Day of Imprisonment

Luo Xi continued to inquire.

"Besides numbers 4, 5, and 6, which other numbered tickets can be obtained here?"

"None."

The female receptionist shook her head.

"Is it that there are none, or are these the only ones that can be disclosed?"

"There are none. However, it seems that node 6 can obtain tickets for nodes 9 and 10, but we don't have much information about that side, and it may not be accurate."

The female receptionist looked at Luo Xi with a playful expression.

Luo Xi heard something in the female receptionist's words.

"Is Dark Furnace not planning to clear the game?"

"Clear the game?"

The female receptionist smiled and then asked several rhetorical questions: "Isn't it good enough here? Although the era is hundreds of years behind the outside, life is not bad. Why must we clear the game? Do you like escaping from one cage to another? If they are all cages, does it make a difference where you stay?"

These questions were asked with a high level of skill.

Luo Xi also took a high look at the female receptionist.

However, what should be refuted must still be refuted, regardless of right or wrong, purely out of habit.

The silver coins on the table gleamed with reflections.

These silver coins could buy many things in the city. After all, no one would not want their life to be better.

The female receptionist stared at the silver coins. She frowned with her beautiful eyebrows, very serious, as if thinking about something, looking like she was in a daze.

The chair across the table was already empty.

The person across from her had already left.

People in the tavern who were familiar with the female receptionist noticed her abnormality.

"What's wrong with you? Are you horny?"

A man sat down across from her.

This man looked very rough. He held a wine glass in his hand, and the liquid inside exuded the aroma of malt.

"Because another cage is closer to the window to enter reality," the female receptionist murmured to herself.

"What are you saying?"

The man was stunned. He found that his female companion was in a very wrong state.

"Nothing!"

The female receptionist shook her head, as if she had already broken away from the previous question. She stretched out her white fingers and picked up the silver coins on the table one by one.

"Coins of unknown origin can be cardified. Where did that person get them from?"

The female receptionist pinched a silver coin. With a flip of her finger, the silver coin turned into a card.

"Perhaps it's a node. You know, the number of nodes here is countless. No one knows how many there are, and most nodes are unfamiliar to us. These nodes are connected to each other, forming a huge, inescapable maze. Fortunately, we still have this bar. Life is not bad."

The man smiled and drank the beer in his glass in one gulp.

Then he made a comfortable humming sound.

"Who knows what that guy is thinking? Last time, he actually killed a customer. It's really... crazy!"

The man muttered in his mouth.

He seemed a little tipsy.

The female receptionist reached out and rubbed her eyebrows, then whispered, "Gray Shadow, he seems to have developed feelings for that one..."

The man was stunned. He was a little dazed at first, but soon realized something. He leaned forward and lowered his voice as well: "You mean Cinderella? No way, can't he tell what's real and what's illusion anymore?"

"He doesn't admit it, but I'm a woman, I can tell," the female receptionist sighed, "It's good that you know about this. The three of us came together in the first place. Gray Shadow's ability is very strong. Even if the boss has opinions on him, he won't rashly punish him. As for you, what did you find this time when you went to node 6?"

"Find? Ha, I was almost hacked to death by those bandits. Damn, that place is too dangerous. Compared to that side, I prefer here, the lively city, beautiful women, and fine wine," the man smiled.

"Be careful. You know the boss's temper. If there is no progress, he may do something to you."

"I... I'm not afraid."

The man said, gritting his teeth. Although he said so, it was clear that he still cared about this matter very much.

There were very few pedestrians on the street. Even if there were, they were rushing back.

Luo Xi's speed was very fast.

Finally, before the eight o'clock bell rang, he returned to the house where Cinderella was.

Luo Xi also took a special look at the direction of the roof.

He felt that the 'Gray Coat' was staring at him from above.

At this time, there was movement in the back alley. Luo Xi went over to take a look and found that it was Cinderella's stepmother and two sisters, who had gotten into their carriage, and then the carriage quickly drove away, the hooves stepping on the brick floor, making a crisp sound.

"Are they going to the royal ball?"

Luo Xi knew the plot.

He also knew that, barring any accidents, tonight, Cinderella would meet the fairy godmother who appeared from the fireplace, and obtain beautiful clothes and glass slippers, as well as that magical pumpkin carriage.

Obviously, the city at night did not allow ordinary people to wander around, but those dignitaries were not restricted and could come and go freely.

However, it was also a good thing that the stepmother and the three of them left.

Luo Xi easily entered the house.

In the back room, Luo Xi heard a girl's voice.

"You're right, Mr. Lion. I... I do think so. Although, I feel like it's wrong to think that way..."

"Why do you think it's wrong to think that way? You're not the one who did something wrong. Why are you blaming yourself? Hey, let me ask you, this house, is it yours? Yes, your dad, no, your father left it to you. Did that stepmother of yours, and those two damn sisters, did they treat you like family? No, what family? Did they treat you like a person? They can't wait for you to die. If it were me, I would have chopped off the heads of those three guys with a knife!"

It was Crazy Lion's voice, and it was clear that this guy was very serious about 'enlightening'.

"Ah, how can you do that? It's wrong to hurt others."

"Oh, it's wrong for you to hurt them, but it's right for them to hurt you? No family has this kind of twisted logic. Still, the same sentence, those three are eating yours, using yours, and bullying you. Why? Girl, listen to me, you can't have the heart to harm others, but you can't be without the heart to defend others. People are bullied when they are kind, and horses are ridden when they are good. You have to stand up..."

Hearing this, Luo Xi knew that leaving Crazy Lion alone should be a bad move.

This guy was actually coaxing Cinderella here.

Luo Xi secretly took a look.

Cinderella was sitting there, and across from her was Crazy Lion.

This guy was actually sitting on a chair and talking nonsense so blatantly.

Luo Xi was very curious, in 'what capacity' did Crazy Lion appear in front of Cinderella, and not be suspected by the other party?

And the concept he instilled in Cinderella was 'revenge must be taken'. At this time, Crazy Lion was talking much more than usual, and he was spitting everywhere.

Suddenly, Luo Xi glanced to the side.

He knew that there was someone behind him.

"You should persuade him. What he's saying is actually courting death."

The Gray Coat's voice always carried a kind of gloom.

The voice was very small, but it could be heard clearly.

"Are you going to kill him?"

Luo Xi asked back.

"Me? No, I am the monitor of Dark Furnace. I will not interfere with the behavior of customers. Although before this, we have already stated the customer's code of conduct, there are still some guys who can't figure it out and do things that they know they can't do. For the sake of those gold coins, a kind reminder, she's coming soon, and she doesn't like anyone teaching her Cinderella bad things. This behavior is even worse than directly bullying her."

Who is coming?

She?

Luo Xi was stunned.

But he immediately realized that the danger the Gray Coat was talking about might not be alarmist, because Luo Xi also noticed that some dust seemed to suddenly fall on the fireplace over there.

It was as if something was coming out of the fireplace.

That's right! The encounter between Cinderella and the fairy godmother happened when the stepmother and sisters left to attend the ball, and Cinderella was cleaning the ashes. This time, she hadn't finished sweeping the ashes, and Crazy Lion had already started coaxing.

But what should come will still come.

So, the danger the Gray Coat was talking about referred to this?

In fairy tales, the fairy godmother is a key figure who teaches Cinderella and changes her destiny. Logically speaking, this kind of character would not be... wait, this is not a real fairy tale world.

This is Fairy Tale Town.

The witch in the Tinderbox might be a good person, and Little Red Riding Hood has become a werewolf, so it seems reasonable for the fairy godmother to be a murderer at heart.

And obviously, the Gray Coat was completely planning to watch the show and had no intention of intervening.

At the critical moment, he could only rely on himself.

Luo Xi considered several possibilities in an instant, and at the same time took out some cards.

He did not show himself.

Because the Gray Coat was right, the one in the fireplace had already come.

As the ashes rustled down, a tuft of withered purple hair first emerged from the fireplace, followed by a face. It looked like she was coming down upside down. Logically speaking, it should be very funny, but the actual look was very terrifying.

That pale face and gloomy eyes were not common. Luo Xi had seen many fierce people, but very few had this kind of appearance.

Then, an even more terrifying scene happened.

The other party's face rotated one hundred and eighty degrees like a disc, and the originally inverted face was now upright.

But this guy's body had not yet come out.

Then, can it be understood that the body is still in the fireplace? The physiological structure that can make this kind of posture is really unimaginable.

Crazy Lion also seemed to have sensed the danger.

This guy had an unimaginable combat awareness, and his sense of danger was completely instinctive.

From the fireplace, a hand stretched out, holding a small branch that looked like a section of a foot-long twig.

"Sleep Curse!"

Almost at the same time as that strange fairy godmother said the spell, Luo Xi also activated two [Counter Curse].

Because he didn't know if the other party's attack was aimed at himself or at Crazy Lion, he simply covered both cards with full defense and counterattack.