Near campus, Miskatonik Hotel.

This is the most luxurious and expensive hotel in Arkham. The furnishings in the first floor lobby are chic and elegant, with a fireplace and piano, and a pianist who looks like an Eastern European pianist is playing next to it.

Chen Qiang and Pickerman sat down on the sofa in a corner of the room - the curious Lily also sat aside, while the alert Sesie was still standing nearby to watch.

【Sesilu's detection and inspection was successful on 19/46】

Sessilu noticed that across the street, beside a brand new Dusenburg sedan, a middle-aged man dressed and handsomely looked around here.

Sessilu doesn't know the level of cars in this era - but the envious, jealous and hatred eyes of the passers-by watching the top transportation tools remain unchanged for a hundred years.

A noble lady and two strong men in the car were sitting in the car, looking around with caution.

"Calvin," said the lady anxiously, "had you found Lily?"

"Finished." Carl answered in a concise manner. Lily seemed to be with the oriental man, talking to the strange man.

[Calvin Coolidge Detective Check 43/45 Success]

Calvin also noticed Sesielu opposite. The light-dressed girl has been paying attention to this side since the beginning and blocked everyone's sight with her own body. In Calvin's opinion, only the big-name bodyguard or guard would do this, and the girl in front of her was obviously well trained.

Calvin is also very knowledgeable - he has seen female police officers or even female detectives, but the temperament of the person in front of him is more inclined to be with soldiers or bodyguards. Female soldiers or bodyguards! This is the first time he has seen him.

"Grace," Calvin turned his head to look at his wife, "You hired a female detective for Lily as protection?"

"No, my dear," Grace said in surprise, "I don't even know that there is such a person. If I had hired someone, we wouldn't have to look for Lily on campus in broad daylight."

"That's what I said," Calvin said to himself.

The girl's protection object was obviously not Lily, nor the gentleman who looked like a local, but the young oriental. As a senior American, he had met many people from all over the world, but Chen Qiang felt extremely noble, and even the high-ranking officials and nobles among the Chinese and Japanese people were not as good as those.

"Let's take a look." Calvin whispered. There was no daughter between him and Grace, and Lily's niece was the couple's heart.

Lily seemed to trust the oriental man very much. Back then, Lily's mother, Calvin's sister Abigail, fell in love with the Norwegian crew member Johnson in hopelessly. Calvin's father's forced interference only increased Abigail's speed of running away from home.

If—if there was really what he imagined—Calvin thought, he would never repeat his father’s mistake…

...

Chen Qiang, who did not know the future - from his perspective, was the past - was staring at him, and he focused on negotiations with Pickerman.

"So," Chen Qiang shook the red wine in his hand, "You plan to form an alliance with me."

"Mr. Chen, there is an old saying in China," Pickerman said in Chinese, "'We are both people who have fallen into the world, why do we have to know each other when we meet each other'. You and I have also fallen here. Only by supporting each other can we get rid of the predicament."

Actually, I don’t need your help, Chen Qiang thought.

I have both killed Bigby and Shani. I wonder if I can kill you directly now. Can I complete the mission of the god who hides the skeleton?

But... I don't always have to solve the problem so violently.

"If you want to cooperate, why don't you go to Shani?" Chen Qiang asked tentatively, "He is your old ally."

"He walked away by himself," Pickerman said angrily, "what is his...well. Anyway, he was called away."

Chen Qiang had no expression on his face. The poor Mr. Shani didn't know until he died, and Miss Yi and the others had secretly communicated with him.

I believe that the external god will be fooled...

Chen Qiang signaled Lily to leave a few steps first. Although Lily showed a dissatisfied expression, she still listened to Chen Qiang's words obediently.

"I understand your feelings about finding a new ally," Chen Qiang held his cheek with both hands, "but why is it me?"

"Because you are strong," Pickerman said without hesitation, "I cannot determine whether you are a god or a spokesperson for a great existence, and the strength shown by the future 's fortress' is more suitable to be my alliance than Shani."

Chen Qiang glanced at him.

Pickerman was surprisingly honest...

"Not long ago, I was still testing you," Chen Qiang shook the wine glass in his hand. "I feel really 'deeply frightened' for you to trust me so much..."

Chen Qiang slanted his eyes.

There must be a reason why Pickerman wants him like this.

"Will you kill me?" Pickerman smiled, he took a deep breath and stared at Chen Qiang's eyes, "But, if you are willing to listen to me so much, it means you are still interested in the help I can provide. I have very important information, and the only one who can understand them is you."

【Pickman Psychology 6/85 Success】

"If this is good for me, too." Chen Qiang blinked.

"As you know," Pickerman whispered, "in this era, I must be careful to survive, lest I bump into my past self or be seen through. But I found..."

Pickerman paused a little: "There is a little different from the history I have experienced."

Chen Qiang made a "continue" gesture.

"History... has been changed," Pickerman said anxiously. "I don't know who it was, for why it changed history, but this era has gone wrong before we arrived. Some events have changed."

"Pickman, what do you want to say?" Chen Qiang frowned.

“I am in Arkham,” Pickerman said, “in my memory, until the middle of this world, they lived well in Arkham. But when I visited them this morning, they…”

Pickerman's eyes were even more congested.

"…They are all dead," Pickerman adjusted his emotions to calm the impact of the decrease in clarity value.

Chen Qiang didn't say anything.

"That's a death that I can't even think about," Pickerman said. "Listen, Mr. Chen, I don't know who killed them or what means to kill them; but I know that this is completely different from the history I know. This world was trapped in an unknown parallel world long before we arrived, and we..."

He was silent for a while.

“We have to do something,” he said, “not for my dead tribe, but for our own safety.”

[Chen Qiang Psychological Check 14/72 Success]

Chen Qiang believes that Pickerman is very honest at this moment - even if he has enough training, it is not surprising that he can have this level of acting skills.

"You know how to care about your companions now." Chen Qiang crossed his legs.

He knew that there were quite a few tribes of ghouls, many of which were not under the control of Mordigian, the god of the hidden place, and it was not surprising that there was deep feelings in the tribe.

“I have some fellow tribes in Dunwich Village outside Arkham, and I plan to contact them,” Pickerman said, lowering his voice, “but Dunwich Village… has something special. I don’t want to go there alone, so I pray for your help.”
Chapter completed!