take a ride together."

"Stay for a while before leaving. There's no rush."

The particularity of the [Fifth Hospital] forced Roddy to stay here. He also needed to continue to get in touch with the torture chamber, and the "money" owed to Mr. Hawke also needed to be returned in time.

It was precisely because of this thought that Luo Di said:

"Do you have any pseudo-human incidents to deal with when you come to Pluto City? I can go with you."

"Ah? To handle related incidents, it must be a trainee investigator... And, even if I want to take on an incident, I still need an investigator here to lead. I can't take on anything by myself."

"I happen to have some connections with the Municipal Investigation Bureau here. I'll go ask them when the time comes."

"Ah? You have contacted the investigation bureau here? I thought you were in the hospital the whole time. No wonder you were discharged so early.

OK, we'll go ask together then."

Keep eating.

As the beer and the big pot of chicken on the table were all consumed, Anna collapsed on the chair. "I'm full. By the way, Luo Di, you just got out of the hospital and you probably have no place to stay, right? I'll treat you later. How about we stay in a hotel?"
Ahem~ one room per person. "

"The investigation bureau here has arranged an apartment for me to live in forever."

"Then I'll see if there are any hotels or inns near your apartment. I'll try to live closer to you so that we can go to the Investigation Bureau together tomorrow morning.

But it's still early, is it convenient for us to go to your apartment and sit for a while? By the way, I can show you my corner makeup props."

Perhaps because of drinking, Anna, with a red face, slapped her backpack hard. Because of such brute force, the smell of something inside drifted out.

A smell similar to raw meat.

Anna looked at the ceiling again. She seemed to want to share her growth experience with her friends. It seemed that she had not communicated with friends of the same age for a long time since the incident at No. 4 Middle School.

Alcohol diffuses throughout the brain.

As the view slowly moves down from the ceiling,
She actually saw two people in the blink of an eye. There was someone sitting next to Luo Di, a best friend who grew up with her.

He shook his head violently, and the effects of the alcohol were largely dissipated.

When he looked again, there was only Rody, and next to him there was only a bulging backpack.

"If Wenwen were still here, she would definitely be very... Bah! What nonsense am I talking about? I'm sorry, this is what happens when I drink too much. I'll try to drink less next time we eat."

Anna realized that she had said the wrong thing. She thought that suddenly mentioning Wu Wen would cause Luo Di to have strong emotional fluctuations, and even their future cooperation might be ruined.

But Luo Di's expression did not change much, and he even continued to say:
"She'll see."

(End of this chapter)