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MTL - Only I Can Use Summoning-Chapter 911 , fortune telling
"This is a topographic map of the entire city, everyone take a look."
The giant spread out the map on the table, and everyone gathered around.
The map was bought in a nearby store, and it took three hours. Usually, no one buys this thing at all, because people in the slums can't go anywhere, they can only stay in the slums, so the map is useless to them.
Therefore, instead of spending three hours buying this thing, it is better to go to the bar and have a few glasses of good wine and get drunk.
"This city was originally called Shiguang City, which is similar to the name of the Shiguang Town we met before." Moonlight Bunny said looking at the name marked on the map.
"Maybe it's because they both have something to do with time, but there are still differences between these two places." Sky said melancholy.
Zhang Ze pointed to a large yellow area on the map and said: "This is the slum area where we are located. It seems to be a large area, but it is all a factory area and a residential area. There is not even a commercial area. It is very backward."
"On the contrary, although the area of the wealthy area is only half of that of the poor area, there are five commercial areas and tourist resorts in it. The living standard is much higher than ours."
Zhang Feng looked curiously at the gray area outside the map and asked, "Then, what is outside Shiguang City? Why is it not marked on the map?"
Everyone shook their heads, no one knew what was outside the city.
"When I summon Kim Carat next time, just ask him."
Zhang Zedao: "We can't enter the rich area now because we don't have enough time and wealth, but we can't just wait. I suggest that everyone first look for clues in the poor area. By the way, think about how to earn time."
Kim Carat's wealth of time can keep everyone alive for about a month, but it can't just sit and eat, and it's good to earn more time.
Besides, it takes time for everyone to use equipment, props and skills, especially for Zhang Ze, it takes 20 hours to use [Summoning] once, so he must find a way to earn more time.
So, everyone started to act separately, looking for clues to Shimen in the slums.
During the day, there are very few people on the street because they all go to work in factories.
Only the vagrants are left wandering the streets. To put it bluntly, these people are waiting to die, because they have no way to earn time, and eventually they run out of time and die.
However, this kind of person is also the most dangerous!
They will do anything to survive!
However, the law and order in the slums is very poor. The poor call the police, but the police are almost invisible, and the rich call the police, and the police arrive on the scene within a few minutes.
Therefore, the poor here must learn how to protect themselves.
In order to ensure the safety of their companions, Zhang Ze and others also formed a small team to act separately.
Dragon King, Little Princess Money and Yiye Zhiqiu are in a group, Giant God, Moonlight Bunny and Sky's Melancholy are in a group, Xiaoniao Yiren is in a group without emotion, Zhang Ze, Liu Yueying and Zhang Feng are in a group of three .
The four groups set off separately every morning, and return to Zhang Ze's residence in the evening to gather. Everyone shares the harvest of the day with others, and then analyzes it together.
These days lasted for ten days, but Shimen still had no clue.
"We have already explored more than half of the slums, and only the last few areas are left, which can be completed in a maximum of three days."
The giant **** sighed and said, "Unfortunately, we still haven't found any clues about Shimen."
"Not only that, but we haven't found a way to earn time!" The little princess Qian said with a bitter face: "Our time can only last for more than half a month, what should we do after that?"
There are too few opportunities to make money in the slums. If you want to start a small business, such as opening a store, you have no place to buy goods, because all the things produced by the factory have to be shipped to the rich areas. to the poor.
The materials that flow back to the slums will be sent directly to the shopping malls and supermarkets opened by the rich, and outsiders can't buy them at all.
The purpose of this is to monopolize the market and control the price from the source. The rich set the price as much as they want, and protesting is useless!
This is how ordinary people's wealth is exploited.
In addition, the people here are so poor that they have no free time to spend. Their only entertainment is to go to the bar to drink.
So no one is doing business, and the conditions here simply don't allow it.
"Oh, I really have no choice but to go back to work..." Moonlight Little Rabbit's head hurts when she thought of the bar where she worked.
"Don't draw conclusions yet, we will discuss this matter after we have explored the last area." Zhang Ze looked at the last area and said.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, the teams set off again separately.
Brother Zhang Ze and Liu Yueying boarded the bus and headed to their destination this time, a community called Myers, where about 3,000 people lived.
Because it is a very old community, the elderly here account for half of the total population.
The elderly cannot participate in work, and they do not have benefits such as pensions and pensions, so they can only rely on family relief.
If the family is unable to support them, they can only wait to die.
The three walked around the community. Their arrival made the old man sitting outside basking in the sun very curious. Countless pairs of eyes kept looking at them, making Zhang Feng feel uncomfortable.
"It's nice to be young..." An old man narrowed his eyes and said greedily, "Especially for young girls, this body... tsk tsk."
"Bah! Old pervert!" Hearing this, Zhang Feng gave the old man a dissatisfied look.
Liu Yueying pulled Zhang Feng to her side and said, "Don't pay attention to them!"
The three of them walked around the community, but they didn't find anything of value, so they prepared to leave.
At this time, an old voice suddenly called to them.
"Three young people, do you want to tell your fortune?"
The three of them stopped and looked back, only to see an old woman in her eighties in a window, waving to them.
"Brother, is this a liar?" Zhang Feng didn't like the old people here because of the old man before.
Liu Yueying also nodded: "I also think this is a lie."
Zhang Ze nodded, ignored the old woman, and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, the old woman spoke again: "I know you are looking for something, I can do the math for you, where is that thing."
"Ok?"
Zhang Ze retracted the leg he had just stepped on. He looked at the old woman suspiciously, and thought to himself: "How does she know that we are looking for something?"
Liu Yueying and Zhang Feng were also very surprised. Could it be that their intentions were too obvious and they were discovered by the old woman?
"Let's go and have a look."
Anyway, I didn't find any clues, so I might as well try my luck in the past, what if I really get something?
Moreover, according to past experience, this kind of "npc" who suddenly appeared and greeted them was likely to be helpful to them.
"Grandma, how did you know we were looking for something?"
Zhang Ze walked to the window and asked.
The old woman's face was wrinkled, and she grinned, her facial features were almost swallowed up by wrinkles.
"Of course I know, because this morning, I calculated for myself that a nobleman will come to me, so as soon as I see you, I know that my nobleman is coming!"
Zhang Ze smiled, noncommittal, and said, "Okay then, how much is fortune-telling?"
"100 hours!"
Tremblingly, the old woman stretched out five fingers to flip it over, and said, "Don't think it's expensive, I'm sure!"
"Yesterday I calculated that the old man next door couldn't see the sun the next day, and he died at night! Hehehe!"
Zhang Ze: "..."
"100 hours is too much, I can only give you... 20 hours." Zhang Ze bargained.
"80 hours!"
"40 hours, no more."
Although Zhang Ze sympathized with the old man, he couldn't let the other party ask for prices.
"Okay." The old woman sighed. Although she is old, she is not stupid. It can be seen that if she disagrees, this distinguished guest may turn around and leave.
"You three, please enter the house. I can't tell your fortune outside."
The three of Zhang Ze walked around the window and walked into the old woman's house from the side door. The room was dilapidated and dirty, apparently no one had cleaned it for a long time.
"Ah! Cockroaches!"
Zhang Feng saw two **** cockroaches lying on a bowl of moldy food on the table beside him, and felt nauseated.
Zhang Ze walked up to the old woman, moved a chair and sat down, and asked, "Old woman, how do you tell your fortune? Palmistry, or horoscope?"
This is a common method of fortune-telling in Zhang Ze's world, but it is not applicable here.
"What palm reading horoscope? I use fortune cards for fortune telling."
As she spoke, the old woman took out a stack of cards and asked Zhang Ze to draw three cards from it.
"Fate card? Isn't this the Tarot card?" Zhang Feng interrupted.
But when everyone saw the pattern on the card, they realized that it was not a tarot card.
The three cards Zhang Ze drew were: "Beautiful Maiden", "Bandit with a Knife" and "Ruler Wearing a Crown".
"Hmm...an interesting combination."
The old woman held the three cards and looked at them for a long time. She closed her eyes and muttered something, and then said slowly: "I understand!"
"Then where is what I'm looking for?" Zhang Ze asked in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, the fate card will not directly point to the answer, but it will give you clues."
The old woman first picked up the girl's card, and said, "This girl is the key person, and it should have a lot to do with her if you want to find something."
"However, if you want to find her, you need to find the robber first. He knows the girl's whereabouts."
"As for this ruler, he is also a key figure. Although I don't know his role, you must not ignore him."
Zhang Ze squinted his eyes and stared at the girl card, muttering in his heart: "Young girl? Could it be that Shimen has something to do with the girl?"
The old woman put away the cards and said, "Okay, the fortune-telling is over, let's pay, my lord."
Zhang Feng yelled in dissatisfaction: "It's like you didn't say anything! Who is the girl? Where is she? Who is the robber? We can't give you the money!"
When the old woman heard this, she immediately yelled angrily: "Are you trying to renege on your debt? Bullying an old woman like me? Aren't you afraid of having nightmares at night?"
After finishing speaking, she grabbed Zhang Ze's sleeve and cried loudly: "Anyway, I won't live long, so I will fight with you today!"
Zhang Ze shook his head speechlessly. He didn't want to get entangled with the old woman, so he gave her 40 hours, and the old woman smiled when she received the time.
"Hey, it's still this noble man who understands the truth!"
Zhang Feng snorted and said angrily, "One old shrew!"
The three of them left the old woman's room, and the old woman suddenly leaned out of the window and shouted: "My lord, if you think my calculation is accurate, remember to come back and give me some time!"
Walking out of the community, Zhang Ze looked at the empty streets, still thinking about the fortune-telling results just now.
"Girl... bandit... completely clueless..."
Zhang Feng said: "Brother, I don't think you should take that old shrew's words seriously, she is just cheating money!"
Liu Yueying also nodded slightly, expressing her agreement.
Suddenly, Zhang Ze's eyes stopped on the wall across the street, and then he ran over quickly.
"Brother, where are you going?"
Zhang Feng was taken aback, and he and Liu Yueying hurriedly chased after him.
In the end, they found Zhang Ze standing in front of a wall, staring at the notice above in a daze.
"What is this? A reward for finding someone?"
Zhang Feng saw a photo of a young girl printed on the poster, and the following is the content of the notice.
"The director of the Time and Wealth Bureau, Mr. Mike Sim issued a reward order to the citizens of the city. Anyone who provides any clues about Mr. Sim's daughter will be rewarded for 100 hours!"
"If you can assist the police in finding Mr. Sim's daughter, you will be rewarded with 10,000 hours!"
"I hope that all citizens and friends will actively provide clues..."
The content on the notice was exactly the same as what Zhang Ze saw on the computer that day, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time.
But looking at it now, he was suddenly connected with the fortune-telling just now.
"Could this be the girl mentioned in the fortune-telling?"
Zhang Ze pinched his chin and thought to himself: "Is it a coincidence? Or is it true?"
He looked at the girl's name: Mike Elaine.
Liu Yueying was also surprised, she looked at Zhang Ze: "This girl... has something to do with Shimen?"
"I don't know." Zhang Ze shook his head, he pondered for a moment, and said, "However, this possibility cannot be ruled out."
"Well, let's find this girl first."
Zhang Ze tore off the notice and said, "Even if it has nothing to do with her, the bounty is quite considerable, and we just need money."
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In the evening, UU read www. uukanshu.com Everyone returned to Zhang Ze's home, Zhang Ze told everyone what he had seen and heard today, and then put the notice on the table.
"I think we're ready for the next move."
He pointed to Mike Elaine's photo and said, "Find this girl and see if she has any clues about Shimen."
At the same moment, Mike Sim's cell phone rang, and the middle-aged man with a big belly answered the phone, and a cold voice came from inside: "Maike Sim, if you want your daughter to live, give me the key!"
Mike Sim's body shook, and his hand couldn't help but grab the necklace hanging around his neck. There was a key hanging there, which was the pass key!
"This key is very important to me... I can give you so much time that you will never run out of it!"
"Maike Sim, can't you understand what I'm saying? I want the key! I don't want time!" The other party roared on the phone: "I'll give you 24 hours to think about it. If you don't agree, then you will wait to give it to you." Let's collect my daughter's body!"