Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

Chapter 46 The Visitor 2

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"Mask man?!"

Seth and Xiu stared closely at the old man getting off the car.

They are very similar, but their body and aura are quite different from those of the masked man who fought against them. They also have an ordinary crutch in their hands, not as strange as the masked man's.

Seth and Xiu didn't relax their vigilance. The old man leaned on his crutches and approached them step by step. The woman suddenly yelled and fell down.

"Boom! Bang!"

A bullet got stuck in the thick ice wall, less than a palm away from the old man's forehead.

"Prince, stop!"

"But, brother..."

"He's not a masked man," Seth stared at the old man's astonished eyes, "Don't worry, I have my sense of proportion."

"Okay, I know."

Seth glanced at Xiu, who gave him a look of acquiescence.

"Huh, I almost gave up my little life here."

The old man patted his chest, with a somewhat open-minded smile in his words, the scene just now did not have much impact on him, and he came out from behind the ice wall step by step with a cane: "Long time no see, you may not know me .”

Seth and Xiu looked at each other, wondering what the old man would say.

"Oh, yes, yes, almost forgot."

The old man smiled and took off the mask on his face: "Do you have any impression now?"

"Dr. Kafka?"

The old man waved slightly at Seth, showing a gentle and kind face: "Whoever is a doctor or not, just call me Kafka."

"You know him?" Xiu asked.

"Well," Seth said, "he was originally a researcher at the Temple Tower. The year I officially entered the Temple Tower, he left Tinis City for research on alien beasts. It has been 11 years."

"Ah, 11 years, what a flick of a finger."

Kafka sighed, now his hair has already turned white, and there are traces of time on his brows: "Seth, do you remember the last time we met?"

"Remember," Seth stepped forward to support the old man, with rare respect and humility, "it was also in this place five years ago."

"Five years ago? He also..."

"Yes, five years ago, the day after the Temple Tower's search and rescue team arrived in Albion, Dr. Kafka also came here."

The old man looked at Xiu, his legs and feet were somewhat inconvenient, but he still bowed slightly to Xiu: "Descendant of Albion, I apologize to you on behalf of my companions, please forgive us for doing this without permission. Stepping into the territory of Albion is very offensive, please forgive me."

Behind the old man, men and women also bowed slightly to Xiu.

How could Xiu bear such a big gift, he hurriedly helped the old man up, and apologized again and again: "No, no, no, I should say sorry, we shouldn't have hurt your companion indiscriminately."

"Where, we offended first."

The old man and Xiu bowed to each other. In order to avoid the endless humility of the two, Seth scratched his head and interrupted embarrassingly: "To be honest, the problem seems to be on me."

Kafka and Xiu looked at Seth at the same time, Seth shuddered, and suddenly smiled dryly.

Seeing Seth's expression, Xiu guessed that there must be something wrong with it, and forced him to ask, "What good things have you done?"

"Uh, this," Seth said with erratic eyes, "Actually, I thought this guy's ability was familiar just now, but I couldn't remember where I saw it. After seeing Kafka, I I just remembered that the tombstones behind the ruins were erected with the help of this old man."

"Fuck!"

Xiu exploded on the spot, fought for a long time, and almost made a big mistake!

He grabbed Seth by the ear, and wanted to strangle him to death: "I thought you erected those steles, but I was so touched by my father, it has nothing to do with you!"

"It hurts, baby, I was wrong, I was wrong," Seth grinned in pain, holding Xiu's hand desperately begging for mercy, "I, I can't be completely unrelated, after all, I also helped dig the hole ..."

"Believe it or not, I will dig a hole and bury you right now!"

"Well, this can't be completely blamed on me," Seth looked at Xiu aggrievedly, and murmured cautiously, "At any rate, there are more than 2000 people digging by hand. I also know that it is impossible to do it by hand... ..."

"You! You are still talking too much! I must kill you today!!!"

There were fights and fights. Seth was carrying a bag on his head, and Xiu was punished to stand by the wall and think about his mistakes. Prin gloated at the side, and Kafka and his companions were invited into the house by Xiu to treat their injuries.

"A little burn and frostbite, don't worry, it's fine."

Xiu felt guilty and apologized to the two of them. The woman shook her head, expressing that she was too sensitive and shouldn't be impulsive.

Seth wanted to interrupt, but Xiu gave him a rude kick, and immediately became honest.

Kafka sat by the fireplace and warmed himself by the fire, watching the two interacting with each other happily: "I didn't expect that the wild and unruly Gui Jianchou would one day be cured to death."

"Hey, this is fate," Seth sighed, "Emotions, there is always room for mutual compromise."

"Don't move yourself there, I don't have any feelings for you at all."

"You see, I have to coax this anger, otherwise, I have to sleep on the floor at night."

Seth licked his face and hugged Xiu, but was hit with one hand, rolled back to the wall and faced the wall thinking about it, and still winked at Kafka.

"Hey, it's nice to be young."

"Dr. Kafka, don't listen to his nonsense. Nothing he said is credible. What are you looking at, turn your head away!"

Seth leaned against the wall and sighed helplessly.

"Hehe, don't call me Doctor, just call me Kafka."

The old man smiled, took a sip of the hot water from Prin, and asked, "I don't know what your name is yet."

"Xiu, he's Prin."

"Prince?"

Kafka held Pulin's hand: "I remember your brother's name is Carol. I met him five years ago. How is he now?"

Xiu subconsciously looked at Prin. Prin had no expression on his face and said calmly, "He died a long time ago, on the battlefield."

"Oh, please forgive me."

Pullin shook his head, and poured hot water for the old man's two companions.

The old man introduced: "His name is Israel. He is my assistant. He has been with me for many years. This is..."

"My name is Ismail," the woman said, "Three years ago, the doctor and Israel rescued me from a group of bandits, took me in, gave me a name, and treated me , ahem..."

The woman coughed lightly, the man stood by her side and put on a coat for her, the woman smiled at the man and held his hand tightly.

"No wonder you're so nervous to hear..."

Xiu turned his head and gave Seth a hard look. Seth said that he was innocent too, but his protest would only draw more people's eyes, so he could only bow his head and continue to face the wall and think about his mistakes.

Kafka asked Seth in puzzlement: "Didn't you serve in the Temple Tower before, why did you suddenly become a bandit?"

"This, it's a long story, I'll explain it to you slowly when I have time."

Seeing the need, Seth automatically dismissed the wall-faced thinking, and went to the campfire to warm up a little bit: "I have a question to ask you, what's the matter with the mask on your face?"

"Because it's cold," Kafka said solemnly, "I'm old, Ismail is weak, and the temperature in the north is low, so we must take some measures to keep warm."

Kafka turned the mask upside down and put it in front of the two of them: "Look, there is rabbit fur sewn inside the mask, which is handy when the weather is cold. It's going to be winter soon, and I have a few more in the car for you guys." Bar."

The old man walked out after lifting his legs, but Xiu hurriedly stopped him: "Wait, don't worry about this. What we want to ask is, where did you get this mask?"

Ismail said, "A masked man taught us how to do it."

Prin asked quickly, "Is the masked man you're talking about a medium-height supernatural being holding a strange palm?"

"Yes, you have seen it too?" Kafka asked.

"Not only did I see it," Seth propped his chin, sighed uselessly, "not only did he know Xiu, he knew that Xiu was a descendant of Albion, but he also injured Prin and taunted the two of us severely. Before leaving, he said a bunch of strange things indistinctly, telling us to go back to Albion, that's why we appear here."

"He hurt you?"

Kafka frowned, and the three of them exchanged glances, as if they had heard something incredible.

"Are you sure he hurt you?" Ismail asked.

"Holding a strange cane, wearing a mask, and wearing a green robe, it is rare to see supernatural beings who manipulate plants at will."

After Seth finished speaking, he suddenly found Xiu Xiu staring at him.

He lowered his head, ready to obediently go back to face the wall, but Xiu pulled him back, rolled up his sleeves, and helped him apply the medicine.

Kafka said: "Although he is a bit weird, he is very kind. He not only taught us hand-knitting, but also taught us a lot of herbal medicine. Ismail's illness has improved a lot thanks to his efforts."

Having said that, the three of Seth became even more confused.

Are they really talking about the same person?

Xiu asked: "You are here because of him?"

"Yes," said Kafka, "we met him in the forest on the northwest coast of the mainland, and stayed in his tree house for a few months. He often went out, and he didn't see anyone for ten days and a half months. Usual things. Half a month ago, we received a letter from a flying pigeon in his tree house, asking us to rush to the ruins of Albion and telling us to wait patiently there, someone will come to us. We Hurry up all the way, now that I think about it, you should be the one he asked us to wait for, but I didn’t expect you to be one step ahead of us.”

It was about ten days before Xiu arrived in the area around the city of Thinis. That is to say, after getting the news of Xiu, the masked man immediately sent a letter to Kafka and his party, telling them to rush to Albion, and then in the dark alley. After meeting Xiu and leaving strange words, he guided them back to Albion as well.

He had carefully planned all this, for what purpose?