old dream

Chapter 33 Suspicion
The meeting place agreed in advance was proposed by Luca and accepted by both parties.

The location was chosen in a theater under the name of the "big boss" Marizio.On his territory, no Cynthili group dared to use a knife or a gun, so it naturally became the best place for talks.

As soon as Colin got out of Luca's car, he saw the single building that was more than thirty meters high and covered an area of ​​several thousand square meters.For Southstad, where most of its residents are still poor, it looks like a prehistoric beast.

The ornate vertical sign is dotted with tiny light bulbs that flicker every now and then.Those conservative Ankhs in the Old Town might find them too ostentatious.Therefore, this building should belong to the Cynthili community, revealing the undisguised wildness that a sensual place should have.

This property was named by Marizio himself as "House of Nare".Walking into the main hall, all the decorations in sight are intended to cater to people's various fantasies about ancient Nare: the shell-like stigma rolled up, the classical armor standing in the corner, and the cutting of different stones into broken geometries and then seamless Collage of walls.Everywhere can be considered elegant, but it always makes people feel that there is some nondescript.

Presumably because, if it were a true ancient Nare, these things would never have been adorned in frivolous entertainment venues.

There are only three people here tonight, Colin, Mr. One, and Luca.Luca still did not bring the Cestallo family's men.

The boy who drives the elevator wears a cap to remind guests not to put their hands on the lever.Then the folding fence gate was pulled.Pressing the operating lever, the elevator slowly ascended with a bang, reminding Colin of the freight elevator in his previous life.

The elevator came to the third floor, opened the gate and walked out. From the corridor, you could see that the curtain was still pulled in front of the theater stage.What will be staged in a while will be mostly obscene or funny shows.

Colin and the others walked into a private room, facing the door, was a small stand suspended towards the theater hall.Because Luca has never been generous, the area of ​​the private room is limited.But no one cares about this, as long as it can block the sight of others and isolate the voice of their conversation.

The three waited for a while, and before the show in the theater started, there was a knock on the door outside the private room.

Colin went to open the door.The visitor standing on the corridor is quite tall and looks to be in his fifties, but his hair is still thick and brown.He was wearing a silky yellow shirt, followed by a person helping him with his coat.

He nodded slightly to Colin: "I'm the one who came to take Julio back."

He must be "Mr. Two".Colin was a little surprised, because he gave a very different impression than No. [-].

Giovanni did not come forward. It seems that Mr. No. [-] is very confident in himself or in the safety of Marizio's territory.

Mr. Two walked into the room and saw that Julio was not there and showed no dissatisfaction with it.He stood and bowed slightly to the three of Colin and said:

"You may call me: Arecio. Please don't laugh, that's the name I've given myself."

"Alessio... I remember you as the assistant who was with Nevio." Luca took a sip of ice water and recalled.

"Yes, my other identity is: Capello's lampkeeper. It's not common to be a lampkeeper in the public eye, and I'm one of the rare exceptions."

"It's depraved..." Mister No. [-] whispered.

Colin was a little curious. What made Mr. No. [-], who had said that he would be purged a few days ago, chose to denounce only verbally.

"Are you the new lightkeeper..." Arecio looked at Mr. No. 30: "I think you already know my difficulties. In addition, as someone who came to this city [-] years earlier, let me give you A little suggestion: How about giving yourself a name for a small thing that can bring convenience?"

"Lightkeepers don't need names," said Mr. One. "Names only evoke desire and make it difficult to see lights."

"Yes, but it's troublesome, isn't it? It's no better than Cinciri. Or, you can fool yourself into giving yourself hundreds of names like the one from the Caruso family. But it's better than nothing. "

Mr. One ignored his suggestion, and Arecio didn't insist on anything.He turned towards Colin and Luca:
"Let me express my apologies. If it wasn't for this special season, things wouldn't have taken such a big turn, causing both of them to get dirty."

"As long as the problem can be solved, everything will be fine," Luca said. "Because no one has died yet - except for the monster you killed yourself in the warehouse casino. This is for you and for me. Lucky."

"As long as it's not stressed, colony Vibrio carinii is completely harmless, even in blood, a miraculous and perfect symbiosis," Arecio said.

"The problem was that that night, something did stress them out," Colin said.

"What exactly is a 'switch'? If you want to protect Julio, you shouldn't put a 'bodyguard' by her side who could get out of control at any time."

Arecio stared deeply at Colin for a moment.

"Looks like you already know them pretty well. Yes, there are reliable 'switches'. Vibrio carinii collectively enter a state of stress under certain conditions, which is also the description of 'swarming' origin of."

"Although before me, no one knew the exact mechanism."

"In the community of black-striped silver sharks, there will be special individuals in a certain proportion. It is usually difficult to distinguish them. It took me two years to get one. The symbiotic bacteria in its body have undergone regular differentiation and appear functionally. Change."

"This symbiotic relationship will evolve between the black shark and Vibrio carinii. After all, it is to adapt to the ecological competition with spiritual creatures. The strategy of the black shark is to use the symbiotic bacteria to overdraw the blood force. But if you are in overdraft all year round state, the population may soon go to self-extinction."

"So the role of these differentiated bacteria groups is to stress the changes in Lingsu and release pheromones, so that other symbiotic bacteria enter or exit the temporary state of secreting special substances."

"Doesn't look like a lampkeeper? That's why I'm interested in them. Flora are low-level creatures with little consciousness, so they can be called the ultimate lampkeeper..."

"In Julio's pendants, there are small petri dishes of symbiotic bacteria in these special individuals, and a special volatile device. When they perceive the transformation and annihilation of spiritual elements, they will enter a state of stress, and then information The pheromone will be volatilized...like a 'Mars' that ignites the powder magazine around her. At the same time, individuals infected with swarming Vibrio carinii will not attack the source of the pheromone."

Colin thought of something, he glanced at Luka and Mr. No. [-], and found that the other party also showed a confused look.

"So everyone, before we enter the formal trading conversation, we have to find out one more thing." Arecio sat down on the sofa seat himself, his waist was straight, and neatly arranged the cuffs at the cuffs. folds.

"My protection for Julio was originally designed to deal with witchcraft."

"So among the three people who entered the warehouse casino that night... Who is suspected of witchcraft?"

(End of this chapter)