Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 170 Stepping into the Curtain
"Have you seen it? French fries are made in this way, it's very simple - just be careful not to burn them and don't pick them raw. You don't need to poke your head and stare at the frying pan, and you don't need to taste anything salty. Remember?"

In the morning on the Lost Country, Duncan pointed to the tense Alice with a serious face in the kitchen, and in the oil pan in front of the two, some white French fries were still rolling up and down in the hot oil, making continuous noises. There was a constant sizzle.

"Remember...remember!" Alice looked at the hot oil pan without blinking, one hand was still holding a kitchen knife tightly, and there was a chopping board beside her that had been cut into bad shape. Potato Cubes - These potato wedges will be the base for other dishes.

Duncan looked at the frying pan, then at the puppet next to him, and nodded slightly, thinking that such a simple matter, this idiot would never mess up again, then he noticed the kitchen knife in Alice's hand, and couldn't help feeling A little awkward: "...can you put down the kitchen knife first, and don't always carry it after cutting things."

A cursing puppet standing in the kitchen with a kitchen knife and looking murderous (for potatoes), this picture is unlucky no matter how you look at it.

It seems that the next second will change to a thrilling and exciting BGM, and then a blood bar will appear on Alice's head that can pierce the screen.

"Oh...oh!" Alice came to her senses, quickly put the kitchen knife aside, and then confidently waved to the captain, "Go back, Captain! I've already learned this, you and Ai just need to worry about it." Just wait and eat!"

Duncan stared at Alice for a long time, confirming that the puppet really would not have any problems, he was slightly relieved, and then he felt a feeling in his heart——

After such a long time, his homeless ship can finally produce French fries stably!
……

On the second floor of the antique shop, beside the dining table, Nina with a medicinal cloth on her head suddenly raised her head curiously, and glanced at her uncle: "Uncle, I wanted to ask you a while ago, why are you frowning all this morning... ...And just now you breathed out as if suddenly relaxed..."

"Is there? I didn't notice..." Duncan was stunned for a moment, and his attention fell across the distant space in an instant to this small antique shop. Then he shook his head with a smile, "It's nothing, I just remembered some items in the accounts. The matter was calculated in my mind just now, and it is now resolved."

"Oh," Nina nodded, "I mean, it feels like your nerves were tense just now."

Duncan didn't say anything, just kept a calm smile, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart - this girl is quite observant.

At this time, Nina glanced at the small window facing the street at the end of the corridor on the second floor, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered: "Xue Li didn't come today."

"...they have their own residence," Duncan looked at the lonely girl across the street, dumbfounded, "and you have to go to school today, how can you have time to go out with her to play."

"I should find out where she lives," Nina said again, "that way I can go find her when she doesn't have time to come to me."

Duncan didn't speak for a while, and after two or three seconds of silence, he asked softly: "Do you like this new friend very much? It's obvious that you haven't been together for a long time."

"Shirley is a very nice person, she even saved my life in the museum," Nina said immediately, "and...and..."

"And what?"

"And when she was living here, I chatted with her and Agou at night, and inquired about her situation. I knew that she and Agou lived together in a small alley in a slum, where there were not even street lights at night. , the house leaks rain and wind again, I..."

"Nina," Duncan suddenly interrupted the girl in front of him with a serious expression, "Friendship cannot be based on sympathy, especially for a child like Shirley."

Nina was stunned for a moment, and raised her head to meet Duncan's gaze. After a while, she slowly scratched her hair at the sideburns: "Uncle, you suddenly said something very philosophical..."

Duncan: "..."

"But Uncle, you did remind me, maybe I have a little sympathy," Nina continued, "But... I just want her to live a better life, I can feel it, even though she lives here I'm always inexplicably nervous when I'm with you, but I'm actually very happy, I... am I a little presumptuous when I make judgments for her?"

Duncan didn't answer. He seemed to be in a short thought. After a while, he smiled and shook his head: "Don't think about it so much. The next time we see Shirley, let's ask her where she lives. As for now... Hurry up and finish your meal, it's almost time for school."

"Okay!" Nina immediately nodded obediently, and then she seemed to think of something, and her face was full of excitement, "By the way, can I... ride that new bicycle to school today?" Already?"

"No," Duncan raised his eyelids and refused without hesitation, "Have you forgotten how badly you fell last night?"

As he was talking, he recalled what happened after Nina came home yesterday—the girl saw the brand new bicycle parked on the first floor for the first time, she almost jumped up on the spot in excitement, and then Excitedly, I wanted to get in the car and try it out. After about 30 seconds, I fell to the door with a bang...

Now she still has a medicated cloth on her forehead.

"I... I thought it would be easy to ride a bicycle," Nina lowered her head in embarrassment, "I think all my classmates can..."

Duncan sighed.

He should have thought about it a long time ago, if there is no bicycle in this antique shop, and Nina has no friends in these years, how could she have the opportunity to learn to ride a bicycle——I completely ignored this point when I bought the bicycle.

"Take the bus to school today, don't run away, our family is not short of the fare now," Duncan took out a few coins and put them in front of Nina, "I'll teach you how to ride a bicycle when you come back—it's really not difficult , with your cleverness, you can learn it in a few days."

Nina was a little frustrated at first, but soon became happy again, nodding happily: "Oh!"

After a while, Nina happily ran out of the antique shop's gate, while Duncan stood at the small window on the second floor of the antique shop, watching the girl's figure cross the street in the morning light, and ran to the bus stop not far away. .

The sound of more and more cars, horses and people flowing in the market is echoing in the streets and alleys. The city is waking up in the sunlight. The golden-red sunlight is permeating along the distant roof ridges. It looks like a layer of illusory rising splendor. curtain.

Formed by flames, the curtain swept across the entire city-state.

Duncan's expression froze suddenly, frowning as he stared at the row upon row of houses in the distance.

The magnificent picture of the curtain of flames sweeping across the city-state disappeared from the rays of light, as if the impression that came into his mind at that moment just now was just a momentary unfounded fantasy.

However, Duncan's frown did not relax at all, he just continued to stare at the distance, as if he wanted to find another layer of reality that overlapped with it from the magnificent morning glow - it took several minutes before he slowly retracted line of sight.

He contemplated for a moment, then waved to the air next to him: "Ai Yi."

The next second, a group of dark green flames exploded in the air, and the undead bird hovered and appeared from the flames. Ai flapped his wings and landed on Duncan's shoulder, belching loudly while yelling: "Hi... who is here?" Calling... Hiccup... the fleet?"

Duncan's emotions were suddenly incoherent. He turned his head and stared dumbfounded at the almost swollen pigeon: "...how much did you eat on the boat?"

Ai flapped his wings and stretched his neck vigorously: "It's time to feast on food...... Hiccup!"

Duncan looked at the bird expressionlessly, and sighed after a while: "No wonder Alice spent a long time fiddling with it, but in the end, so little was brought to the cabin, you cut it off even if you wrote it... Forget it , let’s not waste it. Can you still fly? Sixth Street.”

The pigeon immediately let out a loud bluff: "The mission must be achieved! The mission must be achieved!"

In the next second, a fire flashed in the small window on the second floor of the antique shop, and a swollen fat pigeon jumped out of the window and flew staggeringly towards the direction of the sixth block.

At the same time, in the depths of the sixth block, two dark gray steam cars were driving in the empty and deserted streets.

The tall and tall Fan Na was sitting in the back seat of one of the cars, with her huge sword in her hand, while she herself was quietly watching the scene on the street outside.

Because she was not sure about the situation of the small church, Fan Na did not directly enter the block with the too eye-catching steam walker, but chose to lead some elites to enter in a low-key way first, and the support team was on standby in the nearby block.

And after entering the sixth block, she really noticed the "atmosphere" here for the first time... something was very wrong.

A community that is too lacking in vitality, residents who are sporadic and lazy, and unresponsive to external stimuli, and those old facilities that have been in disrepair and even exceeded the bottom line of tolerance in the lower city.

There is an aura lingering everywhere here, and the whole block gives her the feeling... as if time is frozen in a forgotten crack.

(End of this chapter)